The frigid wind howled through the vast icy corridor as Luo Feng pressed forward against the bitter cold, his steps flashing like lightning.
“Yao!”
“Si!”
Some of the wind sounds blended into strange noises, some so high-pitched that ears couldn’t hear them, yet they directly penetrated Luo Feng’s consciousness. This illusionary enchantment, silently fluctuating in intensity along with the peculiar wind sounds, failed to sway Luo Feng in the slightest, his eyes sharp and determined as he advanced steadily.
“Boom!”
It was as though his will—keen and untainted as a razor’s edge—had been rattled and permeated by unseen waves of sound, sending tremors through his very essence.
Luo Feng’s body shuddered slightly, his expression subtly changing.
“Truly terrifying! Without any alertness, the power of this illusionary sound suddenly amplified hundreds of times,” Luo Feng thought, shocked. The wind sounds had coincidentally formed an extremely strong overlapping effect at a certain moment, causing even his firm will to momentarily waver.
“True danger usually strikes suddenly in seemingly safe situations!”
“No wonder it’s called the Devilish Sound!”
Luo Feng’s pupils constricted slightly, then he continued forward. After advancing thousands of kilometers, he arrived at a crystal-clear icy world. Countless layers of ice covered the rocky terrain, forming numerous vast and beautiful caves. Natural ice stripes adorned the entrances of these caves, creating a stunning sight.
“Exactly 816 caves. Which one should I enter?” Luo Feng scanned the area, his gaze suddenly settling on a distant, slightly octagonal-shaped deep cave. He faintly sensed something unique about this octagonal cave entrance.
“This one then.”
Guided purely by instinct, Luo Feng swiftly darted into the deep cave.
…
At the junction of these 817 caves, occasionally a native warrior would emerge from one cave and enter another unknown cave.
Half an hour later.
A black-horned, gaunt man emerged from one of the caves, looking at the other 816 caves with a frown: “So many caves?”
“Hmm?”
The black-horned, gaunt man’s gaze fell on the octagonal-shaped deep cave, sensing something unusual about it. “This cave feels different. I’ll go check it out.”
Whoosh!
With a single step, he had already entered the deep cave.
…
The deep cave was about twelve kilometers wide, with varying heights. The ice layers either hung like spears from the cave ceiling or formed various strange carvings on the rock walls.
As the black-horned, gaunt man walked, his world force spread over a thousand kilometers.
“Domain Lord, eighth stage?”
The gaunt man frowned slightly, his body instantly blurring as he traversed thousands of kilometers to pursue his target. Spotting a figure rushing toward him, a bearded, silver-horned middle-aged man fleeing in terror looked back, his face paling as he cried out, “Flame Sovereign, I’m from Gathering Star Sect…”
Boom!
Flames erupted, instantly turning the surrounding several miles into a sea of fire, reducing the Domain Lord, eighth stage middle-aged man to ashes.
“Knowing I’m Wupi, you shouldn’t have lived!” The black-horned, gaunt man sneered, “Regardless of whether I kill my target this time or not, even if I obtain enough black tokens, I will deliberately not produce them, pretending to have failed in the Devilish Mountain trial and returning to the sect. I, a mighty Sovereign, don’t want to go to the Virtual Universe Company to be ordered around!”
This embodied two perspectives among the Nine-Star Sea powerhouses.
The first path was to become a powerhouse, join the Virtual Universe Corporation, and venture into the boundless cosmos. Most powerhouses were unwilling to remain trapped within the confines of the Nine-Star Sea.
The second was to remain supreme within the Nine-Star Sea, unwilling to join the Virtual Universe Company and become a lowly member, unable to bear being ordered around.
Flame Sovereign ‘Wupi’ belonged to the second category.
“There are quite a few black tokens, exactly 726 of them.” The black-horned, gaunt man shook his head, “I didn’t expect to get many black tokens, yet I’ve already obtained over 2000.”
He continued forward leisurely but remained vigilant, as the most dangerous aspect of the Devilish Mountain for him was the ‘Devilish Sound’. Legends spoke of the most terrifying Devilish Sounds capable of instantly overwhelming even many peak Domain Lords, causing them to lose themselves and become mindless zombies.
Half an hour later.
“Hmm? Cosmos Lord, ninth stage?” The black-horned, gaunt man’s eyes lit up as his world force, constantly spread over a thousand kilometers, detected a new target.
“I hope this is the one.” Wupi, the Domain Lord who had failed a hundred times, thought inwardly.
Whoosh!
He instantly rushed toward the target.
…
About a thousand kilometers away, within the same vast and deep passage, Luo Feng was steadily advancing.
Hua!
His world force swept past, but Luo Feng himself remained oblivious, continuing forward.
“Luofeng! Just now, world force swept past!” Babata’s voice, ever alert, suddenly rang out in Luo Feng’s consciousness.
“What?” Luo Feng was startled.
“Run quickly!”
Luo Feng immediately activated his techniques, instantly transforming into a shadow fleeing into the distance at high speed.
Although fleeing, Luo Feng wasn’t too tense, as during these days in the Devilish Sound Mountain he had indeed encountered Domain Lords at a distance and always escaped early. Domain Lords generally didn’t bother chasing after a mere Cosmos Lord, so he had never faced danger before!
“I guess, like before, if I just increase the distance, everything will be fine.” Luo Feng thought.
“Luofeng, he’s less than 20 kilometers away from you!!!” Babata screamed, “He’s caught up!”
Luo Feng abruptly turned his head.
Boom!
With the naked eye, he could see the distant figure of the black-horned, gaunt man transformed into a crimson streak of light. The man was staring at Luo Feng, his murderous intent unmistakable.
