"Hmm?!"
Shadow Star. A ninth-level Domain Lord of the Shadow Clan wore an utterly shocked expression as Otto's name on the Virtual Universe Network contact list suddenly went dark.
"Could he be in seclusion?"
"No."
"This means he's unreachable... Could it be that the clan patriarch has fallen?!"
With the Virtual Universe Network in existence, there was no way to hide someone's death unless they hadn't added anyone's Virtual Universe ID.
As a World Lord, how could Otto not have?
The news of his death would spread across the Youlan Empire the next moment. Then, without a World Lord to protect them, the Shadow Clan would have to give up a substantial portion of their interests.
At that moment,
a video was also making the rounds.
Otto hadn't been killed instantly, so he'd transmitted footage of his final moments through the Virtual Universe.
Unfortunately, the video sank without a trace.
Of course people watched it. Some were curious about why a World Lord had fallen. But once they saw the F9-Grade Spaceship and the World Lord-level Cloud-Touching Vine...
Everyone agreed: Otto had it coming.
A remote star system.
"Master."
Wood Spirit bowed to Han Han.
Wood Spirit had been soul-enslaved by Pu Shan, who in turn had been soul-enslaved by Han Han. With Pu Shan's strict instructions, Wood Spirit naturally addressed Han Han as master, too.
"Good." Han Han nodded.
Wood Spirit's body wasn't very large, only four or five meters tall. As a support-type Special Lifeform, it didn't need a particularly powerful Divine Body.
"Go soak in the Nutrient Fluid first."
Han Han placed Wood Spirit in his Internal World, where he'd set aside a dedicated area for storage. The Wood Spirit Emperors he'd chosen had all been World Lord level. They were more than enough to help