Wu He, being stared at by Luo Feng, gritted his teeth and finally took out the most important treasure he had brought for joining the army… Seeing the treasure appearing on the open ground, Luo Feng’s face immediately lit up with joy.
…
A moment later, the transaction was completed.
“Yinhe, I won’t disturb you anymore,” Wu He, having obtained the corpse of a Zhen Shen, immediately departed.
“Alright,” Luo Feng nodded with a smile, his attitude very friendly.
Wu He turned into a streak of light, followed instantly by a spatial teleportation, and he was gone.
Luo Feng couldn’t help but shake his head in admiration: “No wonder he’s the child of the master of Beizhen Sea—he’s truly extraordinary. This trade was worth it!”
In this transaction, Luo Feng gave up one Zhen Shen corpse.
In return, Wu He offered a Zhen Shen-grade battle armor, a large number of Law Sovereign weapons and armors, and… one mechanical stream treasure! This mechanical stream treasure was called “Qiwun Flying Armor.” While its other aspects were merely average, its specialty lay in survival and escape—particularly in continuously changing directions and dodging attacks. To exchange for it at the military supply depot would require spending 120,000 military merits.
Of course, delivering this “Qiwun Flying Armor” to the military depot would only yield 100,000 military merits in return, clearly showing how exploitative the depot was.
100,000 military merits could be used to “offset merits and demerits” and save one’s life. Additionally, military merits couldn’t be obtained without completing missions.
In reality, Wu He gained both a Zhen Shen corpse for survival and 10,000 military merits from Luo Feng, which was effectively equivalent to 110,000 military merits. In fact, Wu He had been overly confident—he originally believed that with so many treasures on him, he could endure the Disaster-Level mission. However, once the mission began, he was stunned.
First came the massive chaotic battle, from which he managed to earn only partial military merits.
After the chaos, Wu He clearly understood… After a major battle, Xuanyu Mountain and Jiuyan Marsh would be extremely vigilant. Wanting to slowly kill thousands of Law Sovereigns at the edge of Jiuyan Marsh? That was simply a dream! As for obtaining some weapons and armor from the three groups of soldiers—Dui Chang, Kufa, and Yuluo—since he was alone, while the other three groups were numerous, once entangled, he would surely be killed.
The most critical issue was this:
Before completing the mission… it was impossible to conduct any transactions at the military depot, and he couldn’t exchange the “Qiwun Flying Armor” for military merits either.
So…
He could only beg Luo Feng!
…
After trading with Wu He, Luo Feng had over 30 Zhen Shen corpses in his possession but did not rush to the military depot to exchange them for treasures.
“Yinhe, please, help me just once. I will never forget this great favor. I am willing to offer you all my other treasures in exchange for one Zhen Shen corpse.”
“Yinhe… as long as you help me, I will obey your commands forever. If you tell me to kill the squad leader, I will charge forward without hesitation.”
“Yinhe…”
Luo Feng’s communication token kept receiving messages from the soldiers of his small squad, who never gave up trying to obtain a Zhen Shen corpse from him. Now Luo Feng was within the military camp… no one could kill him there, so they had no choice but to humbly approach him for a trade.
“One sentence: offer treasures worth 100,000 military merits in exchange for one exotic beast Zhen Shen corpse. If you don’t have treasures worth 100,000 military merits… I don’t care if you live or die!” Luo Feng replied decisively.
These soldiers had once disregarded his life and death.
Why should he care about their survival?
Of course, if they could offer treasures worth 100,000 military merits, he could consider it. After all, he still needed to fight for humanity.
Luo Feng was greedy, and the group of soldiers was impoverished.
These poor soldiers simply couldn’t offer treasures worth 100,000 military merits. Of course, the squad leader could, but he already had a Zhen Shen corpse in hand.
So…
Luo Feng continued cultivating while waiting. He waited for a full year, yet not a single transaction succeeded.
“Yinhe, you’re too greedy.”
“That damned Yinhe.”
“Damn it…”
Unable to get what they wanted, the group of soldiers grew angry and even resentful toward Luo Feng.
“I don’t care if you all die!” Luo Feng didn’t care at all.
…
In the third year after Luo Feng completed this military mission, he returned to the military depot again. He exchanged the “Qiwun Flying Armor” for military merits, and also exchanged all his other 33 Zhen Shen corpses for merits, then began exchanging for treasures.
Primarily, he obtained a mechanical stream treasure—the “Golden Claw God”—which cost him 400,000 military merits!
The remaining merits were used to obtain a domain-type supreme treasure (Zhen Shen-grade), costing 30,000 military merits.
“Golden Claw God!”
Luo Feng stood on his island, inside the grand hall of his large stone house.
The empty hall contained a golden sculpture standing upright, and Luo Feng was carefully examining it.
“Golden Claw God?” Luo Feng murmured softly. “A single-body mechanical treasure, belonging to the same category as the most mysterious ‘Wuqi God,’ although its power is much weaker.”
By “much weaker,” he meant relative to the Wuqi God.
After all, this mechanical stream treasure had cost him 400,000 military merits—it was definitely far superior to treasures like Hei Yun Wing and the like.
“Defense, attack, speed… all are strong,” Luo Feng nodded slightly. “Very well-rounded.”
Being strong in all aspects meant none were overwhelmingly powerful, but also meant no weaknesses.
Deep in his heart…
Luo Feng had his eyes set on the “Wuqi God,” so he obtained this simplified version—the Golden Claw God. In his heart, Luo Feng liked this type of mechanical treasure without weaknesses. Previously, he couldn’t afford it due to insufficient merits, but after giving up the Qiwun Flying Armor, he finally had enough.
