Lord of Vast Thunder knew that continuing the fight would yield no advantage and, worse, risked an unforeseen loss. He decided instantly to retreat. The moment he dodged, intending to flee the battle, an infinite, thin golden light instantly diffused, spreading across a radius spanning light-years.

Snow-white sand particles also drifted about, as if in another dimensional space, suspended in every part of the surrounding seawater. However, as these snow-white grains approached the adjacent ‘Core Vortex,’ they vanished into nothingness, clearly unable to penetrate that terrifying region.

The Golden Dominion, the Sea of Snow Sand!

Wèn asked him to unleash it!

Catalyzed by the Burning Divine Power of the Severance technique, the resulting might was naturally formidable, instantly restraining Lord of Vast Thunder.

"Hmph," Lord of Vast Thunder scoffed dismissively. Such restraints were bothersome, but he could still break through a hundred times the speed of light; it would just cost him a little more time.

"Suppress!"

Beast God Luo Feng roared suddenly.

The 'Star Tower,' which had previously been relentlessly smashing down on Lord of Vast Thunder like a mountain, suddenly began to spin. The entire Star Tower emitted a hazy glow, and the surface of the tower manifested rings of winding patterns, forming a helical structure. The light from these spiral patterns rotated continuously across the Star Tower’s surface, and the entire structure descended directly upon Lord of Vast Thunder!

When it comes to explosive speed, how could a powerful being match the sudden burst of speed from a weapon?

"Weng~~~~" This time, there was none of the previous violent ferocity of the smashing impact; instead, it felt like a world slowly pressing down, accompanied by a slight tremor.

The entirety of the Star Tower rapidly settled directly above the head of 'Lord of Vast Thunder.'

"Hmm?" Lord of Vast Thunder, who had been desperately trying to escape, was pinned down by the Star Tower... it was like a small mouse caught beneath a massive boulder; for a moment, he couldn't move at all.

"So heavy, so heavy!" Lord of Vast Thunder felt endless oppression emanating from the Star Tower completely acting upon him. This wasn't pure gravity, but a form of 'suppression.' The instant the Star Tower bore down, the two seemed to merge into one, and the Tower’s endless pressure became his own.

In that moment... he felt as though he were bearing the weight of a gigantic miniature universe! The infinite heaviness rooted him to the spot.

It was just like the Endless Gloomy Sea!

The Endless Gloomy Sea moved on its own, so incredibly slow!

It was the same principle.

At this moment, Lord of Vast Thunder’s speed of movement was slower than the Endless Gloomy Sea!

"Impossible, impossible," Lord of Vast Thunder shrieked, lightning erupting from his entire body. The sphere of lightning at the center of his body burst forth violently, reaching its absolute peak of power. Lord of Vast Thunder managed to fly onward with extreme difficulty, his speed estimated to be less than ten thousand kilometers per second.

"No, no, no!" Lord of Vast Thunder desperately tried to accelerate.

Accelerating to nearly ten thousand kilometers per second was already his limit; the faster he moved, the stronger the oppressive force exerted by the Star Tower bearing down on him became!

This scene made Luo Feng quite pleased with himself.

"I have grasped the fourth and fifth layers of secret patterns on the Star Tower."

"The fourth layer can be called 'Smash.'"

"The fifth layer can be called 'Suppress.'" Luo Feng couldn't be bothered with overly profound names, but the techniques represented by the fourth and fifth layers of the Star Tower’s secret patterns excited him. During previous battles, the Star Tower had mainly been used for smashing, employing the fourth layer’s methods.

The fifth layer, theoretically possessing eighth-tier might, reached ninth-tier might when activated under the influence of Severance! It was this level of 'suppression' from the Star Tower that made it incredibly difficult for Lord of Vast Thunder even to move.

"If you had an ally, the two of you combined might have managed to shake off my Star Tower," Luo Feng thought to himself. "If we were in a location where I posed no threat to you, you could certainly drag this out. After all, maintaining ninth-tier attack power drains divine power immensely, and I am already constantly using Severance, which is also a huge drain."

"Your divine body is larger than mine, and your divine power level is higher. If we truly wore each other down, you would naturally prevail."

"Too bad."

"This net,"

"Was laid by me!"

"Everything has fallen into place... So, Lord of Vast Thunder, die!" Numerous thoughts flashed through Luo Feng’s mind in an instant.

Though complex to describe,

the reality was that the very instant Luo Feng manipulated the Star Tower’s ‘fifth layer’ secret pattern to begin suppressing Lord of Vast Thunder, a colossal entity materialized in the nearby seawater with a deafening boom. The enormous, ancient ship appeared out of nowhere and charged directly toward Lord of Vast Thunder.

"No!" Lord of Vast Thunder was crushed beneath the Star Tower, completely unable to break free or use the 'Imperial Cone' to counterattack. Under the suppression, even his own attacks were hampered, making it impossible to shake the Star Tower.

At this moment, his speed was glacial.

The Tomb Mausoleum Ship, stretching for ten billion kilometers, crashed directly into him... At his speed—at best, under ten thousand kilometers per second—he had absolutely no way to evade it!

"Hmph!" Beside him, Beast God Luo Feng watched with anticipation.

He was doomed.

Lord of Vast Thunder was certainly doomed.

Suppressed, Luo Feng could sustain the ninth-tier suppression power with his divine power for a short period. Being struck by the Tomb Mausoleum Ship... While impacts from other treasures might not be enough, the sheer kinetic force of this ship—which even the combined attacks of many Universe Masters couldn't budge—was terrifyingly potent. It was certain to slam Lord of Vast Thunder directly into the ‘Core Vortex.’

