Confrontation

In the corridor leading to the Martial Arena, the Undying Guard 'Dilun' and Elder Sifanqi stood. "When the battle begins, Elder Sifanqi," Dilun said, looking at Elder Sifanqi beside him. "No matter what, you and I must ensure His Highness's life is not in danger!" "I understand." Elder Sifanqi said in a low voice, "I will be vigilant. As soon as a victor can be determined, I will immediately stop the battle to ensure His Highness Luo Feng's safety." "Mm." Dilun's expression was serious as he turned to look at Luo Feng, who stood calmly on the Martial Arena. "Grandmaster ordered me to protect you. There can be no mistakes, none at all," Dilun murmured. For this battle, the sheer number of Golden Horn Clan members present exceeded a billion, filling three continuous layers around the colossal Martial Arena and standing suspended in the distant sky! There were over a thousand Undying beings, and quite a few were King-level Undying. "No matter what, at the last moment, we must ensure the lives of Bei Chuang and that human genius." "We cannot sour relations with humanity over this." "Everyone, do your best." Almost every Undying thought the same. However, no Undying present dared to claim absolute certainty, because both Luo Feng and Bei Chuang were Spirit Readers. In battle, the final judgment of victory or defeat naturally came from a psychic weapon or other means directly piercing the body! Only by piercing the body could victory or defeat be determined... and by then, life might already be lost! Of course... Luo Feng was merely a genius among humans. If he were to fall in such a public duel, humanity might be displeased, but in the context of the relationship between the two races, a small genius was like an ant and would not affect their vassalage. "Silence." A voice echoed through the heavens and earth. The voices of over a billion clan members quickly subsided until complete silence fell, yet almost every one of them stared fanatically at the Martial Arena. "This battle!" "On one side, we have Bei Chuang, a genius of our Golden Horn Clan, and on the other, Luo Feng, a genius of humanity." The majestic voice resonated like thunder across the heavens and earth. "The rules of battle are simple: if one side surrenders or is defeated, it ends! Now... the martial duel, our clan's Bei Chuang against humanity's Luo Feng, begins—" The voice reverberated. Over a billion Golden Horn Clan members held their breath, staring at the Martial Arena. On the Martial Arena, Luo Feng, clad in silver Combat Armor, and the young Bei Chuang, in green Combat Armor, faced each other from a distance. "Golden Horn Clan, Bei Chuang!" the young Bei Chuang shouted loudly. "Humanity, Luo Feng!" Luo Feng looked back at him. Whoosh! Whoosh! Luo Feng and Bei Chuang, separated by over ten kilometers, slowly ascended simultaneously, hovering in mid-air. Dark golden staffs appeared on their backs, and flying psychic weapons were beneath their feet. "You're also using a Yan Shen Weapon?" Bei Chuang grinned, staring at Luo Feng. "Our great Xiluoduo of the Golden Horn Clan is the true creator of the Yan Shen Weapon." "Then let's see who uses it better," Luo Feng said coldly. "Good!" The light in Bei Chuang's eyes suddenly flared. Boom. The dark golden staff on his back shot out countless golden rays. Luo Feng's eyes were like lightning, fixed on his opponent. The dark golden staff on his back also erupted with thousands of golden rays with a boom. In an instant, countless sword shadows floated, golden law threads connected, communicating with the universe's origin space laws and metal laws. Psychic energy combined with the power of laws, instantly condensing into a world—the World of Swords! "That human genius is also using a Yan Shen Weapon." "Both are using the sixth stage of the Yan Shen Weapon, the World of Swords." "Bei Chuang's World of Swords seems to be larger." Over a billion Golden Horn Clan members whispered excitedly as they watched. "Boom!" "Boom!" The two great Worlds of Swords collided the moment they condensed. Worlds clashed, shaking the heavens and earth. Countless sword energies collapsed, and cracks appeared in Luo Feng's World of Swords, as if it were about to shatter. "It's going to break." "The human genius is at a disadvantage." "Bei Chuang is going to win." The Golden Horn Clan members were ecstatic. "As