Chapter 415 : Volume Eleven: Merging into One
Chapter 415: Volume Eleven: Merging into One
At the 17th Layer of the Abyss of Destruction, the Feather Emperor stood there, calmly watching the blood-colored robed figure descending from above.
“Lord Luo Feng.” The Feather Emperor looked at him.
“Feather Emperor.” Luo Feng also observed him. Every existence ranked among the top ten possessed unique abilities. Kafuxiu excelled at direct frontal combat and belonged to the same category as Luo Feng, but in the area he excelled at most, Luo Feng had completely suppressed him.
The Feather Emperor's style, however, was completely different.
“I know you want the World Envoys to assist your cultivation.” The Feather Emperor looked at Luo Feng indifferently. “Defeat me, and I can arrange for the World Envoys to assist you.”
Because he had once been jointly besieged by Lord Momang, Jin, and Naigu, and had been in an extremely miserable state during that battle, he had naturally transferred some of his resentment onto the other Lords of the Cultivator Faction.
“Please.” Luo Feng replied politely.
This battle was not a malicious struggle over this layer of the Destruction World, but merely a contest between the two sides! The Feather Emperor likewise did not mobilize the World Envoys to assist him.
“Boom!”
Standing where he was, the Feather Emperor suddenly burst forth with dazzling light. Endless radiance illuminated every corner of this layer of the Destruction World. Luo Feng was likewise enveloped by the light and felt it transform into countless threads that entangled, restrained, and suppressed him.
The Feather Emperor's large-scale domain was extremely terrifying. It was formed from the combination of the Power of Feather and the Power of Light, further enhanced by the power of the mysterious land, the Feather Realm. The might of this domain was enough to reduce an ordinary Ancestor's strength by more than half.
“Boom—”
Luo Feng moved.
His entire body transformed into a streak of blade light, instantly tearing through every obstruction of light as it swept past where the Feather Emperor stood, seemingly cutting him completely in half.
The Feather Emperor appeared to remain where he was, yet at the same time appeared elsewhere, completely unharmed.
In terms of movement techniques, he was omnipresent, existing on the same level as the Endless Ancestor! Even with the enhancement of the Power of the Blood Crane Territory, Luo Feng still could not touch the Feather Emperor in the slightest.
“His movement transcends the limitations of time.” Luo Feng frowned. So-called omnipresence meant that at the same point in time, he could exist at any one of numerous locations! His position changed entirely according to his own will.
Back during the war between the two great factions, the Endless Ancestor had still managed to rescue a large number of Ancestors despite being suppressed by Star Light Lord's space-time techniques.
“There's only this move left.”
Luo Feng immediately swung his blade.
The Void-Splitting Blade in his hand slashed forward, sending streams of blade light following the Life Aura Lock-On!
In an instant, thousands upon thousands of blade lights erupted. They crisscrossed heaven and earth, even passing through space-time itself, locking onto every trace of the Feather Emperor's surrounding energy.
Every fragment of “light” was targeted and cut down by those blade lights!
Meanwhile, Luo Feng continuously unleashed terrifyingly condensed blade lights without end!
In merely two or three breaths, over one hundred thousand enormous blade lights simultaneously existed throughout the entire Destruction World!
These enormous blade lights occupied one-third of the Destruction World, pursuing their target throughout heaven, earth, and every direction!
Luo Feng's Primordial Blade Dao had not yet reached completion. Combined with the Primordial Life-and-Death Path's “Life Aura Lock-On,” each strike did not contain much energy. After all, when facing Kafuxiu, every slash had contained one-tenth of Luo Feng's total energy reserves.
However, while maintaining the Life Aura Lock-On, the power of each blade light became much weaker, though each strike was still comparable to some of Lord Momang's or Jin's ordinary techniques!
The key point was that Luo Feng had released far too many blade lights!
The sheer quantity was overwhelming!
Luo Feng was completely overpowering his opponent through sheer strength! His energy reserves were simply too immense. Every breath restored more energy than the Feather Emperor's entire body's energy reserves.
“There's no need to continue.”
Looking at the densely packed blade lights filling heaven and earth, each one enormous and filled with spirituality as they relentlessly pursued and annihilated every fragment of “light,” the Feather Emperor spoke. If he withdrew his domain, the blade lights would immediately lock onto his true body.
“I never imagined that even I could not evade Lord Luo Feng's blade.”
Within the Abyss of Destruction, endless energy replenished him, allowing him to outlast Luo Feng.
But outside...
