Arrival at Lanka Star

On Lei Bao Star, a banquet was underway in the grand hall of that magnificent castle.

Seated at the head of the table was naturally the Lord of Lei Bao Star, Hugo, who looked like a one-horned youth.

Across from him sat a beautiful woman in tight red battle armor with an icy temperament, as well as a round, plump youth in black with short, slightly curly hair.

The Black-Clad Fat Youth was currently sweeping through the delicious food on the table before him while mumbling compliments at Hugo through a mouthful of food:

"Haha, Nineteenth Brother, you really know how to live it up. Roasted meat from a Star Traveller Purple Scale Beast, wine brewed from White Jade Marrow, and Ice Pattern Spirit Fruit from the Jade Spring Galaxy. This table alone must cost at least a million Eternal Coins!"

"As expected of a tycoon who owns an entire high-grade resource planet! Haha, now this is living!!"

Hugo took a sip of the White Jade Marrow wine from his cup and replied with a rather smug smile, "Haha, this is nothing. Stay here a while longer, and I'll get you an entire Star Traveller Tier 9 dragon to taste!"

The Black-Clad Fat Youth's eyes lit up. "Really, Nineteenth Brother? It's a deal, then."

"Will you two shut up already!"

The Icy Woman in red armor glared fiercely at them and scolded them irritably, "You never put your minds to cultivation and only know how to eat and drink. Especially you, Little Nineteen!"

She glared at Hugo in the seat of honor.

"Mother worked so hard to secure ownership of Lei Bao Star for you. Instead of using Lei Bao Star's resources to cultivate properly, this is what you've been busy with? Don't you want revenge on those people anymore?"

"Cough, cough."

Hugo seemed quite afraid of this woman. After being glared at, he immediately shrank back and stammered an explanation, "Thirteenth Sister, th-this is only because you and Hu Ya came. I'm not usually like this, and I haven't neglected my cultivation either. Look, I'm already a Star Traveller."

"Mm. In just over half a year, you went from Planetary Tier 8 to Star Traveller Tier 1. It seems you really have put in quite a bit of effort. However..."

Hearing this, the Red Armor Woman's cold expression softened slightly, but she still instructed him sternly, "Mother had a hard time securing Lei Bao Star for you. You must manage it well and use its resources to rapidly improve your strength. You don't want to go through what happened last time again, do you?"

"Understood, Thirteenth Sister. I'll remember it all!"

Hugo nodded frantically and quickly changed the subject. "Hehe, Thirteenth Sister, don't worry. I picked up a batch of good merchandise from Bibo Star last time, and Lei Bao Star's output has increased quite a bit now!"

"And there's even a leader among them. He was only Star Traveller Tier 2 when I bought him, but in just half a year, he's broken through two stages in a row. If I resell him, I can make tens of millions more Eternal Coins!"

"Oh? Two stages in half a year?"

The Red Armor Woman indeed looked interested. "You can buy a genius like that at the slave market? How much did you spend?"

"Hehe, just the usual price for a Star Traveller Tier 2 warrior!"

Hugo said smugly, "That batch of slaves came from a newly discovered Native Planet. They hadn't cultivated any decent secret arts, so I casually gave him a copy of the Nine Radiance secret art. I never expected such a huge surprise!"

"Mm, your luck is indeed quite good."

The Red Armor Woman nodded. "Don't casually sell slaves with this kind of potential. Cultivate them a little, and you might receive some unexpected gains."

"Haha, don't worry, Thirteenth Sister. I understand!" Hugo hurriedly replied.

"Enough. Hurry up and arrange the matters on Lei Bao Star. We need to set out as soon as possible. If we arrive late, those people might pull some more little tricks."

Lanka Star was one of the top fifty prosperous planets within the Eternal Empire's territory.

As the Ancestor Star of the Ortega Family, it was home to more than half of the Ortega Family's elites.

Over the past half year, Core Members living on other planets had also begun returning to Lanka Star one after another.

The Ortega Family had developed for hundreds of thousands of years. Its members numbered in the billions.

Even Core Members alone were a terrifyingly large number!

For a time, the Interstellar Port of Lanka Star was packed to the brim with spaceships, and some spacecraft belonging to non-direct-line members could only be parked out in space.

The reason Lanka Star had become so lively recently was that its lord, the founder of the Ortega Family, had finally broken through his shackles not long ago and successfully advanced into a Realm Lord powerhouse capable of Opening Up a world of his own!

Within the exclusive port for direct-line members of the Ortega Family on Lanka Star.

After Hugo's group disembarked from their spaceship, they headed straight out along the port's designated passageway.

Just then—

A spaceship covered in an unusual pattern of interwoven red and white slowly descended into a berth not far from them.

As the ship's hatch opened, a young man in Dark Gold Battle Armor, with a dark red horn atop his head and features somewhat similar to Hugo's, flew out first.

More than a dozen Star Traveller guards in black alloy battle armor immediately followed behind him.

"Well, if it isn't little Hugo!"

The young man's eyes lit up when he saw Hugo's group, and he flew directly down onto the passageway where they stood.

The young man stared at the silver-gray spaceship behind Hugo, an inscrutable smile curling at his lips.

"Hehe, little Hugo, you can even afford a C9-class spaceship now. Looks like you've made quite a fortune on Lei Bao Star!"

"So, shouldn't you thank us? After all, we put in quite a bit of effort to get you sent to Lei Bao Star."

The moment Hugo saw this man, his eyes narrowed involuntarily.

This man was Sixth Brother, from the same branch of the family as him, but their relationship was far from good.

Even ordinary families on Earth often had conflicts, much less a powerful cultivation family like the Ortega Family that had been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years.

For resources and interests, it was hardly rare for brothers to turn against one another.

Hugo and this Sixth Brother had caused no small amount of trouble over similar matters in the past.

Even the reason Hugo, as a direct-line descendant of the Ortega Family, did not live on Lanka Star but instead went to a harsh place like Lei Bao Star was related to this.

Looking at the obnoxious grin on Sixth Brother's face, Hugo desperately wanted to punch him.

But considering the current special circumstances and wanting to avoid trouble from the elders, he could only suppress the urge to strike.

Still, he had no intention of losing out verbally!

"Thank you? I'll thank your mother &#!"

"Get lost. I'm sick of the sight of you!"

With that, he ignored the young man and walked around him.

The Red Armor Woman, the Black-Clad Fat Youth, Qi Yuan, and the other Star Traveller guards following beside him naturally did not linger either.

The group swept forward in force, directly scattering the other party's formation as they flew toward the exit of the port.

"That Hugo, he was driven out of Lanka Star and still acts so arrogantly!"

Watching their departing figures, the expression of the young man in Dark Gold Battle Armor shifted repeatedly. In the end, an extremely cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Hmph, keep being arrogant! I heard you broke through to Star Traveller. I hope you'll still be this arrogant when you take part in the family trial!"

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