Chapter 224: Ultimate – Taking Action
“Luo He is this overbearing?”
Divine King Yinyue, Divine King Haimo, Divine King Tianyi, Ruler Hansen, and Lord An Tian were all stunned!
They were all Second Stage Divine Kings, and one of them was even a lord from the Destruction Legion! Yet Divine King Luo He did not place any of them in his eyes at all, and even intended to seize the entire territory of Shiguo for himself, asking if the five of them had any objections?
“Luo He, aren’t you being too domineering!” Ruler Hansen shouted angrily. He was a life-and-death friend of ‘Divine King Zimu’ from Tianmu Nation. On the Origin Continent, most powers would have to give him some face.
Lord An Tian’s gaze was cold as he merely observed Luo Feng.
“Divine King Luo He, with the five of us here, yet you want to monopolize all of Shiguo? Isn’t that excessive?” Divine King Yinyue spoke, “In my view, we can discuss properly and divide Shiguo, with each of the three sides holding a portion.”
Divine King Yinyue had already sensed that the situation was turning unfavorable.
Lord An Tian’s strength was already extremely formidable, and he also represented the Destruction Legion. Luo He had just become a Divine King when he managed to contend with the Heavenly Kun Ruler. Now, as a Second Stage Divine King, his strength was even harder to predict. Divine King Yinyue no longer harbored hopes of monopolizing Shiguo.
“Hansen Nation and the Blade River Sect are both Shiguo’s neighbors, each with only a single Second Stage Divine King. The thirty surrounding Chaos States next to you can go to you.” Divine King Yinyue said, “The remaining Chaos States will belong to the three of us Second Stage Divine Kings, how about that?”
“One hundred and thirty-five Chaos States, Luo He and I take thirty each, and you want to take seventy-five?” Ruler Hansen laughed in anger. “Yinyue, aren’t you thinking too highly of yourself?”“The three of us Second Stage Divine Kings, on average, would only get twenty to thirty Chaos States each, which is not much.” Divine King Yinyue continued.
“Hansen Nation is already a second-rate country. To gain some Chaos States this time is already more than enough!” Divine King Tianyi frowned.
“I want at least fifty Chaos States!” Ruler Hansen declared.
At the level of Second Stage Divine Kings, when they could not overcome each other, usually negotiations would determine the distribution of benefits.
“Everyone.”
Five silver-robed Luo Fengs stood at a distance, watching them. “I made it very clear. The entirety of Shiguo’s territory belongs to my Blade River Sect! There is no room for negotiation!”
Divine King Yinyue and Ruler Hansen, who had already begun negotiating, were both stunned as they turned to look at Luo Feng.
“If you disagree, then according to the old rules—let strength decide.” Luo Feng looked at them. “You can invite your friends! However many you invite, I will dispatch the same number of avatars! Guaranteed to be one-on-one!”
“Arrogant!”
“This Luo He!”
Divine King Yinyue and Ruler Hansen were all furious and indignant.
This Luo He was too much—wanting to eat everything by himself! Not even leaving them a sip of broth.
“I’ll give you ten breaths to consider. If you don’t leave by then, I’ll make a move.” The five silver-robed Luo Fengs stared at them coldly.
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Within Shiguo, this confrontation where six Second Stage Divine Kings gathered to determine ownership of Shiguo naturally attracted the attention of all forces across the Origin Continent.
“Ruler Hansen is so mediocre, he can barely protect his own nation. And yet he dares to covet part of Shiguo?” From afar, Di Chu watched. “Yinyue pulling two helpers along, and they think they can contend with my disciple?”
In terms of strength, deterrence, and background, his disciple Luo Feng surpassed Ruler Hansen and Divine King Yinyue.
In Di Chu’s eyes, with Luo Feng’s strength, holding only the current twenty Chaos States was already too small! Even occupying Shiguo’s entire territory could only be considered barely adequate for Luo Feng’s strength. Ř𝒶Ｎ𝘖₿Ès
“But this time, Luo He should reveal some of his true strength.” Di Chu watched with a smile. “Last time, he released a single blade light and defeated an ordinary Second Stage Divine King. That already proved his realm was extremely high! But clearly, that wasn’t his full strength.”
His disciple had progressed too quickly. Even Di Chu wasn’t too sure just how strong his disciple had become.
