As one Universe spaceship after another arrived, Ender and Lord Miyun instinctively looked up, and they also saw the gradually dimming sky.
"Your Highness, it's almost time," Lord Miyun said. "The guests will be arriving soon."
"Mm." Ender nodded slightly. "Let's go to the banquet hall."
The two walked towards the banquet hall. At this moment, the main hall of the banquet hall was already set up with various exquisite and rare delicacies and fine wines transported from all over the Human Territory.
"Your Highness Ender, over here."
Seeing Ender and Lord Miyun arrive, Lord Chenyi, who was standing on both sides of the banquet hall, called out.
"Coming." Ender smiled and walked towards Lord Chenyi, who was closer to him, standing beside him.
Lord Chenyi said, "I just received a notification that the guests attending the banquet have entered through the main entrance and should be here shortly."
Ender nodded, listening, his gaze fixed on the direction of the main entrance. He could faintly sense powerful Law fluctuations in the distance, but due to the significant reduction in sensory ability from the instrument he was using, it felt somewhat indistinct.
Soon, powerful Immortals, each exuding an Immortal aura, appeared on the distant horizon, walking step by step towards the banquet hall, each step spanning tens to hundreds of meters.
Some were clad in ancient battle armor, some wore noble and luxurious robes, while others simply had beast hides wrapped around their waists, their upper bodies bare…
Besides their attire, these powerful individuals displayed diverse appearances and races: Dragon-men covered in scales, Apeman with bodies full of fur, long-eared humans with smooth, hairless skin…
Most of these powerful individuals were Immortals, surrounded by Law fluctuations, exuding their unique Immortal aura. However, there were also a few World Masters who accompanied them to the banquet.
Among these many powerful individuals, the leader was a middle-aged man with long white hair draped over his shoulders, dressed in blood-stained white battle armor. His appearance was similar to most Universe humans, with circular pupils and red eyes.
Upon seeing the man's arrival, Lord Chenyi exclaimed in surprise, "How did he come?"
"That's…" Looking at the approaching white-haired man, Ender recalled his information.
King Aurora, the Lord of Ganwu's top general, known for his aloof and solitary nature, and famous for his mastery of Light and Time Law. His strength was at the Limit stage King level.
"According to the information, King Aurora has been in seclusion for the past tens of thousands of epochs, intending to Breakthroug to become a Universe Venerable. How does he have time to attend my banquet now?"
Ender also felt puzzled. King Aurora was a Limit stage King-Level expert very close to a Universe Venerable, not one who relied solely on compatible Heavy Treasure to reach the Limit level.
Then, when he saw the familiar figure beside King Aurora, he breathed a slight sigh of relief, "Hmm… King Sealing Mace has finally arrived."
The group, chatting as they walked, arrived at the banquet hall. King Aurora, who was leading them, looked at Ender and smiled, saying, "Ender."
Ender nodded, "King Aurora."
King Aurora smiled and said, "You've given our Ganwu Universe Country a lot of Face by surpassing Kedi in the Primal Secret Realm."
"I'm just ahead for now," Ender said modestly.
"I look forward to you continuing to lead Kedi." King Aurora smiled, his voice relatively calm, then led two of his subordinates into the banquet hall.
"Ender." King Sealing Mace walked over and asked, "Did you bring the fine wine you mentioned last time?"
"Here." Ender said, taking a ring from the World Ring and presenting it to King Sealing Mace.
"Haha, then I'll take it." King Sealing Mace laughed as he accepted the ring, chatted for a couple of sentences, then led his two subordinates into the banquet hall.
Listening to their conversation, everyone understood that the two knew each other. However, how King Sealing Mace, who had always been in the Ganwu Universe Country, came to know Ender made everyone curious.
Lord Chenyi beside him was also curious and transmitted his voice, asking, "Your Highness, you know King Sealing Mace?"
"I met him when I was on a mission in Yuan Chen Universe Country," Ender replied simply.
"Oh…"
Upon hearing this, Lord Chenyi immediately understood that they had met during the judgment mission. No wonder Ender had the guts to sentence so many high-ranking Lorgar Tribe members to death; it turned out there was a King Level Immortal Pinnacle expert protecting him from behind.
One after another, Immortal experts arrived. Most of them came for Ender, the host of the banquet, so they would chat with him for a few moments before entering the banquet hall.
The way Ender was addressed at this banquet was polarized: a very small number of King Level Immortal Pinnacle Limit experts, due to their sufficiently powerful status and position, could call him by his name directly.
