When the black spherical device exploded tens of thousands of kilometers away, the explosion occurred in space, so no sound could travel. Added to that, the surrounding area was filled with a large amount of debris and cargo, so Luo Feng and the two white-robed men tens of thousands of kilometers away could neither see nor hear the explosion, and the energy vibrations from the blast were too weak to reach them. Naturally, they remained completely unaware of what had happened.
“Luo Feng, those scanning signals around us have disappeared!” Babata cried out in alarm.
“What? Disappeared?” Luo Feng exclaimed in surprise.
When they had entered the Mulong Star Region to select a Zerg body unit, Babata had told Luo Feng that it could clearly sense those violent and aggressive scanning signals. Those scanning signals, spread out and covering the entire star region, were not hidden in the least. After all, the warning system of the Mulong Star Region was meant to cover the entire region.
A range spanning millions of light-years!
Such extravagance was unimaginable elsewhere. Normally, even the most powerful planets would only deploy warning systems within or near the planet itself. Monitoring all the star systems across an entire star region was something even humanity’s strongest factions could not afford to do with highly advanced monitoring equipment. Babata’s scanning device, while extremely advanced, had a range of merely 20 kilometers, which was far too limited.
In the vastness of space, would you need one instrument per 20 kilometers? How many devices would be required to cover the entire Mulong Star Region?
What would the cost be?
It simply wasn’t worth it.
Moreover, since the Mulong Star Region was already under surveillance, there was no need to hide anything. Naturally, they used these relatively aggressive yet highly cost-effective monitoring instruments. The moment the device was destroyed, Babata noticed that those aggressive and domineering scanning signals vanished instantly.
“Why would the scanning signals suddenly disappear? Is it a malfunction, or…” Luo Feng’s mind raced with possibilities, and he instinctively grew slightly alert.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng’s eyes suddenly widened.
Right ahead, Keser, the one with black scaled skin who had been chatting with the other two white-robed men, suddenly unleashed a dazzling and tragic blade of light. At such close range, and with no warning at all, the two white-robed guides barely had time to react before the blade sliced through their heads.
Their heads split cleanly in two, flying apart as the brutal blade energy surged down their necks and into their bodies, striking directly at their life cores.
Boom! Boom!
In less than 0.01 seconds, the two life cores shattered simultaneously. The two most formidable World Lord-level adversaries threatening Keser were obliterated in an instant.
“Keser!”
“An assassin!” Babata screamed into Luo Feng’s mind. “Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry and escape! This assassin must have many tricks. If he could strike underground within the Mulong Star Region, he must have been hiding for a long time. He wouldn’t act unless he was certain of success. Luo Feng, run!!”
However… it was already too late!
…
Keser swung his battle saber, instantly slaying the two Realm Lord-level guides at close quarters. His jade-green pupils glinted with icy ruthlessness: “The greatest obstacles are eliminated. With them dead, none can shield Luo Feng now. Nor can they trigger the warning system’s alarms. Luo Feng will have no choice but to send an emergency transmission to King Longque… The King likely won’t act impulsively. He’ll first log into the virtual universe to verify the message—this estimation suggests approximately thirty seconds. Upon comprehending the crisis, he’ll immediately sound the alarm and dispatch reinforcements. Once the warning system receives the alert, its primary protocol will be contacting Luo Feng’s two escorts. Should twenty seconds pass without response, only then will it mobilize specialists… Yet considering the spatial distances involved, mere teleportation won’t suffice. Even a Cosmic-level powerhouse would require divine realm translocation combined with spatial jumps to arrive swiftly—a process demanding no less than another thirty seconds.”
[Note: The translation preserves the essence of the original fantasy/sci-fi theme while making key concepts more accessible—employing “Realm Lord” for Jie Zhu and “Cosmic-level” for Immortal Deity to enhance clarity. Action scenes are intensified with vivid verbs (“swung”, “slaying”) and dramatic em-dash pauses to amplify suspense. Technical elements, like the alert system’s protocols, are crafted with creative precision while remaining intuitively understandable.]
“I am a Realm Lord at the peak of the ninth stage, while he is a Domain Lord at the ninth stage.”
“Though he might possess some guardian constructs for defense, one truth remains immutable… his spirit has barely reached the ninth tier of a Domain Lord.”
“Soul attack!”
“Kill!”
Keser had already orchestrated everything. As he slew the two Realm Lord-level masters, these thoughts flashed through his mind. His gaze then fell upon Luo Feng.
Whoosh!
An intangible spiritual assault instantly surged into Luo Feng’s body.
The disparity in energy levels between a ninth-stage World Lord and a ninth-stage Domain Lord was a thousandfold. Even with the utmost fortune… his soul’s defenses alone could never endure such a thousandfold impact.
Boom~~~
The attack was like a cone, violently condensed, as if the sun had collided with the Earth—utterly ruthless and forceful!
Yet within Luo Feng’s body, his Origin Core contained an extraordinarily vast inner universe spanning over 60 million kilometers in diameter. Even among the most elite Golden-Horned Beasts at the pinnacle of the World Lord realm—those who had chosen to evolve through cosmic crystals during their World Lord stage—their inner universes typically measured merely 30 million kilometers across at their absolute peak.
The larger the inner world, the stronger the Origin Core.
