The Pursuit

Cold winds howled through the vast ice tunnel. Luo Feng, enduring the biting cold, advanced step by step with lightning speed. “Yao!” “Hiss!” A mix of wind sounds formed strange noises, some so high-pitched they were inaudible to the ear, yet they directly penetrated Luo Feng's sea of consciousness. This illusionary influence, subtly accompanying the peculiar wind, waxed and waned in intensity. Luo Feng's eyes were sharp, and he advanced step by step, completely unmoved. Boom! It felt as if his will, sharp and pure as a blade, was vibrated and permeated by invisible sound waves, causing his entire being to tremble. Luo Feng's body trembled slightly, and his expression subtly changed. “This is truly terrifying. Without any warning, the power of this illusionary sound suddenly increased hundreds of times.” Luo Feng was shocked. The mixed wind sounds had, at a certain moment, created an extremely powerful superposition effect, causing even Luo Feng's resolute will to waver for an instant. “True threats usually arrive suddenly in seemingly safe environments!” “As expected of the Demonic Sound!” Luo Feng's pupils contracted slightly, then he continued forward. After advancing several thousand kilometers, he arrived at a crystal-clear world of ice. Countless layers of ice covered the rock formations, creating vast and beautiful caves. Outside these caves, various ice patterns formed naturally, making for a stunning sight. “A total of 816 caves, which one should I enter?” Luo Feng's gaze swept around, then suddenly landed on a slightly octagonal, deep cave entrance in the distance. He vaguely felt that this octagonal, deep cave seemed somewhat special. “This must be it.” Acting purely on subconscious instinct, Luo Feng swiftly darted into this deep cave. ... At the junction of these 817 caves, an indigenous powerhouse occasionally emerged from one cave, only to enter another unknown one. Half an hour later. A lean man with black curved horns emerged from one of the caves. Looking at the other 816 caves, he couldn't help but frown, “So many caves?” “Hmm?” The lean man with black curved horns’ gaze fell upon the deep, octagonal cave entrance. “This cave feels unusual. I’ll go in and take a look.” Whoosh! With a single step, he had already entered the deep cave. ... The deep cave was about twelve kilometers wide, with varying heights. Ice formations hung like inverted spears from the cave ceiling or formed strange sculpted shapes on the rock walls. As the lean man with black curved horns walked, his World Energy spread out across a thousand-kilometer radius. “Domain Lord Level Eight?” The lean man frowned slightly, his body instantly blurring as he teleported a thousand kilometers to pursue. The bearded middle-aged man with long silver horns, who was fleeing at high speed, looked back at the approaching figure in the distance, his expression changing drastically. He cried out, “Flame Realm Lord, I am from the Gathering Star Sect…” Boom! Flames erupted, instantly turning the surrounding several li into a sea of fire. The Domain Lord Level Eight middle-aged man was incinerated to death in an instant. “Knowing I am Wu Qi, you should be even less alive!” The lean man with black curved horns snorted coldly. “Regardless of whether I kill the target this time, even if I get enough black tokens, I will still deliberately not produce them and pretend I failed the Demonic Mountain challenge to return to my sect. I, a dignified Realm Lord, do not wish to go to the Virtual Universe Company and be ordered around by others!” This represented two viewpoints among the powerhouses of Nine Star Sea. The first was to become a powerhouse, join the Virtual Universe Company, and venture into the vast cosmos. Most powerhouses were unwilling to simply remain in Nine Star Sea. The second was to remain supreme in Nine Star Sea, unwilling to join the Virtual Universe Company as a low-level member and be ordered around. And Flame Realm Lord ‘Wu Qi’ belonged to the second type. “There are quite a lot of black tokens, a full 726 of them.” The lean man with black curved horns shook his head. “I hadn’t intended to get many black tokens, but in a blink, I’ve already acquired over 2000.” He continued to advance! He advanced leisurely, yet he was highly vigilant. For him, the most dangerous thing in this Demonic Mountain was the ‘Demonic Sound.’ Legend had it that the most terrifying Demonic Sound could overwhelm even many peak Realm Lords, causing them to instantly lose themselves and become walking corpses. Half an hour later. “Hmm? Universe Level Nine?” The lean man with black curved horns’ eyes lit up. His World Energy, constantly spread out across a thousand-kilometer radius, had just detected a new target. “I hope this is the target,” Realm Lord Wu Qi, who had failed over a hundred times, thought to himself. Whoosh! He instantly charged towards the target. ... Approximately a thousand kilometers away from the lean man with black curved horns, within the same vast, deep tunnel, Luo Feng was continuously advancing. Whoosh! World Energy swept past, but Luo Feng himself didn't notice a thing, continuing his advance. “Luo Feng! World Energy just swept past!” Babata’s voice, constantly in detection mode, suddenly rang out in Luo Feng’s sea of consciousness. “What?” Luo Feng jumped in surprise. “Run!” Luo Feng immediately unleashed his movement technique, instantly transforming into a phantom and fleeing into the distance with incredible speed. Although he was fleeing, Luo Feng wasn't overly nervous. In the past few days on Demonic Sound Mountain, he had indeed spotted Realm Lords from a distance and had always managed to escape early. Realm Lords generally didn't bother chasing after a mere Universe Level junior, so he hadn't encountered any danger until now! “It’ll probably be like before; once I put some distance between us, I’ll be fine,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “Luo Feng, he’s less than 20 kilometers away from you!!!” Babata shrieked. “He’s here, he’s caught up!” Luo Feng abruptly turned his head to look. Boom! He could see with his naked eye the lean man with black curved horns in the distance, transformed into a fiery red streak of light. The man was staring at Luo Feng, his killing intent unmistakably clear. “Damn it, does a dignified Realm Lord really need to chase down a Universe Level junior?” Luo Feng gritted his teeth. Swish! He instantly switched with his Demon Killer Clan clone within his internal world. Luo Feng had long prepared various contingency plans for dangerous situations, so when he first entered Demonic Mountain, his Demon Killer Clan clone in his internal world had already become identical to his Earthling true body, possessing the same black horns and silver combat armor! Moreover, even the life aura contained within the Demon Killer Clan clone was exactly the same as his Earthling true body, clearly achieved through the innate secret technique ‘Replication.’ This was because even different clones sharing the same soul would have slightly different auras due to their differing life forms, hence the need for the innate secret technique ‘Replication.’ Whoosh! The Demon Killer Clan clone immediately unleashed the 《Phantom Shadow Codex》, its speed bursting forth completely! A moment of life and death! He couldn't worry about anything else! ... The lean man with black curved horns, Realm Lord Wu Qi, as usual, leisurely pursued the Universe Level Nine junior he had discovered, operating under the principle of 'better to kill by mistake than to let one escape!' “Huh?” “He seems to have noticed me and is fleeing. Too bad, his speed is too slow.” Realm Lord Wu Qi pursued with interest. His casual speed was far greater than Luo Feng’s Earthling true body’s maximum speed. Soon, the distance between them narrowed to within 20 kilometers, and they could clearly see each other. At this moment, Luo Feng instantly switched bodies. “He seems to have undergone some change,” Realm Lord Wu Qi thought, a flicker in his mind. Because Luo Feng’s body switch had virtually no time interval, and his appearance, attire, and life aura were all identical. Although Realm Lord Wu Qi vaguely sensed that something had changed in that instant, he didn't realize that the Luo Feng he was observing had instantly switched bodies. Demon Killer Clan clone! Full speed burst! Perhaps in terms of top speed, the Demon Killer Clan clone couldn't compare to Realm Lord Wu Qi, a Level Six Realm Lord. But in terms of instantaneous burst