The Master of Yuanao wielded one massive, powerful arm holding a huge circular shield of a dark red hue, while his other right hand gripped a long-handled mace. The mace was entirely bronze in color, stained with blood, and featured a thick handle and an enormous head studded with sharp spikes.
“Roar~~~” The mace, ablaze with flames, surged toward Luo Feng with boundless might, reducing the surrounding space to a stream of particles.
Luo Feng’s war blade, “Jueke,” instantly left its sheath.
Jueke was a supreme treasure war blade forged by Master Zuo Shan, far superior to the Blood Shadow Blade Luo Feng had used in his battle against Banfu. A superior treasure significantly impacts one’s strength, and the closer one approaches the level of ultimate treasures, the more pronounced the difference becomes.
“Clang!!!”
The sharp edge of the blade struck the handle of the mace. The powerful impact sent Luo Feng flying backward through the air in three successive steps before he managed to dissipate the force.
Meanwhile, Yuanao also took two sidestepping steps before coming to a halt.
“You?” Yuanao glared at Luo Feng furiously, roaring, “Didn’t you barely gain the upper hand against Banfu by using your ultimate secret technique? I observed that your sword techniques just now weren’t particularly impressive, merely reaching the level of ultimate secret techniques for a Cosmic Sovereign. How could you possibly withstand my casual strike?”
Luo Feng sneered, “Don’t waste words! You call that a casual strike? Then show me your true strength!”
Though he shouted bravely, Luo Feng was well aware of Yuanao’s might.
With the aid of the ‘Golden Realm’ and ‘Jiuxiong River,’ Luo Feng had already gained an advantage over Yuanao before the fight even began. Thus, although the clash appeared evenly matched, Yuanao was indeed stronger than Luo Feng.
Comparing this battle to his earlier fight with Banfu:
First, Banfu had the advantage of suppressing Luo Feng with the ‘Floating Mountain Sea,’ giving him the upper hand. Second, Luo Feng had used the Blood Shadow Blade at that time.
Now the situation was reversed, with Luo Feng holding the advantage. The treasure had also changed.
Even without relying on “I am the Universe,” Luo Feng could now stand on equal footing with Yuanao.
“Truly arrogant, but to have achieved such strength after only a dozen eons of cultivation, you do deserve to be arrogant. But you should know… in the vast universe, when the strong clash, they care nothing for how long one has cultivated. I will show you my true might!” Yuanao roared fiercely.
Boom~~~~~
Suddenly, a dazzling vortex of flames appeared around Yuanao’s divine body, resembling a brilliant nebula swirling around him. The spreading vortex exuded an inconceivable might, instantly dispersing even the Jiuxiong River, which had been enhanced by the ‘Golden Realm.’
“What immense power,” Luo Feng exclaimed, watching the sudden appearance of the massive flame vortex in the distance. “It feels comparable to the Star River Sovereign’s ultimate secret technique ‘Night.'”
“Rumble~~~”
The beautiful, dreamlike, radiant flame vortex instantly rotated and contracted, converging entirely onto the massive mace in the blink of an eye. The flames on the mace surged dramatically, radiating boundless might, as if it had transformed into a supreme treasure of the peak domain level.
“Annihilation!” Yuanao’s voice was deep and filled with endless killing intent.
Boom!!!
A single strike was launched!
The massive mace, covered in countless spikes and enveloped in flames, turned a shade of red. The bloodstains on the mace seemed to awaken, unleashing an overwhelming malevolence that pierced directly into Luo Feng’s body, attacking his will.
“Kill, kill, kill!!!”
“Die!”
Infinite roars echoed in Luo Feng’s mind.
“Hmph.” Yuanao sneered coldly, believing that although Luo Feng was an extraordinary human genius, even among the vast universe, his cultivation time was short—only a dozen eons. The ‘will,’ which required endless time to hone, was likely his weakness. The malevolence released at maximum power from his divine hammer might not pose much of a threat to a true Cosmic Sovereign, but it could be highly effective against this human genius with a weaker will. At the very least, causing Luo Feng to hesitate momentarily would put him in a desperate situation.
“Bang!”
The mace swiftly reached Luo Feng’s front.
Whoosh!
Blinding golden light erupted, sharp and cold, directly striking the surface of the mace.
With a tremendous explosion, Luo Feng was blasted backward as a streak of light, flying thousands of kilometers before stopping. Yuanao, however, stood in the air, stunned.
“He blocked it… and his divine body wasn’t weakened?” Yuanao stood there, bewildered.
“Hahaha, Master Yuanao, is this your Annihilation?” Luo Feng laughed, though inwardly he was alarmed. Even with the Jiuxiong River and the Golden Realm bolstering him, he had still been at an extreme disadvantage in that clash… the power of that move was indeed terrifying.
Though not as formidable as the ultimate move of the Star River Sovereign, it was only slightly inferior.
However, unlike his previous battle with the Star River Sovereign, where the Golden Realm and Jiuxiong River amplified Jueke’s power, Luo Feng’s divine body only lost two ten-thousandths of its energy—despite lacking the Star Tower’s protection and relying solely on his Robe of Destruction.
“This Master Yuanao must have expended an enormous amount of divine power with that ultimate secret technique, likely equivalent to one ten-thousandth of his divine body,” Luo Feng pondered. “Hmph, with my Robe of Tribulation protecting me, do you truly believe you can kill me?”
“Good.”
“Powerful.”
