Chapter 420 : Volume Eleven: Luo Feng?
Chapter 420: Volume Eleven: Luo Feng?
A gigantic creature with several hundred slender appendages was lying atop a Source World, like a tiny ant clinging to an egg.
It carefully separated a trace of its power and slowly seeped it into the Source World, afraid that making too much of a disturbance would kill the countless living beings inside. With meticulous care, its power created one catastrophe after another as it absorbed the emotion of "fear" from those living beings.
"These Source World creatures are obviously so weak, yet their intelligence is remarkably high, and their emotions are incomparably intense."
It absorbed the emotions of fear, merging them into its Life Core.
When the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction had previously invaded the Cultivator Faction, seizing Source Worlds had been extremely brutal. Their primary objective had been devouring the Source World Origin! As for the value of the countless Source World living beings, only a small portion had been utilized.
For example, Mogusi had devoured the souls of the inhabitants of more than six million Source Worlds.
Under wartime conditions, the efficiency of resource utilization had been rather low.
However, within the World Clusters located inside their own territories, every Source World was exploited to its absolute limit!
The emotions, desires, bodies, and souls of the Source World's inhabitants were all resources!
The Source World Origin was the most valuable resource of all and had to be used with the utmost restraint.
"No, no, I can't resist it at all! I can already create universes, yet I'm still powerless before this catastrophe!"
"Why?"
"No——"
Within the Source World, one region of universes welcomed its final catastrophe.
They struggled again and again.
They failed again and again.
Finally, in utter despair...
They were completely destroyed.
Yet this region of universes was merely the tip of the iceberg within the entire Source World.
Outside the Source World, the gigantic creature lying upon it remained extremely patient.
It wanted to maximize the fear of these living beings as much as possible.
Only then could it maximize its enjoyment of this food.
Moreover, it wanted its food supply to be sustainable!
It divided the entire Source World into multiple regions.
It would guide and consume them one region at a time.
After making one complete circuit, the earliest consumed regions would have already given birth to new life...
Thus the process could continue endlessly, continuously contributing power to it.
"My merits allow me to enjoy the living beings of this Source World for one hundred thousand Eras. However, I absolutely cannot touch the Source World Origin."
This World-Level Primordial Lifeform understood that very well.
The Source World Origin was generally reserved as food for the most valued World-Level Primordial Lifeforms and even certain Ancestors.
"Hm?"
The World-Level Primordial Lifeform was startled.
It saw a black-robed man suddenly appear before it.
The moment it saw the man's appearance...
An instinctive fear arose from the depths of its soul.
"A Cultivator Lord!"
As one of the core members of its clan, it was highly valued by the Ancestors and knew about the most terrifying existences within the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space.
The Eight Cultivator Lords were existences that its entire clan absolutely could not afford to provoke.
Whoosh!
A single ripple swept across the World-Level Primordial Lifeform.
Its vitality was completely severed.
It died instantly!
At the moment of death, both its physical body and Life Core remained perfectly intact.
Only...
Not the slightest trace of vitality remained.
Even with only one ten-thousandth of his energy reserves, Luo Feng's clone still had to make a move to kill a World-Level Primordial Lifeform.
If it had been his Main Battle Clone...
A single glance would have been enough for all these World-Level Primordial Lifeforms to perish.
Luo Feng waved a hand, storing away the corpse of the World-Level Primordial Lifeform.
At his current realm, a single thought was enough to create a storage space.
No matter how many corpses he wished to store, it was effortless.
In fact, if Luo Feng wished, he could spend a little effort creating entire worlds.
The billions upon billions of worlds within the Cultivator Faction, vastly outnumbering Source Worlds, had all been created by the Lords.
Having mastered Highest-Level Paths, those Paths themselves could easily become the origin of an entire world.
However, the living beings nurtured within those billions of worlds possessed significantly less potential than those born within Source Worlds.
"This Source World..."
Luo Feng looked at the Source World before him.
