Chapter 137: The End of the First Wave of Contention

"Melee combat isn't just about strength!" The Lord of Barren Wind City suddenly drew two short spears from his back. His towering body, tens of trillions of kilometers tall, merged with the barren wind and instantly charged directly at Luo Feng.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The wind howled, and the Lord of Barren Wind City's figure instantly appeared on all sides of Luo Feng, as phantom spears thrust repeatedly.

Luo Feng stood his ground, watching the scene with a cold gaze.

"Bang, bang, bang." As the short spears struck Luo Feng's body, black liquid immediately tried to entwine them. However, the Lord of Barren Wind City was equally immensely powerful, and the black liquid struggled to bind them.

"Not a single drop of blood?" The Lord of Barren Wind City was quite astonished. "What cultivation method is he using for his body?"

A Blood Shadow Blade suddenly appeared in Luo Feng's hand. The Blood Shadow Blade's power was now significantly more terrifying; it already possessed the potential to grow into a 'Divine King Ultimate Weapon', heavy and incomparably sharp. At this moment, Luo Feng suddenly unleashed a slash, and the Lord of Barren Wind City parried with his two short spears, enduring the full force of the blow.

As their colossal weapons collided, the aftermath spread in all directions, sweeping across hundreds of millions of kilometers.

Both of them were enormous in size; every movement carried world-destroying power. An ordinary large city, in their presence, would likely be trampled to dust with a single step. Such might made the peak Chaos Realm experts watching from afar tremble.

"The gap between Chaos Realm Transcendent and peak Chaos Realm... is too vast," these peak Chaos Realm experts thought.

They too could easily annihilate a large city. But their power was negligible in the face of the two colossal beings before them!

Luo Feng and the Lord of Barren Wind City both stopped. They both knew they couldn't overcome each other.

"Luo He, your strength is no less than mine," the Lord of Barren Wind City's voice boomed like thunder. "But you should understand that our biggest rival in this struggle for the Blood Spirit Golden Orbs is Great Sage Bi Yun."

Luo Feng understood this point.

Great Sage Bi Yun and the Lord of Barren Wind City were both considered among the top Chaos Realm Transcendent experts. However, when it came to competing for the Blood Spirit Golden Orbs, Great Sage Bi Yun was indeed more adept.

Even now, Luo Feng couldn't detect Great Sage Bi Yun's aura.

"Luo He, do you think this is enough to blockade Blood Spirit Star?" A cold voice suddenly resounded.

A gray figure ignored Luo Feng's black liquid barrier, appearing out of nowhere within Blood Spirit Star.

Flames surged on Blood Spirit Star, and the gray figure stood within the flames, calmly observing its surroundings.

"Luo He, your strength cannot blockade Blood Spirit Star," Great Sage Bi Yun's clear, cold voice rang out. In an instant, the black liquid that had enveloped Blood Spirit Star shattered completely.

Luo Feng felt the space where the black liquid was located completely tear apart, naturally causing the black liquid to fracture.

"The Black Abyss Transformation alone truly can't stop her." Luo Feng's initial skirmish with Great Sage Bi Yun immediately made him feel her formidable power.

That dreadful sharp aura astonished even Luo Feng.

Great Sage Bi Yun's body was quite ordinary, far inferior to Luo Feng's or the Lord of Barren Wind City's. Yet her destructive power, capable of severing heaven and earth, surpassed even that of the Lord of Barren Wind City and Luo Feng.

"Great Sage Bi Yun is indeed formidable," the gray figure said with a smile, standing on the surface of Blood Spirit Star.

Luo Feng, Great Sage Bi Yun, and the Lord of Barren Wind City were equally wary of this gray figure, 'Great Sage Yan Su'.

In terms of direct combat strength, Great Sage Yan Su was indeed slightly inferior to the other three. However, as Great Sage Yan Su cultivated the Grand Dao of Spatial Origin, he was naturally very adept at snatching Blood Spirit Golden Orbs, and had also mastered the art of doppelgangers.

"The seven First-Class Marquises of the Emperor Chu lineage, for a Heaven-tier mission, have actually drawn so many powerful experts," Patriarch Yuan Xiu, watching from a distance, remarked. "I'll just stay far away. If I can snatch one, I'll snatch one."

Among the Chaos Realm Transcendent experts present, Patriarch Yuan Xiu was best at trapping and imprisoning enemies.

Luo Feng and the Lord of Barren Wind City both had terrifyingly strong physical bodies, making them impossible to drag into confinement.

