Rain Blade Gate

“Look at you, all smug.” The illusory figure of the demon Babata, formed from converging energy, teased with a laugh.

“How can I not be smug?” Luo Feng put down his wine glass, picked up the Beast God Statue, and looked directly into the endless void ahead. The void was dreamlike, with dust, mist, and meteorites visible in the distance.

Gazing at the endless void, Luo Feng felt a surge of heroic spirit. He lowered his head to look at the Beast God Statue in his hand. In a trance, the Beast God Statue seemed to transform into an ancient monster roaring. This ancient monster itself was like a manifestation of the laws, and the Golden Horn Behemoth in his internal world excitedly raised its head and roared, its roar echoing throughout the entire internal world.

“It!”

“It is my strongest reliance.” Luo Feng’s eyes gleamed as he stared at the Beast God Statue. “With this Beast God Statue, comprehending the ‘Sky-Rending Claw’ will surely be faster. This will also make my path on the grand avenue of laws much smoother!”

“I want to stand at the pinnacle of the universe, and it is the stairway to that pinnacle!”

“The greatest gain from this trip to the Xueluo Continent was this Beast God Statue!”

Luo Feng’s thoughts stirred.

Beside him, the Demon Killer Clan clone, Black-Clad Luo Feng, appeared. Black-Clad Luo Feng directly took the Beast God Statue, then vanished into thin air, returning to the internal world.

...

Inside the internal world.

“Whoosh!”

The Golden Horn Behemoth, like a continuous black mountain range, lay there, extending its right claw, which was much larger than the Himalayan Mountains. Black-Clad Luo Feng placed the Beast God Statue directly into the palm of the Golden Horn Behemoth’s right claw. Immediately, the Beast God Statue disappeared, entering the Golden Horn Behemoth’s own spatial ring.

The Golden Horn Behemoth was also equipped with a spatial ring because, during its usual cultivation of techniques like “Origin World,” it would retrieve various cosmic treasures from the spatial ring to consume.

The spatial ring was stored in the crevice of the scales on its chest.

Successive generations of Golden Horn Behemoths generally stored items in the scale crevices on their chests, mainly because a certain area of scales on the front chest had a structure more suitable for holding items.

...

In the Mechanical Race Spaceship’s control room.

Luo Feng looked out at the void ahead and commanded, “Depart, head to Mengna City!”

“Mengna City?” The demon Babata’s mouth dropped open in surprise.

Luo Feng glanced at the energy illusion of ‘Babata’ beside him and nodded, “I left Nake in Mengna City back then. Eighty years have passed now. I wonder how Nake is doing! I gave him some treasures... and ‘treasures move hearts,’ as they say. Before finally leaving, I’ll go take a look. Anyway, I have to pass that way to get to Sky Eclipse Palace.”

The void corresponding to Yangang Territory was the closest to Sky Eclipse Palace.

Luo Feng had to go back... he would first go to Sky Eclipse Palace. Since it was on the way, visiting little Nake was only natural.

“Boom!”

The Mechanical Race Spaceship accelerated rapidly, quickly transforming into a blurry streak of light in the void.

...

Around the massive crater blasted by the Star Destroyer Cannon in the Ancient God Ruins.

Ba Qi, clad in blood-red robes, the towering Qi Niu beast, resembling a small mountain, and over ninety Blood God Guards were stationed at the edge of this deep crater.

“Rumble!”

The sky trembled.

Ba Qi, the Qi Niu beast, and the Blood God Guards all looked up. A figure appeared out of thin air—a burly, robust elder wearing rock-like gray combat armor. His hair stood on end, and his eyes, even when closed, seemed to contain endless lightning. His gaze was an infinite lightning prison.

“Greetings, Immortal.” Ba Qi bowed respectfully.

“God!”

The Blood God Guards all knelt on one knee in unison, and even the Qi Niu beast lowered its head.

The elder, clad in rock-like combat armor, looked at the giant crater, tens of thousands of kilometers in diameter. Boom! Boom! His eyes were like suns, shooting out two beams of light that pierced directly into the entire crater, seemingly wanting to see through the entire deep pit, which was filled with a faint red baleful aura.

“Immortal,” Ba Qi spoke. Among this group, his status was roughly equivalent to this Immortal.

But in terms of strength, this Immortal God was certainly more powerful.

“This deep crater...” The rock-armored elder’s voice was low and resonant. “There’s no trace of law power. The terrifying strike that created this crater was indeed not caused by an ‘Immortal God.’ But in terms of power... it absolutely rivals an Immortal God’s full-strength attack. Only the most precious technological weapons of the extraterrestrial race could achieve this level.”

“It seems it really is the extraterrestrial race,” Ba Qi nodded.

“The situation is very serious.” The rock-armored elder frowned, his voice deep. “Because of this crater... the Immortal God Palace has already held top-level discussions. Based on the information we gathered from the terrifying ancient war, it’s highly unlikely that even among the extraterrestrial races, technological weapons could rival an Immortal God.”

Indeed.

Although the human race in the universe had advanced technology, technological weapons capable of threatening an Immortal God might only be created at immense cost. Such an endeavor would simply not be worth it.

The only ones who truly pushed technology to its limits were the Mechanical Race!

“These past years, some individuals from the extraterrestrial race have frequently come to our Xueluo Continent.” The rock-armored elder frowned. “We capture them if we can, kill them if we can. But these are minor matters... This time, such a powerful technological weapon suggests that the extraterrestrial individual who infiltrated our Xueluo Continent must be of very high status!”

