A Man's Reputation

As he fell, Luo Feng landed on the surface of the rock bridge, clearly having left the original forbidden zone. “This is…” Luo Feng looked around, startled. In the endless void, a rock bridge snaked and coiled, extending into the distance. This rock bridge had no supports, simply floating in the void as it stretched onward. “Master, this is the passage.” Heavy Arrow King landed beside him, respectfully pointing towards the end of the rock bridge, which was a void. “Walk to the end of this passage, and you will reach the next forbidden zone.” “What’s below?” Luo Feng looked down. Beneath the rock bridge was an endless void. “Can I fly down?” “It’s safe to fly down,” Heavy Arrow King chuckled. “Usually, when walking along the passage, if you’re lucky, you might even see a ‘Sealing Domain Star’. However, the location of a Sealing Domain Star is very dangerous; invisible barriers prevent approach. If you force your way closer, the outcome is almost always death. I’ve seen many Sealing Domain Stars; if I’m lucky, I see one every year or two, if I’m unlucky, once every millennium… Back then, those alien Kings who accidentally saw a Sealing Domain Star were incredibly excited. Some desperately tried to seize the Sealing Domain Star, only to perish.” “Once every year or two?” Luo Feng looked down. “I think I’ve already seen it.” “Ah.” Heavy Arrow King was stunned, then quickly looked down, his eyes widening in surprise. “It really is.” Luo Feng looked down at the void below. Deep within the endless void, a star was faintly tumbling. This star, comparable in size to an ordinary planet, subtly exuded a heart-pounding aura, slowly rolling at a constant speed in the endless void, cycle after cycle… “A treasure,” Luo Feng murmured. Heavy Arrow King, however, said, “You can only see it, but not obtain it. There are many Sealing Domain Stars within the Star Tower. Many have been recorded, and many more are yet to be discovered. Unfortunately, a Sealing Domain Star doesn’t appear on its own, and even the unparalleled Cosmic Overlords of the four peak races cannot forcibly acquire one.” “Hmm.” Luo Feng continued forward. “Another Sealing Domain Star,” Heavy Arrow King exclaimed, walking on the rock bridge and looking down. As Luo Feng walked, he observed. Deep within the endless void beneath the rock bridge, he occasionally saw a slowly rolling Sealing Domain Star. In various directions, faintly visible in the depths of the void, these Sealing Domain Stars rolled at such a constant, slow pace for billions of years, never stopping, until their emergence… Just as Luo Feng was walking on the rock bridge, he received a communication request. Immediately, a sliver of his consciousness entered the Virtual Universe to accept the call. “Yang.” “Sky Array King,” Luo Feng said with a surprised smile. Sky Array King was a human. Although Luo Feng had only recently joined the Hong Alliance, he had already conversed with and gotten to know many human Kings. There were also many human Kings who were either in seclusion, too arrogant, or exploring cosmic secret realms, and while they hadn’t met Luo Feng, he had gathered some basic information about them. “I’m in the Star Tower. I found your coordinates nearby through the military’s internal system, so I immediately looked for you,” Sky Array King said. “Oh,” Luo Feng nodded. The military system could collect each soldier’s coordinates and integrate them within the Virtual Universe. Even in a special environment like the Star Tower, where other forbidden zones couldn’t be directly scanned, it could still locate comrades and allies. “I just contacted several friends. I was suddenly attacked by a forbidden zone guard within the forbidden zone, which caused me quite a bit of trouble. This is very rare. After contacting some friends, I found that three of them also encountered the same situation. What about you?” Sky Array King asked. “Ah, you too? I was also attacked by a forbidden zone guard,” Luo Feng replied. “Things are serious. It seems the possibility of a ‘Sealing Domain Star’ emerging is very high,” Sky Array King said. “Yang… if a Sealing Domain Star emerges, the countless forbidden zones within the Star Tower will naturally guide nearby powerhouses from various races to gather and converge towards the location where the Sealing Domain Star appears! Every time a Sealing Domain Star emerges, there’s a great slaughter. You must be careful. I won’t say more; I’m entering the next forbidden zone.” … After ending the call with Sky Array King, Luo Feng received calls from six more allies from his faction. They were all comrades and allies from the human faction within a 1 billion kilometer radius. They had all encountered some trouble and suspected whether a Sealing Domain Star was about to emerge. Especially after conversing with friends, they realized… the possibility was very high. “Is a Sealing Domain Star really about to emerge?” Luo Feng’s heart grew wary. Although a Sealing Domain Star was a treasure, Luo Feng, possessing the ‘Space-Locking Arm’, ‘General Armor, King Armor’, ‘Wu God Wings’, and ‘Purple Bell’, had a very high perspective. Especially being summoned from various parts of the Star Tower, he naturally wouldn’t become hot-headed and blind just because a ‘Sealing Domain Star’ was about to emerge. “Sealing Domain Stars usually only emerge occasionally after long eons.” “One is about to emerge just as I arrive?” “A coincidence? Unlikely!” Luo Feng grew even more vigilant and asked, “Heavy Arrow King, what happens when a Sealing Domain Star emerges?” “The circumstances vary, but the Star Tower will exhibit various anomalies, and the forbidden zones will connect with each other, naturally guiding the many alien powerhouses in the vicinity to gather and converge. Ultimately, it leads to a bloody slaughter…” Heavy Arrow King explained. “Alright, let’s go.” Luo Feng nodded, saying no more, and soon reached the end. Glancing at the faintly