# Chapter 28: This is More Like It

While Luo Feng wreaked havoc within the Blood Serpent Society headquarters, a commotion erupted outside.

A patrolling team of the Hu Yang Guard, riding the mechanical treasure, the ‘Crimson Python Serpent’, arrived near the Blood Serpent Society headquarters with a fiery, serpentine trail through the void, announcing loudly, “All cultivators must withdraw from the ‘Earth Net’!”

The power of the heavens and earth coalesced into ropes, forming an Earth Net formation, encircling the Blood Serpent Society headquarters.

The location of the Blood Serpent Society headquarters was not ideal, nowhere near comparable to the ‘Chaos Armor District,’ resulting in cheaper cave dwellings. The entire headquarters was vast, spanning ten billion kilometers in length and width.

However, the Earth Net formation now encompassed a diameter of thirty billion kilometers!

“Retreat!”

“Quickly, fall back!” The spectating cultivators from various races hurriedly retreated beyond the ‘Giant Earth Net,’ Moro Sa and Mo Yu Qing Yan among them.

“Master’s actions…” Mo Yu Qing Yan said, his voice laced with concern.

Moro Sa carefully observed, preparing for any unforeseen events.

Meanwhile, above the East Gate of Hu Yang City, within the massive plant-like ‘Vine Dragon Legion’:

“Hurry, hurry!”

“Close all Vine Dragon hatches!”

The ‘Vine Dragon Legion,’ one of Hu Yang’s ten great legions, mobilized urgently. Countless True Gods, who had been entering and exiting via the vines, were forced to leap out as the hatches sealed.

The entire Vine Dragon Legion, commanded by a top-tier Eternal True God and consisting of ten thousand Void True Gods and ten million elite True Gods, operated the immense mechanical treasure with terrifying power.

Normally, the True Gods entering and exiting were those off duty.

The ten million True Gods on duty could not abandon their posts.

“Vine Dragon Legion, combat is underway at the Blood Serpent Society headquarters within Hu Yang City,” General Jiang Chengrong of the Vine Dragon Legion, inside the core command chamber, listened to Commander-in-Chief Mo Li Xiao’s orders. “I have but one request: ensure the conflict within the Blood Serpent Society headquarters does not affect innocent bystanders! Anyone who harms innocents will face severe consequences! As for the Blood Serpent Society’s fate, do not interfere.”

“Rest assured, Commander Mo Li!” Jiang Chengrong said, smiling slightly. “Anyone who disrupts the order of Hu Yang City will face the full might of the Vine Dragon Legion.”

The image of Mo Li Xiao before him, aged with four purple, crown-like horns, exuded immense pressure even as a mere projection. He was the most powerful figure from the City Lord’s five great families.

Jiang Chengrong, despite being an Eternal True God from Marquis Jiu Jiang’s ‘Jiang Family,’ deeply admired Mo Li Xiao, considering him the strongest Eternal True God he had ever seen!

“Rumble…”

The Vine Dragon Legion moved.

The Hu Yang Ten Legions and Hu Yang Guard were not restricted by Hu Yang City’s grand formations and could traverse the void directly. The high command’s decision-making, order transmission, and legion deployment took a little time, but the legion itself traversed the void in the blink of an eye, arriving above the Blood Serpent Society headquarters.

“What is that?”

Outside the Blood Serpent Society headquarters, cultivators of various races saw the colossal plant arrive through the void.

“It’s the Vine Dragon Legion!”

“The Vine Dragon Legion, one of Hu Yang City’s ten great legions, has mobilized?” The onlookers were astonished.

“Normally, conflicts that violate Hu Yang City’s laws, conflicts between dark forces, are handled by the Hu Yang Guard. But this time, the entire legion has mobilized. It seems the conflict within the Blood Serpent Society headquarters is too terrifying! The Hu Yang Guard can no longer contain it.”

“Probably the most terrifying beings in Hu Yang City are fighting. We must retreat further! Even the Hu Yang Legion might not be able to protect us.”

Many of the spectating cultivators steered their flying ships billions of kilometers further away, still able to observe the Blood Serpent Society headquarters from afar with the perception of True Gods.