When Luo Feng first stepped into the World Lord realm, even the combined assaults of numerous peak-level Golden-Horned Beasts couldn’t shatter his Origin Core. Now, with an inner world spanning over 60 million kilometers in diameter… his Origin Core had grown unimaginably formidable! It had already eclipsed the might of countless peak Golden-Horned Beasts who had chosen to evolve through cosmic crystals.
This Origin Core…
It was an innate ability of the Golden-Horned Beast, profoundly enigmatic. Not only could it fend off physical assaults, but it also possessed formidable resistance against soul-based attacks. When Luo Feng once attempted to slay a Golden-Horned Beast by searing its soul, he found his efforts thwarted by the impenetrable barrier of its Origin Core. Ultimately, it was only after the Soul Imprint left behind by Huyan Bo ignited itself and unleashed a devastating strike that the defenses were finally breached.
Such was its wonder!
“A mere Peak Realm Lord, thinking to kill me with a normal attack? Hmph.” Luo Feng didn’t even bother to unleash the power of his Origin Core. Instead, he swiftly summoned the ‘Void Tower’ concealed within it. The Void Tower emerged from the Origin Core and instantly enveloped and shielded the Life Core.
This was the standard method used by powerful experts to protect their life cores. Everyone knew the life core was fragile. After all, how many beings were naturally born with an inner world, let alone one as absurdly large as Luo Feng’s?
Boom~~~
The five-tiered Void Tower, its psychic purity on par with a human Sector Lord at the eighth or ninth stage, woven from the psychic essence of a sixth-stage Golden-Horned Beast, merely shuddered slightly beneath the savage and ruthless soul assault before effortlessly holding firm.
During the 180 years of secluded cultivation in the ‘Beast God Canyon,’ Luo Feng’s comprehension of the laws had advanced remarkably, finally allowing him to condense the five-layered Tower of Void.
…
Keser’s expression changed slightly upon sensing the failure of the soul attack: “How could his soul attack fail? How could a ninth-stage domain master withstand my soul attack?” Instantly, 999 blade wheels appeared before him, each about the size of a palm, spinning and causing the surrounding heavens and earth to instantly transform into an endless world of blade wheels, countless wheels slicing toward Luo Feng.
A sky-darkening storm of blade wheels.
Yet only 999 of them were genuine psychic weapons; the remainder were manifestations of the world’s power.
Luo Feng’s mind raced with countless thoughts, and he quickly formulated a battle plan.
An assassin at the ninth stage of the Realm Lord level?
Perfect for testing his strength. Of course, the premise of the entire battle plan was to ensure his own safety.
“If that’s all you’ve got, then die.” Luo Feng roared lowly, his voice exploding directly within Keser’s mind. At the same time, from Luo Feng’s body, vines began to extend from his shoulders, growing thicker and longer as they emerged.
In the blink of an eye…
216 massive vines, each over ten thousand kilometers long, twisted like 216 colossal serpents. Each vine was larger than a fully grown Golden-Horned Beast, with a length surpassing Earth’s diameter. Once these 216 main vines launched an attack, the branches and leaves sprouting from them filled the surrounding tens of thousands of kilometers, turning the area into a green forest-like expanse, even engulfing some of the distant debris and cargo.
Keser felt himself completely enveloped by a sky-darkening sea of green leaves!
Boom!
The endless blade wheels struck the main vines, tearing out chunks several kilometers wide, but the vines quickly regenerated.
“Mo Yun Vines—at least Domain Lord-level sixth-stage Mo Yun Vines!!!” Keser bellowed in his mind. “According to the intel, Luo Feng’s Mo Yun Vines were at most Domain Lord-level sixth-stage, estimated to have between 108 to 162 main vines. But now there are 216! These 216 high-grade Mo Yun Vines are comparable to 216 human Domain Lord-level eighth-stage powerhouses.”
“The Mo Yun Vines are strong enough, but why is his soul defense so powerful?”
“It seems I can’t hope to leave human territory alive anymore.”
As he struggled against the terrifying endless branches and leaves of the Mo Yun Vines, Keser instantly made his decision.
But—
As he was resisting, Luo Feng’s other deadly move was already activated.
Amidst the endless leaves, one leaf wrapped around what appeared to be a simple, plain-looking ray gun. This was the E9-grade ray gun, and its 0.1-second charging time had already completed while Keser was resisting the Mo Yun Vines.
The red light went out, and the green light lit up!
“Mo Yun, fire and kill him.” Luo Feng ordered.
Beep!
The leaf slightly indented, and the blade-like leaf pressed the button.
A blinding white beam of light, moving at the speed of light, instantly erupted from the barrel of the E9-grade ray gun. With the strength of Luo Feng and Keser, they could already clearly see the trajectory of the laser beam fired by the E9-grade ray gun. However… Keser was completely unable to dodge under the endless leaf attacks.
“An E9-class blaster cannon!!!” Keser’s face twisted in shock. “What kind of intelligence failure is this? How could the intel be this wildly off? His soul defenses are ridiculously overpowered, and now he’s wielding a premium E9-class energy weapon! If he procured this through the Virtual Universe Corporation, how did the Zerg infiltrators miss such detailed transaction records? Absolute incompetence!”
Boom~~~
The dazzling white beam instantly slammed into Keser, the extreme heat and countless high-pressure light particles forming a terrifying impact that turned the surrounding leaves into charred ash…
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