Chapter 418 : Volume Eleven: An Undeserved Victory
Chapter 418: Volume Eleven: An Undeserved Victory
July 26, 2025
Author: I Eat Tomatoes
The Nine-Headed Serpent coiled around the entire land surrounding Destruction Mountain as it observed Luo Feng.
"What an enormous body."
Luo Feng was inwardly astonished. A larger body was not necessarily better. For example, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor could enlarge its body until it rivaled an entire World Cluster, but at that size, it possessed no destructive power whatsoever.
Energy reserves were limited. Every Lord and every Ancestor had an optimal body size for combat. Deliberately enlarging oneself would instead weaken one's strength.
"Its energy reserves are far greater than those of the Infinite Serpent Ancestor."
Luo Feng could clearly sense it.
Bang!
Without any warning, it felt as though the entire world had slammed into Luo Feng. The terrifying force sent him flying backward, plowing long trenches across the ground! His Protective Energy Layer trembled and distorted, while even the Blood-Colored Robe developed several cracks.
"What overwhelming power! This is the strongest opponent I've encountered so far."
Luo Feng was secretly shocked.
He also realized what had happened.
He had been struck by the serpent's body.
Bang!
Unable to perceive it.
Unable to defend against it.
Luo Feng was struck once again!
This time, the serpent's tail lashed across his body. Its force was equivalent to the combined strike of twenty or thirty ordinary Ancestors, blasting Luo Feng backward!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Upon the vast land beneath Destruction Mountain, although the Nine-Headed Serpent possessed an incomparably enormous body while Luo Feng was the much smaller one, it was Luo Feng who was struck over and over again!
He had no time to defend.
No time to evade.
Fortunately, Luo Feng's defensive abilities were extraordinarily formidable. After the terrifying force was weakened by the Protective Energy Layer and the Blood-Colored Robe, it was no longer capable of injuring him.
"Interesting."
Luo Feng calmly allowed himself to be struck, showing no trace of anxiety.
With his current strength, finding an opponent anywhere in the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space who was anywhere near his own level was incredibly difficult.
Especially since each of the Seven Statues could only be defeated once.
After defeating one, the only option was to challenge a stronger statue.
Thus, Luo Feng treasured this Nine-Headed Serpent as an opponent.
He was in no hurry.
He would rather spend more time thoroughly understanding every aspect of the Nine-Headed Serpent before defeating it with his full strength.
Whoosh.
After enduring several hundred attacks in succession, Luo Feng remained completely unharmed.
Suddenly, Luo Feng sensed the surrounding space changing.
He found himself trapped within the body of the Nine-Headed Serpent.
Its body began shrinking.
Space-time started collapsing.
Everything compressed frantically, attempting to crush and tear Luo Feng apart.
"The techniques of this Nine-Headed Serpent are extremely similar to those of the Infinite Serpent Clan."
Luo Feng thought to himself.
"It is practically the Infinite Serpent Clan in its most perfect form."
During the war between the two great factions, Luo Feng had witnessed numerous Ancestor-level Infinite Serpents.
He was also extremely familiar with the greatest clan of the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction.
According to the intelligence records, members of the Infinite Serpent Clan whose strengths were comparable could fuse together.
For example, three World-Level Primordial Lifeforms at the Complete World-Level could merge into a Three-Headed Serpent.
As for High-Rank Primordial Lifeform Infinite Serpents, because their numbers were so great, there had once been nine of them merging into a single Nine-Headed Serpent.
That represented the ultimate limit of fusion for the Infinite Serpent Clan.
"The one before me is precisely a Nine-Headed Serpent."
"And the secret patterns within its body are even more perfect than those of the Ancestor-level Infinite Serpents."
"Its aura is even stronger than the Infinite Serpent Ancestor."
"It is a more perfect Infinite Serpent than the Infinite Serpent Ancestor."
Luo Feng made his judgment.
"The Seven Statues of Destruction Mountain all seem to have certain origins."
Luo Feng recalled that each statue appeared to have been modeled after something.
The third statue resembled the Hermit.
The fourth statue, the enormous cube formed from one hundred and twenty-five smaller cubes, greatly resembled Demon Ruins.
The fifth statue was a black star.
Some Ancestors themselves resembled stars.
Even certain Mysterious Lands took the form of stars...
"Especially the seventh statue. It is constantly changing."
Luo Feng thought.
The seventh statue contained every expert who had ever controlled a Destruction World, except for the challenger himself.
For example, the Endless Ancestor appeared beneath Kafuxiu.
Yet the Endless Ancestor had only surpassed Kafuxiu fairly recently.
Without question...
The seventh statue changed according to events occurring in the outside world.
