Enlightened

“I’ll show you that the fifth stage of the Yan Shen Blade isn’t necessarily stronger than the fourth!” Luo Feng thought to himself, standing on his Dark Cloud Shuttle on the Sky-Reaching Bridge. He watched the golden afterimage stab towards him from afar, while his own Totem Golden Pillar, wrapped in a ribbon-like golden energy stream, had already shot out. Boom! The Totem Golden Pillar began to roll. Though seemingly slow, it instantly blocked the golden afterimage. “It actually blocked it? Sever!” The silver-clad figure in the distance narrowed his eyes. “Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!” The dark golden longsword, like lightning, pierced directly into the Totem Golden Pillar. A roar echoed as the pierced surface of the Totem Golden Pillar immediately vibrated, some golden threads snapped, and golden miniature swords floated away. “Combine.” With a thought from Luo Feng, the floating golden miniature swords immediately re-integrated into the Totem Golden Pillar. The golden threads, imbued with the Law of Origin, reconnected, restoring the Totem Golden Pillar. “What a powerful ‘Space Severing’ technique, truly worthy of the fifth stage.” Luo Feng was secretly alarmed. He hadn't just been studying the Law of Origin of Space; his Golden Horned Beast clone had never relaxed its study and comprehension of the Law of Origin of Gold. The Law of Origin of Gold embodies indestructible properties, making the formed Totem Golden Pillar incredibly difficult to destroy. Yet, after just one exchange, the Totem Golden Pillar was on the verge of collapse. “Haha…” The silver-clad figure in the distance laughed, a hint of disdain in his eyes. “Kid, you think a Universe-level warrior can clear the fifth level? Dream on! Go back and train for another thousand years.” Whoosh! The dark golden longsword streaked across the sky again. Luo Feng’s expression turned cold: “Nine-Line Cycle!” Boom! The Totem Golden Pillar shot forward in mid-air, as if a giant was wielding it to strike. It collided once more with the dark golden longsword, which was trying to evade. With a loud bang, the dark golden afterimage flew backward, and the Totem Golden Pillar also trembled slightly. “Hmm?” The silver-clad figure’s expression changed. “It blocked it again?” Whoosh! The dark golden longsword once again transformed into an afterimage, the space subtly vibrating around it. With blurred afterimages, it stabbed towards Luo Feng again. “Boom!” The Totem Golden Pillar produced a long series of illusions in mid-air, appearing ‘slowly’ in front of the extremely fast dark golden longsword, colliding once more. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The dark golden longsword transformed into streaks of golden illusions, like fish in space, repeatedly darting towards Luo Feng. Yet, the Totem Golden Pillar, with its strangely slow appearance, intercepted the dark golden longsword again and again. With each collision, the Totem Golden Pillar managed to remain intact. “How can it be so fast?” The silver-clad figure frowned. “My fourth stage, and the fourth stage of the Yan Shen Blade technique used by the opponent on the fourth level of the Sky-Reaching Bridge, are different.” Luo Feng’s face showed a hint of a smile as he thought to himself. Yes! This was his trump card for clearing the fifth level—the Nine-Line Cycle! After comprehending the nine most fundamental sword techniques from the Raindrop Diagram, each technique represented a basic profound mystery… allowing the weapon to attack along intricate ‘wave curves.’ However, because spatial vibrations are complex, with various kinds of fluctuations, like turbulent undercurrents in the sea, Luo Feng couldn’t adapt to all of them. Only when encountering suitable undercurrents could the speed reach astonishing levels. The nine basic profound mysteries Luo Feng had comprehended were arguably the shallowest and most fundamental nine aspects of the essence of the Law of Origin of Space. Therefore, at any given point in space, one of these profound mysteries would be present, allowing Luo Feng to cycle through these nine mysteries… enabling the Totem Golden Pillar to maintain an astonishing speed. Furthermore! Based on this characteristic, Luo Feng combined it with the ‘Nine-Line Flow’ from the Ten Thousand Threads Flow… creating what he considered a perfectly controlled ‘Nine-Line Cycle’! “Centered on me, within a 500-meter radius, this is the absolute control zone of my ‘Nine-Line Cycle’!” Luo Feng, standing on his Dark Cloud Shuttle, suddenly charged towards the silver-clad figure in the distance. “Yes, absolute control!” Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The Totem Golden Pillar instantly seemed to transform into nine Totem Golden Pillars, repeatedly intercepting the dark golden longsword within a 500-meter spherical area. “Die!” Luo Feng controlled the Totem Golden Pillar to block the opponent’s dark golden longsword while rapidly closing in. Only when the distance between them was short, pulling the opponent into his ‘absolute control zone,’ could he easily kill the opponent by manipulating the Totem Golden Pillar! “Hmm?” The silver-clad figure’s expression changed. He immediately stepped onto his Dark Cloud Shuttle, and with a whoosh, nearly a thousand illusory figures appeared in mid-air as he fled far away. “I admit you’re strong, but you think you can beat me like this? Dream on!” The silver-clad figure roared via telepathy. His eyes, filled with fury, gazed at the Totem Golden Pillar not far from Luo Feng, and he growled, “Break it for me!!!” Instantly, the dark golden longsword, which had been incredibly fast and elusive, repeatedly trying to bypass the Totem Golden Pillar, no longer chose to ‘bypass the Totem Golden Pillar,’ but instead chose to ‘destroy the Totem Golden Pillar’! “Boom!” The dark golden longsword transformed into a golden laser, furiously