In contrast, the physically weaker Great Sage Bi Yun and Great Sage Yan Su... could easily be swept into his Dark Mansion once targeted. Of course, Great Sage Bi Yun always kept herself hidden, making her difficult to track. And even if imprisoned, her terrifying destructive power would allow her to break free from the Dark Mansion's prison.

As for Great Sage Yan Su, he also possessed the art of doppelgangers. Imprisoning one of his doppelgangers would allow him to quickly self-destruct it and cultivate a new one.

Antagonizing him would be quite troublesome.

"I'll just do my best," Patriarch Yuan Xiu thought, planning to pick up scraps rather than fight desperately.

Luo Feng looked at Blood Spirit Star before him, and felt a headache.

There were two beings of comparable power: the Lord of Barren Wind City and Great Sage Bi Yun. Great Sage Yan Su, slightly weaker but skilled in spatial arts, and Patriarch Yuan Xiu, who was hiding far away.

Hum.

Blood Spirit Star was naturally formed by heaven and earth. Its core was solid, its middle layer liquid, and its outer layer blood-red flames. Furthermore, the ancient Divine Kings of the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom had long ago set up formations in Blood Spirit Star's core, allowing Blood Spirit Star to better absorb the power of heaven and earth, and thus nurture more Blood Spirit Golden Orbs.

In fact, all treasure lands on the Origin Continent that nurtured rare treasures of heaven and earth were already claimed.

Formations were always set up to protect these treasure lands, and even to nourish them.

It was only these treasure lands on the borders of the two great ancient kingdoms that the two great ancient kingdoms tacitly allowed their respective powerful experts to contend for. Whoever had the strength could seize them. But there was one rule: destruction of the treasure lands was forbidden.

Treasure lands could continuously nurture rare treasures! Competing for treasures was a matter of individual ability. But deliberately destroying a treasure land was a grave taboo! Both great ancient kingdoms would severely punish such acts!

For an ordinary treasure land, the output per epoch might only be treasures worth a few thousand merit points. But over tens of thousands of epochs? That would accumulate into treasures worth tens of millions of merit points! The value of a single treasure land was thus immeasurable.

Of course, these treasure lands all had formations laid by Divine Kings, so destroying them was no easy feat.

"I'll seize as much as I can," Luo Feng thought immediately, and a vast silver river instantly spread out.

The Milky Way Transformation! The endless silver river, constantly shifting and surging, swept grandly around Blood Spirit Star.

As long as a 'Blood Spirit Golden Orb' spontaneously erupted into the silver river and was bound by it, no other expert could hope to snatch it away.

"Hm?" The Lord of Barren Wind City's expression subtly changed upon seeing this. His Barren Wind Domain tried its best to suppress it.

Billions of units of the Milky Way Transformation, vast and mighty, were clearly superior to the Barren Wind Domain when they clashed.

This was also Luo Feng's ultimate method: using a large-scale domain-type technique like the Milky Way Transformation to snatch Blood Spirit Golden Orbs. The Milky Way Transformation, with its unpredictable gathering and dispersing, lightning speed, and shifting forms, was best suited for long-distance deployment.

"This Luo He has this technique too?" The Lord of Barren Wind City realized something was amiss.

His Barren Wind Domain permeated everywhere, indeed making it suitable for seizing treasures.

In terms of flexibility, transformation, and penetration, the Milky Way Transformation was slightly inferior to the Barren Wind Domain. However, the Milky Way's power was greater, and its area completely suppressed the Barren Wind Domain!

"Great Sage Luo He's domain-type technique is quite extraordinary," the gray figure standing on Blood Spirit Star's surface said with a chuckle.

No sooner had he spoken than the vast Milky Way seemed to freeze, becoming much slower in its movement.

"Hm?" Luo Feng's expression changed slightly. He perceived space as congealed, heavily restraining his Milky Way Transformation! While it could still forcefully move with its power, its speed was reduced to only ten or twenty percent.

"No offense," Great Sage Yan Su chuckled, "but your domain-type technique is too powerful, so I had to suppress it a bit."

"Alright, alright," Luo Feng said, looking at him.

Just then, BOOM! Blood Spirit Star, in its eruption phase, spewed forth liquid flames, and instantly ejected no less than ten Blood Spirit Golden Orbs.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

A sharp aura, capable of severing heaven and earth, instantly intercepted two small pockets of space. These two pockets, carrying a total of three Blood Spirit Golden Orbs, were swept away as if out of thin air.

