Chapter 34: He's Here

Chapter Eighteen

More than five hundred days after Luo Feng entered seclusion, a grey-robed figure entered Huyang City through its south gate.

"Finally, I've arrived at Huyang City," the grey-robed figure thought as he flew leisurely. He habitually kept his mini-universe domain around him, ensuring that neither the constant surveillance of the City Lord's Mansion nor other cultivators nearby could detect him.

Because he frequently undertook assassination missions, he was accustomed to concealing himself.

"This is the border of Yu Nation," he mused. "As a major border city, Huyang is significantly more prosperous than typical large cities." Having traveled widely, the grey-robed figure observed that Huyang City ranked among the top few large cities he had visited in terms of scale, number of cultivators, and bustling activity.

Suddenly—

Boom! A massive flying secret treasure streaked across the sky at super-high speed, its passage creating turbulent airwaves that spread in all directions.

"Quick, get out of the way!""Move further away!"

Some ordinary True Gods piloting flying secret treasures dodged repeatedly, and even Void True Gods in flight could only helplessly move aside.

"Within Huyang City, only disciples of influential families with significant backgrounds dare to rampage like that."

"According to Huyang City's rules, only murder is considered a serious crime. If it's just a flying secret treasure causing a collision... these influential family disciples won't be severely punished; at most, they'll be fined some Chaos Crystals."

Many cultivators felt helpless.

Inside the massive flying secret treasure were a host of guards, six disciples from influential families drinking and making merry, and musicians playing.

"How's my musician? No worse than the ones at Dream Flower Tower, right?" one of the influential family disciples laughed loudly.

Just then—

The invisible source of laws was subtly disturbed, affecting the operation of laws within the flying secret treasure. These influential family disciples, their attending servants, the musicians playing, and the surrounding guards... all living beings silently decomposed into dust, scattering into the heavens and earth.

Bereft of divine power to control it, the massive flying secret treasure immediately arced downwards, crashing onto a formation array of a distant cave mansion. Repelled by the array, it tumbled onto the street outside the mansion, causing an uproar among the many cultivators.

"It almost hit me," the grey-robed figure thought, still flying, as he glanced at the massive flying secret treasure in the distance. "Insubordination warrants death!"

Crushing a group of weaklings was merely a thought for him.

The grey-robed figure continued to fly leisurely, completely unconcerned by the matter.

He had long been accustomed to such incidents throughout his long life. He frequently visited different cities for assassination missions, and anyone who slightly angered him would be casually crushed. Since he concealed his presence from start to finish and had no prior connections with his victims, authorities were unable to uncover his identity.

Whoosh.

Beside the fallen massive flying secret treasure, patrolling Huyang Guards swiftly arrived.

"During the busy daytime, some influential family disciples were just killed like this?" The arriving Huyang Guards were shocked and furious, meticulously inspecting the flying secret treasure.

Booming, a colossal black-scaled beast bearing three swords on its back tore through the air.

"Commander!" The surrounding Huyang Guards saluted respectfully.

A figure appeared atop the sword-bearing black-scaled beast, who was none other than Gao Wushui, Commander Moli Xiao's favorite young disciple. Gao Wushui's aura was now significantly stronger; he had already become an Eternal True God.

"I've received word that a total of six influential family disciples, including a disciple of the Qumeng Royal Family, were instantly killed, along with all their accompanying servants and guards." Gao Wushui looked down and asked, "Have you found anything while examining the scene?"

"Reporting to the Commander," a Huyang Guard captain reported, "there are no traces whatsoever, nor any energy fluctuations from the attack. To achieve this silently, the perpetrator must be an Eternal True God."

Gao Wushui, standing atop the three-sword black-scaled beast, gazed at the fallen flying secret treasure. His mini-universe domain naturally extended to cover it, meticulously examining every detail.

"Killed silently, yet their valuable possessions remain inside the flying vessel. Clearly, the culprit disdains these minor treasures." Gao Wushui frowned. "The one who acted must be an Eternal True God."

