The Calm Before the Storm

Thunder World.

The fleets of various organizations in Black Dragon Mountain have arrived at the entrance to the Realm Within a Realm, Wind and Thunder Canyon.

People are currently queuing to enter.

Black Dragon Mountain Imperial Martial Corps Fleet, flagship command room.

Ninth Princess Brunin was looking at the mineral distribution map and treasure exchange list of the Realm Within a Realm.

"Report! Latest intelligence from the Realm Within a Realm!"

"explain!"

The visitor projected a photo of Zhou Tong, Luo Feng, and the other three walking out of the central castle gate, along with a photo of the treasure exchange list that was half empty.

"Our people reported that these four people were the ones who exchanged for half of the treasure."

Ninth Princess Brunin turned around abruptly, her eyes flashing with a sharp, piercing gaze as she stared at her kneeling subordinate, her tone as cold as ice.

"Has the spatial secret technique inheritance been redeemed?"

"Your Highness, only half of the top 10 treasures have been redeemed. The spatial secret technique inheritance for the first place and the bank account for the second place have not yet been redeemed."

After answering in the blink of an eye, the subordinate, barely daring to breathe, nervously awaited the verdict.

"...Which faction do they belong to?"

Brunin withdrew his gaze and began to examine the information on the treasures that had been exchanged.

"They have no affiliation with any power, but they are all citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire."

"Oh~"

Bruno opened the personal information of Zhou Tong, Luo Feng, and the other three to take a look.

"Excellent! Have them offer up all the treasures they've exchanged, and the Empire will reward them with the opportunity to join the Imperial Martial Corps."

"It is their honor to be able to serve His Highness! I will inform him immediately."

Bruno didn't even glance at it again, his eyes fixed on the first item on the exchange list.

......

Coincidentally, the other four major forces, apart from Hundred Tiger Tower, Three Axe Mountain, North Dragon City, and Black Cloud Society, all made similar decisions to the Black Dragon Mountain Imperial Martial Group.

The Hundred Tigers Tower already knew that Zhou Tong and Luo Feng had killed over a hundred of their men and had decided to eliminate them. As for the treasures, they could obtain them from their corpses.

Meanwhile, a world within a world.

In a valley, Zhou Tong, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen sat around a fire, dividing the treasures they each needed.

The Lord-level bloodline potion was given to Thor, who was the weakest among them.

Babata explained, "It takes about a day to absorb a Domain Lord-level bloodline potion. During this time, you must keep your energy levels high at all times, otherwise you may fail to evolve and suffer permanent genetic damage, making it impossible to improve your strength again."

Upon hearing this, Hong asked, "Would the Fruit of Life work?"

Babata shook his head and said, "No, the life force of the Life Fruit is too strong, and with the bloodline potion, Thor simply cannot withstand it."

Thor laughed and said, "Don't worry, Brother Hong, I still have plenty of Wood Seed Crystals and Heavenly Thunder Liquid, that's enough."

Zhou Tong had already mastered the basics of the Great Lightning Technique, so he didn't want the Heavenly Thunder Liquid and gave it all to the Thunder God.

Next, Thor took out all the Wood Crystals from his spatial ring and piled them into a small nest. Then he took out four portions of Heavenly Thunder Liquid and swallowed two of them in one gulp.

Then he took out a Domain Lord-level bloodline potion from the safe, opened the lid, and plunged it into his heart.

Genetic evolution is extremely painful, but Thor's will is strong enough that even though he is trembling and sweating profusely from the pain, he does not utter a sound.

He even had the energy to spare, using the remaining two portions of Heavenly Thunder Liquid to aid in the cultivation of the Great Thunder Technique and to comprehend the realm of lightning.

Half a month passed in this way.

"Haha! I'm terrifyingly strong now!"

Thor unleashed sonic booms with each punch, venting his emotions.

As his genes evolved, he absorbed a large amount of Wood Crystals, and with the help of Heavenly Thunder Liquid, his strength broke through from the first level of the Eternal Star to the third level of the Eternal Star.

At the same time, Thor successfully mastered the basics of the Great Lightning Technique and broke through to the ninth level of the Lightning Domain.

Hong laughed and said, "Congratulations, Second Brother! You've finally caught up with us!"

"Congratulations, Thor!" Luo Feng continued, "Now it's my turn and Hong's Cloud Vine to break through."