"And this Destruction Mountain also absorbs the killing intent, hatred, and intense emotions throughout the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space."
The impact Luo Feng had experienced earlier when touching the surface of Destruction Mountain had been tremendous.
The Mysterious Land known as the Abyss of Destruction only made Luo Feng more curious.
Crack... Crack... Crack...
Using its own body as a prison, the Nine-Headed Serpent transformed itself into something like a World Prison, binding and crushing Luo Feng.
Unfortunately for it, Luo Feng's body was simply too powerful, forcibly enduring every attempt to crush him.
"It possesses tremendous power, but its techniques seem rather crude."
Luo Feng noticed this as well.
Both the first and second statues possessed terrifying power.
Yet their combat techniques...
Were relatively simple and straightforward.
"There's no need to continue."
Having realized that the Nine-Headed Serpent relied only upon such crude techniques, Luo Feng immediately stopped holding back.
The instant he drew his blade, an incomparably dazzling blade light slashed forth.
The blade light severed every obstacle.
Even heaven and earth seemed to split into two.
Naturally, it also cut through this section of the serpent's body!
"Slash!!!"
Standing where he was without showing the slightest mercy, Luo Feng unleashed blade light after blade light.
Every blade carried the terrifying might of severing all things, reducing the immense winding body into dozens of separate pieces.
Yet those dozens of sections rapidly merged back together.
Its loss of energy was almost negligible.
The Nine-Headed Serpent instantly concealed itself within the deepest layers of the void.
"Ten-Directions Annihilation!"
Luo Feng sheathed his blade before extending both hands.
The 1.8 Billion Origins within his body instantly burned away fifty percent of his energy reserves.
Boundless surging energy erupted.
Guided by Luo Feng's Mental Will, that energy transformed within his body into ten incomparably fierce streams of blade light.
The ten streams shot forth from his ten fingers.
They swept across the endless void, forming the Ten-Directions Blade Formation, completely sealing off every part of the world surrounding Destruction Mountain.
The surrounding heaven and earth...
Were entirely encompassed by the Ten-Directions Blade Formation!
Nothing could not be severed!
Everything would be annihilated!
After comprehending the mysteries of the thirty-four Powers of Destruction within Destruction Mountain and gaining insight into the principles behind their integration, Luo Feng had further improved his Five-Directions Blade Formation.
It had now become the Ten-Directions Blade Formation.
He was now capable of maintaining fifty percent of his energy reserves within the Ten-Directions Blade Formation.
Compared to when he had first become a Lord, Luo Feng's control over energy had improved by an enormous margin.
Back then, he had only known how to unleash the explosive Origin Great Destruction Explosion.
Now, however, he perfectly condensed that power into blade light without allowing even the slightest leakage.
Buzz!
As the Ten-Directions Blade Formation shredded everything, dense black mist flowed across the surface of Destruction Mountain, resisting every attack.
Even the remaining six motionless statues remained completely unharmed despite the Blade Formation's assault.
Only the Nine-Headed Serpent...
Even the void itself was shredded.
Naturally, it could no longer hide.
Its enormous winding body could not withstand the terrifying blade light, shattering into countless fragments.
Although it repeatedly merged back together into one...
The continuous shredding of the Blade Formation eventually reached the core hidden within its body.
Whoosh.
The Nine-Headed Serpent immediately vanished, once again condensing into its original statue.
Luo Feng extended a hand.
The vast blade light composing the Ten-Directions Blade Formation flew back into his body.
Maintaining the Blade Formation for only a short time had consumed very little.
Nearly eighty to ninety percent of the energy returned.
"I've finally defeated the second statue."
Looking at the Nine-Headed Serpent Statue, Luo Feng sighed inwardly.
Once he unleashed his full strength...
He had overwhelmed the Nine-Headed Serpent head-on.
But Luo Feng knew perfectly well...
Even if Star Light personally fought it, he might not necessarily be able to tear the Nine-Headed Serpent apart.
"Although the Nine-Headed Serpent's techniques are crude, its power is immense. Every attack rivals the combined strikes of twenty or thirty Ancestors. Its body is unimaginably tough as well."
"Apart from myself, perhaps only Shazhou could tear apart its body."
Luo Feng thought.
The second statue alone was already this terrifying.
It had forced him to fight with everything he had.
Luo Feng then looked toward the third statue.
It was the one resembling the Hermit.
He immediately walked toward it.
Buzz—
As he approached within a certain distance, the third statue—the Mist Statue—which had previously remained completely motionless, suddenly began flowing slowly.
The eye condensed upon the surface of the mist also turned toward Luo Feng.
It looked at Luo Feng once.
The entire world changed.
