Chapter 439 : Volume Twelve: Occupying the South River Territory
Chapter 439: Volume Twelve: Occupying the South River Territory
Infinite World.
“Mm?” A great serpent condensed between the clouds. It was precisely the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, and it remotely sensed the Cultivator territory.
“The eight Lords are acting together?”
The Infinite Serpent Ancestor felt that something was wrong.
Among the eight Lords, Yuan, Starlight, Moman, and Luo Feng were able to completely restrain all fluctuations of their life auras, but Wulan, Jin, Minghuang, and Naigu could not.
Within the Endless Primordial Space, more than ninety percent of the Ancestors were unable to completely restrain all their auras. Once they moved collectively, it would inevitably alert other powerhouses.
This time, in order to intimidate the entire Endless Primordial Space, Luo Feng, Yuan, and the others did not restrain their life auras either.
“The eight Lords are acting together?”
“What are they planning to do?”
At this moment, all the factions became vigilant.
Even the weakest of the eight Lords possessed top-twenty combat strength, while the strongest stood alone in a tier of his own. With all eight working together, they were sufficient to overwhelmingly suppress the Icepeak faction’s ‘twelve undying and indestructible existences together with twenty-six Ancestors’!
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The eight Lords made no attempt to conceal themselves, allowing all sides to observe them as they advanced grandly toward the target territory.
Led by Starlight, they flew for approximately one day.
“We’ve arrived.”
Luo Feng and the others reached the border of this territory.
“We, the Cultivator faction, are taking the 1,600 World Clusters of the South River Territory.” Yuan directly transmitted his voice across the distance to all the Ancestors within the range of these 1,600 World Clusters, “Quickly relocate and leave! If you refuse to leave, we’ll have no choice but to act.”
The vast majority of the Endless Primordial Space was barren. Even if there were occasionally some resources, they were so sparse that traveling to mine them was hardly worthwhile.
The South River Territory as a whole resembled a heart, and within this territory were approximately 1,600 World Clusters! In terms of the density of World Clusters, it was second only to the Cultivator faction’s original territory.
Outside the South River Territory lay an incomparably vast barren region.
Within the prosperous South River Territory, twenty-nine Ancestors led countless members of the Innate Primordial faction in reproducing and living there. They had long fed on the resources of this territory, and the countless Source Worlds within those 1,600 World Clusters had originally been their food as well. It was only because Lord Luo Feng had intercepted and killed them throughout this recent period that they temporarily did not dare devour them.
“What?”
“The Cultivator faction wants the entire South River Territory?”
“They’re ordering us to relocate immediately?”
Some of the Ancestors scattered throughout this territory were greatly astonished. Some were true bodies, while others were clones, but all of them were somewhat panicked at this moment.
“Anyone who has not begun relocating within one day will be killed without mercy! Anyone who remains within the South River Territory after twenty days will likewise be killed without mercy!” Yuan’s cold voice resounded beside the ears of the twenty-nine Ancestors, and also beside the ears of more than 230,000 World-level Primordial Lifeforms.
The threat from the eight Lords caused the Ancestors and World-level Primordial Lifeforms of the South River Territory to panic. How could they possibly provoke the eight Lords?
While reporting the matter to the Nine Emperors, the Ancestors of this territory also began preparing to relocate! According to the eight Lords’ demand, they had to begin relocating within one day.
They had been rooted here for far too long, and relocating in such a short time was no easy matter. Many mineral deposits they had operated for ages had to be abandoned! Their clan members scattered throughout the territory could only be gathered as much as possible.
If some clan members in remote places were World-level Primordial Lifeforms, they could still travel on their own and regroup with their clans. But High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms? Their travel speed was too slow, and they simply did not have enough time to regroup with their clans.
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The eight Lords stood in the void, their imposing might spreading in all directions.
Suddenly, incarnation after incarnation descended. They were precisely the incarnations of the Nine Emperors of the Innate Primordial faction! All nine incarnations gathered together.
“Yuan, what exactly is your Cultivator faction trying to do?” Infinite Serpent Ancestor shouted angrily, “The South River Territory is part of our Innate Primordial territory. You think you can occupy it just because you say so?”
