To confirm Luo Feng’s death, the most crucial thing is to see the remains of the Mo Yun Vine, while the red identity token also serves as auxiliary evidence.
“If I were attacked by a group of beast-kin in the iceberg stone forest, I would certainly die. Let alone him.”
“But I must confirm his identity.”
Venerable Wuqi, the Realm Lord, stood at the crossroads of 817 caves, filled with anxiety.
What should I do?
Neither daring to charge forward nor willing to retreat!
“First, I’ll enter the virtual cosmos network and consult others.” Venerable Wuqi split a thread of consciousness, quickly connecting to the virtual cosmos network.
…
Unlike the Blood-Lotus World, Jiuxing Sea is under the control of the Virtual Cosmic Company. Often, native Realm Lords and Immortals who had adventured in the vast cosmos would return home, which meant that items like ‘spaceships’ and ‘virtual cosmos network consciousness sensors’ could be found in Jiuxing Sea.
Within an ancient mansion in the Virtual Cosmos,
“Bayan, Bayan.”
Venerable Wuqi sat on a chair, a screen appearing before him. Soon, another man with black curved horns appeared on the screen. He was Bayan, the strongest among the six from Qianxing Sect—Realm Lord Ninth Stage.
“Wuqi, you’re looking for me?” Bayan asked on the screen.
“I think I found the target.” Wuqi’s eyes seemed to burn with a cold flame.
“Oh?” Bayan showed a glimmer of joy. This mission was a hot potato; they all knew the target must have a formidable background, yet they had no choice but to come. If Venerable Wuqi had killed the target, Bayan would naturally be delighted. He hurriedly asked, “Confirmed?”
“Not yet.” Wuqi shook his head.
“What happened?” Bayan asked, puzzled.
“It’s like this; I previously discovered a ninth-stage Cosmic youth.” Venerable Wuqi recounted everything from start to finish.
Bayan was silent for a moment.
“You’re wrong!” Bayan said.
“Wrong? Where? I nearly died, and that ninth-stage Cosmic was certainly dead. Plus, he escaped from my grasp… Definitely not someone from our Jiuxing Sea.” Venerable Wuqi was very confident.
“Yes, he indeed might not be from Jiuxing Sea.” Bayan said, “But Wuqi, you forgot one thing—the Demon Mountain often sees some noble existences from the Virtual Cosmic Company come to adventure. These noble existences are all ninth-stage Cosmics, each with many tricks. The one you encountered was indeed extraordinary, but not necessarily the target. It could be another noble existence.”
“Ah—” Wuqi was stunned.
Indeed.
What Bayan said was correct. There wasn’t just one high-ranking ninth-stage Cosmic adventuring in the Demon Mountain.
“So what should I do now?” Wuqi frowned, “Should I stay at the cave entrance and wait for an opportunity, or continue searching?”
“Here’s the plan: temporarily stay at the cave entrance and keep watch,” Bayan immediately replied. “After some time, sneak into the cave… until you approach the iceberg stone forest. If you carefully conceal your aura, you shouldn’t be discovered. Secretly check if there are any remains of the Mo Yun Vine. I estimate those foolish beast-kin wouldn’t have destroyed the Mo Yun Vine’s remains.”
Wuqi pondered for a moment and nodded.
…
Inside the vast and deep passage.
The colossal lizard beast-kin, upon discovering the disappearance of its target ‘Human Realm Lord,’ chased for another several ten thousand kilometers without success and finally stopped.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
In just a moment, the four other Realm Lord-level beast-kin behind it also quickly decelerated, stopping behind the lizard beast-kin.
“Roar~~” The lizard beast-kin raised its head and let out a furious roar, causing the entire passage to tremble slightly.
“Roar~~” The other four Realm Lord beast-kin also raised their heads and roared.
Then the lizard beast-kin turned around and started returning, followed by the four Realm Lord beast-kin behind it. They ran fast when hunting the human, but on the way back, they were just casually running, at about a third of their previous speed.
“What’s going on?”
“Returning already?”
Among the vast army of beast-kin, an eight-meter-tall cute ice bear looked around. It saw that the beast-kin had stopped running, and with a thunderous rumble, many of them followed their leader ‘the lizard beast-kin’ back.
Although the five Realm Lord beast-kin were returning, the other thousand or so beast-kin were not entirely in unison.
Most of the beast-kin returned.
But a few moved slowly, and even more than ten beast-kin continued along the passage, slowly heading in the direction the human Realm Lord had fled.
Their minds were extremely simple.
It was like a group of chicks running around; most ran together, but there were still some that strayed from the group.
“No wonder I encountered lone beast-kin before.” Luo Feng, the ice bear, strolled around but secretly observed the surroundings. “The beast-kin tend to stick together and live in groups. But occasionally, some foolish ones still stray from their clans.”
“I wonder if that Realm Lord is dead!”
“If he’s dead, I can leave this passage. If he’s alive, he probably fled far away, and I can still go elsewhere.”
The ice bear slowly advanced with more than ten other beast-kin in the direction the human Realm Lord had fled.
Sometimes the ice bear would run for a bit, sometimes just stroll.
Occasionally, the other more than ten beast-kin would use their massive ice-formed bodies to lightly bump into the ice bear.
