"The power is immense; I fear it surpasses even my Gate of Life," Luo Feng judged the moment he saw 'Destruction Reincarnation.' "If I met this head-on, relying on brute force, I would at best sustain injuries. But I have the Star Tower, so there’s absolutely no need for a direct confrontation!"
As this initial thought surfaced, Luo Feng's expression immediately contorted in alarm.
Something was wrong!
He possessed the Star Tower and could take refuge inside it. However, this battle was the genesis event for the Beast King—Mo Luo Sha could not retreat into the Star Tower to avoid combat... Currently, he stood shielding Mo Luo Sha, but if he phased into the Star Tower, the ensuing blow would undoubtedly send the tower hurtling far away, temporarily separating him from Mo Luo Sha. The Void Beast Mo He would seize that precise moment to annihilate Mo Luo Sha!
"Against the combined assault of eight million Void Beasts, you survived," the two manifestations of the Void Beast Mo He spoke as they unleashed their attack, harboring a malicious hope. "Even my strongest move cannot compare to the unified strike of eight million Void Beasts! But, as soon as you hide in that Star Tower... if you are blasted away, you can no longer protect Mo Luo Sha."
"Go in, hurry and enter the Star Tower," the Void Beast Mo He silently yearned.
...
The crux of this battle lay in determining which entity—the Void Beast Mo He or Mo Luo Sha—would be the last standing!
"Star Tower."
Luo Feng roared in fury. Before him, a nine-story pagoda materialized out of thin air—the Star Tower itself. It lay horizontally, resembling a colossal, sharpened cone... At this instant, it began to spin violently, transforming into a rushing river. This golden river surged directly toward the two coiling vortex channels.
This technique was the latest evolution of the Star Tower's secret arts, comprehended by Luo Feng after mastering the pinnacle ninth-tier secret method. He named it 'River of Stars.'
'River of Stars' versus 'Destruction Reincarnation'!
"Peng!"
The dazzling golden river instantly disintegrated. The Star Tower itself was violently knocked backward, tumbling far into the distance. Yet, the two vortex channels, their might barely diminished, continued their charge toward Luo Feng. However, upon closer inspection, numerous fissures were visible scarring the outer walls of those vortex channels.
Luo Feng’s gaze was locked onto the two dazzling, coiling channels. His divine power burned to its absolute limit, and he activated Wu Qi Shen to its third stage. Gripping the Blood Shadow Saber, he followed up with a massive slash!
Hwa!
A monumental gate of white-gold appeared and opened in the void before Luo Feng. From the aperture, a torrent of white-gold blade light erupted, meeting the 'Destruction Reincarnation' channels head-on.
This was Luo Feng's ultimate saber technique in its current iteration—the Gate of Life!
Upon impact, there was an initial moment of silence, immediately followed by a deafening, relentless cacophony of "Boom! Boom! Boom!!!" an endless, violent roar accompanied by boundless shockwaves. The already damaged twin vortex channels still slammed into Luo Feng's body!
At this precise moment!
Luo Feng stood rigidly upright, his massive five pairs of wings folding forward, enveloping himself completely, and simultaneously sheltering the Void Beast Mo Luo Sha.
"Peng!"
Struck directly, Luo Feng was sent tumbling backward at millions of times the speed of light.
"Pfft!" During the violent rotation backward, Luo Feng couldn't suppress a mouthful of blood, which sprayed onto Mo Luo Sha, whom he had protected so carefully.
"Master!" Mo Luo Sha exclaimed, a mix of excitement and deep concern in his voice.
Luo Feng tumbled to a stop.
"Do exactly as I instructed," Luo Feng swallowed the blood in his mouth, glancing at Mo Luo Sha beside him. "Do not act recklessly out of arrogance. I have the protection of Wu Qi Shen and the defense of the Void Annihilation Wings! My physical body far exceeds yours in resilience... Even the residual power of this strike would kill you if it hit you!"
Mo Luo Sha nodded repeatedly: "Understood, Master. I will not compromise the Master's plan!"
What a joke. Mo He’s previous axe strike, imbued with ten times the power of 'Destruction,' was enough to obliterate Mo Luo Sha. Now, Mo He had split himself, executing two 'Destruction' attacks simultaneously. The subtle merging and reflection of these two vortex channels created billions of spatial dimensions, causing the power to climb exponentially to an unimaginable level. Even the residual energy left over could annihilate Mo Luo Sha!