“Truly an extraordinary genius of the human race. In such a short time, from your battle with Banfu to now, not even an eon has passed. Yet your strength has surged! You can stand unscathed against me. I originally planned to rely on my stronger divine body to exhaust you to death. Now it seems—you have earned the right for me to use it!” Yuanao gazed at Luo Feng, his single eye burning with twisted madness.
Luo Feng was inwardly alarmed.
Use it?
“Haha, anyone can boast. Could it be you have an ultimate treasure?” Luo Feng spread his four wings, standing on the surface of the Jiuxiong River, staring at Yuanao.
“Hmph, since I obtained it, I’ve only used it once in the Cosmic Sea. This is the first time I’ve used it in the Original Universe…” Yuanao flipped his hand, and the mace instantly disappeared. Then, a strange black object appeared in Yuanao’s massive palm, radiating boundless might as soon as it emerged.
“What terrifying power,” Luo Feng was startled, then immediately confirmed through the golden toad he had long since marked with his own imprint… that this black object was one of the targets!
“That’s the target?”
“That strange object is the target?” Luo Feng was stunned. He had spent a considerable amount of time in the Yuanao Secret Realm, slaying numerous immortal deities and Cosmic Honored Ones. Yet, up until now, the golden toad’s eyes had only turned red in reaction to living creatures. As per the instructions given by the Ancestral God back then, any such life forms encountered were to be eradicated without exception.
This time, the Ancestral God had entrusted Luo Feng with the task of investigating what had occurred here.
Suddenly, Luo Feng felt…
The source of this mission’s target was likely that strange object!
Looking closely at the strange object, it was a massive black log, with the broken end visible on one side. The patterns on the black log were extremely eerie, resembling intertwined semicircular arcs forming an ominous style. The overwhelming pressure emanating from the entire black log caused Luo Feng to involuntarily change expression.
So powerful!
“I’ve seen many treasures, though numerous. But those surpassing this one might only be the fully unleashed Star Tower and the Five-Color Aurora Lake,” Luo Feng mused. “The Star Tower is in my possession, but I’m only partially activating its power. It seems to fall short of this black log.”
Although no action had been taken, the moment the black staff appeared in Yuan Ao’s hand, the natural pressure it exuded already surpassed that of the two supreme treasures wielded by the Star River Lord. Even the ‘Dual-Faced Ancestral God’ of the Ancestral God Sect had once employed a set of top-tier supreme treasures, but Luo Feng estimated they were probably slightly inferior.
“I’ve only used it once before, and with just one strike, I obliterated a Cosmic Sovereign,” Yuanao stroked the black log. “This is a peculiar artifact I obtained through immense hardship in a treacherous region of the Cosmic Sea. I shall use it to shatter you—who dares defy me—into fragments, annihilate this clone of yours, and seize your treasures as retribution. As for the Ancestor God Sect? Hah! Not even their so-called Ancestor God himself frightens me! Let them come one by one…”
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In the distant demon clan territory.
Within the Dream Ancestor Secret Realm, amidst the void where the Dream Demon Ancestor’s endless palaces stood, a silver, coiling serpent floated in the emptiness, gazing toward a distant point in the cosmos.
“The fluctuation.”
“That fluctuation.”
“It’s at the location of the Yuanao Secret Realm. Could it be Yuanao has obtained the strange object?” the silver serpent murmured slowly. “What a fool! Obtaining such a strange object and bringing it back to the Original Universe, doesn’t he know the Original Universe extremely rejects such treasures?”
Instantly, the silver serpent began issuing orders.
“Heaven Wolf, Dark Phantom, both of you proceed to the Yuanao Secret Realm at once. Should any danger arise, I will arrive immediately.”
“Understood.”
The Heavenly Wolf Sovereign and the Nether Demon Sovereign promptly accepted their orders.
These two had lived for an extremely long time. The Heaven Wolf Sovereign was at the peak level with formidable survival abilities, while the Shadow Demon Sovereign was equally adept at survival and also stood at the pinnacle. Sending these two Universe Masters, who excelled in survival, was merely a preliminary measure.
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“It’s actually that bizarre artifact! How incredibly rare it is in the Cosmic Sea, yet it has appeared? Although that peculiar object cannot compare to an ultimate treasure, its power comes extremely close to one. Even those supreme treasure sets probably can’t match its might. Hmm, with that strange object’s emergence, the most powerful beings in the Primordial Universe must already be aware. I should send two Universe Masters to investigate first while I stay prepared to arrive there instantly.”
Soon, the Northern Border Alliance also dispatched two Lords of the Universe.
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The Ancestor God Sect dispatched three Lords of the Universe simultaneously.
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The Zerg dispatched a Cosmic Overlord.
(Note: “宇宙之主” can be translated in various ways depending on context—”Cosmic Overlord,” “Lord of the Universe,” or “Universal Sovereign” are possible. I chose “Cosmic Overlord” as it aligns with sci-fi/gaming terminology often associated with the Zerg. Adjust if a specific term is preferred.)
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The Star Beast Alliance also dispatched two Universe Masters.
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One after another, the cosmic overlords dispatched their envoys to the scene, while behind them, the most formidable beings in the universe watched silently. They all understood that other cosmic sovereigns were also closely monitoring the unfolding events! In stark contrast, both the ‘Mechanical Race’ and the ‘Human Race’ remained oblivious—the Human Race’s progenitor, Axe, was in the Cosmic Sea, and the Mechanical Race’s Father God resided in another universe. Thus, they were unable to perceive these events and naturally did not send any powerful figures to intervene.
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