Plains flowers and grass swayed gently in the wind, while a large number of adventurer armies in the distance surrounded the Lightning Castle layer by layer.
“So many people are surrounding the Lightning Castle?” Luo Feng watched from afar, frowning.
The scene before him clearly showed that this large group of people had joined forces to block the path leading to the Lightning Castle. Even if you had Thunder Stones, what could you do if they stopped you outside the castle and you could not enter?
“Big brother, second brother, I’ll go find Lord Ming Yu.” Luo Feng sent a force transmission.
“Alright.” Hong and Thunder God nodded slightly.
Luo Feng closed his eyes and quickly connected to the Virtual Universe Network.
……
Virtual Universe, Black Dragon Mountain Island, Nine Star Bay.
Luo Feng stood on his own lawn, with a screen floating in front of him. On the screen appeared an incomparably tall and muscular man. It was Ming Yu, the external executive of the Martial Department branch of the Virtual Universe Company in Black Dragon Mountain.
“Haha, Luo Feng.” Ming Yu laughed loudly, looking very happy.
“Lord Ming Yu.” Luo Feng slightly bowed to show respect. “I have just seen that the core area is surrounded by a large number of adventurer armies. What is going on?”
“Oh, monopoly!”
Ming Yu smiled on the screen. “After learning about the reward offered by the castle’s intelligent life, the various organisations made a unified decision. Each side sent one tenth of their forces to form a united army. They surrounded and guarded the area around the castle, preventing anyone outside their organisations from entering to exchange for treasures.”
“Oh.” Luo Feng suddenly understood.
How domineering!
One tenth of their forces meant nearly 200,000 troops!
A 200,000 strong army of ninth rank Stellar-level warriors blocking the route to a single castle was simply too easy. This meant that even if some independent adventurers obtained Thunder Stones, they would have no way to enter and exchange them.
“But you have no problem. The information about you, Hong, and Thunder God, including your portraits and other details, has already been sent to the temporary command centre under my forces. So when you go there, those 200,000 troops will know that you belong to my Three Axe Mountain faction and will not stop you.” Ming Yu smiled.
Luo Feng secretly let out a sigh of relief.
They were indeed cautious!
They had actually gathered everyone’s information. Anyone not on the list would not be able to enter the Lightning Castle.
“Lord Ming Yu, my team still has two more members.” Luo Feng sent the simple information and portraits of Tie Nanhe and Ao Gu.
“Alright, they can also enter under my forces’ name.” Ming Yu smiled.
“Thank you, Lord Ming Yu. I will leave the Virtual Universe Network first.” Luo Feng bowed slightly.
“Haha, wait. Luo Feng, since you are going to the castle now, you must have gained something, right?” Ming Yu asked, his eyes showing a hint of anticipation.
“The situation inside the Realm Within Realm, I believe Lord Ming Yu already knows.” Luo Feng said helplessly. “With the arrival of the two million strong army, my five man team basically has no chance to compete.”
Ming Yu nodded slightly on the screen.
“However, we will do our best and not disappoint Lord Ming Yu. If we can exchange for treasures through fighting hard…” Luo Feng smiled.
“Rest assured, I will not treat you unfairly.” Ming Yu spoke very directly.
“Thank you, Lord.”
The communication ended.
Realm Within Realm.
The wind howled as Luo Feng and the other four quickly flew towards the allied army in the distance.
“Stop!”
The vast adventurer army was like an unbreakable steel wall. Not even a mosquito could sneak through. A burly man with a lion head stretched out his hand and shouted.
Luo Feng’s group of five descended.
“We are under Lord Ming Yu of Three Axe Mountain.” Thunder God shouted.
“Oh?”
The lion headed man swept his dark yellow eyes over Luo Feng and the others. Behind him stood nearly a thousand people. The nearly 200,000 troops surrounding the castle were divided into thirty six defensive teams, each consisting of one thousand people. At every moment, 36,000 people remained on guard, while another group rotated in. They absolutely refused to allow anyone outside their organisations to enter.
“Beep.”
The lion headed man lowered his head and looked at the intelligent optical computer on his arm. The screen indeed displayed the portraits and basic information of Luo Feng and the others. He carefully looked at the five people.
“Haha…” The lion headed man laughed heartily. “So you are brothers from Three Axe Mountain. The Three Axe Mountain forces are not far from here. You five can find them easily by asking around.”
“Thank you.” Luo Feng smiled.
The five of them directly entered the vast crowd.
The lion headed man sent a force transmission behind them. “You five, do you have any Thunder Stones to sell? We are willing to pay ten units of universe crystals for each Thunder Stone.”
“Sorry, my lord has forbidden trading.” Luo Feng sent a force transmission and glanced at him.
“Your lord will not know how many Thunder Stones you obtained here anyway.” The lion headed man transmitted. “Why not sell some and exchange them for universe crystals?”
“Oh… let me think about it.” Luo Feng smiled.
He then quickly left with the other four.
Watching Luo Feng and the others leave, the lion headed man touched his thick nose and snorted unhappily. Clearly, he was disappointed that he failed to obtain any Thunder Stones.
……
The allied army camp was tightly guarded outside but loose inside.