"Hahahaha... River Master," the two Void Beasts Mo He flew closer from a distance. "You are smart enough not to retreat into the Star Tower. Had you hidden, Mo Luo Sha would be dead already! You are formidable for enduring that, but I estimate your divine power is already more than halfway depleted? Hiding in the Star Tower leads to death, and not hiding in it leads to death—killed by me!"
"Take another one," the two Void Beasts Mo He attacked once more in unison.
Luo Feng’s expression changed sharply in the distance.
His divine power was already being burned at its maximum capacity, and maintaining the third stage of Wu Qi Shen meant his consumption rate was devastatingly high. For an ordinary True God, his divine power would have been instantly exhausted. However, Luo Feng possessed an incredibly vast reserve of divine power, allowing him to sustain this extremely high rate of consumption for a significant duration.
But... that single impact from the remnant 'Destruction Reincarnation' had severely wounded him. While not the catastrophic loss Mo He imagined—over half his power—it still cost him nearly three percent.
Three percent seemed small, but for Luo Feng's divine body, such a loss was terrifying.
"Rumble~~~" The most dazzling pair of coiling vortex channels in the void intertwined again and sped toward Luo Feng.
"Go," Luo Feng exerted all his strength.
The Star Tower first intercepted! Then the Blood Shadow Saber unleashed 'Gate of Life' to block! Finally, the wings folded to provide the last layer of defense!
"Peng!"
Luo Feng was sent tumbling backward again. Blood sprayed forth, his skin vibrating until it cracked, his bones trembling. To ensure Mo Luo Sha suffered no harm, Luo Feng relied solely on his divine body to absorb the entire shockwave. No matter what, Mo Luo Sha absolutely could not be harmed!
"Not dead?" The two Void Beasts Mo He paused in surprise. Every time they executed this technique, they were effectively unleashing two 'Destruction' attacks. The drain on their own energy was considerable. Fortunately, having ascended to the sixth tier, reaching the peak of the sixth tier, their energy reserves were ample enough for several more such assaults.
"Every time you take a heavy injury, I will see precisely how many you can withstand," the Void Beast Mo He roared, unleashing his strongest technique again.
"Block," Luo Feng gritted his teeth and endured.
There was no alternative. Given the speed of the vortex channels, evasion was impossible. The only way to evade was to enter the Star Tower... but that meant surrendering Mo Luo Sha to his death.
"I want to see who tires first: you in your execution, or me in my endurance," Luo Feng bit down hard, holding firm.
One time!
Two times!
Three times!
...
Ten times!
Eleven times!
"Still not dead!" The Void Beast Mo He went completely berserk. "I refuse to believe your divine power is endless! Die!" Mo He had no other recourse. Luo Feng’s current relentless defense of Mo Luo Sha, refusing to dodge even the strongest attacks, left Mo He with no alternative strategy. This King Genesis Battle required a final victor; Mo He could not retreat.
"For the final glory of my Void Beast race..." The eyes of the Void Beast Mo He were filled with mania. "I must win! Human, perish!"
Again, two intensely dazzling, coiling vortex channels materialized.
"The protection in my heart shall not be destroyed!" Luo Feng snarled, bringing the Blood Shadow Saber down with savage force. "It is you who deserves to die!"
Peng!
Peng!
Peng!
Thirteen times, fourteen times, fifteen times... This was the final confrontation. It was the King Genesis Battle—nominally to determine the final victor between the Void Beast Mo He and Mo Luo Sha, but in reality, it was a duel between Mo He and Luo Feng. Luo Feng was Mo Luo Sha’s protector... As long as Luo Feng lived, Mo He had zero chance of killing Mo Luo Sha. Conversely, the moment Luo Feng fell, Mo He would effortlessly claim the crown.
The thirtieth time!
"I don't believe it, I don't believe your divine power is infinite," the Void Beast Mo He also descended into madness, for his own energy was more than half spent. Thirty attacks meant sixty 'Destruction' spells unleashed in total.
"Why can he sustain this?" Luo Feng's eyes turned bloodshot.
