Devouring Stars, becoming Luo Feng's golden finger

These councilors and God of War level fighters have indeed made tangible contributions to humanity. Looking at it from this perspective, it's not wrong to call them 'heroes'.

Without them guarding the human base cities, countless ordinary people would die at the claws of monsters.

Therefore, unless caught red-handed committing a crime or detailed, heinous criminal evidence surfaces, Hong would not arbitrarily execute a councilor or God of War level fighter.

Eliminating councilors and God of War level fighters—humanity's top combat power—based solely on suspicion would have severe consequences.

Even Hong, with the power to suppress all of humanity's strong individuals, is just one person. He cannot be in multiple places at once, guarding various human base cities and frontline steel fortresses.

"Luo Feng... you've given me a difficult problem," Hong sighed inwardly.

Hong certainly couldn't ignore this real and detailed criminal evidence; it goes against his character.

However, executing an entire chairman, five councilors, and as many as three hundred and fifty-six God of War level fighters at once—amounting to one-tenth of humanity's top strength—would place immense pressure on humanity's defenses.

The deaths of councilor-level fighters and the other three chairmen wouldn't be as impactful since there's an understanding with the monsters that these strong individuals serve as anchors in specific locations, so there wouldn't be significant short-term effects.

After all, Hong and Lei Shen are humanity's most important anchors. As long as they are safe, the two sea beast emperors and other king-level monsters would never dare to actively invade humanity. If they dare to leave the sea and come ashore, Hong and Lei Shen have the power to kill them!

However, the deaths of a large number of God of War level fighters would leave a void in the front lines against the leader-level monsters, and countless ordinary soldiers and military personnel would pay with their lives.

Humanity's guns, artillery, and missiles pose little threat to leader-level monsters. Although laser cannons are extremely effective against leader-level monsters, their manufacturing costs are too high, and they are precision weapons that are easily damaged. They can only be used as strategic weapons, not conventional ones.

Hong sighed softly, stood up, and made his decision.

Everyone looked at him, holding their breath, waiting for the First Councilor to make his judgment.

"Brother, Luo Feng has strong talent and possesses the Mo Yun Vine. Once he grows, those two deep-sea beast emperors will be nothing to worry about..." Lei Shen, unaware of any prior connection between Hong and Luo Feng, mistakenly thought Hong was going to execute Luo Feng, so he couldn't help but advise him.

They couldn't venture deep into the sea to kill the two beast emperors, but Luo Feng had a chance. After all, the Mo Yun Vine isn't human, so it doesn't matter whether it's in the deep sea, on land, in the sky, or in lava.

Hong gave Lei Shen a reassuring look, and Lei Shen understood and said nothing more.

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"I declare, Luo Feng is innocent!" Hong's indifferent and calm voice echoed throughout the entire God of War Palace meeting hall.

This caused an uproar.

More than half of the God of War level fighters and councilors stood up, looking at Hong in astonishment, their eyes full of confusion.

The other part simply watched the show, clearly not planning to get involved in this matter. After all, if Luo Feng was lucky enough not to die, wouldn't they offend Luo Feng?

They weren't stupid enough to antagonize a top expert at least at the councilor level for the sake of Yan Hai, with whom they had no contact.

Of course, a small number of people felt that there might be other circumstances between Yan Hai and Luo Feng. These were people who knew Yan Hai's character and style. Perhaps Yan Hai had offended Luo Feng in some way, and that's why Luo Feng brutally killed him.

If that was the case, then Luo Feng would definitely be fine, at most receiving some punishment.

"...First Councilor, are you going to protect Luo Feng, this scum who harmed a human hero?" Atkin's face changed upon hearing Hong's verdict, and he said in a deep voice.

Hong glanced coldly at Atkin; that sole chairman was this guy, according to the criminal evidence.

In Hong's mind, Atkin was already a dead man.

But he couldn't announce it now, otherwise, knowing that he was going to die, Atkin would definitely do something crazy and destructive.

"Atkin, are you questioning me?" Hong asked in an icy tone.

Seeing Hong's indifferent and cold face, Atkin realized what he had done, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he lowered his head slightly, and dared not look Hong in the eye.

