Chapter 411 : Volume Eleven: The Battles Across the First Eighteen Layers of the Abyss of Destruction
Chapter 411: Volume Eleven: The Battles Across the First Eighteen Layers of the Abyss of Destruction
Luo Feng looked at Ancestor Wugu and said coldly, “Still unwilling to give up? Still want to fight?”
Ancestor Wugu was, after all, an existence comparable to a Cultivator Lord, so his judgment was naturally keen! His domain and body had been severed without the slightest resistance, and more than three hundred World Envoys had all been cut apart with a single slash. Ancestor Wugu knew very well what such terrifying power represented.
“I truly never expected that after Star Light Lord, the Cultivator Faction would produce another Lord Luo Feng!” Ancestor Wugu snorted coldly before instantly diving into space-time and heading toward the higher layers of the Abyss of Destruction.
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The territory of the Ice Peak Faction.
“Ice Peak.” A clone of Ancestor Wugu descended and immediately went to meet the Ice Peak Ancestor.
A towering iceberg figure opened his eyes. His entire body was composed of deep-blue ice, and the endless chill naturally emanating from him made it impossible for Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms and High-Rank Primordial Lifeforms to survive throughout the surrounding vast region.
“Wugu.” The Ice Peak Ancestor looked at Ancestor Wugu. “What is it?”
The three strongest members of the Ice Peak Faction were Shazhou, Ice Peak, and Pucheng. However, ‘Ancestor Pucheng’ was the least obedient among the twelve Undying and Indestructible beings. Although Ancestor Wugu was somewhat greedy, he was at least relatively obedient, so the Ice Peak Ancestor still valued him greatly.
“Ice Peak, I encountered Luo Feng in the Abyss of Destruction.” Ancestor Wugu said solemnly, “I fought with all my strength, but in the end, he severed my body with a single slash, and control of the Eighth Layer Destruction World was taken from me.”
The Ice Peak Ancestor was astonished. “Impossible!”
“I wouldn't have believed it either before fighting him.” As Ancestor Wugu spoke, he waved his hand, and the previous battle scene appeared in the air beside them.
Battles frequently occurred within the Abyss of Destruction, so no faction constantly kept watch over it. Moreover, the clash between Ancestor Wugu and Luo Feng had been so brief that no one had noticed it.
“When I fought Luo Feng, no other powerhouse was observing my layer of the Destruction World.” Ancestor Wugu said in a deep voice. “For the time being, this battle remains a secret.”
Even by observing the past, one generally could not witness battles at this level.
In the entire Infinite Chaotic Origin Space, only a handful of beings were capable of observing battles between Ancestors and Lords in the past.
As for observing the future? The past was fixed, but the future contained countless possibilities. Simply navigating among different future timelines was enough to confound countless experts. It was vastly more difficult than observing the past.
“So Luo Feng has actually become this powerful?” Only after watching the entire battle did the Ice Peak Ancestor speak. “Although your body isn't particularly strong, among the Ancestors it can still be considered above average. Combined with your powerful domain and the enhancement of the Destruction World's power, you still couldn't withstand a single move! This level of destructive power has already surpassed Lord Momang, Jin, Minghuang Lord, and the others of the Cultivator Faction.”
Ancestor Wugu nodded. Since they had competed over Destruction Worlds before, he had fought Lord Momang, Jin, and Minghuang Lord in the past.
“This Luo Feng is definitely much stronger than Jin and Lord Momang.”
The Power of Severance alone was naturally far inferior to Jin and the others. However, when the Primordial Life-and-Death Path was combined with the Power of Severance, some of Luo Feng's killing moves could instantly unleash one-tenth of his energy reserves. That was far greater than the energy Jin, Lord Momang, and Minghuang Lord could release by burning their Main Battle Clones. Naturally, Luo Feng's blade easily severed Ancestor Wugu's body.
“Although Yuan is formidable, what he excels at is formations. Even he cannot achieve what Luo Feng just did!”
“This level of destructive power points directly at Star Light Lord and Shazhou! It can already be considered the highest level within the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space!” After watching the entire battle, the Ice Peak Ancestor reached his conclusion. His mood was anything but pleasant.
The Cultivator Faction, which had once depended on him, had already become increasingly disobedient. Now that Luo Feng's strength had risen again, the Cultivator Faction would only become even more powerful!
Ancestor Wugu asked, “Ice Peak, how should we respond?”
“Endless Ancestor has just broken through, and now Luo Feng has broken through as well.” The Ice Peak Ancestor truly felt exhausted.
After Endless Ancestor broke through into the Undying and Indestructible realm, his strength had already become comparable to the Ice Peak Ancestor's. Furthermore, the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction had already been the strongest faction to begin with, and now it had become even stronger.
As for the Cultivator Faction, its rising star, Luo Feng, had now reached the level of Star Light Lord and Shazhou.