The three fruits of life were given to Zhou Tong, Luo Feng, and Hong, one each.

Luo Feng and Hong took out the Fruit of Life and removed their respective Cloud Vine Armor.

The two's Cloud Vine instantly wrapped around and enveloped the Fruit of Life, absorbing it in a moment, and then burrowed underground to begin its transformation and evolution.

Previously, when Zhou Tong went on a solo adventure in the universe, Luo Feng took Hong and Thor to break through in the universe. At that time, they also cultivated the Moyun Vine to the ninth level of the Hengxing Star.

To continue breaking through to the cosmic level, Luo Feng's funds were insufficient at the time, and the Moyun Vine also needed time to mature.

Another day later, two cloud vines, one red and one purple, emerged from the ground and returned to their respective owners.

Babata said happily, "Although it was a bit wasteful, the results are still quite good. Luo Feng's Cloud Vine has reached the second level of the Universe level, and Hong's Cloud Vine has also made up for the defects caused by previous stimulating, reaching the first level of the Universe level."

Luo Feng clenched his fist, feeling the abundant power: "With the cosmic-level Cloud Vine, the 200 million-strong army of ninth-tier Hengxing level warriors are even less able to do anything to us."

Hong smiled faintly and said, "That's right. Even if we are besieged by all forces, we can still deal with it calmly."

Thor then looked at Zhou Tong curiously: "We're digesting the treasures to increase our strength, don't you need to break through?"

Zhou Tong shook his head: "My strength level, cultivation techniques, and supernatural abilities can't be improved for the time being. However, I'm using the Great Refining Treasure Technique to refine the weapon I exchanged, to forge a main weapon for the future."

Among the Force weapons and psychic weapons that can be exchanged are a Thunder Axe, a Lightning Halberd, a Thunder Control Pearl, a Sky-Shaking Cauldron, and a Star Heart.

This reminded Zhou Tong of a magical artifact for achieving immortality: the Eight-Part Pagoda.

It just so happens that Zhou Tong also needs to plan for future weapons, so he can use this as a basis to refine a set of Eight-Part Pagodas and cultivate them slowly.

Using the Great Refining Technique, the Zhenkong Cauldron was transformed into a furnace shape, and a matching lid was added, turning it into an eight-part furnace.

The Thunder Axe and Lightning Halberd were transformed into the Bright King Axe and the Sky-Splitting Halberd.

The Thunder Control Pearl was refined into the Destiny Sphere, and then Zhou Tong took all six Star Hearts and refined them into the Bodhi Rosary.

Finally, the Crimson Copper Mother Flying Sword was reforged into the Dragon King Ruler.

The remaining morning bell and evening drum, and the pagoda body, will be temporarily put aside because Zhou Tong does not have enough suitable materials, and will be refined later.

Of course, these eight pagodas were just for show; none of the real core formations were actually set up.

The key issue is that Zhou Tong's current level of the Great Refining Technique is insufficient, and he also doesn't have enough time in the Realm Within a Realm.

By the time Zhou Tong finished all this, it had been a month since they entered the Realm Within a Realm.

During this time, Thor was consolidating his cultivation, while Luo Feng and Hong, because they had to protect the two, did not make any further progress.

Seeing the two finish, Luo Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

"During this period, various organizations have been sending us recruitment messages like crazy, using all sorts of coercion and enticement, which is even more frantic than fraud."

Thor laughed upon hearing this, "We possess nearly half of the treasures of the Realm Within a Realm. It would be strange if they weren't going crazy."

Babata then appeared and said, "I've intercepted some communications from various organizations. Many righteous people are searching for you all over the world."

The most active group is Baihulou, the group that killed the most people before. One of their search teams is very close to us.

Zhou Tong laughed and said, "That's perfect. If I want to leave safely, I need to make an example of them and let all the major organizations know that we can't mess with them. Then I can also rob them a bit and make another fortune."

the other side.

After entering the realm within a realm, most of the major organizations were busy mining the realm's minerals, and for a time they forgot about Zhou Tong and Luo Feng.

But there is one exception.

On the first day of entering the Realm Within a Realm, Baihulou split into two groups: one group dug for boundary minerals, while the other searched everywhere for Zhou Tong and Luo Feng.

This is also why other organizations didn't rush to search for Zhou Tong and Luo Feng, because someone was already doing it for them; they just needed to wait.

Now, Zhou Tong, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen have decided to take the initiative.