Chapter 609: Luo Yan’s Gift

Thirteen days passed in no time, and Ye Feng had already become quite successful in the third layer of the Death Forest. Most celestial-level monsters could be killed instantly, while for interstellar-level monsters, with the help of stacking fields from the sixth or seventh layers, it took only a short while to defeat them.
During battles against interstellar-level monsters, Ye Feng finally understood the biggest difference between interstellar-level powerhouses and celestial-level powerhouses. Interstellar-level monsters had much larger domain ranges, with radii of at least ten thousand meters. Their domain stability was also nearly ten times stronger than that of celestial-level powerhouses. Moreover, all interstellar-level powerhouses could stack domains—some as few as four layers, others up to six, with a few even reaching seven. Within the domain of an interstellar-level monster, using the same divine technique would grant additional power boosts, something celestial-level powerhouses did not enjoy.
In short, an interstellar-level powerhouse’s domain was like a separate world, isolated from the outside world, suffering far less interference from external factors.
After killing many peak interstellar-level monsters, Ye Feng even set his sights on interuniverse-level powerhouses.
But as soon as he entered the fourth layer, he encountered an early-stage interuniverse-level Imperial Rhinoceros. After a brief clash, Ye Feng immediately fled back to the third layer. His attacks were nowhere near strong enough to break through the rhinoceros’s defenses. Yet he knew it was just bad luck—he had run into an Imperial Rhinoceros. Its defense ranked among the highest among monsters, certainly in the top twenty, with a defense strength at least fifteen times that of human powerhouses of similar cultivation levels.
On the other hand, Long Tian also began killing interstellar-level monsters, but his attack power was still slightly inferior to Ye Feng’s. It took him almost half an hour each time to kill a late-stage interstellar-level monster.
Zhenzhu and the others also entered the third layer and started hunting celestial-level monsters in groups. Although it was much slower than hunting sea-level monsters before, their gains were much greater.
Xiaoyu, Xiaobei, and the rest followed Zhenzhu into the third layer, but they could only take on early-stage celestial-level monsters in one-on-one fights.

As for Jin Wen, he was the most frustrated. After thirteen days, he hadn’t even hunted down a single beast of the Star Universe level. Just the first beast at the later stage of the Star Universe level had wasted three days and nights of his time, and that last beast fled when it realized it couldn’t defeat him. In the following days, those beasts that weren’t even at the later stage of the Star Universe level would immediately flee upon sensing Jin Wen’s presence. They moved at such great speed that Jin Wen couldn’t keep up. Later, he encountered several groups of beasts at the later or even peak stage of the Star Universe level. During the battle with that peak-level beast, its eyes turned red, and Jin Wen was completely no match for it. That frenzied state left Jin Wen puzzled about how those creatures could do such things.

Luo Yan reaped the most rewards—a supreme virtual treasure palace, one that was no less powerful than Ye Feng’s Flowing Palace. Even more enviable was the fact that the palace was filled with various magical artifacts, pills, and even cultivation techniques and secret manuals.

After obtaining that supreme virtual treasure, Luo Yan stepped out of the small cottage, which instantly disappeared into his forehead. The three white-robed warriors also knelt on one knee to show submission and immediately acknowledged him as their master. Their cultivation levels soared to the early stage of the Great Void level, and their powerful auras made the entire primary main plane somewhat unstable.

He told the three to suppress their auras and follow him, and the four of them appeared before Ye Feng.

“Luo Yan, you succeeded?” Ye Feng said cheerfully upon seeing the three following him.

“Yes, master,” Luo Yan nodded. The three behind him weren’t surprised either. “Who are these three?”

“Yin Hong!” The young man introduced himself briefly.

“Yin Ba!” The middle-aged man gave Ye Feng a slight nod.

“Yin Ling’er!” The white-robed woman’s laughter was as pleasant as a bell.

“This is my master,” Luo Yan introduced.

