Even playing it safe had its surprises

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Countless waves of murderous intent battered Li Hao's will without restraint.

"Mm... I finally did it." After eighty years, Li Hao had finally fused with three Blood Luo Crystals.

"But this feeling... it really hurts! To become a Black Warrior, I still have to fuse with seven more. How am I supposed to endure that...?"

Fusing with three Blood Luo Crystals doubled both his combat strength and his affinity with the universe origin laws, a testament to how miraculous these treasures were.

Teacher Qian Wu told me to collect more Blood Luo Crystals. If a treasure warrants a special reminder from a great Universe Country Lord, I definitely need to gather plenty, Li Hao thought.

In Blood Luo World, those at the Domain Level (Domain Lord level) normally possessed at least one Blood Luo Crystal.

In this native world, the vast majority only gained domain abilities after breaking through to the Domain Lord level.

Domains had nine stages, and only beyond the ninth did one begin comprehending the origin laws. Li Hao's sensitivity to the origin laws was exceptionally keen. With his combat strength, hunting a Domain Lord in Blood Luo World took only a single hammer strike.

Blood Luo World is ruled by over ten million World Cities, each with at least a hundred Domain Lords. That puts the total number of Domain Lords in this world at over a billion. What an astonishing number. Li Hao considered his hunting plan for collecting Blood Luo Crystals.

Blood Luo World revered strength, and its various territories constantly waged war against one another. Even the deaths of World Lords were hardly rare, let alone Domain Lords. Large numbers of Domain Lords died every year.

"With my combat strength, I can finish off a Domain Lord in Blood Luo World with one hammer strike. But to be safe, I'll bring an E9-class laser cannon. If I run into a World Lord, I'll blast them dead with one shot." As a precaution, Li Hao fully charged the E9-class laser cannon in his World Ring, leaving it ready to fire at any moment.

The laser cannon was ten meters long, with a barrel a staggering three meters in diameter. A creation of the Machine Race, it was classified as an individual weapon. Its mechanical construction alone gave it a terrifyingly imposing appearance.

My E9-class laser cannon takes only 0.01 seconds to charge. It's the best of the best. It can shoot straight through E9-class alloy, and an ordinary ninth-stage World Lord without a special treasure would die instantly, Li Hao thought.

Concerned that he might not react in time to an unexpected situation, Li Hao had an E9-class mechanical guard hold the laser cannon. With a single thought, he could release it from his World Ring and have it fire immediately.

If he encountered a World Lord, one blast would kill them on the spot.

For added safety, Li Hao also had his World Lord-level auxiliary plant lifeform form a battle suit around his body.

That should guarantee my safety now, right? Li Hao couldn't help thinking.

"Ordinary World Lords pose no threat to me. If I encounter an Immortal, I'll head straight into my spaceship, the Fire Meteor." Li Hao weighed his preparations. This was as safe as it could get.

"I really am playing it safe..." With all these precautions in place, Li Hao felt utterly secure.

The Fire Meteor was a spaceship his King Rank teacher had spent a fortune commissioning specifically to keep Li Hao safe.

The ship measured 1,500 meters long, 600 meters wide, and 500 meters high. Built from F9-grade metal and engraved with secret patterns, it could reach a maximum speed of fifty times the speed of light. Moreover, the Fire Meteor's core cabin, a small compartment twenty meters long and ten meters high, was custom-built from G-grade metal.

That tiny cabin alone was worth fifty F9-Class Spaceships. The entire ship cost 250 million Hunyuan units to build. An ordinary King Rank Immortal's total wealth was only around a billion.

But for Li Hao, who had picked up a Heavy Treasure, that was merely a drop in the bucket.

An ordinary Heavy Treasure weapon was worth roughly one Heavy Treasure point. Converted into Hunyuan units, one Heavy Treasure point was worth ten trillion.

