Chapter 232: The Clash of Three Powerhouses
Divine King Zongfu looked at the woman in the purple robe and Luo Feng, faintly sensing something amiss: “My identity has been exposed, yet I cannot see through either of them.”
The invisible corrosive power released by the purple-robed woman, or the two golden rays released by Luo Feng—Divine King Zongfu found it difficult to deduce either identity.
The enemy was hidden while he was exposed. Naturally, Divine King Zongfu felt uneasy.
“No matter what, no one on this Origin Continent can kill me.” Divine King Zongfu still had some confidence. “Even at all costs, I must fight for this Thousand Dream Fruit. Together with the treasures I have accumulated before, I can exchange them for a Primordial Bloodline of the Ultimate Realm.”
At his level, he had naturally dealt with the three foreign races before. He knew very clearly that this Origin World of the Origin Continent was gradually approaching its end. Once complete annihilation came, either one comprehended a complete Origin Path to forcibly endure the destruction, or one cultivated into an Ultimate Realm Lifeform.
After endless years, he had never comprehended a complete Origin Path. He also needed to prepare a way out.
With his foundation, aided by a Primordial Bloodline of the Ultimate Realm, he could easily cultivate into an “Ultimate Realm Lifeform.” The only problem was that a single Primordial Bloodline of the Ultimate Realm had to be personally refined by an Ancestor-level existence. The cost was enormous, and the price extremely high.
“This Thousand Dream Fruit is mine.” The purple-robed woman looked at Divine King Zongfu and Luo Feng. “In terms of lifeform, in terms of realm, I surpass both of them! If I lose to these two, that would truly be a joke.”
She was very confident.
Her confidence came from her strength!“This is my first time facing opponents of the same level. Emperor Jiufeng and Emperor Wu, without a matching Beyond Divine King-level treasure, indeed lacked deterrence.” Luo Feng thought.
Most Emperors and Monarchs did not have avatars, and those who came into the Deep Region of the Dream Domain were very few.
Those who had only one true body, when they roamed outside, always carried a full set of “Beyond Divine King-level” treasures. Their combat power was so strong it rivaled the Ruler of the Myriad Realms or even the level of Realm Beasts. If they were in their own cities, their power would be even more terrifying.
But without external treasures, their deterrence was more than halved.
“Divine King Zongfu and this mysterious powerhouse, even without treasures, are still very strong.” Luo Feng dared not underestimate them.
……
The three powerhouses each had their own thoughts.
Suddenly, without a sound, an attack descended.
“Rip!”
Luo Feng felt a stabbing pain in his soul, and there was also an invisible power stripping away the vitality of his World Lifeform. This kind of conceptual “life deprivation” method was extremely profound.
Yet Luo Feng’s Twenty-Four Phases Form was too stable, and his World Lifeform too vast! Conceptual life deprivation could not shake him at all.
“What a Zongfu.” Luo Feng was astonished.
The Origin Path of Life—if completely mastered—had no weaknesses, and its attacks were equally terrifying! “Deprivation of life” did not only target the physical body, but also the soul.
All Origin Paths were interconnected!
Many Origin Paths shared certain parts in common.
For example, the Origin Path of Life also had a “Life and Death Branch.” Compared to the Origin Path of Death, however, it was much simpler.
In the same way, the Origin Path of Life encompassed the concept of life as a whole, and naturally extended to the soul. Just not nearly as purely as a soul-based Origin Path.
“Life combined with causality—such a strange attack.” Luo Feng thought.
“Hm?”
Divine King Zongfu was shocked. “My life deprivation has no effect on either of them? Are both of them Ultimate Realm existences?”
Clearly a powerful technique, yet against the black-robed golden-masked powerhouse and the purple-robed woman, both their physical bodies and souls were extremely resilient! Divine King Zongfu could not shake them at all.
“Since Divine King Zongfu has acted, why has this black-robed powerhouse not acted yet?” The purple-robed woman smiled at Luo Feng.
