Somewhere in a conflict zone...
"If only I could dismantle the sensors on the Linkong." Chen Beixun was thoroughly frustrated. He stood on the Gold Cloud Shuttle, speeding forward like a streak of golden light.
"You think they're that easy to dismantle?" Qishan snapped.
The Linkong had two sensors: one for long-range, wide-area detection, and one for short-range, high-precision detection. After that great battle, the short-range, high-precision sensor had been destroyed. The long-range, wide-area sensor was difficult to remove, so they'd eventually given up on it.
"Ah..." Chen Beixun sighed with a smile.
"If we had a more advanced sensor, this trip to the World Lord World would be easier." The thought crossed Chen Beixun's mind as he glanced at the projection on his arm. "Another 9,521 kilometers!"
The gravity inside the World Lord World was far too strong. The closer one got to the World Castle, the stronger it became. At a certain point, it could crush a ninth-stage planetary-level warrior with ease.
"We're already near the World Castle," Chen Beixun thought. "An Changyan, you really are willing to spend. You just tossed out nine mixed yuan units!"
"How did she get so much money? Did it fall from the sky?"
With Chen Beixun at the center, they were now 620,000 kilometers from the World Castle.
On a hillside, An Changyan paced back and forth. "Hurry up."
She'd discovered a spaceship: a Machine Race Spaceship. It was 1,050 meters long and made entirely of E9-class alloy.
Inside the Machine Race Spaceship were seventeen D7-class Metal Guards, each programmed in a certain way. Simply put, they wouldn't attack you if you hadn't found the spaceship. Once you did, you only had to retreat a certain distance for the Metal Guards to stop attacking.
The seventeen D7-class Metal Guards monitored a vast area and were incredibly difficult to deal with, so An Changyan couldn't take the Machine Race Spaceship. Pavadode had been badly injured, unable to fight off thirty-four hands with only his two fists.
"What kind of person was the World Lord who created this World Lord World?" An Changyan furrowed her brow slightly, her delicate face full of worry.
An Changyan wanted to use Chen Beixun's Demon Island Vine to hold off the D7-class Metal Guards so she could seize the Machine Race Spaceship. Of course, she hadn't mentioned the spaceship, only giving him a simple explanation of the situation.
Chen Beixun was getting closer to her.
"D7-class Metal Guards." Chen Beixun repeated the words in his mind. After thinking for a while, he decided, "I'll keep an eye on that guy."
There were far too many secrets in the World Lord World. How could Chen Beixun possibly know them all? He might guess that there were treasures, but he'd never imagine that it was a Machine Race Spaceship made entirely of E9-class alloy!
"Mm!" An Changyan's beautiful eyes lit up. "He's here!" She turned to look, excitement flashing in her eyes.
Chen Beixun saw her furrow her brows slightly and sent a voice transmission. "Sorry to keep you waiting, Your Highness!"
But in his mind, he thought, Shit, is she going to kill me?
Powerful families could easily get their hands on restrictive weapons, let alone An Changyan. Her father, An Yanju, was an undying!
Chen Beixun quickly dismissed the thought.
"Hehe!" An Changyan chuckled. "It's all right, it's all right."
"Come with me."
The two of them turned into streaks of light and flew away.
Seventeen D7-class Metal Guards hovered in the air, keeping watch over their surroundings.
The two of them crept closer, then An Changyan shot off, drawing out the D7-class Metal Guards.
"Hurry!" An Changyan cried anxiously. She glanced back from time to time, her face turning pale and making her look all the more pitiful. Seventeen D7-class Metal Guards were pursuing her.
A clump of scarlet plants, resembling seaweed, appeared above Chen Beixun.
"Demon Island Vine!" An Changyan narrowed her eyes and stared at it.
The clump of seaweed suddenly expanded at a terrifying speed. In an instant, it engulfed the D7-class Metal Guards, its scarlet vines as thick as barrels squeezing against one another.
Chen Beixun waved his hand, opening a path for An Changyan to come through.
An Changyan said nothing, silently listening to the grating squeal of metal being crushed.
"My original plan was to have his Demon Island Vine tie up the D7-class Metal Guards."
"Looks like I'll just have to come up with an excuse now..." As An Changyan considered what to do, Chen Beixun suddenly said softly, "Your Highness, those D7-class Metal Guards have already been taken care of."
"What?" An Changyan's pupils shook. Her expression shifted from confusion to astonishment.
She blinked twice and exclaimed in surprise, "Those were D7-class Metal Guards! There were seventeen of them!"
"What are you so shocked about?" Chen Beixun's expression was calm and unmoved.
"These D7-class Metal Guards aren't particularly advanced. They aren't equipped with any highly lethal weapons."