"Mm... the Fire Meteor's core cabin can withstand attacks from Immortals below King Rank. Your safety should be reasonably assured," Li Hao's King Rank teacher had told him.

Who wouldn't cherish a supremely talented disciple? Naturally, he had hurried to commission a spaceship to protect him.

"I won't hunt too many. One Domain Lord per World City will do. There are a billion Domain Lords across the Blood Luo Continent. Killing ten thousand is just a drop in the ocean." A gleam flashed through Li Hao's eyes.

Gathering ten thousand Blood Luo Crystals took Li Hao thirty years, and unusual incidents inevitably occurred along the way.

Once, while he was hunting a Domain Lord, a World Lord happened to be nearby. Fortunately, Li Hao reacted quickly. In less than 0.05 seconds, he released the mechanical guard and activated the E9-class laser cannon, killing the World Lord with a single shot.

He then flew the Fire Meteor to the other side of the Blood Luo Continent and continued hunting.

With the hunt complete, Li Hao finally submitted his Blood Luo World mission. It had taken a lengthy 110 years. Several geniuses from his cohort had already completed ten cultivation missions.

My disciple has fused with three Blood Luo Crystals and become a Blood Warrior. But since he's still only at the Universe Level, there's no need to reward him now. I'll wait until he reaches the World Lord level. Yang Hao had long since decided to bestow treasures upon his disciple when he reached the World Lord level and ventured out into the wider universe.

"Funds worth half a Heavy Treasure will let him spend to his heart's content."

The years passed, and before long, Li Hao reached the Domain Lord level.

As a genius seen only once in ten million eras, his assignment at the Domain Lord level sparked some debate among the Virtual Universe Company's upper ranks. In the end, however, they sent him to the Qian Wu Universe Country as an Inspector.

That scared the three bigwigs witless. He was the disciple of the Qian Wu Universe Country's ruler, as well as a genius the Virtual Universe Company valued immensely, with an excellent chance of becoming a Universe Venerable in the future. Who would dare offend someone like that?

"The highest points mission is here." Reading the email, Li Hao considered it. Teacher told me to advance to the World Lord level after completing the highest points mission. Staying at the Domain Lord level is just a waste of time.

"Once the special squad the company assigned to assist me with the highest points mission arrives, we can begin."

The highest points mission involved exceptionally powerful Immortals. To give them the best possible chance of completing it, the special squad sent to assist him included three King Rank Immortals alone.

There were also ten Marquis-level Immortals. The strongest member was at the Peak King level, showing just how highly the Virtual Universe Company valued Li Hao.

"Your Highness!" A ten-meter-tall expert with two heads, six arms, and grayish-white skin looked at Li Hao and nodded slightly. At the same time, the twelve Immortals behind him all bowed a little.

"No need for formalities, everyone. I'll be relying on you for this mission." Li Hao smiled. Although he was a supremely talented genius, he was not excessively arrogant.

Besides, there was an enormous gap between his strength and theirs. Powerful experts still deserved appropriate respect.

Even if this special squad consisted only of Immortal Experts from an ordinary race subordinate to the Human Race, there was no need to treat them with arrogant indifference.

These are experts of the Aoshi Race. According to their information, they're energy lifeforms, and their two-headed, six-armed form is their strongest combat form. Still a newcomer to the universe, Li Hao found energy lifeforms novel as well.

"Your Highness, we'll follow your command on this mission," said the strongest among them, King Zhou Shu.

"Mm. For the first stage of the mission, our target is an Immortal at the Peak Marquis level or barely at King Rank. His crimes are heinous. We absolutely must capture him alive and bring him before me for judgment," Li Hao said, sending King Zhou Shu some information.

"I possess the Space Lockdown ability. I can certainly capture him alive," King Zhou Shu said as he read through the information.

"Teacher, save me!"

Yang Hao was immersed in cultivation when he suddenly discovered that the token he had given Li Hao had shattered. At the same time, he received a special email.

"Li Hao is in trouble!"

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