Swallowed Star

by Alexander Buchanez

  He, is Hong!

  The world's strongest fighter! The two investigators beside Hong were completely blocked out by darkness. An investigator is an existence that surpasses the wargod level. Yet, in front of Hong, they pale in comparison.

  "This wave of students in the elite training camp is quite good!" a cold sound rose.

  Right when those words were said, the students and teachers who fell into the darkness realized that the black sky around them disappeared. The morning sun appeared yet again! Even so, everyone felt enormous pressure, like an ant facing an elephant.

  In front of Hong, everyone felt their insignificance.

  "Head, there are quite a few good seeds in this wave of students" said one of the leaders of this training camp, 'Investigator Wang'.

  Basically all the students were watching Hong's eyes, as if they were looking at their idol!

  The leader of all fighters!

  "Hm?" Hong took a step and virtually teleported to a student.

  All the students, teachers, and even investigators turned their heads: the black haired man, 'Hong', was currently staring at a young student..... Luo Feng!

  Luo Feng froze as he looked at the black haired man in front of him: the world's strongest fighter is staring at him? Why is he staring at him?

  "Hong is looking at Luo Feng!"

  "Why is the head, Hong, looking at Luo Feng" within the group of students, Candace was filled with anxiety and dissatisfaction.

  The three investigators weren't surprised, since Hong was the one who personally created the contract for Luo Feng.

  "You're that Luo Feng?" even though he seemed gentle, a tough sound rose. This black haired man lowered his head as he looked at this young youth.

  "Yes, head" Luo Feng responded respectfully.

  The black haired man seemed to grin.

  "The head is smiling?"

  "The head is smiling?" The three investigators were shocked. They were clear of the temper of this world's strongest fighter. Even when faced with other existences surpassing the wargod level, he rarely smiles.

  The black haired man judged Luo Feng and couldn't help but to exclaim: "What powerful spiritual force!"

  Luo Feng froze!

  The three great investigators froze!

  All the students in the training camp were dumbfounded!

  Such power spiritual force? Is he talking about Luo Feng? Luo Feng's a spirit reader?

  "I, I, I....." Luo Feng was dazed.

  His secret as a spirit reader was revealed by the world's strongest fighter, 'Hong', in front of the three investigators and all of the students and wargod teachers! He didn't even release the spiritual force hidden in his realm of consciousness. The other investigators didn't find out, but who would've known that not only did the head find out, he also revealed it!

  "I didn't think that you would have such powerful spiritual force, no wonder....." the black haired man slightly nodded, as if he was quite pleased with Luo Feng.

  After that, the black haired man, Hong, turned his gaze to the other students and said coldly: "You people, are the youngest geniuses of the world. Your goal isn't to become wargods, but to become existences surpassing the wargod level! I hope that some of you can reach that point!" the head's words seemed to have infinite magic as they sank into everyone's hearts.

  All of the students became passionate under this shapeless guidance.

  After that, the black haired man, Hong, turned around and left.

  .....

  Only after Hong disappeared from their field of vision did the students enter an uproar. Even the wargod teachers were extremely passionate.

  "The head, Hong, is way too powerful"

  "Like a spirit, I felt like the head was the ruler of this entire earth just now"

  "Yea, yea"

  All the students used their native languages to excitedly chat with their best friends.

  "Luo Feng, you're a spirit reader?"

  "You were actually hiding this, a spirit reader, man"

  Quite a few Chinese students were amazed at Luo feng. However, they were all students of the elite training camp. The students of the elite training camp are all geniuses gathered from around the world. Even though spirit readers are rare and all the students were shocked, not many of them were jealous.

  Of course, if they knew that Luo Feng's spiritual force could wipe the floor with most advanced level wargods, they'll probably faint.

  "Luo Feng" a hoarse voice rang.

  The surroundings immediately became silent.

  Luo Feng turned his head: the person coming was indeed investigator Wang. Investigator Wang looked at Luo Feng: "Come, meet the head with me"

  "Yes" Luo Feng was filled with suspicion, but followed investigator Wang to meet the head anyway.

