Ancient Ruins

Luo Feng's heart trembled with tension as he caressed the blood-red blade fragment! He couldn't help but be nervous; it was like a beggar suddenly discovering dozens of two-man-high piles of gold hidden in an abandoned factory. This was a groundbreaking shock.

With only a tiny amount of force, it could cut through SS-grade boot material. This alone would drive anyone on Earth insane!

“Phew.”

“Calm down.”

After a long period of this feverish state, Luo Feng gradually calmed down and began to think rationally about the situation.

“Clearly, this is just a blade fragment!”

“I am a Mental-Soul Master; I can control it with my mental force, using it like a ‘flying dagger’ to kill enemies. However… for Lei Shen and Hong, the appeal of this blade fragment isn’t as exaggerated as I initially thought,” Luo Feng realized as he calmed down. “Hong and Lei Shen are both martial artists! Hong uses a spear, and Lei Shen uses a combat saber. If they were given this blade fragment, they wouldn’t know how to use it!”

“To smelt it into a weapon? With such an extraordinary material, smelting it would likely be incredibly difficult.”

Although Luo Feng didn’t fully understand the blood-red blade fragment in his hand, a brief contact was enough for him to realize that this was definitely a remnant of an extremely terrifying weapon! How could such a weapon fragment not withstand extreme high and low temperatures? Even if Hong and Lei Shen held the fragment, it would be difficult for them to use it offensively!

Such a fragment… only a Mental-Soul Master could control and utilize it with mental force.

“Regardless, until I can protect myself with absolute certainty, it’s best not to use this blade fragment!” Luo Feng instantly decided. “From today onwards, I will keep this blade fragment close to me and absolutely not take it out under normal circumstances. Only when I encounter a desperate situation will I use it to kill enemies! And once I strike, I must ensure the opponent is killed!”

In his heart, Luo Feng had already designated this ‘blade fragment’ as his ultimate trump card!

After all, even his full-power ‘Drill Mountain Cone’ technique required some effort to break through SS-grade combat armor. Clearly, the blade fragment possessed even greater power!

“Go!”

With a thought, Luo Feng’s mental force enveloped the blade fragment. At the same time, he took off his left combat boot, and both the left boot and the damaged right boot were suspended in mid-air by his mental force.

“Break!”

The blade fragment, controlled by mental force, transformed into a blood-red streak of light. With soft ‘thwip, thwip, thwip’ sounds, the two SS-grade combat boots were rapidly and repeatedly sliced as the blood-red light darted back and forth. By the time Luo Feng stopped, the two boots had been reduced to countless fragments, falling from the air.

“What incredible power.”

“And its flight speed is also incredibly fast, clearly exceeding ten times the speed of sound, yet there’s no sonic boom,” Luo Feng gasped.

Typically, a Wargod wielding a several-hundred-kilogram weapon could swing it at several times the speed of sound.

As a Planetary Level One Mental-Soul Master, Luo Feng controlling a one-ton-plus ‘blade fragment’ at high speed was normal! However, logically… its speed shouldn’t match that of lighter blades or flying daggers. But upon actual testing, he discovered something strange.

This blade fragment, moving at over ten times the speed of sound, cut through the air without generating a sonic boom! It seemed that even the air itself was easily sliced by the blade fragment! The air resistance it encountered… was incredibly, incredibly small. One must remember that the faster an object moves, the more astonishing the air resistance. Yet, the blade fragment experienced very little air resistance at its astonishing speed, which allowed it to maintain a speed not much slower than Luo Feng’s flying daggers, despite being heavier.

“The air resistance is so minimal. If someone had a combat saber made from this, its swing speed would probably be several times faster,” Luo Feng grew even fonder of the blade fragment.

Luo Feng looked at the black combat armor he was wearing.

“The Black God Set!”

“The Black God Set has always been renowned for its astonishing defense and extreme toughness! I wonder if this blade fragment can break through the Black God Set!” This thought surged in Luo Feng’s mind, and he could no longer suppress it. Immediately, with a thought, his black hand rapidly expanded, extending a full three meters.

The blood-red blade fragment hovered nearby.

“Which is more powerful: the blade fragment’s attack or the Black God Set’s defense?” Luo Feng’s eyes gleamed.

“Go!”

With a thought, the blood-red blade fragment instantly accelerated wildly, transforming into a blood-red streak of light! Due to its unique refining method and structure, the air resistance generated by this blade fragment was astonishingly small. He could barely hear a faint whooshing sound before the blood-red streak of light sliced into the thumb of the ‘black giant hand.’

Puff—

It was like cutting into a tree root, with many water plants缠绕 around the blade fragment, clearly very difficult.

“Puff!”

With extreme difficulty, the blade fragment finally cut through!

And the ‘black thumb’ of the black giant hand flowed for a moment, like water, quickly reconnecting with the black giant hand, appearing as if it had suffered no damage at all.

“It… it really broke through?”

“My heavens.”

