Mentor, Someone Wants to Harm Me!

Virtual Universe, White Dragon Sea Island.

Inside a private room at another bar.

A bald, purple-skinned man raised his glass with a smile, gesturing toward Wang Yu across from him.

"The money has arrived. A pleasure doing business with you! My lord, if you need anything else next time, you're welcome to come find me anytime!"

"A pleasure doing business with you!" Wang Yu smiled and raised his glass as well.

The two drained their glasses, and the bald man got up and left.

As he walked out of the bar, the smile on the bald man's face deepened.

"Both of them came to me for intelligence, investigating each other's backgrounds, while neither has any idea they're being investigated..."

"Hehe, now this will be entertaining!"

In all his years as an intelligence broker, he had rarely encountered a situation like this.

The slave merchant Sha Luo and Wang Yu, this newly advanced Universe-level warrior, had both come to him to purchase information on the other.

Sha Luo wanted to ascertain Wang Yu's strength and background, to see whether he was a fat piece of meat worth biting into.

Wang Yu, meanwhile, seemed to have sensed something and wanted to find out exactly where this slave merchant who had approached him came from.

The bald man had sold intelligence to both sides and earned money twice over.

Of course, as a professional intelligence broker, he had his own professional ethics and would never reveal his clients' dealings with him.

Investigating intelligence was fine, but he would not personally step in to warn either side.

He was merely an outsider who had made his money and was waiting to watch the show.

Wang Yu carefully reviewed the information he had obtained.

Since he had become suspicious, he naturally could not just sit around. He immediately hired an intelligence broker to investigate the slave merchant's background.

One hundred thousand Universe Coins was no small sum for an ordinary Universe-level warrior, but he still had more than eight hundred million. This tiny amount was not worth even blinking at.

Sure enough, he had found something.

The slave merchant Sha Luo had close private ties to the Blood Fang Star Bandits. Much of his slave stock came from Blood Fang's raids.

"The Blood Fang Star Bandits..."

Wang Yu recognized the name. He did not even need an intelligence broker; a casual search would turn up information on them.

The Blood Fang Star Bandits were a powerful band of space pirates that ran rampant across a region and were wanted by several elementary universe nations.

The information on the wanted notices was not especially detailed, but it was horrifying enough.

Their leader, Blood Fang Quinn, was Universe-level rank nine, with ninth-level Wind Domain. Skilled in close combat, immensely powerful, and brutally ruthless, he carried a bounty as high as one billion Universe Coins!

Their vice leader, Bone Crusher Harold, was Universe-level rank seven, with seventh-level Metal Domain. Violent by nature and addicted to killing, he carried a bounty of one hundred million Universe Coins.

Their vice leader, Poison Sting Hawthorne, was Universe-level rank eight, with seventh-level Water Domain. Cunning and treacherous, skilled in poison, he carried a bounty of one hundred million Universe Coins.

"The Blood Fang Star Bandits operate throughout the territories of several elementary civilization nations. They have committed numerous major crimes, slaughtered countless people, and built a fearsome reputation..."

Wang Yu's heart grew heavy as he read.

One Universe-level rank nine warrior and two Universe-level rank seven warriors, all vicious characters whose strength far exceeded others of their rank.

"They've come with ill intent..." Wang Yu narrowed his eyes.

"I merely bought a few more slaves. It was an order worth one hundred thousand Universe Coins. Not a small sum, but not enough for a Universe-level merchant to rush over personally to pay me a visit..."

"So he really came to probe my background!"

"Perhaps he has already contacted Blood Fang and is preparing to rob me..."

Wang Yu was not surprised.

That was how the universe worked: the strong preyed on the weak. Its naked law of the jungle meant that displaying wealth without possessing the strength to protect it would inevitably attract covetous eyes and plunder.

It was just that...

The wild dogs had come faster than he imagined, and in greater numbers too.

"The Blood Fang Star Bandits..." Wang Yu pondered.

"The potions will arrive within a month. By then, they'll bring me thirty billion Lord Points, more than enough to raise my attributes to Universe-level rank nine and cross the Law Threshold."

"With that kind of strength, killing any one of them would not be difficult. But if they are ruthless enough to come all three at once, I would only have a relatively good chance of winning in a one-against-three fight!"

"And there's no telling whether they have some advanced laser cannon or similar weapon as a trump card. If they do, that would be even more dangerous!"

"And if I really fought them with that kind of strength, it would cause a great deal of trouble!"

"However..."

"I have no need to do it myself at all!"

Wang Yu smiled calmly and directly sent Mentor Yoda an email.

Its content was just one sentence:

"Mentor, someone wants to harm me!"

The instant the email was sent, Mentor Yoda contacted him. Before long, he arrived at the bar to meet Wang Yu.

"Wang Yu, what's going on? Who wants to make a move against you?" Mentor Yoda asked as he sat down.

