chapter 86

After a while.

Within a bar beside the Universe Mercenary Alliance base.

Zhou Hao, Luo Feng, Hong Leishen and the other three sat at a table, Ao Gu, Tie Nan He and the other guards sat at another table.

They ordered some drinks.

Zhou Hao and the other three began to look at the mission description for the trainee mercenary exam.

Just like the original plot, the mission was to enter the Cang Lan Star's Sector Lord's world and obtain three wind corner stones and a horn of the Horned Iron Rhino, handing it to the staff at the entrance of the Sector Lord's world to complete the exam.

Almost every trainee mercenary would have to go through a mission like this.

And Cang Lan Star's Sector Lord's world was the Universe Mercenary Alliance's exclusive exam grounds in the Black Dragon Mountain star field. Hence, many people started to do all sorts of businesses related to the exam, like selling the map of the mission world, providing the exact location of the wind corner stones and other items.

Zhou Hao and the other three bought two maps, comparing them, they discovered that the environment of the Sector Lord's world would change after a while.

While they were shocked, they carefully read the rules of the assessment.

After which, they took the universe ship and rushed towards Cang Lan Star. With a law genius like Zhou Hao in the exam, Luo Feng, Hong Leishen and the other two felt a sense of security, their expressions were much more relaxed compared to the other teams.

The Sector Lord's world was located in a villa in Cang Lan Star's Thunder City.

With the quantum computer providing the accurate map.

The group of eight didn't spend much time, flying from the docking port to the villa's surroundings.

The Black Dragon Mountain star field had many star levels participating in the trainee mercenary exam, amongst which were the geniuses and elites of the two sacred lands, as well as the Black Dragon Guild, Three Axe Mountain, Hundred Tiger Building, North Dragon City and the other four large organizations.

These star level elites all had their own escorts, those who were familiar with each other would form small teams.

However, the death rate of the trainee exam was extremely high, of these people, more than half would fall in the Sector Lord's world. Over countless years, who knows how many elites have fallen in the Thunder Sector Lord's world, but every exam would still have large amounts of star levels participating.

Everyone was clear that those who were afraid of death would never become strong.

Zhou Hao had the automaton undying ship, even if he was surrounded by thousands of star levels, he could easily escape into the ship.

And Luo Feng had the Yun Mo Planet ship, his soul was hidden within the core of the Golden Horned Beast, his life wouldn't be in any danger.

The two of them could be said to have the strongest trump cards among the participants.

He entered the second floor of the villa.

The eight of them saw a woman in bright silver armor with purple patterns on her face guarding the door of a room.

This woman's name was Chinitan. She was the disciple of the Third Army Commander of the Ganwu universe kingdom.

"Inside the room is the World of Thunder," Chinitan said and opened the door.

Immediately.

A suction force gushed out.

Zhou Hao Luo Feng and the rest of the eight immediately held hands and quickly entered the World of Thunder.

… …

Several days later.

In a forest beside the Demon Moon Lake in the World of Thunder.

Zhou Hao's group of eight had been waiting here since they arrived a few days ago.

After all, the World of Thunder was too dangerous. Not only would the teams fight for the mission items, but there were also many dangerous environments within the world. Just like the death sandstorm they encountered when they first entered, once they were sucked in, even the universe level couldn't escape.

Other than that, they also had to be alert for signs of thunder in the sky. This often meant that lightning would fall. If they were struck by lightning, the weaker domain lords would be left without a corpse.

So rather than taking the risk to look for the horned iron rhino, it was better to just stay here and guard. And there were traces of the horned iron rhino's activities beside the forest. Even though there were other ferocious beasts, there weren't many of them. Plus, they were very careful, so even if they occasionally encountered them, they would quickly deal with them.

Thunder God sat on a branch of a tree, holding a weed with energy in his mouth. He was relaxed and content. Over the past few days, they had the detection device that Luo Feng had dismantled from the Yun Mo Planet ship. They had avoided many dangers and hadn't encountered a single bloody battle.

Hong glanced at Thunder God and reminded him, "If you have time, then use it to train."

Thunder God shrugged helplessly, "It's too difficult to raise my domain by one level. I've been studying it all this time, but the results are minimal."

Zhou Hao couldn't help but ask, "You still haven't broken through?"

