Both the King class intelligent fighter and the Honghuang class intelligent fighter hovered in mid air.
Luo Feng retrieved a Black God Suit from the King class fighter, stepped onto the Soaring Sky Shuttle, and flew back into the Honghuang class fighter.
“Hall Master, the Black God Suit.”
Luo Feng placed it on a seat.
“Mm.”
Hong nodded slightly.
Inside, however, Hong found the situation somewhat embarrassing.
The intelligent fighters he sold only possessed simple AI systems that obeyed his commands.
Hong had ordered the fighter to obey Luo Feng, so naturally it followed Luo Feng’s instructions.
However, if both Luo Feng and Hong issued commands simultaneously, the fighter would obey the person with the highest authority, Hong.
When news of Luo Feng’s death spread, Hong had reclaimed both the intelligent fighter and the Black God Suit.
Then, after learning that Luo Feng was alive, he had hurriedly returned the Black God Suit.
Good heavens.
When had Hong ever lost face like this?
Fortunately, nobody knew about it.
“Luo Feng, let’s part ways here.”
“Yes, Hall Master.”
Luo Feng quickly exchanged farewells with the two Beyond War God level experts and then flew out on the Soaring Sky Shuttle, returning to his own fighter.
“Number One, take me home.”
Whoosh.
The deep blue intelligent fighter instantly accelerated to ten times the speed of sound and headed towards Yangzhou City in Jiangnan Base City, China.
The sky was grey and overcast.
No sunlight could be seen.
Cold winds howled through the air, carrying fallen leaves.
Yet many children and teenagers in Mingyue Residential Area ignored the cold and continued practising strength exercises, agility training, and blade techniques.
The martial atmosphere within the community was strong.
Many parents stood nearby watching, including martial artists who occasionally offered guidance.
“Look, a fighter aircraft.”
“Huh? It’s dark blue. It looks just like War God Luo Feng’s.”
“It really does. It’s exactly the same.”
Many residents looked up in surprise.
A deep blue triangular fighter was descending towards the community.
It landed on a grassy area.
Whoosh.
The hatch opened.
A young man wearing a simple black casual shirt and carrying an enormous backpack rushed out and headed towards a villa.
The adults and children watching from a distance all froze.
They stared at the young man’s face in shock.
“Luo Feng?”
“Is that Luo Feng? What the hell? Didn’t the Extreme Martial Hall publicly announce his death?”
“Our martial hall even held a memorial service for him.”
Everyone was stunned.
“Brother Chen, see you later.”
While running, Luo Feng smiled at Chen Gu, who stood there dumbfounded.
“Lu… Luo… Luo…”
Chen Gu pointed at Luo Feng in astonishment, unable to form a complete sentence.
At the memorial service, every member of the Fire Hammer Squad had been heartbroken.
And now he was alive?
…
Mingyue Residential Area was destined to be lively that day.
Jiangnan Base City was destined to be lively as well.
Inside the courtyard of Luo Feng’s home.
His younger brother Luo Hua and his mother Gong Xinlan were standing there.
Nearby stood bodyguards and servants.
“Xiao Feng.”
Gong Xinlan called out.
“Mum.”
Luo Feng hurried over.
Compared with a year ago, his mother had clearly aged considerably.
Luo Feng glanced at Luo Hua and lowered his voice.
“What’s going on? Didn’t you soak the Thousand Year Black Crow Root in wine for Mum and Dad to drink?”
He had previously instructed his brother to do exactly that and let their parents and Luo Hua drink it together.
However, both Luo Hua and their parents had said there was no rush.
They wanted to see whether other relatives could be found so everyone could share it.
“Brother.”
Luo Hua shook his head.
“I’ll explain later.”
“Where’s Dad?”
Luo Feng was puzzled.
Given his father’s personality, he should have come out long ago.
“Your father’s inside.”
Gong Xinlan took hold of her son’s hand and led him indoors.
Inside a quiet room.
His father, Luo Hongguo, was lying in bed.
The moment Luo Feng entered, Luo Hongguo’s eyes filled with unprecedented excitement.
The son he had believed lost forever had returned and was standing before him once again.
Luo Hongguo even tried to get out of bed.
“Mr Luo, you mustn’t move. Be careful of your waist.”
The two nurses rushed forward in alarm.
“Dad, what happened to you?”
Luo Feng’s expression immediately changed.
He sat beside the bed and grasped his father’s hand.
His brows furrowed deeply.
“Dad, something’s wrong. Your complexion is pale from blood loss. Why can’t you even get out of bed?”
“It’s nothing. The doctor said another year or so of recovery should do it.”
Luo Hongguo smiled.
It was a smile that came from the depths of his heart.