Unwillingness clawed at him. His divine power was down to its final tenth. Just three or four more impacts, and his divine power would be completely depleted. On one side stood a sixth-tier peak Void Beast, whose energy storage reached an extraordinary height. On the other, a perfect divine body derived from a life level of one hundred thousand, yet tragically, Luo Feng had lacked the necessary time to accumulate his divine power to its absolute zenith.
But time would not be granted to Luo Feng.
"Die!" the Void Beast Mo He roared. "The final king shall never tolerate servitude!!!"
Boom!
This was the thirty-second strike! Luo Feng’s eyes split, bloodshot streaks bursting forth. His entire being plunged into absolute madness: "The one I must protect! I cannot lose! I cannot!!"
At this moment, Luo Feng was sent tumbling backward in defeat. His divine power had plummeted to the point where he could absorb only one more strike. Luo Feng could sense... the Void Beast Mo He had not yet been pushed to its absolute limit. Yet, he had been forced to the very precipice.
"I cannot lose!" Luo Feng succumbed to extreme frenzy.
In that instant, scene after scene flashed through his mind.
The moment he stole the Iron-Armored Dragon egg to stand up again for his younger brother...
The moment he burned his soul to take the Devouring Beast down with him in a mutual annihilation...
His emergence from Earth, his proud rise in the Cosmic Genius Battle...
Kneeling before True Yan, taking him as master...
Scene after scene cycled past.
Zuo Shan Ke, True Yan, Chaos, Giant Axe...
Xu Xin, Luo Ping, Luo Hai...
Rong Jun, Uka, Bolan...
Faces, one after another, drifted through his consciousness.
"I cannot lose." For the sake of the protection that mattered most to his heart, he had walked step by step from Earth to this moment, surpassing everything in his existence... everything that required his guardianship and responsibility!
"Rise!"
A will that refused to yield!
A will forged to absolute steadfastness!
A will that burned forth infinite energy for everything most precious to his soul!
At this juncture, it erupted!
Boom!
Luo Feng’s will finally transcended the limits of an Eternal True God, reaching a higher realm—a realm truly worthy of being called Saintly! As Luo Feng prepared for the final battle, bidding farewell to his loved ones, his will had been gradually fermenting and transforming. Now, fueled by the defense of everything precious to his heart, his will exploded, achieving a breakthrough!
"The final king can only be the Free Void Beast!" The Void Beast Mo He sensed from Luo Feng's frenzied lapse that victory was within grasp. "Perish."
Luo Feng, who had risen again in the distance, cast a single glance across the void.
Just that single glance.
At that moment—the Void Beast Mo He discovered that everything around it vanished. There was only a single, colossal planet formed by Luo Feng's eyes in the distance. This planet spun, radiating infinite power, an intensely sharp will, like a razor-edged sword, piercing directly into the will of the Void Beast Mo He.
Supreme Will Secret Art—Lie Yuan Shu (The Art of List Element)!
The God-King of Jin had waited for eons, waiting for a being capable of learning Lie Yuan Shu. This was a secret art potent enough to drive the God-Kings to madness, a terrifying technique whose mere attempt at learning could cause the most brilliant geniuses of the ancient civilization to perish. Its entry requirement mandated that one’s will must first achieve Sainthood.
This secret art, Luo Feng had studied countless times.
The instant his will became Saintly, he instantly mastered it.
"Boom!" The eyes of both Void Beasts Mo He glazed over in shock, falling instantly unconscious. Millions of their avatars scattered across the universe sea instantly became vacant and immobile.
"Die," Luo Feng pointed remotely.
A spectral beast head shot out instantly, drilling into the body of the Void Beast Mo He, directly assaulting its soul! The Void Beast Mo He’s will was inherently powerful; it could withstand most soul attacks. But while in a state of unconsciousness, utterly unable to resist, it was extinguished like a candle flame blown out by a breath—its soul instantly annihilated without any possibility of defense.
Millions of avatars perished in that single moment.
"Ha..." Luo Feng stood in the distant void, his body trembling slightly, before he couldn't control himself and threw his head back in roaring laughter. "Hahahaha... I succeeded! I succeeded! I succeeded!!! Hahahaha..."
At this juncture, Luo Feng laughed with a touch of madness, losing all composure.
—RO