Luo Feng's Milky Way Domain spread extensively, very close to these Blood Spirit Golden Orbs, and he immediately moved to contend for them.

Hum. Space seemed to freeze, and the degree of spatial confinement instantly surged, making Luo Feng's Milky Way Transformation move much slower.

"Damn it," Luo Feng cursed in frustration.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. The Lord of Barren Wind City, Great Sage Yan Su, and Luo Feng all quickly made their moves.

The Lord of Barren Wind City's wind howled, sweeping up two Blood Spirit Golden Orbs. Great Sage Yan Su teleported to snatch two Blood Spirit Golden Orbs. Although Luo Feng's Milky Way Transformation had the geographical advantage, completely enveloping Blood Spirit Star, its slow movement allowed him to only seize two Blood Spirit Golden Orbs. Even Patriarch Yuan Xiu, hiding far away, seized the opportunity to collect one Blood Spirit Golden Orb with his Dark Mansion Prison.

"Yan Su," Luo Feng said, looking at Great Sage Yan Su. If Yan Su hadn't used spatial confinement against him, with the advantage of the Milky Way Transformation, he likely could have doubled the number of Blood Spirit Golden Orbs he acquired.

Great Sage Yan Su merely smiled.

"Great Sage Yan Su," Luo Feng immediately transmitted his voice, "With five Chaos Realm Transcendent experts competing, are you only targeting me? If you stop hindering me, I will give you three Blood Spirit Golden Orbs after this eruption wave ends."

"Haha... contesting for Blood Spirit Golden Orbs is a matter of individual capability," General Yan Su said with a smile, looking at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng could sense that his opponent was indeed targeting him.

Spatial confinement could restrain the Milky Way Transformation, and it could also restrain the Barren Wind Domain! But General Yan Su was solely putting all his effort into targeting Luo Feng alone.

"Very well, then it's a matter of individual ability," Luo Feng said coldly, glancing at him and saying no more.

Time flowed by.

This wave of Blood Spirit Golden Orb eruption lasted for about three days.

Great Sage Bi Yun never appeared from start to finish, yet she intercepted the most, a total of 25 Blood Spirit Golden Orbs.

The Lord of Barren Wind City, relying on his Barren Wind Domain's pervasive penetration, also seized 12 Blood Spirit Golden Orbs.

Although Luo Feng's Milky Way Transformation enveloped the surroundings, under Great Sage Yan Su's spatial confinement, he only obtained 9 Blood Spirit Golden Orbs.

Great Sage Yan Su also seized 8 Blood Spirit Golden Orbs.

Patriarch Yuan Xiu, who had been hiding far away and looking for opportunities to pick up scraps during the others' struggles, also acquired 3 Blood Spirit Golden Orbs.

"Did Great Sage Yan Su have a grudge against Great Sage Luo He, seeing as he targeted him repeatedly?"

"Great Sage Yan Su's spatial confinement could fully restrain both Great Sage Luo He and the Lord of Barren Wind City simultaneously. If that were the case, Great Sage Luo He's confinement would be much weaker, and he should have been able to obtain two or three more Blood Spirit Golden Orbs. The Lord of Barren Wind City would also have received a few fewer Blood Spirit Golden Orbs."

"Yan Su has definitely offended Luo He this time."

"So what if he's offended? Great Sage Yan Su cultivates doppelganger techniques, making him much more troublesome than ordinary Chaos Realm Transcendent experts."

Let alone Chaos Realm Transcendent experts, even among Divine King beings, very few possessed doppelgangers.

These peak Chaos Realm experts, who had been watching from afar, saw the entire unfolding of events. They chatted amongst themselves, and at the same time began to depart.

Having witnessed the first wave of contention, they had already extinguished any desire to compete.

"Hahaha..." The Lord of Barren Wind City stood beneath Blood Spirit Star, looking around, his voice echoing like thunder through heaven and earth. "I've acquired a total of 12 Blood Spirit Golden Orbs. I'm willing to sell these to you, with a minimum price of ten billion Cosmos Sand per orb! The highest bidder wins!"

Luo Feng, Great Sage Bi Yun, Patriarch Yuan Xiu, Yan Su, and some of the peak Chaos Realm experts who were about to leave all heard this announcement.

"A minimum price of ten billion Cosmos Sand per orb? Is he crazy?"

Even Great Sage Bi Yun, the wealthiest present, found the price utterly outrageous.