Chapter 1080: Why Has the Sky Turned Black?

Designation 02881 Origin Star. When the Golden-Horned Beast pursued Venerable Tianyang into the spatial vortex, mere moments later, a figure enveloped in black mist hovered midair.

“I didn’t missee.”

“This is the spatial vortex that Venerable Tianyang flew into,” the figure within the black mist silently acknowledged. Earlier, Venerable Tianyang had been pursued at breakneck speed by the Golden-Horned Beast, leaving a radiant trail streaking across the heavens—an unmistakably conspicuous sight. By chance, this foreign Venerable shrouded in the black mist had quietly witnessed the entire event.

“Lord Fanuo has offered a bounty for the whereabouts of Venerable Tianyang within the alliance. Who would have thought I’d be the first to uncover it? Hmph…”

His avatar in the outside world immediately sent a message to Lord Fanuo.

Lord Fanuo… is a supreme existence within the Thorn Ring Alliance, regarded as one of the pinnacle cosmic overlords—a heaven-defying entity on par with the mightiest World Trees. He is addressed as “Lord” because he possesses a ‘High-grade Treasure Flying Fortress,’ within which he retains a chance to escape even when facing a Cosmic Sovereign. Notably, the Wolf Palace is merely a high-grade treasure-class flying palace, slightly superior in quality but evidently belonging to the same tier of treasures.

“A common-grade treasure?”

“Lord Fanuo indeed acts generously. I merely followed and already received such a massive reward.”

The figure in the black mist chuckled darkly before flying directly into the spatial vortex.

“Hmm?”

After passing through the spatial vortex, the figure in the black mist appeared midair and immediately saw in the distance the endless black radiance covering the sky. Though millions of kilometers away, due to the sheer size of the domain, he could clearly see it from afar, causing him great surprise: “Its power seems extraordinary; it must be a domain-type treasure!”

The figure in the black mist dared not approach, fearing entrapment.

“Boom~~~” Suddenly, from the distant horizon surged a dazzling golden river, violently crashing against the endless black radiance.

It was as if two oceans were colliding with each other.

The black radiance was continuously pushed back, the golden river’s might in no way inferior. The two domains repeatedly clashed… clearly evenly matched.

“Another domain-type treasure?” The figure shrouded in black mist was astonished inwardly. “Even among cosmic overlords, those who possess domain-type treasures are exceedingly rare. To encounter two at once! It appears two cosmic overlords are engaged in battle… I wonder if the revered Tianyang is among them?”

About a hundred million kilometers away from the spatial vortex, in a vast forest, the Golden-Horned Beast and Venerable Tianyang confronted each other from a distance. Endless waves of black radiance and boundless golden rivers engulfed the forest, colliding repeatedly. The branches, grass, and flowers of the forest were instantly shattered and destroyed, leaving only the main trunks still standing.

“Hmph.” Tianyang Zunzhe grew increasingly furious, shouting, “Golden-Horned Beast, do you really insist on fighting me?”

Actually, Venerable Tianyang did not wish to fight. He had deployed this domain-type treasure to significantly reduce the Golden-Horned Beast’s flight speed, hoping to force it to retreat. He hadn’t expected the Golden-Horned Beast to also possess a domain-type treasure.

“Venerable Tianyang, you should know that in this battle, you cannot escape.” The Golden-Horned Beast gazed from afar.

“Escape? Why would I escape? Do you think your abilities can threaten me? Hmph… I actually don’t want to fight you, not because I fear you, purely out of disinterest. Fighting you is meaningless… So I used a domain-type treasure to make you back down, thinking I was quite lucky, but I never expected you to also possess a domain-type treasure.” Venerable Tianyang sneered, “It seems in these past twenty thousand years, you’ve had some good fortune.”

The Golden-Horned Beast gazed silently.

Venerable Tianyang said coldly, “It seems a battle is inevitable.”