However, ordinary King Level Immortal and Marquis-level Immortal all addressed Ender as Your Highness. This was their acknowledgment of his talent and status; otherwise, they would address him as 'Supervisor Envoy' or simply by his name.
The burly Marquis Lone Chen, at this moment, walked towards Ender with two of his subordinates. He laughed heartily, "Your Highness Ender, I've finally met you."
Haska, the blue-skinned man following behind Marquis Lone Chen, looked at the gradually approaching Ender, his eyes seemingly filled with admiration, but containing intense killing intent.
"According to intelligence, NO.2's body height is over 100 meters, but currently, NO.2's body height is only a little over two meters. It is suspected that a Puppet or instrument is being used."
Haska's thoughts raced, analyzing based on the intelligence he had received, "Whether it's a Puppet or an instrument, both are controlled by a trace of Soul power. The main body cannot be too far away unless it's Immortal-level."
"Therefore… NO.2's true body should be hidden in a certain World Ring." He lowered his gaze slightly, looking at the several rings Ender wore on his hand. "First, I must shatter the World Ring, then kill NO.2's true body."
"When Your Highness passed the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge, I really wanted to meet Your Highness, but I estimated it would take thousands or even tens of thousands of years for that opportunity to arise," Marquis Lone Chen said with a smile. "I didn't expect to meet Your Highness so soon."
Ender also smiled, about to reply, "I…"
Hiss.
Haska, behind Marquis Lone Chen, rapidly burned his Immortal Divine Power. The Immortal Divine Power, imbued with the Law of Fire, erupted and blasted towards Ender from an extremely close distance!
"What?!"
"Such intense Divine Power fluctuations, someone is making a move!"
"Oh no! It's an assassination!"
Haska's sudden outburst astonished everyone who sensed the massive fluctuations of Immortal Divine Power. With the thinking speed of an Immortal, which was faster than an ordinary optical computer, they instantly guessed the target of this Immortal Divine Power's owner.
Boom!
The Immortal Divine Power, imbued with the Law of Fire Origin, formed a terrifying crimson light beam. Wherever it passed, space shattered, and countless spatial cracks spread out like a spiderweb. Even spatial fragments within the spatial interlayers could be seen.
The crimson light beam, at extremely close range, without anyone being able to react, directly struck Ender's body. The terrifying high-temperature energy melted the instrument Ender was using, and even the E1-grade metal bones were reduced to dust by this horrifying power.
Ender's instrument was melted, and the World Ring also could not withstand such a terrifying impact. Countless items scattered out as the world within the ring collapsed, and some fragile items were shredded into dust by the spatial turbulence during the process.
Whoosh!
The rest, perfectly intact, surged out like a mudslide, flowing both inside and outside the banquet hall, submerging some of the already arranged fine wines and delicacies.
In an instant, the items that had scattered from the world within the ring piled up into a small mountain tens of meters high. Fortunately, the banquet hall was built tall and spacious enough, otherwise, these items alone would have filled the banquet hall.
And within that small mountain, a figure over a hundred meters tall was particularly striking. Most of its body was covered by countless items, but its head alone was several meters high, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
"This is… a human?"
"His appearance… could the rumors be true? That His Highness Ender's body height far exceeds that of ordinary people."
"This is His Highness Ender's true body?!"
When some Immortal experts shifted their gaze towards Ender's direction, they saw the scene of numerous items piled up into a small mountain, and they naturally couldn't ignore the figure taller than the small mountain.
Upon seeing the figure over 100 meters tall, two Marquis-level Immortal's eyes flickered slightly. In an instant, their figures blurred, transforming into streaks of light and rushing towards the figure as tall as a small mountain at the entrance of the banquet hall.
Marquis Lone Chen was furious, "Haska!!!"
Haska's attack just now came quickly, too suddenly.
Even at extremely close range, he didn't react, but when he did, he immediately understood that Haska had already been Soul enslaved; otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly assassinated Ender at this moment.
"You're courting death!"
Marquis Lone Chen attacked in a rage, burning 2% of his Immortal Divine Power with his High Stage King-Level strength, instantly unleashing power comparable to a King-level Immortal Low Stage's full-strength strike.
"It's the true body! Explode for me! Explode!!"
At the same time Marquis Lone Chen made his move, Haska, upon seeing the figure taller than the small mountain appear, instantly made up his mind to self-detonate!
However!
At this moment, a person appeared beside Haska amidst intense spatial fluctuations. His palm had gently pressed onto Haska's red-haired head.
Boom!
