Inside Hong Alliance City

With the second tribulation completed, and having successfully fused 10 Blood Luo Crystals to become the legendary 'Black Warrior,' then integrating the Combat Armor onto his body... although Luo Feng's Earth body was still weaker than his Golden Horned Beast clone, it now possessed the full combat power of a King-level fighter! With two King-level combat powers, Luo Feng was naturally brimming with confidence.

King-level battles rarely resulted in the death of an opponent. Even the Golden Horned Beast, with its Wings of Wu, only managed to eliminate its foe using a 'Fire God Origin Crystal' — a treasure comparable to a self-detonation from a high-tier King-level fighter, valued at 800 million points. Moreover, a Fire God Origin Crystal usually couldn't be used successfully so casually, as its self-detonation would also affect the user!

Had it not been for the Golden Horned Beast's Wings of Wu and Combat Armor, it would likely have been annihilated by the explosion.

Therefore, in regular King-level combat, fighters could at most gain an upper hand, but deaths were extremely rare. Outnumbering the opponent was also a common strategy... two King-level fighters working together, forming a pincer attack, would leave the opponent no chance to escape.

“My Earth body is complete; it’s time to visit Hong Alliance City!”

...

Luo Feng's Earth body took nearly three months to complete the second tribulation. As for the Golden Horned Beast... it would probably take around thirty years. Luo Feng didn't have the patience to wait thirty years before coming to Hong Alliance City.

Standing in his manor in the Yuxiang Mountain Primal Region, Luo Feng directly initiated the teleportation. As a member of the Hong Alliance, his teleportation destination options now included 'Hong Alliance City.'

Whoosh!

Luo Feng vanished into thin air, teleported directly to another dimensional space.

...

The highest-level dimensional space in the entire Virtual Universe, the one with the largest concentration of powerful beings, was the Hong Alliance Space.

Amidst an endless, vast starry sky, surrounded by countless stars, an ancient and majestic city floated – this was Hong Alliance City.

“Buzz!”

As Luo Feng arrived, one of the countless stars encircling Hong Alliance City subtly brightened.

“This is Hong Alliance City?” Luo Feng appeared in a living room, a space less than a thousand square meters. He surveyed the room, a slight frown on his face. This was clearly a very small living room. While his own height and build were relatively small, there were many beings over ten meters tall or with larger physiques. For them, this living room would feel quite cramped.

“Luo Feng, Luo Feng,” Babata, his virtual assistant, called out from his shoulder. “I received a message. This is your residence. All official members in the outer city of Hong Alliance City have identical residences, each occupying 3,200 square meters.”

“So small,” Luo Feng shook his head. “My Yuxiang Mountain Primal Region manor spans thousands of square kilometers. This tiny space isn't even enough to practice or demonstrate attacks.”

“Luo Feng, according to the message sent to my virtual assistant by the Hong Alliance City management system, this isn't a place for you to practice attacks. It's a platform for all powerful beings to gather and communicate. Everyone here has the same physical constitution, maintaining the fragile body of an apprentice-level fighter.”

“I sensed it,” Luo Feng nodded.

Back when Luo Feng first entered the Virtual Universe's Black Dragon Mountain Island, it was the same; all humans had identical physical constitutions. This was a setting to prevent fighting and killing. It was impossible to judge a person's strength merely by their appearance.

Yuxiang Mountain, however, was a gathering place for geniuses. As a place for cultivating geniuses, conflict and training were paramount, so everyone possessed physical constitutions similar to their real-world counterparts. A Sector Lord of the ninth tier in reality would also be a ninth-tier Sector Lord in the Virtual Universe... this setup was suitable for practice, combat, and sparring.

But in Hong Alliance City, it reverted to the most common scenario: everyone's body was uniformly fragile.

“Not just King-level fighters, even Universe Masters have such fragile bodies in Hong Alliance City,” Babata continued. “So, as long as a Universe Master restrains their conscious pressure, even if one stood right in front of you, you wouldn't recognize them. Because everyone's body, origin energy strength, and so on are identical. The only difference is consciousness... and if consciousness restrains its pressure, you can't judge strength from outward appearance.”

“Let's go, let's take a look outside.”

Luo Feng stepped out of his residence.

...

This was a quiet yet expansive residential district. Each residence, including its open space, occupied 3,200 square meters and was two stories high, though the architectural styles varied.

“The outer city of Hong Alliance City is the most bustling and prosperous. After all, the inner city is inhabited by Universe Masters, and how many Universe Masters are there in total? It's quite desolate... The outer city of Hong Alliance City, however, has over 3 million residents, directly assigned to various residential districts. Each district has a fixed maximum of ten thousand residents,” Babata communicated to Luo Feng mentally.

Walking along the district streets, Luo Feng felt a strange sense of... being back in Mingyue Residential District on Earth. However, seeing the distinct architectural styles of the surrounding residences, and observing some strangely shaped beings in the distance – some even appearing as rock or energy lifeforms – he was reminded that this was a gathering place for numerous races within the Hong Alliance.

He looked up at the sky.

It was an endless expanse of stars, densely packed.

“According to the information I've gathered,” Luo Feng murmured, “each of these stars represents a powerful being within Hong Alliance City. I wonder which star is mine.”

“Hmm? Many powerful beings ahead,” Luo Feng observed.

