Upon learning of the Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor's emergence, Ender immediately entered the Virtual Universe and arrived at a temporarily established plane.
The space within this plane was vast, but most of it was surrounded by chaotic airflow.
Thrones stood within the chaotic airflow, each occupied by a Six Star Venerable or Seven Star Overlord of the Hong Alliance.
And above all the thrones, several towering thrones stood, upon which sat the Hong Alliance Palace Master!
Swish!
When Ender arrived at this plane, he sat upon a towering throne, forming a circle with the thrones of several Hong Alliance Palace Masters.
"Void River Master."
"Void River is here."
"Void River."
Seeing Ender's arrival, several Hong Alliance Palace Masters greeted him with smiles.
"Mm."
Ender nodded in response, then asked Dragon Walk Master beside him, "How is the situation now?"
"The component has fallen into Venerable Guiyi's hands; we just need to wait for a Universe Master to arrive and receive it."
Dragon Walk Master smiled, "Swallow Eagle Master has already rushed there and is expected to arrive at Original Star No. 9990 in 1 minute. I will also arrive in 2 minutes and 23 seconds."
Upon hearing this, Ender's gaze fell on an alien Universe Master with a black carapace, shaped like a rhinoceros beetle.
Swallow Eagle Master, a Third-rank Universe Master of the Hong Alliance Palace Master, whose strength was relatively ordinary.
Perhaps sensing Ender's gaze, Swallow Eagle Master's massive head nodded slightly.
"Since Dragon Walk Master, you are arriving, then I won't go."
Ender smiled, "Even if I rush over, it would take nearly four minutes to arrive, and there isn't enough time."
Original Star No. 9990 was quite distant; even through the optimal route from Original Star No. 88, it would take nearly four minutes to arrive.
The time was too long; even if Ender rushed over, the struggle for the component would likely have already ended.
Dragon Walk Master laughed, "Haha, you just wait for good news."
Ender smiled and nodded upon hearing this, then pulled up the information on this component's battle for acquisition.
[13:31:23, the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component emerged on Original Star No. 9990.]
[13:31:56, the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component fell into the hands of the Hun Chi Alliance, Venerable Atlas Xun.]
When Ender saw this, the information about that Alliance immediately appeared in his mind.
The Hun Chi Alliance, one of the Twelve Top-tier Forces; Venerable Atlas Xun was an Advanced Venerables belonging to that Alliance.
[13:32:01, Hong Alliance's Venerable Luo Chi discovered the treasure acquired by Venerable Atlas Xun was a 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component and reported it to the Hong Alliance.]
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[13:32:53, the Hong Alliance sealed the Original Star Channel closest to where the component emerged.]
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[13:33:45, Hong Alliance's Venerable Guiyi arrived and seized the component from Venerable Atlas Xun.]
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[13:34:09, Demon Clan Alliance's Venerable Chaotic Wing attempted to break through the blockade and arrive at Original Star No. 9990 but failed.]
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"Demon Clan Alliance, Northern Territory Alliance, Gu Yan Alliance..."
Ender quickly finished reading the message, thinking, "Nine Super Forces, Twelve Top-tier Forces, a total of 7 forces attempted to break through the Hong Alliance's blockade to arrive and seize the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component."
Every time a fragmented treasure emerged on an Original Star, such a scene would inevitably occur, with various forces participating in the treasure hunt.
When they acquired the 'Zhu Yan' component back then, it seemed like Northern Territory Alliance was the only opponent, but in reality, many forces attempted to break through the blockade, only to be stopped by the Hong Alliance's strong individuals.
It was the same now; however, the treasure had already fallen into Venerable Guiyi's hands, and the Human Alliance had also sealed the channel closest to the treasure, firmly holding the initiative.
The information bar Ender was viewing constantly updated, with various messages appearing one after another.
Suddenly, a red-marked message appeared, causing his brow to furrow slightly.
"Northern Territory Alliance, Lei Zui Master arrived at Original Star No. 9990."
Ender silently thought, "The Northern Territory Alliance occupies a vast Universe territory, with three Original Star Channels within or near its territory, so their arrival speed is indeed very fast."
"However, Lei Zui Master is a Second-rank Universe Master, and his life gene level is only a thousand times, so relying solely on Immortal Energy pressure cannot force Venerable Guiyi to hand over the component in a short time."
Finally, Ender thought, "There's enough time..."
Venerable Guiyi was Primal Chaos City Lord's second Disciple, protected by a High-level Arcana Treasure armor.
Even if Lei Zui Master burned his Immortal Energy, he couldn't quickly annihilate his Divine Body just by Immortal Energy pressure.
Two more messages updated on the information bar, followed by the news of Swallow Eagle Master's arrival at Original Star No. 9990.
"With Swallow Eagle Master arriving to interfere with space-time, Lei Zui Master's Immortal Energy cannot exert long-distance pressure."
