In the Thunder World of the Canglan Star, a renowned star within the Heilongshan Star Region, Luo Feng had been inside the Thunder World for 36 days.
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On a vast grassland, weeds grew wildly, some even exceeding ten meters in height. Nurtured by the primal energy of the cosmos, these weeds were as tough as A-grade alloys, far more durable than diamonds on Earth. When the wind blew, the grass bent low, occasionally revealing some ferocious beasts resting on the plains.
Five streaks of light swiftly zipped through the grass.
In the distance, a colossal beast covered in azure scales, resembling a small hill lying still, suddenly raised its head as if sensing something. It let out a low growl: “Grrr~~~” before lowering its head again.
“We have already left the territory of the beast ‘Qinglin Crocodile’. There is a group of ferocious beasts at 11 o’clock direction, 18.9 kilometers ahead. We will detour around them.” The five streaks of light paused momentarily, and Luo Feng, wearing an alloy battle suit, sent a telepathic message, “Let’s go. Today, we will travel another 3,000 kilometers before resting.”
“Yes, Master.”
Iron Nanhe and Ao Gu were very respectful.
Swish!
The five streaks of light continued to fly forward at high speed…
“With Babata’s warning system, I thought this trial for the Cosmic Novice Mercenary would be much easier. But I didn’t expect it to be more complicated and troublesome than I imagined.” Luo Feng gazed into the distance while flying on the Duntian Shuttle, the tall grass on both sides rapidly receding behind him, “I thought I could reach the Wind and Thunder Canyon in a month, but now it seems I’ll need at least half a month more!”
Nearly four hours later.
“Stop.” Luo Feng transmitted.
The five figures halted simultaneously.
Even Hong and Thunderclaw obeyed Luo Feng’s commands within the Thunder World, for they knew Luo Feng possessed a special detection device capable of sensing dangers within a certain radius.
“Iron Nanhe and Ao Gu, you will take turns guarding. My senior and second senior brothers will rest first.” Luo Feng said.
“Yes, Master.”
The two responded respectfully.
Luo Feng glanced around. It was already night, and the surroundings were overgrown with weeds, making it nearly impossible to see anything with the naked eye.
“Today, we were quite lucky. We didn’t encounter any danger all day.” Thunderclaw smiled, “Now we can finally take a breath of relief.”
“I was also worried it might be like yesterday.” Hong sighed in relief.
Luo Feng couldn’t help but recall yesterday’s events, still feeling a chill of fear. Yesterday, their small team had been advancing along the usual route. Initially, everything had been smooth sailing, following their usual method. Suddenly, the detection device alerted them to five beasts charging towards them from 18 kilometers away, clearly having detected their presence earlier.
If the line of sight was unobstructed, a Cosmic-level warrior could easily see over a hundred kilometers away.
Escaping from these five beasts was not difficult, thanks to the dense grass.
However…
One of the five beasts might have had an especially keen sense of smell, relentlessly chasing after the five of them. During the pursuit, it let out repeated roars, drawing the attention of other beasts on the grassland. What started as five beasts chasing their group turned into over a hundred beasts hunting them.
In the end, they barely managed to escape thanks to Ao Gu’s cooperation with the remnants of the Red Chaos Bronze Mother and the two Silver Flowing Guards, fighting desperately to survive.
“We were still somewhat lucky yesterday,” Luo Feng sighed, “If the ‘Black Ring Snake Swarm’ had appeared earlier and combined with the over a hundred beasts to form a pincer movement, we wouldn’t have escaped at all.”
“Black Ring Snake Swarm?” Thunderclaw’s eyes widened, “Don’t even mention it. Just thinking about yesterday makes me shudder. That was the worst day we’ve had in the Thunder World.”
“Hurry up and meditate properly,” Hong urged, “Opportunities to cultivate in the Thunder World are rare.”
“Right.”
“Okay.”
Luo Feng and Thunderclaw stopped talking and closed their eyes to begin meditating.
During his cultivation in the Thunder World, Luo Feng was quite satisfied. Although there were occasional unexpected incidents while traveling, causing heart-pounding moments and even several near-death experiences, under such pressure, his cultivation progress over the past 36 days had been remarkably rapid.
Perhaps it was because the Thunder World was filled with primal cosmic energy, accelerating his cultivation.
Or perhaps it was due to the ‘Evolution Serum’ obtained from the Virtual Universe.
In any case!
The 36 days, combined with the time it took to travel from the Bran Star to the Qiulong Star and then to the Canglan Star—approximately two months—had allowed him to advance from Cosmic Level Two to Cosmic Level Three, purely in terms of physical strength. The real significant progress, however, lay in his understanding of the “Duntian Shuttle” and “Soul Seal.”
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Inside Luo Feng’s personal virtual space.
Atop a towering mountain piercing the clouds, Luo Feng, clad in white robes, appeared out of thin air. Beside him stood a blood-red castle perched on the mountain peak.
“Boom~~~” the castle opened.
“Master.” Eighteen stone giants respectfully greeted.
“Uh-huh.”
Luo Feng directly entered the castle and, led by Meiji, entered the cultivation chamber. The four walls of the chamber were lined with bookshelves filled with countless books—these were the secret teachings of the Yimo Star lineage. Luo Feng walked directly to one of the shelves and took out a golden book titled “Soul Seal, Volume Two.”