speed, Demon Killer Clan Luo Feng absolutely far surpassed Wu Qi. Whoosh! In an instant, Demon Killer Clan Luo Feng darted several thousand kilometers away, completely vanishing from Realm Lord Wu Qi’s World Energy detection range. “What? So fast?” Wu Qi’s expression changed. “How can a Universe Level Nine be so fast? There’s definitely no one like this in Nine Star Sea. To achieve such astonishing speed, he must have used special means. He’s probably the target the Divine Lord is pursuing.” Wu Qi had already killed many Universe Level Nines, but he had never encountered one so bizarre. First, he detected him in advance, and second, he ran too fast. This made Wu Qi realize… he might have encountered the true target! “Chase!” Boom! Realm Lord Wu Qi transformed into a streak of light, rapidly pursuing along the vast rock tunnel. Simultaneously, his World Energy frantically spread out, extending up to a ten-thousand-kilometer radius, and he immediately detected the fleeing figure in the distance once more. However, this deep tunnel was not straight but winding, so Realm Lord Wu Qi couldn't maintain continuous acceleration. It was like a hundred-meter sprint before Earth’s Great Nirvana; running in a straight line, one might finish in under 10 seconds. But imagine a winding, S-shaped track, a 100-meter track with a dozen twists and turns; it would be impossible to unleash maximum speed. The same principle applied! Realm Lord Wu Qi and Demon Killer Clan Luo Feng both had to instantly accelerate, decelerate, and turn… In this environment, the Demon Killer Clan clone, with its extremely high comprehension of spatial laws and its status as a favored child of the cosmic space origin, displayed its greatest advantage—instantaneous burst speed! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! With three blurs, he vanished from Realm Lord Wu Qi’s ten-thousand-kilometer World Energy detection range. ... “Fortunately, the tunnel is winding, otherwise I would probably have to use my Golden Horned Beast clone,” Demon Killer Clan Luo Feng thought to himself as he fled. Through Babata’s detection, he could determine that his opponent was likely a Level Six Realm Lord! Back in the Xueluo World, the Demon Killer Clan clone, with its Domain Lord Level Nine strength, had once killed Siyong. Siyong was a Level Five Realm Lord! However… the combat secret techniques in Xueluo World were quite ordinary, and their psychic weapons were also common. This was because Xueluo World and the Virtual Universe Company were considered to be in a hostile state. But Nine Star Sea was different! Nine Star Sea was essentially under governance, and many sects on those nine ancient planets had Immortal beings and spaceships. Therefore, in terms of secret techniques and weaponry, Nine Star Sea was considerably superior to Xueluo World. “Even killing Siyong with the Demon Killer Clan clone was incredibly perilous.” “And this guy now, a Level Six Realm Lord, likely taught by an Immortal being, is probably stronger than Siyong in terms of secret techniques and comprehension of laws. Plus, his own energy is twice as strong as Siyong’s. Unless I use my Golden Horned Beast clone, there’s no hope of a direct confrontation.” Demon Killer Clan Luo Feng blurred away repeatedly, escaping further and further. At this extreme speed, he burst out of the vast, deep tunnel in almost a minute. Boom! Luo Feng, in his desperate escape, suddenly decelerated, his eyes wide as he stared ahead. Before him was an incredibly vast ice mountain and stone forest, filled with countless illusionary beasts, some towering tens, hundreds, or even thousands of meters tall, while others were as small as half a meter. They were practically everywhere. At a glance, there were thousands of illusionary beasts, and the aura of a few of them was even more terrifying than the Realm Lord pursuing him from behind. Nearly half of the thousands of illusionary beasts turned their heads to look simultaneously. “Roar~~” “Roar~~” Luo Feng’s eyes were wide, unable to advance or retreat. He cursed inwardly, “I’m truly out of luck! I had a feeling this octagonal cave entrance and deep tunnel were unusual, and damn it, they really are unusual, throwing thousands of illusionary beasts at me all at once!”