Ender's mood relaxed, "Venerable Guiyi is safe and can meet up with Swallow Eagle Master with the component."
The characteristics of Original Star determined that under circumstances where multiple Universe Masters descended to disrupt space-time, as long as Universe Venerables were far apart, their safety could be guaranteed.
Not long after.
"Haha, the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component is already in Swallow Eagle Master's hands."
Dragon Walk Master's laughter rang out, "I have also arrived at Original Star No. 9990, and this treasure hunt has concluded successfully."
This voice was incredibly loud, not only reaching Ender and the other Hong Alliance Palace Masters' ears but also spreading to the Six Star Venerables and Seven Star Overlords below.
"The treasure hunt is over, and the Hong Alliance has obtained the treasure."
"Although a Universe Master descended, it was still a close call."
"Venerable Hang Wen has fallen, but fortunately, he fell while acquiring treasure for the Hong Alliance and will be resurrected by the Hong Alliance soon."
"Haha, this time sealing the Original Star, not only did we complete the Hong Alliance's mission, but we also jointly killed two Advanced Venerables, a very fruitful harvest!"
With the treasure hunt over, the Universe Venerables relaxed and discussed through voice transmissions.
"Void River, the component is in hand."
Dragon Walk Master laughed, "That kid Gui Yi is tough enough; he didn't hand over the component even when facing Lei Zui Master's Immortal Energy pressure."
"He truly is... the most outstanding among Chaos's Personal Disciples."
"Venerable Guiyi is Senior Martial Uncle Chaos's second Disciple. Although he hasn't broken through to become a Universe Master, he has been a Universe Overlord for a very long time."
Ender smiled, "With Venerable Guiyi's Soul will and treasure configuration, facing the Immortal Energy pressure of an ordinary Second-rank Universe Master is not a problem."
"This treasure hunt was quite easy; the news was too far ahead of other forces."
Swallow Eagle Master also laughed at this moment, "Our Hong Alliance's strong individuals knew the characteristics of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component and reported it early through their Immortal Energy Avatar as soon as they discovered it."
"When our Hong Alliance's Universe Venerables and Universe Overlords sealed the Original Star, other forces only realized it later and dispatched strong individuals to seize the treasure."
"As the saying goes, a step slow, every step slow."
Swallow Eagle Master smiled, "Being ahead in information gives us a significant advantage in treasure hunting."
All the Hong Alliance Palace Masters, including Ender, nodded. The Virtual Universe was unique in the Universe for its message transmission.
Many strong individuals of the Hong Alliance, even if their Immortal Energy Avatars were not together, could still communicate quickly through the Virtual Universe.
As for other Alliance forces, even in the virtual world of the same Secret Realm, information exchange would still be slightly slower.
The Virtual Universe has a Mechanical Race Universe Master as its core, making its information processing much faster than other virtual worlds.
"This time acquiring the component was easy; next time will definitely be harder."
A Hong Alliance Palace Master sighed, "Although other Alliance forces don't know the characteristics of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component, they know that if a treasure doesn't have information after being recognized as its master, it must be an incomplete treasure."
"As a result, other Alliance forces will quickly learn the news, and our difficulty in acquiring treasures will also increase."
"What if acquiring treasures is difficult?"
Dragon Walk Master said domineeringly, "With the power of our Hong Alliance, we will not fear other forces."
"The remaining components of this 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' are a must-have for our Hong Alliance; no one can stop us from collecting the components!"
"Next time a component emerges, I will also descend to the Original Star to acquire it."
Ender said solemnly, "No one can stop our Hong Alliance from acquiring treasures!"
The Human Race has decided that the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' will be used by Ender, so he naturally wouldn't let the components fall into the hands of other Alliance forces, which would require the race to spend a huge price to gather them.
Seeing this, the various alien race Hall Masters immediately understood that humanity was determined to obtain the components of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor'.
However, thinking about it, it was normal; after all, it was a treasure that emerged from a palace with a diameter of 100,000 kilometers. Its power would at least be at the Pinnacle Arcana Treasure level, so naturally, they had to do their best to collect it.
Thus, in the following ten thousand years.
The Hong Alliance organized three operations to seal the Original Star, all for the purpose of acquiring the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' components.
In two of them, Ender descended to the Original Star to assist in the acquisition, successfully reclaiming the components.
Adding the components acquired ten thousand years ago, the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' was only missing one component to be complete.
And this last component was the spiral horn on the head!
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Two hundred thousand years later.
Universe Venerables from various forces continued to battle for treasures on the Original Star.
Meanwhile, the strong individuals of the Human Alliance, while acquiring treasures, also paid attention to the news of the last component of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor'.
But in these four hundred thousand years, there had been no news of that spiral horn.
Such a long period without a component emerging made various forces suspect whether humanity had already gathered the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor'.
