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866. Chapter 866 Deserted City

After Luo Yuan had arranged everything in the Monster Forest, he embarked on his journey to the core area again. This time, he did not bring any of his subordinates, because their strength was still too low for him, and none of them had yet broken through to the planetary level.

Therefore, even if they followed Luo Yuan to dangerous places, they would not gain any benefits and would instead become a burden to Luo Yuan. So Luo Yuan had no need to take them on adventures, and simply left them in the Monster Forest. This way, they could not only have a very good cultivation environment, but also improve their strength.

Once Luo Yuan truly becomes the strongest person on this planet, he can make these people work for him, such as managing the planet. In fact, Luo Yuan never thought about making these people do anything for him, because he felt that this planet was just the very beginning.

Wasting too much time here is pointless. If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to gain control of this place in the end and that it would be his first territory, he wouldn't have spent time training these subordinates. Moreover, in order to gain more benefits for himself, Luo Yuan did not reveal his true level of cultivation, but instead concealed it at the level of an ordinary planet.

Luo Yuan did this so that other powerful individuals would underestimate his existence, thus leaving room for maneuver in any future actions. If he revealed his trump cards to others from the beginning, it would only lead to more trouble.

So, since that's the case, why not participate in those important events as an ordinary person? Then, once an important treasure appears, you can reveal your powerful strength when others aren't paying attention and get your hands on the treasure.

This is a method of doing things that Luo Yuan has summarized over his years of growth. He knows very well that this steady approach can bring him the greatest benefits and avoid all risks. After all, for all the strong, they will inevitably be drawn into certain environments during the process of taking risks.

If you don't understand the current environment, especially the strength of the powerful figures who appear, it would be very disadvantageous to rashly fight them. Luo Yuan continued to move forward, and with his strength, he didn't pay attention to anything that happened along the way.

For him, treasures were the most important thing, so he continued on his way and soon arrived at the core of the central area. Luo Yuan knew that the place with the highest strength of the strong and the highest level of treasures in the entire wilderness was definitely in the core area in the very center.

However, he is currently only exploring the second level of space, but even so, it does not mean that he can rest easy. However, according to Luo Yuan's understanding, the strongest people in the entire intermediate zone do not exceed the star level.

In other words, in terms of Luo Yuan's personal strength, he is practically invincible in this intermediate zone. Of course, this is only the strength he can achieve in a one-on-one situation. If there are several peak planetary level beings on the other side, they can still pose a threat to Luo Yuan.

Therefore, in order to become stronger, Luo Yuan needs to ensure that no accidents occur during his growth process. So he needs to increase his strength. Logically speaking, with his current strength, he is qualified to go directly to the core area.

The problem is that the powerful individuals gathered there are definitely at the stellar level or above, but certainly not beyond the cosmic level. If Luo Yuan were to go there now, he couldn't guarantee that he would gain any benefits there, and the risks would be too high.

Therefore, he must rely on the treasures in this central area to further improve himself. Only when his strength truly reaches the point where he can fight against the most powerful beings will he go to the true core.

Therefore, before that, he needed to collect enough cultivation resources, especially treasures containing primordial power, which Luo Yuan needed.

Moreover, even after obtaining such a treasure, he only extracted its primordial power and continuously absorbed it. He did not use this power to enhance his strength; instead, he accumulated it continuously because he had a more important purpose.

Although this will affect his cultivation progress, the goal he can achieve is more important to him than this assessment. Even if he doesn't rank very high in this assessment, as long as he shows enough talent and potential, he believes that he will eventually become a high-ranking member of the universe.

Moreover, controlling this already damaged universe is the most important thing, because its value far exceeds imagination. If Luo Yuan can completely control it, then he will have the opportunity to defy fate. At that time, he will not have to worry about anything and will not be subject to the constraints of any powerful beings.

He will dedicate all his time and resources to himself, and his destiny will be in his own hands. He won't have to give up a lot of things with other geniuses for a pitiful amount of resources, and it's still very hard to say whether they will ultimately gain the corresponding benefits.

