Luo Feng Sets His Sights

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“With the strength of this new recruit, Yinhe, given enough time, he will undoubtedly amass vast military merit and continuously improve himself,” the Captain mused inwardly. “It seems after returning to the army this time, I must cultivate a good relationship with this new recruit, Yinhe. If I can't become a True God before the next Reincarnation-level mission, then the hope of surviving that mission might just rest on this new recruit, Yinhe.”

The Captain understood this clearly.

He could, perhaps, kill this new recruit, Yinhe, by leveraging external means. But once Yinhe was given time, he would surely surpass him rapidly. Since he couldn't contend with him, it was better to become friends.

...

“That Lord of Law is simply too powerful. Among all the True Gods in our entire Xuanyu Mountain, none possess such terrifying close-combat dodging skills.” The five True Gods who had tried to intercept Luo Feng, both before and after, were utterly astonished. Especially the three True Gods who had initially blocked him, they felt a sense of bewilderment.

When the three of them attacked, that Lord of Law had easily escaped their encirclement.

It was as if he was toying with them.

“This Lord of Law will definitely become a True God.”

“And he will be the most formidable and terrifying True God. Once he utilizes mechanical stream treasures from the army, he might even rival a Void True God.”

“Indeed, it’s rare for a True God to rival a Void True God… but if anyone could achieve it, that Lord of Law just now certainly could,” the five True Gods unanimously agreed.

The higher one ascended, the weaker mechanical stream treasures became. Many Lords of Law could rival True Gods by using mechanical stream treasures.

For a True God to rival a Void True God using mechanical stream treasures was rare even within the entire Jinzhi World. Yet, they believed that the Lord of Law they had just witnessed, once he became a True God, would certainly achieve it.

...

High above Nine Smoke Marsh, powerful fluctuations rippled outwards.

However, the six Void True Gods from Nine Smoke Marsh and Xuanyu Mountain were merely suspended in the air, not engaging in combat.

“Nine Smoke, the three of us together still can’t defeat you. How many times has this been now?” The three Void True Gods from Xuanyu Mountain sighed.

“Qu Wan!” Nine Smoke, with his exotic, octopus-like body and nine humanoid faces, replied with a beautiful voice, “You are formidable too. With just three of you, I can’t break your combined formation. If all four Void True Gods from your Xuanyu Mountain were to come, I estimate I’d be even more—”

“Eh?”

“Hmm?”

All six Void True Gods simultaneously noticed everything happening below.

“What incredible close-combat dodging!”

“Impressive.”

Even the Void True Gods couldn't help but praise.

“Using the battle blade as the edge, and one’s own body as the spine, transforming into a single battle blade… when moving, it becomes even more fierce and sharp. Sometimes, the blade’s edge strikes an enemy to borrow force, and just as the opponent exerts their full strength to resist, he has already drifted far away,” Nine Smoke exclaimed with admiration. “What an exquisite concept, to be able to create such a close-combat movement technique.”

“Body as the spine, battle blade as the edge?” The other Void True Gods immediately grasped more.

These Void True Gods also understood that their close-combat dodging was far superior to that Lord of Law, but they relied on a stronger foundation, deeper insights, and mastery of the void, among other things. In terms of the sheer ingenuity, brilliant conception, and incredible aspects of his close-combat movement technique alone, they knew that when they were Lords of Law… they were far inferior to this new recruit.

“This new recruit must be a key talent nurtured by the East Army.”

“Indeed.”

“He’s probably already on their list.”

The Void True Gods commented one after another.

Nine Smoke even added, “This is absolutely a rare super genius in our Jinzhi World. Given enough time, it’s possible he could be conferred a title and become a Titled Expert.”

“Titled Expert?”

The other Void True Gods were all astonished.

Conferred a title?

Even among the six of them, not a single Void True God had ever been conferred a title. The desire to be conferred a title with the character ‘Jin’ (晋) was the aspiration of countless Void True Gods. For True Gods and others… it was indeed possible to be conferred a title, but the requirements were even more terrifying, to an unbelievable degree. The lower one’s strength, the higher the requirements for a title.

If one reached the level of an ‘General’ in the East Army, they would be directly conferred a title!

...

In the distant marsh grass.

Luo Feng was hidden within.

“I’ve secured a True God corpse from the Nine Smoke Marsh side, so at least this disaster-level mission is complete.” Luo Feng revealed a faint smile. His greatest gain wasn't the True God corpse, but rather…

“As I traversed the True God-level battlefield just now, I collected a total of 212 True God blood samples, scales, and hairs that fell into the marsh or weeds during their fierce battles. I aim to become a True God starting from divine power, but previously, I had very few genetic samples of True Gods. This time, I’ve gathered more than enough.”

“Once this era ends, I can descend again or leave the Jinzhi World. At that time, I will have my Youhai Clone bring these blood, scales, and hairs back.”

Luo Feng was overjoyed, continuing to watch from afar outside the True God-level battlefield.

He observed the True God-level battlefield for any potential opportunities.