“Once I act, you may not have any chance to fight back.” Luo Feng, wearing the golden mask under the black robe, said calmly. His powerful foundation in both physical body and soul gave him ample confidence.
Even if Emperors and Monarchs wielded full sets of Beyond Divine King-level treasures, Luo Feng would not fear them now. All the more so here in the Deep Region, where no one had brought their treasures. Of course, Luo Feng felt confident.
Divine King Zongfu fixed his gaze on this black-robed powerhouse.
“Hahaha…” The purple-robed woman laughed. “Just make your move.”
“Very well.”
Luo Feng nodded.
With a single thought!
At that moment, the purple-robed woman and Divine King Zongfu felt the world vanish, and all they saw were Luo Feng’s calm eyes.
Those eyes transformed into an incomparably vast star. The star slowly rolled, yet carried an unstoppable might! Naturally, it pressed down upon the mental wills of both the purple-robed woman and Divine King Zongfu.
Luo Feng’s mental will, at this moment, was unleashed without reservation!
Even his use of the Lieu Yuan Technique was more profound.
Of course, Luo Feng did not know the true identities of these two, so he still showed restraint! In the past, once he used the Lieu Yuan Technique, to completely kill an enemy, he would crush their mental will into dust without leaving a trace!
But this time, Luo Feng only intended to shatter their mental wills. The fragmented remnants, he intended to spare. As long as they had fragments left, they would not die.
This was merely a battle over treasure! Luo Feng had not developed killing intent. In fact, he even suspected… that woman might be a member of the Wheel Reincarnation Pavilion.
“Rumble—”
Though it sounded slow, mental attacks happened in an instant.
That enormous star of will first crushed Divine King Zongfu! Indeed, his mental will was shattered into dust, but Luo Feng did not annihilate it completely. Then the star pressed against the purple-robed woman’s will!
“Hm?” Luo Feng’s expression changed slightly.
When the star of will struck the purple-robed woman’s mind, he felt an immense resistance. Her mental will was incomparably tough.
Rumble—
Though cracks appeared in her mind under the impact, she still endured.
“Her mental will is not Beyond Divine King-level! But she withstood it!” Luo Feng instantly judged. “Her body is definitely an Ultimate Realm Lifeform, creating immense resistance to my mental will. Her will itself is at the Divine King Ultimate Realm, yet she still resists so strongly…”
At that moment, Luo Feng was filled with confusion.
Who was this purple-robed woman?
“Ah.”
Divine King Zongfu felt his mind collapsing. At this moment, he recalled when he had faced Emperor Qing, when he had faced the Flame Wind Ancestor! Both Emperor Qing and the Flame Wind Ancestor had once unleashed will attacks against him!
Emperor Qing and the Flame Wind Ancestor had unleashed countless killer moves, even destroying all of his apparent avatars and resurrection vessels.
“This black-robed powerhouse has shown mercy. If he wished, he could destroy this avatar of mine.” Divine King Zongfu’s will was now in tatters, further weakened by the Deep Region of the Dream Domain.
However, because his “life-preserving avatar” outside remained intact, his mental will rapidly began to recover.
That was the nature of mental will.
To annihilate it, one had to destroy every single avatar’s will entirely. Otherwise, as long as one remained intact, all the others could recover.
“I admit defeat. This Thousand Dream Fruit—I will not contest it.” Divine King Zongfu said, then vanished without a trace using the Causal Escape Technique.
Under such terrifying will, he could not fight back at all.
“Rumble~~~”
Luo Feng, however, looked toward the purple-robed woman, unleashing different techniques of the Lieu Yuan Technique. Besides his most familiar will-star, he also manifested blades of will, all aimed at her. Yet the purple-robed woman resisted them all.
She withstood his mental attacks, and even the oppressive influence of the Deep Region.