The thirty six defensive teams outside were extremely serious, but inside there were endless discussions and laughter. There were even many secret trades of Thunder Stones happening. As the saying goes, everyone looks after their own interests. These ninth rank Stellar-level warriors naturally had many people willing to trade Thunder Stones.
Among the crowd.
Luo Feng and the other four sat together on the grass. The entire allied army was also sitting around in groups of three or five, while many people moved around conducting trades.
“That lion headed guy was really greedy. He offered only ten universe crystals for one Thunder Stone. Look, there are people here offering one hundred or even two hundred universe crystals for one Thunder Stone!” Thunder God said indignantly.
“Although universe crystals are precious, they are nothing compared with those treasures.” Hong said.
“Exchange for treasures.”
Luo Feng looked at the ancient castle in front.
One minute, two minutes…
One hour, two hours…
Luo Feng watched the castle for three whole hours. During those three hours, he noticed something strange. Occasionally, people wearing battle armour with helmets covering their entire heads entered the castle. In just three hours, nearly one hundred people had entered.
“Could one hundred people have entered the castle to exchange treasures in just three hours? There are only 312 treasures in total.” Luo Feng wondered.
“Haha, brother, you are mistaken.”
A thin monkey like figure walking nearby stopped and smiled at Luo Feng.
“Brother, nine out of ten people who enter the castle are just putting on a show. You have to understand, this allied army may be called an alliance, but it is actually divided into many small teams representing different Domain Lords and World Lords.”
“The two million strong army will definitely have a brutal battle later. Therefore, everyone does not want others to know whether they obtained treasures.”
“So they arrange for their subordinates to enter the castle deliberately to confuse others. Some even pay people from other teams to enter. After all, they only need to walk around inside the castle, and they can earn a large amount of money. Who would refuse?” The thin man smiled at Luo Feng.
Luo Feng suddenly understood.
A smokescreen?
That was right.
The allied army was called an alliance, but internally they were not united. Everyone was guarding against each other.
“Brother, do you have any Thunder Stones to sell? I can offer you the high price of 250 universe crystals for one Thunder Stone.” The thin man smiled again.
“I’ll pay 300 universe crystals for one Thunder Stone.” Luo Feng looked at him.
The thin man gave an awkward smile and left.
Thunder Stones represented those precious treasures. No matter how high the price was, it was not expensive. It was just that some people were taking advantage of ninth rank Stellar-level warriors who could not resist the temptation of money. Three hundred universe crystals were equivalent to one billion Ganwu coins. How could ordinary ninth rank Stellar-level warriors resist such temptation?
However, those treasures.
Such as fifth rank origin force weapons, were extremely expensive outside.
Ordinary third rank origin force weapons sold for two or three hundred billion Black Dragon coins on average. Fourth rank origin force weapons sold for nearly a thousand billion Ganwu coins. Fifth rank origin force weapons had an average price reaching nearly one billion universe coins, equivalent to almost one hundred million units of universe crystals. Even newly advanced Domain Lords who had just stepped into the World Lord level would feel the pain of such a price.
Only an existence like the Kabu World Lord, a peak World Lord who was extremely wealthy and comparable to a poorer Immortal existence, could possess such astonishing wealth.
……
Time passed minute by minute.
People continued entering the ancient castle, and almost everyone wore masked helmets. No one knew who had exchanged for treasures and who had not.
“Hu!”
Luo Feng secretly breathed in. Wearing alloy battle armour and a helmet, only his eyes were exposed. He directly walked towards the castle.
Leaving the crowd, he walked alone towards the castle.
This caused many people to look over and carefully examine Luo Feng. No one could tell whether this person was truly going to exchange treasures or was only pretending.
“Your Highness, this is the Thunder Stones delivered by the Second Army. They mined two regions and killed three teams. They obtained around 2.1 million Thunder Stones in total.” Within the allied army, the ninth prince Broly, surrounded by eight bodyguards, sat there as a man respectfully handed over a spatial wrist guard.
“2.1 million Thunder Stones?” Broly took the spatial wrist guard and said softly, “Tell the other armies to quickly send their Thunder Stones over. To exchange for the complete inheritance crystal ball with all three passwords, we need a total of 30 million Thunder Stones. We are still far from enough.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
The man respectfully nodded.
Broly slightly turned his head and glanced towards the castle. At that moment, Luo Feng had just entered it.
“Hmph, a bunch of poor fools!”
Broly sneered. “They hide their identities when entering to exchange treasures, and in the end they only exchange for those inferior items. Hmph, I do not even care about the Kabu World Lord’s bank account, which is ranked second. Only the complete space secret technique inheritance crystal ball is truly important. It is worth more than all the other treasures combined!”
“Your Highness.”
Another man rushed over, bowed respectfully, and handed over a spatial ring. “This is the 1.68 million Thunder Stones obtained by the Fifth Army.”
Broly’s eyes lit up. He picked up the spatial ring and immediately stood up.
“Let us go. Enter the castle now. We have enough to exchange for the first password.”
“Yes.”
Broly brought four bodyguards with him. He did not hide his identity and directly walked towards the castle, immediately attracting the attention of countless people in the allied army.