After all, once one's cultivation level reaches a very high point, the price to pay for further advancement is extremely high, because they will need to spend most of their time gaining the approval of those super-strong individuals, since those super-strong individuals control the channels for advancement.

If they want to continue their path to becoming stronger, they can only rely on their charity. The so-called master-disciple relationship is really just a means of restraint, because all the abilities they cultivate will come from those super strong people, which means they have no ability to resist.

Therefore, some smart people know that creating their own legacy is the most important thing, because only in this way can they avoid being controlled by other powerful people. Moreover, Luo Yuan also noticed that the legacy given to them by those super powerful people was not complete.

There must be some shortcomings, or perhaps some means of controlling them have been left behind. If they develop other ideas, they are likely to be discovered immediately, thus posing a threat to them. Even if they grow stronger in the future, they will always be under the influence of those super strong individuals.

Therefore, for the sake of the future, Luo Yuan could not possibly directly cultivate any of the inheritances left behind by powerful figures, even those who had perished long ago. There are many incredible secret techniques in the universe, and no one knows if there are any hidden methods in these techniques that could affect him.

After all, for those with unparalleled strength, they can even reverse time and space, so even if they fall, it doesn't mean they will completely disappear. When Luo Yuan arrived at the core of this central area, he found that a city had actually been built here.

This could only be somewhat surprising to him, because logically speaking, this place is the second most important adventure zone in the wilderness area, so the strength of the experts here is basically above the planetary level, although there may be some experts who have just reached the stellar level.

After all, everyone here is intelligent, and many people are aware of the threat posed by the core area. Therefore, they will not easily venture there without absolute strength. It's just that the resources in this intermediate area cannot compare with those in the core area.

However, their strength is at least the strongest here, so they don't need to worry about encountering any problems. Even if they are besieged by a large number of powerful people, they can escape safely. Therefore, they will stay here, obtain enough benefits, and then leave.

At least raise your realm to the limit where it's hard to improve further. The resources in the middle range are actually quite plentiful, enough to allow at least a few star-level powerhouses to continue improving their realms. Of course, those who choose this path are usually star-level powerhouses with average talent and weak strength.

After all, for them, life safety is the most important thing. The strong people who have been able to cultivate all the way to the Stellar Realm on this planet have experienced countless things, so their knowledge is definitely much greater than that of most strong people.

That's why they understand what's most important in the cultivation process: only by being careful and cautious can they have a greater chance of survival and become stronger. If even their lives cannot be guaranteed, then it ultimately has no meaning.

In fact, Luo Yuan understood this principle very well, which is why he chose to come here alone to cultivate. His talent was better than all the strong people on the planet, but his purpose was completely different from that of these local strong people.

Because Luo Yuan's goal from beginning to end was not to improve his realm, but to obtain more resources with primordial power while ensuring his own safety. Moreover, Luo Yuan's cultivation progress was also very fast. At least he believed that few of the geniuses who came to this universe at the same time as him to participate in the assessment could reach his level.

No matter how talented a genius is, if they want to advance from an ordinary level to the stellar level without any foundation, the time and resources required are actually quite large. Not to mention that everyone is starting from the same point and has no greater advantage.

Those geniuses who rely on various superior environments and resources to grow up will lose their advantage in this assessment. On the contrary, those who rely entirely on their own cultivation will be able to continue to grow in such a difficult situation.

Therefore, Luo Yuan considered all the problems he would encounter in his cultivation before choosing this method of growth. Moreover, Luo Yuan did not need to worry about the super strong people observing everything behind the scenes having any doubts, because for him, it was perfectly normal for him to be able to achieve such rapid growth.

Because Luo Yuan has acquired a lot of cultivation resources so far, but he has not used these resources to improve his strength. However, the observers cannot know this, because they cannot see through how Luo Yuan uses these primordial powers.

They don't even know what the source power is. This isn't because they're not strong enough, but because their inherited knowledge lacks this information. Otherwise, this universe wouldn't just be used as a base for cultivating future powerful individuals; they might have already used some means to enhance their strength.