He had profound accumulation and had recently broken through to become an Eternal True God. Due to his master Moli Xiao's appreciation, he directly became one of the ten great commanders of the Huyang Guards. He now piloted the 'Three-Sword Sky-Rending Beast,' one of the Huyang Guards' ten great mechanical secret treasures.

Compared to Huyang's Ten Great Legions, the overall strength of the Huyang Guards was significantly inferior, and the power of this legion-type secret treasure also lagged considerably.

The Three-Sword Sky-Rending Beast only required one Eternal True God and three thousand Void True Gods to operate.

"The City Lord's Mansion's surveillance investigation of the entire city also found no traces of the culprit." Gao Wushui gently shook his head. "If that Eternal True God was careful enough, the City Lord's Mansion wouldn't be able to find anything at all."

"Investigate! Find a way to uncover all traces! Who dared to kill my family's disciple!""Investigate! Whoever dared to kill a disciple of my Jiang clan must be found out!"

Of the six influential family disciples who died, two were from the five great families: one from the Qumeng Royal Family and one from the Jiang clan. The City Lord's Mansion naturally dispatched master investigators to search for all kinds of traces, but in a short time, no discoveries were made.

The deaths of these influential family disciples were not major concerns; after all, over their long history, royal families like Qumeng had countless descendants, and those in Huyang City were merely an inconspicuous branch of the 'Qumeng Royal Family'.

"It seems the influential family disciples I killed were of very ordinary status," the grey-robed figure thought as he leisurely flew through Huyang City. "It's been so long, and no powerful individuals have tracked me down."

"Clearly, the City Lord's Mansion hasn't used destiny calculations to find me," the grey-robed figure mused. He frequently carried out assassinations, so he had exhausted all means to conceal his karma, making it difficult to trace him through karmic links. Destiny calculations were an easier method to achieve, but the cost would be very high.

He was capricious, acting whenever he pleased, and had even crushed a child of a Chaos Master. That incident had caused immense trouble!

Fortunately, that Chaos Master had over 300 children, and the death of one child didn't prompt the Chaos Master to dispatch an overly powerful force for pursuit, allowing him to escape by relying on a life-saving secret technique passed down through his lineage! It was also because of this that he fled to Yu Nation!

Even in Yu Nation, his temperament remained unchanged; he killed whenever he wished!

"I want to purchase all intelligence on 'Eternal True God Luo He,'" the grey-robed figure communicated via his Dark Palace communication token while flying in mid-air.

"All intelligence on Luo He is valued at 100 universe sands. Confirm purchase?" the Dark Palace replied.

"Purchase," the grey-robed figure replied, unconcerned by the price. Intelligence was tiered, with higher levels being more expensive. 'All intelligence' was even pricier. Fortunately, Blazefeng Guild didn't know Luo Feng very deeply, so the price of this intelligence wasn't too high.

"Ying Cang, 100 universe sands deducted. You now have 829,200 universe sands remaining in the Dark Palace," the Dark Palace replied.

"Does your Huyang City have a bounty on Luo He?" the grey-robed figure pressed, having not found any via his communication token.

"No bounty," the Dark Palace replied.

The grey-robed figure was quite displeased and deactivated his communication token.

"Blazefeng Guild's intelligence is quite detailed," the grey-robed figure conceded. He also saw an image: Luo Feng with six pairs of golden wings unfurled behind him, enveloped by chaotic currents.

"According to the image, Luo He's six pairs of wings closely resemble the single-entity mechanical secret treasure 'Chaos Golden Wings'! Judging from the combat traces, he had a decisive advantage in his clash with President Blood Python, most likely having comprehended a Chaos Realm move." This detailed intelligence also contained some speculations.

Blazefeng Guild's intelligence had largely deduced the truth. However, because 'Perfect Divine Bodies' had never appeared on the Origin Continent before, Blazefeng Guild hadn't considered that possibility.

Their speculation was naturally flawed.

"Comprehended a Chaos Realm move?" The grey-robed figure was unconcerned.

Among the peak Eternal True Gods, relying on their bloodline talent and understanding of the Chaos Laws, it was possible to occasionally comprehend a specific killing move, even without fully grasping the entire Chaos Law.

