Ce Tian Venerable and Yu An Lord exchanged glances, understanding each other’s thoughts through their eyes.
Although they were somewhat wary of the Gold-Horned Beast, it was only wariness. After all, they were flying far away, beyond the reach of the Gold-Horned Beast’s “Nine-Xiao River.” Without the pressure of the Nine-Xiao River, naturally they could easily accelerate to a hundred times the speed of light of the original universe, leaving the Gold-Horned Beast forever unable to catch up.
However, no one wanted to flee like a defeated dog chased endlessly.
“We originally had no intention of opposing you, but the Bajian Venerable’s killing intent was too strong, so we could only follow him,” Ce Tian Venerable said in his aged voice.
The Gold-Horned Beast gazed at the two distant figures and spoke in a mighty voice, “Would you mind telling me how you arrived here? And how much do you know about this cursed land?”
The ghostly voice of Yu An Lord came, “Throughout history, many powerful beings have fallen into this cursed land. Most were transported here accidentally while adventuring in secret cosmic realms. The methods of transportation are varied and strange. Other powerful beings were drifting normally in space when they were suddenly swallowed and appeared here in this cursed land.”
“There is no pattern,” Ce Tian Venerable added in his aged voice.
The Gold-Horned Beast fell silent.
After a moment of silence, he asked, “Has anyone ever escaped?”
“Neither Yu An Lord, Bajian Venerable nor I have any clones. Once trapped in this cursed land, our manifestations collapsed. Therefore, we have no knowledge of the outside world… However, our acquaintance, the Canghua Venerable, has the ability to create clones. His clone in the outside world discovered that some powerful beings entered the cursed land and later reappeared in the outside world.”
“Canghua Venerable?” the Gold-Horned Beast asked. “Where is he?”
“He eventually abandoned this clone body and a treasure artifact, and left by self-destruction,” Ce Tian Venerable replied.
“Are there others trapped in this cursed land?” the Gold-Horned Beast pressed.
“There are.”
“There are quite a few,” both Ce Tian Venerable and Yu An Lord replied.
“Where?” the Gold-Horned Beast looked toward the two.
“They must be somewhere in this vast expanse of the accursed starry sky, but as for the exact location? The alien powerhouses often drift and shift positions, so we cannot be certain,” said Lord Yu An.
“How large is this cursed land?” the Gold-Horned Beast asked, a question he was very concerned about.
“The cursed land has a diameter of nearly one hundred thousand light-years, seemingly just an ordinary starry sky,” Yu An Lord sighed. “However, no matter how hard you try to fly, you can only traverse an area of one hundred thousand light-years. Once you leave this area, you unknowingly return to previously traversed star regions, as if in a maze, forever flying within it.”
Luo Feng was secretly astonished.
A diameter of nearly one hundred thousand light-years? A maze?
If it truly resembled a maze, yet these alien powerhouses still managed to explore it completely, it was clear they had been navigating within it for an extensive period.
“This is a colossal prison, and we alien powerhouses are the inmates trapped within, forever confined with no hope of escape,” Lord Yu An gazed at the Gold-Horned Beast. “You are a Gold-Horned Beast—surely you possess the ability to create clones… If you are willing to relinquish your treasures, you could escape entirely by self-destructing your divine body.”
Ce Tian Venerable spoke in his aged voice, “Gold-Horned Beast, I advise you to self-destruct. After all, you have clones. Wait until you are trapped here for an endless amount of time, and you will understand how painful it is to be permanently confined. As for treasures, as long as you don’t die, there will always be a day to rise again after leaving.”
“Roar~~~”
The Gold-Horned Beast roared, its voice echoing through the starry sky, “Ce Tian Venerable, Yu An Lord, self-destruction is not a decision I will make easily. I’ll take my leave first.”
Whoosh!
The endless golden waves rolled away and disappeared, and the Gold-Horned Beast vanished. A black figure appeared out of nowhere, rapidly transforming into a streak of light and beginning to fly at an incredible speed.
Watching the streak of light disappear into the distance.
“Bajian Venerable has perished,” Ce Tian Venerable sighed softly.
“Whose fault is it?” Yu An Lord sneered, “Always using his power to oppress us two. Hmph, falling into the hands of the Gold-Horned Beast, he was just unlucky.”
…
In the starry sky.
The Mosha Clan clone sat cross-legged on a meteorite, transforming into a streak of light, wandering forward through the starry sky.
“It’s actually possible to kill a cosmic overlord,” Black-clothed Luo Feng mused inwardly. “Thankfully, this is a cursed land, completely cut off from the outside world, making communication and seeking help impossible. Otherwise, how could a cosmic overlord die so easily?”
Cosmic overlords are extremely difficult to kill.
First, they can flee if they sense danger! Even if certain circumstances prevent escape, they can still endure and immediately call for reinforcements! For instance, had Bajian Venerable battled the Gold-Horned Beast on the Origin Star, at worst he would have been injured by it. Surely, other powerful beings from the Nine Realms Alliance would have rushed to his aid without delay.
However, in this cursed land, there was no way to call for help, which led to Bajian Venerable’s death.
“In my human race, among the many cosmic overlords, some have no record of killing another cosmic overlord. Yet I have actually killed one cosmic overlord now.”
“Haha…” Black-clothed Luo Feng shook his head with a smile. This time, killing Bajian Venerable only caused the Gold-Horned Beast’s divine body to drop below the 42% line, reaching 41.9%.
Whoosh!
Sitting cross-legged on the meteorite, he continued to fly rapidly through the starry sky.
…
Time flew by in the blink of an eye. Two months had passed. In Luo Feng’s boundless divine kingdom, above the endless dark sea, in front of the golden palace.
