Chapter 424 : Volume Eleven: Sharpening the Blade (Part 1)
Chapter 424: Volume Eleven: Sharpening the Blade (Part 1)
As one of the highest-level lifeforms in the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space, Luo Feng's thinking speed had long since surpassed what it had once been. With sufficient accumulation in both Destruction and Life comprehensions, after achieving Heart and Dao as One, it took him only a single day to create the first version of the Primordial Blade Dao.
"My Primordial Blade Dao takes the 'Great Destruction System' as its core, pursuing ultimate destructive power!"
He intended to perfectly fuse the Primordial Life-and-Death Path with the Primordial Blade Dao! Therefore, he had to take into account the greatest advantage of the Primordial Life-and-Death Path—Infinite Energy—allowing the strong to become even stronger. That was the ideal combination.
Only by possessing Infinite Energy and combining it with ultimate destructive power could he threaten those Ancestors with extraordinarily tenacious vitality.
"Let's give it a try."
Seated cross-legged upon the island deep within the Blood Crane Territory, Luo Feng casually swung his hand. His palm became a blade, and a terrifying blade light erupted, tearing through endless space-time and splitting the vast Blood Sea directly into two.
"This first version of the Primordial Blade Dao has too many flaws." Luo Feng frowned. "It is only effective at locking onto Life Aura at close range. Once the distance becomes too great, I can no longer guarantee the lock."
At the level of Lords and Ancestors, a single movement could span an immense distance. Only by guaranteeing an absolute lock within a certain range could it pose a sufficient threat to an opponent.
"Now let's test the power of Origin Great Destruction."
With a wave of his hand, countless brilliant stars flew forth. A total of 360 Million Origins floated in the sky, forming a grand formation that radiated endless destructive aura. This was a weakened version of the Origin Great Destruction Explosion.
"The control is much more refined now, and it can also be deployed precisely within the designated target area." Luo Feng nodded slightly.
Boom—
Watching the incomparably dazzling scene of destruction, the radiance illuminated Luo Feng's face.
He frowned slightly.
"This weakened version of the Origin Great Destruction Explosion only increased its power by fifty percent?"
Without even testing it, he already knew that the much more difficult 1.8 Billion Origins version of the Origin Great Destruction Explosion would not gain much additional power.
"This version has too many flaws."
Luo Feng gently shook his head. It was still far too distant from the Primordial Blade Dao he had envisioned.
……
Luo Feng remained seated cross-legged upon the island deep within the Blood Crane Territory, deducing one version of the Primordial Blade Dao after another. His insight, comprehension, and thinking ability had become so terrifying that before he realized it, he had already created 10,938,103,329 different versions of the Primordial Blade Dao without feeling even the slightest fatigue.
Back when Luo Feng had yet to transcend the cage, after attempting to create the Primordial Life-and-Death Path more than thirty million times, he had already felt that he had exhausted every possibility, and that his very soul had nearly been drained.
Now, casually exceeding ten billion attempts was effortless.
"I've tested every possible variation."
Luo Feng remained calm. Those ten billion creations had consumed less than thirty eras.
"The best among them are these seven versions."
"But they still fall short of success."
Only after succeeding could the Dao become eternally indestructible and truly become a part of a Lord's life itself.
"The Blade Dao ultimately exists to kill enemies. I'll sharpen my blade further through actual combat."
With that thought, Luo Feng's aura rapidly weakened, while the aura of his clone, who had been cultivating in seclusion on the nineteenth layer of the Abyss of Destruction, rapidly rose to its peak.
……
The nineteenth layer of the Abyss of Destruction.
Only after Luo Feng's clone had recovered to its peak state did he open his eyes.
"Brother Yuan."
Walking out of his secluded cave residence, Luo Feng transmitted his voice.
"I'm preparing to head to the next layer."
Yuan's incarnation condensed beside him.
"Planning to challenge your way down one layer after another?" Yuan asked with a smile.
"Yes." Luo Feng nodded. "I'll first try challenging every opponent."
Relying on the Primordial Life-and-Death Path together with the Highest-Level Power of Destruction, the Power of Severance, Luo Feng was already confident that he could contend with Shazhou! With the seven more perfected versions of the Primordial Blade Dao, his confidence had grown even greater.
These opponents would all become whetstones for sharpening his blade!
"Then I'll look forward to it." Yuan was filled with anticipation.
Luo Feng nodded, then stepped forward, traversing layer after layer of space-time as he headed toward the deeper twentieth layer of the Destruction World.
