The Roar of the Abyss

“Yes, I know that,” Luo Feng nodded.Whoosh!Shriek!Piercing, eerie wind howled, directly burrowing into their minds and disorienting their souls. Yet, Luo Feng and Moluo stood there, conversing normally.“The second rule is also what I’ve relied on to survive until now,” Moluo said with a smile. “I categorize the power of the Demonic Sound into ‘Apprentice-tier,’ ‘Planetary-tier,’ ‘Star-tier,’ ‘Universe-tier,’ ‘Domain Lord-tier,’ and ‘Sector Lord-tier.’ Luo Feng, you must have noticed that within Demonic Sound Mountain, the Demonic Sound primarily disorients those from Planetary-tier to Domain Lord-tier, right?”Luo Feng nodded.It was indeed so; Demonic Sounds capable of disorienting Sector Lords were extremely rare.“The rule I discovered is this!”“If a Star-tier Demonic Sound appears, then a Universe-tier Demonic Sound will definitely appear in that area!”“If a Planetary-tier Demonic Sound appears, then a Demonic Sound capable of disorienting Domain Lords will definitely appear in that area!”“If an Apprentice-tier Demonic Sound appears, then a Sector Lord-tier Demonic Sound will definitely appear in the surrounding area.” Moluo’s eyes gleamed with absolute confidence as he spoke. “The weaker the Demonic Sound that appears, the more likely it is for a super-strong Demonic Sound to emerge in the surrounding area!”“Oh?” Luo Feng was startled.He quickly recalled all the places he had passed through over the past hundred days. During this time, only the devouring cave in the ice mountain forest had made Luo Feng feel threatened by the Demonic Sound. As for the power of the Demonic Sound in other places… Luo Feng had genuinely never paid attention. From Apprentice-tier to Sector Lord-tier, these Demonic Sounds posed no threat to Luo Feng, so he hadn’t bothered to summarize any patterns.Now, thinking it over carefully!With Luo Feng’s memory and calculation speed, comparable to a quantum supercomputer, he quickly recalled the intensity of the Demonic Sounds he had experienced in many places.“Right,” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.It was indeed so!The power of the Demonic Sound in some areas consistently ranged between Star-tier and Universe-tier. In others, it was between Planetary-tier and Domain Lord-tier. Very few areas had Demonic Sounds ranging from Apprentice-tier to Sector Lord-tier. As time passed, the distribution of powerful Demonic Sound areas would constantly shift, forcing everyone to keep moving.“But these are useless to me,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “Under normal circumstances, Demonic Sounds in Demonic Sound Mountain capable of disorienting Sector Lords are already quite exaggerated. Unless it’s one of those mysterious caves! So… apart from some mysterious places, they truly pose no threat to me.”...Luo Feng and Moluo, two princes of the Virtual Universe Company, advanced together.“Luo Feng, let’s part ways after we exit this deep, secluded passage,” Moluo said as he flew. “Demonic Sound Mountain has billions of cave passages. Our choices are different; if we stay together, one of us will inevitably have to yield to the other. I believe you wouldn’t be happy with that either.”“Haha… alright, we’ll split up ahead,” Luo Feng also nodded.Being with Moluo meant he had to be extremely cautious when using his Demon Killer Clan clone.Whoosh! Whoosh!The two flew swiftly, and a moment later, they exited the passage.“Hmm?” Luo Feng looked ahead in surprise.Before them lay a vast ice mountain plain, dotted with enormous deep pits. Each pit varied in size, with the largest being hundreds of kilometers wide and the smallest a few kilometers wide. Yet, their bottoms were unfathomable, appearing as dark, bottomless abysses.Luo Feng and Moluo both descended.“What is this place?” Moluo cautiously approached the edge of one of the deep pits.“I don’t know,” Luo Feng also walked to the edge of the deep pit. This ‘pit’… was more accurately an abyss, as its bottom was out of sight.Luo Feng turned his head and glanced around.A vast expanse!On this boundless icy plain, such abysses were ubiquitous and countless.“I have a bad feeling about this,” Moluo frowned.“Mm,” Luo Feng nodded.The two peerless geniuses of the Virtual Universe Company cautiously observed their surroundings, simultaneously sensing the intensity of the Demonic Sound’s invasion.“Boom!” Moluo, standing beside Luo Feng, suddenly delivered a powerful kick without any warning. The kick felt like a volcanic eruption, his golden combat boot striking Luo Feng’s waist before he could react in his astonishment. It contained the power of a Domain Lord-tier Ninth-stage auxiliary metal lifeform, sending Luo Feng flying like a cannonball directly into the nearby bottomless abyss.Luo Feng felt an incredibly powerful force instantly impact his entire body. Even after being weakened by the Moyun Vine, it still caused a mouthful of fresh blood to surge to his lips, beyond his control.“Pfft!”Blood spurted out!Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!Luo Feng’s arms suddenly shot out deep red Moyun Vines. When they first extended, the vines were relatively thin, but they quickly grew incredibly thick. Each vine wildly whipped and stretched, reaching out to grab Moluo.Boom!This bottomless abyss suddenly generated an incredibly terrifying suction force, just like the one Luo Feng had experienced in the devouring cave. Besides the astonishing suction, a silent Demonic Sound directly pierced Luo Feng’s mind. At this moment, the Moyun Vine also recognized its master’s danger and no longer bothered trying to grab the distant, fleeing Moluo. Instead, it frantically used its vines to grip the rocks and ice along the abyss’s edge.