Should I stop him? Lord Shenhuo was instantly reluctant. Although he belonged to the Demon Race Alliance, he was not of the demon race himself, but the leader of a powerful race. The fame of the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud was widespread, and he had even killed two Universe Masters. His strength, "…absolutely ranked among the peak of the Universe Masters, though Lord Shenhuo was not weak, he still fell short.

"Just hold him off!" Ancestor Mengyao commanded, "Moreover, you still have your avatar!"

"Though I have an avatar, this old fellow hasn't appeared for over three million epochs. I cannot predict what means he possesses. If this avatar of mine perishes, the supreme treasure will also be snatched by him! Furthermore, I am carrying the token of the 'Zhendian Valley.'" Lord Shenhuo was unwilling to risk it.

He was the leader of a powerful race, and the entire race relied on him for support.

"If your avatar falls, once the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud dies, he will return all your supreme treasures," Ancestor Mengyao stated. "If the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud survives this ordeal, my alliance will compensate you for half of your losses! You are the renowned Lord Shenhuo; can you not even protect yourself in front of him?" "Very well! Since the Demon Ancestor has promised, I will go and hold him off." Lord Shenhuo no longer hesitated.

Boom!

He transformed into a streak of light and swiftly chased after Luo Feng.

Luo Feng and Lord Shenhuo were not far apart, only a few hundred million kilometers.

Luo Feng was piercing through the void.

"Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud, wait a moment." A resonant voice sounded near Luo Feng's ear.

"Hmph."

Luo Feng coldly sneered, yet continued moving forward.

"Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud, I, Lord Shenhuo, wish to have a word with you." The resonant voice spoke again. Clearly, that Lord Shenhuo did not genuinely wish to fight Luo Feng. After all, the major powers held grudges against Luo Feng. Lord Shenhuo himself held no great enmity toward Luo Feng; merely engaging in conversation would earn him great merit if he could successfully restrain Luo Feng. If the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud died afterward, Lord Shenhuo would naturally receive a share when dividing the spoils.

"Lord Shenhuo! Do you take me for a fool like yourself?" Luo Feng said softly.

"You—" Lord Shenhuo was so enraged he couldn't speak for a moment. He couldn't help but marvel; no wonder the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud had enemies throughout the universe. He was truly ruthless. Lord Shenhuo harbored no hatred for him, yet a mere attempt to converse was met with the Palace Lord essentially calling him stupid—wasn't this insulting a Universe Master? If any other expert had said this, Lord Shenhuo would have roared and sought battle, but these words came from the infamous Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud, and his anger quickly subsided.

After all, this was the known temperament of the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud. Otherwise, how could he have offended the major powers of the universe?

One flew ahead, and one pursued from behind.

"The Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud is fleeing at top speed; I cannot catch him, I can only track him temporarily." Lord Shenhuo followed from a distance while repeatedly transmitting messages to Ancestor Mengyao and Ancestor Zhenyao.

A moment later.

As Luo Feng flew directly into a vortex passage.

"He has entered the vortex passage; that passage leads to the Primitive True Star numbered 06231," Lord Shenhuo immediately reported.

The news immediately spread throughout the Demon Race Alliance—transmitted only between the supreme beings. Almost instantly, all parties knew... the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud had entered the Primitive True Star numbered 06231.

"Lord Star River, we are about to arrive at the coordinates of the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud on Primitive True Star 03129."

"En."

The six Universe Masters of the Northern Frontier Alliance were flying together in the mid-air above a Primitive True Star. Leading them was Lord Star River, who held extremely high status in the Northern Frontier Alliance. Although the Northern Frontier Alliance had a total of [number missing] Universe Masters participating in this operation, the other six Universe Masters were already on Primitive True Stars, rushing over from various locations.

"Stop!" Lord Star River commanded.

The other five towering figures in mid-air stopped simultaneously, all looking toward Lord Star River and a vast expanse of dark void.

