Third Ring Mission

“Whoa~” Babata, no bigger than a fist, perched on Luo Feng’s shoulder, his tiny eyes wide, exclaimed, “The Virtual Universe Company is truly the Virtual Universe Company. This is a blatant slap in the face!”

Luo Feng shook his head with a wry smile: “He’s not forcing the Blood Demon King; he’s forcing me.”

The email read:

“Third Ring Mission: The Blood Demon King controls the entire Duotuo Starfield, with hundreds of Undying Gods under his command. While the Blood Demon King himself has not committed acts exceeding the bottom line, a very small number of his subordinates have. We have confirmed 21 such individuals.

There are two Undying Gods and nineteen Sector Lords.

They are—

Apuerlade: An Undying God, granted the ‘Chitie Galaxy’ as his territory by the Blood Demon King. Within the Chitie Galaxy, he once slaughtered all life on hundreds of planets and plundered a large population into his God Kingdom…

Yisuo: An Undying God…

Aidi: A Sector Lord…

…

Aokefei: A Sector Lord, who once gathered billions of young girls on his planet for the most insane Blood Demon Ritual, turning billions of girls into a sea of flesh and blood. He also once…”

“Mission Requirement: The Virtual Universe Company has already issued an order to the Blood Demon King, commanding him to capture these 21 individuals. The Blood Demon King has now apprehended and imprisoned these 21 individuals on Blood Demon Star. Luo Feng, you are to proceed immediately to Blood Demon Star… to judge these 21 individuals. The judgment can be—‘Death Penalty,’ ‘Imprisonment for a million years,’ ‘Imprisonment for a hundred years,’ or ‘Not Guilty.’

The fate of these 21 individuals rests in your hands, Luo Feng. You may make your judgment according to your own will.

Their life or death is entirely within your control.

Remember: Upon your arrival at Blood Demon Star, you must activate Virtual Universe Network synchronized transmission, and you may only deactivate it after the judgment is complete.”

…

In the study.

Luo Feng couldn’t help but smile wryly. He had long known that this highest-scoring mission could never be so easy. The first and second rings posed no difficulty or danger to him at all. But this third ring…

The Virtual Universe Company was incredibly powerful, directly ordering the Blood Demon King to capture those 21 individuals.

Although the Blood Demon King was a member of the Hong Alliance, the Virtual Universe Company’s authority had clearly reached an extreme. How could a mere Blood Demon King dare to defy them? Naturally, he obediently complied and captured the 21 individuals. But now, the task of judging the fate of these 21 individuals was given to Luo Feng, and Luo Feng had to personally go to Blood Demon Star!

Blood Demon Star!

That was the Blood Demon King’s lair!

Going there would obviously mean facing the Blood Demon King himself, judging his subordinates right in front of him. Wasn’t that a blatant slap in the face?

“A harsh judgment will naturally incur the Blood Demon King’s hatred!” Luo Feng shook his head. “After all, the severity of the punishment is entirely up to me. But a light punishment would mean going against my conscience.”

“They’re really forcing my hand.”

“The Virtual Universe Company’s order to the Blood Demon King must have filled him with resentment, yet he dared not defy it.” Luo Feng smiled wryly. From the Blood Demon King’s actions, it was clear he wasn’t a benevolent person. Why would he needlessly offend a powerful King-tier Undying?

…

On that mineral planet.

In mid-air, Luo Feng, Dilun, and Bai Mei, the winged elder, stood in the void, conversing.

Bai Mei, the winged elder, chuckled: “His Highness Luo Feng, have you already reviewed the third ring mission?”

“Mm.” Luo Feng nodded, a hint of helplessness in his expression.

“Haha…” Bai Mei, the winged elder, seeing this, immediately laughed. “Don’t worry, although Blood Demon Star is the Blood Demon King’s lair, even if he had ten times the courage, unless he’s seeking death, he would absolutely not dare to touch you, Luo Feng.”

