Speculation

Chapter 383 Speculation

"Controlling a region of spacetime, the master of the universe?"

Suk had been secretly watching from the mansion behind the scenes. When he saw the alien venerable suddenly appear and burn his divine body to attack Eloi, his heart still skipped a beat. Although he had already made preparations, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"It's alright, with Senior Brother Brahma Sea Palace Master protecting you, nothing will happen." Su Ke kept his eyes fixed on the scene.

As planned, as soon as Eloi's clone left the house, carrying the World Ring, the Lord of the Brahma Sea Palace would hide within the world.

If danger arises, the Palace Master of the Brahma Sea, who is by Eloi's side, can naturally take immediate action, or at the very least, use his divine power to envelop Eloi and protect her.

Sure enough, as soon as they stepped out, they were attacked by a foreign venerable.

I originally thought that the next moment would be the senior brother of the Brahma Sea Palace Master to make a move and "defend himself" to kill the Universe Venerable with lightning speed!

Because it was that alien venerable one who made the first move, the subsequent counterattack by the Palace Master of Brahma Sea will not incur punishment from the Five-Colored Aurora Lake.

The Palace Master of Brahma Sea Palace also came prepared.

This is not just ordinary extermination, it is also soul control!

Because this Universe Venerable knew he was coming to assassinate humans, he would not be carrying any treasures, and his strength was far below his normal level. On the other hand, the Palace Master of Brahma Sea was at his peak and was carrying a soul treasure. The difference between the two was enormous.

There are different kinds of cosmic overlords. Generally speaking, a cosmic overlord is someone who has reached the pinnacle of cosmic venerable level in terms of understanding the laws and creating secret techniques, and whose combat power when he goes all out is comparable to that of the most ordinary cosmic lord.

Of course, the so-called power here... is actually the power of an ordinary universe master when not using a supreme treasure! But how could a universe master not have a supreme treasure?

The attack power of a cosmic overlord who possesses an ordinary supreme treasure is naturally different from that of one who possesses a precious high-level soul supreme treasure! With the strength of the Brahma Sea Palace Master, if he goes all out, he still has a chance to take down this cosmic venerable one.

Who would have thought that at this critical juncture, a ruler of the universe would descend upon us?

"The Lord of the Universe? Impossible!!!" The Eye-Eyed Venerable's thousands of eyes simultaneously revealed madness. Even though it knew it was facing a dead end, it still struggled desperately. It had already given up on living, so the most important thing now was to complete the mission of assassinating the human genius. However, under the Lord of the Universe's overwhelming power to control space and time, all of this was undoubtedly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, futile and powerless.

"Boom boom..." The spacetime constraints around Venerable Tentacle suddenly expanded, as if an invisible giant had grabbed Venerable Tentacle and squeezed him tightly, as if trying to crush Venerable Tentacle completely.

"Ah..." Venerable Eyes felt an incredibly powerful and terrifying force descend upon him. Although he burned his divine power to resist, his entire divine body was instantly annihilated by this overwhelming power, leaving not even a trace.

Upon witnessing the instantaneous annihilation of the Eye-Catching Venerable, the entire Purple Thorn Island fell silent.

Everyone was stunned. A cosmic master descended and, without showing his face, instantly annihilated a cosmic venerable simply by controlling space and time. How terrifying was that?

"The Eye-Touched Venerable is dead. He was killed by the Lord of the Universe for attacking that human."

"I wonder which universe lord it is? Could it be the lord of Purple Thorn Island?"

"But why did the Lord of the Universe intervene as soon as the Venerable One of the Eyes tried to assassinate a human? Is this human just that lucky?"

The alien inheritors from various factions who had been observing the situation from afar were all shocked by this turn of events.

In their view, if this unseen ruler of the universe hadn't suddenly appeared, the humans who were being assassinated might have already perished!

Figures flew out from palaces and mansions all over the entire Bauhinia Island. The inheritors, who were densely packed in mid-air, did not know what had happened before, but they quickly learned the cause and effect through the news from their friends and acquaintances.

Because of the death of Venerable Eye-Catching, the five-colored aurora that was about to descend immediately returned, and the universe lord's ability to control time and space also subsided. The entire Purple Thorn Island seemed to have returned to normal in an instant. However, the gazes of the tens of millions of inheritors floating in mid-air all fell on the blue-haired girl at the entrance of a mansion.

The Venerable One was reduced to ashes, but this blue-haired girl didn't lose a single hair.

"A powerful cosmic lord died because of assassinating a realm lord." Some people had mixed feelings.

That's not all; it was a mysterious cosmic lord who personally killed him!

After their initial shock, the inheritors from all sides who were watching from afar learned what had happened and immediately began to pass on the information to their respective factions.

This is big news!

"He's dead."

