Chapter 564: Awaken from Dissipation
Translator: Alsey Editor: Chrissy
Above the heavens, a bright red palm formed a seal which swatted down just like that. It covered the vast earth and seemed as though it was going to destroy the entire vital star.
However, it shrank as it broke through the atmosphere and was rapidly coming down on Earth. It was no longer so majestic and tremendous.
Moreover, splendid net-like patterns were also appearing rapidly in the air—like molten iron flowing along a special track, they formed an astonis.h.i.+ng domain overflowing with a killing aura.
Rumble!
The palm formed by the saint’s blood essence encountered an obstruction. Moreover, it was incomparably intense with garish beams of light erupting in the sky.
The sound of a shout followed as the entire palm started to ignite and transformed into a raging inferno. That scarlet, blood-red light gushed out and ignited within the domain.
This was an amazing sight. It was also a terrifying release of energy, an unrestricted pour out. It was cla.s.sified as a saint-level power, and if it were anywhere else, it would be devastating and create an immense catastrophe.
However, Earth was quite special. The domain runes were stable, and even the power of a saint’s blood essence, which was enough to rip stars apart, couldn’t penetrate it.
The blood-red seal couldn’t break through the runes’ resistance, and in the end, it was obliterated and gradually disappeared.
Was his bark worse than his bite? Chu Feng had his suspicions.
Then he was horrified. Some sparkling and translucent blood droplets appeared around him. They floated in the air and stained the plants, bright red and glistening.
Saint’s blood!
When did these appear? They had already come close to him, which was extremely dangerous for Chu Feng. He felt a burst of fear.
Whoos.h.!.+
He immediately stuffed the spirit lock lance that pinned Luo Hong as well as Luo Yi into the spatial bottle. He feared they would be taken by the outer-realm saint.
At the same time, the snow-white diamond chakram appeared in Chu Feng’s hand. He shook the weapon with all his might and threw it outward. Then, he squeezed himself into the spatial bottle as well.
Chu Feng had previously experimented with this. This jade bottle was very st.u.r.dy and extraordinarily stable. It wouldn’t be destroyed quickly even if it were burnt briefly by the essence flames of extreme yin and yang.
There was a booming sound as the diamond chakram erupted in the area. The essence flames of extreme yin concealed within poured out and covered the region. A high-level energy gushed out in torrents.
Tsch, tsch, tsch!
Almost at the same time, those scarlet drops of blood surged unhindered. They were just like flying red swords capable of conquering every obstacle. They cut apart the mountains, twisting and snapping several mountain peaks. Nothing could stop them.
This was a saint’s blood, and as such, it contained a murderous spirit. As soon as it was activated, the drops of blood could even penetrate visualization-level evolvers. It was extremely terrifying.
Boom!
Afterward, the area exploded, the mountains were torn apart, and a devastating crater appeared. It had been created by the saint’s blood and the essence flames of extreme yin.
Unfortunately, the densely packed domain runes on the earth’s surface suppressed the saint’s blood. Otherwise, more than half of the 50-kilometer perimeter would have caved in. Many mountain peaks would have melted, and a barren, annihilated land would have been formed.
The domain runes’ appearance caused the bright red beads of blood to burn up completely.
“You truly refuse to die.” Saint Luo Hong’s golden pupils glowed faintly in the darkness of outer s.p.a.ce. The terrifying cold light spilled over like silken threads.
At this time, he had already stood up. His head of long, golden hair danced despite the lack of wind, and he emitted an abnormally frightening aura. He was rapidly falling back and ripping apart the void as though he were pa.s.sing through the river of time. However, he was already one step too late. He still encountered a terrifying counterattack.
An array of symbols appeared behind him and shot toward him, lighting up the dark cosmic s.p.a.ce.
Boom!
Even someone as strong as a saint still suffered a heavy attack despite having done preparations. It was as though a slap had landed on his body and inflicted serious damage on him.
The banging sound that shook the heavens. Numerous huge meteorites floating nearby burst into pieces and were turned into cosmic dust.
Luo Hong stifled a groan. His chest was nearly penetrated, and the corners of his mouth were bloodstained as he continuously stumbled backward.
“How humiliating. I can’t even handle a domain left by someone who is unknown to be alive or dead. Sagemaster, you’re truly enveloped in a mysterious light! Could it be that everything you learned back then really doesn’t belong to this part of the universe?”