“What the hell, does a mighty Domain Lord really need to chase and kill a Cosmos Lord?” Luo Feng gritted his teeth.
Swish!
Instantly switching with his Mosha Clan clone in his inner world, Luo Feng had long prepared various contingency plans for dangerous situations. Thus, when he first entered the Devilish Mountain trial, his Mosha Clan clone within his inner world had already become identical to his Earthling form, possessing the same black horns, silver armor on his body. Moreover, the life aura emanating from the Mosha Clan clone was identical to his Earthling form, obviously achieved through the innate secret art ‘Replication’. Even though clones sharing the same soul but differing in life forms would naturally have slight differences in aura, the innate secret art ‘Replication’ was used to ensure complete similarity.
Swoosh!
The Mosha Clan clone immediately unleashed the ‘Shadow Secret Manual’, fully bursting forth at maximum speed!
At this moment of life and death!
No time for anything else!
…
Domain Lord Wupi, the black-horned gaunt man, leisurely pursued the young Cosmos Lord, ninth stage he had detected, determined to kill without mercy.
“Ah?”
“He seems to have noticed me and is fleeing, but it’s too slow.” Domain Lord Wupi chased with interest. His casual speed was much faster than Luo Feng’s Earthling form’s maximum speed. Soon, the distance between them narrowed to within 20 kilometers, close enough for them to see each other clearly.
At this moment, Luo Feng instantly switched bodies.
“It seems like something changed.” Domain Lord Wupi thought.
Because Luo Feng switched bodies with almost no time interval, combined with the same appearance, attire, and life aura, even though Domain Lord Wupi vaguely sensed something happened in that instant, he didn’t realize that the Luo Feng he was observing had instantly switched bodies.
Mosha Clan clone! Full speed burst!
Perhaps in terms of maximum speed, the Mosha Clan clone couldn’t match Domain Lord sixth stage Wupi. However, in terms of instantaneous burst speed, the Mosha Clan Luo Feng was far superior to Wupi.
Swoosh!
In an instant, the Mosha Clan Luo Feng darted thousands of kilometers away, completely disappearing from Domain Lord Wupi’s world force detection range.
“What? So fast?” Wupi’s face changed, “How can a Cosmos Lord ninth stage be this fast? Definitely no such person within the Nine-Star Sea. To reach such an astonishing speed, he must have used special means. He must be the target the God Sovereign wants to kill.”
Wupi had killed many Cosmos Lords ninth stage but had never encountered anything this strange.
First, detecting him in advance, second, running too fast.
This made Wupi realize… he might have encountered the real target!
“Pursue!”
Boom!
Domain Lord Wupi transformed into a streak of light, rapidly chasing along the vast rocky passage, simultaneously expanding his world force wildly to ten thousand kilometers. He soon detected the fleeing figure again in the distance. However, the deep passage wasn’t straight but winding, so Domain Lord Wupi couldn’t keep accelerating.
It was akin to the pre-Great Nirvana 100-meter dash on Earth—a straight sprint, perhaps even breaking the ten-second barrier.
But if the track was a winding S-shape, with ten twists in a 100-meter course, maximum speed couldn’t be achieved.
Same principle!
Domain Lord Wupi and Mosha Clan Luo Feng were both instantly accelerating, decelerating, turning, etc. In such an environment, the Mosha Clan clone, a prodigy of cosmic space with high insight into spatial laws, displayed its greatest advantage—instantaneous burst speed!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three flashes, and he disappeared from Domain Lord Wupi’s world force exploration range spanning ten thousand kilometers.
…
“Thank goodness the passage is winding, otherwise I might have to use the Golden Horned Beast clone.” Mosha Clan Luo Feng thought while fleeing.
Through Babata’s detection, he could determine the opponent was likely a sixth-stage Domain Lord!
Back in the Blood Net World, the Mosha Clan clone had once, at Domain Lord ninth stage, killed Siyong, a fifth-stage Domain Lord. However, the combat techniques in the Blood Net World were quite ordinary, as were the mental power weapons. Because the Blood Net World was in opposition to the Virtual Universe Company.
But the Nine-Star Sea was different!
The Nine-Star Sea was effectively under rule, with many sects on those nine ancient planets having immortal existences and spaceships. Therefore, in terms of secret techniques and weapons, the Nine-Star Sea was significantly superior to the Blood Net World.
“Even killing Siyong with the Mosha Clan clone was extremely perilous.”
“And now this opponent, a sixth-stage Domain Lord, likely trained by immortals, is estimated to be stronger in secret techniques and law insights than Siyong. Plus, his energy is a full level stronger than Siyong’s. Without the Golden Horned Beast clone, there’s no hope of a direct confrontation.” The Mosha Clan Luo Feng kept flashing away, escaping further and further.
At this maximum speed, he burst out of this vast deep passage in almost a minute.
Boom!
At his maximum escape speed, Luo Feng suddenly decelerated, his eyes widening as he looked ahead. Ahead was an incredibly vast icy mountain stone forest, where countless illusion beasts, some dozens of meters tall, even hundreds of meters, kilometers tall, and some as small as half a meter long, were everywhere. At a glance, there were thousands of illusion beasts, among which several had auras stronger than the Domain Lord chasing him.
Almost half of the thousands of illusion beasts simultaneously turned their heads to look.
“Roar~~”
“Roar~~”
Luo Feng’s eyes widened, unable to advance or retreat, cursing inwardly, “I must have the worst luck. I felt this deep passage with an octagonal entrance was unusual, and indeed it was damn unusual, giving me a sudden encounter with thousands of illusion beasts!”
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