While Luo Feng was in the Virtual Universe, on this original star where Luo Feng resided, within the ancient forest beneath the vortex passage leading to the outside world, three terrifying auras gathered—three formidable beings whose appearances varied, yet they stood together now.

"Following the Alliance's command, we arrived at maximum speed. It seems... we are the first three to reach this place."

"Indeed."

"Once those two Star Beast entities realize that the black divine sword is part of the River of Swords, they will surely jump in fright and immediately head toward this vortex passage, fleeing directly to the outside. Once outside, they can use Instant Transfer, Divine Kingdom Teleportation, and so on—no one will be able to catch them. We must guard this area well!"

"Are we just supposed to wait here indefinitely?" A deep voice sounded. "Soon, a host of Universe Overlords will arrive, perhaps even the Lord of Demon Suppression himself. For just a single divine sword of the River of Swords... how much contribution value can we really expect to divide? In my opinion—Venerable Wangjia, you remain here temporarily to stand guard. Venerable Beifeng and I will take the initiative and attack first. With Venerable Beifeng’s and my capabilities, we have every hope of slaying those two Star Beast entities."

"This..."

"What are you hesitating for? Soon other Universe Overlords will arrive. Venerable Beifeng, do you agree?" the deep voice inquired.

"I agree," a gentle voice replied.

"Very well, I agree too. But when the time comes, if we obtain the divine sword, it must be divided according to the efforts of the three of us working together."

"Naturally!"

The three Universe Overlords exchanged glances and smiled.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures simultaneously shot through the air. One was about thirty meters tall, possessing three curved horns pointing forward, with a hideous countenance. His eyes were sharp as an eagle’s, and his arms were thick and powerful, seemingly carved from steel. He grasped an ancient, crude spear, the tip of which bore three streaks of blood.

The other figure was about ten meters tall, completely enveloped in a black battle robe, his face hidden behind a black mask.

"Venerable Beifeng, if your soul attack can directly kill those two Star Beasts, that would be best. If not, it can at least hinder their ability to resist. Then I will engage them in close combat!" the triangular-horned Venerable holding the ancient spear stated deeply. "With the might of my Qixue Spear, coupled with my ultimate technique using the Burning God Body... even if they are wearing ordinary supreme treasure armor, my attack, which rivals that of a Universe Master, will completely exceed the limits of their supreme treasure armor—it might only be reduced by one-thousandth, perhaps even just one-hundredth of its power."

"The Qixue Spear is a High-Tier Supreme Treasure, peerless in might," Venerable Beifeng, cloaked in black, also laughed. "We will surely succeed in one fell swoop."

Palace Master Qixue was a highly renowned Universe Overlord within the Northern Frontier Alliance.

He possessed three supreme treasures, and his close-combat weapon was a High-Tier Supreme Treasure! Combined with his close-combat techniques... he could contend with a Universe Master for a brief time. When he attacked with full force, it would indeed exceed the tolerance limit of ordinary supreme treasure armor. Within its tolerance range, the third form of ordinary supreme treasure armor could generally reduce material attacks by one ten-thousandth!

But once this limit was surpassed, the armor's weakening ability would drop sharply, perhaps only reducing it to one-thousandth, one-hundredth, or one-tenth... or it might shatter with a single deafening boom! This was precisely why Universe Masters disdained ordinary supreme treasures.

"Exceeding their supreme treasure battle armor limit? Although their divine bodies are larger, at most my Qixue Spear will need a few more stabs," Palace Master Qixue transmitted via voice while flying at high speed, laughing. "Venerable Beifeng, it will depend on your soul attack then; don't let them escape. I heard the Golden Horned Beast among them possesses wing-type supreme treasures."

"Leave it to me."

Venerable Beifeng and Palace Master Qixue, side by side, transformed into two streaks of light soaring rapidly toward Luo Feng’s location.

It must be noted that Luo Feng was the first to arrive at the emergence site of the black sword body. Thus, the Northern Frontier Alliance could easily deduce that Luo Feng's temporary residence must be near the black sword body. Therefore, Venerable Beifeng and Palace Master Qixue had a clear target.

In the Virtual Universe.

Luo Feng stared in astonishment at the bald Universe Venerable in the distance: "It’s him? One of the two Universe Venerables from the Hong Alliance who besieged and competed with me for treasures back then?" At the same time, Luo Feng noticed that the bald Universe Venerable was surrounded by a lively crowd of Universe Venerables, who seemed to be discussing something with great excitement.

"River of Swords!"

"The divine sword of the River of Swords! Rumor has it that the compass of the River of Swords was obtained by a Universe Master from the Ring Piercing Alliance! That Universe Master... surely desires the other divine swords very much and is willing to pay an extremely high price to trade for them."

"It appears to be an ordinary supreme treasure, but its actual value is comparable to a High-Tier Supreme Treasure at least."

"Exactly. Moreover, the 'River of Swords' is only in its perfect form when all the divine swords are gathered; it’s incomplete without even one. If we hide this divine sword within our Hong Alliance, the Ring Piercing Alliance will certainly have to humble themselves and find a way to trade for it."

"It’s a pity it was taken by those two Star Beast entities."

Luo Feng clearly heard the discussions.

"The divine sword of the River of Swords?" Luo Feng was shaken. "Taken by two Star Beast entities?"

"Too bad I was late. If I had been lucky, this River of Swords divine sword would be mine," the bald Universe Venerable sighed, the image of the black sword body still suspended before him.

Watching from afar, Luo Feng felt monumental waves surging in his heart. Heaven.

