I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

Luo Yuan stared solemnly at the screen in front of him. The threshold for this Qianwu Auction was quite high; the minimum requirement to participate was being a three-star client of two super banks! And three-star clients were generally 'realm lords' or some extremely wealthy individuals with super power.

A primary auction attended by a group of powerful realm lords...

Luo Yuan tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair. He was very interested in this Qianwu Auction. There would be many good things inside. It was a pity that he couldn't bring people in. Otherwise, he would have brought Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen in to take a look. As for the mid-level auctions of immortals and the high-level auctions of super giants, he would have the opportunity to participate in them later when he had the strength and wealth.

"The next Qianwu Auction will be in two years and one month." Luo Yuan secretly looked forward to it; he could go and have some fun at this kind of auction.

The last email came from the Giant Axe Arena, a place for life-or-death battles. You can participate yourself or pay to watch others fight. However, Luo Yuan wasn't very interested in such a bloody platform, and the useful attributes he could pick up were limited. It was like opening a blind box. Even if he wanted to watch a duel that interested him, he would have to wait a long time. It was far less efficient than going to the duel space in the Killing Arena and picking up the attributes he lacked in a targeted way.

However, when you're bored, you can still watch this life-or-death battle, just like watching a live-action movie, and you can also see just how strong those high-level experts really are.

"Luo Yuan, what are you thinking about?"

Jiang Fang, wearing loose pajamas, walked into the study, came up behind Luo Yuan, and put her hands on Luo Yuan's shoulders to massage him.

"I just made a fortune, and I'm thinking about how to spend it," Luo Yuan said with a smile as he closed his eyes and enjoyed Jiang Fang's massage.

"Heh, how much did you earn that you're now in a bind?" Jiang Fang teased.

"Well, that's probably enough to buy more than a hundred galaxies like the Milky Way," Luo Yuan said casually.

"What?" Jiang Fang's hand, which was massaging Luo Yuan's shoulder, trembled, and she let out a cry of surprise.

"Are you scared? This is nothing. I now own 100,000 life-bearing planets, which were given to me by a domain lord. In the future, any outstanding planetary talents on Earth will be sent to these planets for training. I will make all the arrangements. You can also come and help me manage these assets when you have time," Luo Yuan said with a smile.

"I just escaped this hell, and you're already planning to put me in charge of an even bigger territory? You heartless bastard, I need to think this over carefully," Jiang Fang said with some complaint after her initial shock.

“It’s alright. You can search for talent all over the world and build a strong management team. You’ll need it in the future,” Luo Yuan said.

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Chapter 97 World Lord-level Equipment

After spending a few more hours in the palace, Luo Yuan and Jiang Fang returned to reality from the virtual universe network.

The next day, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng and others went to the slave market in Qiulong City and bought ten ninth-level cosmic-level slaves. These ten slaves were all human races whose appearances were very similar to those of Earthlings. They consisted of five mentalists and five gene warriors, six men and four women. The men were of ordinary appearance, while the women were exceptionally beautiful.

Luo Yuan has now mastered the Soul Imprint of Mo Yunxing, and with the support of his immense mental power, which is more than a hundred times stronger than that of an ordinary mentalist, he easily implanted the Slave Soul Imprint on these ten ninth-level universe-level slaves.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen also bought some stellar-level ninth-order slaves to bring back to Earth to serve as bodyguards for their families.

Then the group went to the mall in Qiulong City and bought a star system defense system for monitoring and defense of the solar system. They also bought some cultivation resources.

At the docking port of the Qilong Star spaceship, Luo Yuan and his companions boarded the spaceship and began their return journey to Earth.

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In the vast universe, a black C9-class spaceship suddenly accelerated, turned into a beam of light, and then entered the dark universe.

On the spaceship, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen, having nothing else to do, put on their helmets and went into the virtual universe. They went to the Giant Axe Arena to watch life-or-death duels.

Luo Yuan arrived at the top level of the spaceship. This level was vast and he was the only one there. He took out the Moyun Vine seedling that he had exchanged for in the Blue Castle of the Realm Within a Realm.

This Moyun Vine sapling is only at the planetary level and has not yet recognized a master. Luo Yuan directly dripped his essence blood onto it and then performed a forced master recognition ceremony. In the face of Luo Yuan's powerful strength, the Moyun Vine sapling recognized its master smoothly, and he also established a spiritual connection with this Moyun Vine. He could clearly feel the Moyun Vine's closeness and dependence on him.

Luo Yuan first used a large amount of Wood Crystals on the Cloud Vine. In less than a month, the Cloud Vine reached the seventh or eighth level of the Stellar level. Luo Yuan was shocked. The Cloud Vine truly deserved to be a powerful plant-type life form in the universe. However, he kept telling the Cloud Vine to keep its size down, since the spaceship was not big enough for this little guy to do his thing.

Then Luo Yuan took out the stone box containing the Fruit of Life.

