Chapter 241: Using the Privilege of Buying Beyond One’s Rank

Recalling the three people he encountered earlier, Ye Feng still felt a bit terrified. The pressure emanating from that young captain’s strength made it clear to Ye Feng that he had no chance of winning against him at all.
He also guessed that these three were likely punishment troops sent down from the Heavenly Realm. Their arrival in the Cultivation Realm was probably to take back those who had stayed in this realm from the Heavenly Realm and punish them.
After all, it was easy for people from the Heavenly Realm to stay in the Cultivation Realm and cause spatial instability, as well as imbalance among various forces. However, those who had fled from the Heavenly Realm rarely cooperated with major forces to avoid being easily tracked. The higher their visibility, the more likely they were to be captured and sent back to the Heavenly Realm.
Ye Feng could predict that the arrival of these three in the Cultivation Realm would surely lead to some major events. Not to mention their terrifying cultivation levels, those who had fled from the Heavenly Realm or escaped ascension were none ordinary.
After traveling through several planets and confirming that the three hadn’t pursued him, Ye Feng used the Interstellar Teleportation to return directly to Agri Planet.
When he returned to his room, he found Lilith and Gunan visiting.
“I heard from Xiao Bei that Dil came by just now,” Lilith asked, wanting to know what had happened. “Did you kill him?”
“No, I chased after him, but he escaped after self-destructing!” Ye Feng helplessly spread his hands.
“That sounds like his style!” Lilith said, somewhat disappointed. “Now that he knows your true strength, he won’t show up easily until he comes up with a way to kill you. It’s unlikely we’ll be able to find him either.”
“You mean he’ll still try to find a way to kill me?” Ye Feng frowned after hearing this. He had thought that after this pursuit, Dil would avoid him at all costs.
“I know his character well. Once he sets his sights on a target, he won’t give up even at the cost of his life. He’ll use every possible method to achieve his goal,” Lilith said regretfully, shaking her head. “He once took on a mission and spent over 200 years using thousands of different methods before finally killing his target. That person was a Xuanxian-level powerhouse.”
“Then I really need to be more careful!” Ye Feng shook his head helplessly. He finally realized just how big of a problem Dil was. “Next time I meet him, I definitely can’t let him escape again!”

“It’s easy to say. He has tens of thousands of ways to kill and tens of thousands of ways to escape. Otherwise, in hell, he wouldn’t even know how many times he’s died!” Lilith shook her head helplessly. “Your strength is greater than his now, but for him, strength isn’t the only criterion for determining victory or defeat. He’s killed many people who were far stronger than him. To beat him, brute force alone won’t work—you need to use your brain!”
“What should I do?” Ye Feng frowned slightly. Though he was reluctant to ask this question, he had no choice.
“Don’t ask me such a question. I know Dier, but Dier knows me better. If I were to teach you how to do it, he could easily figure out our next move. I’m good at outsmarting others too, but I have to admit I can’t beat him!” Lilith gave an answer Ye Feng didn’t want to hear. “I can provide you with various information about him, but I can’t give you advice—that would only get you killed.”
“Alright then!” Ye Feng nodded helplessly.
“But rest assured, since you have the Death Substitute, he won’t waste time attacking you in the short term. He’ll look for ways to remove or destroy it. You can use this time to prepare to take him down,” Lilith said to comfort him.
“You know about the Death Substitute?” Ye Feng was slightly surprised.
“Of course,” Lilith said with a smile, shaking her head. “I have a friend from the Witch Clan! I talked to her about you and told her you have an immortality.”
“She told me that’s not immortality but a Death Substitute—a small artifact created by their ancestors to avoid death, allowing them to transfer all harm. But the art of crafting it has been lost for many years.”
“That’s right. That’s what I’m using!” Seeing that Lilith already knew about it, Ye Feng decided not to continue deceiving her.
“Did she say how to break it?” Ye Feng pressed.
“I asked her. She said she didn’t know. Because the technique itself is already lost, and even if there’s a way to break it, it’s in the hands of their current grand elder—something ordinary people can’t see.”
“If Dier wants to kill me, the first place he’ll go is the Witch Clan, to find a way to break the Death Substitute,” Ye Feng realized immediately.