  And right now--

  Within the group of students, the tall, skinny blonde youth Candace was staring at the distant Luo Feng. His eyes were cold and he clenched his teeth: "Spirit reader? Who would've thought that you were actually a spirit reader. Looks like aunt and the others' suspicions were correct. Yup, I need to tell my aunt about this immediately"

  "William, I'm going back to my place for a bit" said Candace.

  "Alright, hurry, we're probably going to leave soon" nodded William.

  ******

  In the quiet tearoom.

  The black haired man, Hong, sat on the chair as he held his tea cup as he sighed: "Luo Feng has such an amazing amount of spiritual force at such a young age. Looks like he was born with quite a bit of spiritual force. He's one of the most powerful spirit readers I've ever seen. He's also extremely intelligent, which was why he could finish the fourth stage of the��Nine Stage Thunder Blade�� so quickly"

  "However, why is he hiding his spiritual force?" the black haired man, Hong, suddenly thought to himself, "Maybe he's in quite the dilemma because of what I said this time"

  Indeed.....

  Luo Feng was quite distressed.

  While he followed investigator Wang, Luo Feng's mind was full of worries. The head, Hong, suddenly revealed his secret, and Luo Feng couldn't do a thing about it! As of now, he's quite powerful, but the Vulture Scorpion couple isn't weak either. He originally had a plan to safely take care of this step by step!

  He's in the darkness while the Vulture and Scorpion couple is in the light; everything was in his favor.

  But now that his secret was suddenly revealed.....

  "The Vulture Scorpion couple isn't dumb, they'll probably figure out that I'm the culprit" sighed Luo Feng.

  "The head is inside, go in" said investigator Wang.

  "Yes"

  Luo Feng walked into the quiet tea room.

  "Sit" the voice was still a bit cold, but interest could be seen within the black haired man's eyes as he looked towards Luo Feng.

  Luo Feng followed his directions and sat down.

  "Luo Feng, your spiritual force has probably reached the advanced level wargod level. There aren't that many wargods that are more powerful than you, so why do you hide your strength? Do you have enemies that have surpassed the wargod level?" the head, Hong, looked at Luo Feng, "Let me make this clear. If this caused you trouble, don't worry..... if you have enemies that have surpassed the wargod level, I guarantee that they won't touch even a hair of yours"

  Hong understood that his words might've caused Luo Feng trouble, so he made this promise.

  To Hong.....

  Nobody on this planet dared to go against his words.

  "Surpassing the wargod level?" Luo Feng was dumbfounded. He wasn't strong enough to anger such people yet.

  "Head, I had a conflict with the son of the Vulture Scorpion couple in the wilderness area near Jiang-Nan headquarter city and killed him as a result. Because of this, the Vulture Scorpion couple offered up an astronomical bounty for the culprit" Luo Feng spoke truthfully, "My strength only increased recently due to the dragon blood I received"

  In front of the head, Luo Feng had no need
to lie.

  How much power does this head have?

  To Hong, Luo Feng and the Vulture Scorpion couple, this conflict between wargods is like the conflict between ants! Hong's words were clear just now..... even existences surpassing the wargod level can be calmed with just a phrase. Hong can guarantee that those existences wouldn't even touch Luo Feng's hair! How much power is this?

  "Oh, I heard about that 100 billion bounty before" Hong slightly nodded.

  As long as they aren't stupid, anyone can understand......

  that a young fighter with no authority and no background wouldn't kill the son of two advanced level wargods unless he was forced to!

  "I'm sure that vulture Li Yao will soon enough hear of what I just said earlier" nodded the head, Hong.

  Luo Feng was helpless.

  Isn't it all because of you..... because of a phrase from the great deity, I'm scrambling right now.

  However, who would dare to raise their complaints against Hong?

  If he has to face the Vulture Scorpion couple, then so be it. He isn't afraid of them anymore anyway. However..... his family!

