Although they had agreed to go hunting, both Luo Feng and Emperor Qing needed to make some preparations—Luo Feng had to familiarize himself with the newly acquired “Xuanqing Sky Annihilation Map,” and Emperor Qing needed to consider which Secret Treasures to bring along in anticipation of facing formidable enemies.
Half a century later, they finally set off.
“Luo Feng and Emperor Qing have gone hunting,” Emperor Ming and Di Fu also saw them off.
“Last time, we offended Deputy Workshop Master ‘Elder Tian He’ of the Deceit Workshop. Now that the two of them have gone hunting, if they encounter retaliation from the Deceit Workshop…” Emperor Ming expressed his worries; having been in Yulan City for so long, he was well aware of the workshop’s style.
Di Fu chuckled and looked towards the entrance of the cave mansion: “Since they dared to venture out, they must be confident in their response. If I’m not wrong, our days here in Yulan City are about to get better.”
During these past three hundred or so centuries.
Emperor Ming dared not venture out, and Di Fu didn’t work either, both cultivating in seclusion within the cave mansion.
“Do you trust them that much?” Emperor Ming was surprised.
“What I trust is Luo Feng!” Di Fu had previously invested a great deal of effort in understanding Luo Feng’s every move. After confirming the nature of Luo Feng’s character, he repeatedly assisted Luo Feng, not caring even if it meant offending Di Yan.
Emperor Ming looked at Di Fu with confusion.
“Haven’t you noticed?” Di Fu said with a smile, “Brother Luo Feng has always been confident in the battles he initiates!”
Upon reflection, Emperor Ming agreed indeed it was so.
“From an eternal true god to a peer at Emperor Qing’s level, and it only took a thousand or so centuries,” Di Fu spoke softly, “You should know, Brother Luo Feng has been in Yulan City for a thousand centuries as well.”
“With better cultivation resources here, Brother Luo Feng’s progress should only be faster,” Di Fu said, “The Ancestors have said that Brother Luo Feng is either a reincarnation of an Alien race or has a terrifyingly formidable talent.”
“Now it seems, it’s likely the latter,” Di Fu said with a smile, “All we need to do is wait here for good news.”
…
Luo Feng and Emperor Qing rode together on a black Flying Boat, heading straight towards the outermost city gate of Yulan City.
“Buzz.”
The entire Yulan City was enveloped by various colorful protection systems, and invisible waves swept across the city time and again. With these, it was possible to pinpoint the location of every resident. The moment a resident had unpaid ‘Residence Fee,’ their position could be immediately identified. Or if they lacked a residence within three days, they would be expelled from the city. These protection systems also prevented the infiltration of Low Level Primordial Life.
“Luo Feng and Emperor Qing, riding on the same Flying Boat, are heading for the East City Gate.” This message was naturally shared with Deputy Workshop Master ‘Elder Tian He’ of the Deceit Workshop.
In Yulan City, as long as one was willing to pay enough, intelligence organizations could sync up the latest information at any time.
“The two of them are going out together?”
Elder Tian He sat there, slowly opening his eyes, which were narrow and as calm as still water.
“Out hunting after just three hundred or so centuries, no patience, eh?” Elder Tian He said with a light chuckle, immediately summoning a subordinate.
Whoosh.
A shadowy figure enveloped in grey mist appeared outside the room, its green eyes looking at Elder Tian He, and respectfully saluting: “Deputy Workshop Master.”
“Mist Fang,” Elder Tian He instructed with a smile, “Luo Feng and Emperor Qing are heading towards the East City Gate on a Flying Boat. Go there, and just lock onto their position. Once they are far away from Yulan City, inform me.”
It was not suitable to act near Yulan City, as they could quickly retreat into the city if they were attacked, making it difficult to pursue them.
Only when the distance was greater and it was tougher for the targets to flee back to the city could he slowly plot and kill them one by one.
“Yes,” Mist Fang responded respectfully, then vanished silently.
Elder Tian He pondered: “Even though they came from the Source World, being only Mid-stage Divine Emperor Enlightened individuals, they are probably not very wealthy. Even if they go hunting and bring their most suitable treasures, they might only be worth tens of millions of Primordial Crystals.”
Killing enemies and seizing their treasures was a matter of convenience. Elder Tian He’s primary goal was to intimidate!
