Age of Evolution

The man sneered, using his Spiritual Power to send out a white rope that bound the walking corpses, rendering them unable to free themselves no matter how much they struggled and roared.

“Not bad, killing an opponent earned me 520 Points.”

At this point, several Martial Artists appeared and gave a thumbs up to Shi Xiaomao.

“Boss, you’re truly the number one expert on Canglan Street. The bait you used was perfect; you killed that idiot in one strike.”

“Yeah, boss, your knife skills are truly breathtaking. I think you have a chance to get into the top 100,000 in this Divine Punishment Star event.”

Facing his underlings’ praise, Shi Xiaomao’s mouth twitched, “Is it that easy to get into the top 100,000? It requires not only strength but also luck. Some people may have exceptional strength, capable of reaching the top 10,000, but end up being killed by someone stronger. Some people are cautious and hide, ending up with a good ranking. Who can be sure?”

A man wielding a Flower Axe said, “Boss, you’re talking about Lin Zhen, right? That guy is in the same war zone as us, but it’s been almost a month, and he still has zero points. I don’t know which mouse hole he crawled into.”

“Yeah, this kid hasn’t shown his face at all. We’ve been looking everywhere for him during this time, but we haven’t found him. How are we supposed to fulfill His Majesty’s entrusted mission?”

“How about we stop looking for him for now and focus on earning more points?”

Feng Dao shook his head slightly, “No, I must find Lin Zhen. I am His Majesty’s chief guard, and I cannot defy orders!”

“Boss, why is His Majesty so obsessed with eliminating Lin Zhen? Although he is an Alchemist, he is just a World King and not a big deal.”

Feng Dao hesitated for a moment, “I’m not very clear about this either, but there’s a rumor you may have heard.”

A Martial Artist suddenly said, “I’ve heard that Lin Zhen had an affair with the queen!”

This statement was like a drop of water in hot oil, causing the Martial Artists to explode.

“What! How dare Lin Zhen defile the queen!?”

“No way, the queen could crush him with one finger!”

“I think it’s possible, otherwise why would His Majesty insist so much on eliminating him? Things between men and women are hard to say.”

Feng Dao waved his hand to stop their discussion, “This is not something we should be worried about. You guys should think about how to find Lin Zhen. Otherwise, I won’t have any spare time to stay in this Northwest City District.”

“Boss, why don’t we go find the Wolfman boss? He has so many subordinates and must know a lot. Maybe we can find Lin Zhen.”

Wolfman was the number one expert in the entire Northwest City District and one of the top ten experts in the 68th war zone.

After a series of tests, the Martial Artists could no longer see the overall ranking, only the small rankings within the 68th war zone.

Because even each war zone may have experts, it doesn’t necessarily mean they can stand out compared to experts from other war zones. The constant shifts in first place led the Deity to temporarily close the overall leaderboard.

Only when the borders between the war zones open up will they be able to see the overall situation.

At present, Feng Dao led dozens of people and occupied Canglan Street, becoming a local gang leader. But he had to submit to Wolfman; otherwise, he wouldn’t survive in the Northwest City District.

“Alright, I’ll contact the Wolfman boss.”

In the Dimensional Universe of the Divine Punishment Star, communication with the outside world is forbidden to prevent contact between inhabitants and outsiders. However, the Martial Artists discovered and temporarily used some mobile phones and other communication equipment that they found here.

Feng Dao took out his phone and dialed Wolfman’s number.

“Wolfman boss, it’s me… I want to ask you about a person. His name is Lin Zhen, about 1.9 meters tall, a fair-faced guy… Yes, yes! Please help me check if anyone has seen his whereabouts… Okay, I’ll wait for your news. Thank you, boss.”

After hanging up the phone and waiting for a while, Wolfman’s message arrived.

“On the first day of entering, someone saw Lin Zhen head towards the wilderness in the northwest.”

Feng Dao put away his phone, his face revealing a cold, cruel smile, “As expected, a rat-like creature has really hidden itself. When I find your rat hole, I’ll see where else you can hide!”

He whistled, and shadows emerged from the buildings on both sides of the street.

“Boss! You called us!”

“Boss, what do you need us for?”

“Is there more prey to hunt?”

These people were recruited by Feng Dao during this time. Half of the current Martial Artists belonged to factions, while the other half were lone rangers. Life was getting harder for the lone rangers, with more and more people choosing to join a faction. Feng Dao had a total of eighteen men under him.

“Let’s go, brothers! Our target is the wilderness in the northwest. Let’s hunt for an annoying rat. If we succeed, I guarantee everyone will be rewarded, because you know whom my identity represents, hahaha!”

“It turns out we’re doing something for the Emperor of Nanliang. No doubt there will be hundreds of millions of rewards, befitting an emperor.”

“Let’s go, let’s go! My steel knife is already impatient!”

Feng Dao took the lead, followed by his eighteen subordinates, quickly heading northwest.

As they left, he used his spiritual power to recall the rope binding the walking corpses and swung his knife, creating a bright and shining cut through space which immediately bisected the few walking corpses he had used as bait!

