A Storm Gathers

“Coming from the Star Tower?” Jiujian King smiled faintly. “Ci Weika must have paid a considerable price to invite you, Death Spirit King. However, after this battle, I might accompany you to the Star Tower. My gains on the Yan Ji Continent are becoming increasingly meager. It might be better to venture into the Star Tower; perhaps there are opportunities there.”

“You want to come too?” Mo Mobu nodded slightly. “Very well.”

The Outer Territory Battlefield was naturally divided into combat zones of varying danger levels. The Yan Ji Continent was considered the most dangerous area within the Barracks Base No. 026’s sphere of influence. However, in the context of the entire Seventh Star Sector Battlefield, while the Yan Ji Continent was extremely perilous, there was an even higher tier of danger above it. Among those most dangerous places… the Star Tower was one of them!

The Star Tower was a tier above the Yan Ji Continent. Numerous foreign race King-level Immortals gathered there, and even Marquis-level Immortals were considered weaklings.

“Then let’s discuss how to deal with this Silverwing King,” Jiujian King said.

“And while we’re at it, let’s decide on the spoils distribution plan early, to avoid any conflicts later,” Mo Mobu added.

“Right, right,” Ci Weika nodded with a smile.

…

Ci Weika and the two peak King-level powerhouses he invited were discussing the detailed plan to deal with the ‘Silverwing King’ and confirming the distribution of spoils.

“Haha, with this plan and two contingency sub-plans, the Silverwing King will either die or be sealed!” Ci Weika seemed very excited. “He—”

Ci Weika’s expression instantly froze, replaced by a look of fury.

“Ci Weika?”

“Ci Weika?” The two super-powerhouses from the Longwan Race and the Thousand-Eyed Heart Race both sensed something was wrong.

“I’m ashamed,” Ci Weika stood up, his eyes unable to hide his anger, and he shook his head. “We can’t deal with that Silverwing King for now.”

“What happened?” Jiujian King and Death Spirit King were both somewhat annoyed. Was he playing games with them? The plan was ready, the spoils distribution almost settled, and they were about to make their move, but now he was saying they couldn’t deal with him.

“Please see, both of you.” Ci Weika suppressed his rage, pointing towards the sky, where a screen materialized. The screen displayed a scene that Ci Weika had detected through his detector in reality. On it, a massive silver-winged monster was flying when suddenly a beautiful, translucent figure appeared beside it. That figure radiated Immortal energy, enveloping the silver-winged monster.

*Whoosh.*

It vanished into thin air.

“Teleportation?” Jiujian King and Death Spirit King frowned.

“Yes, teleportation,” Ci Weika gritted his teeth. “That despicable Silverwing King is too cunning. I was secretly tracking him, and he actually detected it and decisively called upon a powerful ally for help. This teleportation… completely exceeded the range of my detector. Now I have no idea where the Silverwing King is.”

Jiujian King and Death Spirit King exchanged glances, feeling rather helpless.

“But, both of you,” Ci Weika quickly added, “this isn’t over. I will issue a bounty on the Yan Ji Continent, widely asking allies to help monitor. With countless allies watching, as soon as the Silverwing King’s coordinates are discovered, I will know immediately… and I will notify both of you at once.”

Jiujian King and Death Spirit King nodded.

“That’s the only way,” Death Spirit King nodded. “Then I’ll be going.” His consciousness directly exited the virtual world.

“Find that Silverwing King and then contact me,” Jiujian King also left.

The two King-level beings were clearly displeased. If not for Ci Weika’s powerful backing, they would never have been so accommodating.

“Bastard!”

Ci Weika angrily slammed his hand on the table, gritting his teeth. “He actually, actually escaped! As long as you’re on the Yan Ji Continent, I won’t give you a single chance. I’ll have countless allies watch you. Once your tracks are discovered, you’re finished.”

…

Immediately, Ci Weika began sending notifications to a large number of allies on the Yan Ji Continent, launching a massive bounty to track down the Silverwing King.

…

On the edge of the Yan Ji Continent, two figures appeared out of thin air in a cold lake. The larger one, like a mountain, was entirely covered in silver scales—a silver monster with huge scaled wings. The smaller one, also over ten meters tall, had hazy wings and a seductive, translucent body, clad in armor as thin as gauze, with beautiful, crystalline long hair and eyes as deep as the ocean.

“Star Illusion King,” the Golden Horned Beast looked down at the small figure. “Thank you for your help.”

“Helping you, Silverwing King, easily earns me 10 million Mixed Yuan Units. If there are more good deeds like this, you can find me again. This is much easier than killing a peak Marquis-level Immortal.” The translucent wings fluttered slightly, and Star Illusion King’s eyes were like water. “If there’s nothing else, Silverwing King, I’ll be leaving.”

The Golden Horned Beast nodded slightly.

*Whoosh.*

Star Illusion King vanished into thin air.

“Earning money is so easy,” the Golden Horned Beast instantly disappeared, and Luo Feng, clad in black armor, appeared in the lake, muttering, “One request costs 10 million Mixed Yuan Units. Even Teacher Huyan Bo’s entire fortune is only around that much.”

“Spending money to avert disaster.”

“Teleporting a light-year away, there’s no way Ci Weika can find me now,” Luo Feng thought to himself.

