Luo Feng, the Lord of Darkness, and the Demon Murderer clone surged forward at full speed through the surging sea of divine power, instantly accelerating to the speed of light to enter the dark universe, soon reappearing hundreds of billions of kilometers away, already at the gathering place of the Human Race’s Universe Masters.

"Luo Feng."

"Darkness."

The Universe Masters of the Human Faction were all overjoyed, especially the pure-blooded Human Race powerhouses who were beside themselves with excitement. Although they were not yet clear on exactly how many Universe Masters had been captured, City Lord Chaos, through the 'Palm Universe,' had a rough idea of the situation—they knew the number of Palace Supreme Treasures captured, allowing them to estimate the approximate quantity. According to City Lord Chaos’s estimation, it was around 200!

"Galaxy Lord, exactly how many Universe Masters did you capture?"

"Right, right, how many?"

"How many Universe Masters?" The Universe Masters from the alien races all waited with extreme anticipation. An event of this legendary scale might never have occurred in other cosmic eras; capturing over a hundred Universe Masters... that required an unknown confluence of factors to create such a 'miracle.'

"Luo Feng, Darkness, how many?" Peak Lord of Ice, Marquis Lord Youhou, and others pressed the question, even City Lord Chaos watched with eager expectation.

Luo Feng and the Lord of Darkness exchanged a glance.

"208," Luo Feng finally spoke.

"Ha!" Lord Dragon Walk let out a startled cry.

"Good," City Lord Chaos’s eyes gleamed, and he exclaimed aloud.

"Incredible, 208... directly capturing over 200 Universe Masters, something unheard of! Haha, this is a miracle, a miracle of the entire Original Universe Sea." The alien Universe Masters conversed amongst themselves with sighs of admiration. The three Ancestral Gods of the Ancestral God Sect, the Eight Beast Gods, Lord Nine Nether, and others all praised the feat.

A wave of jubilation swept through the assembly.

The Lord of Darkness shook his head, lamenting, "It’s a shame. Every time we captured those Palace Supreme Treasures, the Universe Masters of the Freedom Alliance fiercely resisted... consuming a lot of our time. Otherwise, we would have secured even more."

During previous captures, the resistance from the other side indeed greatly reduced Luo Feng's efficiency.

For instance, during the process of swallowing... the Palace Supreme Treasures deliberately shrank! Those treasures were usually of a normal size, perhaps millions of kilometers across. But once they were subjected to being drawn in, the Palace Supreme Treasures would suddenly shrink to something the size of dust! A reduction in volume meant the Palace Supreme Treasure was far removed from the 'Black Prison Tower'...

This process of engulfment, even at a speed of 100,000 kilometers per second, would take quite some time before the treasure was finally swallowed.

Of course, Luo Feng and his allies had many countermeasures as well.

...

In short, the Freedom Alliance resisted with all their might, and even when resistance was futile, they deliberately stalled for time. Because of this, even though Luo Feng possessed the Endless Nether Sea and held a significant advantage! In the end, only half of the enemy managed to escape! Only half were captured! However, for the Human Race, this was more than sufficient.

The Human Faction gathered together, while the allied forces remained trapped within the Endless Nether Sea.

Those eleven powerful peak experts of the universe continued to maximize the size of their divine bodies, desperately trying to escape the entanglement of the Endless Nether Sea. But the seawater crazily ensnared them... Although their divine power was constantly burning and depleting, Luo Feng was entirely unconcerned. Compared to the entirety of the Nether Sea... what was the expenditure of divine power?

"Everyone, come up."

"All of you, board." The Queen of the Bug Race transmitted her thought.

"Good."

"Good."

At this, the Island Master of Beginning Reality reached out and grasped the edge of the Queen's Palace. Then, his entire form shrank and attached itself directly to the surface of the Queen's Palace. As the Queen's Palace began to enlarge... Ancestor Demon Shaker, Ancestor Dream Demon, the Father God of the Mechanical Race, E Zhou, Founder Hei Zhou, and others all affixed themselves to the surface of the Queen's Palace.

None of these supreme experts entered the interior of the Queen's Palace.

Because they dared not! If this entire group of universe's peak experts were to enter inside, wouldn't their lives then be entirely controlled by the Queen of the Bug Race? Currently, each faction brought along a number of Universe Masters. The number of Universe Masters controlled by the Bug Race Queen was not overwhelming, not enough for her to suddenly turn hostile. But if they all entered...

If the Queen of the Bug Race turned against them, controlling such a vast force, she could potentially become the supreme ruler of the entire Original Universe.

...

The eleven peak universe experts clung to the exterior of the majestic Queen's Palace.

"Bigger, bigger, bigger!" The Queen of the Bug Race manipulated with all her might.

The Queen's Palace swelled uncontrollably.

As the Queen's Palace expanded... the eleven peak universe experts were naturally 'passively' carried along, and their speed of advancement became incredibly swift.

...

Luo Feng watched this scene from a distance and shook his head slightly. A supreme ultimate treasure could easily reach a height of several light-years. The Star Tower, for example, normally stood at a height of nine light-years! If divine power was supplied with full effort, even the Queen's Palace could exceed ten light-years in height and continue to rise. But his Endless Nether Sea... was fundamentally a divine body, it could not expand indefinitely.

After a brief obstruction, Luo Feng stopped hindering them. By this time, the Queen's Palace had expanded to a height of over a trillion kilometers.

"Retract!"

The Endless Nether Sea, having expanded to trillions of kilometers afar, began to actively contract. The resistance to the Queen's Palace’s expansion sharply diminished, allowing it to expand wildly. In moments, all eleven peak universe experts attached to it escaped the boundaries of the 'Endless Nether Sea.'

