A Pleasant Surprise

Unlike Luo Feng's worries, none of the Cosmic Overlords of the human race were timid; each was filled with ambition and battle intent, completely disregarding the so-called kill order from the Purple Moon Holy Land Universe. This was for several reasons: first, the inheritance of ancient civilization made the human Cosmic Overlords even more confident; second, they had repelled the allied forces, so why fear a mere Purple Moon Holy Land? Third, the main battlefield in the coming years would be the Original Universe, with very few venturing into the Cosmic Ocean. Even if Dark Master and Chaos City Lord occasionally went, they would send their avatars. In short, the Purple Moon Holy Land was merely making noise in the Cosmic Ocean. No threat! Even if they caused some trouble, it would only serve to temper humanity. The high-level meeting quickly concluded, and figures on the thrones disappeared one after another, leaving only Chaos City Lord and Luo Feng. Chaos City Lord smiled at Luo Feng: “No longer worried, are you?” “No, I’m not,” Luo Feng replied with a shake of his head and a smile. “You never needed to worry,” Chaos City Lord said. “In the previous battle between the allied forces and our human faction, your contributions were immense. All the Cosmic Overlords now respect you from the bottom of their hearts! Your great contributions and influence make you a natural leader of the clan. As long as you don’t do foolish things like making enemies everywhere, the clan will absolutely support you. After all, who ventures into the Cosmic Ocean without making enemies? If you don’t kill them, they’ll come for you. Making a few enemies occasionally is nothing.” Luo Feng nodded. True. The Lei Bao Star race was weak and didn’t matter, and while the Purple Moon Holy Land was powerful, humanity could withstand it. Of course, if Luo Feng foolishly made enemies everywhere, causing countless forces to go mad and attack humanity… that would indeed cause internal dissatisfaction within humanity. Even the most confident clan wouldn’t dare to antagonize all forces. If they had been defeated in the previous battle against the allied forces and retreated to the Initial Universe, it would likely have led to a ‘kicking a man when he’s down’ scenario, with all forces in the Original Universe and Cosmic Ocean oppressing humanity. That would have been the most tragic and terrifying situation. Fortunately, it didn’t happen. “Teacher,” Luo Feng said, recalling the previous intelligence report. “Among the information on the newly advanced Cosmic Overlords, there was one named Peixing.” “Yes,” Chaos City Lord looked at Luo Feng. “His wing-type supreme treasure…” Luo Feng frowned. “I wonder if we can find more detailed information. I’d like something more specific.” “Wing-type supreme treasure?” Chaos City Lord glanced at Luo Feng, a hint of joy in his eyes. “Could it be related to your silver wings…?” Back then, he had only given Luo Feng one pair of the Blood Shadow Blade wings. Later, Luo Feng found another pair, and then consumed a large amount of blade energy from ‘Source’ to fully restore them, reaching a level second only to a true supreme treasure. “Just a guess,” Luo Feng nodded. “Alright, I’ll have it investigated for you immediately,” Chaos City Lord nodded. “My Hong Alliance has 400 Cosmic Overlords, and our intelligence network is vast. This information should be easy to find. Once found… I will notify you at once.” “Understood,” Luo Feng nodded. Every Cosmic Overlord had a circle of friends. Friends exchanged information, and with 400 Cosmic Overlords in the Hong Alliance… each with numerous friends, even friends in the Cosmic Ocean, it could be said that they formed an incredibly vast intelligence network. This was one reason why larger powers had more detailed intelligence. The Purple Moon Holy Land’s public kill order spread, causing many forces in the Cosmic Ocean to sigh: “Luo Feng is truly insane. Does he really think he can contend with the Purple Moon Holy Land? That’s a Holy Land Universe! Even if they fight fiercely and lose a batch of Cosmic Overlords, their strength will recover after a few reincarnation eras! Even if they truly can’t defeat humanity, what if the Purple Moon Holy Land just hides within its Holy Land Universe for one or two reincarnation eras?” “Exactly. The human race needs to quickly produce ultimate experts. But the Purple Moon Holy Land is destined not to break through to ultimate expert status by venturing outside. If they truly fight… the Purple Moon Holy Land can attack or defend, advance or retreat. Humanity, however, has almost no room to retreat.” One by one, the forces shook their heads. Contending with a Holy Land Universe—wasn’t that just asking for trouble? Tilted Peak Sector. A three-story, spire-like tower, each level a dodecagon, was continuously delving deeper into the Tilted Peak Sector. “The Ancestor’s order?” Peixing, inside the spire, looked out at the Tilted Peak Sector and couldn’t help but mutter, “The Ancestor places too much importance on that Luo Feng. He’s just one Luo Feng, yet he orders us all to avoid him, especially the Cosmic Overlords venturing in the Universe Boat. They’re really unlucky now.” “Fortunately, I’m in the Tilted Peak Sector, so I don’t have to bother with that Luo Feng.” “Luo Feng?” “Just wait. I’ve never left the Holy Land Universe before, never had the chance. Now I’ve entered the Cosmic Ocean… once I have my own opportunities, I’ll still surpass this Luo Feng.” Peixing naturally felt jealous of Luo Feng and was unconvinced, as he had never ventured into the Cosmic Ocean before. Without any opportunities, how could he be convinced? “I must search diligently for wondrous encounters,” Peixing continued his search within the inner region of the Tilted Peak Sector. The Purple Moon Holy Land’s strategy against humanity was precisely this: avoid the terrifying, thorny existence that was Luo Feng, and specifically target other human Cosmic Overlords. Since Luo Feng was in the Universe Boat… all Cosmic Overlords within a large area around Luo Feng’s