On the third day after the Realm Beast escaped and disappeared, in the chaotic void of the Cosmic Sea, Luo Feng encountered the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign and the Blood Orchid Ancestor. As for the other True Gods, they had already returned to their respective miniature universes.
“Demon Sovereign, Blood Orchid,” Luo Feng stood in the void, with Jiu You Zhenzhu beside him, and behind them were the Flame Heaven Zhen Shen and Hong.
“What exactly happened?” Jiu You Zhenzhu asked anxiously. “Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign, you claimed the space was sealed. With eight True Gods surrounding it and the area locked down to prevent even teleportation, how could the World Beast escape so swiftly?”
Luo Feng also looked at the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign with confusion.
During the earlier communication through the message token, the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign had said that it was hard to explain through the token and insisted on discussing it face-to-face.
“Don’t rush,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign said, his nine faces filled with solemnity. “After the battle with the Realm Beast, I carefully thought things through and discussed them with Blood Orchid. There were many strange aspects, and I will explain them one by one.” The Blood Orchid Ancestor beside him nodded slightly in agreement.
Luo Feng, Jiu You Zhenzhu, Flame Heaven Zhen Shen, and Hong listened attentively.
“Actually, the World Beast’s normal combat strength isn’t very high,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign said. “This particular World Beast’s strength should be slightly stronger than Blood Orchid’s but weaker than mine. However… this World Beast possesses some strange techniques.”
“Firstly, it can consume the essence of a microcosm. It probably takes about eight days to completely devour the essence of a microcosm! Of course, during battle, it can’t focus on continuing to consume,” explained the Jiǔtóu Démon Wáng. “This devouring ability is clearly one of the Jiè Shòu’s unique techniques.”
“Secondly, those twisted beams it releases can not only consume the essence of a microcosm but also devour True Gods!” The Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign pointed into the distance.
Whoosh—
Divine power immediately simulated the previous battle scene in the void. The black mist cocoon completely enveloped Flame Insect Zhen Shen, no matter how much Flame Insect Zhen Shen struggled, he couldn’t escape.
“Look,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign said. “Inside that black mist cocoon, Flame Insect Zhen Shen’s divine power was continuously devoured… Even though Flame Insect Zhen Shen resisted fiercely, the power contained within the black mist cocoon could still neutralize his burning divine power. At the time, other True Gods tried attacking, but they couldn’t break through the black mist cocoon. In the end, it was still Blood Orchid and others…”
The Blood Orchid Ancestor nodded. “Indeed, we other True Gods abandoned weapon attacks and relied solely on sweeping divine power assaults. Our divine power clashed frantically against the black mist cocoon until we finally shattered it. Clearly, if one or two True Gods were isolated, once ensnared by the Realm Beast, the black mist cocoon could freely expand and contract, trapping them indefinitely. There would be absolutely no opportunity to retreat into a palace treasure.”
Luo Feng, Jiu You Zhenzhu, Hong, and Flame Heaven Zhen Shen listened with serious expressions.
A lone True God facing the Beast of the Realm was essentially doomed!
“I estimate,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign continued, “that weapon attacks aren’t completely ineffective against the black mist cocoon, but the attack strength just wasn’t sufficient. Otherwise, at that time, it should have used this move to trap me, who posed the greatest threat, instead of trapping Flame Insect Zhen Shen, who had weaker strength.”
“Yes.”
“Mm.”
Luo Feng and the others nodded.
“However, the Realm Beast’s black mist cocoon technique remains formidable,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign pointed into the void, where the scene shifted. The black beams coalesced into a massive black pillar that struck Flame Insect True God directly, causing parts of his body to rapidly vanish.
“After the black mist cocoon shattered, it swiftly transformed into a black energy pillar, relentlessly eroding Flame Insect True God’s body! When Flame Insect True God attempted to flee into the warship, and we all tried to intercept him… Initially, the Realm Beast used soul attacks to disrupt us while the black energy pillar continued its corrosive assault. But just as Flame Insect True God tried to escape into the warship, the black energy pillar abruptly reverted to the black mist cocoon, enveloping him once more! Shortly after, Flame Insect True God perished.”
The Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign’s expression was extremely serious. “Clearly, that black beam pillar can transform into the black mist cocoon at any time! Even if Flame Insect Zhen Shen had the warship with him, the black beam pillar would likely transform into the black mist cocoon immediately.”
“For weaker True Gods, once trapped in the black mist cocoon, they cannot escape into their palace treasures,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign said. “Even if they temporarily break free, the black beam pillar can transform back into the black mist cocoon.”
At that time, there was only one way to save Flame Insect Zhen Shen: other True Gods had to continuously maintain divine power attacks to prevent the Realm Beast from forming the black mist cocoon, until Flame Insect Zhen Shen escaped into his palace treasure.
Luo Feng, Jiu You Zhenzhu, and the others remained silent.
It was terrifying.
The black mist cocoon—the black beam pillar—transforming back into the black mist cocoon. This technique could cycle endlessly, leaving no chance to escape.
“This is its most ruthless attacking technique! Infinite Binding Erosion!” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign emphasized.
“Thirdly, there is its soul attack technique. Once unleashed, the soul impact can cause even True God-level willpower to feel unbearable pain, preventing further attacks. Void-level True Gods can maintain clarity but are still affected in their combat effectiveness. Only those who have reached the limit of the Void are minimally affected,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign explained.
