Chapter 568

E9-Grade Laser Gun

"Universe-level Ninth Tier?" The short man, Pato, saw the black-horned youth in the distance within the cold rock passage and sneered inwardly. "Kid, it's your bad luck to run into me!" Pato. He was one of the six sent by the Thousand Star Sect this time. Po Yu Marquis had selected six individuals from the Thousand Star Sect: three Realm Lords and three Domain Lords of the Ninth Tier. He had also given restricted items—three E9-Grade Laser Guns—to the three Domain Lords, clearly intending for these three to be his trump cards. Pato was one of these three Domain Lords. These past few days in Demonic Sound Mountain, Pato had been extremely cautious, fearing he might wander into a dangerous area and be enchanted by the demonic sound, turning into a walking corpse. At the same time, along the way, he had indulged in wanton slaughter, with many Universe-level and Domain Lords dying by his hand. He would usually flee when encountering a Realm Lord, but once, a Realm Lord pursued him. Pato had not hesitated then, using the E9-Grade Laser Gun. The power of this laser gun was indeed terrifying, instantly killing that Realm Lord. "Even Realm Lords die when they meet me." "It's truly exhilarating to wield this E9-Grade Laser Gun. What a pity, I can only use it for a short period. Once I leave Demonic Sound Mountain, I'll have to return it to the God." Pato was reluctant; he knew very well how expensive this E9-Grade Laser Gun was. Even if he put forth his entire fortune, it probably wouldn't amount to one-millionth of its value! Pato sneered, glancing at the black-horned youth in the distance. "Kid, if you want to blame someone, blame the God!" Whoosh! Pato transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging directly at Luo Feng, ready to begin his 762nd kill since entering Demonic Sound Mountain. ... Luo Feng, walking through the ancient, deep, and frigid cave, looked at the short man in the distance: "Domain Lord of the Ninth Tier? No threat! Hmm? He's actually charging straight at me... If you had some master's demeanor and didn't bully a Universe-level Ninth Tier like me, I wouldn't bother killing you. But now, don't blame me..." Luo Feng's mindset was as unyielding as ever. He didn't even put a Ninth-Tier Domain Lord in his eyes; after all, Moyun Vine alone was a 'Ninth-Tier Domain Lord'. "Boom!" Luo Feng stomped hard on the ground, and the ice layer covering the rock surface instantly cracked in several places. He then charged directly at the short man in the distance. "Clang!" The battle blade was drawn! ... "Haha, a mere Universe-level Ninth Tier kid dares to fight me." A sneer of disdain flashed in Pato's eyes. His body wreathed in electric snakes, he held a curved blade and instantly appeared before Luo Feng. The curved blade in his hand transformed into an eerie moonlight, entwined with blood-red and azure. Whoosh! The moonlight swept towards Luo Feng's head. "Good blade technique." Luo Feng revealed a faint smile. His figure flickered, and he unexpectedly closed the distance to within two or three meters of Pato. His Blood Shadow Battle Blade also flared with dazzling light. Phantom Seven Absolutes Blade – Ephemeral Bloom. "Clang!" The instant their blades clashed, Pato's face, which had been full of confidence and a hint of a sneer, suddenly changed drastically. He felt an incredibly terrifying impact force transmit from Luo Feng's blade the moment they struck! The force was so immense that even he, a Ninth-Tier Domain Lord warrior, could barely withstand it, his arm going numb. "How is this possible?" "He, he..." A monstrous wave surged in Pato's heart. "He's only a Universe-level Ninth Tier, how can one strike possess such terrifying power!" Ninth-Tier Domain Lord and Ninth-Tier Universe-level. A difference of an entire major tier! In terms of energy, the difference was roughly a thousandfold. Logically, one strike should be enough to annihilate him. "There's absolutely no freak like this in my Nine Star Sea. Could he be someone with a powerful background from the Virtual Universe Company?" A series of thoughts flashed through Pato's mind. According to what he knew, the only way a Ninth-Tier Universe-level could unleash such terrifying power was with the help of auxiliary lifeforms. Auxiliary metal lifeforms, auxiliary plant lifeforms, auxiliary energy lifeforms, and so on—those that could possess a host. Once possessed, they could allow the host to display extraordinary strength. "Could he be the target the God wants killed? Is his strong attack due to Moyun Vine?" Suppressed ecstasy surged in Pato's heart. "Even if it's not Moyun Vine, he definitely has some other auxiliary lifeform! In Demonic Sound Mountain, there aren't many influential figures with powerful backgrounds, so the possibility of him being the God's target is very high." "Kill!" "Kill him with the laser gun!" ... The instant their battle blades connected, numerous thoughts flashed through Pato's mind, and he immediately decided to use the E9-Grade Laser Gun. In his view, even if this person wasn't the target, he was certainly someone important. With his decision made, Pato naturally wanted to create distance first: "Get away quickly!" "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"... Once Luo Feng closed in, combined with his Phantom Movement Technique and the 'Ephemeral Bloom' blade technique, he became incredibly terrifying. The flashing blade light at such close quarters was indeed fraught with danger. Pato wanted to dodge and escape, but Luo Feng's blade was too fierce; he dared not be distracted. In the blink of an eye, they exchanged more than ten blows. "Whoosh!" The two instantly separated. As Pato retreated rapidly, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, I found a chance to