(TL/N: To explain the confusion, Universe Overlord is the pinnacle of Universe Venerable Realm.)
Luo Feng stared at the palace before him, momentarily frozen in place.
After all, the sight before him was simply too astonishing.
At this moment, he finally understood where the so-called inheritance was located.
"Big Brother, is this the place you meant when you said there was an inheritance?"
Luo Feng transmitted his voice to Luo Fan.
Luo Fan nodded directly.
"Other than here, nowhere else looks like it contains any opportunity."
"Do you really think the treasure you exchanged for ten thousand black tokens counts as a true opportunity?"
Earlier, when Luo Fan was searching for the Demon Sound God General's inheritance, he had also encountered many natives.
Many of those natives had actually been inside Demon Mountain for many years.
They carried quite a number of black tokens.
Whenever they encountered Luo Fan, they all attempted to attack him.
Although these clones of Luo Fan did not carry any tokens,
which meant the natives could not locate him through the usual method,
Luo Fan himself was clearly not a native of the region around Demon Mountain.
After all, he did not have horns on his head.
So Luo Fan could only be a genius from the Virtual Universe Company undergoing training.
The most valuable things on those geniuses were not just the red tokens.
These natives all understood that the geniuses from the Virtual Universe Company were extremely wealthy.
They carried many treasures.
Therefore, even if they failed to sense any trace of a red token on Luo Fan,
the natives would still proactively attack him when they encountered him.
However, these natives were nothing but weak chickens before Luo Fan's world Master level clones.
Not just these natives.
Even Luo Fan's true body could not defeat his clone in its current state.
So the clone casually killed these natives.
By now, he carried more than a hundred thousand tokens.
"Choose a palace and enter it."
"Make sure you always maintain the Illusory Beast appearance."
Luo Fan transmitted this to Luo Feng.
Luo Feng nodded, then leapt directly into one of the palaces.
The palace he entered was not covered by a white light layer.
So Luo Feng entered it with ease.
After Luo Feng entered, two Illusory Beast figures suddenly appeared beside Luo Fan.
These two Illusory Beasts carried the world rings containing Hong and Thunder God.
The two clones also each chose a palace that was not covered by a white light layer and leapt inside.
After entering, Luo Fan briefly observed the interior of the palace.
The entire palace had a very simple structure.
The center held a towering great hall.
Surrounding it was a rocky plaza.
The enormous plaza had quite a number of Illusory Beasts.
These Illusory Beasts wandered about the plaza casually.
After walking in the great hall for a while, Luo Fan faintly sensed that the temperature here was not as cold as outside.
After transforming into an Illusory Beast, he was not as sensitive to low temperatures, which was why he only noticed now that it was a bit warmer.
After observing the hall and plaza of this floating palace, Luo Fan discovered that both were constructed entirely from black rock.
The surface of the black rock had many strange carved secret patterns.
These secret patterns were all golden.
Countless golden secret patterns were imprinted on the ground of the plaza and on the walls of the hall.
Brilliant golden light radiated from these patterns.
At that moment,
the golden secret patterns covering the great hall's inner walls and the plaza floor suddenly emitted a dream-like radiance.
Countless rays of light swept past Luo Fan, rapidly gathering around the palace, forming mysterious and intricate secret-pattern diagrams.
Very soon, these lights condensed into a white light layer identical to the ones surrounding the previous twenty-three palaces.
This white light barrier completely covered the palace.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Through the white light layer, faint silhouettes could be seen. Several Illusory Beasts outside leapt and crashed into the barrier before falling down.
Inside the palace, however, the Illusory Beasts on the plaza did not react to the sudden appearance of the white light layer at all.
After examining the surroundings, Luo Fan slowly walked toward the great hall.
The palace's plaza was only a few dozen kilometers in length and width.
The great hall occupied about one-fourth of the plaza.
At that moment, Luo Fan saw several Illusory Beasts flying toward the great hall.
The Illusory Beasts here were all strong, at least domain lord level.
Among those flying toward the hall, there were even two world Master level Illusory Beasts.
Just as they were about to enter the great hall, something unexpected happened.
A black shadow flashed!
"Thump!"
"Boom!"
A black shadow struck several Illusory Beasts with immense speed.
The Illusory Beasts shattered instantly!
They burst apart into countless ice fragments.
Some ice fragments even flew outward, passing through the barrier.
Luo Fan looked toward the entrance of the great hall. Standing there was a beast shaped like a gorilla, formed entirely of black stone.
It held a long staff made of the same black stone.
That black stone staff bore golden secret patterns similar to those on the plaza.
The Black Stone Gorilla glanced outward at the plaza, swept its gaze across the Illusory Beasts, then withdrew into the hall.