With a single thought, he descended into its interior, forming a weak incarnation.
His incarnation willingly accepted the suppression of the Source World Laws, restricting its strength to the upper limit of the Chaos Realm.
If he resisted the suppression imposed by the Source World Laws...
The resulting violent conflict would easily generate an energy storm capable of destroying every living being inside the Source World!
The same applied to World-Level Primordial Lifeforms.
When facing an ownerless Source World, they were perfectly capable of using brute force.
They could even slowly absorb the Source World Origin.
...
Inside the Source World.
Luo Feng's Chaos Realm incarnation stood within the void, looking at the countless universes in the distance.
"The interior of this Source World has been deliberately destroyed."
"The central continent was shattered long ago, giving birth to over a million Primal Universes."
Luo Feng observed carefully.
Unlike the Origin Continent, this Source World possessed no central continent whatsoever.
It consisted entirely of one universe after another.
Its energy had become far too dispersed.
As a result, it had easily produced more than a million Primal Universes.
However...
Its living beings were generally very weak.
The strongest among them had only reached the Eternal True God Realm.
Moreover...
The moment they reached the Eternal True God Realm, they would soon encounter their death tribulation.
"These million Primal Universes..."
"Every single living being within them is merely food for the Naturally Born Primordial Lifeforms."
Luo Feng's eyes were icy cold.
Luo Feng beckoned.
A white-haired woman appeared beside him.
She looked at Luo Feng with vigilance.
"Who are you?"
"Have you come to kill me?"
She stared at Luo Feng.
"I already know that after taking the final step, my death tribulation will soon arrive."
"But even if I die..."
"I want to know the truth."
Luo Feng looked at her with admiration.
"You are outstanding."
The white-haired woman remained incomparably cautious.
She had struggled upward from weakness one step at a time.
She had experienced far too many terrifying incidents.
Sometimes what appeared to be a pleasant surprise...
Turned out to conceal even greater terror and despair.
As her strength continued to grow...
The despair within her heart had only deepened.
She simply could not see even the slightest possibility of transcending everything.
"An Eternal True God..."
"Yet your Mental Will has already reached the threshold of a God King."
Luo Feng sighed.
"When I was at the Eternal True God stage, I was only about this level myself."
The white-haired woman quietly looked at Luo Feng.
She listened silently.
Go ahead.
Perform all you want.
I won't believe any so-called surprise!
I will always interpret every event according to the most terrifying possibility imaginable.
"Your Mental Will cultivation method is quite unique."
"You sever your own mind?"
"And you've done so three times?"
With a single glance, Luo Feng saw everything from the woman's birth until the present with perfect clarity.
The person standing before him was the true body of this woman named Exu.
She had also severed three clones from herself.
The Mental Will Cultivation Method she had created—the Mind-Severing Cultivation Method—had enabled her to possess God King-level Mental Will while still only an Eternal True God.
One had to understand...
Her suffering.
Her despair.
Her incomparably intense emotions...
Were powerful enough to be absorbed by Destruction Mountain, the core of the Abyss of Destruction.
Those emotions were extraordinarily intense.
"Who are you?"
The white-haired woman frowned slightly after hearing him immediately identify her Mind-Severing technique.
"This Source World lies within the territory of the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction."
"I cannot protect it forever."
Luo Feng looked at her.
This little girl Exu was simply too vigilant.
With a thought, an invisible ripple influenced her.
"You are very outstanding."
"So I will take you away."
"And I can also help you take away all the living beings of one universe."
The space created by Luo Feng's weak clone could only reliably carry the inhabitants of a single universe.
Under the influence of Luo Feng's voice...
Exu naturally came to trust him completely.
She quickly selected one universe and also relocated several of her friends.
Whoosh.
Soon afterward, Luo Feng's Chaos Realm incarnation used a secret technique to perform a World-Breaking Teleportation, transferring every living being from an entire universe to the clone outside the Source World that possessed one ten-thousandth of his energy reserves.