“Dare to offend me in Yulan City, you must pay a sufficient price!” Elder Tian He’s eyes were ice-cold.
…
Inside the black Flying Boat.
“The moment we left the cave mansion, the Yulan City intelligence organization must have known, and the Deceit Workshop must have been informed as well,” Luo Feng looked at Emperor Qing beside him, “The strong ones from the Deceit Workshop are probably already tracking us.”
“Haha, if Brother Luo Feng is confident, what do I have to be afraid of?” Emperor Qing laughed.
If Emperor Qing were on his own, he naturally wouldn’t dare to provoke the Deceit Workshop.
But since Luo Feng acknowledged himself as having the strength of a ‘Late Stage Divine Emperor Enlightened’ individual, Emperor Qing was naturally willing to venture out with him.
“Brother Luo Feng, we must make it clear before we leave the city, the hunt’s rewards shall be split ninety-ten,” Emperor Qing looked at Luo Feng, “This might be our last hunt together, and in agreeing to a ninety-ten split, I am already taking advantage.”
Normally, a Late Stage Divine Emperor would not take a Mid-stage Divine Emperor Enlightened individual hunting with them.
There was a fundamental difference in strength between them.
“Alright, alright,” Luo Feng replied with a smile, “Let’s do as you said.”
Both were extremely proud and did not want to take undue advantage of the other.
Luo Feng was also aware.
After this hunt, once he revealed his true strength, Emperor Qing probably would not want to team up again. The gap was too large… teaming up no longer made sense.
This time, it was probably their last hunt together.
“Since arriving in Yulan City, Emperor Qing has arranged a cave mansion for residence, lent me Primordial Crystals, brought me hunting, and taught me some hunting experience. I owe him a favor,” Luo Feng kept it in mind.
Indeed, Emperor Qing had been cultivating Luo Feng as a comrade-in-arms to trust with life and death. Unfortunately, Luo Feng’s growth was too rapid.
Whoosh.
The black Flying Boat flew out through the East City Gate in an instant.
Not far from the East City Gate, a shadowy grey mist figure watched the black Flying Boat leave.
“They have left the city.”
Mist Fang looked on from a distance.
As he saw them leave, an imperceptible mark landed on the black Flying Boat. He did not directly ‘brand’ Luo Feng and Emperor Qing, since the stronger their power, the more sensitive their perception. Merely branding the Flying Boat was far more covert.
Sigh.
The foggish figure also manipulated a Flying Boat, maintaining a sufficient distance behind, just leaving the city.
The Nine Rivers Sacred Realm’s suppression was too severe; even his tracking mark needed to be within a certain range. The farther the distance, the more blurred the sensing would become.
…
Inside the black Flying Boat.
“After leaving the city, Deceit Workshop might take action at any moment!” Emperor Qing surveyed the surroundings but failed to notice the invisible mark on the surface of the Flying Boat.
Luo Feng’s Biomimetic Eye of Destruction had been open since earlier.
The path of Life and Death Dao at the Early Stage of Divine Emperor, the path of Life and Destruction at the Middle Stage of Divine Emperor. Accumulated experience in these realms allowed Luo Feng to delve deeper into the research of the Eye of Life and Death, naturally making his Biomimetic Eye of Destruction even more formidable.
“Brother Emperor Qing, at the moment we left the city, Deceit Workshop had already locked onto us,” Luo Feng’s Biomimetic Eye of Destruction saw a very faint mark on the surface of the boat.
“Locked onto us?” Emperor Qing was shocked.
“A mark of the Causality Line, a very clever tactic,” Luo Feng observed with his Biomimetic Eye of Destruction.
If it were the real Eye of Life and Death, it’s feared that the entire protective Formation of Yulan City wouldn’t be able to block the peering, and standing here, Luo Feng would be able to peer into the movements of all creatures within Yulan City.
However, if the Eye of Life and Death were brought out of the Source World, it’s feared that disaster would descend.
This Biomimetic Eye of Destruction could also see a very faint Causality Line upon that mark.
The Causality Line penetrated the Void, connecting to a distant place.
“I’ll go see, who is tracking us,” Luo Feng said with a slight smile, as a blood-colored apparition burst out from his body and rapidly flew along the Causality Line towards the other end, leaving the black Flying Boat.
At a sufficiently far distance behind, the foggish figure maneuvered a common Flying Boat just as they had exited Yulan City.