As the leader of the Ice Peak Faction, one of the Three Major Faction Camps, how could the Ice Peak Ancestor not feel weary? Ancestor Pucheng within his own faction refused to obey him, while the Three Emperors of Wind and Thunder Sea were always causing trouble!
“Don't worry. The faction with the greatest conflict against the Cultivator Faction is the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction!” the Ice Peak Ancestor said. “The Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction possesses half of all the Ancestors in the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space. Their desire for resources and Source World Origins means they are destined to become mortal enemies with the Cultivator Faction.”
“Let them fight first. The fiercer they fight, the deeper their hatred will become, and the less likely they will ever reconcile.”
Ancestor Wugu nodded.
The Ice Peak Faction had less than half as many Ancestors as the Naturally Born Chaotic Origin Faction!
“How long has Luo Feng even been a Lord?” the Ice Peak Ancestor sighed. “Our Ice Peak Faction hasn't produced a truly outstanding powerhouse in a very long time.”
“This Luo Feng is indeed somewhat terrifying.” Ancestor Wugu was an extremely proud individual.
Even so, Luo Feng's rate of growth had genuinely shocked him.
“Indeed. He's already approaching the level of Star Light Lord and Shazhou. What about in the future?” The Ice Peak Ancestor felt a growing sense of helplessness, as though the Cultivator Faction was about to surpass the Ice Peak Faction while they had absolutely no way of stopping it.
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The Eighth Layer of the Abyss of Destruction.
“The Source Phantom is indeed extraordinary.”
After leaving his Life Imprint upon the Source Phantom as quickly as possible, Luo Feng only began carefully studying it after Ancestor Wugu had departed.
Unlike the origins of ordinary Mysterious Lands, it was far more illusory.
“No wonder the Ancestors and Lords call it the ‘Source Phantom.’ It's incredibly insubstantial. It feels as though it can only exist by relying on the entire Abyss of Destruction.”
Luo Feng sensed it vaguely.
“Even on the Eighth Layer, with all the World's Power augmenting me, my strength only increases by about twenty percent?”
Luo Feng tested it.
The enhancement provided by the Destruction World's power was indeed rather weak.
Within the Blood Crane Territory, his strength could increase severalfold.
Even over an immense distance, the Blood Crane Territory's augmentation remained quite helpful.
“Once I leave this layer of the Destruction World, the enhancement from the Destruction World's power weakens further.” Luo Feng had long known this from the available intelligence. “At that point, it has only one use. The weakened Destruction World's power can be used to augment a weapon, increasing its destructive power.”
That was also its only suitable use.
The increase in destructive power varied according to the strength of the Destruction World, but generally increased a weapon's destructive power by about ten percent.
“However, many techniques used by Ancestors and Lords don't involve weapons at all, so they receive no enhancement.”
Luo Feng thought about domain techniques and long-range attacks that were unsuitable for weapons.
In those cases, the Destruction World's power provided no assistance whatsoever.
Compared to controlling an entire Mysterious Land, controlling a layer of a Destruction World offered relatively little benefit.
Nevertheless, increasing a weapon's power by around ten percent was still extremely valuable to an Ancestor or Lord.
After all, at their level, even the slightest increase in strength was incredibly difficult to achieve.
Luo Feng had only recently broken through through Force Breaking All Techniques and was still in a period of rapid growth.
If he eventually comprehended the complete Primordial Blade Dao, then further improvement would become just as difficult for him as it was for every other Ancestor and Lord. Advancing even a small step would be extraordinarily difficult.
“Attack me!”
Luo Feng sat cross-legged within the Eighth Layer of the Abyss of Destruction. With a single thought, all 550 World Envoys formed and frantically charged toward him.
“The highest-level destructive power of the Eighth Layer may be called the ‘Power of Extinction.’ It consists of eighty percent destruction and twenty percent world.” Luo Feng calmly experienced it. “Each layer of the Abyss of Destruction contains a different kind of destructive power... I've heard that the deeper Destruction Worlds contain destructive powers formed from the fusion of three Daos.”
According to the intelligence he possessed, every destructive power beyond the Twentieth Layer was formed from the fusion of three Daos.
For example, the Twenty-Sixth Layer occupied by Star Light Lord was known as the ‘Power of Black Flame Tribulation.’ It consisted of eighty percent destruction, ten percent fire, and ten percent darkness. That layer contained only fifty World Envoys. Although each could borrow only a portion of the Power of Black Flame Tribulation, together they were enough to put pressure on Star Light Lord.
“As the Abyss of Destruction grows deeper, more Daos are fused together. Does that mean... the more Daos that are fused, the stronger one becomes?”
Luo Feng pondered.
According to the accumulated experience of the Ancestors and Lords—
The more highest-level powers an Ancestor mastered, and the more perfectly they were combined, the stronger they became. This was especially true when refining and controlling a Mysterious Land, which placed extremely high requirements on the number of highest-level powers one had mastered.
