Chunyu Clan was far more ancient than the newly risen Shifeng Clan, the upstart family. Moreover, the strongest expert within the entire Yangan Territory… was also within the Chunyu Clan!
Chunyu Tao!
A sixth-stage Domain Master, he was currently the eldest and most powerful figure in the Chunyu Clan. He was also the true power behind the scenes controlling the clan. It was similar to how the Black Dragon Mountain Empire had emperors who inherited and abdicated the throne generation after generation, but the real authority lay with the “Divine Lord” of the sacred Black Dragon Mountain.
Exactly the same principle applied—Chunyu Tao was the true ruler!
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A three-tiered pavilion, entirely cloaked in profound violet, with its staircase meticulously crafted from the legendary Purple Emberwood. The expenditure for this singular three-story structure alone far surpassed the combined cost of all other sections within the Chunyu Clan’s grand estate.
Third floor.
A middle-aged man with a thick black beard sat quietly on his bed, wearing loose robes, his eyes slightly closed. Suddenly, a powerful energy fluctuation erupted from the northeast (Xueluo World also had its geographical directions—east, south, west, north, sky, and underground—but the method of determining directions was different from Earth’s).
“Hmm?” Chunyu Tao’s expression darkened, and immediately his mental power surged outward.
Although he was a martial artist, and compared to psychokineticists his mental energy was far inferior, once one reached the Domain Master level, using ‘Mental Scanning’ was a simple matter.
Boom!
Violent mental waves radiated outward from the pavilion as their center, instantly sweeping toward the direction of the energy fluctuation. In an instant, they reached the main palace where the head of the Chunyu Clan resided. Upon sensing this, Chunyu Tao’s expression changed drastically. Whoosh—he vanished from his bed in an instant.
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Within the courtyard of the head family’s palace, bloodlust filled the air. Over 300 corpses lay on the ground, blood and viscera splattered everywhere, making one’s heart race. Almost simultaneously with the fall of these 300 people, a middle-aged man with a thick beard wearing loose gray robes hovered above the palace, his eyes scanning the scene below in fury.
“Ahh!” A seductive woman, who had opened a second-floor window to peek outside, screamed in terror as she witnessed the horrifying sight of blood flowing like a sea.
“Hmph!”
Chunyu Tao’s expression darkened midair.
Boom!
A surge of yellowish energy instantly enveloped the entire palace. The energy surged forth and bound the white-robed man ‘Yukeqi’ and the woman hiding within the palace, sweeping both into the air.
“Speak! What happened?” Chunyu Tao glared at the two, filled with rage.
“This, this, this…” The seductive woman’s face turned pale, while Yukeqi shook his head in denial: “I don’t know what happened. Just now, a black shadow suddenly appeared, and then I saw over 300 people instantly kill themselves with their own weapons. Then the clan head was taken away.”
Chunyu Tao turned his gaze to the woman.
“Yes, yes, yes, it was Yukeqi—he brought people to meet the clan head, so the head came out to see. I don’t know anything else.” The seductive woman shook her head frantically.
“Hmm?” Chunyu Tao looked at Yukeqi, but Yukeqi gave an eerie smile.
Peng!
His entire body exploded violently. The flying flesh and bones even pierced the woman beside him. Her eyes widened, three holes pierced through her chest, and she cried out weakly: “Help me!” Almost everyone in the Xueluo World was at the Stellar Level. The woman was no exception, so even with several holes pierced through her body, she would not die immediately.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!…
Suddenly, from afar, figures shot over rapidly. They were exactly the experts and high-ranking individuals from the Chunyu Clan.
“Ancestor!”
“Ancestor, what happened?”
“Grandfather, what, what is going on?” The high-ranking members of the Chunyu Clan, who had always lived in luxury, were completely stunned. They stared at the large group of corpses within the palace. Goodness, some of them had already recognized the Nine Shadow Guards—the elite force of the Chunyu Clan. Nine experts at the Yunxiao Level!
“Search! Search! Bring the clan head back!” Chunyu Tao roared furiously. At the same time, the surging energy around him became violently wild, like invisible blades slicing the woman into meat paste.
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
The crowd hurriedly responded respectfully. In truth, seeing all 300 secret guards dead, they had already guessed that the clan head had met with misfortune. Now it seemed… the clan head had likely been taken away by someone.
“Damn it!” Surrounded by the yellowish energy, Chunyu Tao floated in the night sky like a deity, furiously spreading his mental power in all directions to search. He was a martial artist, so his mental energy was far inferior to that of a psychokineticist in terms of concentration, flexibility, and ethereal nature, especially in terms of quantity.
However!
Such a simple task of searching was still manageable. Due to the immense gravity of the Xueluo World, the range of Chunyu Tao’s mental probing could only extend about 80 kilometers.
“Where is he?”
“Where is he?”
Enveloped in the yellowish energy, he flew in a flash to a hundred kilometers away. In the night sky over Yangan City, a yellowish light appeared in one area, then instantly moved to another, clearly determined to search the entire Yangan City!
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Within the city lord’s mansion in Yangan Territory.
A tall middle-aged man with a faint green secret mark between his eyebrows walked to the railing of a palace. He wore blood-red scaled battle armor, his eyes cold as he looked up at the sky where Chunyu Tao was frantically searching the entire Yangan Territory. He muttered softly, “What’s this old man up to now?”
“Hmph.”
