Shui Lan Star.
Hua Xia.
One year ago, Puppet Xiao Feng repelled the Immortal Realm experts under Tai Hao's command.
This not only bought Hua Xia, and indeed Shui Lan Star, a period of peace.
Puppet Xiao Feng's astonishing performance in that battle also made him famous.
Of course.
Yang Jian Qingming in the game, Lin Feng in reality.
This is how the outside world perceived him.
Moreover, with the closure of the game servers, more and more people had become accustomed to calling him "Brother Feng."
From children as young as three or five years old to the elderly of eighty or ninety, this title "Brother Feng" transcended age.
It was a form of respect and recognition for his immense power and his guardianship of Hua Xia and Shui Lan Star.
Through the deliberate mentions by Zhu Yan and others during livestreams, and the unwavering support of some Hua Xia powerhouses, everyone on Shui Lan Star became aware of the concept of the Transcendent Realm.
Strong players were also informed of the existence of the Immortal Realm.
When they learned that "Brother Feng" had defeated such powerful opponents, they were all astonished.
Equally, they were filled with lingering fear.
Without a variable like "Brother Feng," Shui Lan Star's overall strength would likely have been insufficient to withstand even the weakest Immortal Realm expert's attack.
"Brother Feng" was not just a guardian, but a savior!
Under such circumstances, "Brother Feng's" great name spread throughout Shui Lan Star.
The concept of a protector also became widely known.
Undoubtedly, almost everyone began to have faith in Lin Feng.
Even though most people were merely low-level believers and superficial adherents.
Only those who had personally witnessed Lin Feng's power, either in the game or in reality, and were thoroughly convinced, could reach the level of true believers and devout believers.
Fanatical believers were essentially limited to the War God Squad.
However, even the combat power boost provided by superficial believers was enough to send people into raptures.
Let alone the War God Squad members, who were fanatical believers and could unleash combat power exceeding their level with the enhancement of faith.
The increase was more than a hundredfold.
And after the ten members of the War God Squad absorbed the star cores and officially advanced to the Transcendent Realm, they, led by Puppet Xiao Feng, charged out of Shui Lan Star.
With the aid of detection-type treasures, they carefully avoided large planets.
Instead, they launched attacks on planets that appeared similar in size to Shui Lan Star.
Some of these planets had an overall combat power even inferior to Shui Lan Star.
Even if some planets had Transcendent Realm experts, they were only at an ordinary level, with very few reaching level eleven.
Through careful caution, they explored the stars.
Their strength gradually increased.
The combat power of the squad members also rapidly grew from early Transcendent Realm to level eleven, then twelve.
They glimpsed the possibility of advancing to the Immortal Realm.
But breaking through to the Immortal Realm was not easy.
Even though Puppet Xiao Feng, after receiving the Immortal Divinity bestowed by Lin Feng, possessed the strength of the Immortal Realm, and with the faith of Shui Lan Star's cultivators, could exert power close to level fourteen, making him a stronger presence among Immortal Realm experts.
Yet, even so, after spending over half a year using sneak attacks, ambushes, and other means to kill a total of five Immortal Realm experts, not a trace of Immortal Divinity dropped.
Only then did they realize the preciousness of the Immortal Divinity that Lin Feng had bestowed upon them.
However, they remained confident and continued their exploration.
But because they often appeared in groups and possessed considerable strength—after all, a powerful Immortal Realm expert and ten formidable Transcendent Realm experts were enough to traverse a star system—their combined might finally attracted the attention of those with discerning eyes.
An accident occurred when they were exploring a new planet.
They were ambushed.
A total of three Immortal Realm experts led the charge, accompanied by over a hundred Transcendent Realm experts.
Such a force was naturally difficult to contend with.
Puppet Xiao Feng was even severely injured multiple times by the opponents and almost annihilated.
Finally, in order to protect the others and allow them to escape, he was attacked by the three Immortal Realm experts together. Under their combined, earth-shattering blow, his hundreds of times amplified Immortal Divine Shield was instantly shattered.