Luo Hong hadn’t given up and was still making a last attempt. A jet-black, severed blade flew out and ripped apart the starry skies as it charged into Earth. He was still unresigned.
This was a weapon of some saint from Earth’s olden days. However, it had been ruined. This time, Luo Hong found and brought a section of it from the Deity race’s warehouse.
He used Earth’s old weaponry to crash through the barrier and hoped it would be effective.
At the same time, both of his hands were also moving about. He was trying to interfere with the affairs on the ground from countless miles away in hopes of killing Chu Feng in silence.
Boom!
Unfortunately, the two matters were fruitless. The pitch-black blade was enveloped by the domain as soon as it entered the atmosphere and drowned out by the astonis.h.i.+ngly resplendent symbols. The ruined blade trembled with a humming sound, and finally cracked but the blade intent rolled backward.
“The mirror technique of the domain field!”
The fine hairs on Luo Hong’s body stood up. Even though he was a saint, his heart was trembling. He raised his hands and ripped apart the cosmic s.p.a.ce to directly turn and flee.
This time, he had thoroughly given up since even Earth’s old weaponry wasn’t approved. He was at his wit’s end, and he felt he would most likely pay a painful price.
Sure enough, he couldn’t even hide in time. The instant he attacked the Earth, a blade of light acted upon his body at the same time. It was like a mirror’s reflection.
Boom!
Blood splashed out as Luo Hong let out a loud cry. He was a saint, yet in the end, his body was sliced open and cut in two. His saint blood splattered everywhere and dyed the heavens red.
This… Everyone was terrified, and all of them drew in a breath of cold air!
The experts from various races were stunned, and none of them dared believe their eyes.
Without speaking, the two halves of Luo Hong’s bodies floated and then joined up. His wounds were rapidly healing, but his face was ashen and extremely unsightly.
As a saint, he was aloof, remote, and he looked down on all creatures. He couldn’t recall when he had last experienced his body being cleaved in two! It was a source of extraordinary shame and humiliation.
“Haha… Saint of the Deity race Luo Hong, you’re truly shameless. You want to kill and silence me? You’re shooting yourself in the foot!”
Back in Kunlun, Chu Feng was laughing heartily.
This was because he already knew through the heated debate on the Origin Beast Platform that the attacking saint was Luo Hong. He was an ancient saint of the Deity race.
The depths of Luo Hong’s eyes were endlessly cold. He was cold-hearted as he pondered what secrets Chu Feng held that even his spiritual seed was no match for him.
He wordlessly used a magical power. Threads of blood seeped out and were shot again into Earth’s main s.p.a.ce.
Afterward, the threads of blood came together in the Kunlun mountains to form a small eyeball. It was bright red like blood and reflected upon every bit of Chu Feng.
“Huh!?” Chu Feng responded at the first moment. Even though this was a saint’s technique, he could perceive it. After all, Luo Hong was manipulating it from an endless distance and had no way to remain undetected.
There was a booming sound. Chu Feng had already found his diamond chakram and directly smashed out with incomparable decisiveness.
As soon as that eyeball flashed, he evaded.
That giant mountain behind him collapsed with a loud rumble thanks to the diamond chakram’s smash, and the resultant dust overflowed and filled the sky.
“The evolutionary dao foundation is split open?” Luo Hong was speaking to himself in the outer realm. He sensed this situation immediately while watching Chu Feng and felt a deep sense of bewilderment.
This was because he felt this young native was quite extraordinary. Once matured, he would certainly be a force to be reckoned with.
However, he hadn’t antic.i.p.ated that the situation within the body of the young man who had suppressed his spiritual seed just now was so terrible. His dao foundation was filled with cracks and could collapse at any time.
This led him to expose an unusual expression.
Boom!
The area surrounding Chu Feng was suddenly filled with light overflowing to the heavens. The Earth’s domain had been activated once more, setting fire to the saint’s blood.
This was because just now, Luo Hong had tried to use some power from blood sacrifice to attack Chu Feng again. The threads of blood in Kunlun would serve as an introduction.
In the end, though, this only made Earth’s domain launch a counterattack!
Luo Hong let out a m.u.f.fled groan, and his complexion became increasingly ugly. He couldn’t deal with that native!
“Luo Hong, do you have any shame? You’re a powerful saint, yet you took part in the battle in spite of your status, attacked me, and still ended up losing every battle. You have no shame!”