“If he’s this enraged, the Chunyu Clan must have suffered a major loss.” A faint sneer curled his lips.
He was the supreme ruler of the Yangan Territory—the city lord, Shifeng Xiong!
In terms of strength, he was slightly inferior to Chunyu Tao. However, he had become the lord of Yangan Territory first because he had successfully fused with a Xueluo Crystal, and second because he had a very special relationship with the world lord of this world.
As for Chunyu Tao, although his strength was greater, he had failed to successfully fuse with a Xueluo Crystal, thus he had no qualifications to become a territory lord.
“Let him go mad. The madder, the better.” Shifeng Xiong sneered, then issued orders downward, “Go and investigate. Find out exactly what happened to the Chunyu Clan.”
“Yes!”
A low voice responded.
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The Chunyu Clan had deep roots in Yangan City. This time, someone had directly infiltrated their mansion, killing their people and abducting the clan head. What a great humiliation! Provoking the fury of the venerable ancestor, Chunyu Tao, who then searched the entire Yangan City. Immediately afterward, all the visible and hidden forces of the Chunyu Clan were activated, beginning a frantic investigation.
At the same time, the city lord’s family, the Shifeng Clan, and other factions also got involved. The entire Yangan City was suddenly filled with undercurrents and tensions.
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The You family’s You Yanta was at the Stellar Level, ninth stage, and could reach a speed of 8 kilometers per second when fleeing.
As for Luo Feng, he was at the Cosmic Level, ninth stage, with a ninth-tier domain, and had a very high comprehension of space laws. He was especially skilled in short bursts of speed. In a short time, he could instantly burst to 300 kilometers per second under the gravity of the Xueluo World.
At that moment, Luo Feng held the clan head tightly, his mental power enveloping the man, and with one step, he soared straight into the clouds above.
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In the fifteenth layer of clouds, 30,000 kilometers away from Yangan City.
Luo Feng finally stopped, holding the clan head.
“What do you want?” Chunyu Chong’s face turned pale, for at the moment he was captured, his dantian had been destroyed directly. His soul was also suppressed by an incredibly powerful mental force.
“You’re asking me what I want?” Luo Feng directly pulled a spatial bracer from Chunyu Chong’s hand. Naturally, the spatial bracer bore Chunyu Chong’s mental imprint. However, Luo Feng’s mental force was like a spear, piercing directly into it, forcefully breaking through that mental imprint, causing Chunyu Chong’s face to turn even paler.
“Quite wealthy.” Luo Feng held the spatial bracer, carefully inspecting its contents.
“Do you want money? Fine, take as much as you want. Just don’t kill me.” Chunyu Chong hurriedly said, “You’re a psychokineticist. You can make me forget this memory directly. I won’t remember your appearance.”
Luo Feng slightly furrowed his brows.
Inside the spatial bracer… there was no Xueluo Crystal!
“Chunyu Chong.” Luo Feng looked at him.
“Hmm?” The clan head of the Chunyu family seemed even less impressive than the head of the Na family. At this moment, Chunyu Chong suddenly found the young man in the black robe’s gaze incredibly captivating… One second later, Chunyu Chong’s eyes dimmed slightly, but when he looked at Luo Feng, his expression was filled with reverence and respect: “Master!”
“Hmm.” Luo Feng stood on the floating clouds, gazing at Chunyu Chong before him. “I ask you, do you know who has the Xueluo Crystal? Does your Chunyu Clan have one?”
“Yes!” Chunyu Chong didn’t hesitate at all.
“Where?” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.
“With my ancestral master.” Chunyu Chong replied respectfully.
“Ancestral master?” Luo Feng’s brows furrowed. He had heard that the Chunyu Clan had an expert at the Domain Master level, but he hadn’t confirmed this.
“Yes, the strongest in our Chunyu Clan, and also the strongest in the entire Yangan Territory.” Chunyu Chong said, “The Xueluo Crystal is with him. However, although the ancestral master obtained one Xueluo Crystal, he has tried every way possible but failed to fuse it into his body. Therefore, the position of the Yangan Territory’s lord fell into the hands of the Shifeng Clan.”
“Your ancestral master is stronger than the city lord?” Luo Feng caught on.
“Yes.” Chunyu Chong replied respectfully, “The city lord just crossed into the Domain Master level over a hundred years ago. According to the ancestral master, he is still considered an early-stage Domain Master. But my ancestral master is nearly entering the late-stage Domain Master.”
Luo Feng’s heart stirred.
He estimated that the city lord was probably at the second or third stage of Domain Master. After all, he had only broken through a little over a hundred years ago. Generally speaking, after breaking through, one needed to slowly accumulate energy. It would take a very long time to progress from the first to the ninth stage. Even in the universe, only the most elite group of geniuses could receive treatment like Luo Feng’s, not needing to waste time accumulating quantity.
“Besides your ancestral master, who else has the Xueluo Crystal?” Luo Feng pressed further.
“The ones I’m certain of are, one, the ancestral master, and the other is the current general who commands the entire army of Yangan City, ‘Shifeng Zhan.'” Chunyu Chong replied, “Shifeng Zhan is the younger brother of the city lord Shifeng Xiong, and we have a good relationship. Back then, he even showed off that Xueluo Crystal to me, saying it was given by his elder brother for him to fuse and use.”
“Oh? One is in your ancestral master’s hands, and one is in Shifeng Zhan’s hands?” Luo Feng smiled and nodded.
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