Chapter 796: Vanishing Without a Trace

At the edge of the main continent of Yanji Land, deep within endless icebergs, lies an ancient palace. No one knows when it was built, but now it has become the territory of Ziqiong, a king of the Demon Race.

“The captain’s temper hasn’t been good lately. He just scolded the vice-captain. We’ve been on Yanji Land for nearly ten thousand years, and I’ve never seen the captain this agitated before,” one demon muttered.

“Yeah, I heard his agitation has something to do with a human prodigy,” the other replied.

“Really?”

“I don’t know if it’s true or not, but that’s what I heard.”

Two immortal demon puppets whispered to each other. They were members of the renowned ‘Ziqiong Squad’ on Yanji Land.

Ziqiong Squad!

One of the most famous squads on Yanji Land. Their leader, Ziqiong, was an immortal demon king with the ability to teleport. The vice-captain was also a low-level immortal king. Their subordinates were nearly all immortal dukes at peak strength, with the weakest still at a high level.

Such a team naturally had a huge reputation on Yanji Land.

Of course, despite their fame, they were far from invincible.

Deep within the palace, a woman with a completely black body, a human form, and an incredibly beautiful silver fox-like head stood. She wore a magnificent black robe, and her puppet body was almost indistinguishable from a real human. Her facial expressions and eyes were perfectly lifelike.

“That bastard!”

“Bras dared to challenge me,” the fox-headed woman growled in fury. “Luckily, the elders of our clan still possessed some wisdom. Can you truly blame me? It’s been an entire year since I accepted this mission… yet not a single soul from our demon alliance on Yanji Land has uncovered that human Realm Lord. How am I supposed to slay him? How?”

“Bras dares to say I’m useless.”

“Can you blame me?”

“That fool must be coveting the military honors. Slaying a human realm lord is equivalent to the merit of killing a high-ranking immortal duke. No wonder he’s green with envy.”

“Too bad, you won’t get it, you idiot.”

Ziqiong cursed under her breath.

Actually, she felt quite frustrated in her heart…

Although she was a powerful immortal king with teleportation abilities, immortals of the duke and king ranks were immortal. Her abilities could at most kill a peak-level immortal duke. As for low-level immortal kings… there probably wasn’t a single immortal king on Yanji Land who dared to say they could defeat one!

Low-level immortal kings were already extremely difficult to kill!

High-level immortal dukes were naturally even harder.

Therefore…

Slaying a human Realm Lord granted military merits equivalent to defeating a high-ranking immortal duke. Naturally, it was a highly lucrative mission—one that stirred widespread envy! Over nearly ten thousand years stationed at Yanji Land, Ziqiong had likely accumulated less than a tenth of the merits this single mission offered! Thus, when she first received this assignment, she was utterly exhilarated!

You must know that although there were only two immortal kings from the demon race itself on Yanji Land, the entire demon alliance had a total of 329 immortal kings!

After all, there were many other vassal races under the demons, and some, although not vassal races… were distant tribes willing to enter the ‘battlefield’ as members of the demon alliance. These numerous alien warriors were the reason the demon alliance had 329 immortal kings on Yanji Land.

This mission was indeed enviable!

However, naturally, the demon race would give good missions to their own kind first. Ziqiong had the ability to teleport, so she received this mission. At that time, Ziqiong receiving this mission caused jealousy among many demons, but jealousy was useless, as it was an order from the higher-ups.

Ziqiong was overjoyed, eagerly awaiting to slay the Human Realm Sovereign.

All forces of the Demon Alliance within the Yanji Realm have been commanded: Should any solitary Human Realm Lord be detected—or any Realm Lord wielding power akin to an Immortal Duke—immediate report is mandatory!

Once accurate coordinates were obtained, Ziqiong could teleport directly to the location.

With teleportation abilities, covering one or two light-years was effortless.

In other words…

The entire Yanji Territory lay within Ziqiong’s teleportation range. She could instantly traverse any corner of the land. The moment intelligence arrived… she would immediately strike down that human Realm Lord, reaping immense military glory.

How simple a mission!

“Waste!”

“The intelligence network is utterly abysmal. An entire year has gone by, yet not a single shred of useful intel has surfaced. They’ve completely failed to detect the Human Realm Lord.” Ziqiong seethed with fury in her heart. The torment of seeing the prize yet being unable to seize it was maddening. The clan elders had dangled the promise of immense military glory before her, but without any intelligence, it remained a hollow hope.

“Lord of the Human Realm!”

“I don’t believe you’ll never show up. Our demon alliance occupies about a quarter of Yanji Land. There must be someone who encounters you. As long as you show your strength, you’re dead! Dead!” Ziqiong gritted her teeth. Waiting without accurate expectations was indeed frustrating.

At this moment, Luo Feng had no idea that he had become the demon race’s main target.

“Die!”

A dazzling silver rainbow swept across the sky above the ocean, tearing a huge gash in space, like a silver river covering the sky. The short alien immortal, about half a meter tall, was directly cut in half. The immortal had been relaxed at first, but as soon as he was cut and reformed, he became terrified, for he discovered that his immortal body had lost 18%.