Chu Feng spoke and directly started to expose the scandal.
He lifted Luo Yi from the spatial bottle and threw him on the ground. At the same time, he used his right hand to grasp the black soul lock spear on which was pinned a human-shaped blob of spiritual energy.
“Everyone, please observe the spiritual seed that Luo Hong used to descend not long ago. He used it to enter and control Luo Yi’s body to fight me. I’ve captured it.”
This type of news was earth-shattering.
It wasn’t just the normal evolvers who were startled; even the people of the ten greats were disturbed! The news triggered some raised eyebrows, and everyone paid close attention to the matter.
“Native of a declining land, you just be beside yourself with joy. You defeated my race’s descendant, yet you don’t think that’s glorious enough? You’re actually saying such ridiculous jokes.”
How could Luo Hong concede? He overruled it immediately.
He felt furious. This aboriginal exposing him like this made him extremely worried. He feared it would be verified, and then his mighty reputation would reach rock bottom. He would become a laughingstock!
“How could this be? How could a young visualization-level man suppress a saint’s spiritual seed?”
Luo Hong didn’t need to continue speaking; others had already begun to cast doubts.
“It’s not impossible. Although Luo Hong is strong, only a visualization-level spiritual seed can descend, so defeat is possible.”
This caused a heated debate to break out in the heavens.
Chu Feng used the black spirit lock lance to carry Luo Hong’s spiritual seed. He lifted it up towards the sky and said, “This is Luo Hong, isn’t it? If you want to distinguish it, there are many ways to do so. I’m sure you all understand.”
Indeed, this wasn’t difficult at all.
All kinds of orthodoxies, schools, and research organizations across the cosmos didn’t need to directly capture a spiritual seed. They could simply and easily test an ident.i.ty using a hundred thousand-year-old hair, or a bit of blood dried for tens of thousands of years.
They just needed to spend a little bit of time, and naturally, they could thoroughly expose Luo Hong’s scandal.
Luo Hong coldly said, “You exaggerate your own abilities, native. You commit all manners of crimes just to become famous. I’m a saint, so how can you mock me? These types of remarks are too funny. If I’d really attacked, even one hundred of you wouldn’t be enough to kill me.”
“Pft, how shameless. You obviously attacked and were captured by me, yet you still feign innocence. And you’re so deluded that you think you can kill me with your visualization-level power.” Chu Feng mocked him and finally added directly, “If it wasn’t you, then why would you be so anxious to kill and silence me?”
As soon as this statement came out, the cosmos erupted in a clamor.
“You evil creature. I give you an inch and you take a mile. You’re enough.” Luo Hong had a face of disdain as he said, “Even your ancestors were all killed back then, to say nothing of you. They were all astonis.h.i.+ngly talented saints, and I slaughtered them all and cut them in two. You’re nothing. You haven’t even finished the visualization level; you’ve only just begun. You think you can contend against a saint’s spiritual seed!?”
This infuriated Chu Feng. Luo Hong was truly vile! Even at this critical juncture, he still couldn’t forget his past military successes and intentionally exposed Earth’s ancient scars.
After Luo Hong said these kinds of words, everyone was startled.
Indeed, the saint’s spiritual seed was definitely perfect and nearly peerless among the visualization realm. Because of an endlessly long refinement process, his own dao fruit from when he was young had long since been “nourished” to immaculacy.
“Evil creature, if you’re not satisfied, you can come challenge me on the Origin Beast Platform.”
At this time, only Chu Feng could hear the echoes of his words. This was Luo Hong’s spiritual wave transmission from the outer-realm.
“Old b.a.s.t.a.r.d, you dare take up the challenge? If I attack, it’ll definitely be a saint slaughter!” Chu Feng was considerably powerful, and the expression in his eyes was radiant and splendid with raging flames.
“Sure; however, I don’t have the time to waste unless we were to immediately start the battle.” Luo Hong was still secretly speaking through a transmission.
This was because he had just used that blood-red eye to see Chu Feng’s true situation clearly. His dao foundation was cracked, and although he could still fight a great battle, he wouldn’t last long.
The so-called dao foundation was the foundation for evolution. It could be vaguely seen but not touched. This was a scar at both the physical and spiritual level.
If they could start a great battle right now, Luo Hong believed that he could cause Chu Feng’s dao foundation to break down. This would bring about the cruelest matter – his evolutionary path would be destroyed.
