Chapter 408 : Volume Eleven: Weapons of Destruction
Chapter 408: Volume Eleven: Weapons of Destruction
Luo Feng remained in the First Layer of the Abyss of Destruction for more than one era.
During this period, the three thousand World Envoys attacked him tirelessly without interruption, while Luo Feng continuously and carefully experienced the portion of the Power of Destruction they wielded.
"That's about enough. I've thoroughly studied all the power of the three thousand World Envoys. There's no point in staying here any longer."
One day, Luo Feng naturally reached that realization.
Looking into the distance, Luo Feng called out, "Ancestor Bafayu, thank you for your assistance! I'm preparing to head to the next Destruction World."
Bafayu, who had been silently paying attention all this time, also breathed a sigh of relief and immediately dismissed the World Envoys with a single thought.
Luo Feng nodded toward him before directly breaking through the barriers of space-time and heading toward the next Destruction World.
"He's finally gone."
Only then did Bafayu truly relax. As long as Luo Feng had remained there, he had constantly worried that Lord Luo Feng might suddenly change his mind and forcibly seize the First Destruction World. Unfortunately, his own faction was too weak to provoke the Cultivator Faction.
Those nine World-Level Primordial Lifeforms had also been eagerly awaiting this day. Throughout this entire era, they had not had a single World Envoy to spar with. They had not even dared make too much commotion, fearing they might offend that Cultivator Lord.
"You may continue your cultivation."
Bafayu immediately arranged for a World Envoy to accompany the nine members of his clan.
……
The Second Destruction World of the Abyss of Destruction.
"Lord Luo Feng of the Cultivators?"
A plump giant beast looked over.
Its smooth fur constantly shifted through countless colors. Every strand of fur contained endless mysteries, with vast spaces hidden within.
The master of this Destruction World was none other than the Primordial Beast Ancestor, one of the Nine Emperors of the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction.
"Primordial Beast Ancestor."
Luo Feng also looked toward him.
The Primordial Beast Ancestor was the strongest existence in the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space in terms of Domains. Its body itself was a Domain. Naturally, Domains were the only thing it excelled at, while it was comparatively weak in all other aspects. In frontal combat, it was considerably weaker than even Wu Lan, and had only barely managed to occupy the Second Destruction World.
"Lord Luo Feng, what brings you here?"
The Primordial Beast Ancestor stared at Luo Feng with considerable vigilance.
It had personally experienced the explosive might of Luo Feng's Origin Great Destruction Explosion.
Together with the Ancestor Black Tide and the Giant God Emperor, the three of them were virtually unstoppable.
But in a one-on-one battle?
Compared to any of the Cultivator Lords, it was still somewhat weaker.
"I have no intention of competing for this Destruction World. I only ask that the Primordial Beast Ancestor dispatch every World Envoy of this layer to attack me with full force."
The Primordial Beast Ancestor remained vigilant inwardly, though outwardly it merely nodded slightly.
"Very well."
With a single thought, black-furred World Envoys immediately appeared.
One thousand eight hundred Black Fur Envoys, each incomparably ferocious and possessing tremendously powerful bodies, charged toward Luo Feng together.
Luo Feng's Blood-Colored Robe fluttered as he allowed every attack to land upon him while carefully experiencing them.
"The Power of Destruction contained within the Second Destruction World should be called the Power of Pulverization. It consists of eighty percent destruction and twenty percent matter."
Luo Feng's accumulation in destruction was already profound, allowing him to make that judgment almost immediately.
Eighty percent destruction.
Twenty percent matter.
It was unsuitable for him to master directly, but he could still comprehend the mysteries of destruction contained within it.
Thus, Luo Feng immediately engaged the World Envoys in battle.
Many times, he even deliberately used his body to withstand their attacks directly while carefully comprehending them.
Boom—
While casually killing one World Envoy with a single slash, invisible fluctuations suddenly appeared.
A gray weapon descended from a hidden layer of space-time.
Luo Feng's eyes lit up.
He immediately reached out and caught it.
It was a gray shuttle-shaped weapon radiating tremendously destructive power.
"My first Weapon of Destruction obtained within the Abyss of Destruction!"
A smile appeared on Luo Feng's face.
According to the intelligence he had gathered, while traversing the Abyss of Destruction and fighting through one Destruction World after another, one would occasionally obtain weapons.
The previous seven Lords had all acquired Weapons of Destruction.
Even those with the fewest had obtained five or six.
Star Light Lord had obtained more than twenty.
All of them were Weapons of Destruction.
They were not particularly suitable for the Lords themselves.
Therefore, most of the Lords had placed them within the Initial Land for future generations of cultivators to exchange for.
Previously, when the war had reached its most desperate stage, the Lords had temporarily opened the exchange permissions.
That had allowed even Luo Feng, who had not yet transcended the cage, to become eligible to exchange for the Void-Splitting Blade.
At the time, many treasures had been made available, and quite a few were no less precious than the Void-Splitting Blade.
"These Weapons of Destruction aren't particularly useful to me."
