Standing beside the vast and mighty army of Immortal Deities, Luo Feng could clearly feel the terrifying pressure radiating from this group of powerful Immortals. Babata’s shrieking echoed in Luo Feng’s mind: “An Immortal army! Each of these Immortal Deities is even stronger than your master, Huyan Bo. This is definitely an elite Immortal army—there isn’t even a single ordinary Immortal among them!”
Luo Feng had yet to recover from this overwhelming pressure when twenty-six King-ranked Immortals directly surrounded the ‘Yan Zhu King,’ who immediately went berserk and flew into a rage.
“Boom!”
A purple vertical eye split open in the center of Yan Zhu King’s forehead, congealing the space across a million kilometers. The ancient and terrifying aura instantly plunged even the weakest among them—Luo Feng—into a nightmare. Luo Feng felt as if the entire universe had vanished, leaving only that single purple vertical eye floating in the starry void.
“How terrifying is Yan Zhu King,” Luo Feng thought in shock.
But immediately after—
A pressure a hundred or even a thousand times stronger descended, causing Luo Feng’s soul to tremble and his vision to go black. He instantly lost consciousness, only to awaken moments later, hearing Yan Zhu King’s infuriating voice: “Father!”
“Is that Erosion Fire Venerable?” Luo Feng blinked and looked over.
In the distant starry sky,
A towering figure stood there, his form hazy and indistinct, surrounded by raging black flames. These black flames spread across a million kilometers. If a planet like Earth were to touch them, it would instantly turn to ashes. Even the cosmic void was burned into streams of particles by these raging flames, and the chaotic spatial fragments within the spatial layers were similarly incinerated. At this moment, the entire solar system was under his oppressive domain.
In the cosmic expanse, I stand alone!
I am the sovereign of this starry sky!
Luo Feng could clearly sense this. The hazy figure at the center of those black flames, flames as vast as a sun, was truly invincible.
“Is this the Erosion Fire Venerable, who could slay Marquis-ranked Immortal Deities even as a World Lord, and after becoming an Immortal, was directly granted the title of King-ranked, and within only several hundred thousand years became a Venerable of the cosmos?” Luo Feng murmured to himself. “Over the course of billions of years, this Erosion Fire Venerable is indeed terrifyingly powerful. Those black flames… the flames that once surrounded the nine black stars during the main trial of the Celestial Erosion Palace… seem to be the same kind.”
Comparing the Celestial Erosion Palace Master to the Erosion Fire Venerable before him,
The Celestial Erosion Palace Master was more restrained, likely unwilling to intimidate a junior like Luo Feng, so his pressure was more subdued.
But Erosion Fire Venerable radiated black flames across a million kilometers, exuding terrifying pressure.
“Greetings, Erosion Fire Venerable!”
The woman in emerald battle armor respectfully bowed, and the mighty Immortal army behind her followed suit: “Greetings, Erosion Fire Venerable.”
Luo Feng and Dylan also quickly bowed.
“Greetings, Teacher.”
“Greetings, Venerable.”
The twelve Marquis-ranked and five King-ranked Immortals all bowed respectfully. Only Yan Zhu King, his face glowing with a purple hue, had the vertical eye in his forehead slowly close as he excitedly called out to his father, then angrily pointed at the Immortal army: “Father, this group of Immortal Deities under Nine-Sword Venerable dares to capture me!”
“Hmph.”
A single cold snort caused Luo Feng’s consciousness to tremble, and that same snort echoed in the mind of every Immortal present.
“You would rather resort to forbidden techniques than come to me?” The towering figure within the black flames spoke slowly, with a hint of anger. “I told you to cultivate diligently so you could soon master that treasure. Then why fear these King-ranked Immortal Deities?”
“Yes.” Yan Zhu King respectfully bowed, not daring to say more.
The towering, hazy figure within the black flames seemed to turn toward the Immortal army. The thunderous voice once again echoed in everyone’s minds: “Lonyu!”
“Lonyu greets Erosion Fire Venerable.” The woman in emerald battle armor, the leader of the Immortal army, respectfully replied.
Lonyu King, the strongest King-ranked Immortal under Nine-Sword Venerable.
Lonyu King, Tonnan King, and Zhenyan King were close friends from the same era, often venturing together into dangerous cosmic secrets, surviving countless life-and-death trials, thus forming an extremely strong bond. Clearly, the three of them were also immensely powerful, among the most elite of King-ranked Immortals.
Of course… Zhenyan King was the one closest to a Venerable among countless races and billions of Immortal Deities in the universe. He was the kind of existence that could even resist death when facing a Cosmic Venerable.
Lonyu King and Tonnan King were slightly weaker than Zhenyan King.
“Lonyu!” Erosion Fire Venerable, within the black flames, spoke angrily, “Did you order the capture of my son?”
“Venerable Erosion Fire.” Lonyu King’s face was beautiful, and her emerald battle armor was crystal clear. She seemed to not exist at all in the starry void, clearly capable of resisting that pressure. She respectfully smiled: “We were ordered by the Venerable to protect Luo Feng. Yet Yan Zhu came with the intent to capture and even kill Luo Feng. Regardless, Luo Feng is a core member of the Virtual Universe Company. Any punishment should be decided by the Virtual Universe Company. What Yan Zhu did… was overstepping his authority. Therefore, I intended to capture him and bring him before the Venerable!”
