Shi Fen's Nascent Domain

"Why is it quiet now? Brother, don't scare me like this. I'm almost at your combat position."

Luo Feng's anxious voice came through the communication bracelet.

Luo Feng had heard the entire battle in its entirety: the various roars of the monsters, the sound of flying daggers piercing flesh followed by agonizing shrieks, the desperate howls of dying beasts, and the kingly roar belonging to the King-Level Crocodile Dragon.

It made Luo Feng's scalp tingle.

Realizing Shi Fen's predicament, Luo Feng abandoned the search for the Spirit of Vegetation and flew toward the source of the combat sounds, desperate to find and rescue him.

Along the way, Luo Feng saw so many corpses of Lord-Level monsters and terrifying traces of battle that he grew frantic, wishing he could fly faster than the speed of light to reach Shi Fen. As the sounds from the communication bracelet grew fewer and fainter, Luo Feng was on the verge of a breakdown.

Hearing Luo Feng's voice, which sounded like he was on the verge of tears, Shi Fen subconsciously raised his hand and spoke into the bracelet: "I'm fine. I've finished off the monsters."

"Huh?"

Hearing Shi Fen's calm voice, he shouted in excitement, "Quick, share your location! I'm coming right now!"

"Alright."

Shi Fen's consciousness recovered slightly; he hurriedly enabled location sharing and immediately re-entered that state of epiphany. Driven by a strange impulse, he split half of his consciousness to enter the Image World to comprehend the final Secret Pattern diagram.

Shi Fen remained with his hand raised, his consciousness deeply immersed in the epiphany.

The final Secret Pattern diagram, which had previously shown no progress, began to be parsed rapidly as he entered the basics in this state.

Following the coordinates from the communication bracelet, Luo Feng sped along and finally arrived at Shi Fen's location. When he saw the massive corpse of the King-Level Crocodile Dragon before Shi Fen, his soul nearly left his body in shock.

Over a hundred Lord-Level monsters and one King-Level monster.

The result of Shi Fen's one-hour battle.

This...

It was too absurd!

While stunned, Luo Feng saw the strange posture Shi Fen was holding. Being as clever as he was, he immediately understood. Shi Fen must have gained a great deal from the battle and was now immersed in an epiphany.

Luo Feng immediately turned off his communication device, drew his weapons, and stood guard at a distance to ensure Shi Fen's safety.

After a moment of hesitation, Luo Feng dialed the number to report the situation and claim the reward.

"Hello, this is Luo Feng. I have an urgent matter to report."

A low voice came from the other end. "Speak."

Luo Feng hurriedly recounted the events, his speech rapid, like popping beans: "It's like this: while I was training in Australia, I was being hunted by Li Yao and discovered a special area. There is a large amount of Spirit of Vegetation here; there are at least eight at the Millennium Willow Heart level alone, and the largest one is a Willow King."

Without waiting for the person on the other end to interrupt, Luo Feng continued: "Later, I asked my brother Shi Fen to help. I didn't expect that after Shi Fen stepped off the fighter jet, he would be attacked by a monster horde. Shi Fen single-handedly killed a King-Level Crocodile Dragon and over a hundred Lord-Level monsters."

"Shi Fen is currently in an epiphany, and I am by his side protecting him. The environment here is complex, and I'm afraid of monsters appearing that I cannot handle."

"I know of the relationship between Shi Fen and Master Hong. Can you find a way to contact Master Hong? Please, send someone quickly to protect Shi Fen."

The voice on the other end was no longer low, but urgent: "The Shi Fen you speak of—is he the Chief Forging Master of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall's high-end forging department?"

"Yes," Luo Feng replied hurriedly.

"Good. You stay there and carefully protect Shi Fen. I will notify the Master immediately." The person on the other end hurriedly ended the call.

Luo Feng stood by Shi Fen's side, guarding him uneasily. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

In truth, Luo Feng was overthinking it; he was absolutely safe where he was.

