Chapter 476: Enlightenment

“I will let you understand that the fifth level of Shenthe Weapon doesn’t necessarily surpass the fourth level!” thought Luo Feng, standing on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, watching the golden afterimage rushing toward him across the Heavenbridge. Luo Feng had already shot out a ribbon-like golden stream of energy to wrap around the Totem Golden Pillar.

Boom~~~ The Totem Golden Pillar began rolling. Although it appeared slow, it instantly blocked the golden afterimage.

“Actually blocked it? Cut!” The silver-robed figure in the distance narrowed his eyes coldly.

“Chi chi chi~~”

The dark golden sword, like lightning, stabbed directly into the Totem Golden Pillar. Amidst a thunderous roar, the area struck on the pillar’s surface began to tremble, some golden threads snapped, and countless tiny golden swords floated up.

“Combine.” At Luo Feng’s mental command, the floating golden swords immediately merged back into the Totem Golden Pillar. The golden threads imbued with the power of laws reconnected, restoring the Totem Golden Pillar.

“Amazing ‘Spatial Cutting’—truly worthy of the fifth level!” Luo Feng inwardly marveled. He wasn’t just immersed in the Spatial Fundamental Laws; his Golden-Horned Giant Beast avatar had never ceased its pursuit and comprehension of the ‘Metal Fundamental Laws’. The Metal Fundamental Laws contained the characteristic of indestructibility, making the formed Totem Golden Pillar extremely difficult to destroy.

Yet, to his surprise, the Totem Golden Pillar had nearly collapsed after just one clash.

“Haha…” The silver-robed figure’s eyes held a trace of disdain as he laughed aloud, “Kid, you think a Cosmic-Level wants to pass the fifth level? Dream on! Go back and train for another thousand years.”

Xiu!

The dark golden sword once again slashed through the sky.

Luo Feng’s expression turned cold: “Nine-Line Cycle!”

Boom~~~ The Totem Golden Pillar lunged forward midair, as if a giant were wielding it to strike forward. It collided once more with the dark golden sword that was trying to evade. With a thunderous boom, the dark golden afterimage flew backward, and the Totem Golden Pillar vibrated slightly.

“Hmm?” The silver-robed figure’s expression changed, “Blocked again?”

Xiu!

The dark golden sword transformed into a blur once more, the space around it faintly vibrating. With countless blurred afterimages, it charged toward Luo Feng again.

“Boom!” In midair, the Totem Golden Pillar created a long trail of illusions and, surprisingly, slowly appeared in front of the extremely fast dark golden sword, colliding once more.

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

The dark golden sword became countless golden illusions, like fish darting through the sea of space, repeatedly lunging at Luo Feng. Yet the Totem Golden Pillar strangely moved at a seemingly sluggish pace, intercepting the dark golden sword time and time again. Each collision, the Totem Golden Pillar managed to remain intact.

“How can he be this fast?” The silver-robed figure furrowed his brows.

“My fourth level is not the same as the fourth level of the Heavenbridge opponents’ Shenthe Weapon,” Luo Feng thought with a slight smile on his face.

Indeed!

This was the very foundation of his attempt to conquer the fifth level—the Nine-Line Cycle!

After comprehending the most fundamental nine sword techniques from the “Raindrop Chart,” each represented a basic mystery, allowing weapons to attack along intricate ‘wave curves.’ However, due to the complex spatial vibrations and various wave patterns—like turbulent undercurrents in seawater—Luo Feng couldn’t adapt to all of them.

Only when encountering suitable undercurrents could his speed reach astonishing levels.

The nine fundamental mysteries Luo Feng had grasped were the most superficial and basic aspects of the Spatial Fundamental Laws.

Therefore, at any spatial point, one of these nine mysteries would always be present, allowing Luo Feng to cycle through them, maintaining the Totem Golden Pillar at an astonishing speed.

Moreover!

Based on this characteristic, Luo Feng combined it with the ‘Nine-Line Flow’ from the Hundred-Lines Ryu, creating what he considered a perfect technique—”Nine-Line Cycle!”

“Centered on me, within a 500-meter radius, this is my ‘Nine-Line Cycle’ absolute control zone!” Luo Feng, standing on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, charged fiercely toward the silver-robed figure in the distance, “Yes, absolute control!”

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

Instantly, the Totem Golden Pillar seemed to become nine pillars, repeatedly intercepting the dark golden sword within a spherical area of 500 meters radius.

“Die!” Luo Feng controlled the Totem Golden Pillar to block the opponent’s dark golden sword while rapidly closing the distance. Only when the two were close, drawing the opponent into his ‘absolute control zone,’ could he easily kill the opponent by manipulating the Totem Golden Pillar.

“Hmm?” The silver-robed figure’s expression changed, and immediately, standing on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, he created hundreds of illusions midair and fled far away.

“I admit you’re strong, but think you can beat me like this? Dream on!” The silver-robed figure transmitted his voice through mental power, his eyes filled with rage as he looked at the Totem Golden Pillar near Luo Feng and roared, “Break it!!!”

Instantly, the previously fast and unpredictable dark golden sword, which had been trying to bypass the Totem Golden Pillar, no longer chose to ‘go around it’ but instead aimed to ‘destroy it’!

Boom! The dark golden sword transformed into a golden laser beam, wildly crashing into the Totem Golden Pillar. Upon impact, the surface of the pillar shattered, many golden threads snapped, and countless tiny golden swords floated up. Luo Feng, who had been brimming with confidence, turned pale: “Not good!”