Moreover, they transferred the origin of their own universe to them. Although doing so would take a lot of time and require them to start cultivating again to reach their current strength, it was not important to them.

Because their strength has risen to a higher level, and their cosmic dimension has increased, it is completely inseparable from the origin of this universe. Therefore, they should have taken action long ago. However, so far, Luo Yuan has not discovered any such signs.

The only possibility is that the super-powerful beings who control this universe are unaware of its true value. Luo Yuan doesn't know the specific reason, but he is certain that the current situation is very beneficial to him.

After all, if those people really found out that this universe was once a higher-dimensional existence, they would likely immediately annihilate everyone who knew about it and cancel this genius assessment. In that case, all of Luo Yuan's goals and plans would be meaningless. That's why Luo Yuan is so eager to obtain more resources containing this power as soon as possible.

Even without being sealed, Luo Yuan's current strength is enough to prevent him from competing with those super-strong individuals for ownership of this universe. The city he sees is actually the most important place in the central region, where the most important resources of the entire region are gathered.

Luo Yuan even discovered that a very mature commercial system had already formed here, and some powerful individuals had established corresponding forces and families here. This situation would be absolutely impossible in remote areas, because it would be impossible to build such a city in this gathering place, and to name it Desolate City.

That means this city must have been built a long time ago, and it only became so powerful after being reinforced by many strong individuals. After all, the wilderness is a place with a lot of resources for those forces, so it is very understandable that they would build such a strong defense here.

Of course, the families and powerful individuals who are able to establish their influence here must also be very powerful on this planet, otherwise it would be difficult for them to survive here for a long time. This also made Luo Yuan understand why he found that the treasures that those powerful individuals exchanged were of a very low level after he came to this intermediate zone. He did not see anything that truly satisfied him, especially those rare resources with more primal power.

It turns out that such resources would never flow outside; they had already been consumed by the powerful figures within this city. But that's fine, at least Luo Yuan has arrived here, so he can obtain what he wants here.

Although he knew that there would definitely be more resources in the places where the demonic beasts gathered outside the city, it would still be very dangerous to rush in and compete for them, since there were definitely a lot of demonic beasts, and they had lived there for a long time.

Knowing the environment here very well, Luo Yuan knew that if he were besieged by those powerful monsters, it would be very difficult to leave safely. Therefore, he hoped to obtain what he wanted in this city.

He could also take the opportunity to scout out the surrounding environment, which would make it easier for him to explore. When Luo Yuan arrived at the city gate, he found that the defenses here were indeed very strong. However, because Luo Yuan deliberately concealed his strength, the guards did not discover his true situation.

Therefore, after confirming that Luo Yuan's realm had reached the planetary level, they let him pass directly. This further confirmed that, according to the information Luo Yuan knew, all the powerful individuals in this city had to reach the planetary level to be qualified to live here.

If their strength is below the Planetary Realm, then they can only venture into this border area until their strength is improved before they have the opportunity to come here to obtain better treasures and status. When Luo Yuan entered this city, he found that it was indeed very lively.

Moreover, there are many powerful individuals here. Although they deliberately concealed their strength, Luo Yuan could still easily sense the fluctuations in their aura.

Luo Yuan also noticed that wherever there were powerful forces and families, they would intentionally or unintentionally exude the aura of the peak planetary realm, seemingly trying to use this method to intimidate those around them.

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Chapter 867. Mastering the Rules

Moreover, after some investigation, Luo Yuan could clearly know that there were quite a few people in this city whose strength had reached the same level as his. Although these people intentionally concealed part of their cultivation, they only showed the aura fluctuations of the peak planetary level.

However, as a seemingly powerful figure at the stellar level, Luo Yuan could accurately judge that these people's strength had long surpassed that level. Only people with such strength would dare to establish corresponding forces or families in this environment teeming with monsters.

Although Luo Yuan didn't know the specific strength of the planet's lord, he directly calculated it based on the strength of a peak stellar level. As long as the lord hadn't reached the cosmic level, his strength wouldn't exceed that level at most. What Luo Yuan didn't expect was that there were so many stellar-level beings on this planet.