“Correct.” The Golden-Horned Beast replied in a low voice.

“Then let’s settle this quickly.”

Venerable Tianyang was now completely enraged. Did this Golden-Horned Beast truly believe it could threaten him? He had battled against top-tier cosmic overlords before—who was there to fear?

“Come!”

The Golden-Horned Beast roared, its entire armor turning pitch black. The longest horn among the five surrounding horns was especially sharp and dazzling.

“Hmph…” Overlord Tianyang of the Mechanical Race held eight black light shuttles in his eight arms, staring coldly at the Golden-Horned Beast.

Boom!

Boom!

Both moved simultaneously. As they charged at each other, their vast domains clashed fiercely. Countless black lights’ forefront coalesced into massive rolling stones, while the front of the endless golden river manifested nine-headed mythical beasts charging forward in succession, desperately trying to overpower each other.

“Cursed Golden-Horned Beast, don’t you understand that you can’t possibly defeat me! I can’t defeat you either. Why persist in chasing me, you stupid creature!!!”

The divine voice of Venerable Tianyang boomed like thunder in Luo Feng’s ears, as the eight black light shuttles transformed into dazzling beams of radiance.

“Eight!”

Venerable Tianyang roared furiously.

“Eight!”

Although Venerable Tianyang’s demeanor carried a faint aura of sanctity, his expression now appeared somewhat ferocious. He was fully committed, resolved to severely punish this obstinate Golden-Horned Beast.

“Roar~~~” A faint roar, as if echoing in the ears or resonating in the mind, emanated from the ancient Beast God Dao’s ultimate cry, causing Venerable Tianyang to momentarily freeze. Immediately afterward, the Golden-Horned Beast charged forward with lowered head, its longest horn resembling a spear, radiating boundless dazzling golden light!

The sharp, cold golden light directly scattered the eight light shuttles.

“Bang!!!”

The Golden-Horned Beast lowered its head, the longest horn striking fiercely.

“Boom~~~” The moment Tianyang Zunzhe was struck, he was utterly stunned. The force of this blow was undoubtedly the most powerful he had ever endured in his life! Even when evading Lord Fanuo’s attack, it hadn’t been as terrifying as this.

He didn’t know.

Although the Golden-Horned Beast’s divine body was very close to Luo Feng’s Earth human form, one was 10081 times, the other about 9800 times. In terms of divine power purity, they were almost equal! Both used the Cosmic Sovereign’s ultimate secret technique ‘Golden Light.’ The only difference was… Luo Feng’s Earth human form used the high-grade treasure weapon Zhan Yue Dao!

While the Golden-Horned Beast used the top-tier treasure set, comparable in value to peak treasures, the ‘Beast God Armor’s’ strongest single horn tip!

Its power was much stronger!

Venerable Tianyang was sent flying backward in an instant. To his shock, he discovered that his divine body had lost 22% immediately.

“How is this possible? No, impossible!” Venerable Tianyang couldn’t believe it.

“It’s actually a high-grade treasure armor!” Luo Feng was also secretly astonished. Tianyang Zunzhe’s divine body wasn’t large, only about eight meters tall. With the Golden-Horned Beast using the top-tier treasure set ‘Beast God Armor’ to attack, if it were a common treasure armor, he would have died instantly. Yet just now, Luo Feng could easily sense the armor’s resistance.

Estimating, from normal weakening to one ten-thousandth, reduced to one hundredth! This was definitely a high-grade treasure armor!

“If it were a small divine body like Venerable Zhong Zhan, even with high-grade treasure armor, the Golden-Horned Beast could kill it in one strike. But Venerable Tianyang’s divine body is much larger,” Luo Feng thought to himself.

“A high-grade treasure armor?” the Golden-Horned Beast growled, “So you prepared this new armor for this Origin Star channel opening.”

