Chapter 377
Luo Feng's Might
The cosmos stretched boundlessly, and three figures stood within it. “Luo Feng, are you truly going to kill him?” Babata’s voice echoed. “He absolutely has the potential to become a super-powerful being!” “Hmph!” Luo Feng’s expression was cold. “I admire his backbone, but I won’t stoop to coaxing him. He came to kill me… I should have killed him in the first place! I appreciate him, so I’m giving him a chance to submit. But if he doesn’t know what’s good for him… then I’ll just kill him. Potential for a super-powerful being? Forget potential, even actual super-powerful beings, like Sector Lords or Immortals! There are many of them in the vast cosmos!” Luo Feng looked at Baikaluo, awaiting his reply. Baikaluo stood in space, his brows tightly furrowed. “‘Once you refuse, it’s death! If you die, everything becomes nothing! Your aspirations, your dream of power, all gone.’ Luo Feng’s words echoed in Baikaluo’s mind, making him involuntarily recall the years of struggle. That beautiful planet, his homeland. That wide, rushing river, how many times had it appeared in his dreams? ‘Grandpa, I’m leaving.’ ‘The day I return will be the day my name is etched in the Holy Temple! I will make our Ironstone Mountain lineage proud of me!’ On that dim evening, young Baikaluo bid farewell to his grandfather and embarked on a distant journey. Leaving his homeland, he entered the cosmos. Wandering through various star systems, his strength continuously improved. Having once seen Nuolanshan’s combat videos in the Giant Axe Martial Arena, he sought him out and became his disciple. Nuolanshan was an absolute pragmatist, demanding life-or-death battles from his disciples from the very beginning. Baikaluo trained with extreme diligence and soon became the most outstanding among the many disciples. Breaking through to the Universe-level! Possessing a Domain! He created his own blade techniques, improving constantly, to the point where even his master, Nuolanshan, could no longer guide him! His combat experience and techniques were in no way inferior to his master’s! He became a figure within the Nuolanshan family whose status was second only to Nuolanshan himself! Yet, he never indulged himself. He always wore a black robe, dedicating himself entirely to studying his blade techniques and his Domain… ‘The Holy Temple! The Holy Temple of my Blade-Edge Race!’ Baikaluo roared inwardly. ‘I, Baikaluo, must have my name etched in our Blade-Edge Race’s Holy Temple. I will make our Ironstone Mountain lineage proud of me! I will become a legend of the Blade-Edge Race’s “Ironstone Mountain lineage!”’ The Holy Temple of the Blade-Edge Race. The most coveted place for all Blade-Edge men, where their names would be permanently inscribed, their greatest pride! However, getting one’s name etched in the Holy Temple was incredibly difficult. As more and more powerful beings emerged from the Blade-Edge Race, the requirements for inscription became increasingly stringent. In the era of indigenous planets, Universe-level was enough to be inscribed in the Holy Temple. After the Blade-Edge Race entered the cosmos, it quickly rose to ‘Domain Lord’ as the minimum qualification. And hundreds of millions of years ago, it was raised to ‘Sector Lord’ to qualify! Throughout the entire Blade-Edge Race, it would be a long time before a single name was engraved, marking the most glorious moment for a member of the Blade-Edge Race. Those inscribed in the Holy Temple would be called ‘legends’ of the Blade-Edge Race. ‘To be inscribed in the Holy Temple, to become a legend!’ Baikaluo looked up, gazing at the crimson-robed youth before him. “Have you considered it?” Luo Feng looked at Baikaluo, his gaze cold. “Submission, or death!” Whoosh! Baikaluo knelt on one knee, his knee pressing against the void, and lowered his head: “Baikaluo of the Blade-Edge Race, greetings, my lord!” “My lord?” Luo Feng raised an eyebrow. “Once your strength surpasses mine, my lord, I will willingly address you as ‘Master’,” Baikaluo said respectfully. “For now, I am willing to serve as a soldier, a bodyguard under your command.” “Soldier, bodyguard?” Luo Feng looked at Baikaluo with an amused smile. “You can call me Master right now!” Baikaluo’s brows furrowed slightly. “Haha…” Luo Feng laughed heartily in the cosmos. Rumble~~ Luo Feng vanished, and simultaneously, a colossal beast, undulating like a mountain