Deep within the dim waters of the (Qingfeng Realm), two colossal figures were locked in a furious battle. The Lord of Eternal Peace wielded a golden scepter, sometimes using it as a long staff, other times as a heavy mace. Whether as a staff or a mace, the techniques unleashed were always his ultimate secret methods. Furthermore, with every exchange… the Lord of Eternal Peace never defended against the attacks of the Lord of Washi; he utterly embraced a strategy of trading injury for injury!
“Madman.”
“Everyone from the First Universe Era was a madman, and the Lord of Eternal Peace is the craziest among them.”
“Ah ah ah ah.”
The Lord of Qishi roared in agonizing anger in his heart. He desperately tried to keep his distance, aiming to maximize the interval between each clash to drag the fight out longer. But in this ‘Ice Sand Sea,’ his speed was visibly much slower, and coupled with his absolute disadvantage in the engagement, he was naturally overtaken by the Lord of Eternal Peace time and again. Little New Watermark “Human Alliance of the Primal Universe, drag yourself down, fall safely, and become a sacrifice on my path to eternity,” the Lord of Eternal Peace’s voice was gentle, yet his scepter seemed to tear through cosmic space itself, rumbling—~~~ The golden scepter struck straight forward. The head of the scepter was oval, and atop that oval sphere was a tip resembling the mouth of a gourd!
Tear!
The scepter whistled through the air, twisting space and easily evading the long prism the Lord of Washi roared and swung at him. The tip of the scepter slammed directly into the chest of the Lord of Suishi.
Without the obstruction of an ultimate treasure weapon, the full might of the Lord of Eternal Peace’s strike hammered into the chest of the Lord of Fengshi. Crack, crack~~~ The armor vibrated; the chest of the Lord of Washi jolted violently, his divine body faintly showing cracks. Simultaneously, he was sent flying backward rapidly without any resistance.
Of course, before being sent flying, his long prism had also lashed out, striking the Lord of Eternal Peace.
“Peng!”
This lash produced an incredibly deep sound.
The Lord of Eternal Peace suffered the blow, and the strength of his divine body was immediately affected, but it swiftly recovered. He merely paused slightly before pressing his attack again.
“Madman.”
“Super madman! How could I run into him! Even encountering other powerhouses from the First Universe Era wouldn't have put me in such a miserable state.” The Lord of Yishi fumed inwardly as he was flung away. In truth, regarding sheer ability, he, the Lord of Tingshi, was among the pinnacle of Universe Masters, comparable to figures like Emperor Yan.
The ultimate treasure used by the Lord of Eternal Peace was superior, and his divine body was slightly stronger, pushing his overall strength just one tier above that of the Lord of Tingshi.
The Lord of Yishi was at the pinnacle tier.
The Lord of Eternal Peace was at the top tier, comparable to the human ‘Lord of the Ice Peak’!
Logically, a difference of only one tier shouldn't pose a mortal danger… However, the fighting style of the Lord of Eternal Peace was based on trading injury for injury…” Purely burning through his divine body through high-speed attrition. Even powerhouses of the same tier would find this troublesome, let alone the Lord of Fengshi, who was a tier below him.
Back when Luo Feng fought the Lord of Star River…
The Lord of Star River’s ultimate technique, ‘River Under the Stormy Night’… required Luo Feng to use the ‘Star Tower’ to block it, which still resulted in some loss to his divine body. Had he not used the supreme ultimate treasure ‘Star Tower’ to block initially, and instead engaged in trading injury for injury… a single move might have annihilated Luo Feng’s divine body!
Trading injury for injury…
This wasn’t something one could just decide to do. Supposing the Lord of Fengshi was extremely proficient with his giant axe ability and could block the opponent’s scepter every time, the Lord of Eternal Peace naturally couldn’t trade blows.
But the reality was that the Lord of Eternal Peace held the advantage in secret methods. Several sets of ultimate secret methods were swapped around, sometimes used as a hammer, sometimes as a club, sometimes as a piercing thrust… unpredictable, and the power of every strike was terrifying, making it impossible for the Lord of Tingshi to block the majority of them.
