Luo Feng's surge, fueled by the killing intent, was so intense that he naturally broke through to the second layer of the Star Tower's Law Secret Patterns. Ever since obtaining the Star Tower, besides studying the "Way of the Beast God," Luo Feng had continuously researched the flow of the secret pattern script to unravel the tower's profound mysteries.
For Luo Feng understood clearly that the Star Tower would be his strongest trump card.
Techniques like the self-created secret methods Heavy Mountain and Golden Mountain, or even the ultimate secret method of a Universe Master, Blood Light, were all conjured spur-of-the-moment, arising from sudden inspiration without consuming much effort. Even the second layer of the Shi Wu Wings, which was ostensibly simpler than the second layer of the Star Tower, Luo Feng hadn't actively studied.
Instead, he remained wholly focused on deciphering the secrets of the Star Tower!
This pursuit was far more arduous than creating an ultimate secret method for a Universe Master! It was only today, while recklessly rampaging as the Blood Cloud Hall Master, basking in the utmost freedom, that the elation of overwhelming the aloof Universe Masters shattered that final barrier.
"Rumble..."
Countless burning divine powers rapidly permeated the Star Tower to a deeper level. The sky-piercing pillars within the tower and the secret patterns sealing the stars all lit up, their might beginning to surge exponentially! Furthermore, whereas previously driving the tower after only deciphering the first layer required immense divine power, now the requirement was noticeably less, yet the actual power output had clearly skyrocketed.
Luo Feng and the Lord of Shenhuo clashed for the tenth time!
"Worthy of the Blood Cloud Hall Master; he completely suppresses me. However... I can completely withstand him. My dual hammers can block every thrust of his spear... and each impact expends very little energy from my divine body. If this drags on, I can definitely stall until the Universe Masters from the great powers arrive," the Lord of Shenhuo, though suppressed, felt no shame.
Did one not realize who was suppressing him?
The infamous, terrifyingly powerful Blood Cloud Hall Master, who had slain two Universe Masters, offended nearly every major power in the Universe yet still lived freely! Being suppressed by the Blood Cloud Hall Master was normal; it would only be strange if he himself could match the Blood Cloud Hall Master.
"Rumble..."
The two figures clashed again like streaks of light.
Luo Feng naturally activated the second layer of the Star Tower. The already incredibly fast, elongated prism of the Star Tower suddenly clattered, clattered, clattered—it sounded like the gates of heaven slowly being pushed open, grinding against each other. That crimson prism suddenly elongated and swelled immensely. A prism merely several thousand kilometers long instantaneously stretched to tens of thousands of kilometers... Forcing Luo Feng to grow along with it, rapidly reaching over ten thousand kilometers in height before he felt comfortable wielding such a colossal spear.
Peng!
Where the prism pointed, a terrifying vortex erupted, shredding the surrounding space and tearing apart vast swathes of land and weeds on the Primitive Star.
"Impossible!" The Lord of Shenhuo’s eyes widened, his nine fiery tentacles blazing toward the heavens. He roared, desperately shielding himself with his enormous divine hammers. This defense was like a wall of the universe itself.
The prism, carrying a vortex that shredded spacetime, struck directly at the center of the twin hammers, driving the impacted hammers straight into the Lord of Shenhuo’s chest.
Peng!
The Lord of Shenhuo was blasted away like a streak of light, retreating at terrifying speed.
"How could this be?" Although Luo Feng was shocked by his sudden breakthrough to the second layer of the Star Tower and its resulting might, his consciousness operated at lightning speed. He knew this was not the time for shock—"Strike while the iron is hot!"
Swish!
Luo Feng transformed into a streak of light and immediately pursued.
The Lord of Shenhuo was genuinely stunned at this moment. That incomparably terrifying thrust carried a power that made him tremble; it struck his twin hammers, which in turn slammed into his chest. The endless impact instantly ravaged his top-tier supreme treasure armor, pushing it to its absolute limit.
The violent impact made his colossal divine body shudder.
Boom!
"It actually annihilated 32% of my divine body instantly?" The Lord of Shenhuo was truly shocked. Who was he? A Universe Master! A being who had ascended to the Universe Master level ages ago, whose life gene level reached over a thousand times, and who wore top-tier supreme treasure armor, with a divine body thousands of kilometers tall! In the vast universe, very few beings could cause such instantaneous annihilation with a single blow—none were lesser than the most terrifying existences in the cosmos.
The Blood Cloud Hall Master was strong, but the Blood Cloud Hall Master of history was not this strong.
"Take another thrust from me!" The blood-red figure descended again. The colossal blood-colored prism swept across the sky, creating a terrifying vortex in its wake that shredded the exceedingly stable space of the Primitive Star.
Peng!
It was utterly impossible to resist.
The Lord of Shenhuo was once again flung far into the distance, and Luo Feng followed like lightning.
"How can his attacks be this terrifying?" The Lord of Shenhuo quickly realized his divine body was reduced to only 29%. Watching the killing blood-red figure approach, he managed only a telepathic message: "I didn't expect that upon reappearing, the Blood Cloud Hall Master’s strength would be even more terrifying than in the past. Having my avatar perish at his hands is no disgrace."
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a dazzling explosion that still swept across tens of millions of kilometers, the avatar was annihilated under the powerful restraint of the Primitive Star.
"Haha, the supreme treasure of a Universe Master."
Luo Feng extended a hand, using divine power to bind everything—the world ring, the pair of massive divine hammers, the top-tier armor, and a green, seed-like treasure—and swept them all into his own world ring. He then immediately transformed into a streak of light and flew away toward the distance.
