Above the wilderness, the Palace Master of Qixue and the Venerable Beinai faced each other, their eyes filled with shock and gravity.

"Truly formidable," Venerable Bei'e murmured softly. "This superpower of the Star Beast Alliance possesses a domain-type supreme treasure, a flight-type ultimate treasure, and his life-preserving battle armor must even be a high-grade ultimate treasure!"

"Yes, it must be a high-grade ultimate treasure, and it has already activated its third form," Palace Master Qixue stated grimly. "If it were merely an ordinary ultimate treasure, it wouldn't have withstood my Qixue Spear so easily."

The two exchanged a look.

This was serious trouble!

High-grade ultimate armor, activated to the third form, combined with that colossal divine body... these three factors alone were enough to cause despair among other Universe Overlords.

The more elite a superpower, the harder they were to kill. Many Universe Overlords were already difficult to eliminate, able to fight desperately even if they couldn't win. But someone possessing high-grade ultimate armor that could reduce attacks to one ten-thousandth, coupled with an outrageously massive divine body—how could such a being be killed? Unless the disparity in strength was immense.

For instance, if the Universe Masters themselves intervened!

Or perhaps some heaven-defying, special lifeform Universe Overlords!

"We are powerless here," Venerable Bei'e said gently. "And because of this encounter, he has been alerted beforehand. Our arrangements are likely to fail."

"Then what do we do?" Palace Master Qixue asked deeply.

"First, we cannot admit to having clashed with this Golden Horned Beast. Furthermore, no other powerful beings witnessed it, so if we stay silent... no one will ever know," Venerable Bei'e declared. "Second, we must now obediently follow the Alliance's orders. The Universe Masters of my Northern Frontier Alliance are coordinating the setup. At the vortex exit, and near several other vortex passages closest to where the Sword River Luo Divine Sword is emerging, we have set traps. When the Demon-Subduing Master personally arrives, he certainly won't let that Golden Horned Beast escape."

Palace Master Qixue nodded as well.

The Northern Frontier Alliance was one of the nine most powerful forces in the universe. Once they laid a trap, how many could escape?

In a vast, ancient forest on the Primitive True Number, the Golden Horned Beast lay hidden, a trace of worry in its eyes.

"What now?"

"The original plan won't work anymore."

Previously, when Luo Feng learned of the Sword River Luo Divine Sword in the Virtual Universe, he immediately decided to flee. The escape point he selected was a vortex passage leading to the outside world!

According to Luo Feng's initial plan:

First, fly towards the vortex passage... Upon nearing it, the Golden Horned Beast, the Demon Slaughter Clone, and the Ghost Sea Clone would temporarily separate. The Golden Horned Beast would hand over all ultimate treasures and valuables, while the Demon Slaughter Clone, carrying the Ghost Sea Clone, would instantly transform into earth and conceal themselves temporarily.

Let the Golden Horned Beast attempt to pass through the vortex passage first!

If successful, then the Demon Slaughter Clone would follow!

If it failed and he was trapped in a perilous situation with no escape, the Golden Horned Beast would self-destruct immediately! Simultaneously, Luo Feng's true body on Earth in the outside world would instantly send a distress signal via the Virtual Universe to City Lord Chaos, his teacher!

It must be noted that this vortex passage was the closest one to the Human Territory. Once City Lord Chaos arrived, he could easily use his immense power to forcibly seize Luo Feng under the guise of capture, which in reality would be saving him.

Though this plan was simple, it was direct and effective.

However, the recent engagement with Palace Master Qixue and Venerable Bei'e forced Luo Feng to change his plan immediately.

"The fact that those two flew all the way here to find me clearly indicates the Northern Frontier Alliance is moving very fast. They probably recognized the black sword body the moment the Sword River Luo Divine Sword appeared," Luo Feng mused internally. The battle with Palace Master Qixue and Venerable Beinai allowed him to determine that the Northern Frontier Alliance's layout was established long ago!

It was likely that the Universe Masters of the Northern Frontier Alliance were also rushing over, perhaps arriving even sooner than City Lord Chaos.

"If I run towards the vortex passage now, it's guaranteed to be a massacre."

"Burying myself and heading that way is pure self-inflicted suffering."

"So what should I do?"

"Head to the nearest alternative vortex passage?" Luo Feng pondered. A single Primitive True Number has several dozen vortex passages. The distance between any two vortex passages is usually hundreds of millions of kilometers. Flying from one to another generally takes over half an hour.

The closest vortex passage to him now was only about three minutes of flight time away.

"If the Northern Frontier Alliance set up their traps carefully, then the vortex passages closest to the location where the Sword River Luo Divine Sword emerged would all be compromised," Luo Feng shook his head secretly. "If I rush there, it's walking right into a trap. And the probability of that is high."

Heading to the vortex passage leading to the outside world? Dangerous!

Heading to the nearby vortex passages? Also dangerous!

And if he headed to a distant vortex passage, the Northern Frontier Alliance's Universe Master might descend during his flight, seize control of space-time, and completely suppress him and act against him even across vast distances.

"Relying on the Demon Slaughter Clan's transformation technique or talent secret, 'Replicate'?" Luo Feng shook his head. The Demon Slaughter Clan is just one of the countless ordinary races in the universe. This talent secret, 'Replicate,' is merely a relatively low-level talent secret, just somewhat unique and peculiar; it isn't unbreakable.

The Northern Frontier Alliance is one of the nine great superpowers of the universe. Once they set up a deployment...

It would be extremely difficult, difficult, difficult for Luo Feng to escape!

"I can only ask Teacher for help," Luo Feng resolved.

At the pinnacle of Thunder Island in the Virtual Universe, within City Lord Chaos's palace shrouded in endless turbulent airflow.

