“Yes, Your Highness!”
Three bodyguards knelt on one knee respectfully.
“My speed has been fast enough, yet I didn’t expect other factions could gather ten million Thunder Stones in such a short time,” Brolin sat on his chair, his slender pale fingers lightly tapping the armrest. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he commanded, “Issue the order, have the first, second, and sixth squadrons rapidly converge toward the central area, positioning themselves around ten thousand kilometers away from the core zone.”
“Yes.”
The three responded in unison before swiftly leaving the tent.
Only Brolin remained inside the tent.
He sat there, continuously pondering. As for Luo Feng and the other five, Brolin hadn’t given them a second thought. In the vast territory of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, there were many examples of adventurers who struck it rich by stumbling upon hidden treasures. Moreover, within the empire’s borders, he had even dared to kill elite members from the other four major organizations.
There was no one he couldn’t provoke!
If Luo Feng and his companions truly had formidable support, some supreme powerhouse would have undoubtedly reached out by now. To the exalted Ninth Prince, those five were mere ants beneath his notice.
“Brave enough to steal the first layer password of the inheritance crystal right under my nose,” Brolin muttered softly. “Was it the Ice Sea Divine Kingdom? The Three Axes Mountain? The Hundred Tigers Mansion? The Black Cloud Association? North Dragon City?” Any of the factions could be possible. Brolin couldn’t figure out who exactly held the final password.
…
About more than ten thousand kilometers away from the central zone, in a vast grassland, numerous adventurers had gathered.
Tents made from materials used in crafting alloy battle armor were erected. These materials were incredibly durable.
Inside one of the large tents,
A massive, towering chimpanzee-like warrior sat inside. His powerful pectorals bulged against the alloy armor. His head was nearly identical to a chimpanzee’s, with sunken eyes brimming with wildness and madness. Ape beings were a significant race throughout the cosmos.
Ape beings could be further divided into over a hundred subraces, most of which were valiant, fierce warriors.
He was Chaktor, once a ninth-stage Stellar Warrior in the army of the supreme powerhouse ‘Jianzhutianchen’ from the Three Axes Mountain. Originally, he had been merely an ordinary ninth-stage Stellar Soldier among countless others, but now…
“Hehehe…” Chaktor emitted strange laughter from deep within his throat, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
“Never did I expect I could break through.”
“Hahaha! This Realm within Realm is truly my land of fortune, blessed by Lady Luck herself!” Chaktor was ecstatic.
Indeed!
He was overwhelmed with excitement.
Because he had broken through from the ninth-stage Stellar level to the first-stage Cosmic level!
“I vowed the day I was conscripted from the Wike Planet that I would become the greatest warrior. And now, it has all come true, come true!” Chaktor could not forget the past 3,000 years of his life.
Forcibly taken from his home planet, Wike.
After undergoing brutal training and being traded repeatedly, he ultimately became a warrior in the domain of the Realm Lord “Jianzhutianchen.” Despite his relentless cultivation to reach the ninth stage of the Stellar Rank, he remained merely an elite soldier. After struggling for more than 3,000 years, he understood one truth with absolute clarity—without ascending to the Cosmic Rank, one would forever remain insignificant!
The disparity between a Ninth-Stage Stellar and a Cosmic-Level being!
Just one step, yet it was the difference between heaven and earth.
“I had just ascended to the Cosmic Realm when the Realm Lord appointed me as the Brigade Commander, with the former leader becoming my deputy. Furthermore, the Realm Lord bestowed upon me thirty life-bearing planets as my domain. Hahaha… I must gather three thousand—no, thirty thousand women and sire countless offspring.” Chaktor’s heart swelled with fervent ambition.
“Lord.”
Two voices came from outside.
“Enter.” Chaktor said calmly.
Two figures stepped in. One was a Second-Stage Star-Level, the other a Third-Stage Star-Level. They served as captains of another battalion under a different Realm Lord of the Three Axes Mountain.
The squad leaders were typically second or third-stage Star-level warriors—after all, they were elites and prodigies!
In stark contrast, the countless ninth-stage Star-level warriors were nothing more than expendable pawns, their chances of ascending to the Cosmic-level realm vanishingly thin.
“Never did we expect a clumsy ape to ascend to Cosmic-tier.”
“What incredible luck.”
The two young men thought silently.
“Lord.” Both of them slightly bowed. One of the young men smiled and asked, “Lord Chaktor, do you know if the password has been obtained?”
“One of the passwords of the inheritance crystal has already been obtained by me and reported to the great Realm Lord through the virtual universe network.” Chaktor’s voice was loud, but an energy shield surrounded the tent, preventing the sound from escaping.
“Lord Chaktor is indeed formidable.” Both of them praised.
“Hmm.”
Chaktor nodded slightly, his black nose exhaling a stream of hot breath. “Breles, have your troops already assembled?”
“Yes, my lord.” Both of them bowed.
“Good.” Chaktor praised loudly, his eyes flashing with sharp light. A surging aura radiated from him, making the two young men feel as if the end of the world were approaching.
“Hmm?” Chaktor suddenly furrowed his brow.
“You may leave now.” Chaktor waved his hand.
“Yes.”
The two young men respectfully withdrew.
