I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

"You, how could you have this? Did you prepare it in advance?" The white-bearded old man looked incredulous.

"Regardless of how I obtained it, according to the rules, shouldn't I be able to exchange it for the treasures inside now?" Luo Yuan said calmly.

"Uh, hahaha, of course!" The white-bearded old man paused for a moment, then laughed heartily.

…………

Inside the ancient castle.

Guided by the intelligent life form in the castle, Luo Yuan entered one of the cold and secluded old houses.

The old house was cold and quiet, with a dim light illuminating the entire space. However, the mottled marks on the walls told a story of its ancient history. The walls, made of dark blue bricks, still faintly exuded a sense of antiquity.

"What do you want to exchange, little one?" A deep voice echoed in the old house.

The old house was quiet.

Luo Yuan looked around; there was no one there.

"I want to exchange for all the treasures except for the top-ranked Inheritance Crystal Ball and the next 10 items!" Luo Yuan said with a smile.

"Um, are you sure? Do you have enough Thunderstones?" the white-bearded old man continued in a deep voice.

"Have."

Luo Yuan waved his hand, and a pile of thunderous stones as high as a small mountain appeared in front of him.

"Very good, it seems you were prepared. I'm curious how you knew the rules of my game." A deep voice sounded somewhat surprised.

"I'll tell you after I've exchanged them!" Luo Yuan bluffed.

"Hahaha, interesting, then I'll grant your wish!"

After speaking in a deep voice, faint footsteps came from the outside corridor, and then a chubby old man with a white beard walked in. His body was faintly glowing. Luo Yuan could tell at a glance that this white-bearded old man was an intelligent life form, just like Babata in the 'Meteorite Star', which had formed an energy body.

"Little fellow, you can call me Lord Mist. This is a spatial ring containing all the treasures you desire." The white-bearded old man smiled, a faint halo swirling around his body. He handed a spatial ring directly to Luo Yuan, without even glancing at the mountain of thunderstones.

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Chapter 89 The Chase

"Little guy, why don't you want to inherit the account and password of the crystal ball?" The white-bearded old man looked at Luo Yuan meaningfully and asked.

"Hehe, you know the answer already. Let's talk about it once we're safe outside!" Luo Yuan laughed.

"Hahaha, interesting lad, it seems you do know something. Could it be a special ability of precognition? No, that's unlikely. Even immortal powerhouses might not have such an ability. This is getting more and more interesting." The white-bearded old man laughed excitedly, looking somewhat neurotic. Luo Yuan really suspected that this intelligent life form had become abnormal after staying in this place for tens of millions of years.

Luo Yuan ignored the old man and went straight out.

When he arrived outside the castle, Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen and others immediately surrounded him.

"We've got the treasure! Quick, let's get out of this realm within a realm while no one's watching!" Luo Yuan said hastily.

Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and the others nodded, and then quickly headed towards the exit of the realm within a realm with Luo Yuan. In order not to attract attention, they pretended to be searching for the Thunderstone as well, but they were getting further and further away from the other groups.

During their journey, Luo Yuan and his group encountered a massive army of ninth-tier stellar-level warriors who had come to explore for treasure. A dark mass flew overhead, their momentum truly overwhelming. However, these troops were busy heading towards the core area and paid no attention to Luo Yuan's small team of only a dozen or so people.

…………

Virtual universe, Heilongshan Island.

This is a huge city with palaces stretching out in an endless row. Among them is an inconspicuous purple palace, with two guards standing at its entrance.

Whoosh!

Inside the palace, a handsome man with fair skin suddenly appeared on the throne. He was none other than Prince Brolin, the Ninth Prince of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Dressed in royal attire predominantly black with gold trim, Brolin sat high on his throne and made a direct communication request, contacting one of his nine bodyguards.

His nine bodyguards were all his slaves, utterly loyal to him! Of course, one of them had already died when the castle gates were opened. The interdimensional world was too vast and had many limitations, so they communicated directly in the virtual universe.

Whoosh!

A figure appeared out of thin air in the main hall, dressed in a black guard uniform, with a head of green, flame-like hair sticking up.

"Your Highness." The guard respectfully knelt on one knee.

“Caturlo”.

Brolin, perched high above, looked down at the guards and asked with burning eyes, "How's the collection of Thunderstones going?"

"Your Highness, we have collected over ten million Thunderstones," Katuro replied respectfully.

"Alright, speed things up! We can't let anyone else get our hands on that number one spatial secret technique!" Brolin said.

"By the way, Your Highness, I've heard that all the castle's treasures, from second to over fifty ranked, have already been redeemed," Katuro reported.

"What? So fast? How is that possible? Do you know who redeemed it?" Brolin asked anxiously.

“This ancient castle is frequently visited by people, and almost everyone wears a mask and helmet, so no one knows who has exchanged for treasures and who hasn’t. Therefore, I don’t know either,” Katuro replied nervously.

"Useless trash!" Brolin cursed, his eyes flashing with cold light.

“Your subordinate deserves to die, but I also learned that after the old man with the white beard announced the exchange rules, a small team of fourteen people did not leave immediately, but lingered at the castle for a while, and then disappeared without a trace. Our people have been paying special attention to and marking this team.” Katuro quickly knelt down and said.

