Deterrence

When the first batch of dozens of King-level experts arrived tens of thousands of kilometers away in mid-air, Blood Beast King, Heavy Arrow King, and Luo Feng all made their moves. “My divine body lost 42%, and that human could actually withstand such a heaven-defying Fire God Origin Crystal explosion. It’s unbelievable. If he were to unleash another Fire God Origin Crystal explosion, I might perish. For the Sacrificial Tower Treasure, losing my life is simply not worth it!” Blood Beast King’s speed erupted to its limit, trying to rush out of the ‘spatial lock’ range. “Escape.” Heavy Arrow King, whose strength was even more severely damaged, made the same choice. Both of them were terrified by the explosion. That explosion… a world-shattering blast. Two of the strongest Fire God Origin Crystals, equivalent to 200 billion Yulan units instantly turning to ash, yet their power also sent shivers down their spines. Having survived the first wave, they had no confidence to face a second massive explosion. Both of them flew in different directions without prior agreement. “This human is alone! He can at most chase one of us, and this spatial lock range is only so small. He’s destined to be unable to chase two targets,” Heavy Arrow King and Blood Beast King both thought. A radius of 10,000 kilometers was truly small for Luo Feng, Heavy Arrow King, and Blood Beast King. It would only take an instant to rush out. If Luo Feng were to daze for a moment, the opponents would escape. But at Luo Feng’s level of strength, how could he miss a crucial opportunity? “Heavy Arrow King suffered greater losses, target him!” Whoosh! With a flap of his wings, Luo Feng pursued Heavy Arrow King. “Haha…” Blood Beast King, flying in a different direction from Luo Feng, naturally escaped the spatial lock range with ease. “I won’t stay in this place any longer.” Blood Beast King glanced at the dozens of King-level experts who appeared in the distance, looking bewildered, and sneered, “These guys, just pray that human doesn’t go crazy again. If he goes crazy one more time, how could their meager strength withstand the explosion of the strongest Fire God Origin Crystal!” “Delay brings change.” Blood Beast King dared not linger. Swish! He vanished into thin air, having already teleported away. … The group of dozens of King-level experts from the Mechanical Race faction, including An Meng King, had just arrived when they witnessed a scene that left them shocked and bewildered. They saw that the endless land, mountains, lakes, clouds, and ice and snow within a range of tens of thousands of kilometers had all disappeared, leaving only a void spanning tens of thousands of kilometers. The terrifying aftershocks of the previous explosion still reverberated within this tens of thousands of kilometers range. These aftershocks alone sent chills down the spines of the dozens of King-level experts. What bewildered them even more was that in their eyes, the incredibly powerful ‘Heavy Arrow King’ and ‘Blood Beast King,’ two King-level limit experts from their own faction, were frantically fleeing in separate directions. Blood Beast King teleported away and vanished, while Heavy Arrow King was being hunted by a silver-armored, silver-winged human. “What, what exactly happened here?” “Crazy.” “This, this…” The dozens of King-level experts were utterly dumbfounded. Everything they saw before them was too bizarre. “What kind of attack could turn a range of tens of thousands of kilometers into nothingness, making everything disappear? How terrifying must such an attack be? Even King-level limit experts couldn’t achieve this, could they?” “Too insane.” “No wonder Zizhong King perished. What on earth happened?” “Blood Beast King and Heavy Arrow King are King-level limit experts, yet why are they so disheveled? Blood Beast King ran away, and Heavy Arrow King is being hunted?” They were completely bewildered. They saw another group of King-level experts appearing in the distant sky, and then yet another group appeared in another part of the sky. Groups of King-level experts arrived one after another, their total number quickly exceeding a hundred. But when they arrived, they too were utterly stunned and bewildered. Based on the aftershocks of the explosion and the tens of thousands of kilometers of void, they could accurately determine how terrifying the previous attack was, capable of annihilating them all. The scene of Heavy Arrow King being hunted also made their hearts tremble. “What’s going on, An Meng King? Why is Heavy Arrow King being hunted?” the later arriving Kings asked in confusion. “Not only is Heavy Arrow King being hunted, but Blood Beast King was so scared he teleported and ran away earlier.” “Blood Beast King ran away? Isn’t he Heavy Arrow King’s friend?” “Who knows, Zizhong King has already perished. I now feel that this situation seems to be very troublesome.” “Everyone, I have a bad feeling. I’ll take my leave first.” Whoosh! Immediately, a King-level pinnacle expert directly teleported away. Are you kidding? Those who could survive until now and become King-level experts were all incredibly shrewd. Blood Beast King ran away, Heavy Arrow King was being hunted, Zizhong King had long since perished and was nowhere to be seen, and a range of tens of thousands of kilometers had become a void, with no mountains or land to be found. All of this already revealed one thing—this place was extremely dangerous! If King-level limit experts were in such a predicament, those with much weaker strength, if they were wise, would naturally flee immediately. “Look!” “Heavy Arrow King is in danger!” These newly arrived Kings, still somewhat bewildered, were also stunned by the distant battle scene. … Luo Feng chose to pursue Heavy Arrow King between the two targets because Heavy Arrow King’s divine body suffered greater losses. Generally, if a divine body loses 50%, its strength is reduced to only one-tenth. It’s important to know that a slight loss of divine body initially has little impact on strength, but the further it goes, the more astonishing and outrageous the impact on strength becomes. Within 10% loss, there is almost no impact on strength. At 30% loss, strength is only half. At 50% loss, strength is only one-tenth. At 70% loss, strength is probably