Moreover, these people mostly live in the core area of ​​the wilderness, which is not surprising, since the cultivation resources are most abundant there. In such an environment, they can obtain cultivation resources that help them improve their cultivation level at any time.

Moreover, they can hone their skills by using these powerful monsters, thereby improving their strength. After all, they all want to improve their realm and combat power to gain a higher status, and even be able to escape the planet and travel to a wider universe.

After all, even the strongest beings on a single planet have limited capabilities. If they encounter truly powerful beings, they will have no advantage. Therefore, venturing into the vast universe will allow them to rapidly increase their strength, and eventually, their resources and territories will not be confined to just one planet.

Moreover, by leaving this planet sooner, they can avoid conflict with the so-called lord. After all, if they really grow stronger, they will be feared by that lord. Therefore, any strong person who has reached the star level, whether a demon beast or a human, has already been targeted by that lord.

Although the lord is not currently on the planet, it does not mean that there is no agent. Those people may be able to send information to the lord at any time by monitoring the situation on the entire planet, if they have already qualified to explore beyond the universe before the lord returns.

Then the lord will not stop them. On the contrary, he will be very willing to let them leave, because this will not only reduce the threat, but also allow them to benefit all the strong beings on this planet once they grow up.

After all, the powerful figures who had grown up at that time were on the same level as that lord. It was precisely for this reason that these powerful figures would not easily appear in places where humans gathered, because that would mean that they had other ideas.

However, their long-term residence in the wilderness indicates that they only want to improve their strength through cultivation, and the area they can control is very limited. It is precisely for this reason that the entire wasteland city appears to be very prosperous.

After all, one must reach a very high level to get here, and all the strong people here have a longer lifespan. They fight against demonic beasts here, so their combat power is also very strong. In addition, the cultivation resources here are much more abundant than outside.

Therefore, the strong here have a greater chance to improve their strength and realm during the cultivation process. Inheritances that are difficult to access outside, or important cultivation resources, are not so difficult to obtain in this city.

After Luo Yuan stayed in the city for several months, he found that most of the cities seemed very friendly on the surface. This was because there was not much conflict of interest between them, as they came here only to obtain more cultivation resources from the demonic beasts.

Moreover, everyone who has cultivated to their current level has a very promising future and potential. If they can continue to grow, they might one day become a powerful being in the universe.

In other words, everyone here may have a corresponding effect on them in the future, so it is best to establish friendly relations with each other. Of course, this is only the case within this city. Once they go out and fight those monsters, it will be completely different.

Because everyone will be vying for the treasures, but the problem is that the number of treasures is far less than that of these powerful individuals. Therefore, in order to obtain the corresponding treasures, they will need to fight each other and rely on their strength to determine who will ultimately obtain them.

Moreover, if one does not fight against monsters to obtain resources, it is very difficult to survive in this city and gain any benefits. This is because the people living here all need to be strong. If they want to gain benefits from them, they must exchange them with treasures of equal value.

Moreover, within the city, Luo Yuan did discover several treasures more valuable than the Origin Fruit, containing a great deal of primordial energy. Therefore, Luo Yuan very much wanted to obtain them, but he knew very well that with his current strength, he still needed to obtain these things through normal channels.

He only needs to survive here for a period of time. Once his strength increases and he surpasses all the powerful figures in the city, he can then completely control the city and directly acquire all its resources.

Trying to hunt down monsters for materials to exchange for what you want is too inefficient, and it's the same thing that so-called adventurers do. However, Luo Yuan knows that all the resources in the core area are basically controlled by powerful forces and families.

Therefore, the most effective method is to control the city with great strength. Only then can he obtain the greatest benefits at the lowest cost. Luo Yuan doesn't have time to run out and fight those monsters, because that would not only be very dangerous, but also too inefficient in obtaining treasures.

Everyone knows that no matter how hard a worker tries, it will be difficult to acquire a lot of wealth in the end. Therefore, as long as you have great strength, you can seize the treasures from those who control resources.