Yuan watched him depart.
"According to Star Light's observations, Luo Feng is perfecting his second Primordial-level Dao..."
Yuan watched silently.
"Once he succeeds, the strength of our Cultivator Faction will rise by another tremendous margin!"
"Luo Feng also regards the countless Source Worlds beyond our territory as his own people."
Yuan deeply appreciated Luo Feng's actions over the previous five hundred eras.
Intercepting World-Level Primordial Lifeforms that devoured Source Worlds represented Luo Feng's acknowledgment of the countless Source Worlds beyond their territory.
As the first Lord of the Cultivator Faction, Yuan knew that the Cultivator Faction originally had no territory at all! Only as one Lord after another rose to power did their territory continuously expand until it encompassed today's 3,600 World Clusters.
In Yuan's eyes, territory was meant to expand.
All Source World living beings belonged within the cultivator race that Yuan acknowledged.
"If I expand our territory in the future, Luo Feng will surely support it."
After thinking this, Yuan dispersed his incarnation and continued his secluded cultivation, carefully refining the Origin System of his Primordial Rule Circulation Dao.
The twentieth layer of the Abyss of Destruction.
On this layer, freezing winds howled endlessly across the land.
Luo Feng descended upon the vast frozen continent and saw the towering mountain-like figure in the distance—Ice Peak Ancestor.
Ice Peak Ancestor slowly opened his eyes.
Standing there, he seemed to have become one with the entire Destruction World.
"Ice Peak Ancestor," Luo Feng greeted.
"You've finally arrived." Ice Peak Ancestor smiled. "How would you like me to cooperate?"
According to Ice Peak Ancestor's research, cooperating would at least preserve some dignity. If he refused to cooperate, Luo Feng would likely resort to force instead, which would only be even more humiliating.
Hearing such friendliness from the other party, Luo Feng found it difficult to be overly demanding.
"I ask Ice Peak Ancestor to help by joining forces with all the World Envoys to fight me," Luo Feng said.
"Hahaha! With all the World Envoys fighting alongside me, we won't be easy to deal with!" Ice Peak Ancestor laughed loudly.
"Be careful."
Immediately, Ice Peak Ancestor extended one hand.
As his palm stretched out, it rapidly expanded. Endless frost spread across its surface, causing it to continue growing larger and larger. At the same time, within the boundless freezing aura, one hundred and twenty black figures condensed.
"Here it comes."
After enlarging, Ice Peak Ancestor's palm occupied nearly half the heavens.
Moreover, the gigantic palm seemed faintly fused with the entire frozen continent. The suppressive might it radiated even surprised Luo Feng.
"Ice Peak Ancestor truly deserves to stand shoulder to shoulder with Brother Yuan."
Luo Feng sighed inwardly.
Unlike Yuan, whose formations possessed unparalleled profundity,
Ice Peak Ancestor was essentially a more perfected Wu Lan, possessing a physical body comparable to Wu Lan's! Moreover, his offensive methods were even more formidable!
Boom~~~~~
The incomparably gigantic palm closed together with the earth itself, while the one hundred and twenty twisted black shadows besieged Luo Feng through the narrowing gap.
"Hm?"
Ice Peak Ancestor was somewhat surprised.
He actually felt pain in his own palm.
Luo Feng still stood where he was without moving!
He had forcibly endured the strike of the gigantic palm while simultaneously withstanding the combined assault of all one hundred and twenty World Envoys. Because he had already seen every profound mystery of the twentieth layer's Power of Destruction upon Destruction Mountain, after briefly experiencing the World Envoys' attacks, he had already completely understood them.
"Luo Feng's body... is like a blade."
Ice Peak Ancestor sensed that his palm had struck a razor-sharp blade, already leaving behind wounds.
Within Luo Feng's body, 1.8 Billion Origins circulated continuously.
His entire body resembled an incomparably terrifying blade.
Suddenly—
Luo Feng moved.
A dazzling blade light burst forth, forcibly piercing through Ice Peak Ancestor's enormous palm, carving a gap through the gigantic frozen hand. The blade light shot through the opening before streaking brilliantly across heaven and earth, slashing directly onto Ice Peak Ancestor's chest, causing cracks to appear across its surface.
However, such cracks were insignificant to Ice Peak Ancestor.
The cracks in the ice covering his body rapidly healed, with almost no energy lost.
"What an unbelievably terrifying body."
