Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Giant of Light

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Meanwhile, Black Eyes, the seventh thief located inside the asteroid, looked at the screen with some confusion, at his slave standing there motionless.

That's right, Black Eye set up two bases on the asteroid. One was located on the asteroid's surface and was specifically designed to mislead invaders. To further emphasize the base's authenticity, he even released a group of ordinary slaves to harass the enemy, hoping to create a sense of urgency.

The invaders came to wipe them out, their target being the wealth they had plundered during this period. Once they realized they might be a step behind their teammates, they certainly wouldn't carefully examine the fake base, but would instead rush away to find the next base.

The only ones who knew that Black Eyes was inside the asteroid were these slaves, but thanks to the slave chips, there was no possibility of leaking the secret.

If it were someone of cosmic level who came here, they might actually have been fooled. However, Black Eyes had no idea that the visitor was Lu Yunhe, who had only been in the universe for a few years. With a single wrong thought and the special ability of the Divine Tree clone, he directly reversed the situation and controlled his slave.

"Good luck!"

Lu Yunhe left the Black Dragon spaceship where it was, letting the slaves wait for him inside, before heading alone toward the asteroid in front of him.

"not good!"

Seeing Lu Yunhe flying straight towards him, the Seventh Thief Black Eyes, though unaware of where he had been exposed, certainly couldn't just sit and wait to die.

"Only a third-tier cosmic-level being!"

Black Eyes detected that Lu Yunhe's strength was only at the third level of the Universe level. Instantly, he came up with a strategy: kill the opponent first, and then abandon the remaining treasures and escape on a spaceship.

"I am a fourth-tier cosmic-level being, and I'm fighting on home turf, while my opponent is only a third-tier cosmic-level being. The advantage is on my side!"

Black Eyes took out the C2-class laser cannon, which he had purchased at great expense, and handed it to the ninth-tier Stellar Slave beside him. He planned to use the laser cannon to launch a sneak attack when Black Eyes was engaged in battle with the enemy, aiming for a fatal blow through the combined efforts of both.

A C2-level laser gun is capable of killing weaker cosmic-level enemies directly. It is a restricted item, and its price is roughly comparable to that of a slave of the same level.

It's important to understand that the laser cannon's rating basically refers to the ability to kill a human powerhouse of the corresponding level with a single shot, but that doesn't mean it has no effect on people of other levels.

Black Eyes watched Lu Yunhe land on the asteroid's surface, then instantly grabbed a Tier 3 top-grade weapon and charged forward. The cosmic-level power tore through the rocky ground, revealing the underground base.

"Die!"

Black Eyes said confidently that he usually didn't like to fight personally, at least he would wait for his slaves to wear him down, but unfortunately he didn't have time now.

“A third-tier cosmic-level slave is worth hundreds of millions of cosmic coins. It’s such a pity.”

The next moment, Black Eyes met Lu Yunhe's eyes. Black Eyes didn't know how to describe those eyes, but he felt as if he was seeing a world, a world that ruled over everything.

"too weak!"

Lu Yunhe glared at it casually, and the cosmic-level being in front of him lost its self-awareness, all the hidden moves it had made vanished into nothingness.

It was merely a cosmic-level existence in a mid-level cosmic country, without even a domain, and its soul consciousness was not special. Under the power of the Divine Tree Avatar, a peak race in the universe, it had no ability to resist at all.

The strange thing about illusionists is that if you can withstand their illusions, you can fight them; if you can't, you'll be crushed without any sense of experience.

Of course, if you can withstand the illusionary talent inherent in the Divine Tree clone, then congratulations, you will enter a truly cruel world and understand that a true strong person is powerful in all aspects.

"The opponents in the Killing Space are much more interesting!"

Lu Yunhe looked at the motionless black eyes. Fighting an opponent of the same level who was not a core member of the five major human forces was a complete crushing defeat.

"Now it's time to reap the rewards!"

Lu Yunhe did not directly kill the Black Eye in front of him to complete the assessment task; his real target was the vast wealth accumulated by the Thirteen Thieves.

Chapter 61 Cannibalism

"Black Eyes, tell your men to stop!"

Lu Yunhe used illusion magic to influence the thief in front of him, causing the latter to use his personal terminal to dispel the attacks from his subordinates. It has to be said that illusion magic is really useful when it comes to crushing weaker opponents.

Unfortunately, it becomes ineffective in the mid-to-late game. A strong will and various treasures involving the soul can render low-level illusion talents like the Divine Tree Avatar useless.