"You could say they're fighting barehanded!"
"There's nothing to be afraid of..."
With that thought in mind,
"Your Highness, these Metal Guards aren't very strong," Chen Beixun said with a smile.
"Uh..." An Changyan grimaced. "It's just that they appeared so suddenly."
Chen Beixun's eyes darkened. "That doesn't sound right. These Metal Guards aren't especially powerful. They could easily handle a few Universe Level warriors."
"But why would a Domain Lord be...? Could she have been forced into it?"
An Changyan's expression instantly darkened.
"Whew!" Chen Beixun let out a long breath. "I don't get it..."
"What do you mean?" An Changyan said indignantly. "Are you saying my injured guard was a lie, and I deliberately tricked you? I had no reason to do that!"
"I..."
"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Chen Beixun quickly held up a hand to interrupt her. "Your Highness, there's no need to get so worked up!"
Chen Beixun couldn't help taking several steps backward. "I meant that you were trapped with no way out by the Metal Guards!"
"Get lost!" An Changyan snapped, secretly delighted. What a perfect opportunity!
"Fine, fine." Chen Beixun waved a hand. "Your Highness, don't forget the payment."
Chen Beixun stared at An Changyan and thought, I'll get one over on you first.
"Get lost!" An Changyan shouted, her eyes blazing with anger. "You still want to be paid?"
Chen Beixun took a step back and disappeared into the Demon Island Vine. He smiled. "Your Highness, you're breaking your promise."
"Don't blame me, then!"
His final words came out especially forcefully.
"You... You!" An Changyan's face turned deathly pale, and her legs trembled. How could she possibly break her word? She just hadn't expected Chen Beixun to pull a stunt like this.
An Changyan coughed lightly, doing her best to remain calm. "Sir, let's talk this out."
"Sir?!" An Changyan called out anxiously when no one answered.
Boom! Boom!
The Demon Island Vine slowly pressed in from all sides, like a room gradually closing around her.
"Sir!"
"Don't!"
Tears glimmered in An Changyan's eyes as she backed away in terror. The Demon Island Vine behind her sped up, pressing directly against her back.
"Ah!" An Changyan screamed in despair. "Sir, please! I'll pay you double!"
Still no one answered. Silence was the greatest contempt.
"I'm begging you!" An Changyan wept bitterly. She deeply regretted sneaking away from her family—and bringing only two guards with her.
The Demon Island Vine's actions pushed her over the edge. Several vines as thick as ropes wrapped around her, crushing her chest.
"Wah... Ah... What are you doing!"
"Ah!" An Changyan struggled with all her might, like a little fish caught in a mass of seaweed.
"Why can this thing devour my armor?" She'd discovered what was happening: the outer layer of her armor had already been devoured, leaving only her Origin Force armor.
At that moment,
Chen Beixun was sitting leisurely on a large rock. He brought the wine in his hand up to his nose and took a deep breath.
He smiled. "This wine is really good!"
Beep, beep!
"Hmm?" Chen Beixun raised his arm and asked in confusion, "An email from Li Di?"
All emails were currently screened and relayed by Chunqiu.
The brief summary of the email read:
["Don't go too far. We're all watching. Her parents are undying, and so is her grandfather. Keep this up and you're finished!"]
"Fuck!" Chen Beixun's whole body shuddered. He hurriedly said, "Demon Island Vine, let her out! Quickly!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
An Changyan was pushed out of the scarlet vines. Her face was deathly pale and her eyes vacant. She staggered toward Chen Beixun, murmuring, "I'm sorry! Don't kill me!"
"Your Highness?!" Chen Beixun said softly. "You don't have to... You..."
"Don't have to what?!" An Changyan's body pitched forward, forming the shape of the number seven.
Chen Beixun quickly caught her, nearly letting her fall face-first into the ground.
"I'll tell you everything! I swear!" An Changyan desperately broke free of Chen Beixun and ran to the right when she saw she was loose.
"Demon Island Vine!" Chen Beixun snapped his fingers.
A scarlet vine blocked her path.
"Ah!" An Changyan screamed in utter terror and despair. If she hadn't used Origin Force to muffle the sound beforehand, her scream would have shattered the heavens.
Chen Beixun hurried forward to reassure her. "Don't worry! Don't worry! It's all right."
A long while later...
"A Machine Race Spaceship?" Chen Beixun exclaimed in shock, thinking, This must be an opportunity those undying beings prepared especially for her.
An Changyan nodded, her voice choked with tears. "I... I... I'll let you have it. Just don't use the Demon Island Vine on me again."
Chen Beixun's eyes widened as he hurriedly said, "It was a misunderstanding!"
"This was a misunderstanding!"
"I just acted on impulse!"
He didn't want to offend an undying!