Death?

It was actually a World Lord who had earned the recognition of a Law!

A World Lord leading the team, with five Domain Lords—what kind of group was this? Star Pirates?

Who did they think they were fooling?

"Damn it!"

The moment he saw the old man, Li Yilin's expression darkened. At the same time, his suspicions were confirmed.

There was definitely some dispute over interests on Wunuo Star that he didn't know about. The moment the planet had been registered under his name, they had come after him.

The interests involved were probably greater than he had imagined. Those people hadn't even been willing to wait a little longer. As soon as he was out from under the Giant Axe Arena's supervision, they had attacked without hesitation. They were probably afraid he would return to Wunuo Star and discover the truth.

What could it be?

What was worth sending a World Lord to kill him?

"Li Yilin, you should feel honored that I'm the one dealing with you!" The old man stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at him with an indifferent gaze. "Give up resisting and submit. I may spare your life!"

"Spare my life?" Li Yilin swept a cold glance over the five men watching him like hungry wolves and sneered. "You don't look like you intend to leave me alive."

"Don't try to seek help through the Virtual Universe, and don't think you can buy time. Before we attacked, we made sure no one could help you, at least not for a while." The old man's expression grew even more indifferent, as if he had seen Li Yilin's covert movements.

They had made thorough preparations before striking, ensuring the mission would succeed.

"Attack!"

The five Domain Lords instantly surrounded Li Yilin. Two of them were Spirit Readers. Instead of approaching, they stayed near the old man and launched Soul Attacks.

Two invisible waves of soul power struck toward Li Yilin's head, where his soul resided. At the same time, more than a dozen gleaming hidden weapons shot at his eyes and other vulnerable spots from every direction.

Li Yilin hurriedly circulated the Thunder Dragon Art to protect his soul while fending off the hidden weapons. Fortunately, the trace of Thunder Dragon Bloodline in his body had reduced the effects on his mind to a minimum, so his ability to fight was unaffected.

As he resisted the Soul Attacks and the hidden weapons, the other three men attacked.

The fighting space was limited, so they couldn't all attack at once. The first to strike were two Fighters wielding War Blades. One attacked his upper body while the other went for his legs, their teamwork seamless. Li Yilin leaped to dodge the sweeping blade and swung his own at the other Fighter, whose blade was angled toward his arm.

The Fighter hurriedly retreated to dodge. At the same time, a spearhead thrust out from behind him, aiming straight for Li Yilin's sword hand.

Seeing this, Li Yilin had no choice but to force his War Blade to change direction. Using the motion to turn his body and evade the spear's thrust, he swung his blade back around to knock aside the weapon stabbing toward his waist.

Clang! Clang! Clang-clang!

They clashed again and again. Terrifying waves of energy spread outward in rings. Though he was far away, the old man could still feel the battle's intensity. Even the aftershocks alone made his expression shift.

The Thunder Domain unfolded. In an instant, the area stretching a hundred miles around became a thunderous inferno. The powerful fluctuations of Law forced the five Domain Lords to retreat involuntarily. Seeing this, the old man's gaze turned even colder.

In just half a month, this brat's strength had improved so visibly. Terrifying!

Since they had already made an enemy of someone like this, they couldn't leave him even the slightest chance of survival.

"Brat, don't blame this old man for bullying someone younger!" A chilling voice reached Li Yilin's ears. He turned, but before he could even make out the attacker, a fist struck him in the abdomen.

Boom!

"Gah."

The powerful blow sent him flying. Enduring the pain, Li Yilin twisted his wrist and used all his strength to cut off the head of a Domain Lord who had struck his arm. The violent Thunder Law surging along his blade instantly blasted apart the man's Soul Flame.

The Domain Lord didn't even have time to scream before he died!

"Third Brother!" The Spirit Reader near the unlucky Domain Lord let out a grief-stricken cry. He glared at Li Yilin with venomous hatred.

But Li Yilin ignored him completely. His full attention was on the tiny System Panel in his field of vision.

The instant he had killed the Domain Lord, he had noticed the progress bar on the System Panel—which hadn't moved in hundreds of years—suddenly jump.

It was full!

Full!!!

He had no time to rejoice. The furious old man's savage attack was already upon him.

"Courting death!"

The fist, brimming with rage, slammed into his chest. Violent World Force surged through the old man's fist and into his body. Li Yilin could even hear countless bones snapping and bursting inside him.

His lower body was blasted into a bloody pulp, and he was sent flying like a shooting star, crashing hard into a Desolate Planet nearby.

"Boom!"

The massive impact set the huge planet ablaze with explosions.

From a distance, all they saw was a Desolate Planet suddenly explode, blossoming like a mushroom against the backdrop of space. A fierce cosmic storm followed the fractures from the explosion and tore the planet apart.

Within moments, the Desolate Planet had broken into a field of meteorites from a series of explosions. Caught by the pull of cosmic gravity, they drifted in every direction.

In the old man's perception, Li Yilin's aura had vanished the instant the planet exploded!

"Dead?"

The old man's gaze swept repeatedly over what was now a field of meteorites. Many drifting chunks were stained with blood, and some even had severed limbs and broken bodies among them.

He flashed onto the nearest meteorite and unleashed blasts of World Force.

Within the area he could sense, every meteorite that might possibly conceal someone was blasted into cosmic dust.

The four Domain Lords did the same, weaving through the meteorite field. Big or small, any rock that seemed suspicious was blasted apart.

Their brother's death had to be paid for with a life. They wouldn't give Li Yilin any chance to survive.

Even after every meteorite had been blasted, no one found any trace of Li Yilin.

A minute later.

"Impossible!"

The old man hovered above the meteorite field, staring down at it with a dark, uncertain expression.

He didn't believe Li Yilin could have died so easily. He was a Giant Axe Warrior, after all. How could he have no means of protecting himself?

The old man's furious blow could indeed kill a Domain Lord, but never a Giant Axe Warrior who had survived a thousand life-and-death battles!

He had never doubted the worth of the Giant Axe Warriors of the Giant Axe Arena.

Yet reality seemed to be this absurd!

He wanted to search carefully one more time, but...

"Master, it's time," one of the Domain Lords reminded him, casting a resentful glance at the drifting meteorites in the distance.

He wanted nothing more than to find Li Yilin at once, cut him into a thousand pieces, and make him wish he were dead, in tribute to their brother.

But more importantly, they couldn't let their mission be exposed.

"Damn it!"

The old man blasted the meteorite field again, unwilling to give up. He even used his full strength. The violent energy whipped up a cosmic storm so powerful that the remaining four Domain Lords scattered, not daring to go near.

"Target confirmed dead."

Hovering in the air, the old man gave one last unwilling glance at the meteorites, now almost reduced to cosmic dust. He snorted and turned to enter the spacecraft.

The five spacecraft slowly accelerated and soon disappeared from sight.

Not long after they were gone, a silver spacecraft suddenly appeared. Sawatdee flew out, sensed the aftershocks of the battle, and his expression turned grave.

"Am I too late?"

He searched carefully, then quickly flew toward the meteorite field spreading out around him. The energy fluctuations still roiling through the air made his expression even graver.

The attacker had to be at least a World Lord who had earned the recognition of a Law—and that Law was Fire.

A Domain Lord could certainly shatter a planet, but reducing one almost to cosmic dust in such a short time would be extremely difficult.

So it had to be a World Lord.