Babata Wanted a Refund!

Deep in the Australian Continent, on the vast wilderness.

An enormous corpse lay there like a small mountain. Workers in protective suits surrounded it, looking as tiny as ants as they processed it.

Materials harvested from monster corpses...

Had all sorts of special properties. Just as the first King-level monster corpse had enabled humanity to invent SS-Class Combat Suits and weapons, and even the superior SSS-Class Combat Suits and weapons.

Now, with a Monster Emperor's corpse, careful research might yield even greater results.

Whoosh!

A deep blue Triangular Fighter hovered in midair. Through the cockpit's three-dimensional virtual projection, Yang Zheng gazed down at the lake below, a vast expanse of white stretching a hundred kilometers across.

Whoosh~

Yang Zheng hovered in midair. Several fighters also hung in the sky around him, while figures occasionally emerged from underground onto the white expanse of the lake.

"Huh, Yang Zheng?"

Suddenly, a voice came from the distance. Yang Zheng turned and saw Inspector Liu He, who was slightly out of breath.

"You... broke through to the Planetary Level?"

Inspector Liu He flew over. Seeing Yang Zheng hovering in midair like that, he immediately asked in astonishment.

He had heard from Yang Zheng's father, Wang Jiu, that Yang Zheng was in seclusion, attempting to break through to the Planetary Level. Although he had been somewhat surprised when he first heard the news, he had not thought much of it.

After all, who had ever broken through to the Planetary Level without a period of preparation? Even the two hall masters, Hong and Thunder God, the legends who had rapidly reached the Planetary Level during the Great Nirvana Period.

Had the resources of the Ancient Civilization Ruins behind them.

But now...

Looking at that unmistakable sign of the Planetary Level-standing in midair without support-Inspector Liu He felt an inexplicable bitterness.

He had struggled for most of his life before finally breaking through to the Planetary Level, becoming a Beyond War God-level existence. Yet now, two young men had reached his level of achievement, one faster than the other.

Their futures were clearly even brighter.

"I really can't make sense of you young people anymore. First Luo Feng, now you..." Inspector Liu He shook his head bitterly.

"Luo Feng? Did Luo Feng break through too?" Yang Zheng asked, feigning confusion.

"Yes, and he's very strong!" Inspector Liu He nodded with some admiration. In this battle over the Wood Bud Crystals, Hong had reaped the greatest rewards among those from the Limit Martial Hall, followed by Luo Feng.

Luo Feng had made quite a name for himself in the struggle for the Wood Bud Crystals. His current strength already placed him in the second tier.

The first tier, naturally, consisted of Hong and Thunder God.

The second tier consisted of fighters on the level of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Speakers. The Third and Fifth Speakers were both at the Planetary Level, Third Tier, while the Fourth Speaker, Ister, was at the Planetary Level, second tier.

Luo Feng had only just broken through to the Planetary Level, yet he already possessed such terrifying strength.

It was truly frightening!

"Unfortunately, you came a little too late. By the time we arrived, most of the Wood Bud Crystals had already been fought over..."

Inspector Liu He collected himself. The Limit Martial Hall's coordinated search had already ended. Those who remained were unwilling to give up and wanted to stay to try their luck.

Initially, Hall Master Hong had brought only Luo Feng, Yao Rao, and Iceberg to Mist Island Lake. Who could have expected treasures like the Wood Bud Crystals to suddenly appear?

Inspectors like them had only flown over in their fighters one after another once the news spread.

"Luo Feng should still be down there too, but I've called him two or three times and couldn't get through. I have no idea where he is."

Inspector Liu He shook his head. "Never mind. With his strength, nobody on Earth can threaten him anyway. Yang Zheng, I'm going to keep looking for Wood Bud Crystals and try my luck again."

With that, Inspector Liu He picked another direction, flew into the lake again, and descended underground.

I really am too late!

Yang Zheng thought to himself. He did not know whether to wait here or simply fly back in his fighter.

As for searching for Wood Bud Crystals...

Those were merely Babata's "bait." Once the objective had been achieved, Babata naturally would not waste any more by putting them out.

Fifteen thousand meters underground.

Inside the brightly lit hall of the Yunmo Star Ship, Luo Feng had just formally accepted his master and was digesting the information Babata had given him.

Planetary Level, Star Level, Universe Level, Domain Lord Level, World Lord Level, and the Immortals who surpassed World Lords...

Earth, the Milky Way Galaxy, the elementary universe civilization known as the Silver Blue Empire, the intermediate universe civilization known as the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, which controlled more than eight thousand star systems, and above them, the Qianwu Great Star Region, with more than thirteen thousand star domains and over a hundred million star systems under its jurisdiction.

The characteristics of the various races within the Human Race, the Longke Clan with its powerful bloodline, the Manka Star People who became Domain Lords upon reaching adulthood... Babata had even introduced the immensely famous starry sky wanderers, the "starry sky behemoths."

Under Babata's instruction, Luo Feng's horizons had broadened considerably.

"Luo Feng, since you're Master's final direct disciple, I'll be the one teaching you from today onward."

Babata looked at Luo Feng and casually tossed over a streak of light. It was a Ring-shaped Storage Space Item.

Storage space items could take many forms, including rings, wrist guards, and so on. But the smaller their external size, the harder they were to make.

"Send a thread of spiritual force into it. Let your spiritual imprint merge with it to refine it."

Following Babata's instructions, Luo Feng swiftly sent a thread of spiritual force down his arm, into his finger, and then into the ring.

Inside the ring was an empty rectangular space, 612 meters long, 521 meters wide, and 108 meters high.

Luo Feng followed Babata back to the circular hall, where Babata briefly explained the inheritance and then warned him about the restrictions on using the fragment of crimson chaos copper mother.

"When you're weak, you must remember not to flaunt your wealth. The universe is a place of bloody cruelty. When I get the chance to take you into the universe someday, you'll understand what I mean."

After finishing all the explanations and putting away several Immortal Corpses, Babata was about to lead Luo Feng to the entrance and store away the entire Yunmo Star Ship.

Suddenly-

Babata abruptly stopped, then looked at Luo Feng in astonishment.

"Who... who is this?"

A three-dimensional virtual projection appeared in the circular hall. Luo Feng could not help looking over, and once he recognized the person, he froze too.

"Yang Zheng?"

Luo Feng immediately identified him, but Babata could not help turning to look at Luo Feng, feeling like crying yet unable to shed a tear.

Where's the undo button?

Babata wanted a refund!!!

As the ship's scan results came in, particularly that brain domain width of a staggering 45, Babata was overwhelmed with regret. If only Babata had known to wait a little longer.

...Now.

There was no choice but to live with the mistake!