A Realm Lord Appears

“Lord Mingyu,” Luo Feng quickly called out, “I’m just a Stellar-level cultivator. So much territory and cash would be useless to me!”

Mingyu looked at Luo Feng, a smile appearing on his iron-like face. “Luo Feng, you might not need so much territory and cash right now. But... as a Domain Lord, how can I simply accept your favor for nothing? Besides, owning some territory and patrolling it as a lord is quite interesting. How about some territory, say, ten thousand life planets?”

“Uh... a hundred planets then,” Luo Feng still nodded.

Planet territories weren’t of much use to him. Getting a hundred life planets as territory was just a token gesture.

“Alright, a hundred it is. Having a hundred life planets as territory won’t be too conspicuous in the cosmos and won’t attract the attention of major figures,” Mingyu chuckled. “As for cash, I don’t actually have much... certainly not enough to match the price of your ‘Sky-Slicing Blade’.”

“Lord Mingyu, just give whatever you deem fit. Our three brothers have already gained a lot this time,” Luo Feng said, knowing well that he shouldn’t be too greedy.

Otherwise, incurring the other party’s displeasure would lead to significant trouble.

What’s more...

The treasures he had acquired this time were numerous; this single Sky-Slicing Blade wasn’t even a tenth of the value of all his other treasures combined, so it wasn’t a big deal.

“Give me your account number,” Mingyu said.

“Yes,” Luo Feng quickly recited his Cosmic River Bank account number.

“Tsk, tsk, the Cosmic River Bank. You’re quite well-off yourself,” Mingyu said with a smile, simultaneously splitting a wisp of his consciousness to connect to the Virtual Universe Network and perform a ‘transfer transaction’.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen secretly wondered how much Lord Mingyu would transfer.

“Luo Feng, you’ve received an email,” Babata’s voice rang out.

“Open it.”

Luo Feng quickly closed his eyes, his consciousness connecting to the Virtual Universe Network, and had Babata open the email. It was a notification from the Cosmic River Bank—

“Dear esteemed customer,

Hello.

Your consciousness-bound account with our bank has just received a transfer of 20 billion cosmic coins. Your account balance has reached the threshold of 10 billion cosmic coins, automatically upgrading you to a ‘Two-Star Tier Account’. You have also automatically become a distinguished Two-Star Tier customer of our Cosmic River Bank. As a star-tier customer, you possess many special privileges.

A list and explanation of these special privileges are attached below this email.

Cosmic River Bank”

This simple letter utterly astonished Luo Feng. He had learned the meaning of a ‘star-tier account’ back on Biyan Star. At that time, even the two cosmic mercenaries only had One-Star Tier accounts. Clearly, reaching ‘star-tier’ was a very, very high threshold.

“So, reaching a ‘deposit of 10 billion cosmic coins’ automatically upgrades you to a Two-Star Tier user?”

“10 billion cosmic coins. One cosmic coin is equivalent to approximately 3,300 Ganwu coins, so 10 billion cosmic coins is about 33 trillion Ganwu coins.”

“The average price of a planet is 1 trillion Heilong coins, which is equivalent to 700 million Ganwu coins. This means 10 billion cosmic coins is equivalent to nearly 50,000 life planets.”

Thinking this, Luo Feng couldn’t help but be shocked.

The cash that Domain Lord Mingyu had given him was almost comparable to the selling price of a hundred thousand life planets! This was an extremely high price, even for a Domain Lord.

...

In the manor.

“Lord Mingyu,” Luo Feng quickly stood up.

“Sit, sit,” Mingyu quickly extended his hand, pressing down virtually. Luo Feng immediately felt an invisible force pressing on his shoulders, allowing no resistance, and he was pressed back into his seat.

“Don’t think I gave you too much,” Mingyu shook his head slightly, a hint of a smile in his eyes. “What I gave you isn’t much at all. If you had only offered a weapon like the ‘Skyfire Wheel’, then what I gave you would be a lot. But you gave me the ‘Sky-Slicing Blade’. Giving you less would make me feel incredibly indebted, and feeling indebted... would affect my cultivation.”

“Whoosh!”

The surrounding space subtly vibrated.

Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and Aogu were all startled, for another person had appeared in the quiet manor—a tall, slender man with two antennae on his forehead and a stern demeanor. His black cloak billowed in the wind, and when his eyes swept over them, the entire world seemed to be contained within those pupils for a moment.

“General,” Mingyu quickly stood up and bowed respectfully, simultaneously transmitting a message to Luo Feng and the others, “This is a Realm Lord expert from my Three Axe Mountain.”

“Lord Realm Lord,” Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and Aogu quickly bowed.

A Realm Lord?

He had never actually seen a living Realm Lord with his own eyes.

Luo Feng couldn’t help but secretly glance at this Realm Lord. His aura wasn’t particularly strong, but his eyes instilled fear in one’s heart.

“Mingyu, you’re quite lucky,” the tall, slender man stood there, his feet slightly hovering, looking at Mingyu.

“Heh heh,” Mingyu showed a simple, honest smile.

“The Sky-Slicing Blade, I’ll buy it,” the tall, slender man said indifferently. “This blade suits me very well.”

“A fifth-tier primal energy weapon, even I can’t fully unleash its power,” Mingyu quickly chuckled. “It would be my honor for the General to use it.” Saying this, Mingyu promptly retrieved the recently acquired fifth-tier primal energy weapon, the ‘Sky-Slicing Blade’, from his spatial ring, and the broad-hilted battle blade floated directly towards the tall, slender man.