A while ago, he heard Thunder God say that he was stuck at the critical point between the first and second stage domain.

This step couldn't be crossed by hard work. One could only rely on comprehension.

Maybe he would suddenly have an epiphany and smoothly break through to the second stage domain.

But if he couldn't figure it out, then he might be stuck for a lifetime.

And in the genius battle, the difference between the first and second stage domain ranks was very big.

Actually, Zhou Hao knew that if Hong and Thunder God didn't have any great fortuitous encounters, they wouldn't be able to improve much in three years.

The reason why he told them about the genius battle in the Killing Field meditation room was to use this kind of pressure to encourage Hong and Thunder God to work hard to break through and obtain better results.

Thunder God jumped down and said with a worried face, "No, big brother also taught me before. In the Killing Field, I often fought with the second stage domain, but I just couldn't cross it!"

Zhou Hao comforted him, "Don't worry, this is the World of Thunder. Maybe there will be a fortuitous encounter for you."

"I hope so!" Thunder God said casually.

At this time.

Luo Feng suddenly said, "A horned iron rhino is coming."

Shua shua shua.

The group suddenly stood up, each of their eyes shining.

After waiting for seven or eight days, it finally arrived.

Sou.

Luo Feng stepped on the Soaring Shuttle and flew towards the depths of the forest.

Zhou Hao and the rest followed closely behind.

Not long after.

The group arrived at a lake. After waiting for a while, they saw twenty or so truck-like horde of horned iron rhinos leisurely walking to the lake to drink water.

The creatures in the World of Thunder were all considered ferocious beasts. Their intelligence was very low, unlike the demonic beasts of the Demon Clan. Apprentice level demonic beasts were no different from humans.

"A total of twenty-one. Third Brother, are you confident?" Hong asked in a low voice.

Luo Feng, Thunder God and the four Star level 9 guards all looked towards Zhou Hao.

If not for Zhou Hao, just the seven of them wouldn't be able to kill this horde of horned iron rhinos. Any one of the horned iron rhinos was comparable to a Star level. An adult horned iron rhino was even stronger.

Zhou Hao smiled, "No problem."

He was a Star level 9 spirit reader. Not to mention the space and time laws, just his fire origin law comprehension was close to the standard of a normal sector lord.

And the controller was famous for not being afraid of group battles. Killing this horde of horned iron rhinos was no problem at all.

When Luo Feng and the rest heard this, they all revealed smiles.

"Third Brother said no problem, let's charge!" Thunder God grinned.

However, just as they were about to charge forward to hunt, a small team of ten rushed into the horde of horned iron rhinos before them.

This small team was led by the Ninth Prince.

Luo Feng, Hong and the rest immediately frowned. Under such circumstances, if they were to charge forward, it would obviously be a robbery. The opponent had nine Star level 9 warriors. Among them were five spirit readers. If they were to clash, they wouldn't be afraid with Zhou Hao here. However, if the opponent were to fight to the death, then they would suffer losses.

Hong said calmly, "If there's no other way, let's wait."

Just as he said that, Babata's voice transmitted through his watch, "What are you afraid of? Zhou Hao alone can slaughter this small team. The terror of a law genius is something you can't even imagine."

Zhou Hao laughed, "Babata is right. Ao Gu, Tie Man He … when the battle starts, you guys protect Luo Feng and the rest."

Ao Gu, Tie Man He and the rest nodded.

"Charge!"

Sou sou sou.

Zhou Hao and the rest quickly charged out of the forest.

The Ninth Prince's team moved quickly. When Zhou Hao and the rest reached the lakeside, half of the horned iron rhinos had already been slaughtered.

Sensing Zhou Hao's team.

The other nine Star level 9 warriors stopped their actions and gathered around the Ninth Prince.

The Ninth Prince's expression didn't change. As a prince of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, he came to participate in the exam this time. Of course he brought his trump card.

"Hand over the eight horns and you can leave." Once he came over, Thunder God shouted.

To be able to get the horns without killing, of course that would be the best.

The Ninth Prince's face had a strange expression, "Out of the eight of you, there are only five Star level 9 warriors. The rest are Star level 2 or 3. I have nine Star level 9 warriors by my side. If we want to rob, I should be the one robbing you!"

Zhou Hao said indifferently, "Numbers don't mean strength."

