Ancient God Ruins

“The Nabu family?” Siyong’s killing intent was terrifyingly heavy as he spoke in a low voice, “Killing them is useless. Besides… Nake’s father can be bait!”

“Master, what do you mean?” The purple-clad woman’s eyes lit up.

“Don’t kill Nake’s father. Kill everyone else,” Siyong said indifferently. “Keep Nake’s father under our surveillance… perhaps in the future, ‘Nake’ or that killer ‘Feng’ will appear.”

“Yes!” The purple-clad woman respectfully acknowledged and retreated.

Siyong’s gaze swept across the scene. The area within several kilometers was a ruin, filled with screams and cries, yet Siyong remained expressionless.

He had indeed lost face this time. Two disciples dead, an emissary dead, and all on his territory.

“Hmph!” Siyong’s expression grew even darker. “Feng? Your strength is formidable; you can’t remain unknown forever. Once you appear anywhere on Xueluo Continent, as soon as I know, I will make you understand… the consequences of killing my disciples!”

***

In the void outside Xueluo Continent, the mechanoid spaceship sped towards the Ancient God Ruins at an astonishing pace.

During the two-plus months of travel, Luo Feng either attended lectures by Immortals in Taichu District, immersed himself in comprehending the ‘Jiuyu Chaos Tablet,’ ‘Drifting Blood,’ and ‘Essays on Space-Time,’ or returned to Black Dragon Mountain Island to see his wife, son, and brothers. His days were fulfilling and free.

“Master, we have reached the target area!”

Inside the spaceship’s cultivation room, the ship’s intelligent voice rang out.

“Haha, finally here!” Luo Feng, who had been sitting cross-legged like a statue, suddenly opened his eyes and couldn’t help but laugh. He transformed into an afterimage and shot out.

“Ancient God Ruins!”

“I’ve been waiting for this day. If I don’t enter the Ancient God Ruins, when will I ever fuse my second Blood-Red Crystal?” Luo Feng, clad in silver-white combat armor and boots, flew directly out of the hatch. Changing into silver-white combat armor and boots was a precaution… the black-armored warrior from the Yangang City incident might be recognized by those with keen eyes.

Of course, the Ancient God Ruins are extremely far from Yangang City, and being a ‘ruined land,’ there wasn’t too much to worry about.

Whoosh!

Luo Feng plunged directly from the void into the cloud layer, re-entering Xueluo Continent.

***

Sky Eclipse Palace.

A massive palace suspended in the void, specifically set up to monitor Xueluo Continent. In a side hall on the first floor of Sky Eclipse Palace, a huge screen displayed the scene of Luo Feng flying into Xueluo Continent.

“Haha… Prince Luo Feng has also gone to the Ancient God Ruins.”

“He truly has guts!”

More than a dozen Sector Lords responsible for monitoring Xueluo Continent’s movements were chatting and laughing.

“Everyone, pay attention! If our Prince Luo Feng encounters any enemies and escapes the clouds in his mechanoid spaceship, any natives who dare to pursue must be killed immediately!”

“Understood.”

“Of course, we know that. But the Ancient God Ruins are the most important and dangerous place on Xueluo Continent. It’s said that many Immortal beings from our Virtual Universe Company died there back then. And that place is very strange… Prince Luo Feng going there is very dangerous. His dangerous-level mission didn’t force him to go to the Ancient God Ruins.”

“The path is chosen by oneself! Our Virtual Universe Company doesn’t force anyone to do anything, but even if he’s a genius, since he chose to go to the Ancient God Ruins… we’ll just watch! Fortune favors the bold; although it’s dangerous, if he achieves something in the Ancient God Ruins, the accomplishment will be significant!”

“Indeed!”

“The Ancient God Ruins are truly wondrous, and Blood-Red Crystals are equally mysterious.”

The group of Sector Lords conversed, while the entire cloud layer outside Xueluo Continent remained under their surveillance.

***

Clouds billowed, like a fairyland.

Clad in silver armor, with silver boots, Luo Feng flew through the mist towards the ground below.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s expression changed. “Below should be the 15th layer of clouds, but why is it blood-red?”

The boundless clouds below were all blood-red, as if an endless sea of blood was churning, and the terrifying, invisible baleful aura made one’s heart palpitate. Without much thought, Luo Feng plunged downwards. As he entered the blood-red clouds, he immediately felt a peculiar aura influencing him.

Agitation!

His heart was agitated, as if filled with a desire for slaughter.

“It incites a desire for slaughter, but compared to the innate bloodlust of the Golden Horned Beast, it’s still far inferior!” Luo Feng’s will was incredibly firm, completely unmoved. He continued to dive downwards, breaking through layer after layer of blood-red clouds, finally piercing through the last layer.

He looked down!

Infinite mountains, barren lands, swamps, and various other environments stretched out, but these geographical features were all bizarre. The mountains, for instance, looked as if an entire layer had been sliced off, or a section had been severed. On the barren lands, one could see regularly spaced, super-large craters, each estimated to be hundreds of kilometers in diameter.

