The End

Only after seeing the Blood Venerable's Immortal Divine Body completely obliterated in the distance did Lu Yan'an truly feel relieved.

At this moment, his condition was extremely poor, and even his appearance was so miserable. His arms, having withstood the blood-red light blast, had completely disappeared, leaving only two black sleeve holes. The white robe he had been wearing was now emitting a pungent, burnt smell. The Ningfeng Blade had also fallen to the ground due to the loss of his arms. The Life Core in his mind had also dimmed due to insufficient energy supply.

Blood Venerable's area-of-effect (AOE) technique was far more powerful than Lu Yan'an had imagined. Even though he had prepared beforehand, he still looked quite disheveled. Fortunately, the Ningfeng Blade blocked most of its power for him. You must know that as an "ordinary" Domain Lord, his physical strength was so fragile in the eyes of immortals. Even a slight aftershock from a battle between immortals could kill a group of Domain Lord!

If the final move were a close-quarters clash, the remaining power after being blocked by weapons would be much weaker, and he wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state. However, Lu Yan'an fully understood that the initiative in this battle had never been in his hands. As a Domain Lord, although Lu Yan'an far surpassed Blood Venerable Gan Qi in his understanding of the laws, the gap in strength between an immortal and Domain Lord was never easily bridged!

While close combat can minimize the damage one receives, the uncertainties involved are simply too great. After all, close combat is precisely what a martial artist like Blood Venerable prefers and excels at! And Lu Yan'an's basic strength is what it is—a difference of a thousandfold! Relying on burst damage, Lu Yan'an would undoubtedly expose his weaknesses in close combat.

Compared to his frail Domain Lord -level body, his Immortal Divine Body was practically a completely different species!

So... Lu Yan'an ultimately chose to trade blows from a distance, using the "Sinking Glimmer" secret technique with his Ningfeng Blade, and then instantly using it as a shield to parry the Blood Venerable's crimson light orb! At the same time, Lu Yan'an's secret technique struck the Blood Venerable directly, while the Blood Venerable's area-of-effect crimson light orb also hit Lu Yan'an directly.

He could clearly feel the terrifying power of this attack. Even after the resistance of the Ningfeng Blade was weakened, the remaining light bullets still brought his main body to the brink of death.

"Huff! Huff!" Lu Yan'an channeled a small portion of his special primal energy from his life core to repair his body. Half an hour later, his missing limbs were finally perfectly restored. Lu Yan'an's mental power swept over the spot where the Blood Venerable God Body had dissipated, taking away the spatial ring left behind after his death. This was the proof of completing the additional mission!

"Let's get ready to go back now! The additional mission has been perfectly completed!" Lu Yan'an glanced at his surroundings, put the Ningfeng Blade that had fallen beneath his feet into his Space Ring, and slowly flew towards the top of the giant pit. Above the clouds of the Ancient God Ruins, Lu Yan'an's Demon Beast Clone was piloting an F-class spaceship, waiting for his main body to return.

In the distant void shrouded in a thin mist, an incomparably tall palace floated—this was the Tian Shi Palace.

Because of the existence of this palace, many powerful beings in the Xueluo World have never dared to come out, from the endless ancient times to the present day, and can only hide in the Xueluo World.

Whoosh!

The Tian Shi Palace in the void is larger than an ordinary planet. At this moment, a tiny thing flew out of the Tian Shi Palace and quickly approached Lu Yan'an's F-class spaceship. It was a triangular black spaceship with a diameter of about 800 meters.

"Drop!"

"Your Highness Lu His Highness An, hello. I am 'Welch,' the guide from the Tian Shi Palace. Congratulations on completing your Xueluo World training, Your Highness." The spaceship sent the message as it approached the Machine-Born Clan's His Highness An. Soon, guided by the spaceship, Lu Yan'an arrived at a vast hall on the first floor of the Tian Shi Palace.

This great hall is several thousand kilometers long and wide.

Lu Yan'an retrieved the Machine Race's spaceship and stood in the hall, marveling at its grandeur. The hall was filled with countless spaceships, occupying almost half of its area. Each spaceship... according to Lu Yan'an's eyesight, was at least an E-class spaceship, and he could even see F-class spaceships.

"Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an." Welch, a bald World Lord with blue skin and wearing Silver Battle Suit, led the way, speaking fluent Universal Language in a slightly high-pitched voice, "You've only been in this Xueluo World for 23 years, yet you've hunted down several World Lords. That's truly astonishing."

"Hmm? How did you know I hunted down World Lord?" Lu Yan'an asked, somewhat puzzled. This should have happened in the Xueluo World, right? Could the Tian Shi Palace really be monitoring the internal affairs of the Xueluo World?

"Your Highness, you have lured the enemy into the clouds several times. My Tian Shi Palace happens to have a duty to monitor the outer clouds of the Xueluo World, so I have had the privilege of witnessing your hunting of World Lord!" Bald World Lord Welch explained to Lu Yan'an.

"Above the clouds? Are you sure?" A look of distrust appeared on Lu Yan'an's face. "When I entered the Xueluo World before, I saw a native Immortal Expert in the clouds. I even paid the price of a Fire God Source Crystal to escape! If there is some monitoring above the clouds, then what is the situation with this immortal?"

"Your Highness!" Welch explained with a smile, "Even if you hadn't used that Fire God Source Crystal, my Tian Shi Palace's Feng Wang envoy would have arrived in time to help you out! My Tian Shi Palace is fully responsible for any threats above the clouds!"

"So all those hundreds of thousands of points I accumulated just went down the drain?" Lu Yan'an mentally ranted, finding the Tian Shi Palace's actions utterly distasteful. However, he was too embarrassed to ask the Tian Shi Palace to reimburse him, since they had made it clear that he couldn't resist the urge himself, especially since they were planning to personally intervene when they were being promoted to Feng Wang.

"Alright!" Lu Yan'an shook his head slightly helplessly and continued walking forward with the blue-skinned bald World Lord Welch.

"I wonder how Your Highness's mission in the Xueluo World is progressing?"

"Well, I'd say it's all done!" Lu Yan'an replied with a light laugh. He was wide awake now, after all, it was a miracle of Domain Lord slaying an Immortal, and no amount of praise was too much.

"Haha, congratulations, Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an," Welch laughed. "I've received many geniuses who went on cultivation missions here, including geniuses from the Giant Axe Dojo and the Universe Mercenary Alliance. However, very few can become Blood Warrior because fusing three Xueluo Crystal usually requires staying in the Ancient God Ruins for a long time, and many people don't have that patience. Moreover, the Ancient God Ruins are very dangerous."

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Upon hearing Welch's words, Lu Yan'an was taken aback, but quickly realized what he meant. Apart from the higher-ups, no one outside knew about his special missions; Welch probably thought he had completed the regular trial missions. Thinking this, he nodded somewhat listlessly and repeatedly agreed.

The two walked and talked, and although they didn't walk very fast, they covered thousands of kilometers in just a few minutes and arrived at the stairs leading to the second floor of the palace.

"Your Highness, the Palace Master instructed me that he would like to see you after you complete your mission! Please come this way." Welch said to Lu Yan'an at the top of the stairs. After speaking, he pointed to the stairs above.

The staircase is incredibly wide, with each step measuring 100 meters high, 10 kilometers long, and 5 kilometers wide. It is entirely made of crystal, and looking up... there are probably thousands of steps, forming a spiral structure.

The blue-skinned, bald-headed World Lord Welch, a hint of envy in his eyes, chuckled, "I've been in the Tian Shi Palace for so many years, and I've never even seen the Palace Master. But our Palace Master... possesses incredible strength. With him in charge of the Tian Shi Palace, not a single one of the immortals and ancient beings from the Immortal Temple of the Xueluo World dares to show their faces. It's your luck that the Palace Master wants to see you."

"I understand!" Lu Yan'an smiled at Welch.

The two then transformed into a streak of Flowing Light and flew upwards along the staircase.

The Tian Shi Palace, as a supreme being who oversees the Tian Shi Palace and intimidates the vast Xueluo World, is undoubtedly a super-powerful figure in the ruling class even within the Virtual Universe Company. He must be aware of Lu Yan'an's exclusive mission, and this meeting is probably for some arrangement with him.

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