The Core Vortex possessed terrifying might.

Only at its very center was there a relatively 'calm' channel, much like the quiet eye of a tornado. Occasionally, supreme treasures would emerge from the core of the Core Vortex. But Lord of Vast Thunder, while being driven into the vortex, would be torn apart and disintegrated before reaching the center.

Unless they possessed a Palace-type Ultimate Treasure, even Universe Supreme Beings would perish within it. The Star Tower provided the suppression, the Tomb Mausoleum Ship provided the collision force, and the Core Vortex provided the execution.

Luo Feng stared at the Lightning Giant, watching it die.

"You forced me, you forced me!" Lord of Vast Thunder suddenly let out a furious, crazed roar. "Luo Feng! Luo Feng! You forced me! Then you die!"

As he roared, Luo Feng immediately sensed danger.

"Quick, hit him," Luo Feng frantically urged the Tomb Mausoleum Ship to reach its maximum velocity.

But Lord of Vast Thunder was now completely mad. Following his shouts, black streams of air began to emerge from every point on the surface of his massive, lightning-wreathed body. He let out cries of agonizing, bizarre screams as these mysterious black currents surged out... seemingly devoid of any offensive power.

"Danger! Danger! Danger!" Luo Feng instinctively felt peril. Every fiber of his divine power screamed out, as if encountering a terrifying entity.

"Dodge!"

Luo Feng vanished, intending to rush toward the Tomb Mausoleum Ship.

With the Star Tower pinning his opponent, he could only seek refuge inside the Tomb Mausoleum Ship.

"You want me dead? Then you die first!" Lord of Vast Thunder raged. The infinite black streams erupting from his lightning body instantly sliced through space, moving so fast they were utterly unrestrained by time or velocity. It was like an immediate, widespread diffusion, similar to the effect of a domain-type ultimate treasure.

That black current instantly reached Luo Feng.

It instantly invaded the 'Golden Beast God' Luo Feng.

"It's fine, it's fine, I can withstand it."

"My Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor has also formed a Beast God shape, resembling a peak Palace-type Ultimate Treasure," Luo Feng thought. Although he felt instinctual dread—not a fear originating from his will, but the raw, organic fear of every particle of divine power, like hair instantly scorching and curling when encountering flame.

His divine power naturally recoiled from the black current. This reaction was independent of his conscious thought.

But his rationality...

led Luo Feng to believe that no power so terrifying could exist in the sea of the universe. After all, he was already so powerful, and the Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor forming a Beast God was equivalent to a peak Palace-type Ultimate Treasure. They would have to shatter the armor to reach his true body inside! And shattering a peak Palace-type Ultimate Treasure... no Universe Supreme Being could accomplish that.

"Chiiiiii..." The seemingly ordinary black current instantly enveloped the entire Golden Beast God.

Why could the Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor coalesce into a Beast God?

It was precisely because divine power was infused to sustain it. Therefore, the surface of the Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor was constantly maintained by burning divine power.

"Chiii chiii chiii~~~~"

It was like water meeting fire, a rapid mutual consumption.

The instant the black current enveloped the Golden Beast God, the burning divine power maintaining the Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor began to be furiously drained! Correspondingly, the black current also suffered some loss, but the sheer volume of the black current was overwhelming—it was all the black energy flowing out of Lord of Vast Thunder’s entire body.

"Hold on, hold on, hold on..." Luo Feng desperately funneled all his divine power, trying to maintain the Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor.

However, the rate of infusion couldn't keep up with the rate of consumption.

It was like a flame suddenly doused by a large bucket of water—instantly extinguished.

As the maintaining divine power was entirely depleted in the blink of an eye, the Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor automatically dissolved.

"Whooosh~~~~" That terrifying black current, subtly forming a bizarre, distorted shape, immediately enveloped Luo Feng.

Divine Power! Black Current!

They furiously consumed each other.

"Hahahaha..." Seeing this from a distance, Lord of Vast Thunder descended into madness, roaring wantonly. "Forcing me to this stage, you forced me, you forced me! Hahaha, you are merely a Universe Master, how much divine body do you possess, how weak is your divine power? This is power from a completely different tier! If you were a Universe Supreme Being, you might have tangled a bit longer... But as a mere Universe Master, even with a thousand times your divine power, only annihilation awaits."

"Hahahaha..."

"When you perish, your Star Tower and numerous other treasures will all become mine. Even if you have clones, it will be too late to save you." Lord of Vast Thunder was both enraged and ecstatic.

As his roar faded, a whoosh.

In the distance, Luo Feng's divine body instantly disintegrated. Facing this black current, Luo Feng had no idea how to defend himself. Even the vast memories stored in the inheritance left by the Duandong River lineage contained no record of this black current! Or perhaps, if it existed, it had been deliberately obscured by the will of the original universe.

In any case, Luo Feng did not know how to resist. Attack? Ineffective; it seemed the only recourse was to consume it with divine power.

And his true body, the ten-thousand-kilometer-tall divine body, was annihilated in an instant.

"Crackle~~~~" The silver four wings, the Mad Fiend God-Slaying Armor, the World Ring, the Blood Shadow Saber... a thousand items floated nearby.

This sight made Lord of Vast Thunder even more delirious with excitement.

Yet, the massive, high-speed Tomb Mausoleum Ship showed no sign of slowing down, slamming into his body with a resounding crash...