His thousand-times amplified Immortal Shield, after blocking several waves of attacks, also expired.
Ultimately, Puppet Xiao Feng even wasted a resurrection count to escape.
While being pursued by the enemy, he lost another resurrection opportunity before finally escorting all his squad members back to Shui Lan Star.
Seeing them return to their home base, the opponents did not attack immediately.
Instead, they stationed themselves outside the planet and began to investigate.
In their opinion, such a combination must be a group sent out by a major power for training on other planets.
There must be even more powerful beings on this planet.
Although they did not sense any traces of a Sovereign Realm’s refining outside Shui Lan Star, and did not feel their combat power being weakened when they approached the planet, they did not believe that there were no other Immortal Realm experts stationed on this planet.
They were more inclined to believe that this was a smokescreen deployed by the other party to lull them into a false sense of security.
However, they did not retreat.
They waited for an opportunity to strike.
After all, in this star system, the sudden appearance of an unfamiliar Immortal Realm expert leading a group of Transcendent Realm experts with formidable strength was not without reason.
Whether these were newly cultivated talents of some force, or a group of lucky individuals who had stumbled upon treasures left by a Sovereign Realm expert, they, as nomadic space pirates who did not belong to any Sovereign Realm, would not be afraid.
On the contrary, such an opportunity made them excited.
They vowed not to stop until they captured this group!
And so, they waited outside, gathering intelligence.
Upon returning to Hua Xia's base, Puppet Xiao Feng and the members of the War God Squad immediately focused on recovering from their injuries.
Just as Puppet Xiao Feng was nearing full recovery, Hong Jun arrived with his entourage.
Everyone then realized that the one-year agreement had come due!
Puppet Xiao Feng was to have a friendly spar with an Immortal Realm expert dispatched by Sovereign Tai Hao.
The stakes were an entire star region composed of twenty-five star systems and nearly five thousand planets.
Before this, they hadn't understood the significance of this wager.
After their more than half a year of adventuring, they now understood the immense value of such a bet.
Such a vast territory represented unimaginable wealth.
Let alone any Immortal Realm expert, it was enough to make any Sovereign Realm expert covetous, even driven to madness.
Yang Jun, who was controlling Puppet Xiao Feng, had an entirely different perspective now.
He could discern that the Immortal Realm expert brought by Hong Jun was extremely difficult to deal with.
The opponent's Immortal Divinity was no less than Puppet Xiao Feng's.
This battle was bound to be an arduous one.
However, the very next day, their thoughts changed.
It wasn't an arduous battle, but a fight to the death!
This was because after Hong Jun brought his people over, although Sovereign Tai Hao himself did not appear, the aura of the Immortal Realm expert brought by Hong Jun alerted the space pirates who were constantly patrolling outside Shui Lan Star.
They dispatched an Immortal Realm expert to probe the opponent's strength.
However, that expert was cleaved in half by a single strike from Hong Jun's subordinate.
Yes.
With just one sword.
The Immortal Realm expert from the space pirates, who had pursued them for countless days, forcing them into desperate battles, was killed with a single blow!
This outcome not only horrified the members of the War God Squad but also nearly broke the spirit of the space pirates, who swiftly retreated a considerable distance from Shui Lan Star.
Yet, they did not leave. They kept a watchful eye from afar.
When the members of the War God Squad recovered from their shock, they were plunged into despair.
A weapon capable of instantly killing an Immortal Realm expert!
The opponent's trump card was beyond their wildest expectations.
And the opponent's overwhelming power made them lose all confidence in the duel scheduled for three days later.
The outcome of this battle was already decided!
Just as despair was about to consume everyone, Zhu Yan, who had gone out for a stroll, looked up and was stunned to see a soft blue orb of light appear in the sky.
Under his vigilant gaze, it slowly unfurled.
The figure of a handsome man gradually emerged.
Upon seeing the man's face, Zhu Yan immediately burst into tears.
It was his elder brother.
The God of War in his heart, invincible.
Lin Feng had returned!
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