He feared that after merely ten breaths, he would have no choice but to flee!
“If the Feather Emperor truly wished to escape, a single thought would allow him to leave the range of my blade techniques.” Luo Feng also understood his own shortcomings. His blade-light pursuit had a limited range! The Feather Emperor and the Endless Ancestor could cross countless layers of space-time in a single step, leaving Luo Feng far behind.
“Yes. I can only run.” The Feather Emperor gently shook his head.
Naigu, Lord Momang, and Jin working together had been able to besiege him.
Yet Luo Feng alone had forced him into fleeing.
“I'll arrange for the World Envoys to besiege you.”
With a single thought, the Feather Emperor mobilized the two hundred World Envoys of this layer of the Destruction World to attack Luo Feng together.
……
At this moment, the Endless Ancestor, who occupied the 18th Layer, had clearly watched the entire battle.
“I'm slightly stronger than the Feather Emperor, yet faced with Luo Feng's pursuit by more than one hundred thousand blade lights, I still can't break through it.”
The Endless Ancestor felt rather troubled. Within the Destruction World, he could replenish his energy endlessly, but he clearly understood that everyone measured strength based on battles fought under normal conditions!
If Luo Feng truly abandoned all restraint, he could simply ignore them, cut through every obstacle, leave his imprint upon the Source Phantom, and immediately seize control of an entire layer of the Destruction World.
No matter how well they could evade, they still could not stop Luo Feng, who could destroy eighty percent of Kafuxiu's body in just three strikes!
Only because Luo Feng had no interest in competing for the Destruction Worlds could these friendly contests take place.
“How do I counter this?”
The Endless Ancestor began pondering deeply.
However, after more than one era, Luo Feng arrived at the 18th Layer.
The two held a contest.
The Endless Ancestor still lost!
His style was identical to the Feather Emperor's. His only advantage was “Boundless Might”! His explosive power was greater, but Luo Feng possessed a tremendously powerful body capable of withstanding the siege of dozens of Ancestors, and now it was further enhanced by the Power of the Blood Crane Territory. The Endless Ancestor's attacks simply could not threaten Luo Feng.
Luo Feng's blade lights blanketed the sky!
Using the Life Aura Lock-On, they pursued every trace of the Endless Ancestor's energy.
The Endless Ancestor simply admitted defeat.
……
The various factions and countless ancient existences closely watched each of Luo Feng's battles. His consecutive victories over the Feather Emperor and the Endless Ancestor were entirely within their expectations.
After all, in their minds, Lord Luo Feng had already been recognized as belonging to the very highest tier of combat power.
The 19th Layer of the Abyss of Destruction.
Luo Feng arrived here.
“Luo Feng.”
Yuan grinned broadly, smiling with genuine delight. He had led the Cultivator Faction from its weakest era all the way to the present! He had endured too much humiliation and suffered countless hardships. For the faction to gain another Lord at the highest combat tier—Yuan's joy knew no bounds!
The stronger the Lords became, the brighter the future of their faction would be.
“Amazing. You've defeated Kafuxiu, the Feather Emperor, and the Endless Ancestor head-on.” Yuan laughed. “Even I wouldn't be confident of defeating the Endless Ancestor.”
“The Endless Ancestor is omnipresent. Right now, all I can do is exhaust his energy reserves.” Luo Feng understood this clearly. He had only mastered one Highest-Level Destruction Power. Combined with the Life Aura Lock-On, the strength he could display remained limited.
If he possessed the complete Primordial Blade Dao and combined it with the Primordial Life-and-Death Path, then he would have many more methods at his disposal.
“You've only been a Lord for such a short time, and you're already this powerful.” Yuan smiled. “Shall I arrange for the World Envoys to besiege you now?”
“Thank you, Brother Yuan.” Luo Feng nodded.
Soon, all 150 World Envoys of this layer appeared and began attacking Luo Feng. Once again, Luo Feng carefully experienced this newest Destruction Power, sensing the mysteries of destruction contained within it.
Although among the nineteen Highest-Level Destruction Powers he had experienced so far, the vast majority were not fused with the mysteries of life, one could still polish jade with stones from another mountain. Studying the mysteries of destruction within them continued to deepen Luo Feng's accumulation in destruction.
Luo Feng felt his decision had been the right one.
After encountering a bottleneck while comprehending the Primordial Blade Dao, coming to the Abyss of Destruction to deepen his accumulation in destruction had indeed been extremely efficient.
