Luo Fan did not pay attention to the intentions of those high-ranking officials. He directly submitted an application to head to Chaos City.
His application was approved immediately.
He did not hesitate and set off for Chaos City at once.
This trip to Chaos City was not meant for secluded cultivation.
He planned to head directly to the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
However, before he went to undergo life-and-death tempering, the Ice Peak Lord had instructed him to visit once beforehand.
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Very soon, Luo Fan arrived at Chaos City.
He headed straight toward the Ice Peak Lord's residence.
When he reached the entrance, the doors opened automatically.
Luo Fan could even sense the cold aura emanating from within.
As the doors opened, he saw the person he was most familiar with, his senior brother, the Xuan Ice Venerable, standing there.
"Junior Brother, let's go. Teacher is already waiting for you."
Upon seeing Luo Fan, the Xuan Ice Venerable rarely revealed a trace of warmth on his face.
He held his junior brother in high regard.
Even his own growth speed before reaching Immortality had not been comparable to Luo Fan's.
He believed that in the future, this junior brother would certainly be able to fight alongside him and the other fellow disciples.
He might even reach the same level as their teacher.
Luo Fan greeted the Xuan Ice Venerable respectfully with a bow, then followed him into a room.
As soon as he entered, he saw the Ice Peak Lord seated at the center of the room.
"Teacher."
Luo Fan obediently bowed.
"You're here?"
"Sit."
After Luo Fan sat down, he realized that the Xuan Ice Venerable had already left.
He was not particularly surprised.
"How long do you plan to stay in Chaos City this time?"
The Ice Peak Lord's cold voice reached Luo Fan's ears.
Luo Fan did not hesitate in the slightest and replied directly.
"Teacher, I plan to go straight into life-and-death tempering."
"I am currently creating my own secret techniques."
"At this stage, what suits me best is not comprehending laws in Chaos City, but engaging in life-and-death tempering."
The Ice Peak Lord nodded upon hearing this.
As a Universe Master, he naturally understood this principle.
Truly powerful secret techniques require a massive amount of combat experience to accumulate.
Although he had arranged two thousand opponents of different races for Luo Fan,
those battles were still insufficient to support the creation of truly powerful secret techniques.
Creating one's own techniques required drawing on the strengths of many other techniques.
That meant fighting many powerful experts.
The secret techniques the Ice Peak Lord had given Luo Fan were actually not that numerous.
This was because many self-created techniques were only suitable for their creators.
Such techniques were generally not sold.
This was especially true for top-tier experts.
For example, secret techniques created by Universe Masters.
Someone like the Chaos City Lord could freely sell ultimate or peak secret techniques of Universe Masters.
However, the strongest secret techniques and the strongest fused secret techniques could never be openly listed for sale in the Virtual Universe treasury.
After all, everyone knew that there were definitely spies from other races within their own race.
Completely eliminating these spies was extremely difficult.
That was still under the protection of the Virtual Universe.
For other races, cleansing internal spies was even harder.
If such secret techniques were purchased by spies from other races,
those races could potentially analyze them to uncover the weaknesses of top experts.
Therefore, truly top-tier secret techniques were never sold.
Many experts shared this concern.
As a result, most self-created techniques offered for sale were either ones they no longer used,
or ones that had already been surpassed by stronger techniques.
Take the Tide Blade King as an example.
Previously, the Tide Blade King had never placed the Tide Blade Combat Method in the Virtual Universe Company treasury.
The Tide God Blade, as a warrior divine weapon, was used by many warriors.
The Tide Blade Combat Method was extremely well-suited to the Tide God Blade.
If it had been placed in the Virtual Universe Company treasury, countless geniuses would have purchased it.
Yet the Tide Blade King did not do so.
This was because at the time, the Tide Blade Combat Method was his strongest secret technique.
He did not want his technique to be thoroughly studied by others.
Therefore, to come into contact with more secret techniques, one had to battle a large number of powerful experts.
Many experts' secret techniques were closely guarded secrets.
To absorb the strengths of those techniques, one could only experience them firsthand.
This was precisely why life-and-death tempering was so important.
Moreover, life-and-death tempering was arranged at the World Master level for a reason.
World Master-level geniuses were roughly at the stage where they began creating their own secret techniques.
Such tempering did not only concern the present, but also the future.
Do not assume that low-level secret techniques are unworthy of reference.
An individual's ideas are limited.
This applied equally to Universe Masters and True Gods.
Sometimes, even low-level secret techniques contained elements worth learning from.
Thus, life-and-death tempering was a form of accumulation.
"Do you want to go to the Extraterritorial Battlefield or to a universe secret realm for life-and-death tempering?"
The Ice Peak Lord looked at Luo Fan and asked.
Human race World Master-level geniuses generally underwent life-and-death tempering in one of two ways.
Either they went to the Extraterritorial Battlefield,
or they entered secret realms controlled by the human race.