visible, slowly rolling Sealing Domain Stars in the endless void beneath the rock bridge, Luo Feng put Heavy Arrow King into his spatial ring, then stepped alone through the exit at the end, entering another forbidden zone. … This was a world of oceans. As soon as Luo Feng entered, the entrance vanished. The silver-armored, silver-winged Luo Feng stood above the calm sea, looking around for the passage to the next forbidden zone. Normally, such passages were easy to find, reportedly taking no more than a day. “Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~” The calm sea suddenly surged, making a rushing sound. Immediately followed by a thunderous boom. “Screech!” A piercing, high-pitched sound rang out as a bluish, flat-necked, snake-like monster covered in metallic scales suddenly burst from the sea. The part that emerged from the water was nearly two kilometers long, and its lower body faintly showed hooves and claws, causing the entire ocean to tremble, surge, and roar. Its golden-yellow eyes were fixed on the silver-armored, silver-winged human in the distant sky. “Another forbidden zone guard?” Luo Feng muttered to himself. … The Star Tower truly seemed unfriendly to Luo Feng. From the first forbidden zone to the ninth, each one had summoned its respective forbidden zone guard. Their fighting styles, methods, and danger levels varied. The seventh forbidden zone was the most dangerous Luo Feng encountered; there, he faced a stocky, black metallic gorilla, only 1.2 meters tall. This stocky gorilla forbidden zone guard wielded two large hammers, yet was astonishingly fast and incredibly agile. The smaller the body, the more agile it was. The black gorilla was the most agile creature Luo Feng had encountered in the nine forbidden zones. Its speed and dodging ability rivaled Luo Feng’s, and the two large hammers in its hands were far more terrifying than Heavy Arrow King’s attacks. Heavy Arrow King was beaten to the point where he could only act as a ‘shield’; unless he burned his immortal divine body, he had no combat power to resist. Luo Feng used his Wu God Wings with all his might for the first time, sometimes directly resisting the hammers, other times constantly dodging. After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, he finally discovered the passage exit… Only then did he escape the seventh forbidden zone. When Luo Feng and Heavy Arrow King fled, the metallic gorilla was still roaring in fury. “Fortunately, it was just a metallic puppet and couldn’t burn its immortal divine body,” Luo Feng muttered. “It’s insane, truly insane. This forbidden zone guard, purely in terms of combat power… has completely surpassed the King-level limit, even approaching King-level invincibility. If it were a true deity, capable of burning its immortal divine body, even a slight burn would unleash a thousandfold increase in power, leaving us utterly defenseless.” Heavy Arrow King was also bewildered by the forbidden zone guard’s combat strength. … After nine forbidden zones, Luo Feng no longer encountered attacks from forbidden zone guards. Within the Star Tower, he continued to break through one forbidden zone after another. “The 21st forbidden zone.” Luo Feng sat cross-legged on a fireball. The fireball carried Luo Feng, flying directly towards the entrance of the 21st forbidden zone. … The 21st forbidden zone was a swamp world. Currently, two groups of alien Immortal Gods were gathered above the swamp world. One group belonged to the Machine Race faction, consisting of 22 alien Immortal Gods, all of them King-level, and two of them were members of the Machine Race. Machine Race Kings! And two of them! The other group… belonged to the Insectoid Race faction. There were only six alien Kings, but their aura was clearly stronger, because among these six alien Kings, one was a ‘King-level Limit Puppet’ controlled by an Insectoid King. The presence of that King-level Limit Puppet naturally indicated the presence of that terrifying Insectoid Immortal God. Any Insectoid Queen Immortal God represented an unparalleled and terrifying combat power. “Didn’t expect to run into them right away.” “This is trouble now.” “But there’s nothing to fear. When the Sealing Domain Star emerges, our clan’s ‘Fated Meteor King’ will surely appear. With us Machine Race members working together, why should we fear the Insectoid Race?” The two Machine Race members, both clad in black combat armor, exchanged glances. The 20 other King-level Immortal Gods accompanying them clearly deferred to them… Machine Race members were few in number, and any Machine Race King represented a terrifying mechanical empire, extremely formidable. Of course, under normal circumstances, they were slightly weaker than Insectoid Immortal Gods. The Insectoid Race didn’t have a concept of King or non-King. As long as it was an Insectoid Queen Immortal God… it represented the most terrifying existence below a Cosmic Venerable, controlling an army of immortal insectoids… a single combined attack would send shivers down the spines of countless King-level beings across the cosmos. “Whoosh!” A rift appeared out of thin air in the distance. A silver-armored, silver-winged figure flew out from it, then hovered above the swamp. The Machine Race faction and the Insectoid Race faction were already in a stalemate, but neither side paid much attention to the single powerhouse who had just arrived. “It’s Daohe King!” “It’s the human Daohe King.” “Oh, is it the Daohe King who killed Blood Beast King, forcing him to flee, and caused Heavy Arrow King to fall into slumber?” Both the Machine Race faction and the Insectoid Race faction quickly grew wary. A man’s reputation precedes him; Daohe King’s fame was widespread, and they dared not underestimate him. “This is…” Arriving in the 21st forbidden zone, Luo Feng’s heart tightened as he looked at the two groups of alien Kings, subtly hostile and separated, in the distance, especially the powerful aura they exuded.