"BOOM!"
Like the annihilation of the cosmos, an endless shockwave roared outward in all directions. Some fragmented vortex passages even struck the edge of Luo Feng's Blood Shadow Blade, sending him tumbling backward.
"Pfft!" The impact shook Luo Feng violently, forcing him to spew a mouthful of blood.
Having achieved the True God level, Luo Feng's blood had paradoxically returned to a very ordinary red hue.
"Profound, truly profound." Luo Feng showed no trace of annoyance; instead, he was filled with elation. The first time, he merely observed from afar as the Star Tower resisted the 'Annihilation'; this time, however, he had directly wielded the Blood Shadow Blade against it. His comprehension of the 'Origin of Annihilation' became clearer, and the resulting harvest was naturally much greater.
As for spitting up blood?
What did that amount to? Nothing at all!
For someone with Luo Feng's colossal physique, the drain on divine power was virtually negligible.
The World Beast, Bedi, seeing Luo Feng cough up blood only to charge forward again like a stream of light, couldn't help but be shocked. "You, you can withstand..."
It had never expected the Galaxy Leader to block the move 'Annihilation' not through palace-type treasures like the Star Tower, but by confronting it head-on!
"Is that your strongest move? It’s merely average!" Luo Feng tore through the void, slashing out again with the Blood Shadow Blade in hand. The blade light spanned the sky, transforming into a dazzling, colossal feathered light-dragon. The brilliant white light-dragon elegantly flapped its wings, diving straight toward World Beast Bedi once more.
World Beast Bedi dared not resist head-on.
It knew Luo Feng's move was only marginally inferior to its own 'Annihilation.' If it were struck, the energy loss would be no less than unleashing one 'Annihilation.' It had already used 'Annihilation' twice in this battle, and it had only just entered the Fifth Tier, not yet reaching the peak of that stage. If it used it again, it would lose the ability to resist without Luo Feng even needing to act.
"Split!" World Beast Bedi immediately fractured its body, transforming into ninety-nine segments fleeing in all directions.
"Aoo—"
The radiant white light-dragon threw its head back and roared. In an instant, it dissolved into ten million streaks of white light that shot toward the ninety-nine clones. Immediately, all clones, except one true body that was escaping, automatically dissipated upon being struck.
The true body was hit by three streaks of white light but still maintained its high-speed escape.
"Bedi, you won't fight now that I'm out here?" Luo Feng’s speed clearly surpassed Bedi’s as he rapidly closed the distance.
Bedi offered no response, pouring all its effort into fleeing.
"Come on again. Wasn't your move so powerful?" Luo Feng drew nearer, secretly lamenting in his heart. He knew from Morosa that a typical Fifth Tier World Beast could not use 'Annihilation' many times, as the cost for each use was too steep. Now, it seemed Bedi was unwilling to use it again.
"If I could observe it a few more times, the benefits for me would be even greater," Luo Feng lamented internally.
Having felt 'Annihilation' twice, the benefits were astonishing.
Luo Feng felt that with just a little time to digest the experience, he could create a Twelfth Tier secret technique! He knew that every advancement in these higher realms grew exponentially more difficult. Luo Feng had self-imposed limits, restraining himself to the True God level; naturally, improving his realm stage was harder now.
For a True God, Void True God, or Eternal True God, how could their realms advance?
One way was through normal comprehension.
Another was by observing the evolution of one's own miniature universe!
A True God's miniature universe was too small, and the mysteries contained within its evolution were limited... The profound mysteries contained in the birth and destruction of the Original Universe were enough to make countless powerhouses from ancient civilizations yearn to witness them. This was also why Zuo Shan Ke had prompted Luo Feng to make that request to the 'Will of the Original Universe's Origin'!
A True God’s miniature universe was the smallest; a Void True God’s was larger, and the mysteries contained in its internal evolution were deeper; an Eternal True God’s miniature universe was even grander, and its internal workings even more esoteric.
The advancement was constant!
