The Lair

He had no other choice. Although reaching the ninth level of the divine power path, achieving a 90,000-fold life level, was the ideal scenario, if the catastrophe arrived and time didn't permit, he would be helpless. Relatively speaking, becoming a True God via the second level of the divine power path was already far superior to those who became True Gods through the Law Path.

“Father…”

A voice from beside him interrupted Luo Feng's thoughts.

Luo Feng turned to look at his two sons. From the eyes of Luo Ping and Luo Hai, Luo Feng sensed their worry and unease.

“Don’t worry.” Luo Feng stood up and patted his sons’ shoulders. “Your father, I, have confidence!”

The brothers still felt uneasy despite their father’s words. They were well aware of the information regarding the World Beast catastrophe and understood that this calamity… other races simply couldn't withstand it. The only hope in the entire Universe Ocean lay with their father! What immense pressure, what a heavy burden!

“Of course.” Luo Feng placed both hands on his sons’ shoulders. “If your father fails, then our family—my sons, your mother, and I—will perish together. At least we’ll have company on the path to the afterlife.”

Luo Ping and Luo Hai, the brothers, smiled.

“Mm.” Both nodded heavily.

“Go,” Luo Feng said.

The brothers vanished instantly.

Luo Feng’s eyes held a hint of a smile. His two sons, having endured countless eons of tempering, could naturally face death with equanimity.

“If we lose, everything will be annihilated.” Images flashed through Luo Feng’s mind: his teacher Zhenyan, Chaos City Lord, his friends like Rongjun, his parents, wife, sons, younger brother… and the lineage of Earthlings saved by the sacrifices of countless heroes during the Devouring Beast battle all those years ago…

Everything, if they lost, would turn to nothingness.

Just like the eras before the three cycles of reincarnation, figures like Jie Fan Zi, one by one, turned into nothingness. Perhaps only the inscriptions left in the three great perilous lands could prove they once existed.

…

In the distant Jinzhi World.

Luo Feng’s Earthling true body was currently in the East Army camp, but at this moment, his divine body began to directly dissolve and dissipate.

“That World Beast escaped, it definitely won’t give up on revenge.”

“This is merely the calm before the storm…”

“Whether I break through to 90,000-fold or not, once the ultimate catastrophe arrives, I must immediately become a True God. And once I break through to True God… my many avatars will merge and return to my true body, and my Earthling true body will naturally have to return.” Luo Feng stood in the stone room, his divine power silently dissipating.

It continuously dissipated, returning to the entire Jinzhi World.

Moments later.

Luo Feng’s Earthling true body had already departed, leaving only a divine power avatar behind.

“Now, only my divine power avatar remains in Jinzhi World.” The avatar Luo Feng, in the stone room, secretly shook his head. “For now, I must decline all visitors; I won’t see anyone.”

…

In the Tilted Peak Sector, one of the three great perilous lands of the Universe Ocean, within the dim region at its core.

“Tear!”

Black flesh ripped, blood splattered, and an ugly head furiously bit and devoured.

“Hahaha… hahaha…” The devouring World Beast Moluosa laughed madly. “I, Moluosa, actually have a chance to rise again! I actually succeeded!” His body was covered in wounds, and his other head was torn, only half remaining, clearly indicating the ferocity of the previous battle.

The battles between World Beasts were completely different from those between World Beasts and True Gods.

When World Beasts fought True Gods, they could exploit their opposing powers to wear each other down, or easily split their bodies to escape.

But when World Beasts fought each other, it was different.

Their powers were identical.

And they countered each other. If you could split into ninety-nine avatars, so could I! Making escape impossible!

“Moluosa… you ate me, but you’ll still be eaten by other World Beasts later,” the World Beast, with a huge hole in its chest and only one head left, which Moluosa was still tearing at, roared unwillingly. “You struggled so much to defeat even a heavily injured me; you won’t survive.”

“Stupid fool,” Moluosa devoured furiously, cursing at the same time. “Although you were heavily injured, you should still have been stronger than me. However, in terms of combat experience and technique… you were far inferior to me.”

Once, Moluosa stood at the pinnacle of the World Beast Lair, second only to Beidi!

Having fought and risen to such a position among a billion World Beasts, how rich was Moluosa’s combat experience? Even with a slight disadvantage in base strength… he still compensated with technique and experience. Coupled with the opponent initially being intimidated, thinking Moluosa was still the Moluosa of old, all this led to Moluosa’s ultimate victory in this battle!

“Once I devour you, I will advance to Second-tier. With my combat experience, fighting other Second-tier World Beasts, my chances of winning are still high. I will still be able to return to Third-tier in the future,” Moluosa roared.

“Third-tier? A single misstep, and you fall irrevocably behind. You are destined not to become the final king,” the devoured World Beast had no power to resist, because its most important inner ‘world’ had been consumed. Without its inner world, it was like water without a source, completely devoid of combat power.