Naturally, these secret realms were not comparable to the ones used for Universe-level training missions.
Among the secret realms used for World Master-level life-and-death tempering, some were dangerous even for Venerables.
The Ice Peak Lord still hoped that Luo Fan would temper himself in a secret realm controlled by the human race.
He knew that once Luo Fan's identity was exposed on the Extraterritorial Battlefield,
he would face endless assassination attempts.
At that point, other races would not care about the rule that Venerables and above were forbidden from entering the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
Unfortunately, Luo Fan had no intention of going to a human-controlled universe secret realm for tempering.
He planned to head to the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
That was the place best suited for his growth.
With the current strength of his Space Worm clone, no one on the Extraterritorial Battlefield could kill him.
Although the Space Worm clone lagged behind in law comprehension and secret technique level,
its terrifying base power alone, 18,000,000 times peak World Master strength, was something King-Level Immortals could not overcome.
He intended to see the myriad races of the Original Universe on the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
The Extraterritorial Battlefield was not limited to the human race, demon race, mechanical race, and insect race.
It also included the subordinate races under those four factions.
In addition, many members of other universe races participated as well.
They entered the Extraterritorial Battlefield using the identities of the four major factions.
After all, the Extraterritorial Battlefield was exceptionally well-suited for tempering.
Moreover, killing enemies earned military merit.
Many resources unattainable by small races could be easily exchanged through the military merit system there.
Beyond witnessing the myriad races of the universe, Luo Fan also planned to enslave some King-Level Immortals.
They would serve as servants in the future.
"Teacher, I plan to go to the Extraterritorial Battlefield,"
Luo Fan said to the Ice Peak Lord.
Although the Ice Peak Lord preferred that Luo Fan temper himself in a universe secret realm,
he would not stop his young disciple's decision.
"Since you have decided, I will not say more."
The next moment, a golden bell appeared before the two of them.
The golden bell was engraved with numerous patterns.
They depicted the myriad races of the universe.
There were also some golden secret runes.
Because they were the same color, they were not very noticeable.
When the golden bell appeared, Luo Fan felt his soul calm down considerably.
"This bell is called the Soul-Suppressing Bell. It is a soul-type treasure."
"Since you are going to temper yourself on the Extraterritorial Battlefield, take this with you."
"You have clones and do not fear death."
"However, soul annihilation or soul enslavement still poses a great threat to you."
"With the Soul-Suppressing Bell, even if a Venerable attempts to enslave you, you can self-destruct."
A hint of surprise flashed in Luo Fan's eyes. He had not expected the Ice Peak Lord to prepare a soul-type treasure for him.
Judging by its appearance, it was an ordinary treasure.
Even so, it was extremely valuable.
An ordinary soul-type treasure was equivalent to a high-grade armor treasure.
Even Universe Overlords would be tempted by it.
Luo Fan had thought that receiving a rare top-tier heavy treasure or an ordinary weapon treasure would already be generous.
He had not expected a soul-type treasure instead.
"Besides that, the Soul-Suppressing Bell can also conceal your realm."
"You can use it to disguise yourself as an Immortal."
Luo Fan looked at the Soul-Suppressing Bell in front of him and spoke carefully.
"Teacher, isn't this too precious?"
The Ice Peak Lord's expression remained indifferent.
"Take it. This Soul-Suppressing Bell is of no use to me."
Even if it was of no use, it could still be exchanged for a large number of treasure points.
An ordinary soul-type treasure was worth quite a lot in treasure points.
After thinking for a moment, Luo Fan accepted it.
Although he himself was not afraid of soul enslavement or soul annihilation,
the Ice Peak Lord did not know that.
At worst, he could repay his teacher properly in the future.
Of course, before accepting the Soul-Suppressing Bell, he first established a task.
[Task: Obtain the ordinary soul treasure Soul-Suppressing Bell. Reward: Phantom Soul Mirror]
Only after setting up the task did Luo Fan accept the Soul-Suppressing Bell.
"Thank you for the reward, Teacher!"
At the instant he accepted the Soul-Suppressing Bell, the system notification for task completion echoed in his mind.
The Ice Peak Lord nodded upon seeing Luo Fan accept it.
"Very well. Since you wish to go to the Extraterritorial Battlefield, I will prepare a new identity for you."
"Before you go, leave behind a Space Worm avatar, transform it into your true body's appearance, and let it remain in Chaos City."
Because Luo Fan had brought a Space Worm clone with him the first time he came to Chaos City,
the Ice Peak Lord already knew about the existence of his Space Worm clone.
He simply did not know that its transformation ability was this terrifying.
Luo Fan nodded in response.
Although he was not afraid of assassination by other races,
he did not want a Venerable or even a Universe Master to suddenly appear while he was tempering himself.
If that happened, he might not even have time to react before dying.
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