Venerable Tianyang stared at the Golden-Horned Beast in shock and fury. He couldn’t believe it… Indeed, the intelligence circulating throughout the universe claimed he used an ordinary treasure armor, but that was outdated information. This time, he had actually exchanged with his race for a high-grade treasure armor to enter the Origin Star.

Previously, the Golden-Horned Beast’s attacks were weak; the difference between common and high-grade treasure armor was imperceptible.

This time… the Golden-Horned Beast clearly felt it.

“You, how could you?” Tianyang Zunzhe stared at the Golden-Horned Beast in shock and anger, “How? Back then, you were clearly much weaker than me, but—”

“Don’t ask why. If you’re going to die, no need to ask many questions.”

The Golden-Horned Beast charged again directly.

“Want to kill me?”

Venerable Tianyang roared furiously, “Dream on!”

Escape!

Venerable Tianyang restrained the endless waves of black radiance to obstruct the Golden-Horned Beast. His wings trembled as he swiftly fled!

The Golden-Horned Beast, surrounded by the ‘Nine-Xiao River,’ directly charged into the endless black radiance, pursuing.

“Roar~~~” Intricate golden secret patterns shimmered across the Golden-Horned Beast’s body. Using its own form as a weapon, it unleashed a golden radiance, instantly accelerating to streak toward Venerable Tianyang like a blazing arrow.

“What.” Venerable Tianyang was startled and immediately changed direction. His specialty was agile maneuvering.

“I’m also good at it.” The Golden-Horned Beast’s wings trembled, chasing after.

They chased and fled!

Both constantly changing directions, almost dozens of times per second. As they chased…

The Golden-Horned Beast was astonished to discover that in terms of instantaneous maneuvering capability, it was actually inferior to Venerable Tianyang.

“Right. His black wings and my Godslayer Wings originate from the same source. I have been cultivating the secret techniques for one hundred and eighty million years. After emerging, although I quickly deciphered the Nine-Xiao River’s technique, the Godslayer Wings are evidently far more complex. To this day, I still cannot activate the third form.” Luo Feng realized that if the black wings also possessed a third form, his opponent might be utilizing it.

No wonder no matter how hard he chased, he couldn’t catch up.

“You can’t catch me. Give up.” Venerable Tianyang transmitted telepathically. He was also extremely anxious inside. After all, the Golden-Horned Beast, transformed into a streak of golden light, was accelerating straight ahead at an unbelievable speed. Only through constant agile maneuvering could he buy time. He had already called for reinforcements from his race, but it would take time for the powerhouses of the Mechanical Race to arrive.

Moreover, he had fought the Golden-Horned Beast before and clearly knew—

This was definitely the strength of a ‘top-tier cosmic overlord.’ Even if the Mechanical Race’s Cosmic Sovereign appeared in person, from a distance, merely controlling space-time couldn’t defeat such an existence. A real battle was necessary…

“Give up?”

The Golden-Horned Beast roared, “I originally didn’t want to use my ultimate move, but you really are good at escaping!”

“Ultimate move?” Heavenly Yang Sovereign heard the divine voice transmission from behind and his expression shifted. That terrifying “Golden Light” technique was already beyond belief. Could it be that wasn’t even his final trump card? This Golden-Horned Beast, who was clearly far inferior to him back then, had grown this powerful in less than twenty thousand years.

“Boom~~~” The Golden-Horned Beast’s eyes were calm, its surging divine power igniting. As a Golden-Horned Beast over nine thousand kilometers long, in this battle so far, its divine power hadn’t even consumed a billionth.

But now, activating the ‘I Am the Universe’ move, divine power surged…

The endless heaven and earth were instantly completely enveloped!

A hundred million kilometers away from the battlefield, the figure shrouded in black mist had been silently trailing behind. Suddenly, he glanced around—only to find the surroundings shrouded in gray haze, with endless chaotic currents swirling densely.

“What’s going on? Why is the sky suddenly dark?” The figure in the black mist stared blankly at the surroundings.