“Let me try it out.” Luo Feng’s mind stirred, and the golden sculpture immediately flew toward him.
Whoosh~~~
Golden light flowed, instantly covering Luo Feng’s entire body. In an instant, Luo Feng transformed into a tall, golden monster wearing a mask. This golden monster was humanoid in shape, with clawed hands and feet, a triangular head, and emanating endless wild and ferocious aura.
Because the Golden Claw God was worn, it forced the Ma He Army’s standard battle armor to temporarily recede—it couldn’t coexist with the Golden Claw God.
Luo Feng felt as if he had changed into another supreme battle armor.
“Burn divine power!” Luo Feng’s mind stirred.
Boom~~~~
The burning divine power rapidly flowed into the Golden Claw God armor on his body. Powerful energy immediately coursed through the countless secret patterns within the armor. However, the result was… he couldn’t control it! Clearly, the internal secret patterns were too complex, so Luo Feng had to temporarily stop burning divine power and first carefully study the patterns.
With Luo Feng’s level of secret techniques… he still spent over three days pondering before finally comprehending the entire control system of the Golden Claw God. Soon, with a massive infusion of burning divine power flowing along the countless secret patterns, precise connections were made, ultimately converging at five key points on the Golden Claw God armor—two on the shoulders, two on the knees, and one on the back.
Five central nodes.
Energy transformation!
Sssss~~~
Golden, fibrous energy, after transformation, rapidly spread throughout every part of the Golden Claw God armor. This golden fibrous energy perfectly resonated with the armor, causing its power to surge instantly.
“Indeed different! Just one transformation, and the power increased by two levels,” Luo Feng was delighted. “My ninth-tier attack, when channeled through the Golden Claw God, becomes an eleventh-tier attack?”
Luo Feng deeply felt the might of mechanical stream treasures.
“With this treasure!
I was already at the peak of the Cosmic Sea. Now with this ancient civilization treasure, the ‘Golden Claw God,’ who in the entire Cosmic Sea can rival me?” Luo Feng was exhilarated. In terms of combat strength, he had surpassed even the Original Ancestor of old!
Of course, the reasons for this were twofold: first, the Original Ancestor didn’t understand the secret art of burning divine power, and second, he didn’t possess any mechanical stream treasures.
Luo Feng believed that as various forces in the Cosmic Sea entered the “Jin’s World,” the overall combat power of the Cosmic Sea would rise. However, mechanical stream treasures were generally only available to elite soldiers of special regiments, and the required military merits were extremely high. It would likely be difficult for the various forces in the Cosmic Sea to obtain mechanical stream treasures in the short term.
…
After obtaining the Golden Claw God, Luo Feng naturally immersed himself in studying it. He even specifically wore the Golden Claw God into the ‘Inheritance Space’ within the Tomb Mausoleum Boat for training.
Repeated training caused Luo Feng to increasingly marvel.
No wonder ancient civilization records greatly praised mechanical stream treasures. Except for those at the pinnacle of ancient civilization, ordinary experts using mechanical stream treasures could unleash power far beyond their own strength. Take himself, for example—just a well-rounded Golden Claw God could boost his power by two levels.
“This is still only a single-body mechanical treasure. Imagine group-type ones, where tens of thousands or even millions of Zhen Shen work together to control one mechanical stream treasure…” Luo Feng mused.
That was how large-scale wars were.
With millions of Zhen Shen controlling one mechanical stream treasure together, they could even chase down and fight against Eternal Zhen Shen!
…
Time passed.
Around the 5600th year since Luo Feng arrived in the Jin’s World, Wu He quietly arrived at Luo Feng’s island.
“Yinhe, Yinhe, you know? The squad leader and the others have returned,” Wu He said, clearly delighted by the misfortune of others.
“Oh?” Luo Feng was surprised. Half an eon had passed, and he had almost forgotten about the squad leader and the other soldiers. “How did it go?”
“How could it go well? Naturally, they suffered greatly,” Wu He shook his ugly head. “More than half of the three groups of soldiers died, and even Yuluo is dead! Kufa survived, though.”
“Yuluo died?” Luo Feng was surprised.
Yuluo was the leader of that group. Accumulating enough military merits shouldn’t have been difficult for him.
“Who knows? It’s said the battle was fierce,” Wu He sighed. “Originally, a Disaster-Level mission shouldn’t have caused so many deaths. It’s said that the squad leader was too ruthless, forcing Kufa and Yuluo to finally go berserk. Yuluo died, and Kufa barely survived. However, the squad leader seems to have gained quite a lot.”
The losses suffered by the veteran soldiers on that mission meant nothing to Luo Feng and Wu He, the two new recruits.
Some of the surviving soldiers bore hatred toward Luo Feng, even shouting curses at him when flying past his lake island. They thought Luo Feng was just good at dodging attacks and weren’t afraid of him… If they had seen Luo Feng killing Zhen Shen, they probably wouldn’t dare to, but unfortunately only the squad leader witnessed it, and he never made it public.
Of course, some soldiers hated Luo Feng, some ignored him completely, and a few even tried to befriend him.
“Let them carry on.”
“I’m just a passerby. I hope you all survive until I leave the Jin’s World.” Luo Feng didn’t care about these soldiers at all. During this peaceful period, he also applied at the military depot for a ‘Title Bestowal Mission.’
Obtaining a title was dangerous.
But at least there was a ten percent chance of survival. Luo Feng considered himself among the top one-thousandth of elite soldiers, so surviving should not be too difficult. Moreover, he had the ability to create clones… how could he not attempt the Title Bestowal Mission?
So time passed, and before he knew it, Luo Feng’s first eon in the Jin’s World had passed.
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