Chapter 1327
Prestige
Within the Miniature Universe, which had begun to decay and collapse, floating continents cracked, and rifts appeared in space, presenting a scene of doomsday. In truth, this was merely the initial stage of its collapse... yet all the original lifeforms within the entire Miniature Universe had already silently perished, leaving only divine bodies floating adrift. “These are humanity's.” “They belong to humanity, come, all of them!” A black pyramid flew at high speed, its base opening into an abyssal black hole, wantonly devouring treasures directly, even sucking in the divine bodies of some Cosmic Overlords and Cosmic Venerables. For those divine bodies might carry treasures like divine armor. Scavenge! Massive scavenging! Even the ever-composed Dark Master felt an immense exhilaration: “The Thunderstorm Star Race only had one Cosmic Ultimate Expert, and their accumulated treasures and wealth are merely comparable to humanity's. If we ever annihilated a super force like the God-Eye Clan... *that* would be truly astonishing wealth.” Humanity was indeed poor. Before Luo Feng's fortuitous encounters, only Founder Axe possessed a supreme true treasure. The Thunderstorm Star Race also possessed a supreme true treasure, and having existed for a long time, they actually had more peak true treasures than humanity. “Causing Founder Axe's demise, this is your fate.” The black pyramid sometimes advanced at high speed, sometimes teleported, finally scavenging the entire Miniature Universe clean. Dark Master then departed with immense satisfaction, leaving behind a 'spotlessly clean' and collapsing Miniature Universe. Not long after, a golden streak of light flashed and plunged into the collapsing Miniature Universe. “Nothing!” “Nothing! It's all gone... Who could it be? They arrived even faster than me, scavenging the entire Miniature Universe clean, not leaving a single thing!” An alien expert, radiating golden light, hovered helplessly within the collapsing Miniature Universe. “I rushed here as fast as possible, and even just scavenging takes time. Could it be... that old fellow Haolei's Miniature Universe was scavenged the moment he died? Ugh... it seems highly likely humanity was behind this.” He then reluctantly transformed into a golden light, teleported several times, and shot out of the Miniature Universe. But at that moment, two more streaks of light appeared consecutively from outside. “Hengxing Demon God, you actually got ahead of us!” “Hengxing Demon God, you can't monopolize all the accumulated treasures of the Thunderstorm Star Race.” The two streaks of light stopped one after another, both being two peak palace true treasures, and spoke simultaneously. Hengxing Demon God, who was about to leave, immediately howled: “I just arrived myself! All the Thunderstorm Star Race's accumulated treasures in this Miniature Universe were already taken. I didn't get a single thing!” “Hengxing Demon God, as a lone cultivator, is it necessary for you to monopolize everything?” “Hengxing, don't lie. How long has Haolei Star Master been dead? It takes a long time to scavenge an entire Miniature Universe. Who would believe you didn't get anything?” Hengxing Demon God immediately flew into a rage. Being wrongly accused certainly felt unpleasant. “You two fools! If I say I didn't get anything, I didn't get anything! Do you think I'd lie? No time to waste with you, I'm leaving!” Hengxing Demon God howled, then flashed and vanished. This Hengxing Demon God had an eccentric temperament; born with a fondness for devouring rocks and metals, his outer shell had condensed too much essence of rock and metal, appearing golden. Moreover, he possessed the supreme true treasure armor, 'Blood Sea Demon Armor.' The Blood Sea Demon Armor should have radiated endless blood-red light, but Hengxing Demon God had changed its color to golden, so wherever he passed, it was a dazzling expanse of golden light. “That barbaric fellow Hengxing wouldn't stoop to lying. Could it really not have been him?” “Perhaps it was humanity! Luo Feng might have set a trap during his battle with Haolei Star Master, and that trap succeeded, leading to Haolei Star Master's demise... and the human race then scavenged the Miniature Universe clean. That's quite a haul!” They then also departed. In the time that followed, experts from several more forces arrived consecutively, but all that awaited them was an utterly desolate Miniature Universe. In the Virtual Universe, atop Thunder Island, a group of human Cosmic Overlords were gathered, while Luo Feng, having focused entirely on the battle, had not yet entered the Virtual Universe. “I wonder if Luo Feng succeeded.” “Killing a Cosmic Ultimate Expert inherently requires some luck; no one can guarantee success.” Chaos City Lord, Longxing Master, Xujin Master, Huangjian Master, and others sat on their respective thrones, waiting anxiously. A moment later— An email appeared before Chaos City Lord. He tapped it lightly, read the message, and immediately revealed a look of pleasant surprise. “Haolei Star Master!” Chaos City Lord looked around at the expectant Cosmic Overlords. “Is dead!” “Hahahaha...” “That's insane...” “Simply unbelievable.” The human Cosmic Overlords went wild with excitement. A Cosmic Overlord killing a Cosmic Ultimate Expert—it was a miracle! The slain Haolei Star Master and the Thunderstorm Star Race were naturally tragic, but Luo Feng and the human race were incredibly thrilled and excited. “Dark Master is currently in Haolei Star Master's Miniature Universe, collecting ownerless items,” Chaos City Lord said leisurely. “Our race was lacking some things, but now it's all good.” Haolei Star Master's death had an enormous impact! A Cosmic Ultimate Expert, just died like that? One must know that across the three reincarnation eras and two holy