Wang Yu did not hide anything and quickly explained the entire sequence of events.

"The Blood Fang Star Bandits? That bunch isn't easy to deal with!" After listening, Yoda's expression turned grave as well.

"At least you were vigilant. From what you've said, there is indeed a good chance Blood Fang has already set his sights on you!"

"Mentor, I would like to..."

"Enough." Mentor Yoda waved a hand, stopping Wang Yu from continuing.

"I'll go to your planet and protect you for ten years!"

"With me present, even if all three leaders of Blood Fang come together, they would absolutely not dare make a move!"

Although Mentor Yoda was small in stature, barely over a meter tall, he spoke with immense confidence, his expression filled with the absolute self-assurance of a powerhouse!

Wang Yu stared in surprise.

I haven't even said anything yet!

You're directly saying you'll personally protect me for ten years?

That bold?

He had originally wanted to ask Mentor Yoda to oversee War God Star for ten years, at a price of ten million Universe Coins.

But before he could even say it, his mentor had offered on his own initiative—and without asking for money!

"Mentor, this..." Wang Yu hesitated.

"Don't worry about it, and don't think about compensating me. Keep the wealth you obtained through your opportunities for your own cultivation. Money has long been useless to me," Mentor Yoda said with a smile.

"What I want is not money, but to do you a favor."

"A favor?" Wang Yu looked at him in confusion.

"Yes, a favor!" Yoda's smile was tinged with bitterness and helplessness.

"You and I are both Universe-level. In this vast universe, while we may not be top-tier powerhouses, we are still figures of some standing. I won't feed you any empty pleasantries."

"A Universe-level warrior has a lifespan of one hundred thousand years. That sounds like a long time, but I have already lived for more than ninety thousand years... I am very close to my limit!"

More than ninety thousand years?

Wang Yu's heart trembled. He knew Mentor Yoda was a veteran Universe-level powerhouse, but he truly had not known that his mentor was already over ninety thousand years old!

"I only have four or five thousand years left." As Yoda spoke, he picked up the wine jug, poured himself a glass, and drained it in one gulp.

"Over the years, I have given everything I had, searching like a madman for an opportunity to break through. I even fought one thousand life-and-death battles at the Giant Axe Dojo and earned the title of Giant Axe Warrior. Yet even after pushing myself so madly..."

"I still could not find an opportunity to break through to Domain Lord Level..."

"The title of Giant Axe Warrior sounds impressive, but in reality, Universe-level Giant Axe Warriors have only a fifty percent chance, on average, of successfully breaking through to Domain Lord Level."

"And unfortunately, it seems I am among the fifty percent who cannot break through."

Wang Yu listened in silence.

Hearing Mentor Yoda's calm account, his heart could not help growing heavy.

Mentor Yoda had only guided him a few times. It would be a stretch to say they shared any deep bond.

But hearing a powerhouse who had lived for more than ninety thousand years speak in such a calm tone about how desperately, how madly he had struggled... only to still be unable to see a path ahead.

Wang Yu could not help feeling saddened.

Mentor Yoda stopped drinking and merely gave a bitter smile. "That is why I offered to help you today. I value your potential and want to do you a favor."

"You only just broke through to Universe-level, yet you have already reached ninth-level Domain... Your talent and comprehension far surpass what I had in my youth!"

"Most Universe-level Giant Axe Warriors are only at eighth-level Domain. Even the stronger ones are merely at ninth-level, as I am."

"So, to be frank, purely in terms of realm, you are no weaker than I am now. Energy accumulation is only a matter of steady effort. As long as you spend some time and resources, improving it is merely a question of time."

"In the future, you will at least become a powerhouse on my level. And if... your opportunities are sufficient, perhaps you may even cross the Origin Laws Threshold!"

"At ninth-level Domain, there is only a certain chance, but once one crosses the Origin Laws Threshold, becoming a Domain Lord is guaranteed!"

"My family has produced no particularly outstanding descendants. There are five Universe-level warriors, but the strongest has only reached fifth-level Domain, while the rest are merely at the second or third level."

"If I remain unable to break through, then once my lifespan ends, they certainly will not be able to protect the wealth I leave behind. They may even bring disaster upon themselves because of my inheritance!"

"So... I have been making connections everywhere and doing favors for others, building goodwill between my family and more powerhouses. I hope that through these favors, they can protect my family from great calamities in the future."

"A true genius like you, one with the potential to become a Domain Lord, is naturally worth my effort to do a favor for."

Mentor Yoda looked calmly at Wang Yu.

"Mentor..." Wang Yu took a deep breath and met Mentor Yoda's gaze.

"I, Wang Yu, will remember this favor."

A satisfied smile appeared on Mentor Yoda's face. He had Wang Yu provide the coordinates of War God Star, checked his intelligent assistant's calculations, said he would arrive in ten days, then drank another glass of wine and left.