Chapter 277

"Buzz." "Buzz." "Buzz."...

The blood-colored insect hid and vanished time and again, attempting to pierce through the world membrane each time. Yet, every single time, it was blocked by the world membrane, which was far thicker and sturdier than it had anticipated.

"I had long heard that theft is common within Yulan City. Seeing it today, the methods of theft are indeed extraordinary." The three Luo Feng clones within the internal world watched the blood-colored insect simultaneously and said with a smile.

"Let me out, and I will not come to pester you again." The blood-colored insect hovered in mid-air and emitted a voice.

"Haha, you steal when you want to steal, and you drill into my internal world when you want to drill in. Now you want to leave?" The three Luo Fengs looked at the blood-colored insect. "Too late!"

The blood-colored insect was annoyed. Its six pairs of small wings flapped simultaneously, and it vanished instantly. When it reappeared, it had already arrived near one of the clones.

That clone was none other than the 'Heavenly Light Clone,' one of Luo Feng's five types of clones.

The Heavenly Light Clone was the most indestructible of the five clones; its body was like a divine weapon or secret treasure! Luo Feng also valued this clone highly, but the energy reserves this clone could withstand were not high.

The more energy it possessed, the more the Heavenly Light Clone would self-collapse and condense, placing higher and higher demands on one's heart and will.

With energy reserves of one times a perfect divine body, the Heavenly Light Clone had collapsed and condensed once.

With energy reserves of three times a perfect divine body, the Heavenly Light Clone had collapsed and condensed a second time.

Ten times the energy reserves of a perfect divine body was the strongest form Luo Feng could maintain today, having collapsed and condensed three times. As for an even stronger form? Luo Feng's heart and will could not force it to collapse and condense.

"Boom."

The blood-colored insect itself was like a secret treasure, colliding with the Heavenly Light Clone.

It was like two secret treasures colliding; both were completely unharmed.

"What? It was clearly the clone with the weakest energy..." The blood-colored insect was very surprised.

"Suppress!"

The Heaven and Earth Clone merged with the internal world. At this moment, the vast heaven and earth energy formed a giant millstone; this was also one of the ultimate secret arts of the Life-Death Art created by Luo Feng, the 'Life-Death Millstone.'

The huge millstone completely trapped the blood-colored insect, intending to crush it.

However, the body of this blood-colored insect was like a secret treasure and was not afraid of being crushed at all.

"Not good." The blood-colored insect was trapped within the huge millstone, continuously being crushed, and was unable to escape.

"Luo Feng! Do you really want to..." The blood-colored insect let out an angry roar.

Luo Feng frowned upon hearing this. The intelligence of these thieving forces was truly formidable; he had only just entered the city today and registered his basic information, yet this thieving cultivator already knew his name.

"Slash." The Causality Clone on the side immediately unleashed a curse-killing technique.

Luo Feng had five types of clones: World Clone, Heaven and Earth Clone, Time Clone, Heavenly Light Clone, and Causality Clone.

The Causality Clone was very clear in terms of causality sensing and had a natural advantage in this regard, making it suitable for causality-type secret arts! Luo Feng then used the Life-Death Art to create an ultimate secret art of the Life-Death Art, 'Severing Vitality.'

This invisible causality curse-killing was mainly directed at the blood-colored insect.

"Ah!"

With just one strike, the blood-colored insect let out a shrill howl, and its aura weakened significantly in an instant.

"Stop, stop." The blood-colored insect spoke immediately.

"A little bug, can you withstand one of my strikes?" The Causality Luo Feng was surprised. "Let's try again."

"I admit defeat, I admit defeat." The blood-colored insect said urgently. This blood-colored insect was one of the 'three great life-bound insects' he had cultivated at a huge cost; if the life-bound insect died, he himself would also be severely injured.

The key was that most of his thieving methods relied on this insect.

"You want to leave just because you admit defeat?" The three Luo Fengs looked at him simultaneously.

"I am willing to pay compensation." The blood-colored insect was quite unwilling, but it could only nod obediently. Although the life-bound insect was like a secret treasure, that curse-killing method was very restraining to life-bound insects. If it took another hit, the life-bound insect's consciousness would likely be annihilated.

"How much can you compensate? I won't look at anything too little." Luo Feng said.

"Ten thousand Using Hunyuan Crystals, I am willing to pay ten thousand Using Hunyuan Crystals." The blood-colored insect said.

Luo Feng sneered: "This insect of yours, while not a clone, is just like one! It is far more precious than ordinary weapon secret treasures. I don't want much, 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals! If there is one Using Hunyuan Crystal less, I will kill it right now."

"200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals?" The blood-colored insect exclaimed.

Too ruthless, asking for so much!

"I'll give you three breaths of time to consider. If you don't agree within three breaths, I'll kill it." Luo Feng didn't waste any words with it. He had visited too many merchants earlier and had seen similar insects, hearing the attendants explain the costs of cultivation.

Judging from the exchange, Luo Feng estimated that the total cost of the other party's cultivation should start at 300,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals, and it was even possible that it had consumed 500,000 or 600,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals.

"Three, two..." Luo Feng looked at the blood-colored insect.

"Fine." The blood-colored insect was unwilling, but ultimately agreed.

"Give me time to prepare, I will send the Using Hunyuan Crystals over soon." The blood-colored insect said.

"You should know where my cave dwelling is, right?" Luo Feng said. "Send the Using Hunyuan Crystals to my cave dwelling later. You give me the Using Hunyuan Crystals, and I will give you this blood-colored insect."

If he collected the Using Hunyuan Crystals outside, Luo Feng was still worried about being intercepted.

It was safer to collect the compensation at the cave dwelling!

"Fine." The blood-colored insect could only respond with grief and indignation.