A surge of ecstasy filled Luo Feng’s heart! He knew that the Black God Set’s defense had limits; it couldn’t weaken every attack by ninety percent! But… he, a Planetary Level One Mental-Soul Master, had actually managed to cut through the Black God Set with this strange blade fragment.

Although it was only for an instant, and the Black God Set immediately restored itself.

Luo Feng remembered it clearly.

“What a formidable item. But the Black God Set’s defense is also incredibly strong. I can cut through SS-grade material like tofu, but cutting through the Black God Set was extremely difficult. No wonder my full-power ‘Drill Mountain Cone’ couldn’t break through the Black God Set,” Luo Feng thought with delight. He understood that from today onwards…

If it truly came down to a life-or-death battle.

The Third Speaker, Fourth Speaker, and Fifth Speaker would likely face certain death against him!

However, against Lei Shen and Hong, Luo Feng wasn’t so confident.

“I found Muya Crystal in this underground area, and now I’ve found a blade fragment,” Luo Feng thought, his mind stirring. “Could there be other treasures, like more blade fragments?”

With this thought, Luo Feng first apologized to Xu Xin, whose communication he had cut off earlier, and then continued his exploration.

…

Approximately 15,600 meters underground, within a thick rock layer.

“Target locked.”

“Outer shell fragment acquired.”

“Changing suggestion, initiating guidance.”

Undetectable peculiar waves subtly changed, originating from deep underground and traveling almost in a straight line, passing through numerous rock layers… reaching Luo Feng, who was searching underground. These waves, undetectable by the naked eye, instruments, or mental force, directly entered Luo Feng’s sea of consciousness.

…

Luo Feng was gradually delving deeper underground.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng looked at his communication watch; he had a call.

“Hello,” Luo Feng answered.

“Luo Feng, it’s me, Liu He! How’s your search going? Have you found any Muya Crystal? Many Speakers are looking, but they haven’t found a single hair,” Liu He said, a hint of reluctance in his voice.

“I haven’t found any Muya Crystal either. It’s all about luck,” Luo Feng chuckled.

“Alright, I’ve discussed it with the others. We plan to search for another six hours, and if we still don’t find anything, we’ll head back,” Liu He said. “We can return together then.”

“Sounds good.”

Luo Feng smiled as he ended the call.

“I’ve searched for so long, but I haven’t found any other blade fragments. Hmm, I’ll continue searching deeper underground. Over such a long time, with vast changes and continental plate movements, weapons of such high density would likely sink to extreme depths,” Luo Feng continued his descent. He was now over nine thousand meters deep…

Over nine thousand meters… ten thousand meters… eleven thousand meters… twelve thousand meters…

He kept going deeper!

Finally, fifteen thousand meters!

…

“Target approaching.”

“Cabin door cloaked, closing.”

Deep underground, countless rock layers accumulated, but now, one thick rock began to vibrate and undulate. Then, with a ‘whoosh,’ as if a bubble had burst, that thick rock layer vanished into thin air. In the place where the thick rock had been…

A half-open, dusty cabin door appeared!

…

Luo Feng was aimlessly delving deeper underground, but he had a feeling… if there were indeed other blade fragments, they would be deep underground.

“This way.”

Luo Feng was purely acting on a whim, choosing his path randomly as he descended. But strangely, despite his arbitrary choices, he was steadily approaching the ancient cabin door, getting closer and closer. Until finally—

“Boom!”

Crashing through shattered rocks, Luo Feng turned his head. Although it was dark, the vision of a Planetary Level expert allowed him to discern what appeared to be metal in a narrow crevice nearby.

“Hmm?”

Luo Feng controlled his mental force, immediately pushing aside the surrounding rocks, creating a passage wide enough for two people to walk abreast. At the end of the passage… was a dusty, peculiar silver-white metal ‘door,’ resembling an intelligent fighter cabin door, currently half-open.

“What is this?”

“A door?”

Luo Feng felt a jolt.

A dusty door, over fifteen thousand meters deep underground?

“Could it be an ancient civilization ruin never before discovered on Earth?” Luo Feng felt a surge of excitement. He knew that many ancient civilization ruins had been found on Earth, and Hong and Lei Shen had both received legacies from such ruins. This might be one reason why Hong and Lei Shen had far surpassed others in strength.

“What kind of door is this?”

With a thought, Luo Feng sent out 18 blades from his Duntiansuo. The 18 blades transformed into a hazy blur of light, striking the rocks around the cabin door with their flat sides.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle~~

The rocks immediately cracked and fell away, revealing the same silver-white metal beneath.

“This ancient civilization ruin might be dangerous.” Luo Feng was like a cautious monkey, wanting to eat a peach but worried about traps around it. He approached step by step, until he was about 20 meters away.

“I’ll observe it with mental force.”

From 20 meters away, Luo Feng cautiously controlled his mental force to penetrate the cabin door, observing what lay within this mysterious entrance.

“Th-that is—”

Luo Feng was momentarily stunned, then his eyes became bloodshot with excitement.