*Whoosh, whoosh…*

The Vine Dragon Legion hovered above the Blood Serpent Society headquarters, countless vines spreading out, completely enveloping the headquarters. However, the vines did not penetrate into any small universe domains within.

Clearly, they were unwilling to interfere in the internal strife.

“I wonder who is fighting the Blood Serpent Society,” General Jiang Chengrong of the Vine Dragon Legion mused, looking down. “During the day, countless tribes come to Hu Yang City to trade. After dark, all non-residents must leave.”

“During the day, it’s bustling and prosperous. The City Lord’s Mansion will never allow harm to come to innocents.” Jiang Chengrong and his legion were steadfast guardians of order.

For example, the residences of True Gods were absolutely safe, protected by vast formations that prevented dark forces from invading, allowing them to cultivate in peace.

During the day, in bustling areas, any killings would be witnessed and recorded by many True Gods, providing conclusive evidence! The City Lord’s Mansion was compelled to act.

Dark forces had to operate in secluded areas.

This was why the majority of residents dared to refuse to pay the ‘residence fees’ levied by dark forces. The members of dark forces were limited in number and dared not break the rules, leaving them unable to control the masses.

Only those who worked in the city, even at night, would obediently pay the fees demanded by dark forces.

…

Luo Feng was well aware of the City Lord’s Mansion’s rules and would not cross those boundaries.

After killing Vice-Chairman Lai Mo, Luo Feng waved his hand, collecting Lai Mo’s corpse and the remaining scepter weapon.

Chairman Mu Yang of the Blood Serpent Society watched calmly, both men aware of the City Lord’s Mansion’s actions, neither of them caring!

“Admiration, admiration,” Chairman Mu Yang praised. “Divine Lord Luo He’s speed is incredible! In short bursts, it’s almost comparable to traversing the void!”

“I had no choice; Vice-Chairman Lai Mo was fleeing too quickly!” Luo Feng replied.

The movement technique he had just used was one of the three great techniques of the Duan Dong River lineage: *Eastern Brilliance*!

Lai Mo had been fleeing from the start, and Luo Feng had been distracted by dealing with the million poisonous insects, forcing him to use the God-King level technique *Eastern Brilliance* to completely eliminate Lai Mo.

“Divine Lord Luo He,” Chairman said amiably, “You have killed two vice-chairmen and taken their treasures. Can Divine Lord Luo He cease this conflict?”

“Cease?” Luo Feng asked, feigning surprise. “In this world, it’s better to have a friend than an enemy,” Chairman Mu Yang continued. “The deaths of the two vice-chairmen are insignificant. I would rather befriend a powerhouse like Divine Lord Luo He. As a show of sincerity, I am willing to offer fifty thousand units of universe sand to Brother Luo He. Will Brother Luo He grant me this honor?”

“Be my friend?” Luo Feng scoffed, “You are not worthy.”

Chairman Mu Yang’s expression stiffened, his eyes turning cold. “One last question: how exactly did I offend Divine Lord Luo He? Why must Divine Lord Luo He take action?”

“You killed Diao Rong Yan,” Luo Feng said.

“Diao Rong Yan was an ordinary Eternal True God, incomparable to you or me. I killed him simply due to the law of the jungle,” Chairman Mu Yang responded.

“Earning resources through the art of alchemy is honorable, something I admire. But you dark force Eternal True Gods are all scum! You crazily seek prey among the weak, hunting True Gods and Void True Gods, plundering their wealth. You are truly the most despicable Eternal True Gods,” Luo Feng declared. “You all deserve to die!”

He genuinely believed it.

Whether as a servant, a butcher, or a miner, earning an honest living was honorable.

The City Lord’s Mansion only charged the most basic residence fees to True Gods, with all above that rank receiving free services and having city order maintained. But dark forces shamelessly exploited others, even hunting for ‘fat sheep’ to slaughter and plunder.

Slaughtering the masses to nourish themselves.

Luo Feng naturally looked down on these dark force Eternal True Gods.

“I understand,” Chairman Mu Yang nodded slightly. “But I need Divine Lord Luo He to understand that even if I am despicable, as long as I am strong, I will remain superior.”

“The law of the jungle is the fundamental truth!” Chairman Mu Yang’s face, covered in black scales, twisted in a frenzied expression. “I will see just how strong you Luo He are, to dare come and kill me!”