The black divine sword he had obtained—yes, that black divine sword—was actually one of the divine swords of the River of Swords!

"River of Swords?" Luo Feng murmured softly, and information quickly surfaced in his mind. It was recorded in the data Venerable Niu Zhou had given him: in the over one hundred years since the original star opened, among the 10,081 original stars, there had been twelve large-scale blood battles, and the emergence of the Sword Tomb was one of them.

The description of the River of Swords was brief, but it allowed Luo Feng to understand its tyrannical might. It was a 'Top-Tier Domain Supreme Treasure,' and in terms of offense, it rivaled a peak offensive supreme treasure! In terms of value, it was not inferior to the Thousand Treasure River, perhaps slightly surpassing it. Of course, this was contingent on integrating all the divine swords.

Voices came from the distance: "Quick, quickly tell us, which original star are you on? Where did that divine sword appear?"

"We’ll hurry over immediately."

"Let's join forces to kill those two Star Beast entities and seize the divine sword. Then we won't worry about the Ring Piercing Alliance not offering a high price. If we present it to the Hong Alliance, the Alliance will surely reward us with a massive amount of contribution points."

A boiling fervor erupted.

"Escape!"

"Hurry and escape." Luo Feng instantly understood.

"Dao He!" Venerable Niu Zhou rushed over.

"I have something urgent. Venerable Niu Zhou, we'll talk next time." Luo Feng immediately vanished into thin air, leaving Venerable Niu Zhou filled with doubt.

On the original star where Luo Feng was located.

Within that patch of low-lying forest.

"Quick, quick, quick." Youhai Luo Feng and the Golden Horned Beast stood up instantly.

"Many experts from the Hong Alliance will gather here soon; I must leave quickly. Furthermore, when I obtained the treasure earlier, forces from the Prison Race, the Hong Alliance, and the Northern Frontier Alliance—all three factions—saw the black sword body. Experts from the Hong Alliance are only just beginning to assemble now, so it might be too late to stop me. However, those from the Northern Frontier Alliance and the Prison Race are likely to arrive." Youhai Luo Feng rapidly shrank to just two meters tall, sitting cross-legged on the Golden Horned Beast’s back.

This time, the mission was escape.

And the Golden Horned Beast had an extremely high escape speed. Even if sudden danger arose, the Golden Horned Beast possessed the greatest resistance to peril.

"Whoosh!" The Golden Horned Beast enlarged to about ten meters long. With its wings spread to several tens of meters, it immediately burned its divine power and shot rapidly through the air...

Driven by the fierce burning of divine power and accelerated by the supreme treasure, the Wu God Wings,

Whoosh!

It instantly transformed into a golden streak of light, tearing through the void.

At this moment, the two Universe Overlords of the Northern Frontier Alliance, Palace Master Qixue and Venerable Beifeng, were flying side by side through the void. The main reason they hadn't arrived yet was that this original star was vast... Traveling from the vortex passage exit to Luo Feng's forest, even traveling at light speed, took nearly half an hour.

In fact, some of the most powerful entities of the Northern Frontier Alliance were rushing toward this original star where Luo Feng was located, including the Lord of Demon Suppression...

But even the Lord of Demon Suppression had to slowly fly first to the 'vortex passage' leading to Luo Feng's original star.

Be aware that the diameter of every original star is one hundred billion kilometers. Even at a speed of 300,000 kilometers per second, one could only travel about one billion kilometers in an hour. If one was farther from the vortex passage, it would take a long time to arrive. The experts dispatched by the Northern Frontier Alliance were already the fastest beings capable of reaching the area.

"Look, a golden light!"

"It's that Golden Horned Beast." Palace Master Qixue and Venerable Beifeng spotted it at once.

They were heading from the vortex passage toward Luo Feng.

Luo Feng was heading toward the vortex passage!

Naturally, they could see each other!

"Hmm?" The Youhai Clone and the Golden Horned Beast both saw the two streaks of light in the distance. "Perhaps they are some other foreign race experts. It's unlikely they are chasing me so quickly. If things go poorly, I can just dive into another original star."

Whoosh!

The Golden Horned Beast continued flying, slightly adjusting its course to create some distance between itself and the two streaks of light.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

But those two powerful auras suddenly changed direction and rapidly closed in.

"Not good."

"They are targeting me. That three-horned one is Palace Master Qixue, the Palace Master Qixue from the Northern Frontier Alliance! The one next to him is Venerable Beifeng!" Luo Feng, who had been highly alert, instantly recognized the two and confirmed they were closing in on him. Disregarding everything else, he immediately put the Youhai Clone into his world ring.

Palace Master Qixue and Venerable Beifeng... were both Universe Overlord-level entities.

And they were not ordinary Universe Overlords!

There were differences even among Universe Overlords. Generally, those who had reached the peak limit of a Universe Venerable's level in law comprehension and secret technique creation were called Universe Overlords whose combat power rivaled the most common Universe Masters.

But a Universe Overlord possessing an ordinary supreme treasure and one possessing a High-Tier Supreme Treasure naturally had different attack powers! There was also a difference between a human Universe Overlord and a monstrous special life-form Universe Overlord whose life gene level reached 8,000 times.

Palace Master Qixue possessed a High-Tier Supreme Treasure!

Venerable Beifeng was a Universe Overlord specializing in soul attack erosion!

"Star Beast, you cannot escape."

"Hand over the divine sword!"

A deep, resonant voice and a gentle, mind-penetrating voice sounded simultaneously.