Inside the colossal, spherical headquarters of the Insect Hive, a beautiful woman lay as if in slumber, when a communication reached her.

“Hmm?” The beautiful woman slowly opened her eyes, a hint of confusion in them. “Elder Salo, what is it?”

She still held a certain degree of respect for the seven elders of the Insect Hive.

“Hive Master!” Elder Salo transmitted. “I’m trapped in the Pill Tower by Luo Feng, and he refuses to let me leave. He even demands a hundred million units of Origin Source Crystals as compensation before he’ll release me.”

“How did you provoke Luo Feng?” the beautiful woman asked, puzzled.

“A pharmacist at the Pill Tower poisoned two of my subordinates. Here’s the detailed report,” Salo sent her the complete information. The beautiful woman went through the entire incident.

“I personally came to the Pill Tower intending to capture that pharmacist, Gu Qingyuan,” Salo said helplessly. “Who would have thought that Luo Feng would be so overbearing? He directly trapped me with a formation and demanded compensation. He doesn’t even seem to care about you.”

The beautiful woman pressed, “His formation alone can trap you, preventing you from escaping?”

“Yes.”

Salo replied, “The formation’s power is terrifying, completely suppressing me. I can’t resist.” If he could withstand the formation and force his way out, he would have left long ago.

“The formation is even draining my life force, making me weaker and weaker,” Salo said. “Hive Master, Luo Feng is openly insulting us. The Insect Hive cannot tolerate this!”

“Why can’t we tolerate it?” the beautiful woman asked, puzzled. “When facing a strong enemy, we should endure when necessary.”

Salo was taken aback.

A strong enemy?

In the Hive Master’s eyes, Luo Feng was a strong enemy.

“As for the hundred million Origin Source Crystals compensation, there’s no need to give it to him. As an elder, you have many clones. Just abandon the trapped clone,” the beautiful woman instructed.

Salo was somewhat helpless. “I came to the Pill Tower personally, fully prepared to forcibly capture Gu Qingyuan. Therefore, I brought an entire set of treasures, worth over a hundred million Origin Source Crystals.”

If it were an ordinary clone, he could simply let it dissipate. However, this entire set of treasures, painstakingly collected, was perfectly suited to him, and he couldn’t easily part with it.

“Then pay the compensation,” the beautiful woman said.

“If we pay, the Insect Hive will lose a lot of face this time. Luo Feng is trampling all over the Insect Hive’s reputation,” Salo reminded her again.

“Let him trample!” The beautiful woman cut off the transmission. She never cared about such things.

“He provoked me outside my cave last time, and now he’s openly bullying me? Is he forcing me to fight him?” The beautiful woman grew more vigilant. She understood a simple truth: you must not let your enemy do what they want.

“Information about me has already spread in Rain Origin City, and this Luo Feng has even had a mental clash with me,” the beautiful woman thought. “He knows my strengths and weaknesses, yet he still wants to force me to act. He must have some confidence.”

“Does he have a more powerful mental technique? Or some other unknown method?”

Her only response was to endure! She would rely on time to uncover Luo Feng’s true abilities.

“As long as this Luo Feng is strong enough, he will eventually reveal his edge. Then I will naturally understand his true strength,” the beautiful woman thought patiently.

The Pill Tower’s formation operated, forcefully trapping Elder Salo and forcing him to pay compensation. The surrounding scene naturally stunned onlookers, and the news quickly spread throughout the city.

A mere pharmacist force like the Pill Tower dared to provoke the Insect Hive, one of the three major plundering forces? Any force that dared to plunder was terrifying. The Insect Hive had the Hive Master and seven elders, and an even larger number of mid-stage God Emperors who comprehended the Dao.

“He’s just trapping Elder Salo like this?” Tower Master Changqing was somewhat uneasy.

“I’ll handle this matter. Tower Master, you don’t need to worry,” Luo Feng said.

Tower Master Changqing was truly panicking. His own strength was insufficient, and he didn’t dare to be so tough in front of the Insect Hive. “I hope Luo Feng doesn’t ruin me,” Tower Master Changqing thought to himself.

Trapped, Elder Salo remained silent for a moment before finally speaking, his tone much softer. “Luo Feng, I was the one who offended you by coming to the Pill Tower. Please let me leave.”

“Hmm?” Tower Master Changqing was surprised. The other members of the Pill Tower were also quite shocked. Was he really backing down?

“I said, hand over a hundred million units of Origin Source Crystals as compensation, and I will naturally let you leave,” Luo Feng said, looking at him indifferently.

Salo felt extremely frustrated. He was also a powerful expert from the Origin World, with numerous clones, and didn’t need to care too much about Luo Feng’s reputation. He lowered his head hoping that Luo Feng would waive the hundred million Origin Source Crystals.