“Haha……” Yuan laughed loudly, “Your Innate Primordial faction invaded our Cultivator territory, slaughtered at will, and devoured Source Worlds. Yet we’re not allowed to occupy your territory?”
“Yuan, you’re going too far!” Giant God Emperor also said angrily, “The South River Territory contains a full 1,600 World Clusters, and you’re simply seizing it by force?”
“We have more than a hundred Ancestors, while you only have eight Lords. Your demand for resources isn’t that great. Shouldn’t 3,600 World Clusters already be enough?” Endless Ancestor also said.
“Who said we Lords don’t need resources?” Wulan sneered.
“According to your logic, you occupy fifty percent of the territory while our Cultivator faction only occupies ten percent?” Naigu sneered.
“Looks like we’ll have to fight?” Extinction Ancestor said coldly.
Luo Feng said coldly: “This South River Territory is only the beginning! With the strength and potential of our Cultivator faction within the Endless Primordial Space, even twenty percent of the territory is still too little.”
“Only the beginning?”
“You still want to occupy more?”
The Nine Emperors were shocked and furious.
“A bunch of incarnations, so stop wasting words here.” Lord Starlight waved his hand and directly annihilated all nine incarnations. Even as the incarnations vanished, the Nine Emperors found it hard to believe that the Cultivator Lords had become so arrogant.
“In the end, we’ll still have to fight a battle.” Yuan said softly.
According to their original plan, they would completely control twenty percent of the territory and also govern all Source Worlds within the remaining territory! To achieve that goal, words alone were useless.
They had to fight!
Because the Cultivator faction’s negotiation targets were not only the Innate Primordial faction, but also the Icepeak faction and many weaker powers! They wanted the ‘Source Worlds’ within every faction’s sphere of influence.
“We must display sufficient strength! Only then will it help advance the plans that follow.” Starlight said. Getting every faction to agree was no easy matter.
“Haha, then let’s have a proper battle!” Wulan’s eyes burned with excitement.
“We’ve been bullied by them for far too long!” Jin said.
His Primordial Destruction Path was very different from Luo Feng’s Primordial Blade Path.
Within Luo Feng’s Primordial Blade Path, Destruction accounted for 87%, while Life accounted for 13%. The mysteries taken from Life included portions such as ‘life aura’‘Severing Vitality’‘life entanglement’. The mysteries taken from Destruction were centered on pursuing sheer might.
Jin’s Primordial Destruction Path, whether in its Destruction portion or Life portion, differed greatly from Luo Feng’s, so the resulting ‘Path’ was naturally different.
Even when pursuing similar ‘Paths’, different Lords would ultimately master different Paths.
“The Innate Primordial faction has also sensed our threat, so their battle formation will prioritize survival, with killing enemies secondary. They’ll also become harder to deal with.” Starlight said. He had already foreseen part of the future.
Luo Feng and the others all knew this as well.
Among the Ancestors, there were also those proficient in powers such as ‘Life’‘Defense’‘Domain’‘Immortality’‘World’. Once a defensive system was constructed around such Ancestors, the survival ability of the Ancestors’ battle formation would increase dramatically.
“In the past, when facing us, they relied on their absolute numerical advantage and simply disdained defensive battle formations, focusing entirely on attacking and killing.” Moman smiled, “That forced us to act cautiously and pour everything into defense. Even then, we still lost again and again, and World Clusters fell one after another.”
Fortunately, the Lords were undying and indestructible. Even if one World Cluster fell, they could swiftly recover, rapidly regroup, and engage the enemy again.
“In the past, even when they disdained defensive battle formations, it was still difficult for us to kill a single Ancestor.” Jin sighed.
“Things are different now.” Yuan said.
The Lords present all looked toward Luo Feng.
“Luo Feng, we’ll be relying on you when the time comes.” Minghuang smiled.
During their sparring matches, they had all witnessed how terrifying that blade was.
Nothing it could not cut, nothing it could not destroy!
