When Luo Feng and the white bearded old man were carrying out the exchange, Ninth Prince Brolin of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire was in another ancient room.
In the dim ancient room.
Brolin stood there and smiled as he called out, “I want to exchange for treasures.”
“Little fellow, why are you in such a hurry?” The deep voice echoed throughout the ancient room. “One at a time. After this little fellow finishes his exchange, I will exchange with you.”
“Hm?”
A cold glint flashed through Brolin’s eyes.
One at a time?
“Was the person who entered before not pretending, but actually exchanging for treasures?” This thought appeared in Brolin’s mind. He then sneered coldly, closed his eyes, and connected his consciousness to the virtual universe network.
Virtual Universe, Black Dragon Mountain Island.
This was a huge city. Inside it were countless palaces stretching endlessly. Among them was an inconspicuous purple palace. Two guards stood outside the entrance of this purple palace.
Whoosh!
Inside the palace, a handsome man with fair skin suddenly appeared on the throne. It was none other than Ninth Prince Brolin of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
Wearing royal clothing with black as the main colour and gold along the edges, Brolin sat high on the throne and directly sent a communication request to one of his nine bodyguards. His nine bodyguards were all his slaves, and they were absolutely loyal to him. Of course, one of them had already died when they opened the castle gate. Fortunately, the ‘Lightning’ inside the Thunder Castle had not destroyed the space ring, so the laser gun inside that bodyguard’s space ring remained intact.
Whoosh!
A figure appeared out of nowhere inside the main hall. He wore a black guard uniform, and his hair looked like green flames shooting into the sky.
“Your Highness.” The guard respectfully knelt down on one knee.
“Katulo.”
Brolin looked down from above and ordered, “The person who entered the Thunder Castle before me, the one wearing alloy armour and a helmet, has quite a number of Thunder Stones. He is currently exchanging for treasures with the intelligent life of the Thunder Castle.”
“What?” The guard was shocked.
People entered the Thunder Castle from time to time. Most of them were only trying to confuse others, and very few were actually exchanging for treasures.
“I am certain that he is truly exchanging for treasures.” Brolin said coldly. “So keep a close eye on him. Do you understand what I mean?”
“I understand!” The guard replied respectfully.
“Good.”
Brolin nodded in satisfaction, then his figure turned illusory and disappeared from the throne.
World Within a World.
The white bearded old man walked into Brolin’s ancient room. When Brolin saw him, he revealed a smile.
“Little fellow, what do you want to exchange for?” The white bearded old man looked at Brolin.
“The first password of the inheritance crystal ball.” Brolin looked at the white bearded old man. “And one Life Fruit.”
A look of astonishment appeared on the white bearded old man’s face.
……
When Brolin was making his exchange, Luo Feng had just walked out of the Thunder Castle. As he came out through the gate, the 200,000 allied troops scattered around the area and surrounding the Thunder Castle were watching him. At least tens of thousands of people looked towards Luo Feng, carefully examining him, but Luo Feng remained calm.
People often entered the Thunder Castle, and most of them were only there to confuse others. It was estimated that not many people knew he had truly exchanged for treasures.
“It’s him.”
“He entered before His Highness.”
“Keep an eye on him.”
Among the tens of thousands of people watching Luo Feng, there were some with special intentions. They communicated with each other through Origin Force.
……
Luo Feng blended into the allied army and wandered among the crowd for quite some time. Eventually, he reunited with Hong, Thunder God, Tie Nanhe, and Ao Gu. Ao Gu naturally activated a spiritual force barrier, preventing others from hearing their conversation.
“How did it go?” Hong and Thunder God both looked at Luo Feng.
“Everything went smoothly, just as planned.” Luo Feng smiled and said, “One Life Fruit and two fifth rank weapons.”
Thunder God revealed a surprised expression. “That is excellent. One Life Fruit can allow your Moyun Vine to undergo a major evolution. After that, our team in the World Within a World will not have to be so miserable anymore. When we encounter a slightly larger team, we will no longer have to flee immediately!”
“Invest first, then gain returns.” Hong smiled and said, “Third brother, remember what you said. When you obtain another batch of Thunder Stones, you have to exchange for another Life Fruit for my Moyun Vine.”
“Definitely!” Luo Feng laughed.
“Tch!” Thunder God touched his nose and glanced at Hong. “Don’t think about it so easily. The Life Fruit is a good thing. If third brother can exchange for one, other people may also exchange for them. There are only three Life Fruits in total. When we obtain another batch of Thunder Stones, who knows whether there will still be any Life Fruits left!”
Hong did not argue with Thunder God.
After Luo Feng discussed this exchange plan with Hong and Thunder God, both of them had strongly agreed. This was because they had not known before that the Life Fruit could allow the Moyun Vine to undergo a super evolution. Even Hong said that if he had the chance in the future, his Moyun Vine would also evolve once.
However, Hong’s Moyun Vine was innately much weaker than Luo Feng’s.
Currently, Luo Feng’s Moyun Vine was at Star level fourth rank, while Hong’s Moyun Vine had only just reached Star level first rank. Therefore, with the extremely pure and powerful life force of the Life Fruit, Luo Feng’s Moyun Vine had a greater chance of successfully absorbing it.
“Actually, the weapons we exchanged this time can already allow us to accomplish many things after leaving here.” Thunder God had a face full of smiles.
