No Witnesses to the Death

In the Wulong Starfield, the various corpses, weapon fragments, and technological weapon debris resulting from the racial war were meticulously categorized and arranged in an orderly fashion across the starry sky. Only the tens of thousands of kilometers that had just experienced a life-and-death struggle between Immortal Gods were a chaotic mess, with even many pre-sorted Bug Clan Sector Lord corpses completely scattered.

Tens of thousands of kilometers away from Luo Feng, in the starry sky, at the original location of the spherical monitoring device, a figure appeared out of thin air.

He was about ten meters tall, clad in seemingly intricate, strange combat armor. The armor was purplish-black, subtly covered with mysterious secret patterns, giving it an aura that made even the cosmic space tremble. His high-top combat boots were the most eye-catching feature… Looking at these boots, one felt a suffocating sensation, as if gazing upon endless towering mountains.

Standing in the starry sky, he was the master!

“Hmm?” He glanced at some spherical instrument fragments beside him, then looked towards Luo Feng’s direction, muttering, “Judging by the energy fluctuations, it was a fire-elemental Immortal God.”

Whoosh!

…

Luo Feng, who had been standing in the cosmic starry sky, was now astonished, staring at the tall being who had suddenly appeared before him. As Luo Feng looked up… when he saw the dark red eyes beneath the strange helmet of this magnificent being, his soul trembled, and he involuntarily bowed respectfully: “Greetings, Universe Venerable!”

Based on his experiences in Chaos City, he had seen some King-level Immortal Gods. Without a doubt, anyone who could make his soul tremble like this was definitely a Universe Venerable-level existence.

“Are you Luo Feng?” A rumbling voice echoed through the cosmos and within Luo Feng’s mind.

“Yes,” Luo Feng replied respectfully.

“What exactly happened here? Explain the detailed process.” The Universe Venerable looked down at the young man before him. Earlier, the Wulong Starfield’s alert system had intelligently transmitted a message to him, instructing him to intervene immediately, and also sent him some information about Luo Feng and three other internal members.

“Yes, Venerable,” Luo Feng said respectfully. “I came to purchase Bug Clan corpses. Previously, under the guidance of two escorts, I was identifying individual Bug Clan corpse units. But just now… I coincidentally encountered another internal member of the Wulong Starfield. He was also wearing white robes and was named Koser. Both of my escorts recognized him.”

“It’s very rare to encounter another internal member within the Wulong Starfield, so my two escorts were very happy and conversed cheerfully with Koser.”

“But!”

“It was at this moment that my intelligent optical computer informed me that it detected the monitoring signals in the surrounding area suddenly disappear.” Luo Feng’s eyes gleamed as he said in a low voice, “And just then, Koser suddenly attacked without any warning. At close range and completely unprepared, my two escorts were instantly killed.”

The Universe Venerable looked down at Luo Feng, listening silently, saying nothing.

Luo Feng, however, felt nervous.

He knew that his answer had to be careful and precise. The Wulong Starfield was a crucial stronghold for humanity, and those stationed here possessed supreme power like Universe Venerables. He absolutely could not challenge the regulations of the Wulong Starfield.

“Immediately after, Koser moved to attack me,” Luo Feng stated solemnly. “However, having reached the Domain Lord level and being dispatched by the Virtual Universe Company, I knew that I might encounter some dangers. Of course, I had arranged some contingencies for myself. In an inner world I carry, I had ten Sector Lord guards. I immediately summoned them and had my auxiliary plant life, Moyun Teng, assist them in dealing with Koser…”

“Just as it seemed Koser would be easily defeated, however!”

“Before Koser died, he released a Flame Immortal God from his inner world,” Luo Feng quickly explained. “I never expected that Koser’s inner world would contain a Flame Immortal God… This, this was truly terrifying!”

The Universe Venerable continued to listen silently.

“The first thing this Flame Immortal God did upon appearing was to kill Koser, which utterly astonished and confused me,” Luo Feng said in a low voice. “After killing Koser, this Flame Immortal God immediately moved to kill my ten Sector Lord guards. However, that Immortal God didn’t know… that among my ten Sector Lord guards, one was my soul slave. Hidden within this soul slave’s inner world was a killing move of mine—a technological weapon manufactured by the Machine Race, codenamed ‘V-1129 Fire God Source Crystal.’ I immediately controlled him to use the Fire God Source Crystal!”

Luo Feng knew very well…

The energy fluctuations and residual traces left by the self-detonation of that Flame Immortal God could absolutely not be concealed from a Universe Venerable; even some ordinary Immortal Gods could discern them.

How did he escape this ordeal?

He needed a detailed explanation, one that could withstand scrutiny, otherwise, he would likely be in trouble.

“Fire God Source Crystal?” The Universe Venerable’s voice boomed, exploding in Luo Feng’s mind.

“Yes,” Luo Feng replied respectfully.

The Fire God Source Crystal, a type of technological weapon from the Machine Race. As the pinnacle of cosmic technology, the Machine Race could manufacture weapons capable of directly killing Immortal Gods. However, such weapons were exorbitantly priced, especially those that could be used repeatedly, which were even more ridiculously expensive.

An F-grade laser gun?