smashing into the Totem Golden Pillar, striking its surface fiercely. Immediately, a large number of golden threads on the pillar’s surface snapped, and golden miniature swords scattered and floated away. This caused Luo Feng, who had been full of confidence, to change his expression: “Not good!” The dark golden longsword continued without pause, striking the Totem Golden Pillar fiercely again. Luo Feng, who was mentally controlling the Totem Golden Pillar, couldn’t help but turn pale. The second fierce impact made Luo Feng’s expression even uglier. This was big trouble. The power of the Yan Shen Blade’s fifth stage, ‘Space Severing,’ was stronger than he had imagined! Originally, he thought that relying on the ‘Nine-Line Cycle’ could create an absolute control zone, and as long as he and his opponent were within 500 meters, he could instantly control the Totem Golden Pillar to deal with the opponent! Within the ‘absolute control zone,’ the speed of the Totem Golden Pillar could surpass that of the dark golden longsword. However! The dark golden longsword formed by the Yan Shen Blade’s fifth stage, ‘Space Severing,’ had two major advantages: first, it was fast and elusive; second, its attack power was extremely strong. At first, the silver-clad figure wanted to use the dark golden longsword to bypass the Totem Golden Pillar and kill him, so his control focused more on unleashing the longsword’s speed. But Luo Feng had comprehended the ‘Nine-Line Cycle,’ and within a 500-meter radius, the Totem Golden Pillar’s speed was terrifyingly fast, able to easily intercept the dark golden longsword every time, surpassing the opponent in speed. The first advantage, ‘speed,’ was nullified, but it still had its second advantage! Why was the fifth stage called ‘Space Severing’?! Luo Feng understood now! “Swoosh!” Like a laser beam, Luo Feng dared not fail to block it. If he didn’t, that terrifying dark golden longsword would directly pierce his head! “Boom!” The golden sword tip struck the Totem Golden Pillar fiercely. Luo Feng felt his consciousness tremble violently, and the side of the Totem Golden Pillar that bore the impact almost completely collapsed. Luo Feng could only frantically expend his mental energy to try and re-condense the Totem Golden Pillar. “Such strong consciousness, let’s see how many times you can hold on!” the silver-clad figure roared. If his consciousness wasn’t strong, the entire Totem Golden Pillar would have disintegrated with one impact. The Golden Horned Beast was currently at ‘Domain Lord-level Six,’ so Luo Feng’s consciousness was, in essence, the consciousness of a Domain Lord-level Six Golden Horned Beast, naturally formidable. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand these three impacts! “Not good, just three fierce impacts have consumed nearly thirty percent of my mental energy, and my spirit is exhausted.” Luo Feng’s face was pale, but his eyes were fixed on his opponent. “Boom!” The fourth time! “Boom!” The fifth time! Luo Feng’s lips were pale, his eyes still fixed on his opponent, repeatedly re-condensing the Totem Golden Pillar that was almost completely disintegrated. “I don’t believe you can keep holding on. Even if your consciousness can endure, I don’t believe your mental energy won’t run out!” the silver-clad figure roared. “Again!” “Boom!” The sixth time! The Totem Golden Pillar was once again struck, nearly two-thirds of it disintegrating. Luo Feng’s entire consciousness fell into a semi-blurred state, because fully controlling the Totem Golden Pillar required integrating a large amount of mental energy into it, and mental energy also contained consciousness. Each impact was like a direct blow to his consciousness. “Re-combine!” Luo Feng gritted his teeth, his inherent unwillingness to admit defeat driving him to re-form the Totem Golden Pillar. “Condense!” A large amount of mental energy, like countless tiny hands, grabbed the scattered golden miniature swords, re-aggregating the ‘Totem Golden Pillar’ according to the profound mysteries he had comprehended from the Law of Origin of Space and the Law of Origin of Gold. Golden threads imbued with the Law of Origin extended… “No!” As he condensed the Totem Golden Pillar, a picture flashed through Luo Feng’s mind, which was already in a semi-blurred state—the Raindrop Diagram from the Nine Universe Chaos Tablet. This Raindrop Diagram had nine raindrops, and logically, Luo Feng had long since fully comprehended these nine raindrops, understanding their essence. But at this moment… “That’s it, that’s it.” Luo Feng’s eyes grew brighter and brighter. “Totem Golden Pillar!” Luo Feng’s aura surged, and he instantly controlled the Totem Golden Pillar to fully condense into one entity. “Die!” Luo Feng pointed at the silver-clad figure in the distance. The Totem Golden Pillar rolled with a rumble, and the surrounding space seemed to be flattened like dough. “Thump!” The dark golden longsword in the distance struck fiercely again, but as it approached the Totem Golden Pillar, its speed strangely diminished. By the time it collided with the Totem Golden Pillar, its power had already significantly weakened. “How is that possible?” The silver-clad figure in the distance was filled with shock. Boom! The Totem Golden Pillar, completely unharmed, rolled seemingly slowly, instantly appearing before him. “Pfft!” As if crushing an ant, it rolled directly over him, crushing the silver-clad figure into a bloody pulp. Standing in mid-air on his Dark Cloud Shuttle, Luo Feng’s pale face held a glimmer of light in his eyes. He murmured, “Yes, I had comprehended the nine raindrops on the Raindrop Diagram before, but… I hadn’t comprehended the entire Raindrop Diagram.” Luo Feng looked at the mid-air ahead, as if seeing nine spatial Law of Origin fluctuations converging and separating, mirroring the Raindrop Diagram, a truly beautiful sight. Fifth level! Passed!