To dare trade injury for injury, one needed absolute confidence in their own defense and divine body. After all, while striking the opponent, the opponent was striking back; if one’s divine body was too weak, failing to exhaust the opponent while being exhausted oneself would become a joke.
“Fengshi, I dare not recklessly venture into the vast expanse covered by this Ice Sand Sea, and I cannot help you. You must rely on yourself,” a voice transmitted through the water.
“Lord of Langqian.”
The Lord of Washi was first delighted, then instantly disappointed.
It was useless. The Lord of Langqian was comparable to him in strength. Within the several light-years now covered by the Ice Sand Sea, teleportation was impossible. Flying alone would take a long time; he couldn't be rescued quickly. Even if he could fly over… the Lord of Langqian’s strength wasn't enough.
“No one can save you. You have less than X% of your divine body left. I estimate ten more moves will be enough to kill you,” the Lord of Eternal Peace smiled, grasping his scepter, and instantly appeared before him.
“Damn it.”
“Isn’t it just relying on your armor and your clone’s divine body?” the Lord of Tingshi roared internally. The reason he immediately tried to flee upon seeing the situation was because he knew the Lord of Eternal Peace’s combat style.
The armor worn by the Lord of Eternal Peace was a top-grade Charcoal Peak Armor, rumored to reduce incoming attacks by a factor of one hundred thousand!
The Lord of Eternal Peace’s divine body had a life gene level close to ten thousand times that of a normal being!
The Lord of Eternal Peace carried a clone with him—a plant life form possessing a massive divine body several million kilometers tall. Even while trading injury for injury, having the massive clone of the plant life continuously replenish him… allowed him to employ this technique with unrestrained ease.
“My divine body is also a special life form, one hundred thousand kilometers tall. If I could block his weapon strikes, it would take him a very, very long time to exhaust me to death.
Trading injury for injury… the rate of divine body consumption clearly becomes a hundred or a thousand times faster.” Even fighting desperately, the Lord of Fengshi still took a blow from the mace.
Anlong~~~
His divine body rapidly decreased: 42%–37%–31%.
“Accept your death willingly,” the Lord of Eternal Peace smiled.
“No, no,” the Lord of Ningshi tried everything—evading rapidly, or desperately using his weapon to block—but it was useless! The instantaneous switching between the Lord of Eternal Peace’s multiple sets of secret methods was so unpredictable that the Lord of Fengshi couldn’t defend against them.
The Lord of Langgan watched the endless Ice Sand Sea from the shallow part of the water and could only sigh, “Washi, only Lord Penggong and City Lord Chaos might possibly arrive to save you. No one else can help.”
Boom!
A figure materialized out of thin air nearby.
“Lord of Langgan.” A familiar voice rang out.
The massive head of the Lord of Langgan sharply turned. He saw a silver-armored, black-haired human figure appear beside him.
“Luo Feng?” The Lord of Langgan immediately felt disappointed. He quickly transmitted his voice, “Luo Feng, the Lord of Washi is currently being hunted by the Lord of Eternal Peace. Unless Lord Penggong or City Lord Chaos shows up, we are helpless. Don't charge in either; if you get trapped in that Ice Sand Sea, you’ll be in danger too.”
“I may not be able to defeat the Lord of Eternal Peace, but I am not afraid of him,” the black-haired human stated directly.
“Hmm?” The Lord of Langqian was momentarily stunned.
Immediately after, a???
Misty, boundless golden light instantly appeared in the endless waters. As this boundless golden light emerged, a “Rumble~~~” of violent golden flames instantly flooded and surged forth. The surging golden flames, augmented by the ‘Golden Domain,’ shattered the Ice Sand Sea with destructive force.
The Wu-Slaying Wings and the Flame Sand Restraint… stacked together!
Despair.
The Lord of Washi was truly desperate. His divine body had been depleted to only X%, and his ability to resist was significantly weaker.
“Perish,”
The Lord of Eternal Peace smiled and continued to advance.
Suddenly, the expression of the Lord of Eternal Peace changed drastically.
“Who is it!!!” The Lord of Eternal Peace let out an angry roar.
