Striking Lightning, Rushing Stars

Deep beneath the snowy plains of the Eastern Ice Prison.

"Haha, after a century, I've finally created this first move." Luo Feng stood up, his face beaming with joy.

"Congratulations, Master, our heartfelt felicitations." The Heart Refining King, resembling a diamond-clad figure, said respectfully.

"Master's strength has advanced greatly. In this Ice Prison, you'll be able to slay more powerful beings, seize more tokens, and gather 10,000 tokens... the chances are much higher." The Extreme Rainbow King, covered in fur like a fierce bird, spoke respectfully.

Luo Feng laughed, "I didn't call you two out to flatter me. I want you to help me brainstorm some ideas."

"Brainstorm ideas?" The Heart Refining King and Extreme Rainbow King exchanged glances.

"I once created a peak ultimate technique, the 'Bright Moon Strategy,' which is a close-quarters combat method. Now I've created a set of Psychic Weapon attack techniques, also a peak ultimate technique. What do you two think... what should I name it?" Luo Feng asked. When he thought of the name 'Bright Moon Strategy,' he had rejected many other names.

Naming things was inherently difficult.

"Since it's a Psychic Weapon technique, using Master's stars, and created by you in the Ice Prison, why not call it 'Star Prison'?" the Heart Refining King suggested.

"No, no, that's not good. The Ice Prison is merely a place Master encountered by chance while traversing the cosmos. This peak ultimate technique is destined to spread far and wide as Master achieves fame and success. The Ice Prison hardly qualifies to be part of its name. In my opinion, Master walks the path of the Beast God, and when you wield Psychic Weapons, they form Beast Gods. So, let's call it 'Beast God.' The two words 'Beast God' alone, though seemingly domineering and wild, also indicate Master's goal of reaching the Beast God level. Sometimes, one must be domineering. When Master becomes a supreme existence in the cosmos, the name 'Beast God' will seem perfectly natural." the Extreme Rainbow King said.

Luo Feng, however, kept shaking his head as he listened.

***

The Extreme Rainbow King and Heart Refining King offered suggestions, and Luo Feng also pondered. The clash of ideas brought forth name after name. Some were domineering, some subtle, but finding one that truly satisfied Luo Feng was exceedingly difficult.

After much comparison and deliberation, Luo Feng finally settled on a seemingly ordinary name.

Its simplicity and commonness, paradoxically, resonated most with Luo Feng.

"Let's call it 'Myriad Star Dao Chart'!" A hint of anticipation gleamed in Luo Feng's eyes. This secret technique also revealed his 'Dao,' and the Star Tower could only utilize over ten thousand sealed stars. According to what Zuoshan Ke had said back then, Luo Feng could only wield a maximum of 10 stars at that time.

The 'Myriad Stars' in 'Myriad Star Dao Chart' represented Luo Feng's ambition—the secret technique he created aimed to activate all stars simultaneously.

The meaning of 'Dao Chart' needed no further explanation.

"This first move, being incredibly swift, shall be called 'Striking Lightning, Rushing Stars'." Luo Feng named this move much more quickly.

The first move of 'Myriad Star Dao Chart': 'Striking Lightning, Rushing Stars'!

This move only took Luo Feng over a century, whereas his research into 'Galaxy Hanging in the Sky' had taken over a millennium. The reason for the significantly shorter time this time was twofold: first, Luo Feng's current cultivation realm was higher; second, 'Striking Lightning, Rushing Stars' was created by combining the Beast God's artistic conception with the foundation of the first chapter of the 'Seven Transformations of Yan Shen,' the Scale Armor Chapter. Luo Feng already had experience creating 'Galaxy Hanging in the Sky' based on the first chapter, so naturally, it was much faster now.

It wasn't that Luo Feng didn't want to create based on the second chapter, the Muscle Chapter.

It was simply that the difficulty was clearly much greater!

Creating the first move first would make creating the second move easier later.

***

Luo Feng waved his hand, storing the Extreme Rainbow King and Heart Refining King into his World Ring, and prepared to leave the underground cavern. "I've created an attack technique suitable for the Star Chart, and my strength has greatly increased. Now it's time to test it out properly. My teacher also told me to find him after ten battles."

"Hmm?"

Luo Feng suddenly stopped at the cavern entrance, frowning. "Chaos City Lord, my teacher, didn't say much else, only that I should find him after ten battles. What does that mean?"

"If he were satisfied with me, he would have praised me directly. There's no need for me to fight ten battles before seeing him. This means... he's not satisfied with my creation of this Psychic Weapon attack technique?" Thoughts flashed through Luo Feng's mind. He was inherently intelligent, but his previous century of arduous cultivation and the joy of creating a new ultimate technique had filled him with such elation that he hadn't thought much beyond it.

"Not satisfied?"

"Is it because I'm dividing my attention?" Luo Feng instantly guessed the reason. It was too easy to guess, as it was practically common sense! Powerful beings must focus their energy and specialize in one area. Even the most talented individuals must concentrate their talents on a single path. Dividing one's attention was a foolish endeavor, like Bolan... who once split his focus between studying spatial and temporal laws, only to suffer setbacks and finally awaken.

"His dissatisfaction with my Psychic Weapon technique creation means he supports me pursuing the Warrior path!"

"My will is strong, and my psychic amplitude is high, making me very suitable for the Psychic Master path. Chaos City Lord, my teacher, knows this," Luo Feng mused. "But why does he still support my Warrior path?"

Luo Feng had talent in both the Warrior path and the Psychic Master path.