The dark golden sword didn’t stop, crashing into the Totem Golden Pillar again, making Luo Feng’s face, who was controlling the pillar with his mental power, turn even paler. The second fierce impact made Luo Feng’s expression even grimmer.

This was a big problem.

The power of the fifth level of Shenthe Weapon’s ‘Spatial Cutting’ was even stronger than he had imagined!

Originally, he had thought that with the ‘Nine-Line Cycle,’ he could create an absolute control zone. As long as he closed the distance to within 500 meters, he could instantly control the Totem Golden Pillar to eliminate the opponent! Within the ‘absolute control zone,’ the speed of the Totem Golden Pillar should surpass that of the dark golden sword.

But!

The fifth level of Shenthe Weapon’s ‘Spatial Cutting’ formed a dark golden sword with two advantages: incredible speed and evasiveness, and overwhelming attacking power.

Initially, the silver-robed figure had wanted to use the dark golden sword to bypass the Totem Golden Pillar and kill Luo Feng, so he focused more on speed. However, Luo Feng had mastered the ‘Nine-Line Cycle,’ and within a 500-meter radius, the Totem Golden Pillar was terrifyingly fast, easily intercepting the dark golden sword each time, surpassing the opponent in speed.

The first advantage ‘speed’ was neutralized, but it still had the second advantage!

Why was the fifth level named ‘Spatial Cutting’!

Luo Feng now understood!

Chi!

Like a laser beam, it shot toward him. Luo Feng dared not not block it. If he didn’t, the terrifying dark golden sword would pierce straight through his skull!

Boom! The golden sword tip viciously stabbed into the Totem Golden Pillar, and Luo Feng felt his consciousness violently shaken. The entire side of the Totem Golden Pillar that had taken the blow nearly collapsed entirely. Luo Feng could only frantically expend his mental power to reform the Totem Golden Pillar.

“Your consciousness is so strong. Let’s see how many times you can endure!” the silver-robed figure roared.

If one’s consciousness wasn’t strong enough, the Totem Golden Pillar would collapse entirely after just one strike.

The Golden-Horned Giant Beast was now at the ‘Domain Lord Sixth Stage,’ so Luo Feng’s consciousness was naturally powerful—belonging to a Domain Lord Sixth Stage Golden-Horned Giant Beast. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand even three strikes!

“Not good, just three fierce strikes have already consumed nearly thirty percent of my mental power, and my mind is already exhausted,” Luo Feng’s face turned pale, but his eyes remained fixed on his opponent.

Boom!

Fourth strike!

Boom!

Fifth strike!

Luo Feng’s lips were pale, his eyes locked on his opponent, repeatedly reforming the nearly completely shattered Totem Golden Pillar.

“I don’t believe you can keep this up forever. Even if your consciousness holds, I don’t believe your mental power won’t run out!” the silver-robed figure roared, “Go again!”

Boom! Sixth strike!

The Totem Golden Pillar was once again struck so hard that it nearly shattered two-thirds of its form. Luo Feng’s entire consciousness entered a semi-blurred state, as controlling the Totem Golden Pillar required pouring massive amounts of mental power into it. Since mental power also contained consciousness, each strike was essentially hitting his consciousness.

“Combine again!” Luo Feng gritted his teeth, his innate refusal to give in driving him to reform the Totem Golden Pillar once more.

“Condense!”

A massive surge of mental power, like countless tiny hands, grabbed the scattered golden swords by the thousands, reassembling the Totem Golden Pillar according to the mysteries of the Spatial Fundamental Laws and the Metal Fundamental Laws.

“Wait!”

While reconstructing the Totem Golden Pillar, a fleeting vision suddenly flashed through Luo Feng’s half-dazed consciousness—the “Raindrop Diagram” from the Nine Heavens Chaos Stele.

The diagram depicted nine crystalline droplets. Though Luo Feng had long since mastered their intricacies and believed he’d unraveled their deepest mysteries, the revelation struck him anew in this transcendent moment of enlightenment.

But now…

“It’s like this… it’s like this!” Luo Feng’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

“Totem Golden Pillar!”

In a mighty surge of power, Luo Feng instantly reconstructed the Totem Golden Pillar in its entirety.

“Die!” Luo Feng pointed at the distant silver-robed figure. The Totem Golden Pillar rumbled forward, as if flattening the surrounding space like a pancake being pressed. “Peng!” The dark golden sword from afar struck again, but as it approached the Totem Golden Pillar, its speed mysteriously slowed. When it finally collided, its power had greatly diminished.

“How is this possible?” The silver-robed figure’s eyes were wide with shock.

Boom!

The unscathed Totem Golden Pillar, rolling slowly, instantly appeared before him. “Puchi!” As if squashing an ant, it crushed him into pulp.

Standing midair on the Dark Cloud Shuttle, Luo Feng’s face was pale, but his eyes held a glimmer of light. He murmured, “Yes, I had previously comprehended the nine raindrops on the ‘Raindrop Chart,’ but… I hadn’t fully grasped the entire ‘Raindrop Chart.'” He looked at the midair space ahead, as if seeing the nine Spatial Fundamental Law vibrations merging and separating, resonating with the ‘Raindrop Chart,’ a sight both breathtaking and beautiful.

Fifth Level!

Passed!