“I can sense it. My accumulation in destruction should already be sufficient.” Luo Feng instinctively arrived at this conclusion.
“No rush. One can never have too much accumulation.”
“Each layer of the Destruction World only takes one or two eras. I'll finish exploring the Abyss of Destruction first.”
Luo Feng was in no hurry to leave. Returning to the Cultivator Territory after finishing his exploration would not be too late.
“Strange. I've already reached the 19th Layer, yet I haven't encountered a single opportunity.”
The thought flashed through Luo Feng's mind before he dismissed it.
Unlike the others, who carefully explored each layer, he came to every layer solely to battle the World Envoys! Naturally, his chances of encountering opportunities were much lower.
No matter what, his greatest purpose in coming to the Abyss of Destruction had already been accomplished.
His accumulation was sufficient!
The next step was to merge all of his accumulated insights into one! Then achieve the “Union of Heart and Dao,” perfectly merging his mind into the Dao, thereby completing the Primordial Blade Dao.
“Merging into one. Union of Heart and Dao. Those are the next two great barriers.”
Before coming to the Abyss of Destruction, Luo Feng had not known exactly what obstacles still separated him from the Primordial Blade Dao. But now, he could determine with complete certainty that only these two barriers remained.
“Brother Yuan, withdraw these World Envoys.” After more than one era had passed, Luo Feng spoke.
Yuan immediately dismissed them with a thought and smiled. “Preparing to head to the next layer?”
“I'll cultivate in seclusion here for a while first.” Luo Feng said. He felt his accumulation was already abundant, so he would first attempt to merge all his insights into one! Even if he failed, he could continue accumulating more experience in the 20th Layer and the layers beyond before attempting again.
Different accumulations would naturally produce different insights when attempting to merge them into one.
Yuan happily watched as Luo Feng constructed a cave dwelling and entered secluded cultivation.
“I'll continue cultivating as well.” Yuan immediately returned to his own cave dwelling and completely immersed himself in cultivation. He too was comprehending the fundamental system of the Path of Primordial Rules Operation.
……
“Hm? He didn't come to the 20th Layer?”
Ice Peak Ancestor occupied the 20th Layer. He had already prepared himself to be challenged by Luo Feng, but after Luo Feng spent more than one era in the 19th Layer, withdrew the World Envoys, he unexpectedly entered secluded cultivation instead.
This caused Ice Peak Ancestor to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Because he knew...
He was no match for Luo Feng!
However, as the leader of the Ice Peak Faction, he was unwilling to let Luo Feng build his reputation by stepping over him, yet he had no way to prevent it.
He had even come up with numerous ways to preserve his dignity despite losing!
Who would have thought that after preparing himself mentally for everything, Luo Feng simply did not come.
……
Luo Feng cultivated in seclusion within his cave dwelling on the 19th Layer.
Facing those World Envoys had been effortless. Most of the time, he attacked casually, and sometimes simply endured their attacks directly. But now, attempting to merge all of his insights into one and completely form the Primordial Blade Dao required repeatedly experimenting with powerful techniques.
“Boom.”
With a casual point of his finger, a fierce blade light tore apart heaven and earth.
After frowning in thought, his five fingers lightly clenched, and five terrifying blade lights descended, forming a blade formation that annihilated every enemy within it.
Through this continual process of contemplation, integration, and experimentation, the Primordial Blade Dao became increasingly clear within Luo Feng's mind.
Luo Feng lightly pointed a finger.
A single point of blade light instantly pierced through the space-time barriers of the entire 19th Layer of the Destruction World, even penetrating into the 20th Layer below, startling Ice Peak Ancestor.
Suddenly—
A fluctuation of space-time appeared.
The fluctuation swept across Luo Feng, and the cross-legged Luo Feng instantly disappeared.
“Hm?” Yuan, the master of the 19th Layer, was startled. “A sudden fluctuation of space-time... Luo Feng disappeared?”
“Luo Feng, what happened?” Yuan immediately contacted Luo Feng's other clones.
“I think I've encountered an opportunity,” Luo Feng replied.
“An opportunity?”
Yuan froze.
He suddenly remembered that long ago, Kafuxiu had likewise encountered an opportunity while exploring the 19th Layer of the Destruction World. He had entered a hidden space-time and obtained the battle armor that had accompanied him for endless ages.
“Kafuxiu and Luo Feng merely passed through here and didn't stay long, yet both obtained opportunities. I've lived here the entire time! I even control this layer! So why have I never encountered a single opportunity?” Yuan suddenly felt rather conflicted.