...

Having witnessed first the Captain and then the new recruit Yinhe, two Lords of Law, steal True God corpses, the thousands of True Gods from both factions battling in the Purple Vine Marsh area were furious. They didn't care much about the Captain, who was the first to steal a True God corpse, but they were incredibly amazed by the new recruit, Yinhe, who was the second.

But no matter how amazed they were…

Stealing a True God corpse was a provocation to the living True Gods!

“Capture both of them.”

“Capture them, otherwise this will be a disgrace to our Nine Smoke Marsh and your Xuanyu Mountain.”

“Next time, if they appear again, we must capture them.”

These True Gods were all extremely vigilant. During the fierce clashes between the two factions, whenever a True God fell into the marsh, the other True Gods would intentionally or unintentionally stay close to that area, carefully sensing with their divine power. Once any fluctuation occurred, they could quickly surround the area.

...

However, Luo Feng and the Captain were both very astute.

Both of them had a Nine Smoke Marsh True God's corpse in hand, so they were in no hurry.

The battle between the two major powers, Xuanyu Mountain and Nine Smoke Marsh, was a prolonged one, featuring both frenzied frontal assaults and chase battles. As this intense war continued, the Lords of Law were tempered to an extraordinary degree. Similarly, as the fighting dragged on, with True Gods occasionally falling… the True Gods of both factions grew increasingly frustrated.

Furthermore, Luo Feng and the Captain never reappeared.

One day, two days, three days… half a month… a month…

“For a Lord of Law’s army mission, obtaining a single True God corpse is already incredible. It’s likely those two Lords of Law have completed their missions and left.” The experts of both factions gradually stopped paying attention to the True God corpses.

“Even if we kill each other and neglect to guard the corpses, we cannot let them take any more. Let each of our sides send one True God to collect our own corpses… and no attacks are allowed during collection. How about it?” A voice quickly spread.

“Agreed, let’s do that.”

Nine Smoke Marsh and Xuanyu Mountain each designated a True God to collect their respective corpses.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

A tribal True God, clad in crimson, transformed into a streak of light to collect the corpses of his fellow tribal True Gods. At this moment, no beast True God from the Nine Smoke Marsh side attacked him.

Simultaneously, a beast True God with a long neck and eight hooves and claws also flew to collect the corpses of beast True Gods. The more than twenty True God corpses left from nearly three months of fierce fighting were all collected by this beast True God in one go.

...

“No!”

“Leave some for us!”

The Captain and his squad members watched with burning eyes, filled with extreme anxiety.

“Captain!”

“Captain!” The other soldiers were anxious. They had waited for nearly three months, and how envious and tempted they had been seeing those True God corpses lying there? But under the Captain’s strict orders… they hadn’t acted. Now the True God corpses had been collected.

The Captain’s gray eyes, beneath his massive curved horns, swept over the surrounding soldiers. He transmitted his voice, shouting, “Go yourselves if you want! They were deliberately trying to lure us out earlier. Now they don’t care about us, but the corpses have been collected… Do you want to kill a True God? Killing a living True God, even if we all work together, would take a long time. In that amount of time, probably a thousand True Gods would have surrounded us.”

The other soldiers were all anxious and angry, yet they didn't know what to do.

“Wait. Wait for an opportunity,” the Captain shouted. “After all, we have an entire era.”

...

Elsewhere, Luo Feng had been continuously watching the eight-hoofed beast True God with scales and a long neck, observing its every move, because… this beast True God had just collected a full twenty-six True God corpses.

“One True God corpse is ten thousand military merit.”

“Twenty-six True God corpses means 260,000 military merit!” Luo Feng’s heart itched. He stared at the beast True God. “This beast True God was assigned to collect corpses precisely because its status isn’t high. Judging from its performance in the previous melee, its strength is quite ordinary… it doesn’t even seem to have True God-level armor.”

No True God-level armor!

A weaker True God?

Luo Feng’s heart stirred.

After eight million eras of arduous cultivation, his current strength! Based on his judgment, killing this weaker ‘beast True God’ without True God-level armor would be easy! However, it would take a little time, and that little time would be enough for the other True Gods to quickly surround Luo Feng.

Although he could rely on close-combat dodging to escape an encirclement by a few True Gods, if dozens or even hundreds of True Gods surrounded him, Luo Feng would only be able to rely on the Tomb Mausoleum Boat. If there were even more True Gods… even the Tomb Mausoleum Boat might not escape!

“Wait.”

“I must wait for an opportunity.” Luo Feng kept his eyes locked on that eight-hoofed beast True God.

Although no one attacked it while it was collecting corpses earlier.

After collecting the corpses, however… it would still rejoin the battlefield and continue fighting normally. Its strength was relatively weak, and Luo Feng, observing it, gradually assessed the decline in its power.

“If its strength drops by just another 20%, with its weak body… and my current power, a full-force burst would definitely kill it in an extremely short time.” Luo Feng stared intently, fixed on that eight-hoofed beast True God, waiting for the moment to strike.