While genetic level doesn't represent innate ability, it can reflect the upper limit of that ability to some extent. Like the Golden Horned Beast's ability to create clones, at most it can only give rise to a few hundred times more special life forms. But if it were a special life form with a genetic level a thousand times greater, the situation would be entirely different.

After the entire base shut down, Lu Yunhe stared intently at Hei Mu in front of him: "Hei Mu, transfer all the funds in your virtual bank account to this account."

Upon hearing Lu Yunhe's order, even though he was deeply trapped in the illusion and unable to extricate himself, a conflicted look still appeared on Hei Mu's face, and he didn't even make a move for a moment.

There's no way around it; for these interstellar pirates, wealth is their lifeblood.

“Hey, because the previous account seemed to be at risk of being compromised, you created a new account and then transferred the funds from the old account to it.”

Lu Yunhe smiled and began to weave a new illusion. For an illusionist, forcefully controlling a bit of power can only achieve a bit of effect, but through various techniques, one can achieve a great effect with minimal effort. Of course, the premise is that your illusion can actually affect the other party.

"understand!"

Once the black eyes start transferring money, even if there are many loopholes in the reason, as long as it is plausible, it can greatly reduce the resistance. The logical loopholes can even be filled in by the controlled person themselves.

"50 billion dry witch coins!"

Looking at the newly replenished amount in Xinghe account, Lu Yunhe couldn't help but blink. For a moment, he didn't know whether the number was too much or too little. It was exactly half of the funds in Hu Yanbo's first account.

However, with this funding, the bounty on Black Eyes instantly became insignificant, amounting to only about 100 million Qianwu coins.

Afterwards, Hei Mu led Lu Yunhe to the underground base while reporting on his gains over the years.

"C2-level laser gun!"

Looking at the weapon, Lu Yunhe was somewhat surprised, not because of its power, but because of its extremely high value, basically equivalent to a slave of the same rank, worth over a hundred billion Qianwu coins.

Besides, the third-tier weapons, the enormous cultivation resources, and the precious metals in the storage space showed that these interstellar bandits were indeed robbing resources from inhabited planets.

After a quick inventory of Black Eye's accumulated assets, the total value exceeded 600 billion Qianwu coins, not even counting the cultivation resources Black Eye himself consumed. After all, becoming a space pirate was all about quickly scavenging resources to increase one's strength.

As for why they were able to accumulate so much wealth, it's naturally because these resources were difficult to sell, since they were all stolen. Selling them casually would easily lead to being caught red-handed.

The thirteen bandits planned to plunder the resources one last time before leaving the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and heading to a more distant cosmic kingdom to sell them off.

"According to the system of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, I can get one-tenth of the plundered resources, which is at least several hundred billion Qianwu coins."

Lu Yunhe was somewhat surprised. Could space thieves really make that much money? Looking at the resources Black Eye had accumulated, he even had the urge to become a space thief himself.

It should be noted that even the Thirteen Great Thieves only dared to rob planets with cosmic-level jurisdictions, but Lu Yunhe was fully capable of robbing domain lord-level powerhouses, which would allow him to accumulate wealth at a speed several orders of magnitude faster.

Seeing how much wealth a small universe-level being could accumulate, Lu Yunhe finally understood why, even in such a dangerous cosmic environment, people were still willing to become interstellar pirates one after another. After all, even he was tempted.

As for only being able to take one-tenth of these assets, Lu Yunhe didn't care. Just like Hei Mu, even if he were given these resources, he wouldn't be able to make a move.

The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance can directly transfer the cash to his Cosmic Galaxy account after the assessment mission is completed, and will also endorse the resources in their hands, so there is no need for them to cause trouble.

With just one Black Eye, Lu Yunhe got his ticket money back, not to mention there were twelve more like Black Eye.

"I was able to resist the temptation because of my strength, but I don't know if others can." Profit is tempting, but danger is also lurking behind it. Since the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance dares to make such a promise, it must also have countermeasures.

However, Lu Yunhe was more concerned about whether the other examinees could resist the temptation of wealth than whether they could withstand the counterattack of the Thirteen Thieves.

Unlike the trainee mercenary assessment participants who are generally at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm, the assessment participants for the one-star mercenary are mostly at the low to mid-level Cosmic Realm, while the high-level Cosmic Realm participants have already passed the assessment.