“At last, it is accomplished.” Luo Feng stood up.
After more than a year of effort, he had finally completed the sixth and seventh tribulations of the “Nine Calamities Secret Manual.” Of course, this was because the human body was small… As for the Gold-Horned Beast clone, he was still only at the beginning of the sixth tribulation. Obviously, the larger the divine body, the slower the evolution.
“When I completed the first five tribulations, my divine body’s gene level was 48 times. Because I fused with 100 Blood-Net crystals, which should theoretically increase it by a hundred times, but it seems the effect gradually weakened… only allowing me to reach the 3000 times level.”
“Now I have completed two more tribulations.”
“My divine body is about 9800 times, not yet reaching the perfect gene level.”
Luo Feng sighed slightly.
Clearly, the Blood-Net crystals’ enhancement to the gene, at least for the human original body, couldn’t achieve 100% compatibility! Unlike the ‘Gold-Horned Beast,’ which was perfectly compatible!
The first seven tribulations of the “Nine Calamities Secret Manual” had already brought the gene level to 192 times… while the function of 100 Blood-Net crystals only increased it by more than 50 times.
“9800 times.”
“Among the unique special lives in the universe, there are probably very few that can be this strong. I should be satisfied. Moreover, there are still the eighth and ninth tribulations in the future! I don’t believe that after practicing all nine tribulations, I still can’t reach the perfect gene level.” Luo Feng was secretly looking forward to it. “Moreover, my Gold-Horned Beast clone should be able to take this opportunity to reach the perfect gene level.”
The Gold-Horned Beast clone had already surpassed 6000 times!
The sixth and seventh tribulations were extremely powerful, and the Blood-Net crystals and the Gold-Horned Beast were perfectly compatible… As long as there were no accidents, he would definitely reach the perfect gene level.
“At that time, the Gold-Horned Beast will truly be extraordinary.”
“At least then I will be able to use the incredible innate secret method ‘I am the Universe.'” Luo Feng looked forward to that day, but according to the time calculation, it would probably take the Gold-Horned Beast hundreds of years to completely master the sixth and seventh tribulations.
“Just a few hundred years.”
“It will pass in the blink of an eye.”
…
In the vast starry sky.
Black-clothed Luo Feng sat cross-legged on a meteorite. Although his speed seemed extremely fast, relative to the vastness of the starry sky, he was merely slowly drifting through space.
“Whoosh~~~”
Suddenly, countless ripples spread out from the starry sky ahead.
“What.” Luo Feng, sitting on the meteorite, instinctively passed through this layer of ripples without encountering any resistance. However, when his body passed through the ripples, an invisible force passed through his body and even penetrated through his world ring, directly sweeping over the Gold-Horned Beast’s divine body.
Everything was unstoppable.
He was completely swept over by the ripples.
The feeling of the ripples passing over his body was very uncomfortable, as if layers of knives were scraping his body. When he flew through the ripple layer, the Mosha Clan clone’s divine body was reduced to about 30%.
“How terrifying the starry sky ripples are.”
“What exactly was that?”
“This… how did the starry sky change?” Luo Feng was astonished to find that after passing through the ripples, the starry sky ahead was completely different.
The previous starry sky was very similar to a normal cosmic sky, with stars generally very far apart, and the planets were also ordinary.
But this starry sky…
It was so beautiful and colorful, with star systems closer to each other, forming beautiful patterns. Even Luo Feng vaguely sensed the laws and secrets hidden in the patterns formed by countless planets.
“Is there another starry sky hidden in this cursed land?” Luo Feng muttered to himself.
Sitting on the meteorite, Luo Feng slowly flew forward and soon approached the first planet closest to him.
That planet was a yellowish-brown planet, seemingly ordinary.
But Luo Feng slightly sensed…
“This planet is entirely yellowish-brown, with no life existing, with a diameter of 21,000 kilometers…”
“Star-Tear Gold!”
“It actually contains ‘Star-Tear Gold’ ore veins!” Luo Feng, with a pale face, sat on the flying meteorite, looking at that lifeless planet with great astonishment. “The reserves are so strong that if I were to devour it, even my Gold-Horned Beast’s massive divine body could recover to 80%.”
Luo Feng felt it was incredible.
Star-Tear Gold, although a G-grade metal, was extremely special… It was said that when a super massive star finally collapses into a black hole, it produces a metal—Star-Tear Gold. This Star-Tear Gold was called the tears of stars! Although it was a G-grade metal, in terms of usefulness, it was far more valuable.
Luo Feng had never seen such a precious metal forming ore veins, almost occupying the entire planet! Even a cosmic overlord-level divine body, even if it was thousands of kilometers in size… after devouring this planet, it could recover to 80%.
“Whoosh!”
In an instant, Luo Feng disappeared, and the Gold-Horned Beast appeared.
Zooom!
The Gold-Horned Beast flew directly out of the meteorite, rushing rapidly toward that yellowish-brown planet.
Moments later—
As he was about to reach the yellowish-brown planet, the Gold-Horned Beast was also very close to a golden planet in the distance. He casually extended his divine sense, but the result made the Gold-Horned Beast perplexed: “What? That golden planet contains ‘Void Stone ore veins’! The reserves are terrifyingly abundant, and in terms of value, they are almost as valuable as the Star-Tear Gold on this planet.”
“Boom!”
The Gold-Horned Beast landed on this yellowish-brown planet, lifting his head to gaze at the countless planets in the sky: “I checked two planets, and both had precious ore veins. But in this mysterious space, there are countless planets. Could they all have precious ore veins?”
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