…
During the journey forward with the more than ten beast-kin, the ice bear ‘Luo Feng’ ran a stretch, leaving the other beast-kin behind.
Only then did he begin to accelerate toward the cave entrance.
Moments later—
” Luo Feng, detecting fluctuations of world power! It’s that Realm Lord from before!”
The running ice bear began to slow down naturally, deliberately bumping its body against the icy cave wall. After moving forward a bit, it turned and started heading back.
…
“At the crossroads of 817 caves, the black-horned thin man frowned, “Is that a beast-kin?”
Then he relaxed in the dark, “It’s just a third-stage Cosmic beast-kin.”
“Such a fool, still rubbing and bumping against the ice layer?”
“Stupid.”
He didn’t even bother killing a beast-kin.
Moreover, Wuqi himself had been chased in fear before, afraid that killing this beast-kin might attract more beast-kin.
“Yeah, it’s returning.”
“That’s right, go back to your nest.” Venerable Wuqi showed a slight smile as the beast-kin had already returned and exited the range of his world power.
…
Inside the deep cave passage of stone and ice layers, the ice bear walked slowly. When it finally exited the range of world power—
” Luo Feng, we’ve already left the range of world power detection.”
“Phew.”
The ice bear’s eyes faintly showed a glimmer of spirit. “Didn’t expect that Realm Lord hasn’t left yet.”
“The position from just now was 10,003 kilometers away from the crossroads of 817 caves. Based on the distance, I deduce… that Realm Lord is likely hiding at the crossroads of 817 caves, constantly monitoring.” Babata communicated through consciousness. “That place is very safe. Once he detects powerful beast-kin chasing him, he can immediately slip into another cave passage. It’s estimated that the beast-kin would never guess which passage he went into. However, he hasn’t left, which makes me have to suspect…”
“Suspect what?” Luo Feng asked quickly.
“The terrifying power of the beast-kin swarm, the Realm Lord already knows very well. Staying at that cave junction is safe, but there’s still a chance of being chased by beast-kin! The safest method would be to get far away from here. But he hasn’t!”
“In the Demon Mountain, instead of collecting tokens, he’s stubbornly guarding the cave entrance.”
“Combined with his previous desperate pursuit of you, I can’t help but suspect… his real target is Luo Feng, you.” Babata said.
“Me?”
Luo Feng frowned, recalling the events.
Indeed, this Realm Lord is now constantly alert at the cave entrance, not daring to relax even a bit. If it wasn’t to kill him, there was no reason to stay at the cave entrance in fear.
“Why does he want to kill me?” Luo Feng frowned.
Powerful Natives who wish to join the Virtual Cosmic Company must either endure a month in the Demon Mountain or gather 1000 black tokens—or a single red one. Yet for a sixth-stage Realm Lord, amassing 1000 black tokens or surviving the month is trivial. There’s no reason to cower at the cave’s entrance in perpetual dread.
“Even if he suspects you are a prince of the Virtual Cosmic Company, there’s no need to kill you. First, killing a prince would not benefit his future development in the company. Second, he doesn’t have to.”
“My guess is—”
“Someone wants Luo Feng dead, or wants one of the other two princes dead!” Babata said.
“Wants me dead?” Luo Feng’s face changed.
According to the information,
At this time, there are three core members of the Virtual Cosmic Company in the Demon Mountain, including himself.
“His target should be one of you three princes.” Babata was certain. “And whether the other two princes have entered the ‘Demon Voice Mountain’ is still unknown. Therefore, the probability that the real target is Luo Feng should be around 50%.”
“50%? Who wants me dead? I haven’t offended anyone!” Luo Feng frowned.
“Sometimes, people you don’t even know want to kill you. Sometimes, you offend someone without even knowing it.” Babata said. “I followed your teacher for more than 60 million years and have seen too much treachery. I advise you to be careful. This adventure into the Demon Mountain isn’t simple.”
“I understand.” The ice bear lowered his head and let out a low growl, beginning to return to the iceberg stone forest.
…
Because the rock and ice layers in this passage were too thick, the surface ice layer might be cracked or shattered. But the rock layers behind, several kilometers thick, couldn’t be breached.
Even Realm Lords only tried to escape desperately instead of ramming through the rock layers, indicating one thing… the ‘black rock’ material of this towering Demon Mountain was actually extremely hard.
Moments later.
The ice bear slowly returned to the iceberg stone forest. Within the vast stone forest, numerous beast-kin lived peacefully. The arrival of the ice bear ‘Luo Feng’ did not attract any attention from other beast-kin.
“Roar~~”
A 600-meter-long, Domain Lord ninth-stage aura intensity flying beast-kin was lying on the ice layer. With a casual flap of its icy wings, it directly knocked over a passing ice bear, sending it rolling a few times before it clumsily got back up.
Within the beast-kin’s lair, the ‘Iceberg Stone Forest,’ the ice bear wove through the many beast-kin, continuously advancing.
“Since I can’t exit through that passage, I’ll have to check if there’s another way at the other end of the iceberg stone forest.” Luo Feng muttered.
The ice bear advanced slowly, occasionally letting out a low growl.
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