“Yan Zhu is my son. Even if punishment is deserved, it is not for Nine-Sword to decide!” Erosion Fire Venerable’s voice thundered like a storm.
The entire Immortal army wore expressions of pain.
Yet Luo Feng felt nothing at all.
“Strange?” Luo Feng noticed that the thousands of powerful Immortals around him, including Dylan and Bloodthirsty King, all showed signs of pain, while he himself remained unaffected.
“Probably because I’m too weak. If that pressure had fallen fully on me, I might have died instantly. So Erosion Fire Venerable must have slightly restrained himself,” Luo Feng thought inwardly.
…
Watching the entire Immortal army show expressions of pain, Yan Zhu King and others felt a sense of satisfaction.
“This is just a minor reprimand!” Erosion Fire Venerable said coldly. “Remember, never show disrespect before any Venerable.”
Lonyu King could only bow her head respectfully: “Yes!”
After all…
In terms of strength, Erosion Fire Venerable was slightly stronger than Nine-Sword Venerable.
The towering figure within the raging black flames suddenly turned his gaze toward Luo Feng, and his voice softened slightly: “You are Luo Feng?”
…
“It’s truly powerful, forcing Lonyu King to bow and the entire Immortal army to submit to its pressure,” Luo Feng was still marveling when he noticed the towering figure’s gaze from the flames fix on him. The moment that gaze fell upon him, Luo Feng felt a bit dazed. He heard a gentle voice: “Is that Luo Feng?”
The entire Immortal army was stunned.
This… this… this…
Was this the supremely domineering Erosion Fire Venerable?
A genius among geniuses, Erosion Fire Venerable had no reason to care about any insignificant individual, yet he was speaking to Luo Feng in such a tone.
“I am,” Luo Feng was a bit dazed but quickly regained his composure and bowed respectfully: “Greetings, Venerable.”
“Hmm.”
Erosion Fire Venerable’s voice held no trace of anger, only warmth. “I originally sent my son to discuss the matter of purchasing Earth’s ownership with you, but I didn’t expect my useless son to mess things up like this.”
Luo Feng blinked.
Lonyu King and the thousands of mighty Immortal Deities were stunned.
“I—” Yan Zhu King’s eyes widened. “Father—”
“Silence!”
Erosion Fire Venerable’s cold shout left Yan Zhu King even more anxious and furious.
The atmosphere in the starry void became unfathomable.
Everyone knew Erosion Fire Venerable’s affection for his son, yet today he was being so courteous to a Domain Lord-level junior while severely reprimanding his own son. This was unthinkable. Even if Luo Feng was a genius appearing once every ten thousand eons, even a genius appearing once every ten million eons wouldn’t deserve such treatment.
A genius is a genius.
A powerhouse is a powerhouse.
Until one becomes a true powerhouse, one simply doesn’t deserve such courtesy from an existence like Erosion Fire Venerable.
“Luofeng, I will personally discuss with you whether you are willing to sell Earth to me,” Erosion Fire Venerable smiled at Luo Feng. “Name your conditions.”
“Venerable,” Luo Feng respectfully replied. “Earth is my homeland, the homeland of my entire race of Earthlings. No matter what, I will not sell Earth.”
Luo Feng had already seen through the situation.
No matter what…
Nine-Sword Venerable had already intervened, making this a clash between two major powers. Erosion Fire Venerable wouldn’t directly harm him.
“Oh, the birthplace of your race?” Erosion Fire Venerable nodded slightly. “As the birthplace of your race, Earth is indeed important to you. I won’t force you.”
“Yan Zhu,” Erosion Fire Venerable turned to his son.
Yan Zhu King was taken aback.
Although he was called ‘Yan Zhu King,’ that was merely a title, usually used respectfully or formally. Those who considered themselves superior might address him simply as ‘Yan Zhu,’ omitting the ‘King’ part. However, his real name was Meng Chaluo.
As a father, Erosion Fire Venerable usually called his son ‘Chaluo’ affectionately.
Only when displeased would he call him ‘Yan Zhu.’
“Father,” Yan Zhu King sensed the unusual tone and respectfully called out.
“I merely sent you to purchase Earth’s ownership, yet you went this far. If Dylan hadn’t protected Luo Feng properly, would you have killed him?” Erosion Fire Venerable’s voice was low and filled with a hint of anger.
“Father?” Yan Zhu King looked up at his father, even more puzzled.
“You act increasingly recklessly. If this continues, who knows what greater trouble you’ll bring,” Erosion Fire Venerable said coldly. “Now I will punish you… serving a thousand eons in the Ninth Stellar Domain prison.”
“Father!”
Yan Zhu King’s eyes widened in shock.
Luo Feng, Bloodthirsty King, Lonyu King, Dylan, and all the Immortal Deities in the starry void were stunned.
Heavens!
In history, Erosion Fire Venerable had once thrown his son into the Ninth Stellar Domain prison, but that time it was merely a thousand years. Yet this time, it was a thousand eons—over a million years—in the Ninth Stellar Domain prison… undoubtedly a long and dreadful nightmare!
All the Immortal Deities were stunned. Even if Yan Zhu King had killed Luo Feng, such a severe punishment was unthinkable.
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