Chapter 809: News of the Blood-Net Crystals

The morning was crisp, veiled in a thick mist that blanketed the entire lake.

On an island in the lake, Luo Feng was relaxing in a warm pool, letting his body and mind unwind. Suddenly, Zhenyan contacted him.

“Come to my palace on Thunder Island immediately.”

“Yes, Master.”

…

In the virtual universe’s Thunder Island, countless immortal experts of the Virtual Universe Company gathered here. In one of the halls of Zhenyan’s palace, Luo Feng arrived.

“My prince, the lords await within,” a servant ushered Luo Feng toward the grand hall’s threshold.

“Disciple, come in quickly,” Zhenyan’s booming voice echoed from within.

Luo Feng stepped inside at once.

At a glance, there were three powerful beings seated at a square table. One was Zhenyan, the second was an alien warrior with wings and golden eyes, and the third was a tall figure entirely black, as if forged from ink.

“Master,” Luo Feng respectfully greeted upon entering.

“Haha…” Zhenyan laughed. “Let me introduce them to you.”

“These two are alien experts. This one is the Desire King, and this one is the Black-Hearted King,” Zhenyan pointed to the winged, golden-eyed warrior and the ink-black figure respectively. Both alien experts wore smiles. The winged one, Desire King, said, “So this is your esteemed apprentice, Zhenyan, and also a direct disciple of the Chaos Sovereign. No need to introduce him, really—your apprentice is already quite famous.”

“Hmm,” the ink-like warrior also nodded slightly.

“Disciple, take a seat,” Zhenyan gestured to a chair.

“Yes.”

Luo Feng sat down.

“I’ve already negotiated the deal,” Zhenyan explained. “The G-grade metal mechanical puppets and the 1.53 million puppets will go to Desire King, while the device will go to Black-Hearted King. The prices are settled—Desire King is offering 1.8 billion Mixed Yuan units, and Black-Hearted King is offering 4.3 billion Mixed Yuan units.”

Luo Feng nodded inwardly.

Mechanical puppets were common commodities, and the Virtual Universe Company generally bought them for around 1.5 billion and resold for about 2 billion. So 1.8 billion was already a top price. The Nine-Heaven Divine Kingdom device, however, was a rare treasure—very scarce. It held little value for those uninterested in mechanical weaponry, but for those who loved mechanical items, it was a true treasure. They could study the device thoroughly and learn the manufacturing techniques of the mechanical race’s Cosmic Sovereign.

“Luofeng,” the ink-black warrior, Black-Hearted King, asked eagerly, “What other information do you have about this device?”

“This is part of the equipment used to set up the ‘Nine-Heaven Divine Kingdom,'” Luo Feng explained immediately. “Once the Nine-Heaven Divine Kingdom is fully deployed, even a peak King-level expert might be ensnared. And when combined with the special mechanical puppets, it can unleash various attacks of extraordinary power.”

“Hmm,” Black-Hearted King’s eyes lit up, and he smiled. “Ensnared? A containment mode? Let’s proceed with the transaction immediately.”

“Agreed.” Luo Feng nodded.

After discussing with Black-Hearted King and Desire King, the transaction method was quickly confirmed—through the Virtual Universe Company as an intermediary. The Virtual Universe Company would handle delivery and confirm the goods. Such intermediary services had a maximum fee of 1,000 Mixed Yuan units and a minimum of 1. Since both Black-Hearted King and Desire King were from outside human territory, the intermediary fees for both transactions were 100 Mixed Yuan units each.

For Luo Feng, who was about to receive a massive sum of 6.1 billion Mixed Yuan units, this was a trivial amount, hardly worth mentioning.

…

Once the deal was finalized.

Desire King and Black-Hearted King were eager to befriend Luo Feng, the direct disciple of the Chaos Sovereign. After all, their respective races were vassal races of humanity. Experts like them were almost like human soldiers, using the Mixed Yuan as currency. The influence of humanity on their races was immense. Thus, a figure like the Chaos Sovereign was someone their races revered and respected. Being able to befriend Luo Feng was something they were more than happy about.

A banquet was held, and they chatted while dining.

Midway through the feast, in the real world, a team from the Virtual Universe Company arrived at Luo Feng’s place to collect the goods.

Goods confirmed!

Black-Hearted King and Desire King promptly transferred the payment to Luo Feng’s account.

“Hmm?” After the banquet, while discussing a past cosmic secret realm adventure, Desire King suddenly stood up.

“What’s wrong?”

Black-Hearted King and Zhenyan looked at him in surprise.

Luo Feng was also puzzled.

“There’s a Blood-Luo Crystal auction in the Hong Alliance! The auction is about to begin!” Desire King said in a low, excited tone, his eyes gleaming.

“A Blood-Luo Crystal auction?” Black-Hearted King and Zhenyan were both shocked.

“Yes, let’s see if I can get my hands on the Blood-Luo Crystal this time,” Desire King’s eyes burned with desire, and he smiled. “Zhenyan, you’ve already reached the peak of King-level, rivaling ordinary Cosmic Sovereigns. Don’t you dare compete with me for the Blood-Luo Crystal.”

“The Blood-Luo Crystal is effective even for Cosmic Sovereigns. Who says I shouldn’t compete?” Zhenyan teased.

“Fine, let’s compete! There will be plenty of competition anyway,” Desire King shook his head. “Come on, let’s go to the auction.”

“You two go ahead,” Zhenyan said.

“Luofeng, we’ll take our leave first,” Desire King and Black-Hearted King said to Luo Feng before hurrying off and vanishing into thin air from the hall.