Once the stone box was opened, everything around it paled in comparison, with only the life fruit on its green surface, still faintly covered with water droplets, standing out brilliantly!

The light shone with a bluish-green hue.

A rich, intoxicating aroma filled the air, instantly filling the entire space with vibrant life. The core source of all this life was that green fruit—the Fruit of Life! This single fruit was a wondrous crystallization from the vast universe, containing incredible vitality.

Even a realm lord who can destroy a planet with a wave of their hand, possessing boundless power, can fully recover from even the greatest depletion and severe injuries with just one pill. Therefore, countless realm lords would be willing to trade an entire star system for it!

"Inhale!" Luo Yuan took a deep breath, and the pervasive fragrance entered his body. Every cell in his body cheered, as if he had eaten a rare delicacy. The genetic material in his cells naturally changed, his bones crackled, and his muscles underwent a transformation.

Luo Yuan dared not be negligent and closed the stone box again. In the time it took him to take a breath or two, the life fruit had already lost the energy of hundreds of breaths. However, Luo Yuan dared not consume it himself; this was something only a World Lord-level expert would dare to use. If he forced himself to consume it, it would burst. He decided to wait until he arrived on Earth and then have Mo Yun Teng use the life fruit. This should allow Mo Yun Teng to reach the cosmic level, thus giving him another trump card.

As soon as Luo Yuan had a thought, the Moyun Vine transformed into a stream of light and merged into his skin, forming a thin membrane that covered Luo Yuan's entire body. Moreover, it could change into various forms according to Luo Yuan's will, somewhat similar to the Black God Suit he wore on Earth before. However, the Moyun Vine was clearly much more powerful than the Black God Suit, and it could grow alongside its master.

Luo Yuan felt no discomfort from being covered by the Moyun Vine. He felt that the Moyun Vine was like an extension of his body, which he could control flexibly. Once the Moyun Vine recognized its master, it would never betray him, and it would also perish if its master died.

Luo Yuan took out a set of dark gold Tier 5 Force Battle Suit and put it on. A Tier 5 Battle Blade, "Sky-Slaying Blade," was hanging on his back. A Tier 5 Psychic Weapon, Dark Cloud Shuttle, appeared out of thin air under his feet. He looked in the mirror and felt that his current equipment was really gorgeous, but he also felt that something was missing.

With a thought, he checked the forty-odd treasures he had left behind in his spatial ring. Then, his eyes lit up, and he took out a gray hooded cape. This cape was also a fifth-tier piece of equipment. He didn't know what material it was made of; it felt smooth and soft to the touch, but its defensive power was astonishing. Like a fifth-tier battle suit, it could withstand a strike from a World Lord. It could also block the detection of mentalists below the World Lord level, and it even carried the aura and mental power of a World Lord.

Luo Yuan put on the cloak and immediately felt as if his aura had increased several levels, and his whole body felt light and airy.

He walked down from the top floor. The slaves who were resting on the second floor were so frightened by Luo Yuan's sudden appearance that they knelt down and bowed, cold sweat pouring down their foreheads. Among them were the ten ninth-level cosmic-level slaves that Luo Yuan had bought.

"No need to be afraid, it's me." The helmet of the fifth-tier Force Battle Suit automatically disappeared like mercury, revealing Luo Yuan's handsome face. The slaves present dared not look up at all.

Luo Yuan smiled and walked to the next floor. When his figure disappeared, all the slaves on the second floor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Camelot, the aura that Master just exuded was terrifying. Even we, who are at the ninth level of the Universe Realm, didn't dare to raise our heads. Is Master at the Realm Lord level?" A dark-skinned, ordinary-looking, burly man asked a cold and beautiful woman with silver hair and blue eyes beside him.

"I don't know. We shouldn't gossip about our master behind his back, or we'll regret it," the aloof woman said coldly.

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When Luo Yuan arrived on the first floor, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen, who had just finished watching several life-or-death battles in the Giant Axe Arena, were discussing their experiences. They were initially shocked by the equipment Luo Yuan was wearing, and then they started teasing each other.

"I must say, the way the third brother looks when he appears, if you don't look closely, he can really scare people to death. The aura and mental pressure that the cloak simulates are really intimidating for a World Lord level," Thor teased, stroking his bald head.

"Haha, I wonder what that Thunder Realm Lord Kabu was thinking, to have such an interesting piece of equipment. He must be a very interesting person himself," Luo Yuan laughed.

"I really envy Third Brother. He got so many treasures. We only got a limited number of Thunder Stones back then, so we only got a few treasures," Luo Yuan said enviously.

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Chapter 98 Cosmic-Level Cloud-Piercing Armor

The spaceship continued its journey, and after a month of flying, it finally arrived at the coordinates corresponding to the 'solar system' in the dark universe.

The spatial coordinates here have been completely concealed by the master of Meteorite Star using a spatial secret technique. Therefore, other spaceships that want to come to Earth can only do so through a 'wormhole' and then travel a long distance through space. Luo Yuan and his group, however, can directly 'travel through space'.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6... 3, 2, 1! Space travel!"