“That’s impossible; he can’t reach the Witch Tribe’s gathering place!” Lilith smiled and shook her head. “The Witch Tribe resides in the Heavenly Realm, not on any continent—it’s an independent island. Not to mention he can’t return to the Heavenly Realm at all, and the Witch Tribe’s territory isn’t accessible to just anyone.”
“But the Witch Tribe must have a gathering place in the Cultivation Realm as well, right?” Ye Feng pressed further.
“I’m not quite sure about that. Maybe there is one!” Lilith nodded helplessly. “I really haven’t paid attention to such things.”
“Then please help me investigate their current gathering place in the Cultivation Realm first. We’ll find time to visit them later,” Ye Feng decided immediately.
“No problem,” Lilith agreed right away.
“At the same time, I want to think of other methods to see if there’s a way to deal with him once and for all.”
After seeing Lilith and Gunan off, Ye Feng entered the Void Realm.
“You haven’t been here in a long time!” Guardian Ed looked up at Ye Feng. “That guy who got authorization for the Second Realm really knows how to do business—he’s already earned tens of millions of domain points for you in such a short time. If his domain value weren’t only one-fifth, he could buy things much cheaper in the Void Realm and have many more items to sell. I guess his domain value is now already in the hundreds of millions.”
“You must have heard of Death Dummies, right?” Ye Feng ignored Ed’s chatter and asked directly.
“I’ve heard of them. What’s up?” Ed didn’t understand why Ye Feng was asking this. He clearly remembered that Ye Feng had bound a hundred of those things.
“I want to know if there’s any way to avoid them and kill the person who bound them directly,” Ye Feng asked.
“There’s no way!” Ed shook his head without hesitation.
Ye Feng looked at Ed skeptically, believing he was lying.
“You don’t need to look at me like that. I have no reason to lie to you,” Ed said, shaking his head. “The Witch Tribe’s magic has always been peculiar. Those dummy dolls are used to transfer harm. As far as I know, aside from the creator deliberately removing the magic from those dolls, the only effective way is to destroy them. I’m not sure if there are other methods.”
“Then what’s the way to kill someone who has many Death Dummies?” Ye Feng asked Ed. “You must have encountered similar situations before!”
“Then you’ll just have to kill him more times!” Ed smirked.
“That’s easy to say. Every time that guy dies, he disappears somewhere unknown,” Ye Feng thought Ed’s suggestion was utterly pointless.

“Just find a way to trap him, that’s all,” Ed said irritably. “The resurrection range and time of a Death Substitute are limited. Just confine him within a certain area and kill him over and over until his Death Substitute is used up.”
“That’s actually a good idea!” Ye Feng smiled. “It seems I need to find some props!”
As he spoke, Ye Feng silently invoked in his mind, “A prop to trap those who use Death Substitutes.”
“Tian Luo, a consumable immortal artifact. Requires 1 million points of second-tier domain energy. It can trap cultivators at the Mahayana level and below within a certain area for one hour.”
The information that popped up in the Virtual Realm left Ye Feng speechless. This thing could only trap those at the Mahayana level and would be utterly useless against Dil.
“I need something that can trap cultivators at the Lingxian level!” Ye Feng added.
“Insufficient domain master privileges to query.”
“You can use the Overlevel Purchase privilege to query and purchase. Do you want to use it?”
“Yes!”
“Wanxiang Tian Luo, a consumable immortal artifact. Requires 1 million points of third-tier virtual domain energy. Using the Overlevel Purchase privilege, 1 billion points of second-tier domain energy are needed. It can trap cultivators at the Juexian level and below within a certain area for one hour, but it will disintegrate immediately under attacks from divine artifacts.”
“Do you want to proceed with the overlevel purchase?”
“Yes!”
“Overlevel purchase successful. One use of the Overlevel Purchase privilege consumed, 1 billion points of second-tier domain energy spent.”
Spending 1 billion points of domain energy at once still caused Ye Feng some pain.
Ye Feng took the consumable immortal artifact in his hand—it was a small black ball, about the size of a table tennis ball. After checking the instructions, he found the usage method was simple: crush the ball, and an independent space would appear within the range designated by the user.
In this independent space, it was impossible to escape—no teleportation or other means of fleeing would work. It had been developed in ancient times as a venue for life-or-death battles.
Ye Feng tightly held the ball in his hand, murmuring, “Dil, you can’t escape this time…”
After putting the ball back in his storage cabinet, Ye Feng thanked Ed and then slowly walked out of the Virtual Realm.
As soon as Ye Feng stepped out of the Virtual Realm, the communicator at his waist rang.
“BOSS, there’s news!” As soon as Ye Feng picked up the communicator, Lilith’s voice came through.
“Have you found theTheWitch Clan’s gathering place?” Ye Feng was somewhat surprised.

“No, it’s something else!” Lilith shook her head. “We’ve already received definite news that the treasure will be unlocked in a hundred days…”