The Beln Asteroid Cluster, a group of celestial bodies orbiting a star, consists of 209 asteroids in total. The smallest has a diameter of merely 1.2 kilometers, while the largest reaches 898 kilometers.
The spaceship Yinmoshing was slowly gliding through the asteroid belt.
“We are currently scanning each asteroid. All of them have been modified,” the sharp voice of Babata echoed inside the control room. “They are filled with advanced technological weaponry. The entire Beln Asteroid Cluster can be considered a mechanical fortress. Even the interstellar fleet of the Cuilan Empire would be utterly destroyed if they approached.”
“Very cautious indeed,” Luo Feng gazed toward the distant asteroids.
“How else could things reach this point today?” Dylan said with a faint smile. “I have a feeling this time when you go to judge Pansi, it might not be as easy as the previous seventeen times.”
“Oh?” Luo Feng raised his eyebrows.
“We’ve detected signs of life,” Babata quickly added. “It’s coming from the 82nd asteroid in the Beln Asteroid Cluster, as marked by the star signal.”
“Then let’s go,” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up as he gave the order.
…
It was the third largest asteroid in the Beln Asteroid Cluster by diameter. From the outside, it appeared ordinary. However, as Yinmoshing approached, the asteroid suddenly began to tremble.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Three consecutive beams of light shot out, piercing the void and aiming directly at Yinmoshing. The ship, however, swiftly shifted sideways, allowing only one beam to graze its hull. The defensive energy shield on the ship’s surface rippled slightly but remained unscathed.
“Boom!” Yinmoshing fired a beam in retaliation, striking the distant asteroid.
“Boom!”
The asteroid, over 600 kilometers in diameter, exploded instantly, scattering countless fragments into space, revealing a dark purple, sword-shaped spaceship.
“E9-class spaceship?” Luo Feng smiled. “Babata, destroy it!”
“Understood!”
Babata responded eagerly.
Immediately, Yinmoshing, the crimson triangular-shaped ship, accelerated rapidly, transforming into a crimson streak of light that charged directly toward the dark purple, sword-shaped vessel. Whether in terms of materials, energy systems, or internal propulsion systems, Yinmoshing, after being upgraded by the Virtual Universe Company, was clearly superior to its opponent.
“Boom! Boom!” The dark purple, sword-shaped ship panicked and fired two beams before accelerating in an attempt to flee.
But in terms of acceleration…
This E9-class alloy ship was like a tractor racing against a Ferrari.
“Whoosh!”
Too fast to dodge.
In an instant, Yinmoshing rammed into the dark purple, sword-shaped ship. The ship’s edges, reinforced with ancient runes, were even more terrifying than when Hu Yanbo had piloted it before. It was as if a sharp battle blade were slicing through a piece of wood. “Hiss!” There was a slight resistance, then the blade effortlessly sliced the dark purple ship in two!
“Crash!”
The dark purple, sword-shaped ship was split in half. The cut edges twisted and writhed, and the energy transmission systems erupted in brilliant bursts of energy.
“Who are you?” A figure flew out from the wreckage, hovering amidst the debris, staring at the Yinmoshing ahead.
“Whoosh!” Yinmoshing’s hatch opened.
Luo Feng and Dylan flew out.
…
In the void of space, Luo Feng and Dylan faced the man. He was a thin, wiry figure, his eyes like those of a wolf, filled with an aggressive aura. But upon seeing Luo Feng and Dylan appear, the aggressive man’s expression instantly turned to despair.
“An immortal! An immortal has come to capture me!” Pansi cried in despair, his eyes flashing with resentment as he glared at the two. “I don’t recall ever offending either of you. And my presence in the Beln Asteroid Cluster is a closely guarded secret. How did you find me? What grudge do you have against me?”
“A secret?” Luo Feng smiled faintly.
Before the Virtual Universe Company, no secret could remain hidden. Simply tracking the spatial coordinates where Pansi had frequently connected to the Virtual Universe network was enough to pinpoint his location.
“Pansi, I have been sent by the Virtual Universe Company to judge the Huofeng Group,” Luo Feng’s voice boomed, carried through the cold void by telepathic force. “Seventeen of the directors are already dead. Only you remain.”
“The Virtual Universe Company?” Pansi’s eyes widened in shock.
Heaven!
When he first saw Luo Feng and Dylan, he had considered various escape plans. His earlier expression of despair had been an act, not real. But upon hearing the name of the Virtual Universe Company, he felt utterly powerless. That was a superpower feared and obeyed by countless cosmic nations.
“No wonder I hadn’t heard a word about the deaths of the seventeen Huofeng leaders. It was the Virtual Universe Company orchestrating their deaths,” Pansi sneered, staring at Luo Feng and Dylan. “The mighty Virtual Universe Company, when did it start caring about a small fry like me, going so far as to personally target me?”
“Enough talk,” Luo Feng said coldly. “You are the true leader of the Huofeng Group. You bear the greatest responsibility for their actions. I hereby declare… you are sentenced to death! And I will carry out the execution myself!”
