Within the Thunder World on the famous Canglan Star in the Black Dragon Mountain Star Field.
Luo Feng had already been inside the Thunder World for 36 days.
On the vast grassland, weeds grew everywhere. Some weeds were even more than ten metres tall. Nourished by the universe origin energy, these weeds were extremely tough, comparable to A grade alloy, and far tougher than diamonds on Earth.
As the wind blew, the grass bent over, occasionally revealing fierce beasts resting among the grassland.
Five streaks of light quickly flew past through the grass.
In the distance, a huge beast covered in cyan scales lay there like a small mountain, its head lowered. Sensing something, it raised its head and glanced over, letting out a low roar.
“Roar~~”
Then it lowered its head again.
“We have already left the territory of the fierce beast, Cyan Scale Crocodile. There is a beast group 18.9 kilometres ahead in the eleven o’clock direction. We will go around it.”
Among the five streaks of light, Luo Feng, wearing an alloy battle suit, transmitted mentally.
“Let’s go. Today, after travelling another 3,000 kilometres, we will rest.”
“Yes, Master.”
Tie Nanhe and Ao Gu were both extremely respectful.
Whoosh!
The five streaks of light continued flying forward at high speed.
“With Babata’s detection, I thought the Universe Trainee Mercenary Examination would become much easier. I never expected it to be even more complicated and troublesome than I imagined.”
Luo Feng looked into the distance while flying on the Soaring Shuttle. The weeds on both sides rapidly moved backwards.
“I originally thought we could reach Wind Thunder Canyon in a month, but now it seems we will need at least another half a month.”
Nearly four hours later.
“Stop.”
Luo Feng transmitted.
The five people stopped at the same time.
Even Hong and Thunder God followed Luo Feng’s commands in the Thunder World because they knew Luo Feng had a special detection device that could detect dangers within a certain range.
“Tie Nanhe and Ao Gu, take turns guarding. Big brother and second brother, we will rest first.”
Luo Feng said.
“Yes, Master.”
The two respectfully replied.
Luo Feng looked around. It was already night, and the surrounding weeds were so dense that it was almost impossible to see clearly with the naked eye.
“We were lucky today. We did not encounter any danger for the entire day.”
Thunder God smiled.
“Now we can finally relax a little.”
“I was also worried that something like yesterday would happen again.”
Hong also relaxed.
Luo Feng could not help recalling what happened yesterday. He still felt some lingering fear.
Yesterday, his team had been moving along their usual route. Following their previous methods, they had been progressing easily. Suddenly, the detection device discovered five fierce beasts charging towards them from 18 kilometres away.
Clearly, those beasts had discovered their team long ago.
If there were no obstacles blocking their vision, it was completely normal for Stellar level experts to see objects hundreds of kilometres away with their naked eyes.
Those five beasts chasing their team were actually not difficult to escape from, because the grass was extremely dense.
However…
One of those five beasts seemed to have an exceptionally sensitive sense of smell. It stubbornly continued tracking the five of them, and during the pursuit, it continuously released roars, attracting the attention of other fierce beasts on the grassland.
In an instant, the situation changed from five fierce beasts chasing them into more than a hundred fierce beasts pursuing them.
In the end, relying on “Ao Gu cooperating with the Scarlet Mixed Copper Mother fragment”, along with the two Flowing Silver Guards, Luo Feng and the others had fought desperately before finally escaping.
“We were actually quite lucky yesterday.”
Luo Feng sighed.
“If the ‘Black Ring Snake group’ that appeared later had arrived earlier, and formed an encirclement together with those hundreds of fierce beasts, we really would not have been able to escape.”
“Black Ring Snake group?”
Thunder God widened his eyes.
“Don’t mention it. Every time I think about yesterday, I still feel afraid. Yesterday was the worst day we have experienced in this Thunder World.”
“Make good use of the time and cultivate properly.”
Hong said in a low voice.
“The opportunities to cultivate in the Thunder World are rare.”
“Mm.”
“Alright.”
Luo Feng and Thunder God stopped talking and closed their eyes, beginning their cultivation.
Luo Feng was very satisfied with his days of cultivation in the Thunder World.
Although unexpected situations occasionally occurred during their journey, causing everyone to remain nervous, and there were even several times when they narrowly escaped death, under such pressure, their cultivation progress over these 36 days was astonishing.
Perhaps it was because the Thunder World was filled with universe origin energy, allowing cultivation to progress faster.
Or perhaps it was because of the evolution agent obtained from the Virtual Universe.
In any case!
These 36 days, combined with the time spent travelling from Bai Lan Star to Qiulong Star and then from Qiulong Star to Canglan Star, had taken roughly two months.
During this period, Luo Feng had advanced from Stellar level second rank into Stellar level third rank.
This was merely an improvement in his physical strength.
His true major improvements were in his understanding of the Soaring Shuttle and the Soul Seal.
Luo Feng’s personal virtual space.
On top of a mountain peak that reached into the clouds, Luo Feng, dressed in white robes, appeared out of nowhere.
Beside him stood a blood red castle towering on the mountain.
“Rumble~~~”
The castle opened.
“Master.”
Eighteen rock giants respectfully called out.
“Mm.”
Luo Feng directly entered the castle. Under Mei Ji’s guidance, he entered the cultivation room.
The four walls of the cultivation room were covered with bookshelves. The shelves were filled densely with books.
These were all secret inheritance books of the Meteor Ink Star lineage.
Luo Feng walked directly to one bookshelf, took out a golden book, the second volume of the Soul Seal.