Hong reminded, "Third, don't waste words with them. Just do it."

It wasn't just their two teams that were watching the lakeside.

No one was stupid. How could they not know that the horned iron rhinos would come to the lakeside?

Rumble rumble rumble ~

Suddenly, the forest started to shake.

"Not good, it's more horned iron rhinos!" The Ninth Prince's bodyguard's expression changed. Luo Feng's expression changed as well.

Zhou Hao's expression remained calm, "Three seconds. If you don't hand over the horns, then stay."

The Ninth Prince immediately cursed, "Are you crazy? If we don't run now, we won't be able to!"

"Three …"

"Give it to them!" The Ninth Prince gritted his teeth.

The bodyguard hastily threw out the horns he had collected. Then, he grabbed the Ninth Prince and ran for their lives.

The horned iron rhinos' charge was extremely terrifying.

"Third!"

"Third Brother!"

Seeing that Zhou Hao didn't move, Luo Feng and Hong Leishen didn't move as well, they believed in Zhou Hao's strength.

"Master, let's run quickly!" Ao Gu Tie Nan He was extremely anxious.

Over fifty horned iron rhinos charged over. Raising a large amount of dust, it looked extremely terrifying.

The escaping Ninth Prince's team turned around and saw the team that was still standing by the lakeside. Their faces were filled with shock.

"Are they scared silly?" The Ninth Prince's bodyguards still had lingering fear. They didn't understand.

However, with Zhou Hao's team attracting the aggro, they were actually safe.

But very quickly, the Ninth Prince's team saw a shocking scene.

At the side of the lake, a spirit weapon suddenly appeared, this spirit weapon instantly transformed into a lifelike peacock.

In that instant.

Like a rain of golden flames, the beautiful peacock opened its tail and instantly drowned the charging horned iron rhinos.

Pu pu pu!

In just a few seconds, the horned iron rhinos that were previously terrifying had their corpses strewn all over the ground.

The Ninth Prince's team were all stunned.

"A law genius, definitely a law genius!!" Regaining his senses, the Ninth Prince's eyes were wide open. His voice was filled with shock and fear.

No wonder the opponent dared to rob them with just five Star level 9 warriors. So there was such a terrifying genius.

The rest of the Star level 9 warriors looked at each other. Their eyes were filled with fear and joy.

Too terrifying.

Luckily, the horned iron rhinos suddenly appeared and forced them to hand over their horns. Otherwise, if there was a conflict, their outcome would be the same as the horned iron rhinos.

"We definitely cannot provoke them!! Let's go, we'll go find the other horned iron rhinos. " The Ninth Prince took a deep breath. His heart was thumping. He didn't think that during the mercenary trainee exam, he would actually meet a law genius. This was a super elite that even the various powers of the Ganwu universe kingdom wanted to recruit!

Beside the lake.

Ao Gu and Tie Nan He were stunned.

This was the first time they saw a law genius in action.

Luo Feng and Hong Lei Shen were also stunned.

Zhou Hao waved his finger. The curved blade that pierced through the horned iron rhinos' heads quickly flew back, forming an advanced version of the Soaring Shuttle.

"Damn! This is the terror of a law genius?? That's too scary! "Lei Shen reacted and said with an exaggerated expression.

Hong laughed bitterly, "Now I kind of understand why Babata said that it would be hard for us to even enter the top 100,000 of the Ganwu universe!"

Luo Feng stared at Zhou Hao. He muttered in his heart, "So this is Third Brother's true strength …"

Babata curled his lips. He thought to himself that if they saw the power of the Imperial Armament Zhou Hao was carrying, they would probably be scared to death.

However, the shock in his heart was no less than Luo Feng and the others. After all, with his knowledge, he could naturally see that the fire origin law Zhou Hao displayed was already very profound.

"This brat is too abnormal. Could it be that he can really use the Imperial Armament??" He muttered, but quickly shook his head.

The Imperial Armament was publicly recognized as the most difficult to control. Many sector lords didn't have the ability to use it. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been continuously unsold in the Ganwu auction.

Zhou Hao laughed and mocked, "Big brother, second brother, fourth brother, don't be affected by me. Don't worry, it's hard to find a second genius like me in the Ganwu universe kingdom!"