The Blood Crane Territory contained three highest-level powers. As for Mysterious Lands containing four, five, or even more highest-level powers, one could easily imagine how terrifying the refinement requirements would be.
Among all the Ancestors, the maximum number of different highest-level powers any individual had mastered was currently two.
Among the Cultivator Lords, the maximum number of Chaotic Origin-level Daos mastered was likewise two.
Everyone understood that mastering more Daos or more different kinds of highest-level powers would certainly increase one's strength. However, the difficulty increased explosively with each additional one.
“I'll remain firmly rooted on my own path and continue walking it.”
While enduring the attacks of the 550 World Envoys, Luo Feng studied every mystery contained within this destructive power, continuously deepening his own accumulation.
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While Luo Feng cultivated, chaotic battles erupted throughout the upper layers of the Abyss of Destruction.
Ancestor Wugu first challenged Wu Lan on the Seventh Layer, but with the World Envoys fighting alongside him, Wu Lan easily stopped him.
He then fought Xiu Saiwei on the Sixth Layer. Xiu Saiwei also belonged to the Ice Peak Faction. The relationship between Ancestor Wugu and Xiu Saiwei had always been poor. This time, Ancestor Wugu shamelessly attacked by force, yet he was still stopped by Xiu Saiwei.
In the end, Ancestor Wugu successfully seized the Fifth Layer from the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain.
The Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain excelled at defense, but Ancestor Wugu's domain was able to restrain him. While suppressing the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain, Ancestor Wugu dealt with the World Envoys as well and ultimately gained control of the Fifth Layer.
After losing his Destruction World, the Lord of Lotus Prison Mountain could only compete for another one, and he immediately clashed with Yanhuo Ancestor, who occupied the Fourth Layer...
In the end, none of the upper layers remained peaceful. Every occupant was forced into battle.
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After spending more than one era in the Eighth Layer, Luo Feng arrived at the Ninth Layer of the Abyss of Destruction.
Within this layer, three elegantly dressed women simultaneously looked toward Luo Feng. One was petite and adorable, one was tall and cold, and the third had calm eyes devoid of all emotion.
“Lord Luo Feng.”
The three women looked at him.
“Ancestor Liuyue.”
Luo Feng greeted her politely.
Ancestor Liuyue had been born with three bodies. However, all three shared a single Life Core, which could shift freely among the three bodies at any moment. Her strength currently ranked among the top twenty in the Infinite Chaotic Origin Space. Yet precisely because of her ‘Three-Body Form,’ she had never reached the Undying and Indestructible state.
At the same time, because of that Three-Body Form, killing her completely was extraordinarily difficult.
She remained detached from worldly affairs, almost never becoming involved in conflicts, nor had she joined any faction.
Not long ago, the Ninth Layer of the Abyss of Destruction had belonged to Lord Naigu. However, after Endless Ancestor seized control of the Eighteenth Layer from Kafuxiu, battles erupted from the Ninth through the Eighteenth Layers, causing many of the occupants to change.
Including Luo Feng's seizure of the Eighth Layer from Ancestor Wugu, which had triggered another round of battles, one could say that all of the first eighteen layers of the Abyss of Destruction had experienced combat, with many changes in ownership.
“Lord Luo Feng has fought his way down from the First Layer, remaining in every layer for at least one era. Is it for cultivation?” Ancestor Liuyue asked politely. As long as no one provoked her, she remained friendly toward every faction.
If anyone did provoke her, she would naturally retaliate without restraint.
“Yes. I also hope Ancestor Liuyue can help by ordering all of the World Envoys to attack me,” Luo Feng said.
“A trivial matter.” Ancestor Liuyue nodded readily. Commanding the World Envoys required only a single thought and consumed no resources whatsoever. She was more than happy to establish a friendship with Lord Luo Feng.
Very soon, all five hundred World Envoys attacked Luo Feng, allowing him to continue experiencing another new destructive power.
After more than one era had passed—
Luo Feng bade farewell to Ancestor Liuyue and proceeded to the next layer.
“To fight his way down layer by layer and remain in each one for at least an era... this Lord Luo Feng must possess some remarkable one-on-one techniques.”
Ancestor Liuyue realized this.
After all, not every layer would willingly cooperate with Luo Feng. Sometimes, strength alone was enough.
Ancestor Liuyue also began paying attention to the rest of Luo Feng's journey.
Above the Tenth Layer, the difficulty was completely different from that below it.
Further down were the levels occupied by Endless Ancestor, Yuan, Ice Peak, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, and others.
Beyond them were Star Light Lord and Shazhou.
And further still...
Lay the Destruction Worlds that no one had ever conquered.
“I wonder how deep Lord Luo Feng will ultimately reach.”
Ancestor Liuyue watched from afar.
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