Suddenly, a palace with a diameter of ten thousand Atlas emerged on Original Star No. 1111, immediately attracting the attention of various forces in the Universe.
For a time, many strong individuals from various Universe forces gathered, including more than ten Universe Masters and more than twenty Top-tier Universe Overlords.
According to humanity's plan, except for the emergence of the strongest treasure's palace, humanity would compete for the token, intending to acquire the strongest treasure within the palace.
The Hong Alliance would not participate in this palace treasure hunt, to avoid becoming a target for various forces.
But a piece of reported news caused many strong individuals of the Hong Alliance to gather in the Hong Alliance Hall!
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Virtual Universe, Hong Alliance Hall.
All the Hong Alliance Palace Masters gathered together.
Huge Axe Creator sat in the main seat, while Primal Chaos City Lord and Penggong Master sat on the thrones to his left and right.
Ender, having a Pinnacle Arcana Treasure and demonstrating Fourth-rank combat power in a treasure hunt four hundred thousand years ago, sat beside other Fourth-rank Universe Masters.
"According to the news reported by Venerable Kuiye."
After all the Hall Masters were seated, Primal Chaos City Lord's grand and gentle voice rang out, "Hun Chi Alliance's Xu Mu Master acquired a silver spiral horn from the palace that emerged on Original Star No. 1111."
As the words fell.
Beams of light appeared before all the Hall Masters, displaying a silver spiral horn with intricate secret patterns.
The Hall Masters looked at the light beams before them, with expressions of surprise, curiosity, and joy.
"This silver spiral horn, both in color and form, is extremely similar to the last component of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor'."
Primal Chaos City Lord continued, "Because the treasure was not obtained, Venerable Kuiye could not determine if it was the last component of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor'."
"But combining the fact that the last component has not emerged for four hundred thousand years, there is reason to believe that the treasure acquired by Xu Mu Master is indeed the last component of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor'."
"Such situations have occurred before with fragmented treasures emerging from Original Stars, where components emerged from other palaces."
Primal Chaos City Lord finally added, "Because the probability of such a situation occurring is extremely low, it is often overlooked."
The Hall Masters checked the data and found that since the birth of the Hong Alliance, there had only been one previous instance of a similar situation.
And among the data provided by the various races of the Hong Alliance, there were only three such instances recorded!
"Since Xu Mu Master might have a 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' component, then we will take that component back."
Desolation Master exuded a violent aura and said coldly, "The Hun Chi Alliance probably won't guess that our target is the treasure in Xu Mu Master's hand, and not the treasure in the Main Hall of the palace."
"Even if other strong individuals from the Hun Chi Alliance arrive, how could our Hong Alliance be afraid!"
Although the Hall Masters did not speak, they expressed agreement with Desolation Master's words.
Each of the Twelve Top-tier Forces had more than ten Universe Masters, and apart from not having a True God in charge, their strength was not inferior to Pinnacle Races.
In fact, compared to Pinnacle Races with fewer Universe Masters, such as the Zerg and Mechanical Race, their strength was even stronger.
But the Twelve Top-tier Forces could only compare with Pinnacle Races, not with the Nine Super Forces!
Among the Nine Super Forces, except for the Space Beast Alliance, which was relatively weak and whose number of Universe Masters could not lead.
The other Eight Super Forces, the one with the fewest Universe Masters, also had nearly forty!
And the Hong Alliance, ostensibly, had sixty Universe Masters, more than three times the number of Top-tier Forces!
A single Top-tier Force was powerless to contend with the Hong Alliance.
"Only the last component remains, and the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor' will be complete."
Swallow Eagle Master spoke, "Regardless of whether the treasure Xu Mu Master obtained is a component of the 'Apocalyptic Beast Visage Armor', we must acquire it."
"Cannot let it go."
"That's right, we must obtain it!"
The various alien race Hall Masters spoke one after another, stating that they must obtain the treasure.
The reason they spoke so quickly was primarily to follow in Swallow Eagle Master's footsteps.
As the only alien Fourth-rank Universe Master in the Hong Alliance, Swallow Eagle Master represented the vast majority of alien races in the Hong Alliance, and the other alien race Hall Masters united around him.
As long as Swallow Eagle Master did not leave the Hong Alliance and did not infringe upon the interests of the vast majority of alien races, the other alien race Hall Masters were willing to give their support.
This made Swallow Eagle Master's position in the Hong Alliance quite high, making him humanity's most important alien Universe Master ally.
Primal Chaos City Lord asked Huge Axe Creator, who was in the main seat, "Huge Axe, what is your opinion?"
"Of course, it's about acquiring the treasure."
Huge Axe Creator said, "As long as there's a slight possibility, we cannot let it go."
"In that case, I will make the trip."
At this moment, Ender slowly spoke, "I will arrive at Original Star No. 1111 as soon as possible to prevent Xu Mu Master from escaping."
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