lands of the entire Universe Ocean, Cosmic Ultimate Experts rarely perished. Even if they did, it was usually due to environmental factors in the core regions of the three forbidden zones, with those killed by other experts being exceedingly rare. “We must find out!” “Clarify Haolei's cause of death!” “If we don't figure it out, perhaps we'll be next.” For a time, major forces, and even some lone Cosmic Ultimate Experts, couldn't hold back, all heading to Swirling Marsh Sea to investigate. Within seven days of Luo Feng's battle with Haolei Star Master, two Cosmic Ultimate Experts arrived consecutively to conduct a thorough investigation. Within half a year after the battle, a staggering 22 Cosmic Ultimate Experts had visited the site, attempting to deduce how Luo Feng had managed to kill Haolei Star Master based on the battle traces. How could they rest easy without understanding? “Judging from the location.” “This battle took place near the core vortex. Given that Haolei Star Master was protected by a supreme true treasure armor, directly killing him would be impossible even for another Cosmic Ultimate Expert. It's almost certain... that the core vortex caused Haolei Star Master's demise. The key question is, why didn't Haolei Star Master evade it? It can only be said... Luo Feng set a trap that prevented Haolei Star Master from escaping the core vortex.” “Galaxy Lord Luo Feng must possess a hidden ultimate technique.” “Galaxy Lord should be skilled in a move with powers akin to binding or restriction. And this power... most likely stems from a unique 'binding-type' treasure he obtained from the inheritance of the Duan Dong River lineage. This is the most probable explanation.” Time flowed on. The death of a Cosmic Ultimate Expert drew the attention and vigilance of all major forces! They all speculated that Luo Feng possessed 'restriction-type' abilities. Without such abilities, how could a Cosmic Ultimate Expert, capable of leaving or fighting as they pleased, possibly perish? However... no one knew what Luo Feng's restriction-type ability truly was. Even so, all parties grew increasingly wary of Luo Feng. Someone capable of killing a Cosmic Ultimate Expert, regardless of how it was achieved, such an existence *must* be regarded with caution! “Purple Moon Holy Land is in trouble now.” “Purple Moon Holy Land has been clashing with humanity, even using other forces in the Original Universe to suppress human development. They even issued a kill order against the human race... Now, Luo Feng, merely a Cosmic Overlord, has used some hidden, special means to cause the death of a Cosmic Ultimate Expert. If Luo Feng becomes a Cosmic Ultimate Expert, he might be even more terrifying than Original Ancestor. If things continue like this, Purple Moon Holy Land truly seems poised to suffer a loss!” “As an eternal existence, why did Purple Moon Holy Land bother suppressing humanity? Now they've provoked a formidable enemy.” “You're overestimating humanity too much. A formidable enemy? Purple Moon Holy Land is, after all, a Holy Land Universe. Even if they are temporarily at a disadvantage, as eternal existences, they will remain incredibly powerful after several reincarnation eras. It's still hard to say if the human race can even survive three reincarnation eras.” The storm surrounding Haolei Star Master's demise still raged. Luo Feng, who had been the focus of all major forces in the Universe Ocean, suddenly vanished! For over three hundred years, no expert discovered any trace of Luo Feng; he had completely disappeared without a trace. Even so, Luo Feng was still designated as 'one of the most terrifying existences' and would forever be remembered by the experts of all major forces in the Universe Ocean. Cosmic Overlords? Flee if you can, hide if you can. If you can't hide... immediately bow your head obediently and don't even think of resisting. Cosmic Ultimate Experts? They too had to be vigilant, preferably choosing to stay far away from dangerous environments, lest they become careless, suffer losses, and become 'Haolei Star Master the Second.' “Snap!” Inside the Star Tower, a drop of blood was suspended in one of its spaces. “Haolei Star Master carried quite a few treasures and precious materials. The most top-tier materials are almost exhausted, and after devouring two peak true treasures, these Shi Wu Wings have finally forced out another drop of divine blood.” Luo Feng turned his head to look beside him. On the wings of the Golden Horned Beast next to him, there was now only a single scar and a pool of blood. Luo Feng turned his head, looking out through the Star Tower. In the vast Universe Ocean, the immensely colossal Original Universe was already faintly visible. “Original Universe, I'm back,” Luo Feng revealed a faint smile. These past three hundred years, he had altered the Star Tower's appearance and quietly returned... until he exited the Universe Boat! During this long period, he had spent all his time cultivating, fully immersing himself in researching 'divine power genes,' occasionally conducting experiments through the innate secret technique 'Creation' within the Endless Abyssal Sea of the Original Universe. Over three hundred years, which was actually more than three hundred epochs of research, he had conducted over 80,000 experiments. Although he had made some progress, it also made Luo Feng realize the difficulty of this path. “First, I'll go back and replenish my divine body.” “Then, I'll present a congratulatory gift to my teacher.” A hint of anticipation gleamed in Luo Feng's eyes. His teacher, Chaos City Lord, had shown him great kindness. Haolei Star Master's supreme true treasure armor was a gift he could give his teacher after becoming powerful, especially since he had already given a supreme true treasure to both Dark Master and Peng Gong Master.