“I’m Ye Feng.” Ye Feng didn’t dare neglect them either. He could sense that the auras of these three were extremely terrifying, even far stronger than Luo Yan’s.

“The Progenitor already said that the master’s master is also our master. There’s no need for formalities,” Yin Ling’er said to Ye Feng with a smile.

Ye Feng didn’t ask further and instantly teleported with the four of them to the outskirts of the Death Forest, sending a message to Long Tian and the others to gather.

“Master, I’ve gained a lot from this inheritance,” Luo Yan said with a smile as he took out two completely black objects. “These are two gifts I selected from them. I believe the master will surely like them.”

“What is it?” Ye Feng looked at those two objects that resembled black weights with some surprise and asked in confusion.
“It are two special types of divine powers,” Luo Yan said, which made Ye Feng’s eyes light up. “Since they are directly divine powers, they must be sealed using Xuan Tian Crystal Stones; otherwise, they will escape. The master must obtain the most powerful virtual treasure to unlock them and prevent them from escaping.”
“What kind of divine powers are they?” Ye Feng couldn’t help but ask.
“One is the Sword Dao divine power and the other is the Knife Dao divine power,” Luo Yan replied as he handed the two black objects to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng was stunned for a moment before eagerly taking them and playing with them in his hands for a long time before putting them back in the Liuluan Hall. “Luo Yan, thank you!”
“It’s me who should thank you, master,” Luo Yan said with a smile, shaking his head. “Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to succeed in this inheritance.”
Ye Feng was stunned again. He suddenly remembered that he had rewritten the contract seal between them using his essence blood. “Are you referring to the contract?”
“That’s right!” Luo Yan nodded. “Actually, the concentration of my essence blood wasn’t yet up to the Great Ancestor’s standards. But after the changes made to the contract by the master, the purity of my essence blood instantly increased by several levels, easily meeting the Great Ancestor’s requirements. Moreover, I faintly sense that my bloodline level might break through again soon.”
Luo Yan’s words excited the three white-clothed warriors behind him.
“If that’s the case, we’ll soon be able to evolve into the Golden-Eye Corpse Emperor bloodline. Our strength will increase by more than ten times, and reaching a higher primary plane will also be just around the corner,” Yin Ling’er said excitedly.
“It seems we really chose the right master!” Yin Ba also nodded excitedly.
“Master, we’re all counting on you,” Yin Hong said cheerfully. “We’re currently only at the Silver-Eye bloodline level, with our cultivation reaching at most the Dongxu level. To make further progress, we can only focus on improving our bloodline. Only if you evolve into the Xuanmu Emperor Corpse can we quickly evolve into the Golden-Eye Corpse Emperor.”
At this moment, Long Tian and the others also arrived one after another, and soon everyone was gathered.
As they compared the number of enemies they had slain, Jin Wen said with a grim face, “I haven’t even killed a single Star Universe-level monster.”
“How is that possible?” Everyone found it hard to believe.
At that moment, Yin Ling’er spoke up again, “It’s not strange. Those Star Universe-level monsters are all descendants of our three blood corpses. They have extremely strong recovery abilities and speed, and their strength can increase by more than ten times once they enter a frenzied state.”

“Blood zombies are a special type among the corpse race. Once created, their bloodline energy is second only to that of their creator. Moreover, they are pure combatants, with a fighting will that is dozens of times stronger than ours. However, once created, blood zombies remain slaves to their creators forever, and no method can break the contract between them,” Luo Yan explained.
“What should we do with these blood zombies? If we leave and some pseudo-void-level strongmen invade this place, these blood zombies will likely be attacked,” Yin Ling’er frowned slightly.
“Just take them all with us. After all, they all possess star universe-level cultivation, and they’ll be useful in this realm,” Ye Feng suggested.
“Let’s do that!” Yin Ling’er and the other two sent out their virtual treasures, enclosing all nearly thirty monsters within them.
“Let’s go to the auction hall,” Ye Feng waved at Luo Yan.