Chapter 197: Left Alone

The sword in Divine King Wuxin's hand suddenly split into twelve blades, forming a sword array that simultaneously attacked the Stone Monster leader and three incredibly powerful stone monsters.

Emperor Guixu and Divine King Wuxin had a remarkably well-practiced synergy. Upon seeing his friend activate the sword array, Emperor Guixu immediately unleashed his full power. His Chaos Bloodline erupted completely within him, and surging crimson energy spread outwards.

Disregarding the potential damage to his physical body from this extreme outburst, Emperor Guixu unleashed one of the two ultimate realm secret techniques he had mastered: the 'Great Heaven and Earth Collapse' move.

"The more Dream Realm creatures there are, the greater their impact on the Dream Realm's operational rules. Hundreds of them have already significantly distorted the surrounding rules... We need to find a way to escape," Emperor Guixu transmitted.

"My Heaven-Concealing Evasion Technique is also suppressed by the Dream Realm's rules; I can't hide," Divine King Wuxin said anxiously.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Emperor Guixu, with his eight arms, wielded eight different weapons, causing heaven and earth to twist around him.

His first strike, with a heavy hammer, forcibly cracked the massive stone monster's body. His third strike was a large black axe, and with a wail, the stone monster's body was severed.

In the blink of an eye, a series of earth-shattering moves made it seem as though all things were returning to chaos, and the stone monster was crushed into a stream of chaotic energy. This scene astonished the other stone monsters.

"Emperor Guixu's outburst was truly ferocious," Luo Feng thought, secretly astonished. "That stone monster's strength was comparable to that of the Sky Roc Lord, and its body's resilience was in no way inferior to the Sky Roc Lord's Chaos Bloodline physique. Yet, it was shattered into dust after just over ten consecutive strikes."

"Excellent!" Divine King Wuxin exclaimed with delight. "Guixu, quickly eliminate those smaller stone monsters. I'll handle these three more powerful ones."

Now, only needing to entangle the Stone Monster leader and two incredibly powerful stone monsters, Divine King Wuxin's burden was significantly lightened, and the sword array was perfectly capable of managing them. No evasion technique, including those of the Two Realms Palace, the Myriad Law Pagoda, or the foreign entities behind the Time-Space Solitary Skiff, could hide or evade under the foreign realm's rules. If they could hide, they could freely steal all sorts of rare treasures.

"My poisonous mist is also suppressed; it can't spread," Heavenly King Yuntian said. Although Heavenly King Yuntian's poisonous mist was invisible and hard to detect, the Dream Realm's operational rules were currently suppressing everything, including the mist.

The Stone Monster leader roared in fury, and the other two incredibly powerful stone monsters also attacked furiously. Divine King Wuxin's sword array, incredibly resilient, trapped the three of them like a cage, forcing them to watch as Emperor Guixu, in his full explosive power, charged towards the entangled stone monsters.

The over three hundred stone monsters were currently being entangled by over three hundred Luo Feng clones.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Wherever Emperor Guixu passed, the ordinary Divine King Tier 2 stone monsters, which varied slightly in strength, took three or four moves to kill if they were stronger. Weaker ones might be pulverized with a single hammer strike.

In the blink of an eye, over ten stone monsters were killed.

The entire stone monster tribe began to stir restlessly. Though their intelligence was low, they could feel anger, fear, and attachment to their companions.

As the largest stone monster roared, a large group of stone monsters charged forward simultaneously, making the entire world tremble.

Emperor Guixu immediately manifested his eight arms and clashed with the Stone Monster leader.

"Converge!" The enraged Stone Monster leader roared, its roar imbued with its will.

Previously, this tribe of Dream Realm creatures had sought to trap Luo Feng and his companions, preventing their escape! But now, with a command from their leader, they stopped scattering and began to converge voluntarily. The Stone Monster leader, along with two powerful subordinates, also moved to merge with their kin.

Rumble!~

Luo Feng's over three hundred clones could only entangle them; they couldn't truly trap them! As these stone monsters continuously converged, they naturally began to merge with each other.

The Stone Monster leader was incredibly massive. Its enormous arms slammed down, devoid of any profound techniques, possessing only boundless, overwhelming power! Emperor Guixu, with his eight weapon-wielding arms, resisted, employing numerous profound methods such as deflecting power into nothingness and leveraging incoming force for stacked counterattacks.

Yet, with a single clash, Emperor Guixu was sent flying backwards, while the Stone Monster leader only took one step back.

"Don't try to clash head-on with it," Emperor Guixu transmitted. "Its strength is comparable to mine."

"They can merge into one," Emperor Guixu stated.

Divine King Wuxin smiled. "They've given up on trapping and killing us. Once they merge into one, though their strength might seem greater, they become a single entity! A clumsy individual, even with terrifying power, still can't stop the Samsara Pagoda team from escaping."

Rumble!~ As the Stone Monster leader also merged with its kin, integrating into the collective, the colossal stone monster formed by the convergence became incredibly massive.