“He might not dare to touch me now, but what about in the future?” Luo Feng shook his head.

“That depends on your choice, Luo Feng. If you give a lighter sentence, the Blood Demon King will naturally remember your favor,” Bai Mei, the winged elder, teased. “Alright, enough talk. His Highness Luo Feng, please come with me to Blood Demon Star.”

“Mm.”

Luo Feng, still in a bad mood, nodded. He put away his Yunmo Star Spaceship and then, along with Dilun, entered the black spaceship dispatched by the Virtual Universe Company, heading together to Blood Demon Star.

…

Blood Demon Star, the true core planet of the entire Duotuo Starfield.

Elite individuals absorbed from the Blood Demon Trials across tens of thousands of star systems were all sent to Blood Demon Star. A massive number of Blood Demon Warriors gathered here, and even Sector Lords and Undying Gods frequently appeared on Blood Demon Star. Moreover… the exalted ‘Blood Demon King’ also resided here, clearly a place like a true demonic lair.

“This is too much! The Virtual Universe Company is simply too much!!!”

Roars echoed throughout the Blood Demon Palace. All the servants within the Blood Demon Palace trembled with fear.

Inside the palace.

The divine being, clad in scarlet battle armor and wearing a helmet, stood there, roaring in fury. The eighteen Undying Gods beside him were all respectfully silent.

“If they wanted to capture my subordinates, they should have just done it directly! Instead, they forced me to personally apprehend Apuerlade and the other 21!” Flames burned in the Blood Demon King’s eyes. “They want me to judge my own people, and they even forced me to do the capturing myself. Just now, they even sent their subordinates to disrupt a Blood Demon Trial in one of my Weili Galaxy! They truly no longer respect me, the Blood Demon King!”

The eighteen Undying Gods all feigned indignation, but in their hearts, they were muttering…

No longer respects the Blood Demon King?

What a joke.

How could the Virtual Universe Company possibly respect the Blood Demon King? To a colossal entity like the Virtual Universe Company, the Blood Demon King was just a lump of dough, round if they wanted it round, flat if they wanted it flat!

“Too much, simply too much!!!” The Blood Demon King roared in anger, unable to conceal his fury.

“I’ve always said, I grant you star system territories and allow you to manage them, but remember not to cross the line.” The Blood Demon King turned to look at the eighteen Undying Gods beside him. “You see now, you see the fate of Apuerlade and Yisuo, don’t you? All of you, and everyone else, remember this.”

“We shall remember,” the eighteen Undying Gods bowed respectfully.

“My Lord,” one of the short, stout Undying Gods respectfully said, “Didn’t the Virtual Universe Company’s order state that they would dispatch Luo Feng, a member of the Primal Secret Region, to conduct the judgment? How Apuerlade and the 21 others are punished is entirely up to Luo Feng. He’s just a mere Domain Lord; if My Lord displays a little authority… he surely wouldn’t dare to offend My Lord. At that time, he will definitely give a light sentence, or even a ‘not guilty’ verdict.”

“Mm.”

The Blood Demon King responded in a low voice, “You have a point. I doubt that young Luo Feng would dare to act recklessly in front of me! Regardless, Apuerlade and the others pledged allegiance to me back then, so I naturally must try my best to protect their lives.”

Such lone wolf-like powerful beings tend to be more benevolent towards their subordinates.

If people come to pledge allegiance to you, you naturally have to bear the responsibility of a leader. If he couldn’t even protect the lives of Apuerlade and Yisuo, who had pledged allegiance to him… although the Blood Demon King’s Undying subordinates wouldn’t dare to say anything, they would certainly no longer blindly follow him, and the internal cohesion would naturally decline.

…

Six days later.

A black spaceship appeared in the star system where Blood Demon Star was located.

“His Highness Luo Feng, look, that’s Blood Demon Star,” Bai Mei, the winged elder, pointed into the distance.