“Moreover, when I failed earlier, I already spread news of you throughout the entire lair,” the dying World Beast roared madly. “I said that you, Moluosa, returned from the outside world, but reverted to First-tier. Even after eating me, you’ve only just entered Second-tier. You are still extremely weak in the entire World Beast Lair. Those terrifying Third-tier entities who hold grudges against you will come to kill you one by one.”

“You spread it?” Moluosa paused slightly.

It wasn’t surprised.

It already knew…

World Beasts are super-lifeforms born for destruction. If it had never made a move, perhaps all other World Beasts wouldn’t have known it had reverted to First-tier. But once it made a move… against a certain World Beast, that World Beast would immediately know. If that World Beast won, it might not publicize it, but if it lost, it would definitely spread the news for revenge.

Once the news spread…

Any World Beast in the World Beast Lair would dare to attack Moluosa! This was why it had been so frantic after Luo Feng forced it to fall to First-tier. It understood that climbing back from First-tier would be as hard as ascending to the heavens.

“Scared?” The dying World Beast mocked.

“Scared?” Moluosa devoured large mouthfuls. “Only one final king is destined to exist. My reversion to First-tier means I no longer have a chance to contend for the final king. I am still destined to die. Even if I die early, what does it matter?”

Infinite rage burned within Moluosa.

Even if it died!

Before dying… it must take revenge on that hateful human Luo Feng who destroyed all its hopes!

“Luo Feng…” Moluosa muttered silently in its heart.

“You went to the outside world; you probably don’t know a certain piece of news,” the dying World Beast didn’t give up any opportunity to strike at Moluosa.

“What news?” Moluosa looked coldly at the dying World Beast and took another bite.

“Beidi…” The dying World Beast grinned sinisterly. “Has already entered Fourth-tier. This was the news Batuer spread before his death, and many World Beasts know about it.”

“Before Batuer’s death?” Moluosa was startled. “No wonder he didn’t tell me!”

A billion World Beasts were born, then fought each other. Some powerful World Beasts naturally stood at the pinnacle. Moluosa was one, Batuer was another. Moluosa and Batuer even harbored great hatred for each other!

Batuer died, killed and devoured by Beidi.

At the same time, this battle also made Batuer discover that ‘Beidi’ was actually a Fourth-tier existence. Of course, he would spread the news before his death, but he didn’t transmit it to some of his enemies.

“Fourth-tier!” Moluosa’s heart turned cold.

A single misstep, and you fall irrevocably behind.

To become the final king, one absolutely couldn’t leave the first echelon. It was once a member of the first echelon… it was only when relentlessly pursued by Beidi that it decided to go out and seek opportunities, to quickly reach the peak of Third-tier to fight Beidi. It never expected Beidi to have already reached Fourth-tier.

“The final king!”

“No hope left.”

“I… am destined to die.”

“Then before I die, I must take revenge on that hateful human who destroyed my hopes!” Moluosa’s other injured head fully recovered, and both heads hung low, furiously biting and devouring large mouthfuls.

“I’ll send the news to Beidi. You and Beidi have contended for countless eons… Beidi will know you’ve weakened and will definitely come to hunt you down. You’re Second-tier, Beidi is Fourth-tier. Beidi’s speed far surpasses yours; you won’t escape,” the dying World Beast roared. *Pfft*, one of Moluosa’s heads bit down fiercely, directly tearing off the dying World Beast’s remaining head.

Rip! *Chomp! Chomp!*

Devouring large mouthfuls.

The single eyes on both of World Beast Moluosa’s heads gleamed with cold light: “I, Moluosa, even in death, will make Luo Feng pay the price!” At the same time, it carefully sensed the positions of other World Beasts, especially powerful ones like Beidi, maintaining heightened vigilance. If Beidi or similar entities approached, Moluosa would immediately flee far away.

…

Deep within the World Beast Lair.

On a floating desert rock, a massive black figure was sprawled. *Whoosh*, it suddenly sat up, looking into the distance.

Its two ugly heads simultaneously turned in one direction, the single eyes on its heads faintly swirling with colorful light, gazing coldly into the far distance.

“Moluosa…”

It murmured hoarsely, “You, reverted to First-tier? From birth, you fought and contended with me. Last time, you were heavily defeated and left the lair, and now you’ve returned, only to have reverted to First-tier.”

A First-tier peak World Beast killing a heavily injured Second-tier World Beast.

It seemed difficult.

But Beidi wasn’t surprised, because… this was its old rival Moluosa! An opponent that once posed a great threat to it. But now its opponent had struggled to climb to Second-tier, while it had already reached Fourth-tier… and was the only known Fourth-tier entity in the entire World Beast Lair.

The further one progressed, the more exaggerated the gap between each tier became.

“Lifeforms in the Universe Ocean, are they actually this powerful?” Beidi said in a deep, hoarse voice. “Who made Moluosa like this? Could it be… Lord Yinhe, the strongest in the Universe Ocean, as Qiuyan and Zhen Jia said?”