Chapter 143: Suppression

Yuanxiu Mansion Master watched from afar, able to see only a vast dark world, but unable to discern what was happening inside.

Swish!

Suddenly, a sword light pierced through the dark world's membrane and instantly fled.

Yuanxiu Mansion Master was somewhat surprised by this sight: "Grand Sage Biyun fled for her life right after the engagement began?"

Among the Chaos Realm Transcendents of the Origin Continent, even in a one-on-one fight, only a handful could force Grand Sage Biyun to flee. And this time, Grand Sage Yansu and City Lord Huangfeng were also present.

"Escaped."

Grand Sage Biyun, having fled to a great distance, finally breathed a sigh of relief. She also cast a glance at Yuanxiu Mansion Master.

"Grand Sage Biyun," Yuanxiu Mansion Master greeted politely. Grand Sage Biyun was superior to him, both in individual strength and background.

"Brother Yuanxiu, you were truly wise," Grand Sage Biyun said. "If you had gotten involved, you would likely have lost this true body."

Yuanxiu Mansion Master was shocked: "Grand Sage Biyun, what exactly happened inside that dark world? And where are Grand Sage Yansu and City Lord Huangfeng?"

Grand Sage Biyun shook her head before saying, "These Blood Spirit Gold Pearls are no longer our concern."

With that, she vanished into the vast expanse and departed.

Yuanxiu Mansion Master was secretly shocked. He gazed at the colossal dark world in the distance, able to infer some information from Grand Sage Biyun's reaction.

"It appears to have been a complete rout! Three against one, yet they were swept aside." Yuanxiu Mansion Master, realizing the likely outcome, didn't wait any longer. "For us, the Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission has concluded."

He also quietly departed.

In the vast dark world, only Luo Feng and City Lord Huangfeng remained!

"The Thunder Ancient Kingdom and the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom are evenly matched, and the entire imperial family of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom primarily cultivates the Primal Bloodline," Luo Feng observed, looking at the colossal City Lord Huangfeng.

The imperial family of the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom also cultivates the Primal Bloodline. However, the threshold in the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom is much higher; typically, one must first become a God King and pass through stringent reviews to begin cultivating the Primal Bloodline.

According to the intelligence Luo Feng had gathered, several of the thirteen army commanders in the Flame Wind Ancient Kingdom cultivated the Primal Bloodline, highlighting its allure.

City Lord Huangfeng, for instance, is merely a novice in the Primal Bloodline system, at its weakest level. As for Marquis Chuyuan, whom Luo Feng once reduced to a liquid, he didn't even qualify as an initiate.

"Strike!"

Luo Feng looked at City Lord Huangfeng. With a single thought, 300,000 black rivers transformed into streaks of black blade light. These dense black blade lights all executed the "Blade River Slash."

Booming!

Wherever the endless black blade lights passed, everything was annihilated; even the membrane of the Cage World developed numerous fine cracks. City Lord Huangfeng bore the full brunt of this terrifying might, unable to evade it in the slightest.

Rip...rip...rip...

City Lord Huangfeng's body became covered in countless wounds, as if he had been subjected to a thousand cuts, his skin drenched in azure blood.

Yet, as the blade light's power subsided, the myriad wounds on City Lord Huangfeng's body naturally healed.

"It broke the skin and drew some blood," City Lord Huangfeng laughed loudly. "Luo He, I admit your power is formidable, but I haven't lost a single drop of divine power."

Luo Feng also noticed this.

When the physical body is cultivated to City Lord Huangfeng's level, superficial wounds result in no actual loss; divine power reserves are only depleted if a portion of the flesh and blood is utterly annihilated.

"I advise you not to waste your effort," City Lord Huangfeng said confidently. However, enveloped by the endless black rivers, he found it difficult to resist and was continuously drawn closer to Luo Feng.

"I'll give it a try." Luo Feng looked at City Lord Huangfeng.

The 300,000 blade lights unleashing 'Blade River Slash' in a long-range assault contained numerous profound mysteries, were incomparably sharp, and even tore fine cracks in the Cage World's membrane.

However, in close combat, Luo Feng could mobilize nearly ten billion black rivers, representing pure power!

Hah...

With a single thought, Luo Feng retracted all the endlessly spreading black rivers into his body. He even recalled most of the black rivers that had merged into the dark world, using only a billion to maintain the dark world itself.

The more black rivers integrated into the dark world, the stronger it grew. A billion black rivers were already sufficient to seal off most Chaos Realm Transcendents.

"Hmm?" City Lord Huangfeng watched as the surrounding black rivers rapidly surged towards Luo Feng, carrying him swiftly closer as well.

Suddenly, Luo Feng, who had rapidly expanded in size, reached out and seized the neck of the approaching City Lord Huangfeng.