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“Heavenly Kun was killed, and now his neighbors, including Divine King Yinyue, are already scheming to seize his kingdom.” Di Yan also watched from afar. He naturally disdained the scramble over Shiguo’s territory.
What Di Yan cared more about was the one who had killed the Heavenly Kun Ruler!
“All of the Origin Continent knows that Heavenly Kun followed me.” Di Yan’s eyes were cold. “Yet the murderer didn’t care about my face at all and still killed Heavenly Kun and his two companions.”
“This murderer……”
Di Yan waved his hand, and an image appeared before him of a black-robed, golden-masked man. This man’s aura was deep and unfathomable, containing immense terror.
“Who exactly are you?” Di Yan frowned deeply.
Just by seeing this image, Di Yan instinctively felt an immense threat.
“Even Fengdu, that being from Shadow Heaven Realm, the Great Earth Divine King, Fire Ancestor, and Divine King Zongfu—none of the five ever made me feel such danger.” Di Yan observed carefully. “He hides himself well, but as long as he desires resources and acts again and again, he will eventually be exposed.”
Di Yan then continued watching the battle.
“This Luo He, his talent is very high. If left unchecked, he may well become another Zongfu!” Di Yan thought. “Unfortunately, Di Chu is protecting him, and even Di Fu seems to favor this Luo He.”
Di Fu had even sent Luo Feng to guard the Heavenly Pillar Realm—his stance was very clear.
“As a member of the Royal Clan, yet siding with a wandering cultivator.” Di Yan harbored hostility toward all wandering cultivators. Unfortunately, even the two Ancestors of the nations held some goodwill toward them, and that was something he could not change.
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On the Origin Continent, one powerhouse after another was watching, including Queen Fengdu, Emperor Guixu, Divine King Wuxin, and Ruler Yu Shui, all of whom had good relations with Luo Feng. Even Di Chu Ying and Di Chu Yu were watching the confrontation through recordings preserved by the Flame Pavilion.
“I wonder how much strength my disciple will reveal this time.” In the Ancient Thunder Kingdom, Zuo Shan Ke also watched with a smile, using a recording preserved by the Thunder Chamber of Commerce.
At that moment, in the skies above Shiguo’s royal capital, invisible fluctuations had already clashed.
World Power suppressed the surroundings, while powers such as destructive force, icy chill, and torrential water currents resisted. By now, Divine King Yinyue, Divine King Haimo, Divine King Tianyi, Ruler Hansen, and Lord An Tian were all prepared to fight.
It was impossible that just a few words from Luo Feng would make them leave with their tails between their legs!
“Luo He, if we divide Shiguo together, it will benefit everyone!” Divine King Yinyue tried again.
“Ten breaths have passed!” The five silver-robed Luo Fengs raised their hands, and each palm manifested a blade of light.
That blade of light.
At first glance, its entire body was pitch-black, yet along the edges glimmered a bright azure-blue.
The Undying Mixed Cave Light! It was nurtured by Luo Feng’s Inner World. The stronger the Inner World, the more blade lights it could store, and the more powerful the ‘Undying Mixed Cave Light’ could be honed.
Now that he had reached the Twenty-Four Phases Form of a World Life Form, each of his five avatars’ Inner Worlds had become much stronger. Though not as powerful as his true body, they each bore traces of the ‘Ultimate Realm Life Form.’
With such Inner Worlds, the Undying Mixed Cave Light they nurtured was terrifying beyond imagination.
Divine King Yinyue, Ruler Hansen, and Lord An Tian instinctively felt chills and dread when they saw the five black blade lights in the palms of Luo Feng’s avatars.
“Go!” The five silver-robed Luo Fengs unleashed the blades simultaneously.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The instant the five black blades flew forth, they had already reached the five Second Stage Divine Kings.
Too fast—impossible to dodge!
“Pu!”
Ruler Hansen was instantly split in half at the waist. His eyes filled with terror! That blade had expanded into an enormous light, instantly erasing nearly half of his divine power reserves. It continued slashing forward.
“If I take two more of these blades, won’t I die completely?” Ruler Hansen panicked and abandoned his true body on the spot. His Resurrection Vessel, located far away in Tianmu Nation, immediately awakened.
The Undying Mixed Cave Light!
Its pursuit was to cut all things! While it sought ultimate sharpness, it was slightly weaker in corrosive annihilation. Usually, it required multiple cuts, multiple erasures, to completely annihilate a body.
