“This is it!” Luo Feng hovered midair, sensing the concentration of the killing intent around him. “Go up further, the killing intent weakens. Go down further, it also weakens.”
Luo Feng gazed ahead, watching the red killing intent slowly flow.
The depth at which he now hovered was the most concentrated layer of killing intent… yet the entire abyss was far too vast, and he was merely skimming along the edge of the cliffside.
“I’m at the edge of the abyss. What is the killing intent like at its center?” Luo Feng carefully flew deeper into the endless killing intent, moving at a speed of about 100 kilometers per second. As he neared the abyss’s center, “The concentration is rising—it’s increasing again!”
3.5 times… 4 times… 4.5 times… 5 times… 6 times…
As he approached the center, the killing intent’s concentration grew increasingly astonishing. The murderous will surging into his consciousness was also becoming more terrifying—like countless killing demons howling, their voices either forceful or insidiously seeping in, continuously tempting and disturbing Luo Feng’s will.
“Too strong,” Luo Feng stopped at the 7x concentration zone, his face slightly pale. His eyes narrowed, sharp as a blade, and sweat faintly beaded on his forehead.
“This killing intent is truly, truly… too terrifying.”
An endless tide of killing intent filled the sky and earth of his consciousness.
Compared to that, Luo Feng’s own will was far weaker, though small, it remained firm and refined.
“Although these killing intents are still chaotic, the mixture of countless powerful ones—each individual strand is extremely strong. I can endure it, but now I must treat it with absolute seriousness.” Luo Feng’s expression was grim. Back in the Pit Mansion, he had constantly endured attacks from killing intent, yet even then, he had still been able to fully focus on studying the laws of the world.
But now!
At seven times the killing intent concentration, most of his mental energy was consumed resisting the attacks of the killing intent.
“I’ll give it my all and see how far I can go.” Luo Feng slowly flew forward.
His speed decreased, yet the concentration increased more rapidly. The closer he got to the core, the more shocking the increase became.
8x concentration!
“Hmm?” Luo Feng abruptly halted midair.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh~~~
The killing intent before him had turned as red as blood, visibly swirling and rotating into a vortex!
“The vortex core!” Luo Feng spotted the vortex’s core, dozens of kilometers away. The killing intent there was so dense it made his heart tremble, like a red sun. At the same time, the vortex core exuded an ancient, eternal aura, and with it, an invisible temptation seeped into Luo Feng’s mind.
“Come!”
“Come!”
“Come to me!” That ethereal summons pierced through Luo Feng’s consciousness.
“Get out!!!” A roar erupted from Luo Feng’s consciousness, shaking his entire mind. Instantly, the temptation invading his consciousness was completely shattered and crushed. “Dare to tempt me!”
Luo Feng’s eyes burned with sharpness as he stared at the vortex core.
“I can’t get any closer.”
“If I go any deeper, I might lose control completely.” Luo Feng’s face darkened. Though he had instantly recognized the seductive pull, he had to admit—it was far more terrifying than the illusions of the ninth island in the Sea of Illusions. And the overwhelming bloodlust was already pushing him to his breaking point!
At seven times concentration, the pressure had already been immense.
At eight times, the killing intent was indeed nearing his breaking point.
In a pure contest of wills—
It was Luo Feng’s solitary will against an endless tide of killing intent! At this point, nearing his limit, Luo Feng could still push on, perhaps even go a little deeper, but—
He dared not take the risk!
Because if he failed and the killing intent invaded his mind successfully, he would become a bloodthirsty madman. A true madman—without reason, without thought. That would be no different from death!
At a distance of dozens of kilometers from the vortex core, Luo Feng chose to retreat.
“Right now, my willpower is still not strong enough,” Luo Feng stared at the blood-red vortex before him. “If Big Brother or Second Brother were here, they could probably go much deeper!”
“Wait!”
“The vortex?”
“The core is the densest, and it weakens outward. The ‘arms’ of the vortex probably reach out to around 9,000 kilometers deep.” Luo Feng visualized a massive vortex in his mind—a killing intent vortex with a radius of thousands of kilometers, where the outermost edge was at a depth of 9,000 kilometers.
That was why the concentration there was twice that of the Pit Mansion.
Beyond that, the concentration rapidly dropped to one times.
…
“The most concentrated aura of slaughter in this abyss lies precisely at the heart of the vortex. What could that crimson core, blazing like the sun, truly be?” Luo Feng recalled the intangible allure that had infiltrated his mind along with the killing intent, sending an inexplicable shiver down his spine. “I must not venture deeper—at least not now!”
Whoosh!
Luo Feng flew toward the cliffside of the abyss, then descended hundreds of meters along the wall, continuing his descent toward the bottom of the pit.
“I want to see just how deep this abyss is, and what lies at its bottom.” Luo Feng continued descending.
15,000 kilometers… 20,000 kilometers…
The pit’s depth clearly exceeded its width, and the killing intent at the bottom was nearly identical to that of the Pit Mansion.