  "Head" requested Luo Feng sincerely, "I'm not afraid of the Vulture and Scorpion, but my family....."

  "Relax, your family will be fine" spoke the head, Hong.

  Once he heard this, Luo Feng was completely relaxed. Whose words on this planet can compare to the words of the head, 'Hong'? Presidents and prime ministers can make a speech today but end up being forced to do other things tomorrow. But with Hong, you can say that he is the 'golden rule': nobody is allowed to infringe upon it.

  "From my understanding of vulture Li Yao's personality, he'll probably find a chance to attack you during our life and death adventure in Australia" said the head, Hong, "You and him are both fighters, so I won't stick my hand into this"

  Hong is way above!

  Unless he has to, he's too lazy to deal with the things going on between fighters.

  "If vulture Li Yao comes to Australia, it'll be hard to say who will die" Luo Feng's gaze was determined.

  The head, Hong, slightly nodded: "Luo Feng, you are one of the members of the Dojo of Limits. Here's a reminder-- this vulture Li Yao recently successfully came out of an archaeological ruin and found a set of 'Black God'. This Black God set can transform into any defensive armor at will. It can even cover the entire body, including the nostrils and any other place"

  Luo Feng froze.

  "Once he's completely covered, your throwing knives won't be able to pierce through the Black God set" the head, Hong, glanced at Luo Feng's pockets, "Of course, nobody can always have their mouth and nose covered all the time. The eyes too, since you won't be able to see anything once they're covered"

  Luo Feng was shocked.....

  This so called Black God set can transform into defensive armor at will, how amazing.

  "So, you have a chance to kill him if you ambush him"

  "Basically, he's better at defending while you're better at fleeing"

  "His attack power is high while your attacks are unpredictable!"

  .....

  After leaving the tearoom, Luo Feng became calm.

  If it weren't for the Black God set, Luo Feng could probably defeat vulture Li Yao in a front-up fight. However, now that Li Yao has the Black God set, he's virtually invincible! He's not weaker than Luo Feng at all.

  "Hong clearly doesn't want to interfere in this matter"

  "Well, my strength isn't too different from vulture Li Yao's, so Hong is probably treating this as a test" Luo Feng thought to himself. Indeed, to the head, 'Hong', Luo Feng was like a raw, uncut diamond. Raw, uncut diamonds need to undergo planning, cutting, and polishing to reveal its true worth.

  If he even needs the Dojo to help with vulture Li Yao.....

  then he would disappoint Hong too much.

  "Li Yao, hmph, maybe you're more experienced, and maybe you'll bring a lot of people with you"

  "But I'll be waiting for you in the continent of Australia" Luo Feng immediately took large steps as he walked towards the gathering area of the training camp.

  .....

  And far away in China, Jiang-Nan headquarter city.

  Main city sector's Jiang-Nan mountain water sector, inside the villa on top of Marvelous mountain. Li Yao and blonde haired Venina had gloomy faces on as they stared at Candace's image on the large screen.

  "It's like that. Aunt, uncle, I'm going to go to the gathering area, since we're departing to the continent of Australia soon" Candace's image immediately disappeared from the screen.

  Li Yao and Venina were enraged to the extreme.

  "It was him"

  "IT WAS ACTUALLY HIM!!!"

  Li Yao said solemnly, "He kept his identity as a spirit reader hidden. Unless he's feeling guilty, why would he hide his identity? Hmph, student of the elite training camp? Even if it's the emperor, I, Li Yao, will split your body into tens of thousands of pieces and make you regret ever being born into this world!"

  Chapter 137: The Continent of Australia

  Li Yao's face was horrifying, his eyes gave off a fierce glow, and he exhaled heavily through his nostrils, "LUO FENG, LUO FENG, LUO FENG!!!"

  "Kill him, he must die" Venina's Chinese had an accent to it, but her tone was clearly conveyed. Venina's gaze was venomous and her voice was sharp, "Isn't he going to Australia for the life and death adventure? This is a great chance. Take advantage of this opportunity to kill him!"