At this moment, Luo Feng possessed the power of nearly nine billion black rivers.

"Release!" City Lord Huangfeng struggled, even swinging his arms, but Luo Feng's arm remained utterly unshakeable, still gripping City Lord Huangfeng's neck.

"Shatter!"

With his left hand gripping City Lord Huangfeng's neck, Luo Feng plunged the five fingers of his right hand directly into City Lord Huangfeng's body.

Squelch...

Luo Feng felt City Lord Huangfeng's body was incredibly tough; most of Luo Feng's force was naturally dispersed by the skin. Yet, Luo Feng's fingers still forcibly pierced into the flesh and blood layer.

The flesh and blood layer offered even stronger resistance, like countless entangled ropes impeding Luo Feng. Deeper inside was a dense layer of bone armor, making it feel as if Luo Feng's fingers were piercing through a secret weapon treasure, forcefully penetrating part of the bone armor, finally stopping.

Luo Feng's arm penetrated most of City Lord Huangfeng's body but could go no further.

"Too tough!" Luo Feng was surprised.

"He, he..." City Lord Huangfeng was even more astonished. To be pierced bare-handed, with a palm forcibly entering most of his body? He possessed a formidable physical body, an initiate of the Primal Bloodline!

Boom! Rip!

With one hand gripping City Lord Huangfeng's neck, Luo Feng used his other hand — whether as a hand blade, sharp claws, or a fist — fully unleashing the power of nearly nine billion black rivers, tearing at City Lord Huangfeng's body repeatedly.

"Luo He, how did you cultivate your physical body? I'm certain you haven't cultivated the Primal Bloodline, so how is your physical body stronger than mine?" City Lord Huangfeng asked, even as he was being assaulted.

"Don't waste your effort," City Lord Huangfeng declared while taking hits. "It may look like I'm getting injured repeatedly, but in reality, I haven't expended a single drop of divine power. I can't defeat you, but the Primal Bloodline's vitality is beyond your imagination."

Luo Feng paused, nodding, "Your physical body is indeed very tough."

As he spoke, a massive Blood Shadow Blade appeared out of thin air in Luo Feng's right hand.

"A blade?" City Lord Huangfeng still didn't care.

"Slash!"

Luo Feng casually tossed City Lord Huangfeng aside by the neck with his left hand, while simultaneously swinging the blade with his right!

At this moment, the power of nearly nine billion black rivers condensed into one, and through this heavy and incomparably sharp Blood Shadow Blade, it forcefully cleaved into City Lord Huangfeng's waist.

Thick skin layer, tough flesh and blood layer, bone armor layer...

This Blood Shadow Blade, whose foundation had been completely transformed by his master, Di Chu, now possessed the inherent power of a Divine King ultimate-tier weapon. Luo Feng's power, concentrated at the blade's edge, was clearly far more devastating than bare-handed attacks.

Squelch... City Lord Huangfeng's waist was completely severed, his body splitting into two.

"It's useless, you can't... what?"

City Lord Huangfeng's eyes widened.

At this moment, black rivers surged from Luo Feng's body, immediately wrapping around City Lord Huangfeng's two severed halves. After his body was split, the power of each half declined.

"Slash!""Slash!""Slash!""Slash!""Slash!"

Luo Feng continuously swung the Blood Shadow Blade, repeatedly striking City Lord Huangfeng's severed body. In the blink of an eye, City Lord Huangfeng was cleaved into dozens of pieces of flesh, each piece condensed into a lump.

Dozens of lumps of flesh, still tough and full of endless vitality.

"Forget becoming mere lumps of flesh; even if I'm turned into minced meat or scattered fragments, I still won't die, hahaha..." The dozens of lumps of flesh, brimming with divine power, still emitted sounds.

Dozens of huge lumps of flesh were still struggling, but they were all engulfed by the black rivers.

"Even after being cut like this, he feels like he hasn't lost any power?" Luo Feng mused, looking at the lumps of flesh. However, after splitting into dozens of pieces, the resistive power of each piece significantly diminished.

It felt like merely the resistance of a peak Chaos Realm expert.

"To be able to shatter my complete body, I admire you, but you cannot kill me. Even if you were several times stronger, you would never be able to kill me," City Lord Huangfeng's voice echoed.

"Primal Bloodline, indeed strong in vitality." Luo Feng nodded in praise.

"Luo He, you can't possibly suppress me constantly, can you? Being continuously distracted by suppressing me will also affect your cultivation," City Lord Huangfeng said.

Cultivation requires single-mindedness and sufficient focus.

Indeed, to suppress City Lord Huangfeng with the black rivers would require constant mental effort, thereby hindering his cultivation.

"So, you should let me go," City Lord Huangfeng urged. "I offended you this time. If you release me, I'll give you ten billion cosmos sand as compensation. How does that sound?"