“Execution yourself? You, a Domain Lord brat, think you can kill me yourself? Or perhaps you want the immortal beside you to suppress me first, rendering me helpless, and then you strike?” Pansi sneered.
“Exactly,” Pansi had planned to use the Seventh Prince’s name as leverage, but now, hearing the name of the Virtual Universe Company…
He knew…
He had to fight for survival!
“I will do it myself,” Luo Feng fixed his gaze on Pansi. “The immortal will not interfere.”
“Oh?” Pansi’s eyes gleamed.
“Die!”
Luo Feng, holding a dark golden long staff, suddenly radiated countless golden rays from his back, instantly spreading out. An infinite, ancient world of sword qi emerged, enveloping the surrounding hundreds of kilometers. Under his powerful telepathic control, the pressure of the sword world was no less than that of a true Sovereign World Projection.
At the same time, Luo Feng wielded the Blood Shadow Blade and instantly transformed into a blur, charging toward Pansi.
“Excellent! What a fool, daring to engage me in close combat with a blade? This is my chance. If I can capture this arrogant fool, the immortal will hesitate to act, and I may yet escape,” Pansi’s eyes flashed with cold light as he immediately activated his own World Projection.
“Boom!”
The sword world and the world projection began to clash.
“Shadow Seven-Blade Technique—Burial!” Luo Feng unleashed the strongest move in his blade techniques, infused with the intent of the “Tearing Heaven Claw.”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Both wielded blades, their worlds collided, and their weapons struck each other head-on.
“Boom~~” An irresistible force surged toward Luo Feng.
“Ahh!”
Luo Feng couldn’t resist. His right arm was shattered instantly, bones turned to dust, and the Blood Shadow Blade flew from his grasp. The hidden ‘Mysterious Battle Armor’ beneath his skin and the Moyun Battle Armor formed by Moyun Vines on his surface immediately absorbed the impact.
Luo Feng was sent flying.
“Hahaha, trying to escape?” Pansi’s face twisted with ferocity as he raised his hand.
“Whoosh!”
Countless colorful vines shot out from his hands, instantly filling the surrounding kilometers with a variety of vines, all rushing toward Luo Feng, attempting to entangle and capture him.
“World Lord Ninth Stage—Iron Vine Grass!” Luo Feng’s expression changed.
Iron Vine Grass.
An extremely common plant life. If the Moyun Vine was a rare treasure among plant life, then the Iron Vine Grass was a common, cheap variety, very abundant. At the same level and stage, Iron Vine Grass was significantly weaker than other plant life, only slightly better than humans of the same level.
Ordinarily, Iron Vine Grass reaches its limit at the Star Lord Ninth Stage.
Reaching the Cosmic Stage is rare.
Reaching the Domain Lord Stage is pure luck!
To cultivate it to the World Lord Ninth Stage? That was simply a miracle!
Dylan, watching from afar, furrowed his brow.
“Moyun!” Injured in space, Luo Feng, seeing the vines rushing toward him, shouted a low command.
Instantly, from his shoulders and waist, 216 vines shot out. These emerald green vines stretched extremely long, thick, and tough, each bearing many branches and dense leaves. These main vines immediately entangled the Iron Vine Grass.
World Lord Sixth Stage Moyun Vines versus World Lord Ninth Stage Iron Vine Grass!
Iron Vine Grass is cheap.
Moyun Vines are rare and valuable, cultivated into 216 main vines of exceptional quality. Even at the World Lord Sixth Stage, they were capable of defeating ordinary human World Lord Ninth Stages.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!” The Moyun Vines and Iron Vine Grass spread across dozens of kilometers in space, clashing violently. Unquestionably… the Moyun Vines had the upper hand.
“Hmph.”
From the depths of the Ironvine Grass formation, Pansi’s gaze gleamed with a frosty radiance. In an instant, his left hand extended toward Luo Feng. Countless crimson-leafed vines erupted forth, swiftly engulfing the outer layers of the Ironvine and Moyunvines. Simultaneously, one after another, dazzling blood-red blossoms unfurled across the void. Each of these bewitching scarlet flowers spanned over a kilometer in diameter, their petals concealing rows of obsidian fangs glistening with an eerie chill.
World Lord Ninth Stage—Shatuo Flower!
If Iron Vine Grass was cheap and common, a low-tier plant life, then the Shatuo Flower was a plant life equal to the Moyun Vine. While Moyun Vines were famous for ‘absorption’ and ‘cellular vitality,’ the Shatuo Flower was a unique plant that thrived on consuming blood and flesh, renowned for its powerful attacks and consumption abilities.
In Earth’s classification system, the Shatuo Flower could also be considered a type of man-eating plant.
“World Lord Ninth Stage Shatuo Flower?” Luo Feng’s expression changed drastically. “How could he cultivate two World Lord Ninth Stage plant lives?”
“Ahhh~~”
Shrill cries erupted from the blooming flowers.
One by one, the brilliant flowers immediately surrounded Luo Feng, rushing toward him with a devouring force. Each massive, vivid flower bore gaping, blood-red mouths, clacking their teeth with a sinister sound, drool dripping from them.
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