Slaughter Field

Luo Feng and the other two had already entered the universe and could connect to the Virtual Universe.

Naturally, they also knew something about Universe level Experts and understood just how terrifying such beings were.

"All right, no need to worry too much. Everyone on that spaceship was killed instantly, so no information was sent back."

Jiang Ming saw their expressions and naturally knew what they were thinking, so he explained with a smile.

Hearing Jiang Ming's words, Luo Feng and the other two instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

"You did that on purpose to scare us, didn't you?"

Thor could not help complaining as he relaxed. When Jiang Ming had mentioned Universe level Experts just now, he had genuinely been frightened.

With Earth's current strength, if it faced a Universe level family with a Universe level ninth stage Expert—

That would be far too terrifying.

An absolute catastrophe.

Yet just as they relaxed, the three men's expressions turned solemn again.

Because they had realized the truly fatal issue: Earth was no longer safe.

"I found their travel records on the spaceship. They came through a wormhole, and that wormhole has made Earth unsafe."

After sending the data he had obtained from the spaceship to the three of them, Jiang Ming spoke.

"This time, we got lucky. I killed them before they could send any information back. But what if they had managed to transmit it?"

Jiang Ming's words described exactly what Luo Feng and the others were worried about.

With the starry-sky detectors Jiang Ming had placed throughout the Solar System, they could only discover other spaceships once they approached the Solar System.

If they were any farther away, the starry-sky detectors Jiang Ming had deployed would not be able to detect them.

"There is only one way to truly prevent Universe Adventurers from setting their sights on Earth: become the Earth Lord," Babata said.

Hearing Babata's words, everyone's eyes lit up. As long as they became the Earth Lord, they would no longer have to worry about Universe Adventurers coveting it.

There were only two ways to become the Earth Lord. One was to pay the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, allowing the empire to collect import and export tariffs.

The other was to buy the entire planet and gain one hundred percent control over it.

But buying Earth was easier said than done. Although the discoverer of a life-bearing planet received a discounted price, the starting price was still three hundred billion Black Dragon Coins and could go as high as three trillion Black Dragon Coins.

Forget three trillion—even three hundred billion, or even thirty billion, was beyond what they could afford.

"Earth's future rests on our shoulders."

Jiang Ming could have kept this matter from Luo Feng and the others. After all, he had already resolved it, and there would basically be no more trouble in the future.

But for the weak, excessive pressure would crush them to death. For the strong, however, pressure was also motivation.

Besides, Earth had never belonged to Jiang Ming alone.

"I'll take you somewhere good."

Seeing that he had applied enough pressure, Jiang Ming immediately spoke.

Virtual Universe.

A massive hall, as large as an entire city.

"So this is the Slaughter Field?"

Thor looked at the grand hall and exclaimed in admiration.

"Combat is the best way to grow, and the Slaughter Field can simulate any opponent you want according to your requirements."

In the universe, finding a suitable opponent was extremely difficult. They were either too strong or too weak; that was the norm.

Only in the Slaughter Field could one freely simulate opponents and easily find any opponent that met one's requirements.

"It's just that the cost is a little too high. Even as a Planetary level fighter, I have to pay one million Black Dragon Coins a day," Hong said softly.

Since Jiang Ming had brought them to the Slaughter Field, he naturally explained some of its basic details.

"Yeah, it's too expensive."

Luo Feng also sighed. One million Black Dragon Coins per day—an ordinary planet's richest man was generally worth only around one hundred million Black Dragon Coins.

In other words, if a Planetary level fighter stayed here for one hundred days, he could spend the entire fortune of a planet's richest man.

"It costs even more for Stellar level fighters, and Mental Masters spend more than warriors."

After explaining that, Jiang Ming led them to the counter to link their bank accounts.

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At the end of the hall were rows of corridors. Following one of them to the end would lead to a private Slaughter Space.

In the hall's resting area sat an elderly man with green skin covered in wrinkles.

When he saw the old man, Jiang Ming's heart stirred slightly.

That old man was Jiang Ming's target for this trip.

Jiang Ming and the other three separated, each choosing a corridor to enter.

As he walked down the corridor, the surrounding space suddenly changed.

It became a vast starry sky, with Jiang Ming standing atop a meteorite.

A golden book appeared in his hand.

Jiang Ming flipped through its contents and quickly understood the rules of the Slaughter Field.

"Zero, set up one hundred Stellar level ninth stage opponents for me."

Jiang Ming spoke.

After receiving Jiang Ming's command, Zero immediately submitted the request. In the next moment, one hundred Stellar level ninth stage warriors appeared, each wearing second-tier Origin Power Armor and wielding second-tier Origin Power Weapons.

Jiang Ming's clothes were also silently replaced by golden red battle attire, while the saber in his hand became a standard second-tier Origin Power Weapon.

The hundred Stellar level ninth stage warriors formed into a legion and charged at him, terrifying Origin Power slashes flying toward Jiang Ming one after another.

Facing those attacks, Jiang Ming swung the saber in his hand and brought it down.

The Nine Layers Flame Domain erupted as he unleashed a Crimson Slash.

Under Jiang Ming's strike, more than half of the hundred Stellar level ninth stage warriors died.

Only a few warriors barely survived.

"It's been so long since I fought. I didn't expect even a hundred Stellar level ninth stage fighters wouldn't be enough to warm me up."

Only after that slash did Jiang Ming realize that his strength had already reached such a level.

During the time he had spent cultivating in the sun, Jiang Ming's strength had reached Stellar level eighth stage.

With the accelerated space, although it seemed that only a little over a year had passed for Jiang Ming, more than a century had actually gone by.

The energy required by Jiang Ming's sixty-threefold Body Gene was simply too enormous. Even after spending more than a hundred years in accelerated time, he still had not reached Stellar level ninth stage.

Even so, his strength was already terrifying.

Another slash fell, and after clearing away the remaining small fry, Jiang Ming began challenging a new opponent.

A figure wearing the same golden red battle armor and wielding a third-tier Origin Power saber appeared.

The saber in Jiang Ming's hand also silently changed into a third-tier Origin Power saber.

"Let me see what I'll be like when facing a version of myself that surpasses me in every aspect."

Holding his saber, Jiang Ming spoke to the figure in golden red battle attire before him.

After battle after battle, Jiang Ming lost every time. His opponent was only a little stronger than him in every aspect, but when those advantages stacked together, the gap became far greater than a little.

But fighting such an opponent also allowed Jiang Ming to improve at an extremely rapid pace.

After another battle, Jiang Ming gradually found the feeling.

"So combat can be done like this."