One massive crater after another.

It was as if… they were the footprints of some colossal beast.

Most importantly, all areas below were covered in a faint, red mist. Because of this red mist, it was impossible to see clearly from too far away.

“Ancient God Ruins, huh? Looking at this chaotic environment, it certainly lives up to its name.” Luo Feng rapidly descended.

***

The Ancient God Ruins, with a diameter of hundreds of billions of kilometers, was a place so vast it was inconceivable. Throwing Earth into the Ancient God Ruins would be like dropping a single drop of water into the Yangtze River!

On the bare ground, faint white bones could be seen.

Crack!

Luo Feng descended from the sky, his silver boots landing on a broken sword. His brows furrowed deeply.

“Is this the baleful aura?” Luo Feng felt an invisible force constantly tempting his mind, while another strange energy seeped into his skin and body. This peculiar energy… could not be blocked by either Origin Energy or Psychic Energy. It would penetrate his body and then exit, treating his body like air, freely passing through. And in this process, his body underwent some changes.

“Baleful aura? No, the so-called baleful aura in the universe is purely on the spiritual level, like a person’s ferocity, bloodlust, and killing intent filling their eyes. But… this ‘baleful aura’ isn’t just spiritual temptation; it also affects the body.” Luo Feng was absolutely certain.

His body was slowly undergoing changes that he didn’t understand.

This was also the change that the natives of Xueluo Continent believed… being affected by baleful aura would make one more capable of fusing Blood-Red Crystals.

“At least, I can confirm this!”

“This change is beneficial. Otherwise, the ‘dangerous-level mission’ given by the Virtual Universe Company wouldn’t have made ‘becoming a Blood Warrior’ the second objective, offering a high reward of 100,000 points. The company clearly… hopes for us to become Blood Warriors.” Luo Feng was convinced that this change was beneficial.

Whoosh!

Luo Feng took a step, instantly covering tens of kilometers. In the vast Ancient God Ruins, Luo Feng began to move at this astonishing speed, feeling the changes the ‘Ancient God Ruins’ brought to him.

“The baleful aura is denser here, lighter there.”

“Where the baleful aura is dense, the spiritual temptation is stronger, and the body’s improvement speed seems faster.” Luo Feng had already noticed that the baleful aura seemed to enhance a certain characteristic of human cells. “Where the baleful aura is light, the temptation weakens, and the body changes slower.”

“I need to save time!”

“So I need to find a place where the baleful aura is sufficiently dense.” Luo Feng quickly soared into the sky, looking around from above.

Distinguishing the strength of the baleful aura was easy; one only needed to observe whether the red mist in a certain area was dense or sparse.

Most areas had only thin mist, while some areas had denser red mist. After searching for about half an hour, Luo Feng was now looking within a super-large ancient mountain range.

“There!” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. The red baleful aura in a forest far in the mountains was noticeably dense to an astonishing degree.

Whoosh!

Luo Feng cautiously flew over, checking for other people around.

The books described that many powerful individuals entered the Ancient God Ruins, yet he hadn’t seen a single one. He guessed everyone had the same idea: to enter areas with dense baleful aura to maximize their progress in the same amount of time.

“No one?” Luo Feng darted into the dense area.

“Wow! This feeling… is amazing!” Luo Feng felt as if countless water droplets were nourishing every cell in his body. The dense baleful aura swept through him, and his body underwent a noticeable change. Because it was so obvious, the sensation was exceptionally clear. It was a change in the deepest parts of his body’s cells, even in the most fundamental genes that constitute his being.

It was a transformation, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.

“Kill!!!” Endless killing intent surged into Luo Feng’s soul, and as his body slowly transformed, a large amount of this killing intent began to lie dormant deep within him. With time, these would integrate with Luo Feng’s soul. Those with weak wills might even go mad. Even those with strong wills would become bloodthirsty.

“What astonishing killing intent!” Luo Feng stood silently beside a thick, ancient tree.

The endless slaughter continuously filled his sea of consciousness.

It was even stronger than when he fused the first Blood-Red Crystal… clearly, not everyone could withstand places with dense baleful aura.

“Big Brother and Second Brother said that places with intense desires are the best opportunities to temper one’s inner self. Under the temptation of this killing desire… my will can be further sharpened.” Luo Feng sat cross-legged beneath the tree.

Whoosh!

A ghostly phantom flashed through the dense baleful aura in the distance, then instantly appeared before Luo Feng. A dazzling sword light directly thrust towards Luo Feng’s head.

Whoosh! Hundreds of Luo Feng’s illusions instantly appeared around him.

Boom!

The thick tree behind Luo Feng instantly exploded into countless fragments, scattering in all directions. For a moment, the surrounding ancient trees either collapsed with a crash or had their thick branches broken, creating a thunderous roar.

“You dare to ambush me, you’re courting death!” Luo Feng’s eyes blazed with fury, and he roared. A Blood Shadow Battle Blade appeared in his hand, and he charged directly at the suddenly appearing ghostly phantom.