Chapter 39: Sacrifice in the Void Realm

“I need something that can help me kill this vampire baron—anything will do!” Ye Feng connected his mental energy to the Void Realm. This time, he didn’t ask Boy; he reached out directly to the realm.
“Sorry, the current domain value isn’t sufficient to search for that item,” came the reply.
“I remember the domain value can be negative. Just deduct whatever amount is needed for that item—negative values don’t matter!” Ye Feng recalled Boy warning him not to let the domain value turn negative, which meant it indeed could be negative.
“The current domain value is 67,100. Buying this item requires 1,000,000. After purchase, the domain value will be -932,900. Are you sure you want to purchase the Intelligent Photon Cannon from Planet Tainokolaki?”
At this moment, Ye Feng didn’t care about how many zeros there were behind that number. All he wanted was to get the item and kill the vampire before him.
“Ye Feng, you’re insane!” Although Boy had known Ye Feng’s mental energy was probing in earlier, he wasn’t sure what Ye Feng intended. After seeing the sudden pop-up dialogue, he finally understood what Ye Feng was trying to do. “Don’t you remember I told you never to let your domain value turn negative?”
“I can’t worry about that! So what if it’s negative? I’ll find a way to pay it back later. If I can’t, let it stay negative—what can it do to me?” Ye Feng had no time to argue such issues with Boy.
“It seems you don’t understand what will happen. Once the domain value turns negative, it keeps increasing every day. If you don’t turn it back to positive within a certain period, you’ll become a sacrifice to the Void Realm! Your soul will be destroyed forever, with no chance of reincarnation. The power of the Void Realm is far beyond what the power of reincarnation can resist. Do you understand?” Boy screamed at Ye Feng frantically. “Do you know how the Void Realm Guardians came about? They are the strongest survivors of past owners who became sacrifices. Only by signing a guardianship contract with the Void Realm can they survive in this desolate place. Even if I had the power to overthrow the universe, I still couldn’t escape this place! Do you understand!!!”

“I might be able to understand the sorrow of losing freedom, and I can also imagine the pain of being completely erased from this world. But please let me be selfish once! I promised Brother Long that I would repay him everything I owe him, and now is the time to do so… Although I know what I give him might not be what he wants, for me, killing the man who killed him is the best gift I can give him, and the best way to fulfill a man’s promise! I’m sorry, Boy—please forgive my selfishness…” Ye Feng’s mental power left Boy speechless. He knew that no amount of persuasion would work; helplessly, he watched as Ye Feng made up his mind, and then an intelligent photon cannon on the shelf disappeared…

“Those who reveal the secrets of the Void Realm without permission will be sentenced to extreme punishment…” An aged voice came from the void. Boy looked up in terror at the giant face in the sky—it was clearly Ye Feng’s face.

The voice resonated throughout the Void Realm, stirring up violent winds. Suddenly, cracks appeared on the ground, causing intense tremors as if there were an earthquake. Boy floated slowly in midair, stunned by what was happening. The once smooth ground was now completely broken, with no place left to stand. Four deep trenches appeared in all four directions, nearly a hundred meters away from him. Dark red flames emanated from the depths of those trenches, as if they led to an abyssal hell.

Suddenly, dark red flames burst forth from the trenches, forming a barrier that separated Boy from the outside world. He looked up, trying to escape, but saw only an invisible barrier covering the sky. He knew he was now like a rat trapped in a square box—survival meant escaping. But when he gathered all his strength to attack the barrier above, it only caused slight ripples.

Suddenly, four thick chains, like iron chains, shot out from the flames, rushing toward him and creating terrifying rifts in the air—effects of space and time being severed. Boy desperately tried to flee, but to no avail. The four chains firmly grasped his limbs. At that moment, Boy was utterly desperate…

The cracked ground had now vanished entirely, replaced by a deep blue sea of fire. Intense heat radiated upward, causing unbearable pain.

“Seventy-seven days and forty-nine hours later, you will completely vanish, erased from all time and space. It will be as if you never existed at all. No matter how glorious and dazzling your past may have been, it will all be utterly wiped from everyone’s memory by the laws of the universe, because you never existed—even in others’ memories…”
Boi accepted this fact without expression. He didn’t explode in hysterical curses; instead, he stared straight ahead. Suddenly, a bitter smile appeared on his lips. “Maybe that kid will die before me…”
“Thirty days from now, if Ye Feng fails to repay the debt and the interest incurred, he will suffer the same fate as you… Of course, if he can pay off the entire debt within thirty days, as a reward, he will receive one level of amnesty…”
“One level of amnesty…” Hearing this familiar yet strange term, a glimmer flashed in Boi’s eyes…
Outside the Virtual Realm, Ye Feng grasped the Intelligent Photon Cannon in his right hand. Immediately, a thick layer of armor formed around his right arm, covering it entirely.
A text description appeared before Ye Feng’s eyes.
Intelligent Photon Cannon: Depending on the user’s strength, it can emit attacks of six different intensities. The attack energy of the photon cannon does not originate from the user; the user can only activate the attacks of varying intensities.
Ye Feng raised his right arm and channeled his strength into it. Only two of the six energy scales on the cannon lit up. He raised his arm and aimed it at Kalbi.
“Hm, it seems you want to avenge them?” Kalbi turned his head and glared coldly at Ye Feng.
“Ye Feng, don’t do anything stupid. That thing is useless against him!” Yi Fan shouted in Ye Feng’s direction.
Even Kelly shook her head at Ye Feng.
“Don’t say that thing can’t hit me. Even if you manage to hit me, nothing will happen to me…” Kalbi crossed his arms and looked at Ye Feng with disdain.
“Die!” Ye Feng hesitated none before firing the photon cannon.
A flash of white light appeared, and the spot where Kalbi had stood was now empty.
Yi Fan and Kelly stared at the sky in shock.
“Where did he go?” Yi Fan searched for a long time but couldn’t see Kalbi reappear. “Was he hit? But his body should have fallen! Could he have been completely destroyed?”

When Yi Fan and Kelly kept looking up until their necks ached without seeing Calby reappear, they finally believed he had disappeared completely.
“Ye Feng, well done!” As soon as Yi Fan finished speaking, Ye Feng collapsed straight down…