“Luo Feng’s power has exceeded the limit. They can’t observe Luo Feng’s future, so this time, Luo Feng will give them a few surprises.” Starlight said. What he did not mention was that even he could not observe Luo Feng’s future. He could only indirectly infer some information from Luo Feng’s influence on countless future timelines.
“This time, we need to intimidate not only the Innate Primordial faction, but also all the other factions.” Luo Feng understood this as well. In this battle, he would cooperate with the battle formation and go all out, unleashing his strongest power.
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Within the South River Territory.
While flying, a World-level Primordial Lifeform took in large numbers of High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms. Worlds could naturally arise on the surface of its body, allowing those High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms to temporarily reside within them.
“I’ve only managed to gather seventy percent of the High-Rank Primordial clan members under me. There’s no time left.” This World-level Primordial Lifeform could no longer worry about the rest, “I have to regroup with the Ancestor. If I’m too slow and don’t leave within the required time, I might be killed by a single blade strike from Lord Luo Feng from an enormous distance away.”
This World-level Primordial Lifeform immediately forcibly tore open a space-time passage and hurried onward.
“Quick, quick, quick.”
“We have to regroup. We must leave the South River Territory within twenty days.”
The Innate Primordial clans near the borders of the South River Territory had somewhat more time, but the clans in the core region of the South River Territory were panicking. Their time was far too tight! They had to ensure enough travel time and then, with whatever time remained, take away as many resources and gather as many clan members as possible.
“Ancestor, are we really unable to resist the Cultivator faction?”
“We’re just fleeing like this?”
Many World-level Primordial Lifeforms were extremely unwilling.
They were the number one faction! Yet they were simply being frightened into fleeing? Were the Ancestors not even going to resist?
“Don’t worry. The Nine Emperors will lead many Ancestors into battle together. We’ll only retreat temporarily. Once we win the battle, we’ll return.” The Ancestors responded one after another.
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The Innate Primordial faction was indeed assembling. All Nine Emperors joined the battle! An extremely large number of Ancestor true bodies also participated.
“A total of eighty-nine Ancestors.”
“This is the most perfect battle formation combination after our previous experiments.”
Simply gathering the Ancestors’ true bodies took more than ten days. They had all kinds of forms: some resembled beasts, some resembled celestial bodies such as stars or clouds, some resembled flowing water or towering mountains, while others were humanoid……
“This Cultivator faction is far too arrogant. They actually dared take the initiative to invade and occupy our territory.” Infinite Serpent Ancestor was furious.
In the past, it had always been the Innate Primordial faction suppressing and bullying the Cultivator faction.
This time, however, the situation had reversed. The eight Lords had instead taken the initiative to occupy their territory, and in one move, they wanted to seize one-tenth of the entire Endless Primordial Space.
Although the ‘South River Territory’ contained only 1,600 World Clusters, in the eyes of the Innate Primordial faction, its value was not much lower than the Cultivator faction’s original territory. After all, its other resources were still abundant.
Such a vast territory? Simply seized outright?
Even the anti-war faction could not tolerate it!
“Those eight Lords even said occupying the South River Territory was only the beginning. They still think it isn’t enough.” Giant God Emperor said angrily.
“This battle must make them understand that we are still the strongest.” Flame Derivation Ancestor was also furious.
This battle was also a battle for the Innate Primordial faction to establish its might! They had to prove to all the other factions…… that within the Endless Primordial Space, their Innate Primordial faction was still the strongest!
“Move out!”
Infinite Serpent Ancestor, Endless Ancestor, Extinction Ancestor, Flame Derivation Ancestor, Primordial, Mother of Space-Time, Giant God Emperor, Black Tide Ancestor, and Primordial Beast Ancestor—the nine of them led eighty selected Ancestors and formed an enormous battle formation.
Rumble~~~
Led by the Mother of Space-Time, they set out in grand formation, heading directly toward the eight Lords.
At this moment, every other faction throughout the Endless Primordial Space watched from afar.
“They’re coming!”
The eight Lords were also waiting, and they had been looking forward to this moment.
This battle was likewise the battle in which the eight Lords planned to establish their might!
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