However, one of the Thirteen Thieves' Black Eyes has reached the fourth level of the cosmic level, and he also has a C2-level laser gun, as well as the defensive measures in the base. Ordinary cosmic level fighters would be no match for him without some trump cards.

Rumble…

Just as Lu Yunhe was plundering the wealth accumulated by Hei Mu, conflicts broke out between the examiners and the Thirteen Bandits in the Shattered Star Belt. After all, there were a total of 100 cosmic-level examiners, and they were bound to encounter asteroids where the Thirteen Bandits were stationed.

"They arrived so quickly!"

On a peripheral asteroid, Huang Mo, the leader of the Thirteen Thieves, frowned as he looked at the two cosmic-level beings he had killed. Their corpses lay scattered around, their severed heads seemingly holding a hint of disbelief in their eyes.

"It's probably because I was caught red-handed for selling those resources before!"

Huang Mo pondered to himself that because he was eager to improve his strength, he had recently engaged in a frenzied resale of a batch of supplies to purchase cultivation resources.

Although he vaguely guessed that it was his own fault that had attracted the attention of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Huang Mo felt no guilt at all. Instead, he regretted that if he had known he would be discovered, he would have sold all the supplies at once.

"It's a pity I can't take down the others!"

Huang Mo said regretfully, while also taking the storage space equipment from the two cosmic-level beings in the spirit of thrift.

After the location was discovered, Huang Mo also began to think about his escape route. In his eyes, those invaders were not worth mentioning. The key was the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance behind them.

However, given his unique circumstances, Huang Mo still had some trump cards up his sleeve. Therefore, he didn't want to let go of the resources the twelve of them had collected before leaving.

"Brothers, don't blame your big brother for being ruthless, blame the universe for being too cruel."

Having made up his mind, Huang Mo boarded a spaceship and headed straight to the base of other thieves, intending to make one last killing before leaving.

Chapter 62 Domain

"Black Eyes, why did you decide to become an interstellar thief?"

Inside the spaceship, Lu Yunhe, having nothing else to do, began to use illusion magic to peer into Hei Mu's mind. Of course, his main purpose was also to train his illusion magic skills and better utilize the talent of the Divine Tree clone.

"Once my mental cultivation improves further, I won't do this anymore." Lu Yunhe gave himself a pep talk, then took out some interstellar snacks and listened to Hei Mu's explanation.

Hei Mu also belongs to a branch family of a large family. Unfortunately, he offended the young master of the main family and was severely suppressed. In a fit of anger, he stole some of the family's precious resources and began to wander the universe.

After breaking through to the cosmic level, he chose to join the space pirates, since cultivating alone was too slow.

Through the resources plundered by space pirates, Black Eyes cultivated to the fourth level of the Universe Realm. His goal, naturally, was to break through to the Domain Lord level, return to the family, and thoroughly humiliate the former young master.

Unfortunately, they ran into Lu Yunhe, and it was a mercenary assessment mission, so after it was over, they could only send him to his death.

“There are so many examples like this in the universe,” Lu Yunhe sighed, but unfortunately, very few of them succeed in getting revenge.

"By the way, do you know anything about your leader?" Thinking of the wealth Black Eyes had accumulated, ordinary space pirates couldn't possibly amass such riches.

“Leader!” A hint of confusion flashed in Black Eyes’ eyes: “Although we are known as the Thirteen Great Thieves, we don’t really know each other. But our leader, Yellow Demon, is definitely the strongest among us. All twelve of us combined might not be a match for him. We’ve encountered many crises during our robberies, and it was the leader who resolved them all.”

"The leader is probably willing to organize the Thirteen Great Thieves because he wants us to share the burden of being wanted! Otherwise, with his strength, he wouldn't need us at all."

Indeed, the pressure faced by one person being wanted is completely different from that faced by thirteen people being wanted together.

"They're very powerful!"

Lu Yunhe began to speculate in his mind whether it was a front man for some forces, specifically used to do these dirty jobs. Such things were also common in ancient times.

"arrive!"

Just as they were chatting, the Black Dragon spaceship arrived at the edge of an asteroid. The reason Lu Yunhe asked about the pirate leader was naturally because he had obtained the locations of the other major thieves from Hei Mu.

With the locations of other major thieves identified, even if some of them are just smokescreens, it's still possible to eliminate a large number of targets, with the pirate leader being the first choice.

"what!"

Lu Yunhe knocked out Hei Mu and threw him into the Black Dragon spaceship. He then went to the asteroid alone, only to find two dead cosmic-level beings upon landing.

"It was looted so thoroughly!"