expected of a Golden Horn Clan genius whom Elder Sifanqi believes possesses the strength to clear the ninth level of the Sky-Reaching Bridge. His World of Swords is clearly much stronger than mine." Luo Feng roared, instantly unleashing his psychic energy control to its limit. His psychic energy amplitude, exceeding 3200, was fully released, instantly stabilizing his tottering World of Swords and making it more real. Boom! Boom! At the junction of the two Worlds of Swords, collisions occurred repeatedly, causing space itself to tremble. "Hm? He also cultivated the World of Swords to perfection?" The young Bei Chuang's expression changed slightly. The sixth stage of the World of Swords was divided into three levels. As comprehension deepened, the stability of the World of Swords would progressively strengthen, eventually reaching a limit! Generally, one needed to achieve the law comprehension of the ninth level of the Sky-Reaching Bridge... to bring the World of Swords to its most stable state. Even after 50 years of secluded cultivation, Luo Feng's law comprehension was only roughly at the 'peak of the seventh level of the Sky-Reaching Bridge'. However— His psychic energy amplitude, exceeding 3200, caused Luo Feng's psychic power to surge to approximately 32 times the normal limit! This allowed Luo Feng, in controlling the World of Swords, to instantly reach a level normally only attainable at the ninth level of the Sky-Reaching Bridge. As the saying goes, 'others have only one person, but I have 32 people to stabilize the world.' Even with slightly lower law comprehension, he could still achieve excellent results. "Human genius." "It would be strange if he couldn't achieve this," the young Bei Chuang thought to himself, a slight smirk playing on his lips, his eyes blazing with an unprecedented brilliance. "Then let's see who is stronger." "Sword of the World!" "Condense!" The young Bei Chuang gritted his teeth. Originally, the two Worlds of Swords collided with each other, but suddenly, the world controlled by the young Bei Chuang rapidly shrank, continuously diminishing... Yet, at the same time, the density of sword energy grew higher and higher, eventually transforming into a colossal sword, roughly ten meters long, seemingly made of crystal, encompassing the young Bei Chuang within it. The colossal sword, over ten meters long, completely contained the World of Swords. Not a trace of energy was wasted; it was condensed to the extreme. This... was precisely the third state of the 'World of Swords'. "Condense!" Luo Feng also let out a low roar. The extreme exertion of his psychic energy amplitude, exceeding 3200, instantly caused the vast World of Swords, spanning over ten kilometers in diameter, to rapidly shrink. In a flash, it condensed into a crystal colossal sword of similar size, roughly ten meters long, with Luo Feng standing entirely within it. "You're doomed to lose!" Bei Chuang roared. "Come on." Luo Feng's eyes held only his opponent. Whoosh! Whoosh! Both, inside their respective crystal colossal swords, controlled them separately. Leaving only faint golden streaks in the air, they instantly clashed! The crystal colossal sword controlled by Bei Chuang was as fast as lightning, unpredictable, and ferociously unmatched. The crystal colossal sword controlled by Luo Feng seemed to carry the might of heaven and earth, incomparably sharp, charging forward relentlessly! Completely different styles. "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" The two crystal colossal swords, each fully encompassing a World of Swords, were terrifyingly fast. Their repeated clashes were like two peerless swordsmen attacking each other. "Crack." Luo Feng suddenly looked up, discovering that his controlled crystal colossal sword already had cracks, audibly splitting. His heart jolted... With such collisions, his World of Swords, condensed into a single crystal colossal sword, had become unstable and was on the verge of collapse. "He's going to win." "That human genius's World of Swords colossal sword is about to collapse." "Haha, victory is assured." "Bei Chuang hasn't even brought out his strongest ultimate technique yet. He has already mastered the special sword art of the World of Swords colossal sword—the Shocking Void Sword Art. Once he unleashes it, that human genius will surely lose even more miserably." "Hmph, needless