Chapter 924: Ultimate Skill

During the endless years of slaughter within the Ice Prison, lower-tier beings like the ‘Cangjiang Race’ and ‘Katou Race’ found no hope, even developing thoughts of death. However, creatures such as the ‘Soul Devouring Beasts’ would hardly desire death. As for the ten kings who arrogantly and ruthlessly roamed and dominated the Ice Prison—each of them was brimming with ambition!

Their strength might be slightly inferior to the five major powerhouses, but there was still hope of catching up, and naturally, a glimmer of hope to escape.

Battle!

They fought fiercely, absorbing experience and improving themselves.

“Human, you dare not flee upon encountering me? Excellent,” the Bone King exuded a murderous aura, staring at Luo Feng.

“The Ten Great Kings are renowned, and other powerhouses in the Ice Prison would indeed flee early when facing you. But as for me, if you can’t defeat me, how could I possibly flee?” Luo Feng hovered midair. “Haha, when you defeat me, I will naturally run away quickly.”

“You won’t have the chance to escape afterward,” the Bone King’s voice was low and echoed from within his chest cavity. As he spoke, the surrounding space instantly solidified—space was sealed, and neither side could escape via teleportation.

Boom!

The Bone King vanished from his spot instantly, moving so fast he became a blurred streak of light, directly appearing before Luo Feng midair.

“Whoosh!” Luo Feng flapped his wings, tracing a zigzag path midair, while eight black spheres hovered above his left palm. With a casual toss, the law runes inscribed on the spheres were activated, countless golden threads connecting them, forming a divine beast exuding infinite overlord-like aura across heaven and earth.

The Bone King’s claw strike missed, and he turned to gaze at Luo Feng and the divine beast in the distance, chuckling lowly, “Impressive speed. You’re actually a Controller. Excellent.”

“Roar!” The divine beast roared, soaring through the air toward its target.

“Hahaha…” The Bone King laughed maniacally, charging headlong at the divine beast.

Boom!!!

A dazzling whip-like shadow and the Bone King’s claw strike collided head-on with a violent impact, sending shockwaves tearing through the surrounding snowfields and ice-covered sea surface. The Bone King was pushed backward by the counterforce, while the divine beast also staggered, its form momentarily blurred before solidifying again.

The snowfields quickly restored themselves. Standing on the distant snow-covered ground, the Bone King looked up at Luo Feng, “Human, I now admit—you are worthy of witnessing my true battle form.” His voice rumbled like thunder across the heavens and earth, and simultaneously, the Bone King’s entire body erupted with a terrifying aura.

The grotesque bone spikes on his body retracted into him, and his divine body gradually grew taller, its color shifting from fiery red to a pure white. When the transformation ceased, the Bone King’s entire body had turned a silvery white resembling platinum, his surface covered with layers of twisted bones forming an ‘armored exoskeleton,’ radiating a powerful aura.

“Bone King, this is your battle form? Excellent,” Luo Feng, high in the sky, his eyes piercing and terrifying, shouted, “Take this!”

The peak of willpower erupted!

His mighty will guided his consciousness, controlling his mental energy. The divine beast midair became even clearer, roaring as it charged directly at the Bone King below. However, the Bone King stood confidently in place. When the divine beast’s tail lashed toward him like lightning, the Bone King abruptly swung his right claw.

Rip—tear—

His claw distorted and tore space itself, but the divine beast’s tail withdrew mid-strike, then immediately lashed out again fiercely.

“Cunning fellow!” roared the Bone King as he suddenly lunged forward, his twin claws becoming a blur of afterimages. The claw sheaths adorning his hands were the only precious treasure he possessed. If one were to compare the strong within the Ice Prison to those outside, the first difference would be the scarcity of treasures of comparable power.

For example, the Bone King, if outside, would usually possess several treasures, but within the Ice Prison, he had only one.

However, due to the relentless struggles and pressures within the Ice Prison, the Bone King had devoted himself to researching this single claw treasure to an extreme degree, elevating its power to an astonishingly high level. Though it was merely one treasure, its combat effectiveness was in no way inferior to formidable figures like the Xuanmu King outside, who might possess multiple treasures.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Bone King charged directly at the divine beast, his twin claws becoming countless afterimages, moving at an unbelievable speed, launching repeated tearing attacks…

“Boom!” Finally, the divine beast’s tail was torn apart, collapsing instantly, and the eight black spheres were likewise blasted away by that single claw strike.

“Formidable,” Luo Feng, high above, watched the Bone King charge recklessly in his battle form, using his frenzied claw attacks to crush the divine beast head-on. He was astonished. Even compared to the ‘Heitai King,’ the Bone King’s combat strength was practically equal, or even more terrifying due to his crazed battle stance.

Swoosh!

At the same time the Bone King destroyed the divine beast, he charged toward Luo Feng, “Human, die!”

Whoosh! Luo Feng flapped his wings, tracing another zigzag path midair, and had already fled far away.

“Bone King, your strength is formidable. I admire you greatly. Right now, I am no match for you, so I’ll take my leave first. Next time, we shall fight again,” Luo Feng’s voice echoed midair, but he had already fled far.

The Bone King paused in midair, observing Luo Feng’s astonishing speed. With a furious roar that shook the heavens and earth, he finally fell silent, his gaze fixed on Luo Feng’s retreating figure.