range, appeared in the starry sky. Its scales were larger than an ordinary person’s dining table, their edges as sharp as blades. The beast’s entire body stretched to an astonishing six kilometers in length, its four hooves two to three kilometers high, like legendary pillars supporting the heavens. Its long tail swayed gently in the cosmos. Its massive head resembled a mountain, and its pair of dark golden eyes looked down upon the tiny ‘Baikaluo’. “Go-go…” Baikaluo’s eyes widened. “Golden Horn Behemoth!” “Yes, it’s me.” A majestic voice, infused with powerful primal energy, directly pierced the void, spreading like waves and echoing in Baikaluo’s ears. Boom! The Golden Horn Behemoth vanished, and Luo Feng reappeared, looking at Baikaluo with a half-smile. Boom! Luo Feng vanished, and the immensely colossal Golden Horn Behemoth reappeared in the starry sky. “Do you understand?” The Golden Horn Behemoth’s voice boomed like thunder, and two beams of light shot from its eyes, illuminating Baikaluo. In the vacuum of space, sound should not propagate, but the incredibly powerful primal energy served as a medium. With the Golden Horn Behemoth’s pervasive, formidable primal energy, its voice reverberated through the surrounding cosmos. “You, you are…” Baikaluo was utterly shocked, then looked at Luo Feng. “So, Luo Feng is the Golden Horn Behemoth!” “More accurately, the Golden Horn Behemoth is Luo Feng!” The Golden Horn Behemoth vanished, and Luo Feng stood in space, looking at Baikaluo. Earlier, Luo Feng had ordered Difan to destroy Baikaluo’s smart optical computer precisely for this reveal… The secrecy of the Golden Horn Behemoth was paramount, so he couldn’t be careless. As for revealing the Golden Horn Behemoth, it was to cast the Soul Imprint of Enslavement! “So that’s how it is, this…” Baikaluo was utterly shocked, then looked at Luo Feng. “You will be stronger than me, I admit, but right now, that Golden Horn Behemoth should be weaker than me, right?” “Weaker than you?” Luo Feng smiled. “Baikaluo, even I am no match for Master. You? You’d only get thrashed!” Difan scoffed, transmitting his thoughts telepathically. “What!” Baikaluo shook his head repeatedly. “Impossible!” “You’ll know if you try.” Luo Feng grinned. Rumble~~ Luo Feng vanished, and the Golden Horn Behemoth reappeared in the starry sky. Currently, the Golden Horn Behemoth had indeed reached the ‘Universe-level, Tier Six’. In December two years ago, the Golden Horn Behemoth broke through to the Universe-level. It was now late October, a full 20 months later. During these 20 months, possessing immense wealth, Luo Feng naturally purchased incredibly precious metals, using the optimal combination to allow its ‘inner world’ to absorb and grow. However, for the Universe-level, the optimal combination only increased evolution efficiency by 56 times! 56 times! 20 months, equivalent to over 93 years of normal evolution. When the Golden Horn Behemoth was at the Star-level: Tier One to Tier Three required a year and a half. Tier Four to Tier Six, each breakthrough took two years, totaling about six years. Tier Seven to Tier Nine, each breakthrough took 12 years, requiring 36 years. And breaking through from Tier Nine to Universe-level required over 50 years. The entire ‘Star-level’ stage lasted nearly a century. The Universe-level stage, however, lasted nearly a millennium! Tier One to Tier Three required about 15 years. Tier Four to Tier Six, each breakthrough took 20 years, totaling 60 years. Tier Seven to Tier Eight, each breakthrough took 120 years, totaling 360 years. Finally, breaking through from Universe-level Tier Nine to Domain Lord required over 500 years. This was the speed of evolution! And Luo Feng, relying on the optimal combination, had achieved the equivalent of 93 years of normal evolution, allowing the Golden Horn Behemoth to now reach the ‘Universe-level, Tier Six’ stage! As a Golden Horn Behemoth with incredibly heaven-defying talent, it already possessed the ability to single-handedly kill a Star-level Tier Nine human warrior when it was at Star-level Tier Seven. In the starry sky. The Golden Horn Behemoth, like a black mountain range, suddenly swung a hoof. The sharp claws on its hoof were like colossal battle blades, slashing directly at Baikaluo. “Hmph!” Baikaluo let out a low roar, and green currents of air danced around him. With the infusion of his primal energy, his two