Which path should he ultimately choose...

It seemed Chaos City Lord favored Luo Feng taking the Warrior path.

"My teacher must know some secrets," Luo Feng thought. "But my pursuit of the Psychic Master path was decided by Zuoshan Ke. Teacher Zuoshan Ke left me the Tribulation Armor, and the Star Tower... especially the Star Tower, which is a Psychic Weapon and one of the most powerful treasures in the cosmos. If I don't delve into the Psychic Master path with such a treasure, wouldn't it be a waste?"

He didn't have any close-combat treasures!

Like his second senior brother, Blaze Emperor, who had the Blaze God Halberd.

"Never mind," Luo Feng thought. "From a strength perspective, Zuoshan Ke is one of the most powerful beings in the cosmos! His insight and knowledge should be superior to Chaos City Lord, my teacher. Moreover, the Earthling lineage was guided and nurtured by Teacher Zuoshan Ke; he naturally knows its potential, and I also feel more suited to the Psychic Master path."

"Furthermore."

"'Bright Moon Strategy' and 'Myriad Star Dao Chart' are both being researched simultaneously, only costing an extra ten to twenty percent of my time," Luo Feng mused. "I'll continue researching and cultivating both for now. If there truly are secrets I don't know, I'll make a decision later."

Immediately, Luo Feng walked out of the cavern.

Boom!

He shot straight up from deep within the snow, the snow acting like air, unable to impede Luo Feng's flight. Moments later, he soared out onto the surface.

***

Endless snow stretched out, a vast expanse of white, the cold biting.

Luo Feng, silver-armored and silver-winged, spread his wings in mid-air, gazing around.

"I need to find an opponent to fight," Luo Feng mused, looking around. "But everyone usually hides. How do I find an opponent? I'll try my luck first!"

Whoosh!

Luo Feng streaked through the air like a beam of light.

***

Inside the palace atop the majestic, undulating ice mountain in the Northern Ice Prison.

Yinmou, one of the five great overlords and master of the Northern Ice Prison, sat motionless on his throne, like a statue. Having spent endless years in the Ice Prison, Yinmou was born cold and sluggish, and over the countless ages, he had become utterly indifferent, sometimes not moving for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Outside the palace.

A King-level powerhouse clad in black armor stood guard. Suddenly, a figure flickered into existence beside him, one of Yinmou's two great subordinates.

"Have you found that human?"

"No, no one in the entire Ice Prison has found this human. Ever since his battle with White Bone King back then, this human completely vanished." The two subordinates communicated telepathically. They occasionally went out to search, and if they found Luo Feng, they could naturally inform their master, Yinmou, immediately.

"You guard the master, I'll go look for him," the black-armored subordinate said, then vanished with a spatial shift.

***

Luo Feng had been in hiding for over a century, and the super powerhouses in the Ice Prison who were originally interested in him had temporarily given up, each returning to their lairs.

"Not a single one," Luo Feng said, flying high above, traversing the entire Eastern Ice Prison until he stopped over the ice sea, looking down. "It seems the powerhouses of the Ice Prison usually hide themselves, none of them showing up. To find a strong opponent to fight, I'll probably have to use some tricks."

Luo Feng gazed down at the endless ice sea, his eyes suddenly sharp as blades.

"Break!"

Boom!

An invisible psychic force directly slammed into the ice layer of the ice sea below. Back when Luo Feng first awakened on Earth, his psychic force could easily twist steel bars. Now, the sheer power of Luo Feng's psychic force... could effortlessly tear apart a neutron star. The consequences of such immense psychic force striking the ice layer were obvious—

The ice layer within tens of thousands of kilometers instantly turned to nothingness. The powerful tremor caused ice layers in the far distance to 'crack, crack, crack' as if crushed by a giant beast, continuously breaking and splitting apart.

That shockwave propagated through space in all directions.

"I believe powerful beings will soon notice this commotion," Luo Feng murmured. "The true super powerhouses in the Ice Prison will probably show themselves now."

***

Such a massive disturbance quickly caught the attention of a hidden powerhouse tens of millions of kilometers away in the depths of the ice sea.

"Energy fluctuations."

"Who's fighting?" The alien powerhouse secretly emerged from the ice layer, looking towards the direction of the fluctuations, and immediately spotted the faint figure tens of millions of kilometers away.

"A human!" The alien powerhouse was startled by the sight, immediately shrinking back into the depths of the ice sea in fright.

"A human actually showed up! Several of the Ten Great King-level powerhouses and Five Great Overlords are looking for him, yet he dares to appear." The alien powerhouse was secretly alarmed but dared not provoke Luo Feng. He knew very well that this human could escape from the Ten Great King-level powerhouses and was even recognized by White Bone King as having the 'fastest speed in the Ice Prison.' How could he possibly provoke such a being?

As for informing others?

Informing Yinmou would bring no benefit whatsoever, and might even cost him his life. Who would dare?

***

The energy fluctuations spread in all directions, attracting the attention of various alien powerhouses. However, upon realizing it was a human, they were all too scared to show themselves. The energy fluctuations also grew weaker and weaker until they vanished.

"No powerful beings came, surprisingly." Luo Feng stood above the ice sea, waiting for a long time, but no powerhouse arrived.

"I refuse to believe I can't draw out a powerhouse willing to fight me."

Luo Feng flew to a distant location and once again unleashed his psychic force to strike the ice layer below.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was only when Luo Feng struck the third ice layer... that he finally drew out a powerhouse daring enough to engage him in battle.