White mist now surrounded him in every direction.
The mist flowed around him.
It also flowed across the surface of his body.
"Hm?"
Luo Feng's expression changed slightly.
He discovered that every movement had become incomparably difficult.
Even walking required tremendous effort.
"A Mist Domain? And even stronger than the domain of the Primordial Beast Ancestor?"
Luo Feng was astonished.
The Primordial Beast Ancestor possessed the strongest domain among all Ancestors in the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space.
Yet the white mist created by the third statue surpassed it by an entire major level.
Every movement Luo Feng made became extraordinarily difficult.
"Slash!"
Luo Feng could not even swing his blade.
Instead, the 1.8 Billion Origins within his body burned as streams of dazzling blade light burst from his body.
Those blade lights barely traveled a short distance through the mist before being completely worn away.
The energy remaining after the blade light dissipated was entirely devoured by the white mist.
Yet the white mist remained as vast as ever.
Its energy had not weakened in the slightest.
Rumble~~~~
Within the shroud of white mist, Luo Feng unleashed attack after attack.
He even employed several techniques he had only recently begun developing.
Yet the white mist was incomparably resilient.
It effortlessly wore away every stream of blade light.
Even the Ten-Directions Blade Formation could not be established within this white mist domain.
The blade light would be eroded away in an extremely short time.
"I simply can't fight it."
Luo Feng felt rather helpless.
He considered his techniques immensely powerful.
Yet he could not shake the white mist at all.
And this was only the third statue.
Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh~~~~
The endless white mist suddenly began contracting.
Luo Feng could see with his own eyes that its density rapidly increased.
The suppression and restraint imposed upon him likewise soared dramatically.
"What?"
Luo Feng was startled.
At least before, he had still been able to move.
He had still been able to swing his blade.
But gradually...
Even moving became increasingly difficult.
Swinging his blade became completely impossible.
Sizzle... Sizzle... Sizzle~~~
The increasingly dense white mist wrapped around Luo Feng like flowing liquid.
Its range became smaller and smaller.
Its restraint and pressure became stronger and stronger.
Luo Feng could no longer move at all.
The white mist had already contracted into a stream of water that relentlessly strangled Luo Feng.
"I can't move anymore."
Luo Feng could feel just how terrifying the binding force had become.
A weaker body would likely have already been crushed into dust.
Yet Luo Feng's own body was already incomparably tough.
Furthermore, it was strengthened by both the Power of Shadow and the Power of Undying from the Power of the Blood Crane Territory.
He forcibly endured the terrifying erosion and strangulation.
"There are no other techniques left."
Completely restrained and unable to move, Luo Feng had no other choice.
Even he himself had never expected that the third statue alone would force him into such a desperate situation.
No frontal blade technique or ultimate attack could do anything against this Hermit Statue.
With a single thought—
Luo Feng's physical body transformed into energy and merged into the 1.8 Billion Origins.
The 1.8 Billion Origins shone like a brilliant sea of stars, forming a grand formation.
Since mastering the Highest-Level Power of Severance and further deepening his accumulation in the Path of Destruction, the Origin Great Destruction Explosion formation had naturally been optimized as well.
Compared to the time of the faction war, its self-destruction power had increased by roughly another twenty percent.
Boom—
The formation composed of the 1.8 Billion Origins instantly transformed into energy capable of destroying everything.
When pure energy surpassed a certain threshold, a unique reaction occurred.
All space-time was annihilated.
All matter was annihilated.
The energy generated from that annihilation was then absorbed into the self-destruction itself, making its power even more terrifying.
Following pure instinct, a trace of astonishment appeared within the eye of the white mist stream restraining Luo Feng.
Bang—
The distance between them was simply too close!
It had completely restrained Luo Feng.
The two were virtually pressed together.
In pursuit of greater power, it had continuously compressed itself.
As a result...
It suffered the most terrifying impact from the closest possible range.
Even its incredible toughness could not withstand it.
It was torn apart.
Its energy core was struck.
The instant it was struck—
The white mist stream naturally disintegrated.
Rumble!!!
The aftershock of the explosion swept across the entire land surrounding Destruction Mountain.
The energy after the explosion gathered together once more under the guidance of an invisible will.
It reformed into Luo Feng dressed in black robes.
Through his connection to the Mysterious Land known as the Blood Crane Territory, fresh Power of the Blood Crane Territory continuously flowed into him, forming a new Blood-Colored Robe over his body.
"I... I won?"
Looking at the newly reformed third statue in the distance, Luo Feng felt rather bewildered.
His victory over the third statue...
Felt somewhat undeserved.
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Many thanks to the long-time Alliance Leader "VERY" for the reward!