"Let you go?" Luo Feng laughed. "This true body of yours is a good thing."

Even if City Lord Huangfeng were to voluntarily annihilate this body, the weapons and treasures carried by his true form would still be highly valuable.

Moreover, Luo Feng was well aware that a Primal Bloodline true body was exceptionally important; voluntarily annihilating it would make cultivating it back a very troublesome and costly endeavor.

"You mean to suppress me indefinitely?" City Lord Huangfeng began to struggle, dozens of his flesh masses writhing with terrifying might. Luo Feng immediately suppressed them with the black rivers. "You'd have to continuously divert your attention to suppress, how can you cultivate?"

"Gather."

Luo Feng used the black rivers to envelop each lump of flesh, sending them all into the Star Tower.

Within one of the Star Tower's layers, which was naturally divided into thousands of small spaces, Luo Feng tossed the dozens of flesh lumps into separate ones.

"Suppress." The Star Tower inherently possessed the ability to suppress and seal.

The dozens of flesh lumps, once thrown in, twisted and reformed into miniature versions of City Lord Huangfeng.

Dozens of City Lords Huangfeng looked around in astonishment. They could even see one another in other small spaces from a distance, yet they couldn't approach.

"Open for me!" dozens of City Lords Huangfeng furiously attacked their small spaces, but clearly could not budge them in the slightest.

The Star Tower's stability was so immense that even Luo Feng, exerting his full power, couldn't budge it in the slightest. Luo Feng believed this level of stability was far beyond what a Divine King first-tier palace secret treasure could achieve. City Lord Huangfeng, now split, had a resistance force only at the peak Chaos Realm level, making him even less able to resist.

"Let me out! Let me out!" dozens of City Lords Huangfeng cried out in alarm and fury, but under the confinement of the small spaces, their voices could not be transmitted.

"It's a Divine King-tier palace secret treasure? He actually has a Divine King-tier palace secret treasure?" City Lord Huangfeng couldn't believe it.

Even Grand Sage Biyun only had one Divine King-tier weapon, the 'Sky-Severing Sword.'

This Divine King-tier palace secret treasure, even the lowest Divine King first-tier palace secret treasure, would be much more valuable.

"I'm suppressed by him inside a Divine King-tier palace secret treasure. He doesn't need to divert any attention to me at all. Am I just going to be suppressed like this forever?" City Lord Huangfeng realized his predicament. He had initially thought that Luo He, for the sake of his cultivation, couldn't continuously divert his attention to suppress him long-term, and would eventually have to let him go.

"Abandon this physical body?"

City Lord Huangfeng knew exactly how much he had invested to cultivate this Primal Bloodline physical body. He didn't even possess a Divine King-tier weapon; almost all his resources had been spent on this physical body.

"Luo He, tell me your terms for letting me go," City Lord Huangfeng capitulated. "Whatever I can do, I will do."

"How many treasures can you offer?" Luo Feng's voice finally sounded.

"I'll try to gather them, I can gather eighty billion cosmos sand," City Lord Huangfeng said.

"Eighty billion cosmos sand?" Luo Feng couldn't help but exclaim. "You, a Chaos Realm Transcendent, can only produce eighty billion cosmos sand?" He thought this was far too little, considering he was preparing hundreds of billions of cosmos sand just for his bounty on perfect Chaos-tier biological materials.

City Lord Huangfeng felt aggrieved.

He had recently sold 12 Blood Spirit Gold Pearls to the Two Realms Palace, earning 36 billion cosmos sand. Without that income, he wouldn't even be able to offer eighty billion.

"Cultivating the Primal Bloodline is very resource-intensive," City Lord Huangfeng stated. "Eighty billion cosmos sand is everything I possess."

"Then you won't be leaving," Luo Feng said. He mused that eighty billion cosmos sand could barely buy the most ordinary Divine King first-tier weapon; it was far from enough to exchange for City Lord Huangfeng's physical body.

City Lord Huangfeng fell silent.

He had one more option: as a member of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom's imperial family, he could ask them to help redeem him. However, he would eventually have to repay the price the imperial family paid.

Luo Feng stood beside the Blood Spirit Star, sensing City Lord Huangfeng imprisoned within the Star Tower in his body.

"A Primal Bloodline physical body—how could I release it without sufficient benefit?" Luo Feng looked up at the Blood Spirit Star. As its flames erupted, nine more Blood Spirit Gold Pearls flew out, enveloped by the dark world domain, and were sent into Luo Feng's hands.

Luo Feng looked at the nine Blood Spirit Gold Pearls floating above his palm.

"This Blood Spirit Gold Pearl mission now has no opponents. Brother Chuyu, I have lived up to your expectations."

Luo Feng smiled.