“Finally, let’s talk about its escape technique.”
The Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign pointed to the nearby void.
Immediately, the scene appeared in the void.
The towering Realm Beast, Mora Sa, suddenly let out a roar. Black-edged, golden-boned patterns began to emerge across its skin, precisely ninety-nine in number. With a resounding boom, Mora Sa’s body swiftly split into ninety-nine streaks of light, each streaking away at ultra-high speed in different directions.
The speed rapidly increased—thousandfold light speed, ten-thousandfold light speed…
“At that time,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign sighed, “we eight True Gods dared not completely separate, fearing being picked off one by one. So we split into two groups. I led one group, and Blood Orchid and the other six formed the other group. We each pursued two streaks of light.”
“We kept chasing, but after a short while, both streaks of light vanished into thin air.”
“The World Beast vanished just like that.”
Both the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign and the Blood Orchid Ancestor shook their heads, clearly feeling helpless.
Luo Feng’s expression darkened.
Splitting its body into ninety-nine parts to escape? And later, two parts vanished into thin air?
“Body fragmentation,” Luo Feng frowned. “Once it escapes, any one of those body parts can become the main one, while the other ninety-eight disintegrate and dissipate, converging into that one part to reform the Realm Beast.”
“That’s exactly what we thought,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign said with a frown. “With such a technique, how can we kill it?”
“It’s difficult,” Jiu You Zhenzhu also shook his head.
Everyone was troubled.
Hong, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up. “Everyone, it’s not that simple… With such a powerful escape technique, why did it only kill Flame Insect Zhen Shen and then leave? The Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign merely suppressed it, yet it could leave whenever it wanted and kill whenever it wanted. Why didn’t it continue killing?”
“Right,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign nodded. “We later thought about it and also noticed this doubt. The entire situation was under its control. Simply with its ‘black mist cocoon’ technique, it could have killed another one of us. Yet it killed Flame Insect Zhen Shen and immediately fled.”
The Blood Orchid Ancestor also remarked, “I’ve discussed this matter with the Demon Sovereign, and we both believe… the techniques displayed by the Realm Beast likely aren’t all it has in its arsenal.”
Luo Feng, Hong, Flame Heaven, and Jiu You Zhenzhu all showed expressions of shock.
The Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign also expressed concern. “Its basic combat strength isn’t high, but all its techniques are strange and unpredictable. The black mist cocoon, black threads, soul impact, and escape techniques are what it has shown. Remember, it wasn’t forced into a desperate situation by us. It might still have some ultimate moves it hasn’t revealed yet.”
Luo Feng and the others all nodded.
Powerful beings usually have some deadly techniques they keep hidden until the crucial moment.
That’s common sense!
The Realm Beast, a terrifying creature born from the Cosmic Sea that embodies destruction, appeared to have only slightly tested its abilities this time. Since it wasn’t pushed to the brink, it most likely still possesses special ultimate techniques.
“No wonder the will of the Origin Cosmic Sea takes it so seriously,” Luo Feng said gravely. “Just one Beast is already this troublesome, and it’s only one! There are even more in the Beast’s nest…”
Everyone felt the weight in their hearts.
“The key is, we don’t know what other techniques it might have,” the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign expressed concern.
…
In the void of the Cosmic Sea.
The golden Realm Beast, Mora Sa, lay amidst the chaotic currents, inhaling the turbulent energy and feeling utterly at ease.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~” Black light flowed across its body surface.
“Waah.”
“The meal was utterly satisfying. I haven’t even fully absorbed the essence of one microcosm yet, but the quantity is already immense. This is far more enjoyable than devouring ten True Gods,” the Beast of the Boundary, Mora Sa, felt supremely content. “I must properly refine this, converting all that I’ve consumed into my own energy. Only then can I grow even more powerful.”
“Hahaha…”
“My delicious food, I hate to kill you, but I will eat you first, devouring your microcosm. Then I will swallow you,” the Beast of the Realm Mora Sa was extremely pleased. “Each time I devour a microcosm, my strength increases. If I keep devouring like this… I should be able to become stronger than Beidi, right? Then, I’ll eat all the other Beasts of the Realm, and I will become the only king!”
The World Beast Mora Sa was filled with anticipation.
At this moment, it was comfortably transforming energy into its own.
…
Throughout the Cosmic Sea, a sense of unease spread.
The abrupt emergence of the World Beast, which slew Flame Insect True God under the joint assault of nine True Gods including the Nine-Headed Demon Sovereign before escaping unscathed—coupled with its terrifying capability to devour the essence of a miniature universe in merely eight days—cast a pall of dread over the entire Cosmic Sea…
After all, the distances were vast. Even Luo Feng and others needed a long time to reach a microcosm.
With the sudden disappearance of the Realm Beast, no one knew when it might reappear unexpectedly, nor could anyone guarantee that they wouldn’t become the next Flame Insect Zhen Shen.
“We eight will split up. Once the World Beast appears, at least one of us can respond quickly. Since Luo Feng has two clones in the Milky Way, one person can cover two regions.”
“A large number of True Gods from the Origin Cosmic Sea must also join the battle.”
“Stay prepared at all times.”
“The moment the Realm Beast appears, we must rush there immediately and eliminate it in one fell swoop.”
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