Luo Feng casually stored away the gray shuttle.
Although it was comparable to the Void-Splitting Blade, he personally preferred using blades.
Weapons at the level of the Void-Splitting Blade were merely ordinary weapons for Ancestors and Lords.
The increase they provided in combat power was extremely limited.
As for treasures capable of greatly increasing the strength of a Cultivator Lord...
Those were incomparably precious.
"According to the intelligence, the Abyss of Destruction contains certain special opportunities capable of yielding extremely precious treasures."
Luo Feng had already learned that Kafuxiu's white battle armor had been obtained from the Abyss of Destruction.
The reason Jin repeatedly ventured into the Abyss, even hoping to obtain Luo Feng's assistance, was precisely because he wanted to seek those special opportunities and obtain an exceptionally powerful weapon or battle armor.
By himself, the range he could explore was limited.
With Luo Feng's assistance, many Destruction Worlds would no longer be able to stop them.
Refining the Source Phantom depended entirely upon one's own strength.
However, merely exploring together?
Joint exploration was perfectly normal.
"According to the intelligence, the deeper one ventures into the Abyss of Destruction, the greater the chances of encountering special opportunities."
This was the conclusion reached by the other Lords.
No special opportunities had ever been reported within the first ten layers.
Of course, it was also possible that those who obtained them had simply kept the matter secret.
Beyond the tenth layer, however, special opportunities occasionally appeared.
Long ago, Kafuxiu encountered such an opportunity while exploring the Nineteenth Layer.
After overcoming countless dangers, he ultimately obtained the white battle armor that had accompanied him throughout endless years.
The assistance provided by that white battle armor greatly increased its resistance against all forms of external attacks.
Its value was no less than the benefits gained from refining and controlling an entire Mysterious Land.
Beyond the twentieth layer, there were said to be even more extraordinary opportunities.
However, throughout the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space, only four beings occupied worlds beyond the twentieth layer.
They were:
The Infinite Serpent Ancestor of the Twenty-First Layer.
Demon Ruins of the Twenty-Second Layer.
Star Light Lord of the Twenty-Sixth Layer.
Shazhou of the Twenty-Seventh Layer.
Yuan occupied the Nineteenth Layer.
That did not mean he was weaker than the Infinite Serpent Ancestor or Demon Ruins.
Occupying a layer of the Abyss of Destruction always favored the one who had occupied it first.
If Yuan wished to seize the Twenty-First Layer, he would have to face not only the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, but also the numerous World Envoys whose strength was nearly equal to the Infinite Serpent Ancestor.
"I'll take it one step at a time."
As Luo Feng experienced the siege of the Black Fur Envoys before him, he familiarized himself with this highest-level destructive power—the Power of Pulverization.
The master of the Second Destruction World, the Primordial Beast Ancestor, watched from afar with considerable envy.
"Every Cultivator Lord has mastered a Primordial Dao."
"As for me... I relied mostly upon innate talent. I was born an Ancestor."
"Even after growing to my current level, although my Domain can be called the strongest in the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space... I still cannot become Undying and Indestructible."
"My body itself is my Domain. While that makes my Domain extraordinarily powerful, it also traps me."
Having lived for far too long and accumulated experience over endless ages, the Primordial Beast Ancestor clearly understood its own shortcomings.
"If I want to become Undying and Indestructible, I must break free from the limitations of the physical body..."
"...allowing my Domain to completely merge into the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space."
"At that point, I would become a part of the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space itself."
"Only then could I become Undying and Indestructible."
"As for now..."
"As long as I possess a tangible body, I can still be destroyed."
Previously, it had already experienced Luo Feng's Origin Great Destruction Explosion.
At that time, it had immediately taken the initiative to disperse the power of the Origin Great Destruction Explosion.
Even so, both it and the Ancestor Black Tide had still lost roughly ten percent of their bodies.
Had it attempted to completely seal away that terrifying power, even the Primordial Beast Ancestor itself might have been completely annihilated.
Naturally...
It wasn't that foolish.
"Undying and Indestructible..."
The Primordial Beast Ancestor longed for it.
Yet it simply could not take that final step.
In the blink of an eye, another era had passed.
"Primordial Beast Ancestor, there's no need for the World Envoys to continue attacking me. I'm preparing to head to the next layer."
Luo Feng spoke.
"Lord Luo Feng."
The Primordial Beast Ancestor suddenly asked,
"What do you think my Void Body must do in order to completely merge into the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space?"
"Completely merge?"
Luo Feng glanced at it and replied,
"If you wish to merge into it, then you must first understand it thoroughly! You must carefully comprehend the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space itself. Even if you're unable to comprehend the Primordial Space Path, you'd best at least comprehend one highest-level spatial power."
"Comprehend one spatial power?"
The Primordial Beast Ancestor subconsciously abandoned any thought of comprehending the Primordial Space Path.
That simply wasn't something an Ancestor could hope to achieve.
Even comprehending an entirely new highest-level power was already unimaginably difficult.
"Thank you."
The Primordial Beast Ancestor sincerely expressed its gratitude.
