This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

"What? A new successor has appeared? And he even killed several members of the organization and escaped? Damn it! Are you all useless idiots?"

Within the White Sand Star's base in the Slippery Flow System, a domain lord was unleashing a furious tirade against two cosmic-level beings who had come to report on the situation.

"My lord, the people of Dongwen Pavilion have also suffered considerable casualties. I heard that they are preparing to send 1000 Hengxing-level ninth-tier warriors to search for and capture that inheritor," a cosmic-level warrior said.

The domain lord, seated at the highest point, remained silent for two seconds before coldly sneering, "We'll also send people... more! At the same time, we'll have the members of the Qingfeng World issue bounty notices."

"We must obtain the legacy of that Anxing Realm Lord, and the dignity of Baisha Star cannot be offended!"

……

East Wenge Headquarters Planet.

A middle-aged realm master with a gentle and refined demeanor was reading a book. He had a mysterious blue mark on his forehead, which exuded a vast and profound aura.

"Third Pavilion Master, the third inheritor of the Qingfeng World has appeared!"

A domain lord dressed in dark blue armor knelt before the middle-aged realm lord.

"Oh?" The middle-aged realm master, addressed as the "Third Pavilion Master," lowered the book in his hand slightly. "That old fellow An Xing?"

After a pause, the middle-aged world lord shook his head and smiled, "Alright, it's not bad to have another peak world lord's inheritance in the pavilion. Do whatever you want... just don't invite the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance to hold you accountable."

"The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance's enforcement team is here; even I can't protect you now."

The realm lord in the dark blue armor immediately bowed and said, "Your subordinate understands! I will definitely not cause any trouble for the Dongwen Pavilion!"

The Qingfeng World is a designated testing world by the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, and those above the Hengxing level are not allowed to enter. Forcing entry and attracting the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance's enforcement team would be extremely dangerous.

Of course... there are ways to avoid attracting the attention of the enforcement team—as long as the person in charge of the assessment world doesn't leak the information.

But this requires collusion and negotiation, and what we need most right now is time.

and so……

After leaving the Third Pavilion Master's study, the cyan-black armored domain lord immediately issued orders to his subordinates via the virtual universe network: "Immediately prepare another 3000 Star Ninth-Rank cultivators to go to the Qingfeng World to participate in the assessment! As quickly as possible!"

After saying that, the lord in the dark blue armor had a sharp look in his eyes and whispered with unwavering determination: "This is my last chance... Whether it is the treasure of Lord Anxing or the legendary 'Secret Technique of Romance,' as long as I get one of them, my chances of breaking through to the realm lord level before my time limit will greatly increase."

……

Bai Sha Xing and Dong Wen Ge received the news the fastest, followed by the other eight organizations.

In fact, the inheritor of the Qingfeng World has appeared twice.

The first one is a free adventurer named "Qingbei," who has not joined any large organization or power.

The second person is a member of the "White Feather Society," the third largest civilian organization in the Cuilang Star Region.

The two of them triggered the inheritance trial together, and they passed it one after the other, while the rest of the team members died.

Then... that member of the White Feather Society secretly notified the organization and reported the existence of the "Secret Technique of Romance".

Thus, Bai Yu obtained the contents of the first two levels of "The Secret Techniques of Romance".

And they planned to lure Qingbei out and kill it.

As a result, the news leaked out, and other top ten organizations joined in, which gave Na Qingbei an opportunity to kill many people. The second inheritor also died in that battle.

Before this... the Qingfeng World had only been explored by three World Lords, namely the first and second ranked civilian organizations in the Cuilang Starfield, and a free mercenary.

They all possess the complete "Secret Techniques of Romance".

The legend that the final move of the "Secret Techniques of Romance" contains the mysteries of the fundamental laws of time was spread by that free mercenary lord.

Unfortunately, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance later designated the Qingfeng World as a testing world, which prevented more World Lords and Domain Lords from entering it.

Therefore, only two major organizations and the White Feather Society, which possess the complete "Secret Techniques of Romance," currently possess the complete "Secret Techniques of Romance."

Among the remaining seven organizations, all the cosmic-level and domain lords who cultivate wind-attribute primal energy yearn to obtain this "Romantic Secret Technique".

As a result, after the news of the appearance of the third inheritor spread, tens of thousands of star-level examiners flooded into the Qingfeng World.

They were all sent by domain lords and cosmic-level beings. There were members of the top ten organizations, free adventurers, members of various small and medium-sized families... the personnel were extremely mixed.

"We strongly protest! What you're doing is completely disrupting the trainee mercenary assessment process!"

Two domain leaders from the first and second largest grassroots organizations jointly expressed their protest.

Because their organization already possessed the complete "Secret Techniques of Romance," they had no intention of expending effort to eliminate the third inheritor.

However, not wanting to see the other eight organizations obtain the complete secret technique, they used the rules to prevent other forces' cosmic-level and domain lord-level beings from entering the Qingfeng World.

The other eight organizations... were divided into two factions. The Baiyu Society, leading the pacification faction, wanted to find the third inheritor and recruit him into their organization.

The suppression faction, led by Bai Shaxing and Dong Wenge, advocated for blood for blood, demanding that the third inheritor be captured and tortured in every way to obtain the complete "Secret Techniques of Romance".

The ratio of power between the appeasement faction and the suppression faction was 3 to 5.

"We will offer the most favorable terms. The third inheritor will become our member, and the 'Secret Technique of Romance' will be shared by the three of us... Your domineering and barbaric behavior will never win people's hearts! If you dare to lay a hand on any member of our White Feather Society, then it means war!"

The incredibly beautiful female domain lord, representing the White Feather Society's appeasement faction, spoke.

"Bullshit! That's a thug! Our people hadn't even done anything, and he just attacked! A man like that deserves to have his soul torn out and tortured for a hundred years, so he'll realize his mistakes through agony!"

"My Dongwen Pavilion is kind to people, but it is not to be trifled with."

The domain lords of Baisha Star and Dongwen Pavilion adopted a tough stance.

While the high-level officials were negotiating, hundreds of thousands of star-level adventurers had already poured into the Qingfeng World.

……

There are so many people.

Ye Yang has been showing his true colors to the public these past few days, in front of everyone who's watching the drama unfold.

As the density of adventurers in the Qingfeng World increases, where it used to be difficult to find a single human even after traveling thousands of kilometers, now there is an adventurer team searching almost every hundred kilometers...

He decided to begin to face this trial.

"It all started with Baisha Star and Dongwen Pavilion, so let's start by taking down their people. I've already scouted the area these past two days, and using my spacetime resonance perception ability, I've completely pinpointed the locations of the laser cannons in their base!"

Ye Yang changed into a set of blood-red battle armor and absorbed a trace of the energy from Gem No. 003.

Suddenly, the life force was mixed with a special aura, making it different from before.

If other adventurers saw Ye Yang at this moment... they would immediately recognize him from his life force as the adventurer that the major organizations were searching for with bounties on his head!

call out!

He rushed directly into Bai Shaxing's base below the western entrance to the maze.

Previously, the two organizations together had fewer than a thousand members. But now, the two organizations here have more than 3 members.

……