Luo Feng nodded.

Whoosh. Luo Feng didn't continue strolling around either, immediately turning into a streak of light and flying toward his cave dwelling at high speed. This was a business deal worth 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals, so Luo Feng naturally had to take it seriously enough.

"Making me pay 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals?" The short figure in the distance gritted his teeth, but had no other choice. "The organization's internal intelligence clearly has problems. This Luo Feng's methods are mysterious and unpredictable, and his many clones working together are too difficult to deal with."

He also quietly left to prepare the Using Hunyuan Crystals.

"What, you were robbed, and you even trapped a special insect of the other party?" Di Qing looked at Luo Feng, very surprised.

"That insect was quite formidable, silently sneaking into my internal world... but it could get in, but it couldn't get out." Luo Feng smiled. Relying purely on the internal world, it really wouldn't have been able to stop that insect.

But the Heaven and Earth Clone was best suited for merging with a world, which was how he imprisoned that insect!

Without sufficient compensation, he would just kill this special insect.

"You just arrived in Yulan City, and he knew your name. This shows that the forces behind him should be related to the elders of the Elder Hall." Di Qing thought and said. "Of course, attacking a newcomer like you... the elders wouldn't be that idle; at most, it was an order issued by their middle management."

"Brother Luo He, if you take these 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals, they will have their eyes on you." Di Qing said.

"Do you think I shouldn't take them?" Luo Feng looked at Di Qing.

"There's nothing to be afraid of from thieving forces." Di Qing smiled and said. "We came out of the Origin World, and we have clones! Besides high-level Using Hunyuan lifeforms, what is there to fear? You just need to be mentally prepared that they will stab you in the back in the future."

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Luo Feng nodded.

Experts who came out of the Origin World had clones back in their home Origin World! When adventuring outside, generally, only a clone would die in battle, and treasures would be lost.

Only existences who had jumped out of the cage could pollute their souls and cause them to die across the Origin World.

"When adventuring outside, even if you carefully hide, there will be those who actively look for trouble. This little bit of trouble is not worth mentioning." Luo Feng didn't care. Since the other party attacked him, they had to pay the price.

A moment later.

A guest arrived at the entrance of the cave dwelling.

"They're here." Luo Feng and Di Qing went out together.

A black-robed figure stood there. The interior of the black-robed figure was entirely mist. This mist was twisting and also observing Luo Feng and Di Qing.

"Luo Feng, right?" The black-robed mist twisted. "Are you sure you want 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals?"

"You can choose not to give them." Luo Feng looked at him.

Di Qing was also watching the black-robed mist calmly from the side.

Experts who came out of the Origin World all had pride in their bones! If they really fought to the death, who would fear whom?

"Very well." The black-robed mist nodded. Suddenly, a cloth bag flew out from the mist. "Check it, inside are 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals."

Luo Feng reached out and took it, his consciousness infiltrating to check, and he nodded in confirmation: "Correct."

Immediately, Luo Feng had a thought and expelled the blood-colored insect that had been imprisoned in his internal world. As soon as the blood-colored insect came out, it instantly hid and vanished.

The black-robed mist turned and left.

"I was ordered to attack Luo Feng, and this time I failed. I can't pay all 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals by myself." The short figure and the black-robed mist figure returned together to the interior of that huge spherical organism.

The black-robed mist figure glanced at his subordinate and said coldly: "Observing the prey is the most basic ability. You failed, it's because your own ability is insufficient."

The short figure was quite aggrieved.

Theft, failing is very normal.

Kicking an iron plate and getting caught is also possible. But happening once, the price was too high. This time, a full 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals were lost.

"Remember, don't completely trust intelligence." The black-robed mist said.

"He took so many Using Hunyuan Crystals from me, are we just going to let it go?" The short figure was quite unwilling.

"Di Qing is from the Origin World, and this Luo Feng should also be from the Origin World." The black-robed mist said. "For God Emperors who came out of the Origin World, don't act easily. It's not worth it to attack for a moment of pleasure."

The short figure was quite unhappy.

It's my money that's lost! Of course you don't feel the heartache!

"We must wait for an opportunity. When a suitable opportunity arrives, attack once... and let that Luo Feng truly feel heartache and regret." The black-robed mist glanced at the short figure. "Killing a few clones of an Origin World expert is like an itch to them. We must snatch their true heavy treasures."

"You can keep a closer eye on that Luo Feng. Once you discover news of him having heavy treasures, tell me immediately. After the attack succeeds, I will give you ten percent." The black-robed mist ordered.

The short figure nodded.

He was already looking for prey, so naturally, he would pay more attention to watching that Luo Feng.

"Just arrived in the Nine Rivers Sacred World, Using Hunyuan Crystals are what I lack most." After obtaining this sum of 200,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals, Luo Feng was quite happy. Adding what Di Qing had lent him, it was a cumulative total of 300,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals.

He could also be slightly more extravagant.

Luo Feng immediately began a large-scale purchase. Each time he went out, he carried no more than 5,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals. It took three days of careful observation, and he made dozens of purchases, spending a little over 190,000 Using Hunyuan Crystals, before he had purchased everything he needed.

"Start seclusion cultivation." Luo Feng looked at the many resources piled up before him. The remains of natural Using Hunyuan lifeforms were the most numerous, whether it was a bottle of blood, a feather, or a bone. He bought more than 300 such remains, with an average price of around 300 Using Hunyuan Crystals each.

Compared to the mysteries contained in the Star Tower and the Eye of Life-Death, the mysteries contained in these low-level Using Hunyuan lifeform remains were more shallow! They were only slightly more profound than a complete Dao, making them easier to understand.

"Convert these resources into strength." Luo Feng began to calm his heart and cultivate.

(End of chapter)