Chapter 984: The Branches and Leaves of the World Tree

“What an unexpected gain!” Venerable Zhenyan picked up the bottle and took three large gulps in succession, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Luo Feng. “Do you know… your teacher also has some luck. It’s not as great as yours, but still quite good.”

“Did teacher obtain a treasure?” Luo Feng’s heart stirred as he asked.

“Wrong!”

Venerable Zhenyan shook his head. “At the level of a Cosmic Sovereign, aside from making progress in cultivation, obtaining a treasure is probably the most joyful thing. But you’re mistaken if you think I obtained a treasure. This time I didn’t obtain a treasure at all… The reason I’m happy is because I discovered that a heavy treasure I originally possessed, which I thought was just an ordinary one, turned out to be extraordinary. Even if it hasn’t reached the level of a supreme treasure, its power is definitely among the top-tier heavy treasures.”

“Congratulations, teacher.” Luo Feng smiled.

“It’s indeed joyful. I didn’t notice its uniqueness even at the Immortal level. This was the first time I engaged in a full-fledged battle after becoming a Cosmic Sovereign,” Venerable Zhenyan sighed. “When I now burn my divine power, it actually underwent a new transformation, developing a secondary form. This definitely qualifies it as a top-tier heavy treasure. If it had a third form, it would have crossed into the realm of supreme treasures.”

Luo Feng nodded.

The Demon-Annihilating Wings also had three forms.

“Teacher, what treasure are you talking about?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask curiously.

“Haha.” Venerable Zhenyan looked at Luo Feng and said, “Although your teacher excels in movement techniques, that Heiwu King naturally specializes in tracking and detection, and has an extremely strong escape ability. Even though I could suppress him, I couldn’t prevent him from fleeing entirely. The reason was because a pair of war boots I obtained long ago underwent a secondary transformation, unleashing tremendous power.”

“With the enhanced power of the war boots, combined with my self-developed supreme movement technique, my speed is already extremely fast,” Venerable Zhenyan couldn’t help but feel excited. “With the war boots in their secondary form, even Heiwu King couldn’t escape. Even if I encountered Venerable Wanfeng, whose strength far exceeds mine, I could still escape using the war boots. Apprentice, such life-saving heavy treasures are invaluable. Venerable Wanfeng’s power is no less than that of Venerable Erosion Fire. Being able to escape from him proves that although your teacher’s strength is merely average among Cosmic Sovereigns, my escape ability is definitely at a high level.”

“Apprentice, obtaining a treasure is indeed joyful, but what truly delights me is that a treasure I originally thought was ordinary turned out to be a truly powerful one,” Venerable Zhenyan exclaimed.

A treasure hidden in dust will eventually shine one day.

He, Zhenyan, had finally shone and established himself among the cosmic powerhouses!

“Teacher, you say your strength is average, so how could you leave Heiwu King completely helpless?” Luo Feng couldn’t help but ask. “I’ve heard many Cosmic Sovereigns are quite afraid of Heiwu King.”

“Heiwu King’s own strength isn’t too formidable; his strength lies in his innate secret art,” Venerable Zhenyan explained. “You should know that the divine body of an ordinary Cosmic Sovereign is already a hundred times the limit of a King-level warrior.”

“I know,” Luo Feng nodded.

“The divine body of a Cosmic Sovereign is at least ten million times the power of a Monarch,” Venerable Zhenyan said. “And when one becomes a Cosmic Sovereign, who wouldn’t try every means possible to enhance their life form? Most can improve by several times. As for me, I’ve already enhanced mine by about ten times, so after becoming a Cosmic Sovereign, my divine body is a hundred million times the power of a Monarch. That Heiwu King, with a divine body two thousand times the limit of a King-level warrior, is only two hundred million times the power of a Monarch, merely twice mine.”

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

One divine body with two hundred million times the power of a Monarch, and the other with one hundred million times, the gap indeed wasn’t that significant.

“His divine body, combined with that defensive supreme treasure, allows him to confront ordinary Cosmic Sovereigns head-on, but his offensive capabilities are quite mediocre. His divine body is only twice as strong as mine, his laws comprehension is inferior to other Cosmic Sovereigns, and his self-developed secret art isn’t as good as most Cosmic Sovereigns, so his attacks are much weaker. He can only rely on his incredible innate secret art attack!”

“His innate secret art is extremely powerful.”

“Fortunately, I’m a martial artist school cultivator. The martial artist school is most afraid of being attacked by illusions and other soul attacks, so I’ve always studied ‘soul defense secret arts,'” Venerable Zhenyan said. “Back when I roamed the universe, my soul defense was already extremely strong, reaching the level of ‘Supreme Art’. While hiding in Chaos City for eons, I couldn’t break through in laws comprehension, so I devoted much of my energy to creating secret arts. Although my talent isn’t as good as yours, after studying for eons, I created three supreme arts.”

“The strongest one is the soul defense supreme art. Although it’s still at the ‘Supreme Art’ level in terms of soul defense, its power is ten times stronger than before.”

Venerable Zhenyan smiled. “With my burning divine power, soul defense supreme art, and my willpower honed over eons, I’m confident I can withstand it. After all, Heiwu King hasn’t killed any Cosmic Sovereigns so far.”

Luo Feng nodded.