The tall, slender man reached out, took the Sky-Slicing Blade, and his eyes immediately lit up!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two golden beams of light shot from his eyes, shining on the blade of the Sky-Slicing Blade. The strange secret patterns on the blade made him even more eager.

“A fine blade,” the tall, slender man said, holding the Sky-Slicing Blade, and instantly slashed towards the sky.

Whoosh!

The clear, bright blue sky, as if a massive piece of cloth, was directly torn open by a crack, two to three kilometers long yet incredibly thin! Faintly visible behind the crack were fleeting illusions of life and death, and then the crack quickly vanished, the sky returning to its calm state.

“Hahahaha...” The tall, slender man, who had been utterly indifferent, finally burst into laughter.

“Congratulations, General,” Mingyu quickly bowed.

“Haha, the Sky-Slicing Blade truly lives up to its name. My understanding of spatial origin laws is merely superficial, but with this Sky-Slicing Blade, its power instantly increases greatly!” The tall, slender man looked at Mingyu with a smile. “Mingyu, I’ve taken your Sky-Slicing Blade, so naturally, I won’t let you suffer too great a loss. I’ve already transferred the money to your account, and... I owe you a favor!”

Whoosh!

The tall, slender man vanished instantly.

...

Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and Aogu were all in a daze.

Just now, the Realm Lord expert had appeared in an instant, taken the Sky-Slicing Blade, then directly cleaved open a spatial rift, and then vanished as if teleporting.

“A spatial rift? A two to three kilometer long spatial rift?” Luo Feng was shocked. “He can actually tear open cosmic space? And... was that teleportation at the end?”

“Not teleportation, but flight. It’s just that the flight speed was too fast, and the fact that it didn’t cause any air disturbance is related to a Realm Lord’s ability to control the power of cosmic origin,” Babata’s voice rang out.

“Flight? How fast?” Luo Feng pressed.

“When he finally left, his instantaneous speed was 32,169 kilometers per second.”

Luo Feng blinked twice. The speed of light was only 300,000 kilometers per second, and that Realm Lord, though not unleashing his fastest speed, had reached one-tenth the speed of light in an instant. He truly lived up to his reputation as a super-being who could destroy all life on a planet with a flick of his hand.

...

In the manor, the burly Domain Lord Mingyu laughed heartily and stood up.

“Luo Feng, I took the Sky-Slicing Blade you offered me and immediately sold it for a high price. I really should thank you properly,” Mingyu said, smiling at Luo Feng. “Tell me, who was that Universe-level Ninth-tier individual you asked me to kill earlier?”

“Nuolanshan,” Luo Feng said.

Hong and Lei Shen also looked at Mingyu expectantly.

“Nuolanshan?” Mingyu paused slightly, his brows furrowing. “Him?”

“Is there a problem?” Luo Feng quickly pressed.

“A minor inconvenience, but not a big problem,” Mingyu shook his head and chuckled. “He earned the title of Giant Axe Warrior, so his probability of breaking through to ‘Domain Lord’ is very high. That’s why he’s always been treated as an elite in the Hundred Tiger Tower. However, he hasn’t broken through all these years, especially now that his lifespan limit is not far off, his status in the Hundred Tiger Tower has declined, so he’s not much to worry about.”

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen all breathed a sigh of relief, exchanging glances.

Nuolanshan...

Must die!

Only then could they truly rest easy.

“Let me see where he is on Canglan Star,” Mingyu closed his eyes, and an invisible mental force quickly spread out, completely enveloping the entire Canglan Star, deliberately avoiding the Realm Lords.

One second later, Mingyu opened his eyes.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen looked at him expectantly.

“He’s not on Canglan Star,” Mingyu shook his head.

“Not there?” Luo Feng and the other two were startled.

“I’ve already searched the entire Canglan Star, and he is indeed not here right now,” Mingyu said with a hint of apology. “My apologies... if I encounter him next time, I will certainly kill him and fulfill my promise.”

“This isn’t your fault, Lord Mingyu; Nuolanshan just got incredibly lucky,” Luo Feng quickly said, though he felt deep regret in his heart.

Such a good opportunity, yet they couldn’t kill Nuolanshan!

If they could have killed Nuolanshan in one fell swoop, then this trip to the Realm-within-Realm would have been truly perfect.

...

In the Dark Universe.

A cosmic spaceship was flying rapidly. Inside the spaceship’s control room.

“Teacher, why are we rushing back so quickly? There are so many experts on Canglan Star, and such a grand event is rare. It would have been good to stay a bit longer,” two Universe-level experts stood by, while Nuolanshan stood there in deep thought.

“The team sent out this time was completely wiped out, with no gains. Staying on Canglan Star would also be a waste of time,” Nuolanshan’s cold gaze swept over his two disciples. “Also, I asked you to use your network of friends to investigate. Have you found out what kind of relationship Luo Feng has with Domain Lord Mingyu?”

Both Universe-level experts shook their heads.

“I asked several people, and none of them knew.”

“Me too, I haven’t heard of Lord Mingyu having any important figure named Luo Feng.”

Nuolanshan’s expression grew even gloomier as he listened to his disciples’ replies.

“This Luo Feng knows I want to kill him, and he has an extremely good relationship with Lord Mingyu. It’s highly likely he’ll ask Lord Mingyu to eliminate me,” Nuolanshan mused inwardly. “And Mingyu and I aren’t from the same organization, so Mingyu wouldn’t have many reservations... Regardless, it’s better to leave Canglan Star early.”

Ever since he discovered Luo Feng and the others being taken away by Mingyu, Nuolanshan had been unable to rest easy.

He then made a decisive decision and immediately boarded a spaceship to leave Canglan Star!