“Impressive. Although I have not brought any supreme treasures,” the purple-robed woman looked at Luo Feng, “this is only an avatar of mine, but it still takes seventy percent of my effort to resist you. You are already remarkable.”
“Beyond Divine King-level will—there are very few on the Origin Continent. Emperor Qing, Emperor Ming, the Ruler of the Myriad Realms—you are none of them!”
The purple-robed woman smiled at Luo Feng. “I truly did not expect that the Origin Continent would produce a new existence with ‘Beyond Divine King-level will’.”
Luo Feng looked at her. “Earlier I was somewhat arrogant. You are indeed formidable. Though your will is merely at the Divine King Ultimate Realm, in front of me… you still had the strength to resist.”
“This battle, the winner is still undecided.” The purple-robed woman looked at Luo Feng. “Even with only thirty percent of my effort, I can still unleash Ultimate Realm techniques.”
“Please.” Luo Feng smiled at her.
The purple-robed woman no longer held back. After all, enduring such terrifying mental attacks was hardly pleasant.
Her eyes turned cold as she looked at Luo Feng.
An invisible attack descended!
Luo Feng’s body immediately suffered attacks on every level—material, energy, law-operation—destroying his body and injuring his soul in all ways.
Yet Luo Feng himself was like a vast world, naturally circulating. Small damages naturally restored themselves.
His soul also had an incomparably strong foundation, guided by his powerful will! With the Lieu Yuan Technique running, defending against those faint soul-level assaults was effortless.
“His body is not an Ultimate Realm Lifeform. It lacks the sense of a perfected Origin Path. But his body is too vast, his energy reserves too immense… Any damage I cause is instantly restored.” The purple-robed woman’s heart grew cold.
When size reached a certain point, quantity could compensate for some gaps in quality.
“Then you take one of my moves as well.” Luo Feng smiled, extending a finger.
A drop of blood flew from his fingertip.
That single drop of blood contained one-tenth of the reserves of Luo Feng’s powerful avatar.
“Hm?” The purple-robed woman, upon seeing that drop of blood, felt faint terror.
That drop of blood…
Contained a faint resonance of that Blood-Red Scale from the deeper layers of the Star Tower.
Luo Feng had always pursued interpreting the secret patterns of the Blood-Red Scale through the Nine Branches of the Life-and-Death Path. So far, his strongest was the fusion of seven branches into one technique! At this moment, what Luo Feng used was precisely a seven-branch fusion secret technique—Blood Droplet.
This technique grew more terrifying the more energy was poured into it. Now Luo Feng had poured the entire reserve of a Perfect Divine Body into this single move, already at the limits of what his mind could control.
“Buzz.”
That drop of blood, once released, instantly touched the purple-robed woman’s skin.
In the instant of contact, it crazily spread through her entire body, penetrating every life-structure. Each time a structure was completely eroded, the power converted it, turning it into part of that drop of blood.
“Assimilation, conversion? Even power imbued with my will can be taken away?” The purple-robed woman was shocked. “This surpasses an ordinary Ultimate Realm secret technique. It already has the transformative might of the Ruler of the Myriad Realms’ ‘Conversion’.”
The so-called “Conversion” of the Ruler of the Myriad Realms could also transform the power of other strong beings into his own.
“This avatar of mine can only maintain thirty percent of my effort. I cannot withstand this blood’s corrosion. I must borrow my true body’s strength.” The purple-robed woman glanced at Luo Feng, realizing she had to retreat.
“Impressive.”
She spoke a single word, then instantly tore free from that Dream Domain space.
The moment she escaped, that drop of blood detached from her. After all, it carried the reserves of an entire Perfect Divine Body—Luo Feng could not afford to let her take it away.
“The Lieu Yuan Technique and the seven-branch fusion technique Blood Droplet, unleashed together… Even going all out, I only repelled one avatar.” Luo Feng gazed into the direction she had fled. “I still do not know who she truly is.”