Wu He, scrutinized by Luo Feng, finally gritted his teeth and retrieved the most crucial treasure he had brought upon joining the army. Seeing the treasure appear in the open space, Luo Feng’s face lit up with delight.

A moment later, the trade was complete.

“Yin He, I won’t keep you any longer.” Wu He, having secured the True God corpse, promptly departed.

“Good, good,” Luo Feng nodded with a friendly smile.

Wu He transformed into a streak of light, followed by an instantaneous teleportation, and was already gone.

Luo Feng couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, “As expected of the child of the North True Sea Master, truly extraordinary. This trade was worth it!”

In this transaction, Luo Feng parted with one True God corpse.

And Wu He offered a True God-level battle armor, a large quantity of weapons and armor for Lords of Law, and a mechanical stream treasure! This mechanical stream treasure was called the “Seven Tombs Flying Armor.” While mediocre in other aspects, its greatest strengths lay in self-preservation and escape, excelling at constantly changing direction and dodging. If exchanged at the Military Supply Point, it would cost 120,000 military merits.

The Seven Tombs Flying Armor, when surrendered to the Military Supply Point, only yielded 100,000 military merits. This demonstrated the ‘blackness’ of the Military Supply Point.

100,000 military merits could be used to ‘offset merits and demerits’ to save one's life. Coupled with the inability to earn merits for an incomplete mission, Wu He effectively gained the equivalent of 110,000 military merits by obtaining the True God corpse from Luo Feng. It was really due to Wu He’s carelessness; he originally thought that with so many treasures in hand, he could endure the Calamity-level mission. But once the mission commenced, he was dumbfounded.

First came the massive melee. He only managed to scrape together some military merits.

After the melee, Wu He was acutely aware that after a massive decisive battle, Xuan Ji Mountain and Jiu Yan Marsh would be intensely vigilant. Trying to slowly slaughter thousands of Lords of Law on the outskirts of Jiu Yan Marsh? That was utterly a pipe dream! As for acquiring partial weapons and armor from the three groups of soldiers led by Captain, Kufa, and Yu Luo—he was just one person, while the other three groups were entire platoons. Once entangled, he would certainly be killed.

Most critically!

Before completing the mission, he couldn't conduct any trades at the Military Supply Point, nor could he exchange the “Seven Tombs Flying Armor” for merits.

Therefore…

He could only beg Luo Feng!

After trading with Wu He, Luo Feng possessed over 30 True God corpses and didn't rush to the Military Supply Point to exchange them for treasures.

“Yin He, please help me this one time. I will never forget this great favor. I am willing to offer all the remaining treasures on my person in exchange for one True God corpse.”

“As long as Yin He helps me, I will only obey your commands from now on. If you tell me to kill the Captain, I will charge forward.”

“Yin He…”

Luo Feng’s communication token was constantly pinged by the soldiers from his squad. They had never given up on obtaining a True God corpse from Luo Feng. Now that Luo Feng was in the military camp, no one could dare kill him; they could only swallow their pride and trade with him.

“One sentence: bring treasures worth 100,000 military merits in exchange for one alien beast True God corpse.

If you don't have treasures worth 100,000 military merits, I don't care if you live or die!” Luo Feng replied curtly.

Those soldiers hadn't cared about his life or death back then.

Why should he care about their lives or deaths?

Of course, if they could produce treasures valued at 100,000 military merits, he could consider it. After all, he still had to fight for the human race.

Luo Feng was avaricious; those soldiers were destitute.

These poor soldiers simply couldn't produce treasures worth 100,000 military merits. Of course, the Captain could, but the Captain already possessed a True God corpse in hand.

Thus…

Luo Feng cultivated while waiting. He waited for a full year, but not a single one succeeded.

“Yin He, you are too greedy.”

“Damn Yin He.”

“Inexcusable…”

Unable to get what they desired, the soldiers grew angry and even hateful towards Luo Feng.

“I don’t care if you all die!” Luo Feng was completely unconcerned.

It was not until the third year of completing his military mission that Luo Feng returned to the Military Supply Point. He exchanged the “Seven Tombs Flying Armor” for merits and also converted the other three True God corpses into merits, beginning his acquisition of treasures.

Primarily, he acquired a mechanical stream treasure—the “Golden Claw God”—which cost 400,000 military merits!

The remaining merits were used to purchase a domain-type supreme treasure (True God level), costing 30,000 military merits.

“Golden Claw God!”

Luo Feng stood in the great hall of his stone house on his island.

In the empty hall, a golden sculpture stood tall. Luo Feng was carefully examining the golden sculpture.

“Golden Claw God?” Luo Feng murmured softly. “A single-unit mechanical entity, belonging to the same category as the most mysterious ‘Wu Qi God,’ though its might is far less.”

Far less, that is, relative to the Wu Qi God.

After all, this was a mechanical stream treasure acquired for 400,000 military merits—absolutely far superior to the Black Cloud Wings and similar items.

“Defense, offense, speed… strong in every aspect,” Luo Feng nodded slightly. “Very complete.”

Strong in every aspect meant that none were utterly heaven-defying, but there were no weaknesses either.

Deep down…

Luo Feng had actually set his sights on that “Wu Qi God.” Thus, obtaining the simplified version, the Golden Claw God, satisfied him. Furthermore, Luo Feng intrinsically favored mechanical stream treasures that lacked weaknesses. Previously, he lacked the military merits, but after discarding the Seven Tombs Flying Armor, he finally amassed enough.

“Let’s try it out.” With a thought from Luo Feng, the golden sculpture before him instantly flew onto his body.