The blade light didn’t stop and directly hit a three-story building behind, causing it to collapse in the light of the blade.

The fact that the suppressed hundredfold Star Power produced such power with just a casual strike left many martial artists secretly astonished.

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The room Lin Zhen was in now seemed like a magical house, constantly changing colors.

“Blue Ice! Shape the knife!”

Lin Zhen extracted the freezing air from the Spatial Turbulence, injecting it into a knife, and then took a strand of purple energy from the Dark Star Space and struck it into the knife.

The blade shimmered, and a half-foot-long hidden weapon, the flying knife, was formed!

Holding the flying knife, Lin Zhen examined it up and down, nodding with satisfaction: “As expected, this knife forged by Spatial Turbulence Energy has reached the level of a Top Quality Heavenly Tool. If this knife had a spirit, it would become a spiritual treasure!”

Setting the Ice Knife down, Lin Zhen now had six flying knives around him.

Red fire, blue ice, green wind, purple light, yellow earth, orange metal – he only needed one more Thunder Blade to complete his Seven Stars Knife.

Taking advantage of the heat, Lin Zhen put the mold for the last Seven Stars Knife into the furnace, extracting the lightning and injecting it into the knife.

About three hours later, thunder fell from the sky, striking the house’s roof, piercing through the ceiling, and forming the Thunder Knife!

Lin Zhen’s eyes were tightly closed, his hair flying around while the Seven Stars Knife swirled around him, emitting humming sounds.

It was like seven planets orbiting the sun, moving at high speed without touching each other.

With Lin Zhen’s current Spiritual Power, controlling this new Seven Stars Knife had become incredibly easy.

The Golden Early Stage Spiritual Power began to spread outward, enveloping the surrounding space like mercury flowing on the ground.

Everything around, from the rustling wind to the swaying grass, was within Lin Zhen’s control.

“Hmm … someone is coming. It seems they have ill intentions.”

Lin Zhen raised his hand, put away the Seven Stars Knife, and stood by the window.

He saw a group of martial artists approaching quickly from the distant fields, purposefully surrounding Lin Zhen’s house.

“I’ve been staying here, minding my own business, and yet so many people come to surround me. It seems like they came well-prepared.”

Seeing the word “Nan Liang” on the sleeve of the leading martial artist, Lin Zhen could roughly guess why these people had come.

It wouldn’t be possible to completely hide his involvement with Ning Qingxuan from Liang Zhihuan’s eyes. In Lin Zhen’s view, although Ning Qingxuan was outstanding in strength, she was too straightforward, not a good actress, couldn’t deceive others, and would definitely be discovered.

Moreover, he and Ning Qingxuan returned to the Original World on the same day. Liang Zhihuan would definitely find out about this. The suspicion he would have if a man and woman were together for more than two years would be natural.

But no matter how the other side thought about it, since they wanted to find trouble with him, Lin Zhen would never back down, no matter if he was an emperor or anyone else.

“Since you don’t want the best for me, I’ll send you a welcome gift first!”

“One, two, three, four … nineteen people in total, eleven World Kings, eight Domain Kings. I’ll start by clearing out these miscellaneous soldiers, and eliminate these Domain Kings.”

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Inside the Nan Liang Imperial Palace, Liang Zhihuan was hosting a banquet entertaining two neighboring emperors.

One was the Bei Wei Emperor and the other was from Xi Zhou.

The three great nations, Da Liang, Da Wei, and Da Zhou were allies, each relying on each other, and each with similar national power, surviving among the powerful countries of the Original World.

As for Nan Liang, Bei Wei, and Xi Zhou, the three affiliated countries were adjacent to each other and had always been on good terms, with frequent exchanges.

This time, the Bei Wei Emperor and the Xi Zhou Emperor visited together to celebrate Liang Zhihuan’s ascension to the throne of Nan Liang, and naturally, Liang Zhihuan held a grand banquet to welcome them.

As the queen, Ning Qingxuan had to attend the banquet.

The Bei Wei queen and Xi Zhou queen also came, and the two women’s eyes occasionally darted towards Ning Qingxuan, revealing their jealousy.

Why was this woman so eye-catching that she attracted their emperor husbands’ attention and made them feel so annoyed?

The Bei Wei Emperor and Xi Zhou Emperor were even more envious of Liang Zhihuan. Besides their two countries, even in the entire Da Wei and Da Zhou, they couldn’t find a more beautiful woman than Ning Qingxuan. Liang Zhihuan was really lucky.

With his beautiful wife beside him, overshadowing the other women, Liang Zhihuan was feeling relaxed and couldn’t help raising his glass frequently.

Seeing Liang Zhihuan so flamboyant, the Bei Wei Emperor and Xi Zhou Emperor looked at each other, feeling they should put a damper on his arrogance.

They couldn’t find a better woman than Ning Qingxuan to compare, but what was the hottest topic right now?

It was, of course, the Divine Punishment Star!

They had indeed investigated, and there was a martial artist in Nan Liang whose Points were still zero – the only one on the entire Divine Punishment Star. They would start there.