  The Vulture Scorpion couple. From their nickname, it was easy to tell that.....

  They were cruel and sinister. Usually, they were the ones that domineered over others. But this time, someone killed their only son; how could the Vulture and Scorpion couple not go insane?

  "Kill him. Not only are we going to kill him, we'll also kill his entire family!" Li Yao clenched his teeth, "He killed my only son, so I'll kill his entire family..... after that, I'll make sure that even Luo Feng's ashes are eradicated!!!"

  Scorpion Venina also nodded. After that, she frowned as she looked towards Li Yao, "Yao, the Dojo of Limits definitely won't allow anyone to mess with the family members of their fighters! Once discovered, the consequences will be serious. 'Blood Blade' from back then was chased by fighters from all over the world and had no place to hide"

  "You think I'm an idiot like Blood Blade?" Li Yao scoffed, "The best way to deal with regular people is with authority! With the HR alliance's information network, manpower, and authority, we'll definitely be able to quietly erase Luo Feng's family with no evidence!"

  Fighters were powerful.

  But the HR alliance and all the various organizations of the world had many ways to deal with regular people.

  "If something goes wrong, you will have to take all responsibility" frowned Venina.

  Behind her was the Paulinus family.

  As one of the nine core families of the HR alliance, they definitely couldn't go against the Dojo of LImits.

  "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong. Even if something unexpected happens, they won't be able to trace it back to me. And even if they do manage to trace it back to me, I'll take all responsibility!" Li Yao's face was cold. After that, he looked towards Venina, "Venina, I'll prepare to personally depart to the continent of Australia. With me, I'll bring a few elite members and ride on a passenger plane from China. Can you organize that?"

  Venina was the director of the HR alliance in China, so she had an astonishing amount of power.

  "Not a big problem, I can make you guys seem like a fighter squad going to train. When the airplane flies over the continent of Australia, you'll have a chance to disembark" nodded Venina.

  "I want to prepare some special machines to bring with me" continued Li Yao.

  "Machines? Are you thinking....." Venina shook her head, "Impossible. The army of the Chinese government has too much power. At most, I can get you guys onto a passenger plane. There's no way you'll be able to bring those machines...... First, you won't even get past the security chec
k!"

  Li Yao frowned, he knew that this was a difficult task too.

  "Yao, it's impossible if you're leaving from China" said Venina seriously, "Those machines you want to bring are absolutely forbidden. Our HR alliance in China only has influence over the economy and regular people"

  "Okay, Yao, first, take a plane to Europe"

  Venina continued, "the EU is where our HR alliance has the most power. From there, I can organize a passenger plane that you, your elite fighters, and your special machines can all get on. Our HR alliance is responsible for the security checks in the airport"

  "Okay, that's the only way" nodded Li Yao.

  China wasn't like the EU.

  Places like the EU and America were mainly capitalist countries. Old, powerful families had extraordinary amounts of authority and power in those countries: even political candidates were supported by them! They were also responsible for creating and overseeing weapons, passenger flights, etc.

  China was different.

  Passenger flights, the creation of weapons, etc. were ran by the country. Nobody else was allowed to participate! So......

  Even with Venina's identity, there's no way she can get those special machines past the security checks in the Chinese airports.

  "This way is good too. If I go to Europe, I'll be able to find more helpers" nodded Li Yao, "Also, Venina, help me check if any of those mercenaries are willing to help...... None of the people I'm bringing are at the wargod level, so see if any wargods from the mercenary groups are willing to help"

  "I'll try" nodded Venina.

  There were actually quite a few mercenary groups. The best mercenary groups had existences surpassing the wargod level and were even invited to station at a few weaker headquarter cities! As of now, Li Yao and Venina were unaware of the promise of the head of the Dojo of Limits, the world's #1 fighter, Hong: nobody would touch even a hair of Luo Feng's family. Li Yao didn't know that..... so he's still trying to organize people before he departs to Europe.