An incomparably terrifying power erupted, and the surrounding space instantly collapsed into a large depression as if struck by a heavy blow. However, it seemed to be skillfully controlled; although there were countless spatial cracks, the space still did not shatter.
Haska, whose head was attacked and who endured the terrifying power, had his Divine Body annihilated in an instant. The surging Immortal Divine Power that had been preparing for self-detonation vanished without a trace.
Bang.
Haska's Divine Body was annihilated, and his body, composed of Immortal Divine Power, disappeared with the annihilation, leaving only his ring and armor behind.
King Sealing Mace collected the items Haska left behind. "Heh, someone actually dared to carry out an assassination here."
"Hmm?"
King Sealing Mace frowned slightly. He sensed two people transforming into streaks of light from outside the banquet hall and rushing towards Ender, and at this moment, Marquis Lone Chen's attack, burning Eternal Divine Spirit, arrived.
"Closer! Now! Explode!!"
The two Marquis-level Immortal transmitted their voices, preparing to self-detonate, but they found that they couldn't control the Immortal Divine Power within their bodies, and besides their thoughts, they seemed to be isolated from external time, halting all progress!
"What's going on? Why can't I control my Immortal Divine Power?!"
"This is Time Stop! It's King Aurora!"
The two Marquis-level Immortal were shocked and enraged. They were just a little bit away from completing the assassination, just that little bit!
As long as they could self-detonate at this position, with their self-detonation power—one a High Stage King-Level and the other a King-Level Low Stage—it would be comparable to the full-strength attack of a King-level Immortal High Stage expert.
Under such a close-range self-detonation, the surrounding space would definitely become extremely unstable. Even experts who could teleport would find it very difficult to teleport to rescue someone in such turbulent space.
But Time Stop sealed everything about them except their thoughts, preventing them from driving their Immortal Divine Power to self-detonate.
Time Stop!
The most difficult profound mystery to comprehend among the three great profound mysteries of the Time Origin Law. Once cast, it can Seal everything about the target except their thoughts. As long as the opponent cannot break free from the Seal of Time Stop, they can only be slaughtered at will.
"Time Stop, King Aurora made his move!"
"As expected of King Aurora, a Limit stage King expert who comprehended Time Stop."
"Hmm… Isn't that Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin? How are they…"
Seeing the two Immortal in the air motionless, as if frozen in time, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding crowd, some Immortal experts felt strange.
"It's an assassination. I strongly suspect they've been Soul enslaved by an alien race."
"Just now, His Highness Ender encountered an assassination, and those two also rushed towards His Highness Ender, which is why they were sealed by King Aurora."
"If they were Soul enslaved, then it's certainly possible for those two."
"Yes, they often ventured out together. If they encountered an alien Soul Master somewhere, it's indeed possible that they were both Soul enslaved."
When someone suggested that the two were suspected of being Soul enslaved, the other Immortals agreed. Because their actions were too suspicious; they directly rushed towards Ender while everyone else remained still, which naturally led to suspicion.
Marquis Haihuo is one of the Immortals under the Lord of Ganwu, and Marquis Qiuyin has a good relationship with the former, often venturing out together. The two were still out exploring three hundred years ago and only recently returned to the Ganwu Universe Country.
King Sealing Mace frowned slightly and murmured, "And Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin, were they also Soul enslaved by an alien race?"
Whoosh!
Two black chains, with a metallic clang, flew towards the two sealed figures in the air, moving like two black long snakes.
At this moment, King Aurora, with long white hair and dressed in blood-stained white battle armor, stepped forward, "Regardless of whether they have been Soul enslaved or not, first use Sealing Chains! to restrain them, then ask the Country Lord to conduct a detailed Soul investigation. Perhaps we can obtain some useful intelligence."
Soul investigation can only be performed by stronger experts of a higher Realm. For Marquis Haihuo and Marquis Qiuyin, these two Marquis-level experts, a Limit-stage King level Immortal Soul Master could barely investigate, but for a more detailed investigation, only a stronger Universe Venerable could do so.
"This is feasible." King Sealing Mace nodded, then looked up at the two figures already restrained by the Sealing Chains! in the sky, saying, "I'll take them to see the Country Lord. I'll leave things here to you."
As he spoke, he sent the items Haska left behind, along with the World Ring Ender had given him earlier, to Ender, who was amidst the small mountain.
After doing all this, King Sealing Mace then teleported away with the two restrained Marquis-level Immortals.
At this moment, Ender seemed to awaken from a dream, saying, "The banquet…"