Luo Feng crossed the threshold of the great hall, walked to its deepest part, stopped, and respectfully called out, "Teacher!"

A faint figure emerged.

"Luo Feng." City Lord Chaos looked at Luo Feng and smiled gently. "You should be on the Primitive True Number right now. You came to find me; is something the matter?"

"Disciple has an urgent matter to report," Luo Feng dared not delay. "Disciple went to the Primitive True Number using the Golden Horned Beast body while bringing the Demon Slaughter Clone and others."

City Lord Chaos listened, nodding silently. He was aware of this, as Luo Feng's true body (the Earthling) was currently in the Thousand Treasure River territory.

"On the Primitive True Number, by chance, I obtained a component of the Sword River Luo," Luo Feng stated.

"Oh, it was you?" City Lord Chaos was astonished and laughed heartily. "I just received intelligence saying two Star Beasts from the Star Beast Alliance obtained a Sword River Luo component... I was just thinking, if this Sword River Luo component fell into the hands of our human race, it would be a significant bargaining chip when negotiating with the Ring-Sting Alliance."

Luo Feng hurriedly continued, "But, Disciple has encountered huge trouble now. That Northern Frontier Alliance also learned of this matter and has already begun deploying to deal with Disciple."

"Explain in detail," City Lord Chaos frowned.

"Yes."

Luo Feng immediately began speaking in detail, mentioning Palace Master Qixue and Venerable Bei'e.

"You didn't suffer a loss against them?" City Lord Chaos looked at Luo Feng in surprise. Palace Master Qixue and Venerable Beina were definitely well-known Universe Overlords... representing the combat power of typical Universe Overlords! That Luo Feng could withstand these two caused City Lord Chaos to feel a tremor of shock. Almost instantly... City Lord Chaos deduced that his disciple Luo Feng must possess a defensive ultimate treasure, and likely one of the high-grade ultimate tier, such as high-grade ultimate armor!

Although he deduced this, City Lord Chaos did not press for details...

Because his disciple Luo Feng already held numerous secrets, such as why his divine body in the Immortal stage was so powerful—stronger than many Universe Venerables?

It must be remembered that City Lord Chaos personally witnessed the terrifying phenomenon of the Origin Laws descending when Luo Feng broke through to become Immortal! Moreover, Luo Feng was in the Thousand Treasure River territory, and the divine power of his divine body was immense... With City Lord Chaos's control over space-time, he could fully judge that Luo Feng's divine body was even slightly stronger than some Universe Venerables.

City Lord Chaos inquired about none of it.

"Perhaps my disciple obtained some fortunate encounter."

"Perhaps the fortune of some mighty being."

"Perhaps from before the Great Destruction Era..." City Lord Chaos was very pleased to see this situation. He didn't care what special opportunities his disciple encountered; in short, the stronger the disciple, the better.

The stronger Luo Feng became, the more it represented that the human race would soon possess a new pillar-like superpower.

"Disciple's combat strength is still inferior to Palace Master Qixue and the others; I could only hold my ground by relying on my massive divine body," Luo Feng explained.

"A large divine body is also part of strength," City Lord Chaos stated.

Luo Feng anxiously continued, "Teacher, by now you must know the situation. The superpowers of the Northern Frontier Alliance came directly to hunt me, clearly having planned for a long time. What should I do now? Every vortex passage seems dangerous; please guide me."

"You are quite wise not to rely on your own cleverness," City Lord Chaos chuckled. "With your own abilities alone, you will certainly be captured and killed."

"The Northern Frontier Alliance is comparable to my Hong Alliance, and in terms of the number of superpowers and the diversity of their races, they far surpass us," City Lord Chaos sighed... "There are also extremely numerous special lifeforms and races with powerful bloodlines possessing talent secrets. The various talent secrets are incredibly intricate."

"To find you? It's practically impossible to guard against everything."

"Your talent secret, 'Replicate,' is a very powerful method of concealment. If one relied on normal strength, they would need to become a Universe Master, completely mastering control over a region of space-time, before being able to see through the deception," City Lord Chaos stated.

Luo Feng nodded.

Once one completely masters space-time, it is indeed heaven-defying. Techniques like his talent secret, 'Domain,' would be easily cracked, and 'Replicate' could also be easily broken. As for the talent secret, 'Enhance,' it only boosted the divine body amplitude to a maximum of several hundred times, so it would become of little use in the later stages.

Therefore, many talent secrets are useful when one's strength is low, but at the Universe Master level... very few talent secrets remain highly useful. However, Luo Feng's life gene level reaching the perfect limit, and his soul consciousness entering the mysterious place of the universe being bestowed the talent secret 'I Am the Universe,' this could almost be considered one of the top-tier talent secrets.

"Talent secrets can also be countered by other talent secrets," City Lord Chaos explained. "There are all kinds of talent secrets in the universe, and it's quite normal for beings to be bestowed talent secrets through some unique fortuitous encounter."

"Different tiers of talent secrets have different powers, and even different uses."

"They counter each other."

"And some are similar."

"However, the further one progresses, the less useful these talent secrets become," City Lord Chaos laughed... "For instance, the talent secret possessed by Fei Jing is fundamentally a soul attack method, but a Universe Master can use any random soul attack that is far more exquisite than that talent secret."

Luo Feng obediently nodded.

"And the Northern Frontier Alliance has set up a deployment for you. If you want to use various secret techniques to sneak through and escape, it's simply impossible!" City Lord Chaos shook his head. "You think too little of the capabilities of a superpower."

"Then what should I do?" Luo Feng asked.

"Your Teacher naturally has a way," City Lord Chaos smiled faintly.