pull back. This guy fights like a madman with his blade, constantly clashing at extremely close range. It's too insane." Luo Feng, seeing this, sighed inwardly: "Moyun Vine is ultimately just an auxiliary plant lifeform. Although it can greatly boost my strength when attached to me, this power isn't truly my own. When I use it, I clearly can't wield it perfectly. Even my blade technique doesn't achieve its peak effect. Otherwise, even if he managed to escape just now, he would have at least been injured!" The thought flashed through his mind in an instant. "Trying to escape?" Luo Feng roared and charged forward. "Dream on!" Pato transformed into lightning, rapidly creating distance, while sneering back at Luo Feng. "Hmph!" In its auxiliary state, Moyun Vine's dashing speed wasn't fast enough. Luo Feng frowned, then waved his hand. Eighteen thin vines suddenly extended from him. As they extended further, these vines continuously thickened. The eighteen dark-red vines instantly became over ten meters thick, like eighteen terrifying giant pythons, with smaller tendrils and leaves branching off them, directly enveloping the Ninth-Tier Domain Lord warrior—Pato! "Die!" Luo Feng couldn't be bothered to chase anymore. "Haha, it really is you!!!" Pato, in his escape, let out a wild laugh. As the eighteen thick, dark-red main vines furiously encircled him, a mechanical device appeared before him! It was pure silver-white, and at first glance, it looked somewhat like a 'mutated' rocket launcher. The barrel diameter reached a terrifying one meter! The gun body was three meters long, with an energy slot and a handle. It could be held with one hand, despite its daunting size. This mechanical weapon was clearly much smaller and more refined than the 'Star Destroyer Cannon' Luo Feng had used, classifying it as a personal weapon. However, the overall texture of the mechanical weapon and the inexplicable deterrent force emanating from its muzzle were truly terrifying. "Beep!" The warning light above the energy slot at the back of this mechanical weapon had already turned red, indicating that the Ninth-Tier Domain Lord opponent had activated it the moment he brought it out! ... As Luo Feng used Moyun Vine, and the thick, long vines coiled and grabbed at his opponent like giant pythons, the sudden appearance of the mechanical weapon before his opponent made Luo Feng pause. "What is that thing?" Luo Feng was startled. A laser gun? It wasn't that he hadn't seen laser guns before; he had encountered them in the Realm Lord world. However, their style and structure were clearly different. "Run!!!" "Luo Feng! Danger!" The moment the mechanical weapon appeared, Babata's shrill voice instantly echoed in Luo Feng's sea of consciousness. "That's an E9-Grade Laser Gun from the Machine Race's laser gun series, specifically the XTH-122 model, considered a top-tier E9-Grade Laser Gun! Its charging time is only a mere 0.1 seconds. Once charged, it can instantly fire a terrifying, super-powerful laser! Even E9-grade alloy materials would be directly torn and pierced by this super laser. Ordinary Ninth-Tier Realm Lord experts without special treasures would surely perish!" Luo Feng's heart violently constricted! His hairs stood on end! His eyes widened! Staring at the mechanical metal lump before his opponent in the distance, that, that, that was actually an E9-Grade Laser Gun? An unprecedented terror instantly made his soul tremble. Even when he had previously encountered some Realm Lord experts, Luo Feng had never been in such a desperate situation. Even when he was swallowed by the mysterious cave, whether he would die after being swallowed was still unknown. That's why Luo Feng had never been so terrified! At this moment! It was a true moment of life and death! If the E9-Grade Laser Gun fired, his three avatars—the Ninth-Tier Domain Lord Demon Killer Clan avatar and the Golden Horned Beast avatar—wouldn't be able to withstand it. Their physical strength was far from sufficient! Of course, the Golden Horned Beast was so massive that as long as its vital points weren't pierced, there was still hope of survival. But the cave passage was too narrow; the Golden Horned Beast avatar was too large to fit in! And trying to dodge with speed? That was even more unrealistic, because even the fastest Demon Killer Clan avatar, even accelerating to its limit, was still very far from the speed of light. And the instantaneous burst of speed was even further from the ultimate speed! The super-powerful laser fired by the laser gun, however, instantly burst forth at the ultimate speed of this original universe—the speed of light! Locked on at close range! Light-speed firing! His consciousness wouldn't even have time to react, so how could he escape? "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" The Ninth-Tier Domain Lord warrior, holding the E9-Grade Laser Gun in one hand and a curved blade in the other, continuously dodged and fled, while also slashing away at the sweeping Moyun Vine. Although Moyun Vine was powerful, it was ultimately only a Ninth-Tier Domain Lord... In terms of tier, it was the same as this human warrior. The opponent was purely focused on defense and escape. Moyun Vine might be able to kill the opponent, but killing him in a mere 0.1 seconds was unrealistic. "Beep!" The warning light on the thick laser gun, red light extinguished, green light illuminated. 0.1 seconds had passed! Charging complete! Under the pursuit of the sweeping, coiling Moyun Vine, Pato's face twisted into a grimace. The man who had been fleeing suddenly stopped, aiming the barrel directly at Luo Feng. This pinnacle of Machine Race technology—the E9-Grade Laser Gun—automatically locked onto Luo Feng in the distance. "Die!" Pato cackled menacingly, then pressed the button.