"Let's go."
Within the sleeve of Luo Feng's clone, an ordinary world naturally opened.
It could easily accommodate the inhabitants of an entire universe.
Luo Feng departed together with Exu.
Exu first witnessed an entire Primal Universe of living beings being stored within Luo Feng's sleeve.
She then watched him travel through countless layers of space-time at an unimaginably fast speed.
Luo Feng glanced at her.
An enormous amount of information immediately poured into Exu's mind.
It contained information about the Cultivator Faction and the other factions, allowing Exu to understand the current situation.
"Your Mental Will possesses considerable potential."
"Are you willing to become my, Luo Feng's, nominal disciple?"
Luo Feng looked at her.
"This disciple is willing!"
Exu answered excitedly.
Luo Feng nodded.
...
All 3,916 of Luo Feng's clones were taking action.
Some moved quickly.
Others moved more slowly.
The intense emotions absorbed by Destruction Mountain all represented individuals with exceptionally powerful Mental Will.
Unfortunately...
Many of these talented juniors had already perished.
Only countless members of their races continued persevering.
According to Luo Feng's estimate...
This operation should allow him to accept over a hundred nominal disciples.
"Hm?"
A gigantic winding serpent clung to a Source World.
It was an Infinite Serpent.
At this very moment, it was slowly absorbing the Source World Origin.
Since it had already begun absorbing the origin...
Everything inside the Source World had long since been utterly destroyed.
The winding serpent looked into the distance.
A black-robed man had appeared there.
"I'm too late."
Luo Feng frowned slightly.
Even though less than a day had passed since his clones had begun gathering power...
He had still been too slow.
"Lord Luo Feng?"
The winding serpent immediately recognized Luo Feng.
Its heart trembled.
It immediately lowered its head respectfully.
"Greetings, great Cultivator Lord."
Although it belonged to the Infinite Serpent Clan—the greatest clan within the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction...
When encountering a lone Cultivator Lord by itself...
Its only option was to remain completely respectful and seek even the slightest chance of survival.
At this moment...
The surrounding space-time seemed completely frozen.
Every trace of Life Aura had been locked down.
The serpent could clearly feel that it could no longer teleport back to its homeland—the Infinite World.
"Lord Luo Feng, I am a member of the Infinite Clan..."
Whoosh.
A single ripple passed by.
The eyes of the World-Level Primordial Lifeform Infinite Serpent immediately dimmed.
Its vitality was extinguished.
"Who?! Who dares kill a member of my clan?!"
An enraged voice echoed across unimaginably distant space-time.
Space-time itself twisted.
At the opposite end of that distorted space-time stood an enormous figure inside the Infinite World.
The black-robed Luo Feng looked over indifferently.
"It was me."
"Luo Feng?"
The enormous figure had originally intended to descend across space-time with the aid of the Infinite World.
However...
The instant it recognized the black-robed figure...
Its heart trembled.
That was Luo Feng!
The one who had severely wounded Kafuxiu—ranked among the top ten—in only three strikes!
The one whose strength surpassed every Ancestor of the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction!
One of the absolute highest-level existences in the entire Infinite Chaotic Origin Space!
And he had only become a Lord not long ago!
His rate of growth was simply terrifying!
"Lord Luo Feng..."
"What's going on?"
"Why have you killed a member of my Infinite Clan?"
The enormous figure's tone immediately became much gentler.
Luo Feng looked at it coldly.
He had already been in an extremely poor mood because he had arrived too late.
Now a mere weak Ancestor dared question him endlessly.
"Are you asking me for a reason?"
Luo Feng stared at it.
The enormous figure no longer dared argue.
The distorted space-time also returned to normal.
"A bunch of scum."
Luo Feng's gaze was icy cold.
Within the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction...
Only five beings were truly Undying and Indestructible.
The remaining hundred-plus Ancestors...
Could all still die.
"My Heart of Destruction..."
"Still isn't strong enough."
Luo Feng silently thought.