This was Luo Feng’s mercy!
The Undying Mixed Cave Light, with its repeated cuts, gave opponents enough time to revive through their Resurrection Vessels!
If it were the ‘Great Annihilation Form,’ its destructive and corrosive power was so immense that weaker Second Stage Divine Kings could be completely annihilated in one move, without even time for reincarnation.
Since this was only a territorial dispute, there was no need to go that far. Besides… Luo Feng had no plans to publicly display the Great Annihilation Form just yet. With the sheer toughness of his body, using ordinary techniques was already more than enough.
The Undying Mixed Cave Light, a fusion technique of the Five Major Branches, was strong enough.
“Pu.”
Divine King Haimo’s body, condensed from endless waters, was cut through by a massive blade. A portion of his divine power was instantly extinguished. Divine King Haimo’s eyes filled with fear.
“With just one strike, this avatar of mine lost twenty percent of its divine power reserves?” Divine King Haimo was shocked. Though it was only an ordinary avatar of his, Luo He was also only using an avatar.
Both were Second Stage Divine Kings, both using avatars—yet the gap was this wide?
“Pu pu pu.” That blade of light, condensed from endless knife energy, carried terrifying reserves and even self-recovery abilities. It was blindingly fast, continuously slashing.
“Is just one blade of light this terrifying?” In the blink of an eye, Divine King Haimo’s body was completely annihilated.
“Yinyue, Luo He is too strong, retreat!” His true body, far away, transmitted causality to warn.
“Pu.”
Divine King Tianyi’s figure was illusory, and the instant he was struck, he fled a trillion kilometers away.
But the pursuing blade light flashed and caught up, slashing across his illusory body again.
“Whoosh whoosh.” His phantom form flickered again and again, bizarre and evasive. But that blade light was locked onto him completely, chasing without end.
“Yinyue, retreat, this Luo He is too frightening.” Divine King Tianyi transmitted. “I’ll flee first!”
Whoosh.
Immediately, that avatar of his, which had already lost more than half of its divine power reserves, suddenly vanished altogether. He had completely escaped the surrounding territory, and Luo Feng’s Undying Mixed Cave Light could no longer find its target.
Walking the Origin Path of the Infinite, if he truly fled to extreme distances, not even the Undying Mixed Cave Light could track him.
Luo Feng’s World Power enveloped the range within which his blade light could pursue.
“Haimo’s avatar has been destroyed, Tianyi’s avatar escaped.” Divine King Yinyue was left with only his true body, struggling against the terrifying blade light before him.
That blade of light—there was nothing it could not cut.
It left massive wounds across Divine King Yinyue’s body again and again, eroding and damaging him. But his wounds also healed rapidly.
“This blade light……”
Lord An Tian stood there, the blade striking against his black scales. At most, it shattered one or two scales before they instantly regenerated. Dark mist surged around him, trying to entangle the blade light.
But the blade was far faster than any Divine King could move, swift and unpredictable, endlessly cutting at Lord An Tian’s body. Each time one or two scales shattered, they healed again.
“Now only you two are left.” The five silver-robed Luo Fengs looked at Lord An Tian and Divine King Yinyue.
Luo Feng also sensed the difference in power.
Lord An Tian truly lived up to being the most terrifying existence of the Destruction Legion! Even his ‘Undying Mixed Cave Light’ only scratched an itch against him.
As for Divine King Yinyue, his strength was rather ordinary. He couldn’t withstand the blade light, but his body’s vitality was extremely tenacious.
“Go.” Luo Feng waved his hand.
The five black blades surrounded Divine King Yinyue.
“All five against me?” Divine King Yinyue’s face changed. He couldn’t even block one blade’s bizarre swiftness—he could only endure it. With five blades besieging him?
“This Luo He cannot be provoked.” Divine King Yinyue gritted his teeth, transformed into a stream of light, and drilled into the void. Even as he endured dozens of simultaneous slashes, his hair and blood scattering into the sky, he still forcibly escaped.
Forget it—he would not take Shiguo’s territory anymore!
With Divine King Luo He as his neighbor, he could never hold onto it.
“Lord An Tian, only you remain.” The five silver-robed Luo Fengs looked at him with faint smiles as the five blade lights all returned and were absorbed into their Inner Worlds.