The single horn of the Iron Rhinoceros was quickly stored into his spatial ring by Luo Feng. Without hesitation, he mentally transmitted his voice in urgency: “Hurry, flee! A squad is coming to ambush us!”
“What?” Hong and Thunder God were startled.
Without delay, the five of them immediately dashed into the nearby forest, leaving behind the massive corpses of the Iron Rhinoceroses. For Star-level warriors, twelve kilometers is a mere distance—outside this world, it could be traversed in a second. Even within this Domain Lord’s world, where movement was slower, it wouldn’t take long at all.
Within the forest,
Luo Feng, riding the Duntiansuo, flipped his hand and produced a shield and an alloy blade. He had also donned a standard alloy battle armor. Though such armor and weapons weren’t expensive due to their lack of amplification effects, their material was extremely durable, reaching D-grade quality.
A D-grade alloy might be extremely costly if used to build a spaceship, but for weapons like blades, armor, and shields, the cost was relatively low.
“Shishi~~” In an instant, a blood-red battle helmet extended from his head.
It was formed by Moyun Vine.
…
Holding a hexagonal shield and alloy blade, the metallic armor reflecting cold glints wrapped around Luo Feng’s body, resembling a leather jacket at first glance. Moving like lightning, he fled rapidly while anxiously thinking: “Babata, what’s the strength of that squad?”
“Seven Star-level 9 warriors, one Star-level 2 and one Star-level 3,” Babata replied.
“Damn it,” Luo Feng muttered inwardly.
“Their speed is fast; the distance is closing—2.8 kilometers… 2.6 kilometers…” Babata continuously updated Luo Feng.
“Seven Star-level 9 warriors behind us,” Luo Feng mentally transmitted to Hong, Thunder God, Aogu, and Tienanhe.
“This is a big problem.”
Hong and the others felt the pressure mounting.
Meanwhile, the pursuing squad was rapidly closing the gap with Luo Feng’s team, now less than a kilometer away.
…
The young man had a sharp, chiseled face, his translucent skin like jade, with visible veins beneath. His eyes occasionally narrowed, giving off an innocent smile. Now clad in a form-fitting primal energy battle suit, he carried a massive blade nearly his height on his back. Held by his companion’s mental force weapon, he was swiftly chasing after them.
“Hmph,” he glanced down at the screen on his arm-mounted intelligent computer, “Two Star-level 9 warriors, plus three others at Star-level 1 and 2? Hmph! Pathetically weak!”
“Six hundred meters, five hundred meters, four hundred meters…” He kept calculating the distance.
He could already see the fleeing squad ahead.
Among the other eight squad members, many wore goggles that also served as data displays, flickering with streams of information.
“Surround them!” he commanded via mental transmission.
“Understood!”
Seven of the eight members responded affirmatively.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The squad quickly dispersed and encircled Luo Feng’s group of five.
…
Luo Feng’s group of five halted, surrounded by the nine attackers. They were still within the Longsuo Mountains. Towering trees surrounded them, their trunks bearing claw marks from fierce beasts. Such sturdy trees were rarely seen even in the universe, a testament to the might of Domain Lords.
“Who’s the leader?” the leading youth among the nine demanded, his gaze shifting between Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God. Obviously, those participating in the Cosmic Novice Mercenary Trial were usually assigned strong warriors to protect important young members. The weaker ones often gave orders.
“It’s me.”
Luo Feng stared at the youth, “Who are you, and what do you want?”
“Haha, what a stupid question! You really don’t know what we want?” the youth sneered, his eyes filled with arrogance, as if looking down on beggars, “Kid, hand over all six horns of the Iron Rhinoceroses, and I might spare your lives. If not…”
The youth smirked coldly.
Luo Feng looked at the encircling group, his arm-mounted battle armor screen displaying streams of data.
“What are we waiting for? Just kill them,” a girl in black battle armor beside the youth coldly said. The youth was annoyed inside: “This idiot, can’t you see they also have two Star-level 9 warriors? We can win, but if we fight to the death, even if we kill them, we might suffer losses ourselves! Isn’t it better to get the horns without any deaths?”
“My comrades are impatient,” the youth glanced over Luo Feng’s group, “So, give me your answer.”
Surrounded in the center,
Luo Feng’s group of five—Tienanhe and Aogu naturally looked to their master Luo Feng, while Hong and Thunder God exchanged glances with him.
“The horns of the Iron Rhinoceros?” Luo Feng flipped his hand and took out one horn, looking at the youth, “Horns? We can give you one.”
“Six! Not one less!”
The youth coldly replied.
The other eight members kept their eyes fixed on Luo Feng’s group. Earlier, they had seen 21 Iron Rhinoceroses drinking by a lake, 16 of which were killed, 10 horns taken by an earlier group. They were certain that this group, controlled by the yellow-skinned, black-haired human, must have taken the remaining six horns.
“Black-haired kid!” the girl beside him shouted, “We are from the Hundred-Tiger Mansion. Hand over the horns immediately, or else… Hmph!”