…
Deep within the abyss, on a protruding rock platform along the cliffside, sat a tall figure clad entirely in bronze-colored battle armor, cross-legged in meditation. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, gazed toward the distance, and sent a thread of primal energy directly into the valley below: “Master, someone has arrived. They are at the peak of the Cloud-Sundering level. How should we deal with them?”
…
At the abyss’s bottom.
Killing intent filled the air, mingling with common plants and weeds. A blood-red palace stood firmly at the base.
“Leave it to me!” A thunderous voice quickly replied to the bronze-armored warrior.
Deep within the palace’s second level.
Row upon row of sealed prison cells stood. Within them, faint sounds of strange, frenzied roars echoed, occasionally interrupted by the clang of metal. Each of these cells was about ten meters tall and ten meters wide, resembling sealed cubic coffins. Suddenly, one of the cells opened with a clatter. Inside stood a warrior nearly three meters tall, slightly hunched, with two massive cleavers strapped to his back.
However, his hair was disheveled, and his eyes were blood-red, devoid of any trace of reason.
“Roar~~ Kill!” He let out a low growl, like a beast.
“Go, kill the one disturbing the master’s cultivation!” A voice commanded.
Whoosh!
The beast-like warrior shot forth like a streak of light.
…
Luo Feng gently landed, his boots touching the valley floor.
“Moss-like plants?” Luo Feng glanced at the ground, then surveyed his surroundings. The valley bottom was eerily silent, occasionally dotted with loose rocks that had clearly tumbled down from the cliffside above.
“Could there really be no life at all down here?”
Curious, Luo Feng began exploring, though still cautiously.
Each step carried him dozens of kilometers away, as he began exploring the vast valley floor. Some parts of the valley were sunken like canyons, while others jutted out like mountains. In terms of sheer area, this valley floor was nearly comparable to Earth’s landmass. Small mountains thousands of meters tall and canyons stretching thousands to tens of thousands of meters were common sights.
“It seems there really is nothing special here.”
“Just endless silence.” Luo Feng turned to leave, when suddenly his ears twitched. He faintly sensed an approaching presence, which quickly became very clear.
“Hmm?”
Luo Feng suddenly whirled around, his eyes piercing into the distance. “Such a berserk presence, not even attempting to hide itself. It could be sensed from over a thousand kilometers away. Judging by the energy signature… it shouldn’t be overwhelmingly powerful. Cloud-Rending Ninth Realm? Or perhaps Domain-Level First or Second Tier?” Luo Feng’s fingers tightened around the hilt of the blade strapped across his back as he felt that rapidly approaching presence drawing nearer.
“Roar~~” A figure suddenly appeared.
A hunched, wild-haired warrior emerged, his blood-red eyes filled with madness and killing intent. In his hands, he drew two massive cleavers.
“Fallen into madness.” Luo Feng instantly judged. “Exposed to the killing intent in this killing intent environment, he finally couldn’t withstand it. The killing intent invaded his consciousness… and now he’s nothing but a killing machine, completely insane.”
“Kill! Kill!” The mad beast roared from his throat, then lunged violently at Luo Feng.
“Since you’ve fallen into madness, poor soul—I’ll do you a favor and send you on your way.” Luo Feng instantly drew the Blood Shadow Blade!
Clang!
The sword flashed free, and Luo Feng dissolved into a spectral blur. The frenzied beast lashed out at his afterimage—BOOOOM!—the very earth sundered beneath the force, birthing a chasm plunging thousands of meters into darkness. Yet the phantom had already dissipated; its strike found only empty air.
“Kill!” The mad beast spun and slashed!
“Clang!”
His blade met Luo Feng’s Blood Shadow Blade head-on, sending Luo Feng flying backward in a flash of silver light, vanishing into the red killing intent.
“Fast reflexes. And his blade techniques faintly carry the aura of the Earth Origin Laws. I approached instantly, yet he could still easily defend. This mad beast… before falling into madness, he must have been a formidable expert.” Luo Feng retreated violently, then vanished in an instant.
The mad beast roared and charged forward.
“Kill!”
“Kill!”
The sheer force emanating from his twin colossal cleavers shattered countless surrounding rocks and boulders. His crimson eyes burned with frenzy as they darted across the terrain, while his invisible psychic energy pulsed outward in relentless pursuit of Luo Feng.
A breathtakingly beautiful blade of light ignited!
So beautiful it was intoxicating!
For a moment, space itself seemed to freeze. This blade of light was silver, with faint golden threads at its forefront. A single, dazzling arc of beauty bloomed…
“Pop!”
The blade light swept across the mad beast’s neck, then a sharp blade of light extended into his body, directly striking his life-core singularity, shattering it instantly.
“Slay! Slay! Slay…” The frenzied beast’s severed head tumbled upon the earth, its maw still twitching faintly, mindlessly whispering that accursed syllable as crimson fountained from its neck—until at last its lifeless bulk crashed down with a thunderous roar.
Swish!
Luo Feng’s form solidified as he stood there, gazing silently at the corpse on the ground, his expression slightly solemn.
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