“Argh!”“Break for me!”Luo Feng instantly recovered from the Demonic Sound’s invasion. Compared to the previous Demonic Sound invasion in the devouring cave, this one was actually weaker.“Moluo!” Luo Feng’s eyes were bloodshot, and his vision seemed to tear at the corners as he roared, staring at Moluo, who had already flown several kilometers above the abyss.Why?Why would Moluo suddenly attack him?He had a good impression of Moluo, and they were both core members of the Virtual Universe Company. Furthermore, Luo Feng believed that the other party didn’t have the ability to harm him! Indeed… in a true sneak attack and battle, Luo Feng, with his clone, truly couldn’t lose. But at this moment…“Luo Feng, this is Demonic Sound Mountain. If I kill you, I’m innocent.” Moluo, flying above the abyss, cast a cold glance at Luo Feng. His voice echoed in Luo Feng’s ears, and at the same time, an exquisitely crafted firearm suddenly appeared in his hand.“A laser gun,” Luo Feng’s expression changed.Daring to pull out a laser gun meant he must be confident in killing him with it. In that case, it had to be an E-grade laser gun.“A C6-grade laser gun,” Babata’s voice rang out.Swoosh!Moluo, high in the sky, directly fired a laser beam into the abyss below. This laser beam was a full hundred meters away from Luo Feng, striking even deeper into the abyss. Then, Moluo vanished in a flash, as if fleeing for his life....With a sudden kick, he sent Luo Feng tumbling into the bottomless abyss. Then, flying high above the chasm, he fired a laser beam directly into its depths before swiftly making his escape.Though described slowly, this entire sequence likely took less than 0.1 seconds! A C-grade laser gun of that type had virtually zero charge-up time!“Rumble~~~”A terrifying suction force acted upon his body.Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!Under the powerful suction, the Moyun Vines snapped one by one. Yet, Luo Feng showed no trace of fear; instead, his eyes burned with a mix of anger and ferocity: “This Moluo, he actually, actually! If you want to kill me, then I’ll make sure you die!!!” Looking at his record, a proud, peerless genius had actually resorted to such a despicable trick to kill him.“Demon Killer Clan clone!”“Transform!”Luo Feng instantly vanished, switching to his Demon Killer Clan clone, which transformed into a shuttle. This shuttle was desperately trying to fly outwards.Suddenly—“Roar~~”From the depths of this bottomless abyss, a low roar echoed. Simultaneously, the space around the shuttle, which Luo Feng had transformed into, began to ripple. The terrifying suction force fully enveloped the shuttle.The shuttle rapidly plummeted!“What?” Luo Feng was greatly alarmed.“Transform!”The shuttle transformed into a cone no thicker than a thumb, but the suction force persisted! The cone continued to fall.“Transform!”The cone transformed into a massive rock, large enough to even block the entire deep cave. Yet, the powerful suction force continued to pull it down. This giant rock continuously plummeted, causing sparks to fly as it scraped against the abyss’s edges, and numerous debris tumbled down.“Transform!”“Transform!”...Luo Feng instantly underwent countless transformations. However, no matter how he changed, the suction force he endured remained terrifying. And as he plummeted, the dreadful low roar from within the bottomless abyss… became even more heart-stopping.“It was him, Moluo!” Luo Feng, who remained calm even while falling, recalled the scene where Moluo fired a laser gun. At the time, Luo Feng had been puzzled… why would Moluo fire a C-grade laser gun into the depths of this bottomless abyss, a shot that seemed to have no real power?Now it seemed…Moluo’s shot must have awakened some ‘creature’ deep within the bottomless abyss. That creature possessed an ability similar to the ‘devouring’ talent of a Golden Horned Beast. It had actively unleashed some kind of suction ability, and when actively unleashed, it directly affected Luo Feng. Thus, no matter how Luo Feng transformed, the suction force remained just as immense.If, however, that creature had been dormant, casually releasing suction force that affected the entire cave entrance, then Luo Feng could have escaped by shrinking.“Moluo must have been very aware of the dangerous situation here, which is why he deliberately came here and orchestrated all of this,” Luo Feng seethed inwardly.“Transform!”As he continued to plummet, Luo Feng made one final transformation, turning into an illusory ice bear.The ice bear Luo Feng continued to fall, sinking into the depths of the abyss.“There must be a chance for survival, there must be a chance for survival.” The ice bear Luo Feng instantly vanished into the dark, unfathomable depths of the abyss....A moment later.A figure flashed, standing at the edge of the abyss’s exit, looking down. It was Moluo, his eyes sharp and piercing.“Luo Feng!”Moluo’s lips curled slightly as he gazed at the terrifying, bottomless abyss. “You truly are foolish, Luo Feng. This is Demonic Sound Mountain. If I kill you… there’s no crime! With your talent, even if you don’t threaten me in this qualification battle, you will still threaten my position next time, in the future.”“The fewer threats to me, the better.”“On the path to the pinnacle, I will stop at nothing,” Moluo murmured. His experiences as a war orphan and in the terrifying concentration camps that trained assassins had changed Moluo’s rules of conduct.Whoosh!Moluo swiftly vanished, leaving behind only the ancient, bottomless abyss, just as it had been for billions of years. No one else knew that Luo Feng, a peerless genius of the Virtual Universe Company, had been swallowed by this abyss!