“Luo Feng, I came to the Pill Tower for Gu Qingyuan, not to target you. Do you still need a hundred million Origin Source Crystals as compensation?” Salo couldn’t help but say.

“If you had targeted me, a hundred million Origin Source Crystals wouldn’t have been enough to resolve it,” Luo Feng said, looking at Salo. The scum of the Insect Hive deserved to be taught a lesson. If they were outside the city, he would have crushed him directly.

No matter how ferocious Salo was, he had to endure at this moment. After a moment, another clone of Salo arrived with a hundred million Origin Source Crystals.

“This is a hundred million Origin Source Crystals as compensation,” a pouch of Origin Source Crystals was offered.

“You can leave now,” Luo Feng said, taking the compensation and letting him leave.

As Salo left, he looked at Luo Feng and said, “Brother Luo Feng, I admire you.” After that, he didn’t say another word and quickly left under the gaze of the many onlookers.

“He really gave the compensation?” Many members of the Pill Tower couldn’t believe it. He had forced an elder to obediently offer compensation within the city? Elders had clones, and sometimes they would rather break than bend, preferring to let their clone dissipate than to easily bow their heads.

The Pill Tower members didn’t know that since the Hive Master had chosen to endure, Salo naturally realized that something was wrong. He chose to suppress his temper, didn’t call for reinforcements, but offered compensation, lowered his head, and ended the conflict.

“Senior Luo Feng,” pharmacist Gu Qingyuan respectfully bowed. “Thank you, Senior, for saving my life.”

Without Luo Feng’s deterrence, Gu Qingyuan would have been in danger this time. Even if he had immediately left the city after poisoning them, with the Insect Hive’s power to track spatial and causal traces, Gu Qingyuan would still have had a slim chance of survival.

However, after the death of his only disciple, Gu Qingyuan was filled with murderous intent. He killed the two murderers first, and then he would try to escape if he could. If he couldn’t escape, he was prepared to perish together with them.

“I believe that Salo won’t target you again,” Luo Feng said. “Just stay in the Pill Tower in peace.”

“Yes, Senior,” Gu Qingyuan said, extremely grateful.

“Alright, everyone, disperse,” Tower Master Changqing said with a smile, then pulled Luo Feng away first.

“Brother Luo Feng, this time you openly humiliated the Insect Hive. The Hive Master must know about it, yet Salo still obediently paid the compensation,” Tower Master Changqing said anxiously. “Clearly, it wasn’t Salo who chose to back down, but the Hive Master. Why is that?”

Luo Feng smiled thoughtfully. “Perhaps she was seriously injured in the last confrontation with the Hive Master, so she would rather back down this time?” As Luo Feng’s realm improved, his use of the Lieyuan Technique became even more terrifying, and its power naturally increased.

Of course, Luo Feng’s strongest method now was a head-on fight enhanced by the Undying Heart and the Palm World. He didn’t care much about the three Palace Masters, let alone the Hive Master.

“Alright, there’s no need to worry. No matter what tricks they use, I’ll handle everything,” Luo Feng said with a smile, then turned to go to his own small building. He continued to focus on his cultivation.

Even without deliberately integrating creation and destruction to give birth to the Destruction Dao, he was only one step away from the late-stage God Emperor realm. As long as he gradually accumulated the creation and destruction Dao, reaching the late-stage God Emperor realm would be a normal thing.

“Once the creation and destruction Dao reaches the late-stage God Emperor realm, I can go to the Dark Sacred Realm,” he thought. “I can leave a clone in Rain Origin City to repay Palace Master Yuanxiang’s kindness, but my main focus must be on exploring the Dark Sacred Realm.”

In one of the caves in the core area of Rain Origin City, Palace Master Weiyang sat there, his eyes deep, his face expressionless, reading the latest intelligence report. He was very concerned about all aspects of Rain Origin City, and he knew very well that Palace Master Yuanxiang’s condition was getting worse.

He was prepared to take over as the city lord of Rain Origin City.

“Luo Feng?” Palace Master Weiyang looked at the report, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. “He’s growing so fast?”

The Master of Oddities had suggested that he recruit Luo Feng, but Palace Master Weiyang didn’t. He sensed a powerful threat from Luo Feng.

“Insect Hive, this Luo Feng is so domineering, and you actually endured it?” Palace Master Weiyang directly sent a message to the Hive Master.

“He is skilled in mental techniques and had a mental clash with me. I don’t want to provoke him,” the Hive Master replied.

“Just a mental clash?” Palace Master Weiyang asked again.

“Yes. If I had a powerful treasure to protect my mind, I would naturally be willing to teach Luo Feng a lesson,” the Hive Master replied.

Palace Master Weiyang didn’t ask any further.

A moment later, “Palace Master, what should Luo Feng’s latest God Emperor ranking be?” his subordinate asked.

Palace Master Weiyang frowned slightly and instructed, “Just set it at 33rd place.”

End of Chapter