Deep Blue Domain!

"Teacher..."

Luo Feng's heart was incredibly complicated at this moment.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Ze looked at Luo Feng with a faint, knowing smile.

Luo Feng forced out a sentence: "I didn't expect you to be this strong..."

He thought back to how Zhou Ze had just guided Hong and Thunder God the same way he guided him—my god! Those were Hong and Thunder God, the number one and number two people in the world!

And there wasn't a trace of impatience or disdain on their faces; they were like obedient students listening to a teacher's lecture!

My god! This was utterly unbelievable!! It felt almost dreamlike!!!

Just now, it really had been like a dream.

Come to think of it, even beings of that caliber could humbly learn from someone far weaker than themselves. Could he truly surpass them?

"Teacher, you said surpassing the Hall Master was just a small goal... I'm starting to lose confidence," Luo Feng sighed.

As Luo Feng's only disciple, Zhou Ze could constantly sense his inner feelings. Even without teaching content, he naturally understood what he was thinking.

"Learning has no end, so you must learn from Hong and Thunder God!"

"Humility brings progress; arrogance brings regression!"

"Cultivation should be approached with a mindset of equanimity and diligence..."

Luo Feng pondered for a moment, then his gaze turned resolute: "I understand, Teacher."

"Teacher, before, I was hesitating whether to go to the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins. I thought risking my life just to get a 'Black God Suit'..."

"The risk and the reward... weren't worth it."

"Now I think what you said before was right. A normal person walking down the street might get hit by a car or trip and fall—nothing is one hundred percent safe."

"With a success rate over eighty percent, I was still hesitating. How could I ever surpass the Hall Master like this?"

Zhou Ze said calmly: "Mm. The martial path is inherently a demonic path, a pursuit of the extreme. As a warrior, to succeed, you must have a fighting spirit and momentum that says 'who else but me,' that nothing can stop you!"

"Hesitating and shrinking back all day—not just in martial arts, even as an ordinary person, you'd be unqualified."

"Mm." Luo Feng nodded firmly. "Then Teacher, I'll go now. I gained a lot just now; I want to go back and think it over."

Luo Feng turned to leave, but Zhou Ze called him back: "When you go to headquarters, remember to call me. Bring me along."

"Uh..." Luo Feng scratched the back of his head. "Teacher, what are you going there for? I have no choice—if I don't go, the Black God Suit will be taken back by the Martial Hall."

"Ask so many questions. Just remember to pick me up when the time comes. Go on back. I'll be in seclusion training for a while; don't look for me unless it's important." Zhou Ze waved his hand, shooing him away.

"Oh, oh." Luo Feng pushed open the door and gently closed it behind him.

Training Hall.

Zhou Ze sat cross-legged in the very center, the corners of his mouth slightly lifting.

This was the first time Zhou Ze had received a tangible boon besides insight! There was no helping it—before, Luo Feng's strength was too low to bring him much feedback.

"As expected of Hong and Thunder God. Their insight is no worse than Luo Feng's. It's just that later, Luo Feng took over the Golden-Horned Giant Beast and kept encountering opportunities..."

Thinking of the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, a flicker of worry passed through Zhou Ze's eyes, but the next moment, he cut off that stray thought!

"First, get the domain done... Force technique has already been improved earlier... And for the mental state, I can follow Hong and Thunder God's realizations, verify them one by one, and turn them into my own."

"Others' things are always others' things. Even if you have the process and the answer, it still doesn't belong to you..."

Zhou Ze closed his eyes slightly, sinking into his inner world. Soon, he found the feeling.

"Gene energy, physical strength, mental power, consciousness..."

Focus, and focus again...

Condense!

Hum!

An intangible yet real resonance appeared, directly stirring the cosmic space!

Then, a deep blue power burst forth from Zhou Ze's body, instantly enveloping the entire Training Hall.

"Domain!"

"It's done!"

Zhou Ze smiled faintly:

"Physical strength, energy, telekinesis, spirit—all burning at once... This speed, I can't even hold it for a few minutes. Telekinesis is too weak..."

With a thought, Zhou Ze shrank the domain, letting it cling only to the surface of his skin. The consumption immediately dropped significantly.

He glanced at the Punch Force Tester, then looked away. He didn't want to destroy his own Training Hall.

"Go outside and practice on some monsters. Might as well get certified as a War God Level warrior."

City 003.

A dark blue smart fighter appeared at the edge of the sky. Its hatch opened, and a young man in gray training clothes flew out, standing on a diamond-shaped shield.

This young man had a resolute face, yet it was not without handsomeness. Though he looked young in age, he gave off an air of weathered steadiness. His eyes were as calm as a mirror's surface, undisturbed by any ripple.

"A Junior Lord-level Mighty Demon Ape? Lucky me, running into a pack of monsters." Zhou Ze's lips curled into a smile.

Aside from that spar with Luo Feng, Zhou Ze hadn't set foot in the wilderness zone for many years. But even after such a long absence, the feeling wasn't unfamiliar. Ever since the Great Nirvana began, he had spent most of his time in the wilderness zone to improve himself.

He had endured countless hardships and brushes with death along the way, especially in the later years. Looking back now, he felt he had really been asking for trouble—surviving at all was a miracle.

Swoosh!

Zhou Ze flew toward the Junior Lord-level Mighty Demon Ape on his Hexagonal Shield, his speed rivaling that of sound.

The wilderness zone was all about the strong preying on the weak, survival of the fittest!

This Mighty Demon Ape had grown to Junior Lord-level by surviving countless life-or-death crises. And ape-type monsters were naturally highly intelligent.

Come to think of it, during the Great Nirvana, some weaker ape-type monsters with small bodies would even pick up human guns and fire them.

"Woo..."

A fatal sense of crisis shot through the Mighty Demon Ape's instincts. Its fur stood on end, and without looking back, it bolted into the distance.

The Mighty Demon Ape's intelligence was no less than a human's. Right now, its mind was on the verge of collapse. The moment it came out, it had been locked onto by a human telekinetic.

Every monster that had been killed by a telekinetic knew this: once a human telekinetic had you in their sights, unless you were confident you could beat them, or could find a stronger monster to protect you, your only option was to wait for death. There was nowhere to run, because the enemy could fly.

"Ape-type monsters really do have good brains. The moment they see an enemy far stronger than themselves, their first instinct is to run."

Zhou Ze wasn't in a hurry to kill this monster. Instead, he followed it at a leisurely pace. Even in City 003, High Lord-level monsters weren't that easy to find.

And this kind of pack-dwelling monster, ranked first among ape-type monsters, was sure to have a High Lord-level in its lair.

Sure enough, Zhou Ze's guess was right. Not long after following, he spotted a giant ape, a full twenty-five meters tall, feeding in the distance below.

In its hands was a leopard-type monster that had reached the Mid Lord-level, looking like a Shadow Leopard.

"Roar!"

The Junior Lord-level Mighty Demon Ape, seeing its own patriarch, let out a frantic, joyful roar, conveying a plea for help.

"Roar, roar!"

The Mighty Demon Ape that was still eating was instantly enraged. It hated being disturbed during its meal. It couldn't believe there was a human at War God Level in this area who dared to hunt its kind, and even chase them all the way back to its lair.

What a death wish!