Chapter 781: The Lowly Ant

“Brother Five.”

“Brother Five!!!”

“Captain!” The cosmic human warriors watching from afar cried out in anguish. Over the years, Nuo Lanshan had indeed forged many deep bonds of brotherhood.

“Damn it.”

“Ugly creatures, die!” The enraged cosmic warriors fought the scaled beasts with even greater ferocity. They assumed Nuo Lanshan had been caught in the residual shockwave of an immortal god’s battle. Normally, such shockwaves couldn’t kill a Monarch, but if struck by a sword beam, even a peak Monarch would perish without question—let alone Nuo Lanshan, a third-stage Monarch.

“Kill!” The human cosmic warriors slaughtered the Qiushi warriors, while the Qiushi warriors roared in fury and charged at the humans.

Chaos reigned!

…

Nuo Lanshan’s death was indeed the result of Luo Feng’s secret machinations.

The Qiushi immortal battling Luo Feng was a mental warrior who controlled nine sharp swords! While Luo Feng was using the Beast God Armor to block the attacks of the nine swords, during their fierce duel, the immortal’s swords clashed with the Beast God’s claws. The swords were deflected, and the sword beams naturally veered off course. The Beast God’s illusion carefully adjusted its angle, ensuring the deflected sword beams flew precisely in the direction Luo Feng had calculated.

As the Beast God’s illusion struck with its claws, calculating the angle of impact…

Even the most rigorous military system couldn’t accuse Luo Feng of murder, since he was merely defending himself against an attack.

And so…

Nuo Lanshan perished! He had believed he was absolutely safe within the military, unaware that even regulations have loopholes. Thus, he silently died on the battlefield beyond the domains, becoming just another fallen human.

…

“In the past, I was pushed to the brink by Nuo Lanshan, facing near-death situations multiple times. Back then, he seemed like an insurmountable giant. But now… despite four thousand years of life-and-death trials that vastly increased his strength, he was still like an ant before me—killing him was effortless, like crushing an insect,” Luo Feng mused. “Power, this is the power.”

“The battlefield beyond the domains is a crucible of life and death.

Training is more about enhancing one’s strength than endless killing. It’s more important to constantly reflect and learn from each battle, gaining experience,” Luo Feng thought, feeling an even stronger desire to become powerful after secretly orchestrating Nuo Lanshan’s death.

Become strong!

Become a true champion—a mighty being with the power to defend oneself, one whom no force in existence could ever trample upon.

…

“Go!” Luo Feng, standing on the Lofe Disc, pointed his finger toward the immortal Qiushi warrior in the distance.

“Roar~~~” A faint roar, as if traversing space and time, echoed out. The Beast God illusion, radiating an overbearing pressure, lunged forward once again, compressing the entire surrounding space as it attacked the pitiful, battered immortal Qiushi warrior. The immortal Qiushi warrior roared and controlled his nine swords to resist.

Tearing sound!

The thick, powerful hoof claw struck with force, sending the nine swords flying. Then, with brute strength, it grabbed directly at the body of the immortal Qiushi warrior.

“Boom!” His body shattered and was flung away.

His fragmented body quickly reassembled mid-air. The immortal Qiushi warrior glared at Luo Feng in the distance, his voice in common human tongue piercing and sharp: “Human Monarch, I refuse to believe I can’t kill you.” The nine swords swiftly transformed into nine streaks of light in the air, directly piercing toward Luo Feng himself!

“Whoosh!”

The Beast God illusion’s massive scaled tail swept through the air, knocking away seven of the streaks. The remaining two streaks shot straight toward Luo Feng.

“No matter how you try, you’re still only a Monarch. Your body definitely can’t withstand my attacks,” the immortal Qiushi warrior gritted his teeth.

“Boom.”

Luo Feng casually raised the Beast God Shield, which, empowered by the armor, contained strength rivaling a low-tier immortal Marquis. Combined with the shield’s own material, it easily deflected the two swords.

“Truly hard to kill. A peak immortal General should not be this difficult to eliminate. I’ve torn his body seven times, yet seven times he’s reassembled… But judging by the looks of it, his strength should have been greatly diminished,” Luo Feng frowned. “Without the help of the Star-Eating Grass, it’s extremely difficult for me to kill an immortal General with the Beast God Armament.”

“Boom!”

From another direction came a deep, rumbling sound, and the immortal scaled being perished.

“Yang, Yang.”

Seeing that Luo Feng was still locked in battle, Shu Fan and Boye Zhu, from afar, couldn’t help but send a telepathic message. “These scaled lifeforms seem to be energy-based beings, more adept at body reassembly than typical flesh-and-blood beings. Even without cultivating an undying body, unless there’s a significant power disparity, it might take dozens of hits to finally finish him off. Yang, use your immortal plant life to assist… First shatter him, then immediately have the plant life consume his fragmented body. Once his body is completely consumed, he’ll naturally perish. This is the quickest method.”

“I understand,” Luo Feng replied telepathically. “I want to test my skills a bit more. Wait a little longer.”

Shu Fan and Boye Zhu exchanged glances, dared not say more, and immediately went to mobilize the troops to swiftly deal with the Qiushi army.

“Run.”

“Escape!”

“Roar~~”

The Qiushi warriors cried out in their native tongue, fleeing in panic, while the human cosmic warriors seized the opportunity to crush their retreating enemies.