Under normal circumstances, ninth-stage Star-level warriors would serve as their bodyguards, but this cannon-fodder ape had actually broken through to the Cosmic level. Given how exceedingly rare it was even for elite talents to ascend to the Cosmic level, their status naturally paled in comparison to that of the Cosmic-level powerhouse, Chaktor.
Without breaking through, they were mere bodyguards and cannon fodder.
Once they broke through, they immediately gained planetary domains and became significant figures.
…
In the Infinite Realms, there were nearly two million ninth-stage Star-level warriors in total!
Not even ten star systems combined would dare boast of possessing two million ninth-stage Stellar-level warriors! What’s more, these ninth-stage Stellar-level warriors were meticulously handpicked elites chosen by Realm Lords, Domain Lords, and other supreme beings.
Given enough time…
Under such dire circumstances, it was entirely plausible for one Cosmic-level warrior to emerge from two million ninth-stage Planetary-tier fighters—though under ideal conditions, six or seven might have broken through given sufficient time.
…
How many treasures the Ninth Prince ‘Brolin’ had acquired was a secret!
The fact that Chaktor from the Three Axes Mountain Sect had ascended to Cosmic-level was also a closely guarded secret!
And at this very moment…
Luo Feng’s Cloudvine was evolving, also a secret!
…
At the edge of the Realm within Realm, amidst the vast, undulating mountains.
Luo Feng stood among the vegetation, gazing down at the screen on his wrist armor. On the screen, a long, blood-red vine was undergoing intense transformation, like boiling water. The vine, already thick, had green bumps appearing on its surface, which were then absorbed, causing the bumps to disappear. Occasionally, some bumps burst open like bubbles popping.
“Hisss~”
Numerous vines and tendrils danced wildly.
Although the evolution was happening deep underground, Luo Feng could feel the slight tremors beneath his feet.
“Old Three.”
“Third Brother.”
Three figures ran over from a distance—Hong, Thunder God, and the now mobile Ao Gu.
“Third Brother, it’s already been over two hours. Still not done?” Thunder God ran over.
“Yeah.” Luo Feng nodded. “Look.”
He extended his arm, showing the evolution of the Cloudvine underground on the wrist armor screen. Because the Cloudvine was too massive, even Babata could only record a portion of it, so the screen displayed only a part of the Cloudvine’s body.
“Very strange.” Thunder God widened his eyes.
“Is it shedding skin?” Hong looked puzzled.
Luo Feng kept watching. At this moment, the thick vine was rapidly changing. Its surface frequently shed layers of skin, revealing fresh, twisted, and resilient vines underneath. These vines shed again, and the entire vine continued to thicken and lengthen during the transformation.
It was as if a sapling rapidly grew into a towering tree, compressed into just two or three hours.
“After eating the Life Fruit, the normal evolution that should take many years is happening in a short time,” Luo Feng said gravely. “So, it’s not strange that it looks weird.”
“How big is the Cloudvine now?” Thunder God asked.
“Detection equipment can’t scan the Cloudvine’s body, but based on the proportions, the length of one vine has already reached about 210 kilometers,” Luo Feng replied.
“210 kilometers?” Thunder God and Hong were both stunned.
210 kilometers—what did that mean? On Earth, some short highways were only that long. Could a single vine of the Cloudvine really be that long?
“And now the Cloudvine has 72 main vines,” Luo Feng added.
Thunder God and Hong could only imagine. 72 main vines, each 210 kilometers long, wrapping around Luo Feng together… it was insane. Compared to the Cloudvine, even the Golden Horned Beast from back then was just a tiny creature.
Luo Feng kept his eyes fixed on the screen.
The evolution continued.
Time passed minute by minute. Hong and Thunder God no longer asked questions, silently anticipating… The vines on the screen seemed to contain infinite power. Moreover, the vine color had changed from blood red to a much deeper red.
“Wo!” A massive wave of joyful and affectionate intent flooded into Luo Feng’s mind.
“It has succeeded in its transformation.” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Deep underground, the 72 main vines, now each 300 kilometers long, rapidly shrank. Their smaller branches and leaves quickly retracted and vanished. As they shrank, the Cloudvine surged upward, causing the earth beneath Luo Feng’s feet to rise, as if a colossal entity were about to emerge.
“Boom~~”
After shrinking a hundredfold, the still-huge Cloudvine burst forth from the soil!
72 deep-red vines, each now three kilometers long and about thirty centimeters wide, danced in the night sky. At the same time, an incredibly dense and massive root system instantly enveloped Luo Feng, rapidly shrinking! In the blink of an eye, the sky-filling Cloudvine swiftly retracted into Luo Feng, becoming incredibly small and adorable.
The root core integrated into Luo Feng’s skin.
72 small vines, as thick as thumbs, still spread across a hundred-meter radius. They danced briefly before forming a complete set of deep-red battle armor, helmet, and boots on Luo Feng’s body! Even his fingers were covered in deep-red gloves.
Luo Feng felt the immense power of the Cloudvine battle armor.
With barely any effort, a single strike could unleash the Cloudvine’s devastating might—enough to obliterate a hundred kilometers of land into rubble, its shockwaves rippling across a thousand. This power surpassed even Luo Feng’s own Golden Horned Beast at its peak ninth-stage Planetary-level enhanced form.
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