He instantly revealed his true form, his body towering like a mountain, covered in dense black scales. The flick of his armored tail warped space-time, obliterating surrounding buildings and turning terrified Blood Serpent Society members hiding within into dust.

“No–!”

“Chairman!”

Many Blood Serpent Society members, seeing the gigantic, dark, scaled tail emerge from the darkness, recognized their leader. They cried out in despair, but Chairman Mu Yang paid them no heed.

*Boom!* Chairman Mu Yang burned his divine power, his eyes fixed on Luo Feng as his divine body radiated a searing, bloody aura.

“Die!”

A bloody afterimage streaked through the darkness, aimed at the tiny Luo Feng.

Luo Feng stood his ground, clearly seeing the bloody afterimage as the colossal, armored tail radiating a bloody aura, engulfing him as it seemingly cleaved through the very fabric of the universe.

“Hmph.” The terrifying tail struck the location where Luo Feng had stood, causing the earth to sink suddenly, but Luo Feng had vanished into thin air.

Utilizing the movement technique *Eastern Brilliance*, Luo Feng instantly appeared before the towering Chairman Mu Yang’s chest, his arm swelling, his hand like a blade piercing towards the chairman’s chest. This seemingly ordinary knife strike contained the essence of the ‘Life and Death Blade’ from the ‘Nine Realm-Breaking Blades,’ focusing the boundless power of Luo Feng’s perfect divine body, tempered through refinement, into his hand.

*Pfft!* Chairman Mu Yang’s expression changed drastically as the scales on his chest cracked and caved in under the terrifying force, sending him flying backward.

“Armor-type treasure? An armor integrated with scales?” Luo Feng knew his own divine body was formidable, and the sensation of that knife strike confirmed that it was indeed an armor treasure.

*Whoosh!*

Luo Feng instantly pursued the retreating chairman, raising his arm high and striking down with the force of a splitting axe, carrying the essence of annihilation. He struck the chairman’s shoulder.

This strike was the Return to Emptiness Blade, one of the Nine Realm-Breaking Blades that Luo Feng had comprehended!

Having spent over an era in seclusion, Luo Feng had temporarily mastered three of the *Nine Realm-Breaking Blades*: Life and Death Blade, Cycle Blade, and Return to Emptiness Blade. The Return to Emptiness Blade, carrying the essence of great destruction and a return to the void, had been mastered so quickly because Luo Feng had Moro Sa’s understanding of the ‘Great Dao of Destruction’ as a reference.

This blade was the most fierce and destructive of the three.

*Crack!* Chairman Mu Yang, already at the tenth level of Eternal True God, protected by an armor treasure, and burning divine power, still felt an unmatched force strike his shoulder, shattering and caving in the scales.

“My armor treasure is cracked?” Chairman Mu Yang felt a shiver run down his spine. “Luo He’s hand blade is like a full-force strike from a Hu Yang legion riding a legion-type treasure. Even burning my divine power, I cannot withstand it.”

Chairman Mu Yang was the first to experience the full force of the perfect divine body’s explosive growth.

It was too ferocious!

Chairman Mu Yang even wondered if Luo He was the legendary Infinite Divine Body?

*Boom!* With the armor treasure cracked, Luo Feng pressed his attack, intending to tear the chairman apart with his bare hands.

Suddenly–

*Bang!!!*

A bloody hand appeared out of thin air, slamming down on Luo Feng.

The gigantic hand was too large, and Luo Feng too small. The slam sent Luo Feng flying, crashing into the buildings of the Blood Serpent Society headquarters, smashing through multiple structures and causing the hidden Blood Serpent Society members within to cry out in pain.

“Hahaha, hahaha…” Luo Feng, sent flying, stood up, his eyes filled with excitement, gazing forward. “Interesting, this is more like it.”

That slap had truly hurt! His perfect divine body had felt pain.

“I didn’t expect you to also possess a single-unit mechanical treasure.” Luo Feng’s blood was boiling. This battle, from this moment onward, was truly enjoyable.

“Everyone who has seen this mechanical treasure of mine is dead,” came Chairman Mu Yang’s icy voice from within the intense bloody light.