What a joke!

So many Lord-Level monsters had died, including a King-Level beast. The miserable shrieks those monsters let out before dying had long since scared away all the surrounding creatures.

Monsters were not brainless creatures; they knew how to be afraid too!

About half an hour later.

A blood-red triangular fighter jet flew above Luo Feng. The jet hovered silently in the air, the cabin door opened, and four people stepped out.

They truly stepped out, walking down through the air step by step.

"My god, Master Hong came personally." Luo Feng was dumbfounded. He never expected that a single phone call would bring out a big shot like Hong.

Though stunned, the moment he saw Hong, the unease in Luo Feng's heart immediately settled.

Hong walked in front, with the other three following closely behind.

Hong walked up to Luo Feng, smiled slightly, and said, "Well done."

He then turned to the three people behind him and said casually, "It must be because of Shi Fen's battle just now. I see the other group has already gone into hiding. You three take Luo Feng and go harvest the Spirit of Vegetation. You can get ahead of them; I'll stay here and keep watch."

The four of them, including Luo Feng, hurriedly agreed.

Luo Feng's heart was set at ease. He followed the three men as they flew away from the area, excited to go harvest the treasures. With Master Hong here, Shi Fen will definitely be fine. Now it's my turn to make a fortune...

After the others left, Hong walked quietly to Shi Fen to observe him, then inspected the traces of the battle.

Hong raised an eyebrow, clicking his tongue in wonder. "To fight so many monsters alone without even a scratch... It seems he really is comprehending a Domain. My little brother's talent is far stronger than my second brother's..."

Hong was truly shocked by Shi Fen's performance.

Not only was his forging talent immense, but he was also this fierce in a fight. This King-Level monster clearly had the strength of a quasi-second-tier Planetary level, yet it was toyed to death by Shi Fen. For a 9th-rank Apprentice to kill so many monsters—how else could one describe him but "fierce"?

Aside from entering a state of Domain comprehension during battle, Hong could think of no other explanation.

The facts were indeed as such; it was not only Hong who thought this way.

Soon, Luo Feng and the other three returned.

The four of them returned fully loaded, having harvested over 90% of the Spirit of Vegetation on the island.

Luo Feng had actually just tagged along with the three of them, essentially coasting without contributing much effort. With Beast, Yaorao, and Iceberg—Hong's three personal guards—taking action themselves, the task was naturally accomplished with ease.

Because of Shi Fen, Luo Feng had previously refrained from snatching the Millennium Willow Heart that Li Yao had "helped him" harvest, so Luo Feng was still at the strength of an intermediate War God Spiritual Master.

During this trip to harvest the Spirit of Vegetation, the wheels of fate caused Luo Feng to once again encounter Li Yao's group as they besieged nine willow trees. Luo Feng succeeded in a sneak attack, obtaining two Millennium Willow Hearts. All the efforts of Li Yao's group had gone down the drain.

When Hong's guard Beast arrived on the scene, Li Yao's group scattered like birds and beasts, and the remaining Millennium Willow Hearts and Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Hearts were all gathered into Beast's possession.

Luo Feng had the data on the Spirit of Vegetation provided by Yaorao, so he did not immediately consume the Millennium Willow Heart, but instead used his Spiritual Force to search for more Spirit of Vegetation. Although he had been coasting, he still managed to harvest a total of four Spirit of Vegetation.

After returning, Luo Feng discovered that Shi Fen was still in a state of epiphany. He notified the three guards and found a place to quietly improve his strength.

Hong remained standing by Shi Fen's side, waiting quietly.

The three guards, having nothing better to do, went off to quietly collect Shi Fen's spoils of war. Fearing they might disturb Shi Fen, the three of them gathered all the corpses of the Lord-level monsters far away from him, helping Shi Fen dissect the carcasses and collect and organize the monster materials.