Luo Yuan needs to raise his cultivation level to surpass that of the planet's lord in a very short time, so he has no choice but to resort to these special methods. Fortunately, Luo Yuan now has the strength and confidence to do so; he only lacks the necessary resources.

Furthermore, Luo Yuan was very clear about what he needed to do next. Originally, Luo Yuan planned to first obtain resources with primordial power, but obtaining them by himself would be too inefficient, and those resources were mainly concentrated in very dangerous places, protected by powerful demonic beasts.

Therefore, Luo Yuan's most important task now is to improve his strength as much as possible. He should spend most of his time on treasures that can quickly improve his cultivation level. Moreover, Luo Yuan's cultivation level is already very high, so he will not encounter any bottlenecks in his cultivation like other strong people.

By simply retraining, Luo Yuan can discover details he hadn't noticed during his previous cultivation. He can also fill in these gaps at any time. Because Luo Yuan's strength is at a relatively high level in this area, he can acquire resources much faster than other powerful individuals.

Therefore, his cultivation speed immediately increased. However, Luo Yuan discovered that if he could obtain resources with primordial power, the efficiency of improving strength would be much higher for all the powerful individuals here, because it was a treasure that could quickly enhance strength and cultivation.

Moreover, such resources are extremely precious in this place because they are difficult to access without the corresponding status and strength. Even if such a thing appears in a place where dangerous monsters gather, Luo Yuan will immediately be targeted by those powerful forces, who will then send a large number of strong people to seize it.

Luo Yuan is currently unwilling to clash with these powerful forces or families, because once these people discover his true strength, he will face many troubles. Luo Yuan wants to improve his cultivation as quickly as possible and then use his absolute power to control all the strong individuals here.

Then he won't have so much trouble acquiring resources. However, he absolutely cannot let others know that his cultivation level has improved so quickly, and he must not let any of the powerful figures here notice his existence. Once he goes out, he will control all the powerful figures in the entire city.

Therefore, it is necessary to isolate all means of communication between these people and the outside world in the first instance, because Luo Yuan believes that there must be some powerful people in this city who can communicate with the planetary lord, and this is a place where so many powerful people gather.

If someone here were to discover that his strength was increasing at a rate far exceeding the normal level, Luo Yuan would be in danger once the news got out. Therefore, while cultivating, Luo Yuan also chose to place some treasures that he had specially designed around the city.

The main purpose of these treasures is to create a protective barrier that can cover the entire city. Once activated, everything in the city will be under good control, making it difficult to transmit any information. At that point, Luo Yuan will no longer need to pretend.

Because he can completely control everyone here, he can truly become powerful immediately. There are a lot of resources accumulated here, and he can quickly improve his cultivation level. Even if he cannot reach the universe level in a short time, he can still become the same level as that planetary lord.

However, Luo Yuan's combat skills and experience are far superior to those of that planetary lord. Therefore, at the same level, Luo Yuan's combat power will far surpass that of that planetary lord, and Luo Yuan may even be able to set up a trap.

If the planetary lord were to return directly, and then be brought under Luo Yuan's control or eliminated, the entire planet would be completely under Luo Yuan's control. However, Luo Yuan was extremely careful in setting up the corresponding defensive measures, so as not to be noticed by other powerful figures, otherwise he would be in a rather dangerous situation.

Luo Yuan was always cautious in his actions, and his behavior would not arouse suspicion from others. After all, no one could have imagined that Luo Yuan would take such action, especially since the city was home to the most powerful beings on the entire planet.

Since they are already very powerful, why would they worry about other strong individuals attacking them? Moreover, they have been entrenched here for so many years. If such a thing were to happen, they would have already taken over the area. Luo Yuan's plan cannot be told to anyone, and even if he did, no one would believe him.

In their view, even if one's strength reaches the planetary level, controlling this place would be quite difficult. Moreover, there are actually even more powerful beings outside of this place, but these people are not in this city, but in the most central part of this city, which is quite far away.