“Mm,” Ba Qi nodded.

“Furthermore, based on the final disappearance area of the signal transmitted from the spaceship carrying World Lords Ku Yan and Yu Ke, they met their demise here,” the rock-armored elder said. “Clearly, the enemy used a technological weapon from a long distance to directly destroy a spaceship and simultaneously kill Ku Yan and Yu Ke. They couldn’t withstand this level of technological weapon attack. Even you, Ba Qi, would have less than a ten percent chance of survival.”

Ba Qi’s body trembled.

Technological weapons?

They were actually this powerful?

“Stay vigilant!” the rock-armored elder warned. “You are a genius that our Xueluo Continent produces only once in a billion years. It would be too great a loss to be killed by a technological weapon.”

Ba Qi nodded, then gritted his teeth and asked unwillingly, “Are we just going to endure this? Not counterattack?”

“Counterattack? With what?” The rock-armored elder glanced at Ba Qi, sighing inwardly. Those who hadn’t truly experienced the terrifying and tragic ancient war couldn’t imagine how powerful the extraterrestrial races were. It was due to various factors that the Immortal God Palace could maintain its rule.

And he was a survivor of that ancient war.

At that time, he was merely a World Lord and didn’t truly participate in the war; otherwise, he would have died long ago.

But he knew many secrets about that ancient war.

“Our Xueluo Continent’s accumulated strength is far from enough,” the rock-armored elder instructed. “Don’t think about counterattacking for now. Focus on cultivating. Everything depends on strength. As for this incident, don’t worry about it... It’s rare for the extraterrestrial race to send such an important figure. Our Immortal God Palace won’t be careless this time. If we capture them, we might learn more secrets from that person!”

Over billions of years, the Immortal God Palace had indeed captured some cosmic geniuses.

Ba Qi nodded slightly.

Whoosh!

The rock-armored elder transformed into a bolt of lightning, flashing away and disappearing into the sky. As an Immortal God, the elder’s speed... was even faster than some of the spaceships manufactured by the Immortal God Palace!

“My Lord.” The two captains of the Blood God Guards immediately came over. The conversation between Ba Qi and the Immortal had not been heard by anyone else.

“Did you send the message to all World Lords to search for information about Ninety-Seven?” Ba Qi asked the two captains.

“My Lord,” Captain A Yi respectfully replied, “The message has been sent. But My Lord, shouldn’t we investigate ourselves? I suspect that Ninety-Seven is still in the vicinity.”

“No time to investigate!”

Ba Qi shook his head coldly. “Since he betrayed me, he has no place to stand on this Xueluo Continent!” A month ago, on the day the giant crater was blasted, Blood God Guard Ninety-Seven took the opportunity to sneak away, which had enraged Blood God Ba Qi at the time... He had already valued Ninety-Seven highly, but he was still betrayed.

However—

Ba Qi had no idea that Blood God Guard Ninety-Seven didn’t need a foothold on the Xueluo Continent at all, because Blood God Guard Ninety-Seven’s true sky was the infinite universe...

...

The Mechanical Race Spaceship, disguised as a meteorite, traveled through the void for about two months before finally arriving in the void corresponding to Mengna City.

“Master, we have arrived at Mengna City,” the Mechanical Race Spaceship’s AI said.

Luo Feng, who had been sitting cross-legged in the control room, studying the profound mysteries of the universe’s origin, opened his eyes and revealed a smile: “Little Nake, I hope you’re still alive.”

...

The main body, after releasing the ‘Demon Killer Clan clone’ from the Mechanical Race Spaceship, returned to the void.

Swish!

Luo Feng, clad in black robes, walked along the bustling, traffic-filled streets of Mengna City.

“Blasting the spaceship and obtaining the Beast God Statue two months ago. The impact must have been significant. For safety, the core is staying with the main body in the void, ensuring absolute security.” Black-Clad Luo Feng felt relaxed. Even if an extreme situation occurred and the Demon Killer Clan clone was annihilated, it would just cost a bit more energy to reform it.

As long as the core was safe, all three bodies were immortal.

The core was Luo Feng’s true essence.

“Rain Blade Gate is just ahead.” Luo Feng walked along the bustling street, holding a snack he’d bought from a roadside stall, leisurely looking into the distance. “I strictly ordered little Nake not to leave for Yangang Territory until he reached the Cloud-Soaring Level (Universe Level). He should have listened.”

A moment later.

Luo Feng stood on the street, looking at the luxurious mansion before him. A plaque hung at the mansion’s entrance.

“This is the Ni Residence. Don’t block the entrance, move along, move along.”

“Black-clad kid, get out of the way.”

The two guards at the mansion’s entrance shouted.

Luo Feng’s expression darkened slightly as he looked at the two guards.

Rumble!

The two guards felt as if the world had vanished for a moment; only the black-clad youth remained before them. The invisible pressure from the black-clad youth... almost made them collapse.

“I ask you, where is Rain Blade Gate?” Black-Clad Luo Feng asked coldly.

“Rain Blade Gate, Rain Blade Gate was annihilated long ago.”

The two guards spoke in terror.

At this moment, people were coming and going like weaving threads on the street, only seeing the two guards talking to the black-clad youth, but unable to hear what they were saying.

Luo Feng’s pupils contracted. “Tell me in detail about what happened to Rain Blade Gate.”

“Yes, yes.”

“We’ll tell you.”

The two guards immediately began to explain everything in detail from beginning to end, including the annihilation of Rain Blade Gate, and later, someone seeking revenge for Rain Blade Gate.