“Being able to see you again means any injury is worth it. Today, I am truly, truly happy. Extremely happy.”
Tears of joy glistened at the corners of his eyes.
Luo Feng nodded repeatedly.
But inside, both anger and confusion were growing.
Something was wrong.
“Luo Hua, what’s going on?”
Luo Feng looked towards his brother.
“Everyone leave.”
Luo Hua waved at the nurses.
The two women immediately departed.
Only the four members of the Luo family remained.
Luo Hua looked at his brother.
“Brother, it’s because I was useless.”
“You can’t blame your brother.”
Luo Hongguo quickly interrupted from the bed.
“Xiao Feng, ever since the Extreme Martial Hall publicly announced your death three months ago, our family hasn’t known a moment of peace.”
“Every kind of scheme imaginable was used against us. They even manipulated some residents within the community.”
“Your mother has needed sleeping pills every night just to sleep.”
Luo Hua’s face turned grim.
His fists clenched tightly.
His eyes were as sharp as needles.
“Luo Hua.”
Luo Feng’s voice grew low and heavy.
“Tell me.”
“It was Li Yao.”
Luo Hua took a deep breath.
“Three months ago, Li Yao began using the HR Alliance to target our family through every possible means.”
“He didn’t dare directly kill the family members of an Extreme Martial Hall martial artist.”
“But some methods are worse than murder.”
“I did everything I could.”
“I even used the Thousand Year Black Crow Root. Through your friend Commander Li Dawei, I contacted an important figure who transferred one hundred and twenty billion worth of ICBC shares to me.”
“I became the eighth largest shareholder of ICBC, which gave me the authority to mobilise personnel from special state departments to protect our family.”
“But Li Yao never gave up on taking revenge.”
“He used psychological attacks, physical harassment, underhanded schemes, and filthy tricks. Every method imaginable.”
Luo Hua shook his head.
“Now Mum and Dad can only stay at home.”
“I have no other solution.”
“The last time Dad crossed the road, he was involved in a traffic accident. If the bodyguards hadn’t protected him, he might have died.”
The more Luo Feng listened, the uglier his expression became.
Crunch.
The steel bed rail he was gripping crumbled into powder in his hand.
“He actually… he actually…”
Luo Feng’s face was ashen.
“Li Yao is truly shameless!”
It was all his own fault.
After Li Yao fled to Europe, Luo Feng had become successful and stopped bothering with him.
He never expected that the moment his death was confirmed, Li Yao would immediately begin targeting his family.
Fortunately, his family possessed the status of relatives of an Extreme Martial Hall martial artist, preventing Li Yao from acting personally.
Had Luo Hua been even slightly less capable, the consequences…
“Bastard.”
Luo Feng’s body trembled.
Anger surged from his heart.
Murderous intent rose uncontrollably.
Several minutes later.
After comforting his parents, Luo Feng stood alone in the martial arts hall upstairs.
“I made a mistake once. I won’t make the same mistake twice.”
He ran his hand across the cold, densely packed blades of the Soaring Sky Shuttle.
His gaze was sharp enough to make anyone shudder.
“Li Yao, do you think I won’t touch you just because you’re hiding inside a base city?”
There were indeed laws forbidding killing within a base city.
Killing a War God inside one was an even more serious matter.
However…
Luo Feng understood clearly.
Laws existed for governments to maintain rule.
His true strength was now comparable to a Planetary Level First Tier expert.
Once he fully mastered the technique Heaven Escape and unleashed the full power of the Soaring Sky Shuttle, he would become even stronger.
Stronger than ordinary councillors.
If a Beyond War God existence killed a War God, some people might become angry.
But the consequences would not be too severe.
Luo Feng could bear them.
Beep.
Luo Feng looked at his auxiliary AI and activated the War God Palace shared system.
Back then, Li Yao and Venina had used this system to locate the two War Gods Wang Tong and Li Que.
The system existed so War Gods could assist one another during dangerous situations, which was why every War God had it installed.
Today, however, Luo Feng was using it to find Li Yao.
“Oh? He’s still in Jiangnan Base City.”
The skylight above the martial arts hall opened.
Whoosh.
Dressed in black, Luo Feng shot into the sky on the Soaring Sky Shuttle.
He became a streaking curve in the air and dove towards his intelligent fighter.
The hatch opened automatically.
“I’ll take the Golden Thread Net.”
His spiritual power acted like an invisible giant hand, pulling the Golden Thread Net towards him.
Luo Feng stared towards the southwest.
His eyes gleamed like blades.
“Li Yao.”
Thirty second floor, HR Alliance Shopping Tower, Jiangnan Base City.
Li Yao and Venina were speaking with the building manager.
