Chapter 320 - 318: The Road to Eternity
"Above God, what kind of realm is that?" Leng Feng looked at the Dark Star before him, a flicker of confusion passing through his eyes.
All of them, including Jiang Che, had told him that the Dark Star’s goal was the realm above the throne.
That was why they had to destroy the Dark Star’s plan in advance.
But what was "above the throne"?
The Dark Star did not care about his existence, instead speaking his own thoughts of his own accord.
His voice was low and filled with bewitchment: "That is an existence that transcends all, that is mastery over life and death, over reincarnation, the supreme realm that rules the fate of all things."
His gaze toward Leng Feng was full of scrutiny.
The Dark Star did not rush to make a move; at this moment he kept pacing back and forth on the ground.
Feeling the spikes under his feet that instinctively wanted to burrow into his body, the Dark Star’s eyes lit up.
"This thing is somewhat interesting, but still too limited." He looked at the humans who had fallen around them; those humans’ bodies were fully pierced through by these spikes, and by now they had already lost their breath.
There was a trace of disdain on the Dark Star’s face.
"Still, to be able to learn a few points of my essence is already quite good." He spoke with pride, completely ignoring Leng Feng’s face growing darker and darker.
He spread his arms, feeling the surrounding lives gradually perish.
That breath of life ebbing away was, to him, like the prelude to a grand feast.
"Why don’t you just make a move and drain all these lives dry? Only then will you have the chance and strength to fight me. What are you waiting for?" The Dark Star looked at Leng Feng in puzzlement.
He did not understand why, when he had already come right up to his face, Leng Feng still had not absorbed all those human lives to the last drop.
The lives here, he could also absorb, but he could not do it as purely as Leng Feng.
Because the humans here lived in Leng Feng’s territory; they already counted as half-subordinates.
"A pity that my subordinate’s subordinate is not my subordinate." The Dark Star shook his head lightly.
This time, when he came out, he had not expected that Leng Feng would actually be able to give him such a great surprise.
He had always brooded over the fact that Ding Ning had cut off a clone of his.
He had even been considering how to make up for that part of the loss.
He had originally planned that, after the passage opened, he would enter the Human Realm at the first opportunity and reap on a grand scale, treating that as compensation for the missing portion of his life-form state.
Although he could also absorb directly, under direct absorption, a great deal of Life Energy would be lost.
Yet once the passage opened, he never got the chance to go to the Human Realm at all.
He had been stuck in the Evil Spirit Realm in anxious frustration.
When he heard that countless humans had died under the rampage of the Dark Forest, he was so angry that he wanted to lash out but had nowhere to vent.
And yet he was utterly helpless.
His only hope was that Leng Feng could hold out a little longer under those Lords’ hands, hold out until he found a chance to come out.
At this time he was secretly rejoicing, rejoicing that he had not taken complete control of Leng Feng, that he had let him grow on his own.
Now, he had Leng Feng.
Once Leng Feng finished absorbing these things, he would then absorb Leng Feng.
This was the route with the least loss.
Simply perfect!
"You’re saying that above the throne, one can grasp life and death and reincarnation?" Leng Feng gazed faintly at the Dark Star before him.
"Of course. Above the throne, there is nothing you cannot do!" the Dark Star said as if it were only natural.
His eyes were feverish, as if he could already see the scene of himself ascending to that supreme realm.
Leng Feng raised his head and looked at the sky, which at this moment was a hazy expanse.
Ever since the passage opened, the entire world seemed to have been shrouded in a heavy gray curtain.
That mist was not a thin veil of vapor, but thick as if made of lead that would not dissolve, pressing heavily between heaven and earth.
There was not a single cloud in the sky, only endless gloom, as if it intended to devour all light in the world.
The Dark Forest loomed in and out through the mist, like a ghostly hand reaching out from another world.
The sunroom he had built in earlier days, ever since the passage opened, had not seen true sunlight for a very long time.
At this moment, with a single stir of his thoughts, spikes began to grow from under the feet of everyone in the territory; they drilled out from their soles, growing savagely, continually stabbing into everyone’s bodies.
Liu Mang looked at the spikes that pierced through his flesh and blood; he merely exchanged a glance with the companion beside him, and they smiled at each other.
They did not resist; only the smiles at the corners of their mouths grew deeper and deeper.
Liu Mang looked at the spikes that pierced through his flesh and blood; the searing pain instantly swept through his entire body, yet there was not the slightest trace of fear or agony in his eyes.
He merely exchanged a glance with the companion beside him, and they smiled at each other.
Their gazes met, and what they held was not fear of death, but a kind of release and resolve.
Liu Mang’s lips trembled slightly; blood gushed continuously from his wounds, dyeing his clothes red, yet his voice remained steady: "Teacher has still made his choice."
He looked to his side, his eyes filled with emotion.
The people here were all those whom Leng Feng had transported into the Dark Star Dungeon over the years.
The time since the eerie calamity descended had not been long, but in these few years they had gone through countless hardships and torments together.
Leng Feng had asked Liu Mang to call him teacher, and in everyone’s hearts, how was Leng Feng not also their teacher!
They had once supported each other in the darkness, searching for hope amid despair.
Now, faced with this cruel fate, they chose to accept it calmly, because they believed that Leng Feng’s decision must have its meaning; for this trust, they were willing to give everything of themselves.
Leng Feng could feel the changes in Liu Mang and the others; he merely stared at the sky without moving.
His eyes were empty and lost, as if his soul had already left his body and flown to that unreachable firmament.
His body trembled slightly, not from fear, but from an endless yearning for the sunlight that had once been warm.
If he could, he truly wanted to see the sun one more time.
The Dark Star was right opposite Leng Feng; he could feel Leng Feng’s aura skyrocketing madly.
Even he was shocked by that speed.
The Dark Star’s expression grew dark, a trace of envy and unease flashing through his eyes.
The lives in the territory were swiftly dying. The reek of blood hanging thick in the air was growing ever stronger. That pungent stench spread through the air, as if forming a heavy blood mist that made one feel suffocated and despairing.
"Good, good, good, good!" The Dark Star suddenly burst into laughter.
His laughter was sharp and piercing, appearing especially eerie amid this bloody atmosphere.
He looked at Leng Feng before him and spread his arms. "To fuse with me is your best choice."
The Dark Star’s voice was full of temptation, as if it were a road leading to eternity.
Yet Leng Feng still gazed at the sky, turning a deaf ear to his words.
When the Rabbit-man arrived at the scene, what she saw was Leng Feng, whose aura was already overflowing. The thick stench of blood all around seemed to have condensed into a tangible miasma, making it hard for her even to breathe.
She widened her eyes, looking at Leng Feng in disbelief.
His entire body was swollen; the once upright figure was now like an overinflated skin bag. Every inch of his skin was stretched to near transparency, veins and tendons bulging like spiderwebs beneath the surface, clearly visible, pulsing with a sinister rhythm.
His whole being was becoming deformed, his limbs starting to mutate as well.
His arms and legs twisted, bones emitting a chilling cracking sound as they kept elongating and contorting; sharp bone spurs protruded from his joints, tearing through the skin and bringing out drops of dark-red blood.
His fingers and toes grew longer and thicker, like crooked branches, their sharp nails glinting with a cold light.
A surge of intense shock and terror rose in the Rabbit-man’s heart; she had never seen such a horrifying scene. The Leng Feng before her no longer seemed human, but a monster that had crawled up from the depths of Hell.
The Dark Star was right opposite him, walking toward him.
Leng Feng also spread his arms, as if to embrace him, to complete their fusion!