"Go, third brother. You're so arrogant. Hurry, let's collect the horns and go find the Wind Corner Stone." Lei Shen said casually.

The eight of them hurriedly collected the horns and rushed towards the Valley of Wind and Thunder in the World of Thunder. Only this place had the Wind Corner Stone.

While they were rushing.

Luo Feng, Hong Leishen, and the others also took advantage of the rest time to enter the virtual universe to train.

Zhou Hao wasn't in such a rush like the other three. Now, he was using all his energy to nurture the Imperial Armament.

It was extremely difficult to control the Imperial Armament, and it would take much longer than other Imperial Armaments through spiritual energy nurturing.

Other than nurturing the Imperial Armament, he still insisted on signing in every day, even though there wasn't anything good in the World of Thunder.

The group used more than 50 days to rush from Demon Moon Lake to the Valley of Wind and Thunder.

During this time, even with Luo Feng's warning device, they were still attacked by ferocious beasts a few times. However, they were all easily killed by Zhou Hao.

Whoosh whoosh!

The Valley of Wind and Thunder was the core area of the World of Thunder. It was extremely dangerous here. Not only were there thick thunder clouds in the sky, but there were also strong winds above force 12 on the ground.

Zhou Hao and the rest of the Star levels couldn't even walk properly. They rushed to the Valley of Wind and Thunder. Just like the original plot, the group quickly found a cave and waited inside for the wind to sweep the Wind Corner Stone out. They then relied on their spirit energy and genetic power to pull the Wind Corner Stone into the cave.

This method was the most reliable and safest.

They were lucky enough to find this hidden cave. The other groups could only stick to the mountain walls and forcefully search for the Wind Corner Stone.

As for digging a hole in the mountain walls, even a Star level 9 would need one to two years of effort.

They stayed in the cave for a few days.

The entire World of Thunder suddenly shook. The Valley of Wind and Thunder cracked open and a huge black hole suddenly appeared.

"Oh my god, it's the world within a world. This is the entrance to the world within a world. We are going to be rich!" In just a moment, many of the exam groups shouted excitedly.

The world within a world was a hidden world that the Sector Lord created in his internal world. To stabilize this world within a world, large amounts of universe crystals were needed. Normally, Sector Lords who did this would hide their treasures inside.

In the past, every time a world within a world was discovered, many treasures would appear.

Hence, the Star level teams who knew about the world within a world went crazy, all of them rushing into the black hole.

Zhou Hao and the others rushed in after Babata explained what the world within a world was.

At the same time.

The news of a world within a world within a world spread out in an extremely short amount of time.

Black Dragon Mountain's two sacred lands, the four large civilian organizations and many families all received the news. Universe level, Domain Lord level and even Sector Lord level warriors all rushed towards Cang Lan Star's World of Thunder.

However, it was a pity.

Guarding the world entrance was Chini Tan. She was a rather stubborn girl. With her Undying teacher as her backing, she guarded the entrance and blocked many warriors who wanted to enter.

Zhou Hao was clear that the competition for the world within a world was extremely intense. However, he didn't mind. Ten days ago, the cloud contact vine, under the nurturing of the tide fruit, broke through to the Universe level. In the world within a world where only Star levels could enter, the Universe level was invincible.

Of course, the most important thing was … he could still sign in in the world within a world.

"System, sign in!"

The moment he entered the world within a world, Zhou Hao muttered within.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for signing in at the world within a world, you've been rewarded with a complete space technique inheritance crystal ball. "

"Ding! Congratulations to the host … you've received 200 mixed elements from Sector Lord Kabu's account. "

"Ding! Congratulations to the host … you've received the Domain Lord bloodline potion. "

"Ding! Congratulations to the host … you've received the D9 grade automaton armor. "

"…"

Ten consecutive explosions!

Zhou Hao's face immediately revealed a smile. No wonder this was the place where Sector Lord Kabu Bret hid his treasures. The resources were indeed plentiful. Not mentioning the other items, just the account funds alone reached 200 mixed elements. This already exceeded what he had sold in the past 10 years on earth.

Of course, there were some things like the automaton undying ship that he didn't sell.

"Ten consecutive explosions in one go. Looks like I can completely get all the treasures here!" He muttered within. Sector Lord Kabu left a total of 68 treasures and 312 items. According to the rate of rewards, he would be able to get all of them in a month.