Earlier, Luo Feng had deduced that Ci Weika would never give up and would most likely track him. He immediately decided to spend money to ask for help. Although he could have asked his third senior brother, Bloodthirsty King, for help, Bloodthirsty King wasn’t currently on the Outer Territory Battlefield. A long-distance God Kingdom Teleportation, combined with Ci Weika constantly monitoring that area, could easily expose his senior brother’s God Kingdom coordinates. Therefore… Luo Feng preferred to spend more money and invited an ally from the human faction on the Yan Ji Continent who could perform teleportation.

He asked the other party to take him and teleport away. It was an easy job. Since it was just teleportation without combat, the cost wasn’t too high; 10 million Mixed Yuan Units was a normal price. Any lower, and super-powerhouses capable of teleportation wouldn’t bother. This price was considered standard. If he had asked an ally to act as a fighter in a life-or-death battle, the cost would have been much higher.

“Phew.” Luo Feng flipped his hand, and a sesame-sized silver wing appeared in his palm, then merged into his body. A pair of wings immediately grew on his back. The color of the wings changed slightly; after all, it was a supreme treasure, and changing its color was easy. After merging with the Shi Wu Wings, Luo Feng exuded a faint pressure, and his original Sector Lord aura was completely concealed by the Shi Wu Wings.

Instantly, Luo Feng transformed into a deity with black wings.

“Let’s go.” Luo Feng casually chose a C9-grade spaceship from countless vessels, boarded it, broke through the water, and quickly departed.

…

The spaceship flew above the Yan Ji Continent.

“Luo Feng, Luo Feng,” Babata’s voice echoed in Luo Feng’s mind. “Important news! This is a piece of content just detected by the detector, a conversation between Immortals from a foreign race team 920 million kilometers away.”

“Hmm?” Luo Feng, sitting in the control room, looked down at his arm guard screen. A video immediately appeared, showing three Immortals conversing.

“50 million Yulan Units.”

“Tsk, tsk, what a generous sum. 50 million Yulan Units just to buy the coordinates of a Silverwing King. Once the coordinates are confirmed, you get 50 million Yulan Units. Who is this bounty issuer? To offer such a high price just for coordinate information, they must be incredibly wealthy!”

“Who knows, but the bounty issuer certainly wouldn’t dare to deceive us. This is a public bounty, known to countless allies. If they dared to cheat… to renege on payment, they would offend countless allies across the entire Yan Ji Continent.”

“Indeed.”

“Poor Silverwing King.”

“This Silverwing King will find it impossible to move an inch on the Yan Ji Continent.”

…

Watching the detected content, Luo Feng’s expression grew serious, and he frowned.

“Luo Feng, that enemy truly won’t give up,” Babata communicated mentally.

“It’s normal for him not to give up. After all, I took one of his important spaceships, which contained crucial components of the Nine Absolutes Divine Kingdom,” Luo Feng scoffed. “But to publicly issue a bounty among countless allies on the Yan Ji Continent within the Machine Race faction, searching for my coordinates, hmph… It seems that guy must have prepared a series of methods and is confident in dealing with me. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have issued a public bounty. It looks like… my Golden Horned Beast clone can’t show itself in battle for now.”

“Better safe than sorry,” Babata said solemnly.

Luo Feng nodded slightly. He understood this clearly; the enemy had prepared many methods, just waiting to strike at him.

“Damn it.”

“It’s infuriating that my detector is so much inferior to his, otherwise I wouldn’t be in such a predicament. If my detector were more advanced than his, I could suppress him instead.” Luo Feng gritted his teeth. “No time to lose. I’ll return to Barracks Base No. 026 now and find a way to sell the spoils I’ve acquired for a high price. Only with enough wealth can I purchase an advanced detector.”

*Whoosh!* The spaceship swiftly flew out of the Yan Ji Continent. The journey from the Yan Ji Continent back to Barracks Base No. 026 would take about a year and a half.

…

As Luo Feng embarked on his return journey, at the nearest jump point to the Yan Ji Continent, *buzz*—the cosmic space rippled slightly, and a dark, sword-shaped spaceship appeared out of thin air.

“Jump complete.”

“Your Highness, it will take about six more days to reach the outermost region of the Yan Ji Continent. That outer region has a large number of land fragments, and even these fragments are enormous, requiring a long flight. It will take about one or two months of flying to reach the main continent of the Yan Ji Continent.”

“Understood.”

The black-armored youth, whose armor resembled carved rock, exuded a dark aura. Through the spaceship, he gazed at the boundless starry sky.

“The Yan Ji Continent is my first step,” the black-armored youth murmured.

…

Just as the black-armored youth’s spaceship completed its jump, Luo Feng, still in his spaceship in the outer space of the Yan Ji Continent, suddenly changed his expression.

“That!” Luo Feng abruptly turned his head, staring intently in the direction of the jump point, his gaze seemingly piercing through the spatial obstruction, seeing that distant point in the boundless void.

“That.”

“Treasure.”

Luo Feng felt every cell in his body tremble and cheer, like countless starving beggars seeing food, that kind of madness. This cheer, emanating from every cell in his body… was entirely focused on one direction. Luo Feng could even vaguely sense that point in the distant starry sky. The treasure that caused every cell in his body to cheer was right there!

“This feeling… this feeling is similar to encountering Soldier Armor or General Armor,” Luo Feng’s heart pounded.

“But even Soldier Armor or General Armor never made my entire body tremble like this. This trembling sensation, even across such an immense distance, is so intense. It definitely far surpasses the importance of Soldier Armor or General Armor.” Luo Feng swallowed. “What exactly is it?”