"The Eye-Touching Venerable is dead." The other two Universe Venerables, who were thousands of kilometers away and were also carrying out orders, couldn't help but tremble when they saw this scene.

They had anticipated various scenarios, including powerful human beings following their target, but they never expected that they would provoke a cosmic ruler!

With the protection of the Lord of the Universe, how can I kill him?

Venerable One of the Eyes of Touch, you died such an unjust death!

They felt fortunate, but at the same time, they were terrified and regretful, their feelings were extremely complicated.

"Could it be that the cosmic ruler of the human race secretly infiltrated the Ancestral God Cult to protect this human genius?"

"Impossible. No matter how much they value this genius or how much they want to protect him, even the Lord of Chaos City wouldn't dare to trespass into the core area of ​​the Ancestral God Sect. Otherwise, in a fit of anger, the Ancestral God Sect could completely expel all the inheritors of the Hong Alliance and cut off the opportunity to pass on their heritage to the human race in the future."

"Then who exactly is the ruler of the universe?"

Just as tens of millions of inheritors on the entire Purple Thorn Island were making a great commotion, each one filled with doubt and shock, they began to discuss the direction of Eloi's mansion.

A powerful pressure suddenly descended.

In an instant, the world changed color.

A body resembling a dragon stretched for tens of thousands of kilometers, its enormous wings unfurled, and its head emerged, gazing down upon the scene. Instantly, tens of millions of inheritors descended, all bowing respectfully: "Island Lord."

The newcomer was none other than the Beast God, the guardian deity of Zijing Island!

Some shocked people have begun to speculate that perhaps the island lord of Zijing Island secretly intervened to protect this human.

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"A cosmic venerable actually dared to assassinate the inheritor! Hmph, to attempt an assassination on the sacred grounds of my Ancestral God Sect, what audacity! A blatant disobedience to the orders of my Ancestral God Sect, he deserves to perish forever!"

The guardian beast god's voice boomed, "Even if this Tentacle-Eyed Venerable is resurrected by reversing time, our Ancestral God Sect will surely hunt him down!"

The overwhelming pressure caused tens of millions of inheritors to tremble and turn pale.

That's too harsh.

After being resurrected, the Time-Reversing Venerable One is still hunted down by the Ancestral God Cult.

These words were spoken publicly by the Beast God who protects the faith, so they must represent the opinion of the Ancestral God Sect's higher-ups, which terrified countless inheritors.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness." The two alien venerables who had secretly returned to their residences were also filled with lingering fear upon hearing this.

Fortunately, Venerable One-Eyed Shielded them from the fallout; otherwise, they might be the ones being purged now.

After this incident, the assassination missions will likely be impossible to continue. No matter how much they are threatened or tempted, they won't have the guts. Otherwise, the consequence of being hunted down forever by the Ancestral God Cult, the number one power in the universe, is something no one can bear.

"Disperse, all of you." The guardian beast god hovering above Purple Thorn Island looked down, its voice echoing throughout the entire island, "Remember this—the human 'River Moon' is the inheritor of our Ancestral God Sect. Assassinating her will surely result in being hunted down by the Ancestral God Sect."

"Yes." Countless inheritors bowed.

Immediately, the guardian beast god in the sky disappeared into thin air, and the inheritors who had been holding their breath breathed a sigh of relief.

They quickly resumed their discussion.

"What's going on? Didn't that Venerable One with Tentacles just assassinate a human? In the history of the Ancestral God Cult, there have been killings among the inheritors, but the Ancestral God Cult never specifically hunted them down. Yet even the Venerable One with Tentacles, who will be resurrected in reverse time, is being hunted down. This is truly—"

"Foolish fellow, don't you understand? It's obvious the Ancestral God Cult treated that human genius specially; didn't you see it—"

How biased is the Ancestral God Cult towards powerful special life forms and extraordinary geniuses? Now they're starting to favor humans too!

"I see. No wonder the Ancestral God Sect's punishment was so severe this time. Plus, the Lord of the Universe appeared in time to stop the assassination. Perhaps they had been secretly watching over and protecting humanity all along."

"Hmph, with such potential, once humans become truly immortal, they might not be any worse than that Insect King. How could the Ancestral God Cult not be biased?"

"Wow, no wonder the Ancestral God Cult treats her specially, she's truly enviable."

The inheritors of various races in the universe talked to each other, and then turned into streaks of light and flew away in twos and threes. For most of them, this was just a lively scene.

On the contrary, some of the inheritors who were truly responsible for the clan's orders were somewhat troubled.

"How... how can we kill her? There's no way to kill her."

If the Ancestral God Cult intended to protect them, they wouldn't have been able to harm humans on Zijing Island at all.

"Yu Jiang Beast God." At this moment, in a space-time area above Zijing Island, subtly isolated from the outside world and obscuring the scene, the vanished Zijing Island Lord looked in one direction and spoke, "Why are you here? Your actions this time were so swift. Have you been by this human's side the whole time?"