Hush~

Golden light flowed, instantly enveloping Luo Feng entirely. In a split second, Luo Feng transformed into a towering, golden monstrosity wearing a mask. This golden entity was humanoid, but its hands were clawed, its feet were clawed, and its head was triangular, exuding an aura of endless primal savagery.

Because the “Golden Claw God” was worn on the body, it forced the standard battle armor of the Python River Army to temporarily recede, as the two could not coexist.

Luo Feng felt as if he had switched into a supreme treasure battle armor.

“Divine Power Ignition!” Luo Feng willed.

Boom~~

The ignited divine power rapidly merged into the Golden Claw God armor covering his body. Immense energy immediately passed through the various secret patterns within the “Golden Claw God,” but the result was an inability to control it! Clearly, the internal secret patterns were too complex. Luo Feng had to temporarily halt the divine power ignition and first carefully study the secret patterns.

Even with his level of secret techniques, it took him over three days of contemplation before he finally grasped the complete control of the Golden Claw God. Soon, accompanied by the infusion of large amounts of ignited divine power, energy flowed along the countless secret pattern lines, precisely coordinated, finally converging at five points on the entire Golden Claw God battle armor: one point on the back, two on the shoulders, and two at the knees.

Five central hubs in total.

Energy Conversion!

Hiss hiss~

The tough, golden, thread-like energy, after conversion, rapidly transmitted to every part of the Golden Claw God. This golden thread-like energy integrated perfectly with the “Golden Claw God,” and its might instantly soared.

“It really is different. With just one conversion, the might has increased by two levels,” Luo Feng was overjoyed. “If my ninth-order attack is launched through the Golden Claw God, does it become an eleventh-order attack?”

Luo Feng truly felt the power of mechanical stream treasures.

“With this treasure!”

“I was already standing at the apex of the Sea of Universes. With this ancient civilization’s ‘Golden Claw God,’ who in the Sea of Universes can match me?” Luo Feng felt immense elation. In terms of combat power, he was even stronger than Yuan Zu in his prime!

Of course, the reason for this was twofold: Yuan Zu didn’t understand the divine power ignition secret art, and Yuan Zu lacked mechanical stream treasures.

Luo Feng believed that as the major powers of the Sea of Universes entered the “World of Jin,” the overall combat power of the Sea of Universes would also increase. However, mechanical stream treasures were generally only accessible to soldiers of special legions, and the required military merits were exorbitant. It would likely be very difficult for the major powers of the Sea of Universes to acquire mechanical stream treasures in the short term.

Having obtained the Golden Claw God, Luo Feng naturally focused on studying it. He even specifically wore the Golden Claw God when entering the “Inheritance Space” within the Tomb Ship for cultivation.

Time and again in his training, Luo Feng grew more impressed.

No wonder the records of the ancient civilization highly praised mechanical stream treasures. Except for beings at the pinnacle of the ancient civilization, ordinary powerful experts using mechanical stream treasures could unleash strength far exceeding their own. Like him—a very well-rounded Golden Claw God could boost his might by two full levels.

“And this is only a single-unit mechanism. What about those group-based ones, where tens of thousands or even millions of True Gods control a single mechanical stream treasure?” Luo Feng mused.

That was how large-scale warfare was conducted.

Millions of True Gods controlling one mechanical stream treasure could dare to chase and fight an Eternal True God!

Time flowed on.

Around the 5600th year since Luo Feng arrived in the World of Jin, Wu He quietly appeared on Luo Feng’s cultivation island.

“Yin He, Yin He, you know, right? The Captain and the others are back.” Wu He seemed gleeful.

“Oh?” Luo Feng was surprised. Half an epoch had passed, and he had almost forgotten about the Captain and that group of soldiers. “How were they?”

“How else? They were miserable, of course.” Wu He shook its ugly head. “More than half of the soldiers from their three platoons died. Even Yu Luo perished! Kufa managed to return alive.”

“Yu Luo died?” Luo Feng was surprised.

Yu Luo was the leader of one of those factions; gathering enough military merits shouldn't have been difficult for him.

“Who knows? I heard the fighting was fierce.” Wu He sighed. “Originally, a Calamity-level mission shouldn't have resulted in so many deaths. They say the Captain was too ruthless, driving Kufa and Yu Luo to madness in the end.”

Yu Luo died, and Kufa barely survived. However, the Captain seemed to have gained considerably this time.

Those veteran soldiers suffered heavy losses. Luo Feng and Wu He, the two new recruits, felt no sympathy whatsoever.

Some of the surviving soldiers harbored resentment toward Luo Feng. They even angrily cursed him when flying past Luo Feng’s lake island. They merely assumed Luo Feng was exceptionally skilled at evasion and not afraid of him. If they had witnessed Luo Feng killing a True God, perhaps they wouldn’t have dared. Unfortunately, only the Captain had seen it, and the Captain had never made the matter public.

Naturally, some hated Luo Feng, some ignored him, and finally, some even actively sought to befriend him.

“Let them fuss.”

“I am merely a passerby. I hope you are all still alive before I leave the World of Jin.” Luo Feng completely disregarded these soldiers. Moreover, during this period of quiet, he had already applied for a “Title Mission” at the Military Supply Point.

Gaining a title was dangerous.

But at least there was a ten percent chance of survival. Luo Feng considered himself among the top one-thousandth of elite soldiers; surviving shouldn't be difficult. Furthermore, he possessed the ability to split his essence. How could he pass up trying for this Title Mission?

Time continued to pass in this manner. In the blink of an eye, the first epoch Luo Feng spent in the World of Jin had elapsed.

Today marks the second update of the three chapters! Fanqie (Tomato) continues writing the third chapter!