Boom~~~ As if the heavens were collapsing, the ‘Ice Sand Sea’—which had heavily trapped the Lord of Washi like quicksand, drastically slowing his movement—instantly disintegrated. The surrounding endless waters instantaneously transformed into an ‘Ocean of Flames.’ Under the coverage of the endless flames, the Lord of Washi showed a look of excitement.
“Lord of Washi, why aren’t you leaving!” A voice sounded near his ear.
“That voice…” The Lord of Ningshi was momentarily startled.
Wasn't that familiar voice that of the human Luo Feng, whom he had just scolded and lectured?
“Leave quickly! Hurry!” The voice urged.
Whoosh!
The Lord of Washi fled immediately. This flight instantly made him feel incredibly invigorated. Before, in the Ice Sand Sea, he felt as if trapped in mire. But now, these endless golden flames offered no resistance; instead, they continuously aided him, pushing him from behind, causing his speed to soar continuously.
The fate of the Lord of Eternal Peace was the opposite.
His speed sharply decreased!
“Who are you!” The Lord of Eternal Peace roared furiously, “This is the Flame Sand Restraint of the Origin Universe’s Dao Master Yuan Ao. That golden light domain can manipulate time and space! Who exactly are you!”
His divine power was clearly stronger than Luo Feng’s, yet he was at a disadvantage.
This was because treasures and secret methods also required different levels of divine power.
Treasures and secret methods have both minimum thresholds and maximum limits.
For example, the technique ‘Miniature Universe’—when Luo Feng was at the Undying level, he only reached the threshold, and one use consumed a minimum of X% of his divine body. This was the minimum threshold.
But as Luo Feng’s strength continuously increased… he would get closer and closer to the maximum limit! If Luo Feng became a Universe Master and his divine body surged a hundred times more, then the maximum consumption rate of the ultimate secret method ‘Miniature Universe’ wouldn't even be 10% of his divine body per use! Just like how Universe Masters cast their ultimate secret methods repeatedly, their consumption was limited.
Ultimate secret methods and ultimate secret methods consumed divine power instantly in different amounts.
Treasures were the same.
One had to reach a certain threshold of strength to activate them.
The higher the strength, the greater the treasure’s might, but the might of a treasure has a limit. That’s why ordinary ultimate treasures were abandoned by Universe Masters; they coveted peak treasures or even supreme ultimate treasures more.
Ultimate Treasure.
Peak Treasure.
Supreme Ultimate Treasure.
“If I had a peak domain treasure, how would I let you escape,” the Lord of Eternal Peace was furiously annoyed, and at the same time, he instantly canceled the spatial lockdown.
Whoosh!
The Lord of Ningshi, who was escaping in the distance, was overjoyed. He immediately performed a teleportation, arriving at the shallow area of the water.
“I’d like to see just who it is,” relying on his spatial perception, the Lord of Eternal Peace could sense that the ‘Lord of Tingshi’ had only teleported several light-years away… and so, swish, the Lord of Eternal Peace also instantly teleported over.
Luo Feng and the Lord of Langqian were both in the water area. The Lord of Suishi appeared next to them. Upon seeing Luo Feng, the Lord of Fengshi felt somewhat awkward: “Luo???”
“We’ll talk later,” Luo Feng’s expression shifted slightly.
Because another figure appeared not far away… a human-shaped creature holding a scepter, emanating a hazy white light all over its body. Behind its head were circles of white halos, and within the halos were shadowy single eyes~~~ It was precisely the Lord of Eternal Peace.
The eyes of the Lord of Eternal Peace were filled with fury as he stared at Luo Feng, who had unfurled his wings.
“Human? I’ve never seen you before!” the Lord of Eternal Peace said furiously.
“You will know me in the future.”
Luo Feng glanced at the Lord of Eternal Peace.
Swish!
Luo Feng and the other two figures instantly teleported. This time, they teleported directly out of the water domain’s range, fleeing far away.
“Human! Silver-winged, black-haired human!” The Lord of Eternal Peace shrieked hysterically, his roar laced with his burning rage.
PS: Chapter One ends. The New Year holiday is over, and updates will return to normal.