The last remaining immortal Qiushi warrior’s eyes now showed a hint of panic: “Those two human immortals are coming too. If they join forces with this terrifying human Monarch, I’m doomed. Flee, flee, flee.” He abandoned all resistance and turned to escape.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Luo Feng’s eyes turned cold.

Boom!

The World Projection rapidly increased its binding force. Under this restraint, the immortal Qiushi warrior’s flight speed sharply decreased, while Luo Feng’s speed was actually enhanced, allowing him to quickly catch up.

“Human, don’t push me!” The immortal Qiushi warrior turned back, telepathically roaring in piercing human tongue.

“Thinking of self-destructing?” Luo Feng smiled coldly.

The giant one-horned lizard in the sky roared down once again, exerting overwhelming pressure. Its right and left hooves struck in succession at the immortal Qiushi warrior. The immortal Qiushi warrior was like a block of tofu, being torn apart repeatedly by the massive Beast God illusion… yet each time, he reassembled. However, each time his body was torn, it clearly drained a large amount of his immortal energy.

He was not an ‘undying body,’ so each time he was torn apart, he lost a significant amount of immortal energy.

He couldn’t escape!

And he was continuously attacked.

“Ahh!” The immortal Qiushi warrior roared, trying to rush toward Luo Feng, hoping to self-destruct and take the human with him. But once again, the ‘Beast God illusion’ tore him apart with a single hoof strike.

The immortal Qiushi warrior was filled with grief and rage.

He couldn’t even get close enough to self-destruct with the human!

Driven to desperation with no other options, he had previously tried soul attacks, which failed to harm Luo Feng. He had also controlled his mental-force weapons to attack Luo Feng from afar, but that too had failed. Now, he couldn’t even approach Luo Feng’s body to self-destruct. Repeatedly torn apart by the Beast God illusion, he finally became frenzied and hysterical.

“Tear me apart, tear me apart, then you should tear apart too!!!”

“Boom!” As the Beast God illusion tore him apart once again, the immortal Qiushi warrior actually self-destructed.

Boom~~~

The explosion instantly caused thousands of kilometers of space to collapse. The force generated by the self-destruction was thousands of times greater than the normal combat power of a peak immortal General… An immortal’s self-destruction was indeed the most ruthless move. The ‘Beast God illusion’ created by Luo Feng was directly hit by the explosion at close range, causing it to collapse. Numerous diamond-shaped metal pieces scattered in all directions, then turned mid-air and flew back to Luo Feng, merging into the Beast God Shield.

“Killing a peak immortal General is this troublesome,” Luo Feng shook his head.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Shu Fan and Boye Zhu flew over from afar.

“Ha ha, congratulations, Yang,” Shu Fan laughed. “Being able to kill a peak immortal General alone is no easy feat. Even for us… it would take both of us working together.”

“It really has to be two people working together?” Luo Feng looked at them.

“Yeah.”

Shu Fan nodded. “One-on-one, with equal strength, it’s very difficult to kill a peak immortal General. Even if you shatter his body… he can reassemble. Although it’s not like an undying body that doesn’t consume energy, a typical immortal General can maintain the ability to reassemble at least ten times. This is especially true when he feels he can’t resist, can’t escape, and his comrades can’t rescue him in time. In such a state of fury, he might choose to self-destruct… In a one-on-one situation, if he self-destructs at close range, even the victor might perish as well.”

“So usually, it’s best to work in pairs.”

“Working together, once you gain the upper hand and shatter his body, you immediately control your immortal energy to each trap part of the shattered body. First, you mustn’t allow the shattered parts to quickly reassemble. You have to separate them. However, those shattered body parts contain powerful immortal energy and will instinctively struggle fiercely. Two immortals must give their all to suppress them, each destroying a portion of the shattered body… dividing the body fragments into two parts, one person dealing with each part, continuously bombarding them, making the enemy’s body more and more fragmented. This causes the enemy’s immortal energy to be continuously drained, and in this fragmented state, the enemy cannot self-destruct… Eventually, his immortal energy will be completely exhausted, and he will disintegrate.”

“If you’re alone, first you have to shatter and separate the body fragments, and then suppress their instinctive resistance. Unless you’re much stronger, it’s very difficult to do…”

“Unless you’re like Yang, using long-range attacks and not fearing self-destruction,” Shu Fan smiled.

Luo Feng nodded.

In the past, whenever he had killed immortals, he had always had the help of the Star-Eating Grass, making it much easier.

“Shu Fan, Boye Zhu, I think… it’s time for me to leave,” Luo Feng said.

“Leave?” Immortal Generals Shu Fan and Boye Zhu were somewhat surprised.

“Now?” The two were very eager for Luo Feng to remain in their team, but they both clearly understood… the probability of Luo Feng staying with them for a long time was extremely low.

“Haha, you two are the first friends I made on the Yanji Continent. We’ll meet again in the future,” Luo Feng smiled. “I still have my own plans, so…”

“Everyone has their own path to pursue. We won’t force you,” Boye Zhu said. “Yang, survive until retirement.”

“Survive until retirement,” Shu Fan echoed.

“The same to you, survive until retirement,” Luo Feng laughed.

Boom!

Then, Luo Feng transformed into a streak of light and rapidly vanished into the distance.