Clash of Blades

"Yes, we return to the Allied Forces' encampment!" Hong's expression grew serious. "Returning to the Allied Forces' encampment won't be easy," Lei Shen said, rubbing his bald head thoughtfully. Luo Feng nodded. Now that they had acquired the treasures and the Leiting Shi, they still needed to exchange the 9.08 million Leiting Shi. Leiting Shi itself wasn't valuable... its true worth only manifested after being exchanged for 'treasures'! Although the war had ended, various squads would still attack smaller teams with fewer members! "Our four-person squad traveling to the Allied Forces' encampment is very unsafe," Hong said, frowning. "Even though the major factions have ceased fighting for now, and are battered, they still possess formidable strength. Those squads, having been driven mad by a month and a half of killing, will definitely make a move if they see a small team like ours. They could easily dispatch a thousand-man squad to sweep us away." Luo Feng's expression was solemn. A four-person squad? For such a tiny squad, none of those large forces would show mercy. "Killing is forbidden within the Allied Forces' encampment," Luo Feng stated gravely. "However, outside the encampment, it's not. So, as we travel to the encampment, we must be extremely careful not to encounter those squads." "Understood." Hong and Lei Shen both nodded. "We'll use the cosmic spaceship first," Luo Feng mused. "We'll reach the plains using the spaceship, then retract it and proceed stealthily." "I agree," Hong nodded. "I suggest we depart at night," Lei Shen offered. "Good, then we'll leave tonight," Luo Feng said with a slight smile. ... Despite his good mood, Luo Feng dared not be careless in the slightest. With its detection system and a speed thousands, even tens of thousands, of times faster than a Ninth-tier Stellar Rank, the cosmic spaceship could easily evade other adventurer teams. Luo Feng and his companions swiftly broke through the air in the spaceship, arriving directly at the central plains. "Now, we're only about ten thousand kilometers from the Allied Forces' encampment. We'll have to fly the rest of the way," Luo Feng said, a thought flashing through his mind. He instantly stored the cosmic spaceship into his spatial ring, then looked at Hong and Lei Shen. "Big Brother, Second Brother, the map detected by the cosmic spaceship just now shows that while it's only ten thousand kilometers to the encampment, there are several squads stationed along the way." Hong and Lei Shen both nodded. After a month and a half of frenzied slaughter, many squads were crippled, with quite a few retreating to the core region to recuperate. But if Luo Feng's four-person squad passed by them... it would be like a dragon casually devouring a tiger or leopard that wandered near its mouth. Once discovered by those large squads, Luo Feng's team of four would surely be killed! After all... Which squad that had survived to this point, having endured countless life-or-death situations, didn't possess some treasures? "Let's go," Luo Feng transmitted cautiously with his mental force. Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and Aogu, the four of them, followed their predetermined route, aiming to bypass the squads stationed on the plains and reach the central Allied Forces' encampment. ... Ten thousand kilometers. For Luo Feng and his companions, it was truly a short distance. If they unleashed their full speed, it wouldn't even take an hour, even within the World of Worlds. However, they proceeded cautiously, not daring to go too fast... "Ahead, 19.6 kilometers, there's a patrolling thousand-man squad. We're still 3,620 kilometers from the Allied Forces' encampment, so this patrol must be a detachment from a larger force. We'll bypass them," Luo Feng said, glancing at the screen on his armguard, and immediately transmitted the message with his mental force to the other three beside him. Hong, Lei Shen, and Aogu dared not relax either. They were dancing on a knife's edge; once discovered by any squad... the trouble would be immense. "We've bypassed them. We'll continue approaching the Allied Forces' encampment." "Still 2,110 kilometers to the Allied Forces' encampment." "Detour ahead, a large squad is stationed there." "Still 800 kilometers to the Allied Forces' encampment." ... Luo Feng and his three companions were extremely cautious. Under the cover of night, they flew silently close to the plains, sometimes detouring, sometimes flying quickly. After nearly three hours, they finally spotted the main camp of the Allied Forces' encampment. "Excellent!" "We've finally reached the Allied Forces' encampment!" Joy appeared on the faces of Luo Feng and his three companions. For those three hours, their nerves had been constantly taut, as all those squads would dispatch patrols to scout the surroundings. It wasn't surprising that these squads were cautious; after all, the war over the past month and a half had been incredibly brutal and frenzied, with ambushes and attacks being commonplace. It was precisely because of the numerous patrol teams that Luo Feng and his group dared not relax throughout their journey. "Phew, we're here," Luo Feng sighed in relief. "Halt!" One of the patrol captains outside the Allied Forces' encampment shouted loudly. Behind him was a vast contingent of people, surrounded by over a thousand individuals. The captain's gaze swept over Luo Feng and his three companions. "We are subordinates of Lord Mingyu of Three Axe Mountain!" Luo Feng called out. "Oh." The captain lowered his head to look at his smart optical computer screen. Indeed, there was data on these four individuals under Lord Mingyu of Three Axe Mountain. "Come in," the captain said coldly. Luo Feng and his three companions flew directly into the Allied Forces' encampment. The captain watched them leave, then gnashed his teeth and snorted, "Those bastards from Three Axe Mountain! Hmph, if I hadn't