Holding the book, Luo Feng sat on a nearby chair and began reading.
“Crack, crack.”
A demon-like Babata, covered in a black robe with blood red eyes, sat nearby. Holding a bright red apple, he took large bites while glancing at Luo Feng.
Then he casually continued eating.
Suddenly, he froze.
He stopped and turned to look at Luo Feng, carefully examining the book in Luo Feng’s hand.
“Luo Feng?”
Babata called out in surprise.
“Mm, what is it?”
Luo Feng looked up at Babata in confusion.
“You, you have already finished learning the foundation of the Soul Seal?”
Babata was shocked.
Among the secret inheritances of the Meteor Ink Star lineage, the Soul Seal ranked first.
After Luo Feng obtained these inheritances, he first learned the most important and basic parts that Babata arranged for him. After that, he began learning according to his own interests.
Luo Feng mainly studied the Soul Seal and the Void Tower.
Because from the descriptions in the books, it was obvious that the Meteor Ink Star Master was most proud of these two secret techniques.
The Meteor Ink Star Master had once said in the Soul Seal:
“The Soul Seal secret technique is the most important secret technique of my Meteor Ink Star lineage. It is also the greatest reliance behind my rise, Hu Yan Bo.”
The Meteor Ink Star Master had also said in the Void Tower:
“Disciple, you must never neglect the cultivation of the Void Tower. If I had been able to cultivate the seven layer Void Tower back then, I would not have died like that. When travelling through the universe, defensive techniques must be seriously cultivated.”
Therefore, Luo Feng had always diligently cultivated these two secret techniques.
Cultivating secret techniques required a large amount of time and effort, as well as comprehension ability.
He had not possessed these techniques for very long. Although his strength had improved rapidly, the main reason was because of the Golden Horned Beast body.
Otherwise, according to Babata’s plan, reaching Stellar level would have taken him fifty years.
The main reason was that his foundation needed to be solid.
After spending so much time, Luo Feng had finally completed all the basic requirements of the Soul Seal.
Meanwhile, the Void Tower was still stuck at the most basic first level.
“What happened, Babata? Is it strange?”
Luo Feng was surprised.
“You have completed all the requirements of the first volume of the Soul Seal?”
Babata quickly asked.
“Yes.”
Luo Feng replied.
“Oh? Tsk tsk, as expected of a soul nurtured by the Golden Horned Beast body, it is truly powerful.”
Babata could not help praising him.
“I originally thought it would take several more years.”
“By the way, Luo Feng, from today onwards, you can learn the ‘Myriad Sword Soul Seal’ from the second volume of the Soul Seal. This is the most basic Soul Seal. Once you completely master the Myriad Sword Soul Seal, you will have the qualifications to condense the ‘Enslavement Soul Seal’.”
Babata explained.
Luo Feng immediately became excited.
To truly control someone using the Soul Seal secret technique was extremely difficult. It required a high level of mastery of the Soul Seal.
At least, his current level was still insufficient.
“First learn the Myriad Sword Soul Seal?”
Luo Feng opened the book.
“Babata, there are many Soul Seal cultivation methods here. Why should I cultivate this one?”
Luo Feng could not help asking.
“Idiot!”
“Being scattered is inferior to specialising in one thing.”
Babata scolded.
“Aren’t you mainly cultivating the Soaring Shuttle? Then the Soul Seal technique you learn only needs to be able to affect enemies.”
“The Myriad Sword Soul Seal forms the Soul Seal into swords, directly attacking the soul. It causes enemies unbearable pain. During battle, if they lose focus for even an instant, you can use the Soaring Shuttle to tear them into pieces.”
“Mm.”
Luo Feng nodded.
“Begin then. The Myriad Sword Soul Seal is not easy to cultivate. Once you finish cultivating it, with your achievements in the Soul Seal, you will be able to condense the Enslavement Soul Seal.”
“At that time, you can directly enslave others and make them your permanent servants, just like your teacher who possessed nine Immortal servants.”
Babata tempted him.
Enslavement Soul Seal!
How could Luo Feng not look forward to it?
He was extremely eager for this secret technique.
Even just for the Enslavement Soul Seal, he had to work hard to cultivate the Myriad Sword Soul Seal.
……
While Luo Feng’s consciousness was in his personal virtual space reading the Soul Seal secret technique and beginning to cultivate his first offensive Soul Seal technique, the Myriad Sword Soul Seal, his other body, the Golden Horned Beast, was completely immersed in cultivating Absolute Space within the internal world.
Internal world.
On the golden continent, the enormous Golden Horned Beast, as large as a mountain range, continuously performed the Absolute Space secret technique.
“Hmm?”
There was a trace of dissatisfaction in its dark golden eyes.
“For so long, I still cannot cultivate the first level of Absolute Space. What is going on?”
In the Thunder World, under that immense pressure, Luo Feng’s comprehension seemed to improve. He had gained some understanding of Absolute Space.
However, he was still far from successfully cultivating the first level.
“Wu!”
The Golden Horned Beast raised its head and let out an angry low roar.
Its body length had now exceeded 900 metres.
That was right.
After consuming the evolution efficiency 89 times metal combination for more than three months, equivalent to more than 22 years of normal evolution, it had advanced from Stellar level seventh rank into Stellar level ninth rank.
The Golden Horned Beast had reached Stellar level ninth rank.
It was only one step away from entering Universe level.
And this step was also the most difficult step in the entire Stellar level evolution process.