Sigh!
Inside the cabin of the Flying Boat.
The foggish figure looked ahead from afar, locking onto the position of the black Flying Boat with the mark.
“Deputy Workshop Master, they have also travelled a certain distance away from Yulan City, and I have already left the city to follow them,” the foggish figure immediately contacted Elder Tian He, “I will report their position at any moment.”
“Very good, you just need to keep a close watch on them,” responded Elder Tian He.
The foggish figure drove the Flying Boat and was quite relaxed.
He was most adept at tracking, escaping, and sorcery; tracking ‘Luo Feng and Emperor Qing’, he had never been worried.
“This Luo Feng is truly arrogant! He’d rather offend Elder Tian He for 50 million Primordial Crystals,” the foggish figure, as a mid to high-level member of Deceit Workshop, also understood the full process of events.
“Elder Tian He is notoriously vicious and ruthless—once he takes action, he never shows mercy!” The foggish figure had seen Elder Tian He make a move before.
That was truly terrifying!
Any Elder of Yulan City must not be underestimated because these Elders are generally powerhouses from the Source World with the Clone Technique, and luck and opportunity are not lacking for them! All of them have honed their skills to an extremely terrifying degree.
Sigh.
The foggish figure piloted the Flying Boat, maintaining a sufficient distance from Luo Feng’s boat, and continued flying.
Suddenly—
A huge fuzzy paw stretched out from the depths of the sky, reaching towards the Flying Boat piloted by the foggish figure.
“Not good! Low Level Primordial Life! Ambushed!” the foggish figure was jolted, he was skilled in escape and tracking, and now that he had just left the city not far away, he had never considered being ambushed by Low Level Primordial Life at this position!
In the moment that the super massive fuzzy paw reached out.
The surrounding heavens and earth seemed as if they were sliced apart! Becoming a spatial Cage!
The realm in which the foggish figure’s Flying Boat resided had become a complete Heaven and Earth Cage, this Cage… nestled in the palm of the fuzzy paw.
The Innate Secret Treasure—Palm World!
“Escape!” Remaining inside the Flying Boat meant certain death, the foggish figure roared in an instant, transforming into boundless, endless fog! This fog sought to tear through the Heaven and Earth Cage and escape. At the same time, it also concealed nine subtle fogs, which scattered and fled using the obscure Causality Lines.
As a Source World Cultivator with Clone Technique, the foggish figure did not purchase too powerful escape treasures because his own escaping methods were also very strong.
“Boom—”
The huge fuzzy paw suddenly clenched tight!
This clench!
Palm World, all annihilated!
And the towering figure owning the huge fuzzy palm, its Biomimetic Eye of Destruction opened upon his brow, seeing clearly the subtle Causality Lines the foggish figure wanted to escape through. As his giant palm clenched, while the Palm World was annihilated, every single Causality Line was targeted, eradicating every escaping fog body.
“No—,” the fog bodies being annihilated resisted with remarkable tenacity.
However, Luo Feng’s huge fuzzy palm, controlled by the Undying Blood Sea Body, held infinite terrifying power, forcibly squeezing these tenacious fog bodies into nothingness, utterly annihilating them.
Mid-stage Divine Emperor, the Enlightened ‘The foggish figure’, no matter how adept at escaping, fell in a single stroke under the giant fuzzy paw. The treasures carried on his person also fell into Luo Feng’s hands.
“Mid-stage Divine Emperor, the foggish figure?” Luo Feng realized, “Elder Tian He sent the foggish figure to track us?”
“This Innate Secret Treasure ‘Palm World’ indeed possesses considerable power,” Luo Feng was quite satisfied looking at his own fuzzy paw.
“With my strength, without Palm World, even relying on the Undying Blood Sea Body, it would have probably taken three to five moves to extinguish the foggish figure,” Luo Feng was quite pleased, “With Palm World, one move is enough.”
No wonder Elders all crave such treasures, they indeed offer a great enhancement to one’s strength.
Sigh.
Luo Feng flickered and turned into a blood-red shadow, merging into the heavens and earth, vanishing from sight.
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Thanks to Silver Alliance ‘Mao Ben’ for the reward! And thanks to the new Alliance Hierarch ‘Pure White Fantasy’ for the reward! Thank you, everyone!