Only Zhenyan and Luo Feng remained in the hall.

“Master… what’s this Blood-Luo Crystal auction about? I remember that Blood-Luo Crystals are forbidden items, banned from trade and such,” Luo Feng asked.

“Oh, right, you did visit the Blood-Luo Continent.”

Zhenyan nodded with a smile. “You must remember one thing—any so-called forbidden items or bans on trade are relative. Even the most precious treasures might be forbidden to Monarchs, but tradable among Immortals. If they’re forbidden to Immortals, they might still be tradable among Cosmic Sovereigns. The so-called ‘ban’ depends on the subject.”

“Uh—” Luo Feng could only nod.

That was indeed the truth.

“The Hong Alliance is a coalition of many races, led by humans. Naturally, many precious items appear there,” Zhenyan explained.

“What about the Blood-Luo Crystal?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask.

Fusing Blood-Luo Crystals was extremely difficult. It was already unimaginable for a human to fuse ten Blood-Luo Crystals. So what was the significance of auctioning them?

“Why would even Cosmic Sovereigns fight over Blood-Luo Crystals?” Luo Feng continued. “It’s so hard to fuse them.”

“Of course, it’s hard.”

“At the Monarch level, one’s genetic potential reaches its peak. Among human experts, finding someone who can directly fuse ten Blood-Luo Crystals is already extraordinary,” Zhenyan laughed. “But the Blood-Luo Crystals are the crystallized essence of the Beast God’s blood—formed from his body after his demise.”

“The Beast God was a great being rivaling a Cosmic Lord. As a naturally born life form in the universe, he embodied the fusion of the ‘Spatial, Metal’ laws. Do you think the wonders of the Blood-Luo Crystals are limited to just one method of fusion?”

Luo Feng was stunned.

So that was the truth… the demise of the Beast God, the crystallization of his blood…

“Blood-Luo Crystals have many uses, even offering great benefits to Cosmic Sovereigns,” Zhenyan shook his head. “However, the human high command has strict restrictions on Blood-Luo Crystals and other important treasures, usually prioritizing them for top experts. Thus, only occasionally do small amounts of Blood-Luo Crystals leak out. These crystals are treasures for any blood-based life form.”

“Each hundred Blood-Luo Crystals can be refined into a single drop of the Beast God’s blood,” Zhenyan said.

“However… I’ve already reached the peak of King-level. What I lack now is the comprehension of laws, so external treasures aren’t of much use to me. Therefore, I won’t be competing for them,” Zhenyan smiled. “But once I become a Cosmic Sovereign, I might have to join the race for them.”

“Haha… Blood-Luo Crystal auctions always attract many experts. I’ll go have some fun too. You may go back now.”

Luo Feng replied, “Yes, Master.”

Whoosh!

Zhenyan vanished from the hall.

“Blood-Luo Crystal? A hundred of them can be refined into a single drop of the Beast God’s blood?” Luo Feng murmured. “A treasure for any blood-based life form, even fought over by Cosmic Sovereigns?”

“Wow.”

“Back then, the Virtual Universe Company offered our Cosmic-level juniors a price of 600 points per crystal,” Luo Feng couldn’t help but smile wryly and shake his head. “Well, of course, there was no need to offer a high price for Cosmic-level juniors. And in the eyes of the Virtual Universe Company, the opportunities for Cosmic-level juniors to obtain Blood-Luo Crystals were already given by them. So the price was reasonable. But those juniors had no idea… that Blood-Luo Crystals were treasures of immense importance even to Kings and Cosmic Sovereigns.”

Swoosh!

Luo Feng also vanished into thin air.

…

A hundred Blood-Luo Crystals were needed to refine a single drop of the Beast God’s blood. Usually, even a Cosmic-level genius could barely obtain a few Blood-Luo Crystals in the Blood-Luo World. As for Luo Feng, who appeared to be Cosmic-level but possessed a Domain Lord-class powerful clone, and was skilled in stealth, assassination, and infiltration as a Mosha Clan clone…

Such a case was extremely rare.

Thanks to his Mosha Clan clone, Luo Feng had looted nearly ten thousand Blood-Luo Crystals.

Back then, faced with the purchase price of 600 points per crystal, Luo Feng had restrained his desire to exchange them for a huge sum of points. He firmly believed that Blood-Luo Crystals were treasures and shouldn’t be sold off so easily.

…

“Haha, I never would have imagined back then that the use of Blood-Luo Crystals would be so significant,” Luo Feng stepped out of the pool, water droplets rolling off his body. The cold air outside sent a refreshing chill through him.

Luo Feng casually lay on a nearby chair.

The more he thought about it, the happier he felt.

Wise decision! He truly was wise to keep all the Blood-Luo Crystals. Now, he had indeed struck gold.

“Right.”

“When I was still a Cosmic-level human on Earth, I fused only three Blood-Luo Crystals. Now I’m at the peak of Domain Lord and have cultivated the Nameless Secret Manual, undergoing further genetic evolution,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “It’s time to try fusing Blood-Luo Crystals again.”

He hadn’t tried fusing any for years.

Back then, fusing three Blood-Luo Crystals was already extremely difficult. Even in the history of the Blood-Luo Continent, the ‘Black Warrior’ was a legend. Luo Feng doubted he could fuse ten Blood-Luo Crystals. If he couldn’t fuse ten, the enhancement to his power would be minimal. So he had postponed it—until now, thousands of years had passed.

“It’s time to try again,” Luo Feng couldn’t help himself. He stood up immediately and entered the meditation chamber inside his residence, preparing to begin fusing the Blood-Luo Crystals.