"Retreat!" Yet, Luo Feng and his companions showed no fear.

In terms of raw power, the Stone Monster leader far surpassed them.

However, in terms of realm, Emperor Guixu was high enough to fight on equal terms.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Divine King Wuxin drew his sword, and the instant he did, countless dense sword shadows proliferated from it. These countless sword shadows swept forth, enveloping all the stone monsters. An invisible domain naturally weakened these sword shadows, but even weakened, they still landed on every stone monster.

Utilizing Divine King Wuxin's ultimate realm evasion technique, their agility and speed in flight were clearly far superior to the colossal stone monster's, allowing them to quickly shake it off and escape far away.

Roar!~ The colossal stone monster roared in furious frustration, chasing for several hundred paces, but Divine King Wuxin had already escaped the Dream Realm creatures' domain of influence and completely vanished from sight.

"They actually escaped." From a distant location, the members of the Two Realms Palace felt a tinge of regret.

"Although the Samsara Pagoda members were strong enough, if they had been surrounded by nearly a hundred Divine King Tier 2 stone monsters, they would likely have suffered heavy casualties this time." The winged woman shook her head. "But this time, they had someone skilled in clones."

To be able to control hundreds of clones simultaneously and entangle eighty to ninety Divine King Tier 2 Dream Realm creatures—though it was only entanglement—was still extraordinary.

"Another troublesome entity has risen on the Origin Continent."

All parties were observing.

Among these stone monsters, the larger ones were completely unharmed, while the smaller ones only had some surface wounds.

One move, splitting into many sword shadows, didn't have great power, but it allowed Divine King Wuxin to understand the true capabilities of the entire Dream Realm creature tribe.

"The leader of this Dream Realm creature tribe had reached the peak of Divine King Tier 2 strength, and 92 others could also be considered Divine King Tier 2. Over two hundred more were at Divine King Tier 1, and each of them possessed extremely tough bodies," Divine King Wuxin immediately transmitted this information to his companions.

In the distance, the Two Realms Palace team was present.

They were all Divine King Tier 2 overlords, but they understood that even within Divine King Tier 2, there were significant differences.

For instance, the Master of the Time-Space Solitary Skiff, who had cultivated only a single Grand Dao—the Dao of Time Origin—was nonetheless the highest achiever in that path across the entire Origin Continent. Even though he was merely at the peak of Divine King Tier 2, his ability to traverse different timelines and manifest three incarnations (past, present, future) caused even the Emperors and Monarchs of the Origin Continent a great headache. Even if Emperors and Monarchs possessed ultimate realm lifeforms, they could only interact with his present body and could not threaten the Time-Space Solitary Skiff's past or future incarnations.

Similarly, Divine King Wuxin, throughout his cultivation, except for the one time he willingly died to reincarnate, his true body had never perished, whether facing encirclement by Emperors or crises in various treasure lands!

The White-haired Palace Master cast a secret technique, causing the clash between the stone monster tribe and the Samsara Pagoda team to appear in the air before him.

This massive tribe of Dream Realm creatures, their powers united, formed a domain of rules! It suppressed all large-scale domains, making it difficult for the Samsara Pagoda to escape. The members of the Two Realms Palace watched with delight.

"There were nearly a hundred Dream Realm creatures at Divine King Tier 2 strength," estimated the White-haired Palace Master, smiling slightly. "Working together, they could easily defeat the Samsara Pagoda. It would be a good outcome if even one of their four members survived."

This type of Divine King Tier 2 creature was naturally far stronger than the likes of the Sky Roc Lord or the Lord of Yu.

He could entangle so many Dream Realm creatures because they had low intelligence and simple techniques. If he encountered Divine Kings, their techniques would be much more sophisticated. Even entangling one of them would require significant effort.

Even so, entangling seven or eight Divine King Tier 2 cultivators should not be difficult for him.

His true identity—no one knew which old expert he was. Everyone concealed their aura and changed their appearance. They naturally suspected Luo Feng was some old expert from reality.

"He must be a peak Divine King Tier 2 existence."

"The Samsara Pagoda team had never seen him before, so it seemed they had gained another member," they murmured.

Although the White-haired Palace Master was surprised that the Samsara Pagoda had gained another formidable expert, he wasn't overly concerned. There were many more troublesome individuals than Luo Feng on the Origin Continent. If another individual of the Wind Capital Empress or Earth Divine King's caliber were to appear, that would truly shake the entire Origin Continent.

"Dream Realm creatures don't care about secret treasures or weapons. We'll collect the treasures they leave behind after they die, ha ha ha..."

Many rogue Divine Kings also competed with the two great ancient kingdoms. Some rogue Divine Kings befriended the two great ancient kingdoms, while others pledged allegiance to them.

Even within the two great ancient kingdoms, Emperors and Monarchs would turn against each other. "You killed my disciple's entire clan and seized my cultivation resources? What if we're both Emperors? If you can strike, can't I retaliate?"

"Let's go. There's no need to stay in this Dream Realm space any longer; let's go to the next one," the White-haired Palace Master said.