"Finally out," a flame-formed humanoid figure suspended in the air, sighing in relief.

"This divine power ocean of Luo Feng is truly troublesome. If we didn't have the Queen's Palace this time, we would have had to waste time slowly draining away to get out..." the Father God of the Mechanical Race lamented. Facing the infinite Nether Sea, an individual simply had no quick way to escape; the only method was the crude one—flying slowly!

The Three Ancestral Gods would not endlessly maintain the pressure with the 'Five-Colored Aurora Lake,' nor would City Lord Chaos perpetually control the 'Palm Universe,' as the divine power consumption was too high.

Only Luo Feng possessed enough divine power to engage in such a protracted struggle.

However, if it were only Luo Feng obstructing them... although they could not reach light speed, one-tenth light speed was not difficult.

They could maintain a sustained flight speed of one-tenth light speed!

The Endless Nether Sea was notoriously difficult to move; therefore, to obstruct them, Luo Feng could only keep expanding the sea... but expansion had a limit. Flying at one-tenth light speed for ten or a hundred years, Luo Feng couldn't possibly expand the Endless Nether Sea to ten light-years; by then, they could have flown clear of the Nether Sea's range anyway.

"Fortunately," Ancestor Demon Shaker stated gravely, "fortunately, this divine power ocean is incredibly cumbersome to move! It makes sense why the Star Tower remained stationary before; it was hiding this endless divine power ocean... Being difficult to move means Luo Feng cannot bring this divine power ocean into combat. Even if a supreme ultimate treasure contains it, it can barely move from its spot."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Indeed.

Furthermore, after containing the divine power ocean, even the Star Tower could not enter a 'Divine Kingdom Passage,' as doing so would cause the passage to collapse!

"In the future, if Luo Feng stands still and makes no movement, or if a Tomb Boat or Star Tower is positioned next to him, and they are motionless, we should avoid him. If he can move freely... it means he isn't carrying the divine power ocean at all," stated Alliance Leader Beijiang.

This battle had certainly placed Luo Feng on their primary alert list. They regarded him with extreme caution, treating him as an exceptionally threatening entity.

"Although this divine power ocean is vast, when truly calculated, Luo Feng's soul is a Human Soul! Once he steps into the ranks of the universe's peak experts... returning to the source, merging all his clones, he will become human!" Ancestor Demon of the Prison Race rasped, "His divine power ocean is so immense because it was bestowed by the Original Universe... Once he breaks through in the future, his Divine Kingdom will become a miniature universe! When all his clones merge... his Human Divine Body will be unable to withstand it, and a significant amount of divine power will certainly be lost during the fusion, at which point his divine power will no longer be so outrageous."

"Mm."

"Yes."

"When all clones merge and return to the original form. Once he becomes a peak expert... he will actually be less troublesome in the Original Universe." Everyone expressed similar sentiments.

The current Luo Feng possesses four clones, each capable of exerting the combat power of a pinnacle sixth-tier being. However, a universe's peak expert only has one true body.

And Luo Feng's Endless Ocean provides a seemingly infinite supply of divine power. He is indeed more troublesome than a universe's peak expert. Of course, this is within the Original Universe... In the Universe Sea, a universe's peak expert is naturally more terrifying.

"Once one becomes a peak expert, everything relies on oneself. No clones, no innate secret techniques... all gone. However, Lord Nine Nether is different; the true body of Lord Nine Nether is that divine power ocean itself. Even if he breaks through to become a peak expert in the future, his divine body will still be that divine power ocean!" E Zhou sighed with emotion.

E Zhou, Founder Hei Zhou, Alliance Leader Beijiang, and Island Master of Beginning Reality were relatively unconcerned, as they carried no tribal burdens.

But Ancestor Demon Shaker, Ancestor Dream Demon, Ancestor Demon of the Prison Race, and others were extremely anxious and troubled by this battle.

"Everyone, let's stop discussing Luo Feng... Having fallen to this point in this conflict, what should we do?" Ancestor of the Starry Sky asked with an aged voice, pressing the issue.

"Yes, what should we do?" the Father God of the Mechanical Race also worriedly inquired.

Alliance Leader Beijiang shook his head, "What can we do? The Human Faction has captured over 200 more Universe Masters. As long as Luo Feng, City Lord Chaos, and a few others from the Human Faction aren't intent on suicide, they definitely won't slaughter those Universe Masters; instead, they will try to win them over. Those captured Universe Masters, for the sake of their races and themselves, will quickly defect to the Human Faction. Moreover, within the Freedom Alliance... many Universe Masters have friendships with them, and some even belong to the same race; they might manage to persuade even more to join them."

"Just currently, the Human Faction has over 400 Universe Masters. Even if we add the Freedom Alliance forces, we only exceed 600! Although our side has several universe peak experts, Luo Feng has four clones, plus City Lord Chaos, the Lord of Darkness, Lord Peng Gong, and the Three Great Ancestral Gods... Their combined pinnacle sixth-tier combat strength is not significantly less than ours."

"Although we have a numerical advantage in Universe Masters, the opponent possesses two Will Impact treasures that can easily wipe out two of our squads. And during combat, the humans will certainly choose the two squads with the largest concentration of our strong members! If we disperse too widely... our defense will only be too weak, leading to being defeated one by one."

"Therefore, any slight advantage we possess is nullified by those two Will Impact treasures."

"Furthermore, they possess an ultimate treasure that controls time and space, whose power feels even stronger than a Domain-type supreme ultimate treasure... If we truly fight the Human Race to the end, there is no hope of victory—it will only result in mutual destruction, and it will be an incredibly long war of attrition."

— The fourth chapter is here, Tomato will continue writing the fifth! RO