If Luo Feng broke through to become a Void True God, merely comprehending his own miniature universe would lead to progress much faster than now. But he dared not; he had to keep himself anchored at the True God level!
"Since you insist on this, then don't blame me," Luo Feng let out a cold snort, and instantly, a tidal wave of divine power surged out, swiftly binding the nearby World Beast Bedi.
Sss, sss, sss—
Divine power and the World Beast's power furiously consumed each other.
World Beast Bedi turned both its heads to stare at Luo Feng, gnashing its teeth. "Galaxy Leader, I will remember you."
"Ah!" World Beast Bedi suddenly threw its head back and let out a roar filled with unwillingness, madness, and piercing anguish. Simultaneously, dense, multi-colored light began to erupt from within its body. Its most vital component, the 'Realm,' was burning frantically... This was a choice no World Beast would ever willingly make. Even for the strongest among them, doing this would make climbing back to the top exponentially more difficult.
"Not good."
Seeing this, Luo Feng immediately understood—World Beast Bedi was about to activate the Realm Light Passage!
"Buzz!"
The five pairs of brilliant wings behind Luo Feng spread wide to their fullest extent, burning with ultimate divine power that surged furiously into the Wu's Blade Wings, instantly activating the fourth layer of the Wu's Blade Wings. Instantly, every secret pattern on the fourth pair of wings blazed with dazzling light. The preceding 'One Thought Void' vanished, and at the same time...
A miniature universe spanning ten thousand light-years in diameter materialized out of thin air!
Chaos energy filled the space.
The golden waves formed by the 'Golden Sea Pearl' were merely one small region within the entire miniature universe.
This was the fourth layer of the Wu's Blade Wings: One Thought Universe Formed!
"No!" The Realm Light Passage, which was just about to form, was violently suppressed by the 'Origin Power of the Miniature Universe,' causing it to immediately collapse. This filled World Beast Bedi with terror, a mixture of unwillingness and frenzy. "Burn more!!!"
Boom!
The colorful light on World Beast Bedi intensified. It had originally planned only to drop to the Fourth Tier, but now it disregarded everything. Even dropping to the Third Tier was acceptable, as long as it could escape.
"Boom!" Under the pressure of the formidable miniature universe origin power, the Realm Light Passage utterly failed to form.
"This, this, this..." World Beast Bedi fell into despair. It didn't even continue burning its core energy, because the Realm Light energy produced when descending from the Fifth Tier to the Fourth was the most potent; the energy generated from Fourth to Third Tier was already significantly less, let alone further drops.
It plummeted directly from the Fifth Tier to the Third, yet it was easily crushed.
This gap of irrepressible power made World Beast Bedi realize that even adding a little more Realm Light energy would be useless.
"How is this possible? How can this be? I, I actually crossed into the Fifth Tier..." World Beast Beast stared in disbelief at the pervasive chaos energy and then at Luo Feng in the distance.
Luo Feng merely smiled. He owed the World Beast Bedi for being able to unleash 'One Thought Universe Formed.'
Before this battle, he was just a hair's breadth away from completely grasping the fourth layer of the Wu's Blade Wings! That tiny sliver prevented him from breaking through, but upon witnessing World Beast Bedi execute 'Annihilation'—the first time Bedi used it—he gained insight and rapidly crossed that final gap, understanding exactly how to activate the fourth layer of the Wu's Blade Wings.
Bedi's second execution of the move allowed Luo Feng to gain even more enlightenment.
One Thought Void Formed!
One Thought Universe Formed!
Both involved control over spacetime. 'One Thought Void Formed' had relatively limited control, but 'One Thought Universe Formed,' controlling the formation of an entire miniature universe, was terrifyingly powerful. Creating its own universe—how could a 'Realm Light Passage' possibly break out?
"Die," Luo Feng commanded, and the Star Tower flew out from his hand. The Star Tower hovered high above, and at its base, an endless dark vortex formed, enveloping the distant World Beast Bedi.