With the book in hand, Luo Feng sat on a nearby chair and began reading.
“Crunch, crunch.” Babata, cloaked in black robes with blood-red eyes, sat beside him, biting into a bright red apple. He glanced at Luo Feng indifferently before continuing to chew. Suddenly, he froze, stopped chewing, turned his head to look at the book Luo Feng was holding.
“Luofeng?” Babata exclaimed in surprise.
“Hmm, what’s the matter?” Luo Feng looked up in confusion.
“You… you’ve already completed the basics of ‘Soul Seal’?” Babata asked in astonishment.
Among the secret teachings of the Yimo Star lineage, ‘Soul Seal’ ranked first. Since obtaining these teachings, Luo Feng had followed Babata’s instructions and mastered the basics of several important books. Then he started studying according to his interests. Luo Feng mainly focused on ‘Soul Seal’ and ‘Tower of Void’.
Because the descriptions in the books clearly indicated that the Master of Yimo Star was most proud of these two secret techniques.
In the ‘Soul Seal’, the Master of Yimo Star once said: “Soul Seal is the most important secret technique of our Yimo Star lineage, and it was the greatest asset that enabled me, Huyan Bo, to rise to prominence.”
In ‘Tower of Void’, the Master of Yimo Star also said: “Disciple, you must never slack off in cultivating the Tower of Void. If I had been able to cultivate the ‘Seven-Tiered Tower’ of the Tower of Void back then, I wouldn’t have died so easily! When wandering the cosmos, you must diligently cultivate defensive techniques!”
Therefore, Luo Feng had always been diligently cultivating these two secret techniques.
Cultivating these techniques required a great deal of time, effort, and insight! Although he hadn’t had the books for very long, his power had increased rapidly, mainly due to the body of the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, which allowed his strength to grow so quickly.
Otherwise, according to Babata’s plan, he would have needed fifty years to reach the Cosmic Level! Mainly because a solid foundation was essential… After spending so much time, Luo Feng had finally completed the basic requirements of ‘Soul Seal’. As for ‘Tower of Void’, he was still stuck at the most fundamental first level.
“What’s wrong, Babata? Is that strange?” Luo Feng asked in surprise.
“Have you truly met all the requirements outlined in ‘Soul Seal, Volume One’?” Babata quickly asked.
“I have.” Luo Feng replied.
“Oh? Heh heh, no wonder you’re the soul born from the body of the Golden-Horned Giant Beast. Your soul is indeed powerful.” Babata couldn’t help but praise, “I thought it would take a few more years.”
“By the way, Luo Feng, starting today, you can begin studying the ‘Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal’ in ‘Soul Seal, Volume Two’. This is the most fundamental ‘Soul Seal’. Once you master the ‘Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal’, you will be qualified to form the ‘Domination Soul Seal’.” Babata explained.
Luo Feng felt a surge of anticipation.
To truly control someone with the Soul Seal technique was extremely difficult, requiring a high level of mastery in the Soul Seal techniques. At his current level, he was still far from achieving that.
“Start with the Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal?” Luo Feng flipped open the book.
“Babata, there are many Soul Seal techniques here. Why should I learn this one?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask.
“Fool!”
“Better to specialize than to dabble.” Babata scolded, “You’re mainly cultivating the Duntian Shuttle, right? So the Soul Seal technique you learn should be one that can affect your enemy. The ‘Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal’ forms the Soul Seal into a sword-like shape, directly attacking the enemy’s soul! It causes the enemy unbearable headaches. In battle, all you need is a momentary distraction from the enemy, and you can use the Duntian Shuttle to tear them to shreds.”
“Right.” Luo Feng nodded.
“Begin then. The ‘Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal’ is not easy to cultivate. Once you complete it, with your mastery of the Soul Seal, you will be able to form the ‘Domination Soul Seal’. Then you can directly enslave others, making them your eternal servants, just like your master who had nine immortal servants.” Babata dangled the temptation.
Domination Soul Seal!
How eagerly awaited! Luo Feng was very excited about this technique. Even just for the ‘Domination Soul Seal’, he had to work hard to cultivate the ‘Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal’.
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As Luo Feng’s consciousness was immersed in his personal virtual space, reading the Soul Seal manual and beginning to practice the first offensive Soul Seal technique he had learned—the Ten Thousand Sword Soul Seal—his other body, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, was fully immersed in cultivating the “Absolute Space” within his inner world.
Inner World.
On the golden continent, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, as large as a mountain range, continuously practiced the “Absolute Space” technique.
“Hmm?”
A glint of dissatisfaction flickered in his dark golden eyes, “So long, and I still haven’t mastered the first layer of ‘Absolute Space’. What’s going on?” In the Thunder World, Luo Feng, under such pressure, seemed to have his comprehension and insight enhanced by the stress, gaining some understanding of “Absolute Space.” However, he was still far from mastering the first layer of “Absolute Space.”
“Wo——”
The Golden-Horned Giant Beast raised its head and let out an angry low roar. Its current body length had already exceeded 900 meters.
Indeed, after consuming metal combinations with an evolution efficiency of 89 times for over three months, it was equivalent to more than 22 years of normal evolution. It had advanced from Cosmic Level Seven to Cosmic Level Nine! As a Cosmic Level Nine Golden-Horned Giant Beast… it was only one step away from reaching the Cosmic King Level! But this step was also the most difficult in the entire Cosmic Level evolution!
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