“How? How is this possible?” the alien immortal duke was terrified.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The silver rainbow flashed several times, and the alien immortal couldn’t even escape. He desperately self-destructed once… and the battle was over.

“Hu!” In the aftermath of the battle, Luo Feng hovered in the air, his pair of black wings slowly flapping behind him.

“Immortal bodies are really hard to kill.”

“My first time on the main continent of Yanji Land, my Earth human self once injured an immortal of the Weiyi race, that was really lucky. Those two Weiyi immortals’ immortal bodies were probably newly formed and still weak. But now… even a slightly stronger immortal duke at the beginning level, I can’t damage their immortal body with just sword techniques alone.” Luo Feng shook his head. “Hitting them a few times with sword techniques was ineffective. I still had to rely on the Shi Wu Wings! Indeed, the Shi Wu Wings are powerful. Although my Earth human self is weaker and can only drive a tiny bit of the ‘Shi Wu Wings space power,’ it can still kill a beginning-level immortal duke in just a few strikes.”

“Okay.”

“Time to go.”

Luo Feng collected the spoils of war and leisurely left the battlefield in a spaceship.

Inside the spaceship.

Luo Feng was sitting in the control room. As usual, Probe No. 1 had only its shielding function turned off, while Probe No. 2 was operating normally.

“The Shi Wu Wings are really great.”

“With the Shi Wu Wings, my Earth human self, who could originally only kill immortal lords, can now kill beginning-level immortal dukes. And my Gold Horn Beast body… can even kill peak-level immortal dukes.”

“And the Shi Wu Wings can also prevent enemies from sensing my exact strength.”

“Hehe…”

Luo Feng smiled happily.

After arriving on the main continent of Yanji Land and fighting against the Kong Jin Hai and Weiyi immortals, Luo Feng realized an issue—”The main continent of Yanji Land has too many strong beings. Unlike Wusha Island, where a beginning-level immortal duke can be the king, with only a dozen or so immortal dukes, Yanji Land… has thousands of immortal kings.”

This was a fact.

Although there were only three immortal kings from the human race on Yanji Land! However, there were many vassal races of humans and numerous other alien races that entered the battlefield through the human alliance, totaling hundreds of immortal kings. After all, there were thousands of alien races. On average, every dozen or so alien races had one immortal king on Yanji Land, making the number of immortal kings quite large.

Yanji Land, with its four factions combined, had over a thousand.

Of course—

Compared to the large number of immortal lords and immortal dukes on Yanji Land, the number of immortal kings was extremely small.

“There are many strong beings on Yanji Land.”

“My small-scale battles on Wusha Island were fine, but on Yanji Land, repeatedly fighting against peak-level immortal dukes might lead to encounters with beginning-level immortal kings. That could very likely provoke alien races to hunt me down. My teacher also warned me about this problem. What should I do?” Luo Feng pondered at that time.

He soon came up with an idea!

The Shi Wu Wings!

The Shi Wu Wings were a treasure. On the Gold Horn Beast, they could conceal the beast’s true aura, instead naturally releasing a pressure that made enemies identify the Gold Horn Beast as a strong being.

The same principle applied.

The Shi Wu Wings on his Earth human self could naturally conceal his true aura.

“I’m so smart.”

“My Earth human self fuses with the Shi Wu Wings, releasing a slight pressure, pretending to be a peak-level immortal duke’s aura.”

“The Gold Horn Beast body fuses with the Shi Wu Wings, releasing even stronger pressure.”

“Hehe—”

“In this way, a peak-level immortal duke among humans would naturally seem normal.” Luo Feng was very pleased at the time.

Then Luo Feng followed this plan.

While adventuring on Yanji Land, the Gold Horn Beast and his Earth human self must not appear at the same time.

In one battle, send the Earth human self to fight, then the Gold Horn Beast absolutely must not appear, unless there was special danger. These battles were specifically for honing sword techniques and studying the “Moonlight Strategy.”

There was another type of battle where the Earth human self did not appear. At the beginning, the Gold Horn Beast fused with the Shi Wu Wings and took the stage. These battles were mainly for killing to accumulate military merit, after all, using the Gold Horn Beast to earn merit was indeed very efficient.

Two types of battles.

One for honing sword techniques, one for accumulating military merit.

Luo Feng actually had a good time on Yanji Land. After the battle with the Weiyi immortal, in the past year, he had fought six battles and encountered more than ten alien immortals. Three of those battles were fought by his Earth human self, and three by the Gold Horn Beast. Together, they killed five immortal dukes and three immortal lords.

The efficiency was indeed very high.

“Beginner-level immortal dukes can’t really hone my sword techniques. I need to find a strong opponent, a high-level immortal duke, and have a good fight.” Luo Feng was very excited. Fighting various alien races in the universe indeed gave Luo Feng a sense of novelty and excitement.