"The Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud has left Primitive True Star 03129; he arrived at Primitive True Star [number missing] through the vortex passage," Lord Star River stated.

"What should we do then?"

"This is troublesome."

The other five Universe Masters all sensed that things were not good.

"What is the fastest route to reach the vortex passage coordinate on Primitive True Star 06231?" Lord Star River ordered.

"The shortest travel time involves transiting through 8 Primitive True Stars," a Universe Master immediately replied.

"Then, let's depart."

Lord Star River commanded.

Boom!

The six Universe Masters immediately changed direction.

When the news got out, it indeed dissatisfied many of the pursuing factions hunting the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud, but there was nothing they could do. Every Primitive True Star had a full 10,081 vortex passages—this presented a massive obstacle to the pursuit. Perhaps... this was also one of the great foundations upon which the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud could rely on appearing on a Primitive True Star.

The towering figure of Lord Shenhuo also stepped into that vortex passage, entering another Primitive True Star.

As soon as he entered, before he could stabilize his surroundings to check, he paused.

"En?"

Lord Shenhuo looked on in shock. In the distance, roughly one hundred million kilometers away, an endless black mist was spreading. Within that endless black mist was an ancient palace, faintly visible, and before the ancient palace stood a figure suspended in mid-air, hazy and indistinct within the fog.

"Blood Cloud Palace!" Lord Shenhuo immediately recognized the notorious supreme treasure.

The Blood Cloud Palace was a top-tier flying palace supreme treasure! It was a full level higher than the Sky Wolf Palace. Incredibly sturdy... even the strongest beings in the universe could hardly damage the Blood Cloud Palace. Furthermore, the Blood Cloud Palace could emit black mist covering an area of hundreds of billions of kilometers. Surrounded by swirling mist, the palace stood majestically—this was the Blood Cloud Palace.

Relying on the Blood Cloud Palace, he had managed to evade deathly trials time and again. This Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud actually hadn't fled? Lord Shenhuo was secretly startled.

"Hahaha, Lord Shenhuo, what, are you afraid?" The black smoke suddenly surged out, directly engulfing Lord Shenhuo, and a voice boomed, "Weren't you chasing me? It's been a long, long time since I've had a fight... I'll give you this chance now!"

"Hmph!"

Lord Shenhuo let out an angry snort. The Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud completely disregarded him.

"Haha, truly a coward," the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud's voice came. "Then I won't accompany you."

"Blood Cloud, if you have the guts, don't run!" Seeing the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud about to flee again, Lord Shenhuo roared in anger and instantly transformed into a streak of light, flying forward.

"Hahahahaha."

Boom!

The Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud waved his hand, retracted the Blood Cloud Palace, gripped the long halberd, and swiftly rushed over.

"I'll let you know my might," Lord Shenhuo roared, holding his two giant hammers, flames curling around the nine tentacles above his head. Luo Feng, wielding the long halberd, also swiftly approached, lamenting internally that among the billions of races in the universe, especially among some supreme beings, the hammer was an extremely common weapon.

One hundred million kilometers—the two flew toward each other, arriving in a moment.

"Blood Cloud, die!" Lord Shenhuo roared in fury.

He swung a hammer, naturally accompanied by a furious and violent roar—a sound that seemed to come from the ancient past of the universe. Lord Shenhuo was an existence who had fully mastered the Dao of Fire, Space, and the Beast God; with one hammer strike, the surrounding stable space shattered inch by inch, like glass crushed under a tank.

"Just you?" Luo Feng was currently over a thousand kilometers tall; Lord Shenhuo was also a thousand kilometers tall.

The long halberd in Luo Feng's hand, disguised from the Star Tower Secret Engraving and the Blood Cloud Bead, reached over three thousand kilometers in length.