Venerable Zhuchong had records of killing Cosmic Sovereigns, but Heiwu King didn’t.

“His innate secret art attack is very strong, but I withstood it,” Venerable Zhenyan grinned. “Once I withstood his innate secret art attack, it was destined that he would be crushed by me.”

On the Purple Crape Myrtle Island.

Inside Heiwu King’s mansion.

“Cursed! Cursed! Cursed!!!” Heiwu King roared furiously within his mansion, his howls echoing endlessly inside without leaking out even slightly.

Heiwu King’s eyes were filled with ferocity.

“Cursed Zhenyan!”

Heiwu King gritted his teeth. “I remember you, I remember you well! Daring to attack me, daring to attack a special life form, you’re really asking for death. You’re stronger now, but when I become a Cosmic Sovereign… killing you will be like crushing a little stinking insect.”

“He actually directly withstood my innate secret art attack, and that rod technique was terrifying,” Heiwu King recalled, shivering slightly.

Venerable Zhenyan wielded that black long rod, smashing him nearly to the point of annihilation.

“If it weren’t for my supreme treasure protecting me.”

“If it weren’t for Venerable Wanfeng arriving in time…” Heiwu King felt a chill.

Although his protective supreme treasure was strong, Venerable Zhenyan’s laws comprehension was clearly superior to his, and the supreme art level of that rod technique was evidently extremely high, resulting in a devastating attack power! Even though each strike was weakened by ninety percent by the protective supreme treasure, it still continuously eroded his divine body…

“Wait.”

“Wait.”

“One day, when I become a Cosmic Sovereign…” Heiwu King’s eyes burned with madness and hatred. This was the closest he had ever come to death, and it intensified his hatred toward that human even more.

In the Nine Netherworlds time-space, within that realm.

Luo Feng had just returned his consciousness from the virtual universe.

“It is said that if a King-level invincible breaks through to become a Cosmic Sovereign, they would be stronger than ordinary Cosmic Sovereigns. Indeed, the rumors are not unfounded,” Luo Feng nodded to himself. “This is the result of deep accumulation before a breakthrough. Having already reached the King-level invincible stage and continuously accumulating over countless years, if one’s comprehension of laws is insufficient, then they should focus on studying secret techniques.”

“If one doesn’t break through, then it’s fine. But once breaking through, one is indeed extremely powerful.”

Luo Feng smiled.

“My Mosha Clan clone has drifted for so long, finally arriving at the World Tree. As long as I obtain a branch and leaf from the World Tree, I can cultivate my third clone, and then I will step into the Immortal level.”

“Heiwu King?”

“You dare to kill me for my treasures, so once I become an Immortal, I will definitely kill you,” Luo Feng thought to himself, full of confidence in himself. Once becoming an Immortal… Luo Feng’s goal was naturally to rival those Cosmic Sovereigns, and even those unique special lives like Zhuchong King!

As for Heiwu King? He would be personally killed!

“The leaves of the World Tree, let’s see this time,” Luo Feng stopped thinking further, focusing all his attention on the Mosha Clan clone.

In the Nine Netherworlds time-space, on Tree Island.

Tree Island remained as tranquil as ever, beautiful flowers and plants covering the ground. Plant seeds called ‘Puffballs’ floated throughout the island, visible everywhere.

The Mosha Clan Puffball had now landed near the ‘Monarch-level World Tree’ on the ground.

“We’ve arrived.”

“This is it.” The Mosha Clan clone was filled with anticipation, its puffball hairs gazing at everything before it.

This World Tree still stood tall, each leaf still resembling jade crystal carvings, beautiful to the point of being heart-stirring, with rings of light circling around it.

At this moment… in a cave on a desolate stone island.

A peak King-level immortal servant holding the Fire God Source Crystal appeared.

“Whoosh!” Three instantaneous movements.

The first two movements were over the sea.

On the third instantaneous movement, this peak King-level immortal servant directly arrived at the core of Tree Island—the domain of the World Tree!

He appeared exactly in the canopy of the ‘Monarch-level’ World Tree closest to the Mosha Clan clone, about 500,000 kilometers away.

“Explode.” As soon as the peak King-level servant completed the instantaneous movement, he threw the Fire God Source Crystal.

Immediately, he performed another instantaneous movement, moving a million kilometers directly to the lower part of the massive canopy, attacking the Monarch-level World Tree directly.

“Boom~~~~” The Fire God Source Crystal exploded the moment it was thrown!

This time, the Fire God Source Crystal carried was slightly stronger than the last one. If detonated at close range, it could kill a low-level King immortal. Mainly because Luo Feng only had so many Fire God Source Crystals, this one was already considered weak.

With the explosion!

The area around the explosion point was instantly turned into nothingness, distant branches were shattered, and blown away by the powerful shockwave. Countless broken leaves, under the impact, flew in all directions like arrows, scattering everywhere in an instant.

“A branch of the World Tree.” The peak King-level immortal servant, after teleporting a million kilometers, immediately grabbed a huge branch about three hundred meters thick as soon as he appeared.

“Break!” The King-level immortal fiercely tried to pull off the thick branch.

But the entire Monarch-level World Tree let out an angry roar, the entire canopy trembled, and numerous branches and leaves directly entangled the peak King-level immortal servant: “Cursed outsiders, cursed outsiders, hurting me again, hurting me again, die, die.”