“There are still three hours until the passenger aircraft departs.”
Venina checked her watch.
“Relax.”
Li Yao remained calm.
“What are you nervous about?”
“Luo Feng is coming back.”
Venina frowned.
“I said from the beginning we should have flown directly back to Europe using a fighter.”
“A fighter aircraft?”
Li Yao shook his head.
“You mean one of those models worth only ten billion? They’re fine for short trips around base cities.”
“But for long distance travel, especially through remote regions and oceans, there are too many bird monster flocks.”
“If an accident occurs…”
People travelling long distances usually used passenger aircraft, intelligent fighters, or extremely advanced flying saucer fighters worth nearly fifty billion.
“Besides, this is a base city. Do you really think Luo Feng would dare do anything here?”
Li Yao sneered.
“Hm?”
Suddenly he froze and looked out through the floor to ceiling window.
“Look outside.”
Manager Zhu was startled.
A black figure was speeding through the sky on a Soaring Sky Shuttle like a black bolt of lightning.
It was heading straight for the glass.
“It’s Luo Feng!”
Venina screamed.
“Luo Feng!”
A black membrane instantly covered Li Yao’s body, forming black armour and a black helmet that left only his eyes exposed.
Boom!
The glass exploded inward.
“Luo Feng, you dare…”
Li Yao roared and smashed through another section of glass, leaping into open air.
In his mind, once outside, the city’s surveillance systems would capture everything.
Surely Luo Feng would not dare attack.
“Hmph.”
Luo Feng shot forward.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sixteen streaks of light burst forth.
Like sixteen raging dragons, they unleashed deafening sonic booms that shattered the luxurious hall’s floor.
Manager Zhu rolled desperately into a corner.
Luo Feng’s eyes burned like flames.
They were fixed solely upon Li Yao.
The sixteen streaks followed curved trajectories at incredible speed.
Li Yao had no chance to evade.
All sixteen struck him simultaneously.
“Hmph, throwing knives?”
Disdain flashed through Li Yao’s eyes.
Boom!
An unimaginably terrifying force passed through the Black God Suit and into his body.
Even after ninety percent of the impact was reduced, the remaining force was still horrifying.
Each blade carried over five hundred thousand kilograms of impact force.
Sixteen blades together exceeded eight million kilograms.
Even after a ninety percent reduction, more than eight hundred thousand kilograms remained.
In other words, Li Yao’s body was effectively taking over eight hundred thousand kilograms of impact without any direct defence.
Back in Ancient Civilisation Relic No. 9, when Luo Feng faced attacks from the mysterious man in black carrying nearly one million kilograms of force, he had relied on his shield to absorb much of the impact.
Even then, his arm had been broken.
The shield absorbed about half the force.
His broken arm absorbed more.
Only three to four hundred thousand kilograms ultimately reached his body.
Even so, he had coughed blood and suffered greatly.
But Li Yao was enduring over eight hundred thousand kilograms.
Under normal circumstances, he would have been shaken to death instantly.
Fortunately, the Black God Suit distributed the force across his entire body.
Furthermore, he was a peak advanced War God whose physical constitution far surpassed the Luo Feng who first entered the relic.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Pfffft!
Li Yao’s face turned crimson.
Blood poured from his mouth like water from a tap.
Just this one impact alone had robbed him of most of his combat ability.
“Impossible! Impossible!”
Li Yao roared internally.
“I’m a peak advanced War God equipped with a Black God Suit.”
“Even Beyond War God councillors could at most seriously injure me in one attack.”
“Only a handful of councillors could kill me outright.”
“But Luo Feng…”
“Has he broken through? Has he become a Beyond War God existence?”
Every War God knew that a peak advanced War God wearing a Black God Suit could not be killed by someone of the same level.
Even councillors found it difficult to kill them with a single move.
…
On the street beside the HR Alliance plaza below.
Many pedestrians were walking around.
Tourists were taking photographs nearby.
Boom!
Something crashed into the plaza like an artillery shell.
Stone paving shattered instantly.
Nearby patrol troops were thrown into confusion.
Tourists screamed.
Flying debris struck several people.
Even some stones flew onto the road.
Traffic ground to a halt.
Drivers angrily blasted their horns.
“My God!”
Countless pedestrians stared at the plaza.
A young man in black casual clothing stood suspended in the air on a Soaring Sky Shuttle.
Meanwhile, a black clad figure burst out from the massive crater below.
The young man on the shuttle wore a cold expression.
With a wave of his left hand.
The Golden Thread Net he held, previously compacted into a ball of threads, shot forward like lightning.
It struck Li Yao instantly and unfolded automatically, binding him tightly.
Like a pig tied up and waiting for slaughter.