"...Not questioning, just some...questions," Atkin said in a rather aggrieved low voice.

"Hmph." Hong snorted. He usually doesn't personally handle the affairs of the God of War Palace, which led to Atkin's mentality becoming a bit inflated. He really mistakenly thought he was the supreme chairman, not recognizing who was in charge.

However, an explanation was still necessary, otherwise, it would be difficult to end the situation.

Hong faced the crowd below and said indifferently, "The cause of the Luo Feng and Yan Hai incident was Yan Hai's active assassination attempt on Luo Feng, so Luo Feng is innocent... Also, from today onwards, Luo Feng becomes the fifty-second councilor of the God of War Palace."

A simple sentence settled the matter.

Even if someone felt aggrieved and unconvinced, they could only hold it in their hearts and dare not say it directly.

Hong, Lei Shen, and the other three chairmen's virtual projections disappeared one after another, and then the remaining councilor-level and God of War level fighters looked at each other, each with their own thoughts, and most of them left here.

A small part remained; after all, the God of War Palace, as a nearly 100% virtual space, can not only be used as a place to communicate with friends and acquaintances, but also to enjoy the best food and wine that cannot be eaten on Earth.

Many God of War level fighters spend more than 100 million in the God of War Palace.

Jiangnan Base City, main urban area, ranked second among the six most luxurious residential areas in China, and ranked first in Jiangnan Base City, in the 'Jiangnan Landscape' residential area.

Huayao Peak mountaintop villa.

"Whish--"

The sound of the distant waterfall came, and in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the mountaintop villa, a figure in a dark blue loose-fitting practice suit stood motionless.

His long hair was disheveled, and his face, as cold as if carved from rock, emanated a chilling aura even with his eyes closed. He exuded a palpitating murderous aura, and he was none other than 'Li Yao', who had the title of Vulture and was extremely famous worldwide.

At this time, Li Yao no longer had his previous calmness and arrogance. Now his face was extremely ugly, and there was even a hint of fear in his eyes.

Luo Feng wasn't dead.

Not dead!

"Damn it, damn it!" Li Yao cursed Hong countless times in his heart, but he didn't dare to say even a word of Hong's fault.

Although this was a private place and would never be heard, Hong's majesty and terror had penetrated deeply into the hearts of all the strong. Didn't you see that even the Fifth Councilor 'Atkin' had to bow his head in front of Hong? Just one look made him sweat profusely and dare not speak loudly?

"Senior Yan Hai..." Li Yao was extremely annoyed. It would definitely be a lie if he said he didn't regret it at this time.

He acted impulsively.

For the sake of the dead Yan Hai, he offended the even more terrifying Luo Feng.

Not to mention anything else, from today onwards, Li Yao's already few friends probably wouldn't have any left. Offending the killing god Luo Feng, who would dare to be close to him, Li Yao?

At this moment, the door was slammed open, and a figure rushed in directly. It was a blonde Caucasian lady.

The lady was wearing a black dress, and her face was extremely bad. She didn't even care about the messy dress on her body at this time. She looked at Li Yao and said somewhat angrily, "Li Yao, are you out of your mind?"

"Do you know what you've done?!"

"Winina, I..." Li Yao opened his mouth, then lowered his head somewhat guiltily, unable to speak.

As his wife, Winina, and the Polinas family behind Winina, would definitely be greatly affected by his actions.

As one of the nine core families of the HR Alliance, the overall power and strength of the Polinas family far exceeded the Xu family, but the opponents and enemies of the Polinas family were also equally strong.

Li Yao offended Luo Feng, this newly promoted top powerhouse, and might bring the Polinas family down from the altar and become one of the dozens of first-class families like the Xu family.

The other eight core families of the HR Alliance, and the first-class families who want to become core families, would definitely take advantage of the situation and divide up the interests of the Polinas family!

Winina saw her always tough and arrogant husband rarely lower his head, her expression eased slightly, she forced herself to calm down, and said lightly, "Luo Feng's home is in Yangzhou City, one of the eight satellite cities of Jiangnan Base City. You should hide abroad and don't appear in front of him in a short time. Maybe after the storm of this incident subsides, that Luo Feng may not remember you."