"No matter how high his comprehension, if his divine body is struck, he'll die." The grey-robed figure pondered, "According to the intelligence, he should currently be in seclusion within his cave mansion. During seclusion, one is most cautious. I must wait for an opportunity, for his most relaxed moment, to launch a sneak attack!"

Blazefeng Guild.

"Guild Master, Ying Cang has arrived in Huyang City. He just purchased intelligence on Luo He through the Dark Palace," the Deputy Guild Master said as he walked to the side of the robust man.

"He's in Huyang City? It seems Ying Cang was the one who killed the six influential family disciples today," the robust man said with a smile.

"It's a pity, though, that this intelligence cannot be sold," the Deputy Guild Master also chuckled.

Blazefeng Guild's rules were strict.

If they learned a client's secret through other channels, they could naturally sell it as intelligence.

However, any transaction intelligence between a client and Blazefeng Guild was absolutely forbidden from being leaked. For instance, when Luo Feng recently purchased refining materials worth 700,000 universe sands, Blazefeng Guild would never disclose it.

Transactions must remain confidential!

The entire operation of Blazefeng Guild was monitored by an array spirit; even as Guild Master or Deputy Guild Master, they dared not break the rules.

"He bought intelligence on Luo He, so he's probably here to deal with him," the Deputy Guild Master said.

"I've never been able to see through Luo He," the robust man said. "Perhaps this Ying Cang can uncover his true strength."

Time flowed, and in a blink, Luo Feng had been in seclusion for over twelve hundred days. The second layer of the 'Chaos Great Strength Map' was also on the verge of completion.

His first seclusion had lasted over an epoch, mainly because his divine body took a long time to grow to its peak, while the actual body refinement itself wasn't particularly long.

For the second time, Luo Feng focused solely on body refinement, so it was naturally much faster.

At this moment, in the underground hall of Chaos Armor Cave Mansion No. 913.

Inside the Star Tower, Luo Feng had already manifested his towering, massive divine body, standing 18 billion kilometers tall.

He watched as a large quantity of materials piled in the distance flew up and naturally began to melt. They then fused into his towering divine body. Once integrated, Luo Feng also split his thoughts to begin engraving dense array diagrams.

"The first body refinement merely laid a shaky foundation; everything was quite rough."

"Now, the secret treasure's structure is much more refined."

As he neared complete success, Luo Feng's perception became exceedingly clear.

His divine body was a colossal weapon-secret treasure! A weapon-secret treasure 18 billion kilometers tall—its power was unimaginable. During the previous body refinement, the secret treasure was crude, gaining its might purely from its immense size and breaking laws through sheer force.

But now it was far more precise, and the divine body's might was naturally terrifyingly greater.

Om.

As his full-body refinement was completely finished, Luo Feng felt a profound sense of inner joy. Every move he made now had several times the power it did before. Even his flexibility and speed had undergone a qualitative improvement.

"Since arriving on the Origin Continent, I'm still in a period of strength improvement," Luo Feng chuckled.

Those peak Eternal True Gods typically had cultivated all aspects to their limits, their bloodlines reaching the tenth Eternal realm, and their secret techniques reaching the Eternal tier's maximum, making further progress extremely difficult.

Luo Feng's 'Chaos Great Strength Map,' a three-layered Eternal-tier technique, had only just completed its second layer. Similarly, of the six great Eternal-tier blade techniques in 'Nine Blades of World Annihilation,' he had only mastered three.

As for God King-tier techniques like 'Annihilation' and 'Donghua,' progress was even slower. And 'Principle Cultivation' advanced at an even more glacial pace, requiring cultivation and comprehension over periods measured in 'epochs.'

"Time to go out and relax." With his second body refinement successfully completed, Luo Feng was in a joyous mood. He swiftly put away the Star Tower and exited the underground hall alone.

With a single thought, Luo Feng noticed that the cave mansion was very quiet; Molos and Moyu Qingyan had not yet returned.

Special thanks to the newly rewarded: Shen Weishen, Xi He, and Yongyuan Buxiang.