to say, our Golden Horn Clan is the origin of the Yan Shen Weapon. The secret arts for wielding the Yan Shen Weapon are countless. That human genius using a Yan Shen Weapon is doomed to lose." "Rigidity cannot last long. Don't you understand such a simple principle?" Bei Chuang roared. "You truly disappoint me; a human genius only has this much strength. I've only used seventy percent of my power so far... Behold my strongest—the Shocking Void Sword Art!" Roar! The crystal colossal sword controlled by Bei Chuang also subtly communicated with the might of heaven and earth, becoming even faster and more elusive, instantly charging towards Luo Feng! "What exquisite control," Luo Feng exclaimed in surprise. He had only just obtained the Yan Shen Weapon and knew only the most basic control methods. How to unleash the strongest power of each stage depended entirely on his own comprehension. But within the Golden Horn Clan... the Yan Shen Weapon had nine stages, and each stage had various corresponding secret arts. These secret arts were created by generations of Golden Horn Clan geniuses and required a certain level of law comprehension to execute. How could a combat method created by one person compare to the accumulated countless secret arts of generations of Golden Horn Clan geniuses? "Boom!" The crystal colossal sword of the World of Swords controlled by Bei Chuang had already generated a hazy illusion. The surrounding cosmic space was strangely and completely drawn into this single sword. The might of this one sword... was simply terrifying! "Innate Secret Art—Enhance!" A sharp glint flashed in Luo Feng's eyes. Within his inner world. The colossal Golden Horn Behemoth roared, its golden horn on its forehead emitting dazzling golden light that spread throughout its body. The innate secret art instantly activated, and its consciousness intensity surged by another fold! "Blood Warrior, Xueluo Power, activate!" Luo Feng seemed to go mad. Facing the opponent's overwhelming Yan Shen Weapon strike, Luo Feng instantly unleashed his innate secret art 'Enhance' and the 'Xueluo Power' possessed by his Earthling original body. Merging three Xueluo Crystals doubled the law compatibility of his Earthling original body, causing the power of the 'crystal colossal sword' imbued with law attacks to surge! Innate enhancement, surging consciousness, and the power of the controlled 'crystal colossal sword' surged once more! Two consecutive surges. The crystal colossal sword controlled by Luo Feng communicated with an even more terrifying might of cosmic space and heaven and earth, becoming faster, and its relentless, domineering charge... even stronger. "Metal, ultimate yang and ultimate rigidity, incomparably sharp!" "Break for me!" Luo Feng's eyes turned red. "Shocking Void Sword Art!" Bei Chuang's controlled crystal colossal sword had already traversed several kilometers, instantly appearing before Luo Feng. "Rumble~~" It was as if two locomotive trains collided! As if Mars crashed into Earth! The crystal colossal sword controlled by Bei Chuang shattered and crumbled piece by piece, then with a 'peng' sound, the incredibly condensed World of Swords exploded, sending countless golden small swords flying everywhere. Meanwhile, Luo Feng's controlled crystal colossal sword, even more domineering and relentless, smashed through the opponent's crystal colossal sword and simultaneously struck Bei Chuang's body. "Bang!" Bei Chuang was sent flying dozens of kilometers, slamming violently into the wall at the edge of the Martial Arena before falling down. "Hm?" Luo Feng, controlling the translucent crystal colossal sword, looked at Bei Chuang from afar. When the final impact hit Bei Chuang, Luo Feng clearly felt a strong, resilient force blocking it. Bei Chuang appeared to fly quite far, but in reality... over ninety percent of the truly lethal impact force had already been dissipated. Otherwise, Bei Chuang would have been pulverized into a bloody mess. "At the last moment, an Undying must have secretly saved Bei Chuang," Luo Feng thought to himself. "That's good. I wouldn't have had time to hold back after unleashing my strongest strike." A profound silence fell. When Luo Feng controlled his crystal colossal sword in the mid-air of the Martial Arena, over a billion Golden Horn Clan members were utterly silent. They... Lost!