In the mid-air, the wind blew, cool and refreshing.
Luo Feng soared through the void toward a spatial vortex in the distance.
"I... I actually killed a Universe Master." Luo Feng still felt his blood surging. Although the moment he struck he understood that the Lord of Shenhuo possessed an avatar (evidenced by the life imprints remaining on those supreme treasures), the distance was too great. Although the Lord of Shenhuo could sense it, he could not reclaim them.
Luo Feng could fully spend time forcefully breaking those imprints with his divine power.
"Though it is only an avatar and he hasn't truly died, he is still a Universe Master." Luo Feng was extremely excited, gazing at the long prism in his hand. "The ultimate supreme treasure, the Star Tower, truly lives up to its name! Even our human race doesn't possess a single ultimate supreme treasure. One ultimate supreme treasure is enough to serve as a foundational treasure for an entire race or sect... No wonder."
Its might was overwhelming.
In the beginning, when only the first layer was activated, in terms of divine power, the Lord of Shenhuo surpassed Luo Feng! In terms of secret methods, they were comparable. Only in supreme treasures did Luo Feng hold an overwhelming advantage. The Lord of Shenhuo was using a pair of top-tier divine hammers, but the power difference compared to an ultimate supreme treasure was too vast. Even activating just the first layer of the ultimate supreme treasure not only neutralized Luo Feng's divine power deficit but completely overwhelmed the opponent!
And once Luo Feng cracked the second layer...
Luo Feng, whose divine body only equaled that of a Universe Master with a hundred times gene level, could, by relying on the Star Tower, match the combat power of the absolute peak tier of Universe Masters.
The gap in divine bodies was completely filled by the Star Tower.
Even the renowned City Lord of Chaos, the Lord of Star River, or the Lord of Nine Nether did not possess an ultimate supreme treasure! Even the Creator of Giant Axe did not possess one, yet Luo Feng did!
"Ultimate supreme treasure."
"The carving of the secret patterns on the second layer alone is far more complex than a Universe Master's ultimate secret method. It feels comparable to 'I am the Universe.' Fortunately, I have the pre-carved patterns; I only need to know how to activate them," Luo Feng sighed inwardly. "If I could activate the third layer of the Star Tower, how terrifying would that be?"
The second layer of secret pattern carving alone was comparable to 'I am the Universe,' and when combined with the entire Star Tower, the resulting power far surpassed casting 'I am the Universe' in isolation.
What about the third layer?
"Haha..."
"With the Star Tower, where in the vast universe can I not go?" Luo Feng was utterly exhilarated.
Suddenly, Rumble...
A powerful pressure descended, instantly controlling the space-time of the entire Primitive Star. However, the damage caused by the previous battle had already been completely repaired, leaving not a single trace visible.
"Mastery over space-time? A Universe Master has arrived." Luo Feng instantly understood this was the first wave; the second and third waves would soon follow.
"Blood Cloud Hall Master!"
"Blood Cloud Hall Master, if you have the guts, don't flee!"
A harsh, grating sound, like a chainsaw, echoed around Luo Feng.
"What sort of thing are you, shouting so brazenly in front of me?" Luo Feng laughed heartily. The vortex passage ahead had already appeared, and he flew directly into it, instantly leaving this Primitive Star and arriving at another one.
Two Universe Masters, hundreds of billions of kilometers away from Luo Feng, were left furious and helpless.
They could only immediately begin reporting the news: "The Blood Cloud Hall Master has entered Primitive Star No. 08625."
The Shenhuo Secret Realm, a cosmic secret realm with a maximum diameter of about 800,000 light-years, was the core territory of the Jiu Huo race. Their leader, the Lord of Shenhuo, resided here, and the peerless geniuses selected every ten thousand years by the entire Jiu Huo race were guided into the Shenhuo Secret Realm for the best training and instruction.
Deep within the Shenhuo Secret Realm...
A colossal mountain range, spanning over a hundred million kilometers, floated in the void. Suddenly, a giant eye opened on one of the mountain range's rock faces, its gaze filled with shock and unwillingness.
"A pity."
"Choosing Lihuo Mountain as my avatar back then destined me for difficult mobility."
"Otherwise, my Jiu Huo main body wouldn't have been killed so easily." The Lord of Shenhuo sighed inwardly. When he was at the Sector Lord level exploring the outside world, he had a unique encounter, receiving the cosmic secret method "Second Avatar" bestowed by the cosmos, granting him the ability to nurture an avatar. At the time, he had many ideas and ultimately chose Lihuo Mountain for its massive divine body.
However, the larger the divine body, the less agile it was; if too large, even its flight speed became sluggish.
Being ridiculously huge, it was even difficult for it to move on its own.
Like the World Tree—though it could move, it remained on that island, unwilling to relocate because the effort of movement was too strenuous.
The Lord of Shenhuo's Lihuo Mountain avatar, with a diameter exceeding a hundred million kilometers, found moving laborious; traveling to a Primitive Star was out of the question.
"However, the combat power of the Blood Cloud Hall Master is truly astonishing."
"Far too powerful."
"In the beginning, when we fought, he completely suppressed me. Later, when his prism struck... the cosmic space was shredded into a vortex. Was that an even stronger secret method?" The Lord of Shenhuo only felt that thrust possessed world-shattering might, completely different from before. "It seems this time, a Universe Master might very well perish. In history, he killed two Universe Masters; could he kill a third this time?"