encountered you in the Allied Forces' encampment, I would have definitely killed you to avenge my brothers, you scoundrels! Scoundrels!" ... Luo Feng and his three companions walked through the Allied Forces' encampment. The entire encampment was filled with a grim atmosphere; many squads looked at each other as if they wanted to devour one another. "What's going on?" Lei Shen whispered. "Last time we were here, the adventurers from different squads in the Allied Forces' encampment were calling each other brothers. But now, the killing intent is very heavy." Luo Feng nodded. Walking through the Allied Forces' encampment, they seemed to see few smiling faces. Most adventurers were cold, and many had eyes filled with hatred. "Last time we came to the encampment, the captain of the outer patrol team greeted us with a smile. But the captain just now was very cold," Luo Feng whispered. "It's probably because the past month and a half of slaughter has caused too many deaths on all sides. Many in those adventurer armies were close friends and brothers; they've lost their friends and brothers, which is why they're like this." ... As Luo Feng and his three companions entered the Allied Forces' encampment and headed towards the Three Axe Mountain faction, they were unaware... that someone had already spotted them. "It's those four." "One less than last time." "They actually came again. Quickly, go inform the Lord; these are the few individuals His Highness personally named." "Yes." Several figures in the crowd of the Allied Forces' encampment watched Luo Feng and his three companions from a distance. Immediately, one of them turned and quickly ran off to report to the bodyguard under His Highness the Ninth Prince. ... Within the Allied Forces' encampment, in the main tent at the core of the Heilong Mountain faction, a sacred land. His Highness the Ninth Prince, Buluolin, sat on a chair, eyes closed, brows furrowed, seemingly troubled. "Your Highness." A person ran in from outside and knelt on one knee. "Katuluo," Buluolin opened his eyes, looking down at the bodyguard kneeling below him. "Your Highness, our patrol forces have discovered four individuals! They are four of the five people Your Highness personally ordered to be killed, who later escaped in a cosmic spaceship," the bodyguard reported quickly. Back then, they had monitored Luo Feng's group of five until midnight, then pursued them to kill them. Therefore, they were very familiar with the appearance and strength of Luo Feng and his companions. The moment Luo Feng's four-person group arrived, they immediately recognized them. "Oh? A cosmic spaceship?" Buluolin raised an eyebrow, a hint of a sneer appearing. "I remember now!" After a month and a half of slaughter, Buluolin had been remotely commanding his army. It had consumed a great deal of his energy, and compared to the army's war, Luo Feng and his companions were simply a minor matter. "Continue to monitor them," Buluolin ordered coldly. "Yes." The bodyguard respectfully complied. ... Within the Three Axe Mountain faction's forces, all squads under the command of the Three Axe Mountain organization's Sector Lords and Domain Lords would converge here upon reaching the Allied Forces' encampment. Luo Feng and his three companions thus entered this faction. "Master, last time we were pursued by His Highness the Ninth Prince's subordinates, they must recognize us. Now that we've returned to the Allied Forces' encampment, their scouts should discover us, right?" Aogu transmitted with his mental force. "Indeed," Luo Feng nodded. Being recognized? This was already within Luo Feng's expectations, but even if he was 'recognized,' he, Luo Feng, still had to return to the Allied Forces' encampment. "Even if I don't exchange for treasures, I still need to safely leave the World of Worlds and safely leave the Thunder World," Luo Feng thought to himself. "However, if my guess is correct, there will definitely be troops stationed at the exit of the World of Worlds! Once small groups try to exit through the World of Worlds' exit, they will surely be ambushed and killed." "Only by following the main forces can we get out," Luo Feng understood this clearly. As for Buluolin? What was there to fear! After infiltrating the Three Axe Mountain faction this time, he had no intention of acting alone before returning to Canglan Star. He would stick with the main forces of the Three Axe Mountain faction. When the main forces encamped, he would encamp with them. When the main forces broke camp and departed the World of Worlds, he would naturally leave the World of Worlds with them. "I refuse to believe that Buluolin would dare to make a move while I'm within the Three Axe Mountain faction," Luo Feng thought to himself. "Perhaps in Buluolin's eyes, I'm not even considered an important target." "Luo Feng." "Luo Feng." A voice rang out, startling Luo Feng from his contemplation. Luo Feng looked up and saw a lean man approaching with a burly, silver-haired man. The lean man immediately smiled and said, "Luo Feng, this is Lord Bendi, the 'Captain' responsible for our Three Axe Mountain Second Brigade." Luo Feng was startled, because the burly, silver-haired man before him clearly had a much stronger aura than anyone else. "Lord Bendi," Luo Feng immediately saluted, and Hong, Lei Shen, and Aogu beside him also saluted. Before coming here, they had learned from Babata's reconnaissance that... the entire Allied Forces' encampment held a little over 480,000 people, among whom there were six Universe-level experts! Clearly, the incredibly brutal war, lasting a month and a half, had, after consuming over a million Ninth-tier Stellar Rank elite soldiers, finally forced out six Universe-level experts. Among them, the Three Axe Mountain faction alone had two Universe-level experts! "Luo Feng? Lord Mingyu mentioned you to me," the burly, silver-haired man said with a smile, looking at Luo Feng and his companions.