Luo Feng smiled faintly before proceeding to the next layer.
The Lords of the Cultivator Faction treated members of the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction differently according to their stance.
They harbored deep hostility toward the pro-war faction.
Toward the anti-war faction, however, the Cultivator Faction was much friendlier.
Among the Nine Emperors, the Giant God Emperor, the Ancestor Black Tide, and the Primordial Beast Ancestor were the leaders of the anti-war faction.
Previously, they had only joined the battle after the more than seventy Ancestors found themselves unable to retreat safely and the entire faction was on the verge of defeat.
The Cultivator Faction treated those three kindly because they hoped the pro-war faction would continue shrinking.
After all, whenever war broke out, although the Lords themselves remained unharmed, the countless World Clusters suffered catastrophic casualties.
"Mastering a highest-level power truly isn't easy."
Luo Feng sighed inwardly.
Back then, after mastering the Primordial Life-and-Death Path, he had still spent more than three eras comprehending the Power of Blood.
This time, his Primordial Blade Dao remained only a prototype.
Comprehending the Power of Severance was clearly much more difficult.
Of course, it was still vastly easier than completely comprehending the Primordial Blade Dao.
Even with his own talent, comprehension, and accumulation in Dao, mastering a single highest-level power was already so difficult.
As for those Ancestors...
Their Life Cores naturally grew through innate talent, generally allowing them to master one highest-level power.
But mastering a second highest-level power?
The difficulty naturally increased dramatically.
For example, throughout the Giant God Emperor Race, not a single member had managed to refine and control the Giant God Realm.
Likewise, among the Infinite Serpent Race, only the Infinite Serpent Ancestor had completely mastered two highest-level powers.
The other Ancestor-Level Infinite Serpents were noticeably weaker.
……
Luo Feng remained within every Destruction World for one or two eras, familiarizing himself with the highest-level destructive power contained within each world.
In the Fifth Destruction World, Luo Feng encountered the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain.
The Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain despised every Cultivator Lord, and naturally harbored great hostility toward Luo Feng, refusing to cooperate at all.
Luo Feng could only take the initiative to attack, deliberately assuming the posture of attempting to seize the Fifth Destruction World.
Although the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain excelled at withstanding every attack, his frontal combat strength was actually inferior even to Luo Feng's.
Otherwise, he would not have occupied only the Fifth Layer.
Faced with Luo Feng's apparent attempt to seize the world, the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain was forced to fight with his full strength while joining forces with all eight hundred World Envoys to besiege Luo Feng.
The battle raged until heaven and earth seemed to lose their color.
Only after fighting continuously for more than one era, once Luo Feng had completely studied the power of all eight hundred World Envoys, did he proceed to the Sixth Destruction World.
"Every one of these Cultivator Lords is overbearing!"
The Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain felt extremely dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do.
……
The Seventh Layer of the Abyss of Destruction.
Luo Feng finally arrived there.
"Brother Luo Feng."
Wu Lan's booming laughter echoed throughout the entire Seventh Destruction World.
"I sensed that you've stayed in every Destruction World for one or two eras. Are you comprehending the Power of Destruction?"
The other Lords all understood that after succeeding through the path of breaking all techniques with strength, Luo Feng would certainly attempt to cultivate a second Primordial Dao.
They also believed that, given Luo Feng's speed in breaking all techniques with strength, comprehending his second Primordial Dao should not require much time.
"I've also encountered a bottleneck while comprehending my second Dao."
Luo Feng shook his head.
"So I came to the Abyss of Destruction to deepen my accumulation."
"If there's anything I can help with, just say the word."
Wu Lan replied.
"Brother Wu Lan, please dispatch every World Envoy of this layer to attack me."
Luo Feng said.
"Very well."
With a single thought, Wu Lan mobilized all six hundred World Envoys.
Each resembled a ferocious lava beast.
They charged together toward Luo Feng.
Thus, Luo Feng came into contact with another destructive power—
The Power of Violence.
The Power of Violence consisted of eighty percent destruction and twenty percent fire.
After experiencing it for more than one era, Luo Feng asked Wu Lan to withdraw the World Envoys.
"Brother Wu Lan, I'd like to stay within your Destruction World for a while."
Luo Feng said.
"Hahaha... Stay as long as you like. This clone of mine normally remains asleep."
Wu Lan's booming laughter echoed throughout the entire Seventh Destruction World.
With a single thought, Luo Feng reshaped the earth.
Soon, an ordinary cave dwelling took form.
"I won't disturb you any longer, Brother Luo Feng."
Wu Lan laughed.
His enormous body slowly sank into the depths of the earth and entered a dormant state.
Only when outsiders arrived would he awaken.
"I've now experienced seven different destructive powers. I've already understood all of their profound mysteries. What I need now is to properly digest and absorb them, making them part of my own Dao."
Within the cave dwelling, Luo Feng began his secluded cultivation.
—
Thanks to the new Alliance Leader, "A Lifetime Without Extinction at the Ends of the Earth," for the generous reward!
(End of Chapter)