"Go." The Two Realms Palace team quietly departed from this space, heading for the next Dream Realm space.

Under Divine King Wuxin's lead, Luo Feng and his companions quickly escaped the pursuit of the colossal stone monster.

"Haha, we all survived!" Emperor Guixu laughed heartily.

"Thanks to Brother Luo He," Divine King Wuxin said, looking at Luo Feng. "Brother Luo He, your clone technique has reached an incredible level. Few on the entire Origin Continent can compare to you." Luo Feng simply smiled.

"There are still many!"

Among ancient existences with long lifespans, those who maintained genuinely good relationships were extremely rare.

Samsara Pagoda! The White-haired Palace Master watched this scene from afar. His true body was strong enough to rival the founders of two kingdoms. Among the resources left by Yuan, only the most supreme ones interested him.

"This Samsara Pagoda has thwarted my plans many times already." The White-haired Palace Master had suffered several setbacks. "The Samsara Pagoda has the Wind Capital Empress and the Earth Divine King; their high-level strength far surpasses ours."

There were more than a handful of Emperors and Monarchs skilled in clone techniques!

"That's about all I'm good at," Luo Feng said. "In other aspects, I'm far inferior." "The previously agreed-upon distribution of shares no longer seems suitable now," Emperor Guixu said. "Brother Luo He doesn't just scout for dangers and search for treasures. When encountering powerful enemies, he can also help intercept many of them."

"So, Guixu and I will each contribute a portion of our share to Brother Luo He, ensuring that Guixu, I, and Brother Luo He all receive a thirty percent share," Divine King Wuxin said.

"Brother Luo He's clones are powerful, so I'm certainly benefiting from this," Heavenly King Yuntian chuckled.

To many powerful cultivators on the Origin Continent, the identities of the Samsara Pagoda members were a secret.

However, to the White-haired Palace Master, having seen them once was enough to confirm the identities of the Wind Capital Empress and the Earth Divine King.

Although her share percentage seemed unchanged, the team's overall strength was greater, and they acquired more treasures, so she naturally received more.

She was self-aware; given her contribution, receiving a ten percent share was already quite good.

"Then I won't decline," Luo Feng said without pretense. "Excellent!" Emperor Guixu added. "We were set up this time. Although I don't know the winged woman's true identity in reality... I've encountered her many times in treasure lands, and she's a member of the Two Realms Palace."

"The Two Realms Palace is scheming against us again!" Divine King Wuxin was quite annoyed. "I tried to track them just now, but their methods of concealment are formidable; I couldn't detect any traces."

In terms of tracking enemy movements, Divine King Wuxin was also extremely skilled.

But what good was it to see through their identities? Once the Wind Capital Empress or the Earth Divine King from the Samsara Pagoda led a team into a treasure land, the teams from the Two Realms Palace, Myriad Law Pagoda, and Time-Space Solitary Skiff couldn't compete!

However, when exploring treasure lands, the number of powerful individuals was also crucial.

The Two Realms Palace had numerous members, and as the largest force in the shadows, it had multiple teams exploring treasure lands.

"The Two Realms Palace teams are usually led by a Palace Master's clone," Emperor Guixu said. "After all, the Two Realms Palace Master is a foreign entity whose realm is comparable to the founders of two kingdoms. If he intends to hide, none of us can find him."

At this moment, Luo Feng also understood why the two great ancient kingdoms were so focused on the Two Realms Palace, Myriad Law Pagoda, and Time-Space Solitary Skiff.

These three foreign factions were numerous, split into multiple teams, and led by clones of powerful foreign experts to contend for opportunities. These foreign experts had discerning eyes and specifically sought out top-tier treasures. Their level of competition was far stronger than the Samsara Pagoda's. "We'll find an opportunity later," Divine King Wuxin said.

"Brother Luo He, conflicts between different factions are very common; you'll see much more of it in the future," Emperor Guixu chuckled.

Luo Feng nodded. "Let's leave this Dream Realm space as well. The Two Realms Palace has already explored here, so there are probably very few easily discoverable treasures left."

"Let's go to the next Dream Realm space."

The Samsara Pagoda team immediately departed, continuing to explore another Dream Realm space.

Within this forest space.

However, Luo Feng left a World Lifeform clone here. This clone utilized one-thousandth of his energy reserves, and with time, it would naturally absorb energy and slowly grow.

This forest space had been explored by both the Samsara Pagoda and the Two Realms Palace, leaving few treasures behind. It was estimated to be relatively peaceful for some time. Luo Feng sat cross-legged on a patch of grass. Dream Realm creatures generally stayed within their fixed territories.

Only a very small number would leave their territories under special circumstances.

Here, he decided to try cultivating the 'Great Destruction Heart Refinement Method.' Luo Feng wasn't in a hurry to cultivate in the deeper regions of the Dream Realm, because he still needed to accompany his companions on their treasure hunt. The deeper Dream Realm spaces placed too great a burden on his mental will, which would affect his combat performance.