battle blades transformed into two snow-white blade waves, dozens of meters long, directly resisting the Golden Horn Behemoth’s stomp! Boom! The air currents exploded, and the powerful impact transformed into astonishing shockwaves that spread in all directions, sending Dewen’s distant corpse flying and scattering many of the spaceship’s wreckage. “You, are not bad!” The Golden Horn Behemoth’s voice boomed like a deity. Rumble!!! The Golden Horn Behemoth’s three sharp horns emitted dazzling light. Immediately, golden streams of light rapidly flowed along the strange golden secret patterns, spreading across the Golden Horn Behemoth’s entire body. Its scales, wings, hooves, horns, and tail all underwent subtle changes. Even its scales seemed to become denser, and its hooves’ blades grew sharper. One of its three great talents—Enhancement! The Golden Horn Behemoth’s strength instantly soared! Boom! Boom! Boom! Its four hooves, like pillars of heaven, stomped down repeatedly. In its enhanced state, the incredibly formidable impact made it impossible for Baikaluo to resist head-on. “Woo!” The Golden Horn Behemoth let out an excited low roar. Buzz buzz buzz~~~ Strange fluctuations appeared all over the Golden Horn Behemoth’s body. Incredibly bizarrely, its entire body was rapidly shrinking. Every single scale on its body was shrinking, and as it shrank, the essence of the scales seemed to undergo a strange transformation! Its bones were also rapidly shrinking; its spine, originally five to six kilometers long, shortened and thinned to two to three kilometers, and the drastic increase in density caused a peculiar change in the vertebrae. The three sharp horns on its head were also shrinking! Their density became even greater! Indeed! The entire Golden Horn Behemoth, from a body length of over six kilometers, directly shrank to just over three kilometers. The first stage of ‘Original Body Heaven and Earth’ was initially achieved! Once the first stage is fully mastered, the body length shrinks by a full three times, and strength increases by three times. Currently, the Golden Horn Behemoth, thanks to Luo Feng’s expenditure of ‘immense wealth’ on precious cultivation materials, could now shrink by two times, increasing its strength by two times! Enhancement increased strength by two times! ‘Original Body Heaven and Earth’ further increased it by two times! Boom! With a stomp of its hoof, Baikaluo directly spat blood and was sent flying. Whoosh! Its tail, swift as lightning, lashed out. Its speed was so great that Baikaluo had no time to dodge, and his two blades were sent flying, his arm directly exploding, blood splattering everywhere. Fortunately, the Golden Horn Behemoth controlled its attack, not striking vital points, otherwise, it could have easily killed Baikaluo. The Golden Horn Behemoth vanished, and Luo Feng appeared in the starry sky. “Difan.” Luo Feng looked at Baikaluo, who was floating in space, so heavily injured he couldn’t resist. “Go, send him to the nutrient cabin for recovery.” “Yes.” A strange smile appeared on Difan’s honest face. He had been thrashed many times by his Master as a sparring partner. Now, finally, there was a ‘companion’ to be thrashed. “The Enhancement talent and ‘Original Body Heaven and Earth’, both unleashed simultaneously! Difan and Baikaluo had no power to resist at all.” Luo Feng shook his head with a smile. “And I haven’t even used attacks imbued with the Law of Metal Origin.” A Golden Horn Behemoth that simply eats, sleeps, and grows naturally dares to claim invincibility within its tier. Looking across the vast cosmos, it’s incredibly difficult to find one that can match it. If someone could, they would undoubtedly be considered a true super genius among the entire human race in the cosmos, traversing numerous Cosmic Nations. And Luo Feng’s Golden Horn Behemoth, moreover, desperately spent countless riches to cultivate ‘Original Body Heaven and Earth’, and desperately strived to comprehend the cosmic origin! If it didn’t train hard, that would be one thing. But once it trained with its life… it was truly, truly difficult to defeat the Golden Horn Behemoth! Inside the spaceship. “Master.” Baikaluo, who had been thrown into the nutrient cabin, called out, utterly convinced. “Alright, quickly heal your injuries,” Luo Feng said casually. “After he finished healing, he would still need to cast the Soul Imprint of Enslavement.”