In the dark universe.

As the spaceship came to a standstill, it was directly repelled from the dark universe, traversing back to the solar system of its original universe.

On December 10, 2063, China time, a triangular spaceship entered Earth's atmosphere and arrived above Yangzhou City, the capital city of the Jiangnan base of the Huaxia Kingdom on the Asian continent.

After Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen disembarked from the spaceship with the stellar-level slaves they had purchased, Luo Yuan took the spaceship to his ancient-style palace atop a misty mountain. He put the spaceship away and then ordered ten cosmic-level ninth-tier servants to explore several ancient civilization ruins on Earth, where the stellar-level and planetary-level slaves he had previously purchased were also located.

When Luo Yuan returned to his palace bedroom, he found that Jiang Fang had already arrived. She had deliberately put on makeup today, making her look much more charming, and she was only wearing a thin dress.

Luo Yuan put his arm around Jiang Fang's slender waist and said, "You came pretty fast."

Jiang Fang smiled charmingly and said, "I calculated the time you would return, so I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

"Oh, the virtual universe isn't enough for you?" Luo Yuan teased, raising an eyebrow.

“Even if a virtual universe is 100% a simulation of reality, it is still virtual and there is still a gap between it and reality,” Jiang Fang said, leaning against Luo Yuan’s chest.

"Where is the difference? I want to try." Luo Yuan picked up Jiang Fang and carried her to the bedroom.

...............

The next day, Luo Yuan, dressed in a dark gold Force suit, stood on the muddy ground of the wilderness on Earth. His eyes swept around like sharp blades, and the monsters there fled in terror.

"Moyun".

Luo Yuan conveyed a message from the past.

"Woo!" The Moyun Vine conveyed a joyful thought, and then Luo Yuan stretched out his hands, and immediately Moyun Vine extended wildly, rushing rapidly in all directions... Centered on Luo Yuan, vines nearly a meter thick and with an endless length spread out like giant pythons.

At the same time, from these thick, seemingly endless giant vines, thin tendrils and numerous vines and leaves extend out.

Overwhelming!

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

Numerous vines and roots pierce directly into the soil, extending rapidly and continuously into the ground as if piercing through tofu.

Each main vine is 30,000 meters long, or 30 kilometers! There are a total of 36 long vines, each 30 kilometers long, with a large number of thin vines and leaves on them, as well as equally lush root systems. In an instant, this continuous, vast mountain range, or at least the surrounding land, was completely rooted and integrated into this long vine.

At the heart of the Moyun Tengfu area is Luo Yuan, clad in an alloy battle suit.

"Now is the most crucial moment." Luo Yuan took a deep breath, and a huge vine was swaying in front of him.

With a flick of his wrist, the nearly transparent stone box appeared. Luo Yuan stared at the faint light emanating from the transparent stone box, took a deep breath, and opened the box.

Snapped!

After opening the stone box, he flicked his wrist, and the 'Fruit of Life' inside, emanating an intoxicating aroma, was tossed into the air and flew towards the enormous vine. Instantly, the vine stretched upwards, its massive form resembling a gaping maw, and swallowed the Fruit of Life whole.

chi chi~~

The enormous vines quickly contracted and retreated into the ground.

Instantly, Luo Yuan saw on the screen of his arm guard that the thick vine underground was covered in green light that flowed like lightning. The vine itself was like a heart, sometimes expanding and sometimes contracting. However, each expansion was greater than the contraction, causing the vine to grow larger and larger.

On the screen, a long, blood-red vine was undergoing a violent transformation, like boiling water. Green bumps appeared on the surface of the already incredibly thick vine, which were then absorbed and disappeared. Occasionally, however, some bumps would burst open, like bubbles exploding.

"Hiss~~"

Numerous vines and vines also danced wildly.

Although he evolved deep underground, Luo Yuan could still feel the slight vibrations beneath his feet.

At this moment, the thick vine was undergoing a rapid transformation. Various parts of the vine were constantly shedding their outer layers of bark, while the fresh vines exposed inside quickly became twisted and tough, and then shed those layers again. In the process of transformation, the vine as a whole was also constantly getting thicker and longer.

It's as if the growth of a sapling into a towering tree could happen in just two or three hours.

“Having eaten the Fruit of Life, it would normally take many years to evolve, but it has evolved in a very short time. The detection equipment cannot even detect Mo Yun’s body, but according to the proportions, the length of a single Mo Yun vine has now reached about 210 kilometers!” Luo Yuan exclaimed in surprise.

Luo Yuan remained intently focused on the screen.

Evolution continues.

Time passed second by second, and the long vine on the screen seemed to contain endless power. Moreover, the color of the vine had become more intense from the previous blood red, and could be described as deep red!

"Woo!" A vast thought filled with joy and longing entered Luo Yuan's mind.

"The transformation was successful." Luo Yuan's eyes lit up.