The Hundred-Tiger Mansion? One of the four great cosmic organizations within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire?
Being from the Hundred-Tiger Mansion meant this group was well-trained, especially in combat.
“Will you hand them over or not?” the youth grew angry.
“Stop wasting words with them,” the girl urged.
Surrounded in the center,
The pressure on Luo Feng’s group of five was immense. Luo Feng sensed that the opposing group was clearly running out of patience.
“Aogu,” Luo Feng mentally transmitted.
“Master,” the old man Aogu responded.
“Once the battle starts, follow the plan I told you before entering this Domain Lord’s world. You know what to do, right?”
“Understood,” Aogu quickly replied.
Luo Feng coldly scanned the Hundred-Tiger Mansion squad before him, his gaze passing over the Star-level 9 warriors wearing goggles, finally settling on the young couple: “We can give you at most one horn. If you’re still not satisfied… I warn you, some things, once done, are irreversible.”
“Scare me?” the youth sneered.
“Hmph,” the girl exchanged a glance with the youth.
Both of them simultaneously stepped back.
Boom! Boom! Boom!…
Except for one Star-level 9 warrior protecting the two, the other six warriors launched their attacks simultaneously. At the exact moment of the attack, Luo Feng, standing beside Aogu, narrowed his eyes. In an instant, a blue blade fragment appeared out of nowhere. Aogu’s mental force acted like a hand, firmly gripping the body of the blade fragment, leaving only the sharp edge exposed!
The blade’s edge had a strange, faint red hue.
Yes!
This was the refined Chihun Copper Mother, coated with an alloy layer, leaving only the sharp edge exposed. This move was Luo Feng’s ultimate weapon—letting his strongest mentalist servant, Aogu, wield a fragment of Chihun Copper Mother. With its sharpness, even a Cosmic-level warrior might be injured!
“Whoosh!”
The blue blade arc cut through the air like lightning, swiftly heading toward the charging Star-level 9 enemies.
“Master, be careful, it’s a mental attack,” Aogu, who had already spread his mental force, warned. He used only half his focus to control the Chihun Copper Mother fragment, while the other half was fully dedicated to ‘defense,’ as Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God’s soul defenses couldn’t withstand the mental attacks of Star-level 9 mentalists.
“Shish!” “Shish!” “Shish!”
Aogu blocked three mental force attacks.
“Thud! Thud! Thud!”
The blue blade effortlessly swept past the surrounding Star-level 9 warriors. With its incredible speed and sharpness, the warriors and mentalists, wearing goggles and wearing serious, confident expressions, were effortlessly decapitated. Their heads exploded, brains splattered, and their eyes behind the goggles were filled with terror before death.
“Impossible!” The confident youth and girl watching from a distance were shocked and wide-eyed.
Star-level 9 warriors!
So easily defeated?
They didn’t know… the sharpness of their opponent’s mental weapon was terrifying! The Yimo Star Ship, when accelerated, could directly slice through asteroids and even entire small planets. Facing meteor showers, it charged straight through—the sharpness was unimaginable!
Even Domain Lords could be easily cut in half by the Yimo Star Ship’s edge when accelerated!
“Retreat!” the youth urgently transmitted mentally to his nearby subordinate, a Star-level 9 mentalist.
The subordinate took the youth along, while also carrying the girl.
“Drop her, hurry!” the youth ordered.
“Understood.”
In terms of status, the girl was lower than the youth. Moreover, this bodyguard clearly knew… if he carried two people, he might not escape at all once the opponent’s mentalist accelerated. “Whoosh!” The bodyguard carried the youth directly, stepping on his mental force weapon, rapidly turning into a streak of light fleeing.
“Wait for me!” The girl’s face turned pale, and as she turned around, she saw the blue streak that had killed six Star-level 9 warriors curve through the air, heading straight for her.
Her face twisted in rage, her eyes filled with hatred: “Qiu Yu!!!”
Thud!
Her head exploded!
…
In the blink of an eye, six Star-level 9 warriors, including a Hundred-Tiger Mansion elite youth, were all killed! As for the youth named ‘Qiu Yu’ and his bodyguard, they had already fled far away.
“Don’t chase them,” Luo Feng said.
“Yes, Master.”
Aogu and Tienanhe respectfully replied.
Luo Feng immediately retrieved the Chihun Copper Mother fragment into his ring. To pursue that person, Aogu would have to chase after them. But Aogu couldn’t carry anyone, or he wouldn’t be able to keep up… This would leave Luo Feng and the other three alone in the Longsuo Mountains, which was extremely unsafe.
Moreover, Luo Feng couldn’t allow Aogu to take the Chihun Copper Mother fragment far away to chase and kill.
“Babata, is it okay that they escaped?” Luo Feng asked inwardly.
“No problem! They don’t even know your identity information. Even if they did, you’re always on the move, and you’ll eventually return to Earth. What’s there to fear?” Babata said carelessly, “The barefoot fear nothing the shod might do. Right now, you’re the barefoot one.”
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