“Mm.” Hong nodded.
“With enough wealth, there are many more things we can do.” Luo Feng was also filled with anticipation.
The Ice Soul Blade and the Void Suppression Cauldron.
These were both fifth rank Origin Force weapons and Spiritual Weapons. These were weapons whose true combat power could only be unleashed by World Masters. Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God were only at the Star level. To them, those two weapons were not suitable. Luo Feng using a fifth rank weapon might not even be as powerful as using the Soaring Shuttle.
The suitable one was the best.
Therefore…
Luo Feng bought these two weapons purely to sell them for money. They were fifth rank weapons! Selling them within the World Within a World would be a huge loss, but if they were brought outside, they would truly make a fortune. These two fifth rank weapons represented enormous wealth.
“I need to think about what to do after obtaining so much wealth.” Thunder God muttered.
“First, eliminate the Nuo Lan Mountain family.” Hong said solemnly. “If the Nuo Lan Mountain family is not destroyed, trouble will never end.”
“Dealing with the others is easy, but Nuo Lan Mountain himself is difficult to deal with.” Luo Feng shook his head. “Buying Universe level slaves only allows us to purchase up to Universe level ninth rank. Slaves cannot exceed that level. But Nuo Lan Mountain once obtained the title of Giant Axe Warrior. Ordinary Universe level ninth rank experts are simply not his match.”
“Don’t worry. With money, things become easier.” Thunder God laughed.
“Everyone rest first.”
Luo Feng said softly, “We will leave the allied army after night falls.”
For the Moyun Vine to evolve, it had to reveal its largest form in order to absorb as much life force as possible. With the enormous size of the Moyun Vine and the disturbance caused by its evolution, it was impossible to do it in this central area.
“Mm, we leave after dark.”
……
The five of Luo Feng’s group were extremely ordinary within the vast allied army. However, someone had secretly set their sights on them.
The allied army had around 200,000 people.
With the habits of Star level adventurers, it was impossible for them to stand packed together like soldiers on Earth. Once Star level speed erupted, they could travel several kilometres in the blink of an eye. This was still because they were inside the World Within a World. Therefore, the distance between each team was generally quite large. Luo Feng’s group of five gathered together, while others also formed groups casually.
For some larger teams, the distance between them was even one or two kilometres.
If the distance was too close, it would become difficult to manage.
This distance…
For Star level adventurers, they could see it with a single glance and arrive there instantly. Therefore, the entire allied army spread across an area with a diameter of sixty to seventy kilometres.
The powerful Ninth Prince Brolin was located at the core position of the Black Dragon Mountain forces. His location was more than thirty kilometres away from Luo Feng and the others, which meant Babata’s detection could not reach Brolin at all. Furthermore, signals around Brolin were isolated. His equipment had been obtained from the Holy Land Black Dragon Mountain.
Compared with Babata, the difference was not great.
Night fell, and the violent wind howled.
Inside the tent.
Brolin sat cross legged with his eyes closed.
“Your Highness.” Katulo said respectfully.
“The five man team has not been lost, has it?” Brolin asked calmly.
“No.” Katulo replied respectfully. “Your Highness controls 20,000 people within the entire allied army. With our spies placed everywhere, almost the entire allied army is under our surveillance. Furthermore, the entire allied army only spreads across several dozen kilometres. That five man team cannot possibly escape our monitoring.”
“Mm.”
Brolin responded. Suddenly, he opened his eyes. His gaze was like a sharp blade as he stared at Katulo, causing Katulo to immediately bow.
“According to the agreement between the various parties, killing is forbidden within this allied army.” Brolin said coldly. “I cannot openly break the rules either. Keep watching them closely. Once these five people leave the allied army’s range, immediately send a team to kill all five of them and bring back their storage devices. Understand?”
“Yes, Your Highness.” Katulo replied respectfully. “I will arrange it immediately.”
“Mm, go.” Brolin said indifferently.
Katulo respectfully left the large tent. At this moment, another man walked in, knelt on one knee, and reported respectfully, “Your Highness, the Sixth Squad killed six teams today, around 5,000 adventurers in total. They obtained approximately 2.59 million Thunder Stones.” After speaking, he respectfully handed over a space ring.
“Mm, the Sixth Squad has done well.”
A rare smile appeared on Brolin’s face. “Tell the other squads to work harder and seize Thunder Stones as quickly as possible.”
“Yes.”
The man withdrew.
Inside the large tent, Brolin held the space ring, weighed it slightly, and revealed a confident smile from his high position. “It is almost ten million Thunder Stones again. It should be enough to exchange for the second password. However, the Thunder Stones in various places have almost all been mined out. Next will be killing each other and seizing Thunder Stones.”
……
To the lofty Ninth Prince Brolin, even if these two million people all died, he would not care.
Born into the royal family.
With his mother’s side being incredibly powerful, he had witnessed far too much of the universe’s law of survival of the fittest. With a single order, all the citizens of dozens of planets could become slaves. Because of such experiences, he considered sending people to kill those teams and seize Thunder Stones to be completely natural.
As for sending people to kill Luo Feng…
Brolin did not care at all.
That five man team was nothing more than ants in Brolin’s eyes. With a single order from him, sending people to crush those ants was all it took.