Luo Fan arrived before the entrance of the great hall.
Since the Illusory Beasts that were walking toward the hall had been slain,
there were no other beasts near the entrance.
Before stepping through the doorway, Luo Fan could faintly see that Black Stone Gorilla inside.
Because Luo Fan had not stepped across the threshold, the creature did not attack him.
Luo Fan did not hesitate. He immediately altered the current clone.
This time, he only changed its soul.
His inner soul transformed into Hong's soul.
At this moment, Hong was inside the world ring within this clone's body.
Whether it was an illusion or not, after changing his soul to Hong's, Luo Fan clearly sensed a shift in the Black Stone Gorilla's gaze toward him.
Without further hesitation, he stepped into the great hall.
…
The great hall was towering and immense, like a mountain. Inside it, Luo Fan appeared incredibly tiny.
He examined the hall carefully.
Black mist filled the interior, and some distant black rocks would occasionally solidify, then melt away.
The stone gorilla beast glanced once at Luo Fan, then hugged its black stone staff and crouched in a corner without moving.
Luo Fan changed back to his original appearance, though his soul remained in Hong's form.
He then took out the world ring and released Hong.
At this moment, the two of them had identical souls.
So the hall showed no rejection.
"From here on, it's up to you."
"When you're ready to leave, call me."
After speaking, Luo Fan transformed into a bracer and attached himself to Hong's arm.
Hong thanked Luo Fan, then began observing his surroundings.
…
Luo Fan's own Space Worm clone also arrived in another palace.
Upon entering, he went directly into the great hall.
Thunder God's situation was similar to Hong's.
Luo Feng also entered his great hall without any obstacles.
In an instant, out of the original nine palaces without a white light layer,
four were now covered by a barrier just like the other twenty-three.
Only five palaces remained uncovered!
This meant that the available slots for the Demon Sound God General inheritance had suddenly decreased by four.
No one knew which four unfortunate individuals had their slots stolen.
Luo Fan felt little guilt about taking their places.
After all, those people were mostly King-level experts of the Hong Alliance.
They were largely allies of the human race.
After all, human experts with inheritance qualifications were typically the first to reach the inheritance location.
And since their cultivation tasks included Demon Mountain,
they were fully entitled to obtain the inheritance.
A normal universe-level genius could never reach this place.
The Virtual Universe Company would gladly welcome more geniuses capable of arriving here.
Luo Fan's Space Worm clone now assumed the form of his true body and walked into the great hall toward a block of black rock.
The broken black rock before him suddenly revealed strange characters.
The strokes of the characters seemed formed from secret patterns. Luo Fan did not recognize them.
However, although he did not recognize the characters, he could fully understand their meaning.
After a long time, Luo Fan finished reading all the text.
The general meaning was as follows—
"Since the birth of the Demon Sound Inheritance Forbidden Land, you are the 157,676th being to enter the Inheritance Hall with the qualification to receive the Demon Sound Inheritance."
"Any being with a soul may accept the inheritance."
"However, since the birth of this forbidden land, no being has ever accepted the full inheritance."
"A Demon Sound God General may be a flesh-and-blood lifeform, an energy lifeform, a metal lifeform, and so on. As long as it possesses a soul, it can become a noble Demon Sound God General!"
"A Demon Sound God General is unique!"
"Since the birth of the universe, only one Demon Sound God General may exist."
"When someone accepts the complete inheritance and becomes the 'Demon Sound God General,' this Demon Sound Inheritance Forbidden Land will collapse."
"Insignificant lifeform, strive!"
"Strive to become the noble Demon Sound God General. Walk the inheritance staircase beside you, step by step, and ascend the path toward becoming a supreme existence of the universe!"
After reading the text, Luo Fan turned to the side.
Black mist surged like thunder, and a strange sound echoed throughout the hall.
Within the constantly changing great hall, at the end of the black mist, a massive staircase of black stone emerged, about three miles wide.
Each step held intricate golden secret patterns, faintly shining.
Ascending this staircase meant accepting the Demon Sound God General's inheritance.
Luo Fan knew that the main inheritance of the Demon Sound God General was the Soul Amplitude Secret Technique.
As long as he reached the highest level of ten thousand steps,
his soul amplitude could reach one hundredfold.
Combined with the amplitude of his mind power, his amplification in soul matters could reach ten thousandfold.
However, even with the ability to do so, he would not accept the full inheritance.
Because accepting the complete inheritance meant that his future potential would be capped at the level of the Demon Sound God General, which was equivalent to a top-tier Universe Overlord.
He did not believe that he would be unable to reach that level on his own in the future!
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