They did not touch the corpse of that terrifying King-level monster, leaving it for Shi Fen to handle himself when the time came; the three of them processed these 145 Lord-level monsters. Most of these 145 Lord-level monsters were sea beasts, as only sea beasts could quietly gather in such large numbers.

If such a large number of monsters had been discovered near a base city, a massive number of fighter jets and powerhouses would have long since descended upon them.

They would not have been given the chance to launch a beast tide.

So many Lord-level monster corpses piled together were extremely spectacular, truly stacked into a small mountain. Dissecting and organizing so many Lord-level monster corpses at once was exhausting work, yet the three of them had no complaints; on the contrary, they were very excited.

They were doing work for the forging master Shi Fen, after all. All three of them were hoping that Shi Fen might take action again and forge a set of custom SSS-grade equipment for them as well. They had been coveting Hong's full set of custom SSS-grade equipment for a long time.

Currently, the only things the three of them possessed were the custom SSS-grade weapons that Shi Fen had forged with his own hands.

When they discovered the set of custom SSS-grade equipment Shi Fen had left behind in his pack, as well as the six exquisite SSS-grade flying knives Shi Fen used himself that had been left inside a monster's head, their motivation became even greater.

If even Hong's three guards worshipped the custom SSS-grade equipment so much, there was no need to mention the other councilors and War God powerhouses.

If Shi Fen had not risked his life against the monsters and had instead gone with Luo Feng to snatch the Spirit of Vegetation, Li Yao and the others would not only have dared not snatch anything in front of Shi Fen, but would have even respectfully helped Shi Fen harvest them; the enmity between Luo Feng and Li Yao might even have been reconciled.

But the facts were not so.

The Spirit of Vegetation on the island had been harvested clean. Li Yao and his group had left Mist Island without ever having seen Shi Fen once.

Mist Island was left with only Hong, Luo Feng, the three guards, and Shi Fen, who was still in his epiphany.

Hong and his three guards knew that after Luo Feng consumed the Millennium Willow Heart, he had likewise become an invincible War God Spiritual Master.

The four of them, including Hong, fell silent.

In the current environment of Earth, the probability of two brothers, neighbors in the same residential area, both becoming invincible War God Spiritual Masters before the age of 20.

This probability was almost zero.

Yet they had seen a living example, one of whom had even slaughtered at least 145 Lord-level monsters here alone, as well as the King-level Crocodile Dragon that would make even the guards' scalps tingle.

These monster corpses were all laid out before their eyes; they could not be faked.

"It is simply a miracle." Hong was extremely moved by this matter. The three guards felt the same, especially the great beauty Yaorao, who was now mentally eyeing these two "tender sprouts."

When Shi Fen truly began to manifest the prototype of a domain, for the sake of safety, Hong called Thor and his guards over as well.

When Thor arrived and discovered that they had made the trip only to find there wasn't even a drop of soup left for them to drink, he was incredibly depressed.

But upon seeing the prototype of the domain manifesting around Shi Fen, Thor and the others immediately beamed with joy, unable to close their mouths.

Thor hurriedly praised his big brother for his generosity.

Then, these few people excitedly surrounded Shi Fen, sensing the charm of the peculiar, externalized domain prototype around him. Thor and the two guards all knew why Hong's strength was firmly ranked number one in the world.

It was because Hong possessed a domain.

The first time, no one knew such a thing as a domain existed. It was only after Hong comprehended a domain that they realized how miraculous it was.

Now, a living domain was slowly growing before their very eyes. Naturally, they were desperate to record everything they perceived; they might very well follow in Shi Fen's footsteps and step onto the path of mastering a domain.

The "favor" Shi Fen had inadvertently bestowed upon them was truly too great.

Thor gained a great deal of insight from this, and his own domain finally had a glimmer of hope.

Only Luo Feng looked on in confusion, but fortunately, Luo Feng's comprehension and memory were excellent. After receiving a reminder from Hong, he immediately began frantically memorizing everything he saw.

As time passed, Shi Fen's domain prototype became increasingly stable, and its coverage grew ever wider.