At one end of spacetime is an endless, illusory image of flowing water, and in it is the shadow of a colossal woman whose height is nearly 100,000 kilometers. Her lower body is a snake tail made of flowing water, swaying gently, and with each sway, it seems as if spacetime itself is shaking.

A gentle and beautiful voice came. "Fire Dragon, that alien dared to kill other inheritors on Purple Thorn Island, openly violating the rules of my Ancestral God Sect. I merely saw it and took action to punish him."

The "Fire Dragon" stretched endlessly across the sky, emitting a sharp, piercing sound that shook the space: "What a coincidence! I'm afraid you've already set your sights on this human. But that's fine too. We've already decided to recruit this human genius. It would be a pity if he were assassinated by an alien race."

"By the way, it's been many years since we last met. How about we come to my palace for a chat?"

"Alright." The Water Beast God Yu Jiang smiled slightly.

News of the failed assassination attempt on Zijing Island quickly reached back to the Mechanical Race's territory.

"The Eye-Touched Venerable failed?" In the machine race's virtual world, a vast and boundless realm like a starry sky, a gigantic sphere of light, as large as a star, floated. Countless rings of runes swirled around its surface. Now, it emitted an angry voice. "And it was only because some cosmic lord of the Ancestral God Cult intervened that it failed?"

Unlike the lower-level inheritors who could only guess, the high-ranking members of the Mechanical Race immediately deduced that it must have been a powerful figure from the Ancestral God Cult who had intervened.

The statement released later by the Ancestral God Sect also confirmed this inference.

"I never expected the Ancestral God Cult to value this human so much. It's truly despicable," it said coldly. "This human is lucky."

"It seems difficult to deal with this human on Bauhinia Island. We need to rearrange our assassination plan."

Although it was a pity that they failed, there is no such thing as absolute success in the world. The machine race was also mentally prepared before carrying out the assassination.

What I didn't expect was that a cosmic ruler would be brought out behind the scenes.

Even if they fail, the Machine Race will not give up. They will only be wary of the Ancestral God Cult from easily carrying out assassinations on Purple Thorn Island again.

Both the demon race and the insect race received the news at the same time.

"Damn it, this human is incredibly lucky to have received the protection of the Ancestral God Cult!" The enormous Sirius Lord, standing amidst the endless flames filling the starry sky, spoke with resentment in his huge eyes. "However, the protection of the Ancestral God Cult is limited. Wait a while. As long as this human comes out, he'll eventually find an opportunity. I refuse to believe that the Ancestral God Cult will continue to favor this human so much outside."

The Zerg were also disappointed, but this time it wasn't them who suffered losses. Considering the current situation, they could only continue to lie low and wait for an opportunity.

As for the human side... although the Ancestral God Cult's move was unexpected, it was actually a good thing for them.

Of course, they also understood that there is no such thing as unwarranted favoritism in the world, and that the Ancestral God Sect must have some ulterior motive for doing this.

Some major forces in the universe are familiar with the way the Ancestral God Cult operates.

"Haha, the Ancestral God Cult has been using the same old tricks for so many years. They just want to win over human geniuses? Fine, then show some sincerity." One of the super beings in the human race said this to the other super beings.

Purple Bauhinia Island.

Eloi, Suk, and the Lord of the Brahma Palace gathered together upon returning to the mansion.

"I never expected this," the Palace Master of Brahma Sea sighed. "I was originally hiding in Eloi's World Ring. When I saw that Venerable One with the Eye of the Tentacles coming over, I wanted to make a move, but the Lord of the Universe beat me to it."

"Once the Lord of the Universe makes a move, there's nothing left for me to do."

"I wonder which member of the Ancestral God Cult that mysterious Universe Lord is," Palace Master Brahma said to Eloi. "His timely intervention suggests he's been secretly watching you for some time."

Elo is also confused.

Although she knew she might be valued by the Ancestral God Cult, she never expected that a Lord of the Universe would be secretly watching her all along.

No matter what, she's just a realm lord, what merit does she have?

"Could it be the Lord of Purple Thorn Island?" Eloi guessed. "He is a great being who oversees the entire Purple Thorn Island and is most likely to be watching over the whole island."

As an ancient sixth-level inheritor, the Palace Master of Brahma Sea knew a great deal about the Ancestral God Sect. He shook his head. "Don't overthink it. The security of Purple Thorn Island is usually managed automatically by the Five-Colored Aurora Lake. Except for occasionally meeting with new inheritors, the Island Master of Purple Thorn Island almost never stays in the Island Master's Palace, and it's impossible for him to do the troublesome task of watching over the entire island at all times."

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The three talked, but they didn't come to any conclusions.

Suk even wondered if he might be the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds? But thinking about it, that seemed unlikely.