Thirty Years Later

The moment he fell unconscious, as the killing intent receded, Luo Feng quickly regained his senses. “I failed, I actually failed.” Black-clothed Luo Feng frowned deeply. “I knew it would be incredibly difficult to endure up to the 100th crystal, but I didn’t expect to fail at the 93rd.” “That killing intent was too powerful and violent, and the pain too intense. All of this indicates… my willpower isn’t strong enough.” Luo Feng was terribly mistaken. Willpower not strong enough? Even Blood God Ba Qi, a peerless genius born once every billion years in the Divine Temple, who could achieve Immortality in a short time if he wished, had willpower far inferior to Luo Feng’s! Many peak Sector Lords were also far inferior to Luo Feng in terms of willpower. So, in truth… Luo Feng’s willpower was exceptionally strong. The real reason was… How many people had integrated Blood Luo Crystals up to the 93rd? On the Blood Luo Continent, integrating 10 crystals was already the stuff of legends, earning one the title of ‘Blood Warrior.’ Each additional crystal integrated increased a specific aspect of the body’s genetic requirements tenfold. To integrate the 93rd? It was simply too unrealistic. Ninety-three Blood Luo Crystals, with their constantly accumulating killing intent, reached an absurd level of exaggeration! “I can’t integrate any more into the right hoof-claw. What about other parts of my Golden Horned Beast body?” The Golden Horned Beast moved the Blood Luo Crystal it had been holding in its right hoof-claw to the palm of its left hoof-claw. Immediately, it sliced open the scales on its palm, and its fresh blood touched the Blood Luo Crystal. Boom! An invisible force from the Blood Luo Crystal surged into the Golden Horned Beast’s body, simultaneously drawing out the other latent killing intents within the Golden Horned Beast, rapidly escalating them to an incredibly ferocious degree, directly impacting Luo Feng’s will within the Golden Horned Beast’s body. “Boom!” “How can this be? It’s actually overlapping and accumulating with the killing intent generated when integrating with the right hoof-claw?” Luo Feng was shocked. “Kill!” “Kill!” The frenzied killing intent surged again. Luo Feng desperately held on, his will condensed like an unyielding rock, resisting with all its might. But even a rock… was crushed to dust under the impact of the endless killing intent. He fell unconscious again. That invisible force returned to the Blood Luo Crystal, and Luo Feng regained consciousness. … In the control room of the mechanical ship. The crystalline sphere was slowly rotating, its golden secret patterns emitting a golden glow. Suddenly, Black-clothed Luo Feng appeared at the sphere’s location! “I actually failed.” Black-clothed Luo Feng slumped onto the sofa, gazing at the endless void ahead. “What’s wrong, Luo Feng?” Demon Babata’s figure, condensed from energy, appeared beside him. Black-clothed Luo Feng recounted the integration process. “Oh, no wonder. It’s likely that no one in the history of the Blood Luo Continent has ever integrated up to the 93rd. Even the highest-grade Fourth-tier Desolate Beast, Qi Niu, is considered formidable if it can integrate more than 10 crystals,” Demon Babata chuckled. “Luo Feng, don’t worry too much. As your willpower improves, you’ll be able to integrate more in the future.” “I’m not concerned about that,” Black-clothed Luo Feng frowned. “It’s just that the Golden Horned Beast’s other body parts seem unable to integrate Blood Luo Crystals.” “That’s because you can’t resist the killing intent,” Demon Babata said, also sitting on the sofa, crossing his legs and looking at the endless void. “The Blood Luo power that modifies the body has a limited range. But killing intent is different… it’s a will, and it can spread to any part of the Golden Horned Beast’s entire body.” “When you try to make the Golden Horned Beast’s left hoof-claw integrate a Blood Luo Crystal, that killing intent will directly trigger all the latent killing intents within the Golden Horned Beast for a combined assault.” Black-clothed Luo Feng nodded slightly. He understood the principle. Each additional crystal integrated would cause the killing intent to continuously stack. Even if different body parts were integrating… the killing intent would still accumulate. “Fortunately, I integrated all the Blood Luo Crystals into my right hoof-claw before,” Luo Feng thought to himself. The Golden Horned Beast’s right hoof-claw was now a ‘killer move,’ incredibly terrifying. If he had initially distributed the Blood Luo Crystals evenly across all body parts, perhaps each part could have been modified seven or eight times. But that way… The increase in strength would have been very limited. It was far better to create a single, terrifying ‘right hoof-claw.’ “Greed leads to ruin. This is already an immense opportunity; I shouldn’t be greedy. And as long as I continuously temper my will, I believe I will one day be able to integrate the 100th Blood Luo Crystal. I have a feeling that integrating the 100th Blood Luo Crystal will make the incredibly complex blood-colored secret patterns perfectly complete. At that point, there should be a special effect,” Luo Feng mused. “Continue!” “Three clones, each performing their duties.” Luo Feng quickly adjusted his mood. … There were two missions in this ‘Blood Luo World.’ The first mission was to obtain one Blood Luo Crystal, which awarded 10,000 points. The second mission was to become a Blood Warrior and obtain a Blood Luo Medal, which awarded 100,000 points. Although obtaining a large number of Blood Luo Crystals wouldn’t grant more points… Blood Luo Crystals were unique to the ‘Blood Luo World,’ a special product of this world! While they were common in the Blood Luo World, almost all Sector Lords possessed them, and even some Universe-level elites would receive one. However… their preciousness was undeniable. “If I can get my hands on them, I’ll get as many as possible. Blood Luo Crystals should be quite valuable.” … The Mosha Clan clone continued its hunting journey. Of course, traveling occupied 99.9% of the time, and actual hunting and killing were very brief. So, apart from hunting and killing… while traveling in the mechanical ship, the Mosha Clan clone would enter its inner world to diligently study the Ninefold Universe Chaos Tablet’s ‘Fine Rain Diagram’ based on the Flowing Blood Secret Manual and Space-Time Essays. … The Golden Horned Beast, on the other hand, combined the three ancient images to cultivate Heaven-Rending Earth-Splitting. Because the right hoof-claw’s power was astonishing, and it could draw upon the power of the universe’s origin laws, amplifying the law’s might by about 9 times… this meant that there was nearly a 10-fold difference in the Golden Horned Beast’s strength when using its right hoof-claw versus not using it! The Golden Horned Beast itself was incredibly powerful; to be ten times stronger? This was an opportunity, as integrating 92 Blood Luo Crystals was extremely difficult and demanding. The right hoof-claw was incredibly powerful, so among the three ancient images… Luo Feng focused his research on the third one! The first image showed a monster pouncing and whipping its tail, scattering a giant hand descending from the sky. The second image showed a monster lowering its head, its golden horn pointed forward, performing a rapid charging headbutt. The third image showed the monster raising its hoof-claw and striking fiercely. “The Golden Horned Beast’s right hoof-claw is already strong, and combining it with this strike… the Golden Horned Beast will dedicate eighty percent of its energy in studying Heaven-Rending Earth-Splitting to researching the ‘Heaven-Rending Claw’!” Luo Feng had long prepared to make the ‘Heaven-Rending Claw’ his true ultimate move. Since the right hoof-claw was strong, it naturally made sense to focus on claw attacks. Combining strengths would make it even more ferocious! The Heaven-Rending Claw… the Golden Horned Beast began its incredibly arduous and frantic research and cultivation, comprehending the secret techniques of Heaven-Rending Earth-Splitting left by its ancestors, pursuing the essence of that ancient monster’s claw strike, continuously enhancing the power of the ‘Heaven-Rending Claw.’ … The Earthling main body frequently attended lectures by Immortals, sometimes researching how ‘gold and space’ could be combined, and also continuously improved its body in a hostile environment. … Of course, all three clones were refining their willpower! The Golden Horned Beast tempered itself by occasionally attempting to integrate Blood Luo Crystals, experiencing the terrifying impact of killing intent, and resisting it! The Mosha Clan clone honed its inner self through bloody combat! The Earthling main body, following the guidance of his two elder brothers, Hong and Lei Shen, refined his heart. He would also occasionally communicate with Hong and Lei Shen in the virtual universe. With the guidance of these two masters, who had reached the pinnacle of mental cultivation in Huaxia’s internal martial arts and ancient yoga, Luo Feng also gained insights from time to time. … Comprehending origin laws, researching the mysteries of secret techniques, and tempering his own state of mind. Over the long river of time, Luo Feng continuously perfected himself. … Thirty years passed in a flash. Within a city lord’s mansion in one of the territories on the vast Blood Luo Continent, it was daytime. “How dare you kill my son, you’re truly courting death!” A powerful roar, like the wrath of a god, echoed throughout the entire city. A black shadow shot up into the sky, directly piercing through the clouds—it was Black-clothed Luo Feng. “Damn it, a Sector Lord was hidden here.” Black-clothed Luo Feng’s speed was astonishingly fast. “Dare to kill my son, you won’t escape!” A rumbling sound directly entered his ears, and at the same time, an invisible World Power instantly pressed down. Whoosh! A silver-white pyramid appeared before Black-clothed Luo Feng, and he swiftly flew into the silver-white pyramid ship. The majestic middle-aged man in golden robes, who was rapidly pursuing from behind, saw the silver-white pyramid shoot into the sky and couldn’t help but widen his eyes: “It’s an outsider!” He immediately chased upwards, desperately trying to suppress the mechanical ship with his World Power. However, the ship’s speed was simply too fast, and it instantly shot past the 18th cloud layer. The golden-robed middle-aged man stood at the 18th cloud layer, looking up at the cloud layers, no longer daring to pass through. “It’s actually an outsider!” The golden-robed middle-aged man’s expression became complex. “This matter must be reported to the Divine Temple. Another group of outsiders has descended upon our Blood Luo Continent.” … The mechanical ship was in the void. In the control room. “That was a close call,” Black-clothed Luo Feng said, sitting on the sofa and letting out a long sigh of relief. “I didn’t expect a Sector Lord to be hidden in that city. A Sector Lord completely conceals their aura, so I couldn’t detect them… but the moment he moved, I immediately sensed his presence through my perception of the cosmic space.” “Fortunately, I escaped quickly.” The Mosha Clan clone could manifest tens of thousands of illusions, allowing its instant burst speed to be incredibly astonishing, even faster than many Sector Lords. Fast, but only in initial acceleration. Once a Sector Lord’s speed ramped up, they would quickly catch up. So, he first used his burst speed to create distance, then immediately boarded the mechanical ship to make a clean getaway. “One who often walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet,” Black-clothed Luo Feng murmured softly. “This incident will surely prompt that Sector Lord to immediately notify the Divine Temple… the Divine Temple’s investigation will likely uncover some clues, and they might even set a trap for me! Well, I’ve collected enough over these thirty years, so I’ll stop here.” In thirty years, the Mosha Clan Luo Feng’s hunting had yielded a staggering 9816 Blood Luo Crystals! Luo Feng felt… It was quite a haul, and it was time to stop.