With a thought from Luo Feng, the dazzling blade light suddenly turned—
Silently,
the blade light vanished completely.
The blade light concealed itself within the darkness.
Invisible.
Undetectable.
Slaughtering all vitality.
Sizzle... Sizzle... Sizzle~~~
The ice covering Ice Peak Ancestor's body gradually turned into flying ash, layer after layer annihilating.
Although no blade light could be detected at all, portions of Ice Peak Ancestor's enormous body were losing their vitality.
Without vitality,
there was naturally only destruction.
Previously, relying solely upon the Primordial Life-and-Death Path, the Vitality-Severing Power techniques Luo Feng used had only a relatively limited effect against Ancestors, and he himself had never attached much importance to them.
However, when combined with Destructive Killing Intent, it produced astonishing results against Ice Peak Ancestor.
"This invisible blade... causes even greater damage to me?"
Even Ice Peak Ancestor was somewhat surprised.
A figure condensed in the distance.
It was Luo Feng.
Standing there, Luo Feng appeared somewhat puzzled.
"The combination of these two Daos truly makes the effect of severing vitality much stronger."
"All life requires vitality."
"Without vitality, there is only death."
"It doesn't target matter, nor does it target any special forms of energy."
"It targets only vitality."
"There is almost no commotion when killing an enemy this way, yet the results are excellent."
Through this exchange with Ice Peak Ancestor, Luo Feng had realized—
The combination of the two Primordial Daos had dramatically increased the power of Severing Vitality!
Although this technique appeared inconspicuous and created no visible disturbance, its future potential was enormous.
"The Origin Great Destruction Explosion pursues the ultimate limit of destructive power."
"It destroys enemies through absolute destructive force."
"But Severing Vitality is another path that suits me extremely well."
"I need to properly perfect this path."
"I simply haven't valued it enough before."
Standing there, countless improvement plans rapidly emerged within Luo Feng's mind.
When cultivating in seclusion, it was difficult to completely understand the strengths and weaknesses of a Dao.
During battle, however, everything became much clearer.
"Lord Luo Feng, shall we continue?" Ice Peak Ancestor remained exceptionally courteous.
"No need. I'm preparing to head to the next layer." Luo Feng smiled.
"The next layer?"
Ice Peak Ancestor was astonished.
According to Luo Feng's previous habits, he would usually allow the World Envoys to besiege him for one or two eras.
This time, it had ended far too quickly!
Taking a single step, Luo Feng immediately departed for the deeper Destruction World.
……
Although the battle between Luo Feng and Ice Peak Ancestor had been brief, it had still attracted the attention of one ancient existence after another throughout the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space!
From this battle, they could all see that the proud Ice Peak Ancestor had failed to gain even the slightest advantage against Luo Feng and had instead fallen somewhat behind.
"Lord Luo Feng's strength is already comparable to Shazhou's. It's only natural that Ice Peak Ancestor couldn't defeat him."
This clash had unfolded entirely within everyone's expectations.
If Ice Peak Ancestor had actually won, that would have shocked everyone.
On the twenty-first layer of the Abyss of Destruction, Infinite Serpent Ancestor was also watching the battle.
"He's here already?"
Watching the black-haired figure descend into this layer of the Destruction World, even Infinite Serpent Ancestor was somewhat stunned.
He had arrived far too quickly!
It had expected Luo Feng to remain on the twentieth layer for one or two eras.
Luo Feng looked toward Infinite Serpent Ancestor, his battle intent surging.
Compared to Ice Peak Ancestor, whose defense was overwhelming but whose techniques were relatively simple, Luo Feng was far more interested in Infinite Serpent Ancestor.
Infinite Serpent Ancestor could freely alter its size, transform through space, and move with unfathomable unpredictability.
It was a far better opponent for testing the many techniques of his Blade Dao.
Landing a strike on Ice Peak Ancestor was only natural.
After all, Ice Peak Ancestor never dodged!
Only if he could strike Infinite Serpent Ancestor would his blade techniques truly prove formidable.
"Infinite Serpent Ancestor, please fight with your full strength."
Luo Feng looked at it.
"You expect me to cooperate with you?" Infinite Serpent Ancestor sneered.
It could see that Luo Feng was cultivating.
As the leader of the Nine Emperors of the enemy Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction, it had its pride.
How could it possibly cooperate with Luo Feng's cultivation?
Luo Feng gently shook his head: "Then I'll have no choice but to do this the hard way!"
(End of Chapter)