less than one percent. At 90% loss, one has already fallen into a deep sleep, losing even consciousness. During a long sleep, one might slowly recover, or continuously deplete until perishing. In any case, at this point, there is no power to resist! It can be foreseen… how astonishing the impact of divine body loss is on strength. “59% loss, my strength is probably only slightly stronger than an ordinary King-level high-tier expert.” Heavy Arrow King felt anxious when he saw Luo Feng pursuing him. Swish! Swish! Swish! The silver wings left three winding trajectories in the air, already catching up to Heavy Arrow King. The speed difference between the two was clearly significant. “Heavy Arrow King, prepare to die.” Luo Feng’s eyes were cold. “Human, don’t go too far.” A large bow, mottled black and silver, suddenly appeared in Heavy Arrow King’s hand, with an arrow nocked on the string. In the cosmos, it was rare to see experts using bows and arrows, because using bows and arrows was not as flexible as manipulating weapons with念力 (telekinetic power). However, true experts who used bows and arrows were also terrifying. Because with the elasticity of the bow itself, the expert’s power could be greatly unleashed. “Whoosh!” Nocking and shooting the arrow, all in one fluid motion. A black arrow with a yellowish-brown stream of light streaked across dozens of kilometers. The world fell silent, and cosmic space directly tore open a rift. Clearly, the arrow’s power was extremely concentrated, and even the torn rift was so neat. However, when the arrow’s stream of light struck Luo Feng’s folded Shi Wu Wings, it failed to even shake a single feather. Having been able to withstand the Fire God Origin Crystal explosion, it could naturally block this with ease. “You only get one shot.” Luo Feng flapped his wings, closing the distance completely, no longer giving the opponent a chance to attack. “Die.” Luo Feng spread his wings and held the Poison Shadow Battle Blade. Both his wings and battle blade simultaneously unleashed the ‘Moonlight Strategy’. Luo Feng, relying on his self-created pinnacle ultimate technique, possessed King-level high-tier combat power. But when unleashed with the Shi Wu Wings, which contained peculiar spatial power, the tearing and cutting power was extremely strong, increasing his attack power by another level. The silver stream of light generated by the silver wings directly cut through Heavy Arrow King’s battle armor, and the Poison Shadow Battle Blade that followed immediately pierced into Heavy Arrow King’s divine body. “What.” Heavy Arrow King, who wanted to dodge but couldn’t escape Luo Feng, and whose divine body was cut open by the wings, was completely shocked when he felt the ‘Feimo Venom’ corroding his divine body as the Poison Shadow Battle Blade entered him. “Split!” He tried to split his divine body. “Moyun Teng!” Luo Feng wouldn’t give him a chance. Dozens of thin Moyun Teng vines emerged from his shoulders, surging out and fiercely coiling around Heavy Arrow King. Heavy Arrow King had already lost 59% of his divine body. Luo Feng’s single blade strike just now further reduced his strength by 70-80%. Even the Moyun Teng could forcibly entangle him. The most bizarre thing was that three of the Moyun Teng’s thin vines were wrapped with three sharp spikes, and these three spikes now directly pierced into Heavy Arrow King’s entangled body. Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! The previous blade strike, coupled with these three continuous stabs—it’s worth noting that the three spikes also carried ‘Feimo Venom’. Luo Feng had actually created nine such spikes, each coated with 30 grams of Feimo Venom. However, the unfortunate Heavy Arrow King had already lost 59% of his divine body. One blade strike plus three stabs reduced Heavy Arrow King’s divine body to 12%… “Puff!” “Puff!” “Puff!” The three spikes wrapped by the thin vines were pulled out consecutively, for fear of staying too long inside his body and directly poisoning Heavy Arrow King to death. Heavy Arrow King’s eyes dimmed, his consciousness instantly dissipated, and he remained motionless, entangled by the Moyun Teng. Although a divine body loss down to 10% would definitely lead to deep sleep, depending on the expert’s will, some might fall into deep sleep even with 15% or 16% remaining. This Heavy Arrow King had clearly fallen into a deep sleep. “Collect.” Luo Feng immediately put the sleeping Heavy Arrow King directly into one of his personal spatial rings. … It was brief in description, but the exchange was extremely fast. In fact, the King-level experts observing also noticed that Heavy Arrow King’s strength was clearly greatly diminished. From the combat situation with that human, his combat power seemed to be less than that of a King-level pinnacle expert. The combat power displayed by that human also didn’t seem enough to terrify such a large group of King-level experts. Therefore, although many King-level experts had doubts, only a very few left early, most of them remained observing. Space continuously vibrated, and groups of King-level experts arrived one after another. “Just one human?” “It’s him, Human Yang!” “Kill!” “Seize the treasure!” The sixth batch of 21 King-level experts had just arrived when they saw Human Yang ‘surrounded’ by over a hundred other King-level experts. They had no idea that the earlier arrivals were completely deterred. They arrived later and hadn’t seen Blood Beast King escape, nor had they seen Heavy Arrow King being killed and falling into a deep sleep. They only assumed the human was surrounded. As one greedy King-level expert charged forward, most of this batch of 21 King-level experts immediately erupted… Rumble~~ The greedy group of King-level experts, either first or later, transformed into streaks of dazzling light, directly attacking Luo Feng. “These idiots.” “It’s not that they’re idiots. If we hadn’t seen Blood Beast King flee, hadn’t seen Heavy Arrow King fall into such a deep sleep, and only saw one human, we probably would have charged forward too. Anyway, everyone around is from the same faction, so there’s no need to worry about others from the same faction snatching the treasure. The quick get it, the slow lose out!” The observing King-level experts conversed secretly.