Luo Feng looked, and in the distant starry sky, there was a planet glowing entirely blood-red. Just looking at it with the naked eye sent shivers down one’s spine.

Whoosh!

The spaceship rapidly flew towards Blood Demon Star. As it approached, massive mountain-like structures on the surface of Blood Demon Star became visible. From the outside, Blood Demon Star showed no signs of technology; all the massive structures were shaped like mountains. However, the interiors of these mountains were actually hollowed out.

“Swoosh!” Breaking through the atmosphere, the spaceship flew directly towards the most magnificent palace on Blood Demon Star.

“His Highness Luo Feng, that’s the Blood Demon Palace,” Bai Mei, the winged elder, pointed into the distance. That was the most magnificent palace, surrounded by many smaller palaces. Though called small, each was actually several kilometers in circumference. Numerous smaller palaces encircled the large central palace.

In front of the large palace was a plaza several tens of kilometers in circumference. At this moment, a large number of powerful beings stood in neat rows, thousands of them at a glance, the weakest being Sector Lords. Leading them was a divine being clad in scarlet battle armor. His overbearing and bloody aura could be felt even through the spaceship by Luo Feng and the others.

Whoosh!

The spaceship slowly descended, landing on the plaza. The hatch opened.

Bai Mei, the winged elder, Luo Feng, Dilun, and two others, a total of five people, stepped out of the hatch.

“Greetings, Blood Demon King.” Bai Mei, the winged elder, bowed slightly, then introduced, “This is His Highness Luo Feng, a genius from our Virtual Universe Company’s Primal Secret Region.”

Luo Feng also bowed slightly, showing respect to his senior, and secretly observed the Blood Demon King. Although the Blood Demon King had now restrained his aura so as not to pressure Luo Feng, the scarlet battle armor and the Blood Demon King himself, subtly emanating a faint aura, still made one feel as if they were seeing an endless sea of blood.

He wore a helmet and mask, so his face was difficult to discern.

“You are Luo Feng?” The Blood Demon King burst into laughter. “Zhenyan King has indeed taken on a good disciple. I heard that not long ago, you even disrupted a Blood Demon Trial in my Weili Galaxy?”

Luo Feng was startled and quickly said, “Yes…”

“Haha, no need to explain.”

The Blood Demon King waved his hand. “A Blood Demon Trial in one star system is nothing. Over billions of years, my Duotuo Starfield’s tens of thousands of star systems have held countless Blood Demon Trials. Missing one or ten times is nothing.” Different statuses lead to different perspectives. To the Blood Demon King, one or ten Blood Demon Trials were indeed nothing, but to his subordinates, Blood Demon Trials were matters of utmost importance. How could they be taken lightly?

“This Blood Demon King seems quite magnanimous,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “However, he was forced to capture 21 of his elite subordinates, including two Undying Gods. Anyone with a bit of temper would be displeased. Perhaps he doesn’t care about ten or eight Blood Demon Trials, but my disruption of a Blood Demon Trial was a direct slap in his face. To say he doesn’t care is probably false.”

Such were Luo Feng’s thoughts.

On the surface, however, Luo Feng was full of gratitude: “Thank you, Blood Demon King, for your understanding.”

“Understanding, of course, I understand. You’re also working for the Virtual Universe Company, but while you’re working, you still have the power to decide many things, don’t you?” The Blood Demon King laughed heartily, looking at Luo Feng. “Am I right?”

Bai Mei, the winged elder, interjected: “His Highness Luo Feng certainly holds considerable power. Whether these 21 individuals receive the death penalty, imprisonment, or are found not guilty, it is all up to His Highness Luo Feng to decide.”

“This old man—”

Luo Feng was instantly exasperated.

“Luo Feng’s power is indeed considerable, haha…” The Blood Demon King’s laughter grew louder as he looked at Luo Feng.

Hundreds of Undying Gods and thousands of Sector Lords who had gathered under his command also looked at Luo Feng.