It was rumored to cost over a hundred million mixed yuan units, a price even King-level Immortal Gods might hesitate to pay.

Besides individual weapons like laser guns, there were also area-of-effect weapons, such as ‘Starry Sky Fortresses’ and ‘Divine God Bases,’ which were incredibly terrifying weapons used on extraterrestrial battlefields. Even a King-level Immortal God might not be able to afford them if they spent their entire fortune. Of course, among technological weapons capable of killing Immortals, there were still cheaper options.

Those were single-use items.

For example, the ‘Fire God Source Crystal.’ Fire, being the most easily explosive form of energy, made the Fire God Source Crystal one of the more readily available weapons for killing Immortals. It involved compressing a massive amount of fire-elemental Immortal divine power into a crystal sphere, then instantly detonating it, causing countless fire-elemental Immortal divine powers to explode directly. It was similar to the effect of a Flame Immortal God’s self-detonation.

The principle was simple, but the technological content was extremely high. After all, to continuously compress such astonishing fire-elemental Immortal divine power into an ‘Immortal Crystal,’ and then further compress it into a ‘Source Crystal’ with a concentration tens of thousands of times greater, the technological expertise required was immense.

V-1129 model Fire God Source Crystal belonged to the lower-grade Fire God Source Crystals, with an explosive power equivalent to the self-detonation of an ordinary Flame Immortal God.

As a single-use item, if one had the channels to purchase it, the price ranged between 1 million and 1.5 million mixed yuan units.

“My soul slave used the Fire God Source Crystal, and it instantly exploded… because I had already rapidly fled when my ten Sector Lord guards were initially dealing with Koser… By the time the Fire God Source Crystal detonated, I was already tens of thousands of kilometers away,” Luo Feng said respectfully. “The explosion killed that Flame Immortal God as well, and I narrowly escaped.”

…

To conceal the existence of the Golden Horned Beast, Luo Feng had used his ‘World Projection’ at the end of the battle to instantly collect all the scattered flesh, scales, and armor fragments of the Golden Horned Beast into his inner world.

After careful consideration.

Luo Feng concocted this excuse, using the ‘Fire God Source Crystal’ to explain everything, and attributing the execution of this move to a Sector Lord slave under his control, to explain everything.

…

Luo Feng stood respectfully, awaiting the Universe Venerable’s words.

“Hmm,” the Universe Venerable finally nodded. “I will record everything you’ve said and send it to the Wulong Starfield’s alert management system. Regarding your matter… five other King-level Immortal Gods will discuss and make a decision.”

Just then…

Space rippled in the distance, and moments later, a cosmic spaceship appeared out of thin air.

Luo Feng’s eyes lit up; it was Longjue King’s cosmic spaceship.

Whoosh!

The hatch opened, and Longjue King, accompanied by Dylan, instantly arrived in a streak of light.

“Venerable,” Longjue King greeted respectfully.

Dylan also bowed immediately.

“I’ll leave this matter to you five to handle. I have already submitted everything this Luo Feng said, along with my judgment, to the Wulong Starfield’s intelligent system,” the Universe Venerable said indifferently. His figure then vanished into thin air, teleporting directly out of sight.

In the starry sky, only Luo Feng, Longjue King, and Dylan remained.

“Your Highness, are you alright?” Dylan quickly asked, a hint of self-reproach in his eyes. “Grandmaster asked me to protect you, but…”

“Dylan, it’s not your fault,” Luo Feng shook his head.

Longjue King quickly interjected, “This isn’t Dylan’s fault, nor Luo Feng’s. It’s the fault of an internal problem within my Wulong Starfield; it seems an alien spy has infiltrated.” When super geniuses among humans are assassinated, it’s usually attributed to alien spies. In reality, sometimes geniuses die due to internal feuds and conflicts within humanity.

But as long as it’s not investigated, it’s always blamed on alien spies.

“Who was the assailant?” Longjue King asked Luo Feng.

“Koser, an internal member of the Wulong Starfield,” Luo Feng replied.

“Hmm,” Longjue King nodded, scanning the surrounding starry sky. An invisible Immortal power spread outwards, sweeping over the distant shattered Bug Clan corpse fragments. After a long inspection, he said, “There are quite a few Moyun Teng remnants…”

“That’s my auxiliary plant life,” Luo Feng said.

“This loss is significant.”

Longjue King frowned. “To lose over a thousand Bug Clan Sector Lord corpse units… Hmm, if this battle had occurred in the ‘Bug Clan Domain Lord corpse area,’ the loss would have been much smaller. The loss now exceeds 10 million mixed yuan units. This matter will be troublesome.”

“Troublesome?” Luo Feng looked at him.

“Yes,” Longjue King looked at Luo Feng and nodded. “Indeed, although you, Luo Feng, informed me that someone tried to kill you, both of your escorts and the assassin Koser are all dead! Dead, with no witnesses to the death! If one were alive, we could search their soul to ascertain the truth, but with everyone dead, the facts cannot be confirmed… Assuming the loss to my Wulong Starfield was small, less than 1 million mixed yuan units, I could easily handle it alone. But now, five responsible individuals will have to deal with this. Because there are no witnesses to the death, Luo Feng, you might face some trouble.”