In an open area ahead, there were many chairs and tables. Strong individuals of various races, in groups of two or three, were chatting and laughing over drinks. At a glance, there were hundreds of them, with only about five humans among them; the rest were alien races.

“Hey, new here?”

“Haven't seen you before. Just joined the Hong Alliance?”

“Come, have a drink with us.”

Immediately, many powerful beings enthusiastically raised their cups in greeting.

“Tsk tsk, even though they're from different races, everyone is so friendly and welcoming,” Luo Feng thought to himself, while mentally instructing, “Babata, don't reveal my identity.” After all, the identity of Chaos City Lord's personal disciple was too shocking. The news of Luo Feng being Chaos City Lord's personal disciple had already spread throughout the Hong Alliance. Furthermore, a Sector Lord was a rare sight in Hong Alliance City, and Luo Feng didn't want to be gawked at like a giant ape.

“Understood,” Babata replied.

Luo Feng smiled at the friendly alien strong individuals, casually picked up a glass of fruit wine from the open-air bar nearby, and walked towards the five human strong individuals sitting together. Members of the same race naturally gravitated towards each other.

“Do you mind if I sit here?” Luo Feng was wearing a form-fitting black combat armor, and his face had been slightly altered. Moreover, very few knew about 'Luo Feng joining the Hong Alliance,' apart from the 108 Universe Masters in management and the envoy team, who were bound by confidentiality agreements.

“Haha, don't be so polite, come sit!”

“Sit.”

The other five human King-level fighters said with smiles.

Luo Feng glanced at the star markings on their armguards: four 'Two-Star' and one 'Three-Star.'

“You must be new to the Hong Alliance. Let me introduce myself first, I am Muyu King,” said a dark-skinned human man with hair resembling a tree canopy. “These four are...”

...

Luo Feng had a very pleasant conversation with Muyu King and the other five. Occasionally, other alien strong individuals would come over to greet them, allowing Luo Feng to meet many different races. He also keenly felt the peaceful atmosphere of Hong Alliance City. It was well known that King-level fighters on Yan Ji Continent found it difficult to coexist peacefully.

It was also rare to see so many King-level fighters. How many King-level fighters were there on Yan Ji Continent in total? Aside from those actively being hunted and teleporting in, it was a luxury to even see two King-level fighters at the same time.

But in Hong Alliance City...

They were everywhere!

“Ice Mountain is here.”

“What a scoundrel.”

The alien strong individuals suddenly became noisy, which slightly surprised Luo Feng. He followed their gazes... and saw a figure approaching in the distance. It was an alien strong individual wearing white armor, with hundreds of ice-snow braids, and a mask that revealed only one eye. This strong individual, nicknamed 'Ice Mountain,' took a fruit wine from the open-air bar, walked to an empty table, and drank alone.

“Ice Mountain, aren't you going to scram?”

“You actually dare to sit here?”

“Truly shameless.”

“Hmph, if this were outside, we would have killed you long ago.”

The various strong individuals mocked him, but 'Ice Mountain' leisurely finished his fruit wine, then stood up, stretched slightly, and glanced at the group of alien Immortals around him. He let out a low snort: “What a bunch of idiots.” Then, he walked alone along the path towards the outside of the residential district.

Watching Ice Mountain leave, Luo Feng murmured in confusion, “What's wrong with this Ice Mountain? Did he incur public wrath?”

“Ha... it's not exactly public wrath,” Muyu King chuckled softly. “Where there are powerful beings, there will naturally be conflicts. Our residential district currently has over eight thousand King-level fighters from different races. As time passes, since they are destined to remain in the same district forever, factions naturally form, and they band together. The largest groups have over a thousand King-level fighters, while smaller ones still have hundreds.”

Luo Feng nodded.

Once assigned to a residential district, it was a permanent arrangement. Many had been here for billions of years, so it was natural for relationships within the same district to grow closer, forming factions that supported each other.

“Regarding internal transactions and other matters, that Ice Mountain didn't show respect to the leaders of the major factions, so he was collectively boycotted,” a tall, heavily armored, dual-horned beast-man said in a deep voice. “Fortunately, this is the Virtual Universe. If it were in reality, that Ice Mountain would definitely be finished.”

Muyu King, however, said, “What Ice Mountain did wasn't exactly a mistake.”

“Oh?” Luo Feng was surprised.

Not a mistake, yet he ended up in this situation?

“It's only because he belongs to a weak tribe,” Muyu King shook his head. “The influence of tribal power is still very significant. That Ice Mountain is from the 'Nobus Tribe,' a weak tribe. It's said that their entire tribe only has one Universe Master. Within the entire Hong Alliance, the Nobus Tribe has no influence whatsoever. You see... if a member of such a weak tribe knew how to be humble and low-key, it would be fine. But to be so high-profile and arrogant... haha, everyone in Hong Alliance City is a King-level fighter. Even if he were the son of that Nobus Tribe's Universe Master, no one would care about him.”

“However, as I said, what he did wasn't a mistake. He didn't do anything wrong; the fault lies in his identity,” Muyu King smiled. “If he were a human strong individual, even if he did the same, who would dare to act recklessly? Just like when you came over just now... didn't you notice how enthusiastic all the alien races were?”

“Because... in Hong Alliance City, we humans are the strongest,” Muyu King said softly.