“This human’s explosive speed is unbelievable. Even among the five great powerhouses, none could escape so swiftly… It seems the Ice Prison has gained another supreme powerhouse.”

Although the Bone King’s confrontation with Luo Feng was fleeting, he swiftly gauged Luo Feng’s combat prowess—marginally surpassing that of an average King-level warrior, yet his teleportation speed was arguably unparalleled within the Ice Prison. Such a human posed a threat on par with the Ten Great Kings.

“Haha, how interesting.”

“The Ice Prison has become even more interesting,” the Bone King said, not angry but delighted. The long, monotonous life in the Ice Prison had grown dull for him. Occasionally, the emergence of exceptional warriors made the Ice Prison a place worth living in.

After escaping the range of space sealing, Luo Feng dove deep into the snowfields, where the Polar Rainbow King appeared, immediately teleporting with Luo Feng to a remote snowy area in the Eastern Ice Prison.

Deep within the snowfields, it was easy to construct an underground dwelling.

“I underestimated the powerhouses of the Ice Prison,” Luo Feng sat on a chair, sipping wine while recalling the battle. “I thought most of the powerhouses imprisoned here weren’t particularly strong when they were captured. Many of them gradually grew stronger over endless years. I believed they wouldn’t possess powerful treasures, or at most, only the strongest few would have one or two.”

“But I was wrong.”

“If wielded well, a single treasure can rival ten,” Luo Feng murmured inwardly.

Even the strongest warriors, who might possess around ten combat treasures, would naturally concentrate all their power on a single offensive treasure during battle.

“Moreover, the powerhouses within the Ice Prison are different from those outside. The pressure inside the Ice Prison is greater, driving them relentlessly. They constantly push themselves to improve. If they obtained a treasure, they would undoubtedly study it exhaustively, maximizing its potential to the fullest extent,” Luo Feng realized. “In contrast, while powerhouses outside might examine their treasures after acquiring them, they lack such intense pressure, so they wouldn’t pursue such obsessive mastery.”

“Bone King.”

“Judging by the foundation of his divine body, I estimate he’s only at the peak level of an ordinary King. However, he possesses a treasure, and his claw techniques are perfectly suited to it—executed with exquisite precision. His claw techniques and movement arts are flawlessly coordinated, nearly perfect,” Luo Feng believed this must be a unique martial art created by the Bone King himself. Learning from others’ techniques would rarely achieve such perfection.

Luo Feng pondered for a long time and silently nodded.

The strong within the Ice Prison valued self-cultivation more, allowing them to unleash greater power from their treasures.

The strong outside possessed more treasures and techniques.

This was the key difference.

“I was wrong.”

“Ever since I mastered the first move of ‘Moonlight Strategy’ and left Chaos City, I haven’t been in a hurry to research martial arts,” Luo Feng sighed inwardly, “But today, seeing the Bone King, I realized the importance of personal strength. Moreover, martial arts must be coordinated with offensive treasures. My supreme treasure, ‘Star Chart,’ is powerful. I should quickly create a martial art to complement it.”

The ‘Moonlight Strategy’ was a sword technique, a fighting method for the Demon-Annihilating Wings… After all, Luo Feng’s strongest form, the Golden-Horned Giant Beast, specialized in close combat and couldn’t afford to waste the Demon-Annihilating Wings, so the creation of the ‘Moonlight Strategy’ couldn’t be delayed.

But Luo Feng also needed another martial art, a martial art for a Controller-type mentalist.

“Let’s begin.”

“Treasures, supreme treasures, genes, amplification techniques, martial arts… there are external and internal aspects,” Luo Feng murmured, “My external aspects are already strong and temporarily unimprovable. In the Ice Prison, I will strengthen my internal aspects, enhancing my ability to unleash my power. With a martial art that complements the Star Chart, the Star Chart can unleash even more incredible combat power.”

The Star Chart (Star Path Diagram) was Luo Feng’s most suitable combat supreme treasure!

Though the Tower Bead, Star Chart, and Demon-Annihilating Wings were all supreme treasures barely entering the realm of supreme treasures, each had different purposes. The Demon-Annihilating Wings were more for escape, the Tower Bead for soul stabilization, and the Star Chart for attack! A supreme treasure originally meant for escape, the Demon-Annihilating Wings, naturally wouldn’t amplify combat power much when used for battle.

But the Star Chart, originally designed for attack, was immensely powerful. When wielded well… it was terrifying.

After all, even in the vast universe, how many invincible kings possess supreme offensive treasures?

Luo Feng began his secluded cultivation deep within the snowfields, connecting his consciousness to the virtual universe, repeatedly experimenting with his combat techniques. He didn’t need to simulate the ‘Star Chart’ itself—merely creating and testing mental energy weapon control techniques with similar mental energy weapons was sufficient.

“He’s focusing on mental energy weapons now,” the Chaos City Lord, providing various opponents for Luo Feng’s battles, secretly wondered.

Previously, Luo Feng used a war blade, but now he had switched to mental energy weapons.

However, the Chaos City Lord didn’t rush to criticize Luo Feng, as he clearly understood that unless Luo Feng experienced setbacks and failures himself, mere teachings would be of little use. Yet the Chaos City Lord was also unaware that Luo Feng’s Earth human main body was indeed most suited to the path of a mentalist, and this would become even more apparent when he became an immortal god in the future.