"Heh, so this fourteen-person team is a suspect. But how could they possibly know the exchange rules in advance? That's absolutely impossible. Fine, better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free. You directly notify the team closest to them through the virtual universe network to follow and search them. If it's confirmed that they did it, kill them all on the spot and bring the treasure back!" Brolin coldly ordered.

The Ninth Prince Brolin currently commands an army of over 220,000 men, divided into seven battalions, each with 30,000 men. Even the so-called 'squads' consist of 1,000 men each! Patrols and guard duties are also carried out in squads of 1,000 men, rotating in rotation. Moreover, all these military personnel are at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm; any one of them would be invincible on an ordinary planet.

After receiving the order, Katuro respectfully left the main tent and went to inform the squad closest to Luo Yuan's group.

After Katuro left the main hall, another man entered, knelt on one knee, and respectfully said, "Your Highness, the Sixth Brigade killed six teams, totaling about five thousand adventurers, and obtained approximately 259 million Thunderstones." He then respectfully handed over a spatial ring.

"Hmm, the Sixth Brigade did a good job."

A rare smile appeared on Brolin's face. "Tell the other squadrons to work hard and seize the Thunderstone as soon as possible."

"Yes."

The man left.

Inside the large tent, Brolin held the spatial ring, weighed it in his hand, and revealed a smug, confident smile: "Almost ten million Thunderstones again! That should be enough to exchange for the second layer of the password. However, Thunderstones in various places are almost exhausted, so the next step is to fight and plunder each other for Thunderstones."

For the high and mighty Ninth Prince 'Brolin', even if all two million stellar-level ninth-tier soldiers were to die, he wouldn't care.

Born into royalty.

His mother's lineage was incredibly powerful, and he had witnessed too much of the survival of the fittest in the universe. With a single command, the entire population of dozens of planets had become slaves... Such things made him consider killing those teams and seizing the Thunderstone to be a matter of course. As for arranging for people to kill Luo Yuan and the others, Brolin didn't care at all.

In Brolin's eyes, that fourteen-man squad was nothing more than ants; he could simply order his men to crush them.

……

In the dead of night, amidst fierce winds, the fourteen men from Luoyuan soared into the sky and flew away from the Allied forces' encampment.

Behind them, a thousand-strong team took to the air and chased after the fourteen people from Luoyuan.

"Everyone, don't rush to make a move. This place is close to the Allied forces' base. Once they escape into the Allied forces' base, we won't be able to take action."

"Follow them for now, and make your move after they've flown a certain distance."

The captain of the thousand-strong team behind them transmitted his voice to his men in a low voice.

……

"Damn, how did they find us so quickly? Or are they just suspicious? Is it because our attire is too distinctive?" Luo Yuan's mental detection was always on, so he immediately noticed any strange movements from the thousand-person team.

"Everyone be careful, there's a squad of a thousand people chasing us. They're all at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm." Luo Yuan directly used his mental power to warn Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and the other team members.

“There really is one.” Thor frowned.

"Are they following us, or are they trying to go out and compete for the Thunderstone and are going the same way as us?" Hong asked.

"Accelerate and turn," Luo Yuan transmitted his voice.

Immediately, the fourteen-person team drew an arc in mid-air, rapidly accelerated, and transformed into fourteen streaks of light, flying to the left.

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Chapter 90 Annihilation

In the rear of the thousand-person team.

"Captain, they're trying to escape!"

"We are now hundreds of kilometers away from the Allied forces' base. All team members, listen to my command: catch up with the fourteen-man squad ahead as quickly as possible and eliminate them," the captain ordered.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"understand!"

In the darkness, the ninth-tier stellar-level team members, clad in black alloy battle suits, responded to the order and unleashed astonishing speed. They transformed into streaks of light, exceptionally conspicuous in the night, like hundreds of shooting stars, each moving at a different speed, frantically chasing after the five shooting stars ahead.

The streaks of light behind them approached at an astonishing speed. Those were all ninth-tier stellar-level mental cultivators wielding psychic weapons, and almost instantly the distance between them was less than a kilometer.

"What should we do?" Luo Feng, Lei Shen, and Hong all looked anxious.

Luo Yuan was speechless. With his speed, he could easily shake off the thousand pursuers behind him, but Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, and the others could not.

"Bombard them!" the captain of the thousand-man force ordered from the rear.

"Yes!" Hundreds of figures behind them responded in unison.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Overwhelmingly dense, countless psychic weapons pierced the air, raining down like arrows upon Luo Yuan and his group.

"Go!" Luo Yuan thought to himself as he stared at the barrage of arrows ahead.

boom!

A colossal object suddenly appeared before Luo Yuan and his group of fourteen. A series of impact sounds followed, but the behemoth remained motionless. It was a saucer-shaped spaceship, approximately 100 meters in diameter, entirely black, and classified as a 'C9' class. Even fifth or sixth-tier cosmic-level powerhouses would find it difficult to damage this ship. This was a spare spaceship that Luo Yuan had purchased at a high price on Qiulong Star; he hadn't expected to use it today.

"spaceship!"

"He actually brought a spaceship! He must have some top-quality spatial storage device that's over a hundred meters long and wide!"

"Quickly, kill them."