Swallowed Star: Luo Zhiyuan's Legend
Chapter 56

War Preparations

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Luo Zhiyuan carefully considered the enemies his new identity might have, and came up with only three possibilities.

The first was Fuke, who had helped him obtain his new identity. Fuke knew he had considerable wealth and might have been tempted to take it for himself. But if Fuke was behind this, he should have known about the estate's defenses. A World Lord couldn't break in.

The second possibility was someone from the Suonsai Secret Realm. After all, Luo Zhiyuan had killed quite a few people there while fighting for Radiance Stones. But they had all been Star Level adventurers. Could they have had someone powerful enough to command a World Lord?

The third was something that had happened a few days ago. Luo Zhiyuan had met a World Lord in the Virtual Universe's Killing Field, who had offered to recruit him as an outer disciple of the Virtual Universe Company. Luo Zhiyuan had politely declined.

That could indeed have offended the World Lord, or even some important figure behind him.

But the Virtual Universe Company generally focused on cultivating talent among humanity. It was unlikely they would try to assassinate him over this, especially at the cost of a Peak Realm Lord Level figure.

Luo Zhiyuan and Bulieni couldn't figure out why anyone would want him dead. But to prepare for another possible attack, Bulieni insisted that Luo Zhiyuan improve his ability to survive.

Although Luo Zhiyuan now had a Shadow Race Clone, the Shadow Race were energy lifeforms with neither souls nor a Consciousness Ocean. As a result, they couldn't carry a Soul Space, which meant his true body had to remain outside and couldn't be withdrawn into one.

If his true body suffered a devastating blow or a fatal Soul Attack, his Shadow Race Clone couldn't bring

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