World Beast Bedi, having instantly retreated to the Third Tier, had absolutely no resistance to the combined controlling forces of the Star Tower and the miniature universe.
"You are ruthless!" Bound by the dark vortex and being pulled toward the black hole at the Star Tower's base, World Beast Bedi stared intensely at Luo Feng in the distance and roared, "Galaxy Leader, you are indeed the greatest obstacle to my World Beast race, but... no one can stop the rise of my World Beasts, no one!"
"All who obstruct us will be utterly annihilated by us!" World Beast Bedi glared fixedly at Luo Feng.
"You... and your kin are destined to be destroyed! This is your fate, a destiny you cannot resist."
"Hahahaha..."
"BOOM!"
World Beast Bedi exploded entirely into nothingness.
Luo Feng watched the scene from afar. Bedi chose self-destruction; he truly had no alternative.
Morosa had only been at the peak of the Second Tier when he was suppressed, requiring the combined power of the Star Tower's suppression, his own miniature universe origin power, and the power of 'One Thought Void' to prevent self-destruction. But Bedi, even having regressed, was at the peak of the Third Tier, and Luo Feng only had the suppression from his miniature universe origin power!
'One Thought Universe Formed,' compared to Luo Feng's heaven-defyingly powerful miniature universe, still fell short, though it was vastly superior to the miniature universe of an ordinary True God.
Bedi was dead!
Before dying, Bedi naturally used its connection to transmit several crucial messages to all other World Beasts (excluding Morosa).
The World Beast Nest was dim and dark, scattered with nearly ten million World Beasts. These creatures usually engaged in mutual slaughter and strife, pursuing the final chance to become the king. Their inherent fate was destruction! These noble beings had never held the beings of the Sea of Universe in high regard; to them, even when gestating, the myriad races of the Sea of Universe were merely food.
"I am Bedi!"
"The supreme expert of the Sea of Universe races, Galaxy Leader Luo Feng, has entered the depths of my Dim Land! He has entered the heart of the Dim Land!"
"I have entered the Fifth Tier."
"But I am still no match for him. He is even stronger than we previously estimated. The crisis of our very survival is upon us... If we do not unite against the Galaxy Leader, we World Beasts will perish at his hands."
"The greatest crisis for us World Beasts!"
"A crisis that all World Beasts must face together!"
"Abandon all internal conflict, unite, and destroy the Galaxy Leader!"
"Even I could not escape by using the Realm Light Passage. I will self-destruct, and all my companions, remember... I, the Fifth Tier World Beast Bedi, have died by Luo Feng's hand! And you all must kill him!"
"Kill the Galaxy Leader!"
"Kill the Galaxy Leader!"
The voice of World Beast Bedi echoed in the heart of every one of the ten million World Beasts within the Dim Land. All the World Beasts, regardless of their previous ambitions, fell silent at that moment.
The dense cluster of nearly ten million World Beasts became, at this instant, quiet as never before.
Immediately following this, they all sensed that the 'Bedi' they could previously feel had suddenly vanished.
Bedi was dead!
"Roar—"
"Roar—"
"Roar—"
At the same moment, in the entire World Beast Nest, ten million World Beasts threw back their heads and roared.
Their roars were filled with endless rage and madness.
"Kill the Galaxy Leader!" "Kill the Galaxy Leader!" "Kill the Galaxy Leader!"
The utterance of each World Beast spread, and every single one received the synchronized messages from countless companions. At this moment, the sounds emitted by ten million World Beasts converged into one rhythm, one tone: Kill the Galaxy Leader!
Tomato is very sorry, a relative in the family suddenly passed away. Tomato has to rush back to the countryside to mourn. The next three days will be very busy, and updates will be irregular. The house in my hometown hasn't been lived in for a long time, so naturally, there is no internet access. I have to go to other people's houses to upload the novel. Therefore, for these three days, there will be two chapters updated together each day, and the timing will also be irregular, but they will definitely be uploaded before 10 PM. (To be continued)