"After all, you only offended Luo Feng verbally."

"Also, I will offer a gift to apologize to Luo Feng, saying that you didn't know about Yan Hai's heinous assassination attempt on him before, so you said those words impulsively." Winina sighed softly, her tone full of deep fatigue.

No matter what, Li Yao was her husband, and she loved him, so although she hated Li Yao for being brainless and offending Luo Feng, after scolding him, she still had to clean up the mess for him.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Li Yao gritted his teeth. Although he felt aggrieved and resentful in his heart, he also knew that this was the best way to deal with it.

He could only hope that Luo Feng would be magnanimous and forget about him over time.

Otherwise, if Luo Feng really remembered him, his little life would probably be in danger.

Councilor-level powerhouses cannot kill God of War level fighters for no reason, but if the God of War level fighter makes a mistake first, even if it is verbal disrespect, then the councilor-level powerhouse will only receive some punishment after killing the God of War level fighter.

Military martial artists have a license to kill and can directly execute ordinary people who have committed serious mistakes without trial. If ordinary people offend non-military martial artists, the ordinary people will also have to go to jail.

This world is ultimately a world where strength is supreme. The strong have privileges.

Of course, when encountering a stronger person, the privileges of ordinary strong people are useless in front of the other party.

"You leave immediately, I have already prepared a private plane for you."

"..." Li Yao nodded to Winina, and then quickly left the villa.

Winina stood in the living room and watched Li Yao's leaving figure for a long time before picking up the silent phone.

As soon as she turned on the phone, hundreds of calls, messages from the family, as well as calls and messages from previously close partners, piled up.

"Sigh." Winina had a headache about this. At this time, she was too lazy to care about her image. She fell heavily on the soft leather sofa, her long, fair legs stretched out straight, not wanting to move at all, like a dead body.

After being quiet for three minutes, Winina got up, took a deep breath, and began to process the family and partner's phone information.

First of all, the partners, most of the partners or families who originally licked her toes and paid a high price to seek cooperation opportunities, at this time decisively cut off business dealings with the Polinas family.

In a short period of time, Polinas' investment industry in China has suffered a heavy blow, shrinking by at least several percent.

And this is not completely fermented yet. When this matter is truly fermented, it is estimated that one-third of the industry will be a lot.

This is just the investment loss of Polinas in China.

When Winina contacted the elders of the family, she had an even bigger headache.

"You let Li Yao quickly apologize to Councilor Luo, even if he kneels and kowtows, he must eliminate the impact of this incident on our Polinas!"

This was the angry voice of an elder of the Polinas family who hated iron for not becoming steel.

Even though this grandfather's strength was far inferior to Winina's, at this moment, Winina could only smile and help her husband admit his mistake.

This was considered good.

If Li Yao was just a warlord martial artist, it is estimated that Li Yao's warm head would have been sent to Luo Feng at this time.

It is precisely because Li Yao is a top powerhouse among the gods of war, and also has a rare black god suit, which is quite important combat power for the Polinas family, so whether it is Winina or the group of elders of Polinas, they actually want to save Li Yao's life as much as possible.

At the same time, Qingfeng Community, Yangzhou City.

The community, which was usually quite lively, was even more crowded at this time.

"Brigadier General Li, what a coincidence?"

"Haha, mainly because I just bought a villa here and plan to drop by and get to know the neighbors." The middle-aged soldier, called Brigadier General Li, greeted an old man in plain clothes with a smile.

"What about you? Didn't you retire long ago? Why are you here too?"

The plain old man sighed and said with a helpless face, "Isn't it my granddaughter who insisted on me meeting her boyfriend? I couldn't refuse, so I came along."

"Boyfriend?" Brigadier General Li raised his eyebrows and joked, "With your status, do you still need to take the initiative to meet a junior? It can't be that he is..."

"Hey, how did you know that my granddaughter's boyfriend is Luo Feng's younger brother, Luo Hua?" The plain old man looked surprised.

"..." Brigadier General Li.