activity range retreated. Even if they were unwilling to retreat due to important matters, they had to hide. The Purple Moon Holy Land powerhouses in the Universe Boat were on high alert. But the Purple Moon Holy Land Cosmic Overlords in the Tilted Peak Sector and Liu Zhong Mountain remained as carefree as before. Just half a month after the human race’s high-level meeting, Chaos City Lord summoned Luo Feng to inform him that there was news. “Teacher,” Luo Feng said, filled with anticipation. “One of the Cosmic Overlords in my Hong Alliance has many friends, and even knows two Cosmic Overlords in the East Emperor Holy Land,” Chaos City Lord stated directly. “Through this communication, we immediately learned… that Peixing’s wing-type supreme treasure had appeared in the Original Universe more than ten reincarnation eras ago. At that time, it was used by a Cosmic Overlord from another reincarnation era, who was later killed by a Purple Moon Holy Land powerhouse. They seized the wing-type supreme treasure and took it back, and only now has it reappeared in the Cosmic Ocean.” Luo Feng suddenly understood. It had appeared more than ten reincarnation eras ago? No wonder the other three reincarnation eras had no detailed information; only the two great Holy Lands would know such ancient information more clearly. “This wing-type supreme treasure was originally called the ‘Five-Colored Cloud Wings’,” Chaos City Lord said. “It was a top-tier item among mind-power weapon-type supreme treasures. First, it allowed for extremely fast flight, changes in direction, and acceleration. Second, it possessed binding power. The binding power it had back then was far inferior to what Peixing now displays. Peixing clearly unleashed his strongest secret technique through the ‘Five-Colored Cloud Wings’ to achieve such power.” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up as he listened. A top-tier item among supreme treasures? Indeed. His own Blood Shadow Blade wings, before being repaired by ‘Source’, were also a top-tier item among supreme treasures. After repair, they became a top-tier item among pinnacle supreme treasures, second only to true supreme treasures. And it greatly aided flight? “There’s one more piece of news,” Chaos City Lord said with a smile. “The Five-Colored Cloud Wings, in that reincarnation era, were silver four-winged!” Luo Feng was startled. It really was! It was simple for a supreme treasure to change color, but the ‘Five-Colored Cloud Wings’ in that reincarnation era were silver… to a certain extent, their original color was very likely silver. “That’s all the information,” Chaos City Lord said. “How you choose to use it is up to you.” “Of course, I’ll make good use of it,” Luo Feng grinned. In the inner region of the Universe Boat, on a giant reef in the center of the Swirling Marsh Sea. Now, who in the entire Cosmic Ocean didn’t know that Luo Feng was in the Swirling Marsh Sea, waiting for Hao Lei Star Master? Even though everyone knew, no one dared to entangle with Luo Feng. After all, all parties knew… Luo Feng’s strength was heaven-defying, and no one could deal with him. If they actively provoked him, Luo Feng would probably deal with them the same way he dealt with the Purple Moon Holy Land. Luo Feng hadn’t gone on a killing spree or made enemies everywhere, so if anyone actively went after Luo Feng and was retaliated against… the other forces in the Cosmic Ocean wouldn’t care. “Successive powerhouses have discovered that Hao Lei Star Master has appeared within the Universe Boat.” “Hao Lei Star Master has been spotted twice, and judging by his locations, he’s rapidly approaching here. He should arrive soon.” “This is going to be exciting. The furious Hao Lei Star Master, and this Galaxy Lord who inherited the Duan Dong River lineage, if they truly fight… who knows what will happen.” The number of Cosmic Overlords on the reef had now reached 15, including even a Sixth-tier Cosmic Overlord from the East Emperor Holy Land. Inside the Star Tower. Luo Feng looked down at the outside world, his ears catching the conversations. “Hao Lei Star Master…” Luo Feng murmured softly. With the Hong Alliance’s intelligence network, it was naturally known that Hao Lei Star Master’s traces had been leaked several times. From this, it was estimated that Hao Lei Star Master would arrive within a month. “Hao Lei Star Master, I’ll use you to test my current combat power, to test the might of the Star Tower’s two great secret techniques,” Luo Feng thought silently. In terms of combat power. With the Blood Shadow Blade, he normally possessed peak Seventh-tier power, and once he unleashed Duanmie, it would be peak Eighth-tier. The Star Tower was even more formidable. Driving the fifth layer of its secret patterns could achieve Eighth-tier power, and unleashing Duanmie would be Ninth-tier power! It should be known… that the strongest ultimate experts among the many forces in the entire Cosmic Ocean were only at peak Ninth-tier. Most were only Eighth-tier, and a few were even Seventh-tier. With ‘Duanmie’, the Blood Shadow Blade, and the Star Tower, Luo Feng could stand at the high end among ultimate experts. Very few surpassed him. Of course, Luo Feng’s weakness was his inability to break rules! No matter how strong a Cosmic Overlord was, they couldn’t break rules; they had to obey them, such as the speed limit… this was Luo Feng’s disadvantage. Although Luo Feng himself was full of confidence, in the eyes of the major forces in the Cosmic Ocean, Luo Feng provoking Hao Lei Star Master was very foolish! Coupled with his antagonism towards the even more powerful Purple Moon Holy Land… and the human race still having to deal with internal pressures from the Original Universe, they all thought Luo Feng was too crazy. “Hmm?” Inside the Star Tower, Luo Feng’s brows furrowed slightly, as an important email had been sent to him via the Virtual Universe. In the Virtual Universe, he immediately opened the email. Upon seeing it, Luo Feng suddenly stood up, his face filled with ecstasy: “T-Teacher, he broke through to become an ultimate expert?”