In reality, Chu Feng had always known that his evolutionary foundation was cracked. Once the Six Path Reincarnation Pellets arrived, he could completely solve the problem.
At the same time, he thought that although his own evolutionary foundation was cracked, he could still fight. It probably wouldn’t crack open during a short battle.
“Then come on! I’m itching to kill a saint!” muttered Chu Feng.
Luo Hong continued to transmit and said, “Hmm, fighting in a virtual environment over the internet is too boring. We’ll use the constellation vine to link our consciousnesses and fight a true battle to the death. Yes, we can fight on the same level!”
The constellation vines take root in the cosmos and were all interconnected. One could use a wormhole to connect thousands of vital stars. What’s more, this group could multiply to tremendous, unimaginable realms.
Some constellation vine groups could cover the entire starry sky. They were simply miraculous creatures.
This race was very special. They could cover the interstellar network and form a realm of consciousness. It could construct a true life or death battle platform to hold a battle of consciousnesses.
Luo Hong knew the status of Chu Feng’s body. Now he was luring the latter step-by-step to enter a true life or death battle which he could use as a pretext to kill.
“Where’s the constellation vine?” Chu Feng asked him.
“It’s very simple; just ask the Origin Beast Platform one to transfer you. Hmm, this kind of plant already exists in the solar system’s wormhole. Otherwise, how could this place be covered by the interstellar network?” Luo Hong spoke calmly.
He believed that as long as they entered the battle platform, Chu Feng’s life would be in his hands. When the time came, he could even dispatch another spiritual seed and control Chu Feng; that way his so-called scandal would be nothing. Later on, he would make the puppet Chu Feng modify his previous remark.
Afterward, the two no longer spoke in secret; instead, they really made it public. They would initiate a same-realm life or death battle in the realm of consciousness.
This instantly created a stir.
Luo Hong spoke, “Young one, You overestimate your abilities. I’ve already told you that back then, even your forebears were no match for me. I previously slaughtered two of the saints, yet you think you can match me in battle? However, I can agree to fight you because you’re smearing my prestige. Even as a saint, I am enraged. I want you to know from experience how petty and lowly you are. You really want to fight on the same level as me? You’re just a bug.”
These kinds of words made Chu Feng feel he was quite shameless and feigning innocence. The matter was clearly raised by him, yet now he was displaying that kind of aloof and remote charm.
“Transfer a constellation vine!” said Luo Hong. As a saint of the Deity race, his power was overflowing, and he could naturally ask people to prepare.
The constellation vine was already in the solar system; it had taken root in a wormhole.
Now a new wormhole opened and connected with that place, and the verdant, lush plants grew out from it. They emitted a thriving vitality and crystalline l.u.s.ter.
This incited a great quake throughout the heavens.
People of many races were all startled. Even the young disciples of the ten greats and the famous people felt that it was unexpected. They were seriously watching this matter.
“I don’t quite believe in the constellation vine you’re transferring over,” said Chu Feng.
“Humph! You’re nothing more than a little bug. You think you’re deserving of my schemes? You’re insignificant in my eyes.” Luo Hong was acting once again. He obviously wanted to kill Chu Feng and resolve the hidden danger, yet he was acting all proud and disdainful.
There was a slight rustling sound as a bright light burst out from the Kunlun mountains. A plant grew out from the mountain range and rose toward the heavens with rapid speed.
“This is…” Big Black Ox, the Manchurian Tiger, Ouyang Feng, Yellow Yak, and the others let out an alarmed cry.
That was a dark golden vine growing quickly and rapidly as it rushed toward the heavens all of a sudden.
“Oh my G.o.d, is that Earth’s ancient heavenly vine? Back then, Princess Yaoyao used it to form the consciousness platform where the proud sons of heaven from reach race fought. It… has appeared again? In this era!?”
This incited a ruckus. First, the sound of bewilderment resonated throughout the heavens, and then sentiments boiled over.
At Mount Longhu, within a piece of everlasting gold, an exceptionally beautiful woman awoke from a near-death slumber. Afterward, she spoke to herself with a soft voice. “The heavenly vine has awoken, and thus, so have I.”
She was, in fact, Yaoyao. Even she had been startled and wanted to go watch the battle. She said in a light voice, “Rise from defeat, and awaken amidst the dissipation.”