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 wineglass with a smile, gesturing toward Wang Yu seated across from him.

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

"A pleasure doing business with you!" Wang Yu said with a smile, raising 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 information, investigating each other's backgrounds, yet neither knows he's being investigated..."

"Hehehe, this is going to be entertaining!"

He had worked as an intelligence broker for many years, yet he had rarely encountered a situation like this.

Slave merchant Sha Luo and the newly advanced Universe-level Wang Yu had both come to him to buy information about the other.

Sha Luo wanted to figure out 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 noticed something and wanted to learn what kind of person this slave merchant who had approached him so eagerly really was.

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

Of course, as a professional intelligence broker, he had his own code of ethics. He would never reveal his dealings with his clients.

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

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

Wang Yu carefully reviewed the information he had obtained.

Since he had grown suspicious, he naturally could not sit around doing nothing. He immediately hired an intelligence broker to investigate the slave merchant's background.

One hundred thousand Universe Coin was no small sum for an ordinary Universe-level expert, but Wang Yu still had more than eight hundred million. This little amount was not even worth blinking over.

Sure enough, he had found something.

Slave merchant Sha Luo had close ties with the Blood Fang Star Bandits in private. Many of his slaves came from Blood Fang's raids.

"Blood Fang Star Bandits..."

Wang Yu recognized the name. He did not even need an intelligence broker; a simple search would turn it up.

The Blood Fang Star Bandits were a powerful band of space pirates that ran rampant across the region and were wanted by several Elementary Universe Countries.

The information on the wanted posters was not particularly detailed, but it was horrifying enough.

Their leader, "Blood Fang" Quinn, was Universe-level 9th Order, with Wind Domain Ninth Layer. He excelled at close combat, possessed tremendous strength, and used ruthless methods. His bounty was as high as one billion Universe Coin!

Vice commander "Bone Crusher" Harold was Universe-level 7th Order, with Golden Domain Seventh Layer. Violent by nature and addicted to killing, he carried a bounty of one hundred million Universe Coin.

Vice commander "Poison Sting" Hawthorne was Universe-level 8th Order, with Water Domain Seventh Layer. Sinister and cunning, he specialized in poison and carried a bounty of one hundred million Universe Coin.

"The Blood Fang Star Bandits operate throughout the territories of several Elementary Civilization Countries. They have committed countless major crimes, slaughtered innumerable people, and earned a fearsome reputation..."

Wang Yu's expression grew grave as he read.

One Universe-level 9th Order and two Universe-level 7th Order experts, all vicious figures whose strength far exceeded others at the same level.

"They've come with bad intentions..." Wang Yu narrowed his eyes.

"I only bought some extra slaves. It was an order worth one hundred thousand Universe Coin. That isn't a small amount, but it isn't enough for a Universe-level merchant to rush over in person to visit me..."

"So he really came to test my background!"

"Maybe he has already contacted Blood Fang and is preparing to pull this job on me..."

Wang Yu was not surprised.

That was how the universe worked: the strong preyed on the weak. It was naked jungle law. If someone displayed wealth without possessing the strength to protect it, that wealth would inevitably draw envy and plunder.

It was just that...

The wild dogs had come faster than he had expected, and they were bigger than he had expected too.

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

"The medicine will arrive within a month. By then, it will bring me thirty billion Lord Points, more than enough to raise my stats to Universe-level 9th Order and step across 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 at me all three together, I would only have a decent chance of winning in a one-against-three fight!"

"And there's no telling whether they have some high-grade laser cannons or something similar as trump cards. If they do, it'll be even more dangerous!"

"And if I really fought with that level of strength, the trouble afterward would be enormous!"

"However..."

"There's no need for me to do it myself at all!"

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

Its contents were only 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 whole matter from beginning to end.

"The Blood Fang Star Bandits? That group is not easy to deal with!" Yoda's expression turned grave after listening.

"You were vigilant. Based on what you said, there is indeed a good chance that Blood Fang has set his sights on you!"

"Mentor, I was thinking..."

"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 there, even if all three of Blood Fang's commanders arrive, they will never dare make a move!"

Though Mentor Yoda was small, barely over a meter tall, his words carried immense force. His expression was filled with the absolute confidence of a powerhouse.

Wang Yu stared at him in surprise.

I haven't even said anything yet!

You're directly offering to protect me personally for ten years?

That's so domineering?

He had indeed planned to ask Mentor Yoda to oversee War God Star for ten years, at a price of ten million Universe Coin.

But he had not even opened his mouth before his mentor offered on his own initiative—and did not ask for money!

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

"Don't worry about it, and don't think about paying me. Keep the wealth you obtained through your opportunities for your own cultivation. A little money has long since become useless to me." Mentor Yoda smiled.

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

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

"Yes, a favor!" Yoda's smile carried a trace of bitterness and helplessness.

"You and I are both Universe-level. In this vast universe, we may not be top-tier powerhouses, but we are still people of some standing. I won't waste time with empty pleasantries."

"A Universe-level expert has a lifespan of one hundred thousand years. It sounds long, 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 was inwardly shaken. He knew Mentor Yoda was a veteran Universe-level powerhouse, but he had never 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 a thousand life-and-death battles in the Giant Axe Dojo and earned the title of Giant Axe Warrior. Yet even after forcing myself so relentlessly..."

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

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

"And unfortunately for me, it seems I am simply unable to cross that fifty percent."

Wang Yu listened in silence.

As he listened to Mentor Yoda's calm account, his heart could not help but grow heavy.

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

Yet hearing a powerhouse who had lived for over ninety thousand years speak so calmly of how he had struggled and gone mad... only to still see no road ahead—

Wang Yu could not help feeling sorrowful.

Mentor Yoda stopped drinking and merely smiled bitterly. "That is why I took the initiative to help you today. I see your potential, and I want to do you a favor."

"You only just broke through to the Universe-level, yet you have already reached Domain Ninth Layer... Your talent and comprehension are far greater than mine were back then!"

"Most Universe-level Giant Axe Warriors are only at Domain Eighth Layer. Even the stronger ones only reach Ninth Layer. I was the same."

"So, to be honest, in terms of realm, you are already no weaker than me. Energy accumulation is merely a matter of time and effort. As long as you spend enough time and resources, it is only a matter of time before you improve."

"In the future, you will at least become a powerhouse at my level. If... your opportunities are sufficient, you may even cross the threshold of the Origin Laws!"

"Domain Ninth Layer only gives you a certain chance, but if you cross the threshold of the Origin Laws, you are guaranteed to become a Domain Lord!"

"My family has produced no promising descendants. There are five Universe-level experts, but the strongest has only reached Domain Fifth Layer. The rest are merely at Second or Third Layer."

"If I never manage to break through, then once my lifespan ends, they definitely will not be able to protect the wealth I leave behind. They may even invite disaster because of my inheritance!"

"So... I am making connections everywhere now, doing favors for others, forming good ties between my family and powerful experts. I hope that through these favors, my family can avoid great calamities in the future."

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

Mentor Yoda looked steadily at Wang Yu.

"Mentor..." Wang Yu took a deep breath and met Mentor Yoda's gaze. "I, Wang Yu, will remember this favor of yours."

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