"Go to hell!" Luo Feng stared at his opponent from a distance, his divine power already burning, continuously surging into the long halberd in his hand. Currently, Luo Feng had only comprehended the first layer of the complex secret engraving on the Star Tower. Although he was close to comprehending the second layer, he was still slightly short and could not fully activate it, meaning the consumption of divine power needed to be greater, and the might was less than when the second layer could be activated.

Activating the Star Tower halberd!

Using the long halberd, he unleashed the Universe Master ultimate secret technique, Blood Light—this newly created Universe Master ultimate secret technique was being used in combat for the first time.

"Shatter!" Lord Shenhuo roared.

The divine hammer's might was endless, at times resembling the collapse of heaven and earth. Suddenly, a dazzling streak of bloody light flashed past, terrifyingly fast, so fast that even Lord Shenhuo's two divine hammers didn't have time to block.

"Pfft!"

The bloody light instantly pierced Lord Shenhuo's chest.

"Peng!" Lord Shenhuo also gritted his teeth and smashed his divine hammer onto the body of the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud.

Boom!

Boom!

Both were sent flying backward.

"How could it be so fast, so fast that I didn't even have time to block?" Although Lord Shenhuo guessed that the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud might have changed after three million epochs of absence, he hadn't expected that using the new supreme treasure, the 'Long Halberd,' could achieve such speed. Although he was caught unprepared, it was simply too fast.

"As expected of the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud. Despite my divine body's size, he caused nearly [percentage missing] damage to my divine body directly. His strength... is definitely ranked among the peak Universe Masters," Lord Shenhuo marveled internally. "Fortunately, it was only this one time; next time, I won't let him strike my divine body directly."

Generally, when two parties fought, weapons would clash... so the residual might after blocking with a weapon would be much weaker. But this time, it was a pure exchange of injuries; without a weapon to block, Luo Feng's long halberd pierced Lord Shenhuo, and Lord Shenhuo's heavy hammer smashed directly onto Luo Feng.

"The Jie Armor is indeed formidable, weakening the attack to one ten-thousandth. That hammer strike caused negligible damage to my divine body; I can fully recover in a moment," Luo Feng glanced at the long halberd in his hand. "As expected of a True Ultimate Treasure. I can only activate the first layer to wield the True Ultimate Treasure, meaning only a fraction of its might is displayed. Yet, it is still much stronger than my strongest strike when fighting Lord Banfu."

In this battle, Luo Feng was thoroughly prepared.

The Jie Armor's defense was stronger than the Beast God Armor's, so Luo Feng had temporarily switched with the Earthling main body. This 'Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud' was temporarily wearing the Jie Armor! Wielding the Star Tower long halberd!

"Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud, I respect you. But you have no more chances," Lord Shenhuo roared.

"Hahahaha, anyone can boast."

Luo Feng and Lord Shenhuo clashed again.

Boom!

Lord Shenhuo defended with all his might this time. He still failed to block the first divine hammer, but he barely managed to block the second, resulting in Luo Feng only managing to completely blast Lord Shenhuo away.

"The Star Tower's might is too powerful; I'm only unleashing a fraction of it. Back when I fought Lord Banfu, even with the empowerment of my miniature universe, I could only suppress him. Now, I am utterly dominating Lord Shenhuo," Luo Feng truly felt the power of the Star Tower. Every thrust was terrifyingly fast, and the impact force sent Lord Shenhuo flying backward each time. This complete suppression and domination brought Luo Feng an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

Transforming into the Palace Lord of the Blood Cloud gave Luo Feng exceptional freedom.

Now, wielding the Star Tower to dominate a Universe Master made Luo Feng incredibly elated.

He was only missing a tiny bit of comprehension for the second layer of secret engraving on the Star Tower. Coupled with having already grasped the fifth stage of the Beast God Dao before arriving at the Primitive True Star, his attainment in secret pattern flow was deeper. Moreover, under his current state of mind... astonishingly, during the [number missing] exchange between Luo Feng and Lord Shenhuo, he unintentionally managed to fully activate the second layer of secret engraving instantly.