Chapter 232: Clash

Luo Feng was also surprised. He had explored the deep regions of the Dream Domain for over a hundred epochs without ever encountering a competitor! Now, the most precious "Thousand Dream Fruit" was about to ripen, yet it had already attracted five powerful individuals, including himself, who were waiting for it.

"That's right," Luo Feng thought. "I only explore once per epoch, and each time it's only about ten spaces. There aren't many individuals in the entire Origin Continent who are qualified to explore the deep regions! The probability of just happening to meet is indeed very low."

Luo Feng remained unperturbed even after being discovered by the invisible spatial domain. He had come fully prepared to contend for the Thousand Dream Fruit. Currently, all his avatars in the Dream Domain possessed an energy reserve equivalent to 12 times a perfect divine body! For this particular bid for the Thousand Dream Fruit, Luo Feng had dispatched a super-strong avatar with a full 10 times the energy of a perfect divine body. In terms of physical body alone, it was dozens of times stronger than the avatar that had fought Dark Heaven Supreme Master. Luo Feng was confident his physical body was comparable to an ultimate-level life form.

"Hmm?" Emperor Jiu Feng, Emperor Wu, the grey-robed figure, and the purple-robed woman all noticed the figure in black robes and a golden mask. "Black robes, golden mask? That aura..." "Is that the mysterious expert who killed Heavenly Kun Country Lord?" These four individuals were all peak-level existences on the Origin Continent, so they naturally had information about the "black-robed, golden-masked expert." This mysterious expert had only acted once, but had instantly obliterated Heavenly Kun Country Lord using soul or mental will techniques, preventing the country lord from even reincarnating.

"Hahahaha, how rare!" Emperor Jiu Feng laughed heartily. "I initially thought this Thousand Dream Fruit would be fortunate to attract two or three competitors. Who would have thought that five powerful individuals would gather here today!" "Indeed, quite interesting," Emperor Wu observed, looking at the grey-robed figure, the purple-robed woman, and Luo Feng. "Three mysterious experts! It's uncommon for unaligned cultivators to possess such strength; for three to appear is truly rare." As emperors of the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom, they naturally possessed an inherent arrogance and and did not hold unaligned cultivators in high regard.

"Emperor Wu, Emperor Jiu Feng, you emperors of the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom are in the deep regions of the Dream Domain, yet you dare not carry any valuable weapons or secret treasures, and still you're so arrogant?" the grey-robed figure chuckled softly. Indeed, none of the five individuals present, including Luo Feng, carried "secret treasures beyond the God-King level" when entering the deep Dream Domain. After all, the deep Dream Domain was fraught with unpredictable dangers; losing an avatar was insignificant, but losing a valuable secret treasure would lead to irreparable regret.

"You, the black-robed expert, did you kill Heavenly Kun?" Emperor Wu asked, looking at Luo Feng. "I did," Luo Feng nodded. "Have we met before?" Emperor Wu looked at Luo Feng; unlike the grey-robed figure and the purple-robed woman, whom he had encountered as opponents and whose true identities he had some conjectures about, he had never truly clashed with the black-robed, golden-masked expert. Luo Feng smiled as he looked at Emperor Wu and Emperor Jiu Feng: "If you two emperors are willing to yield the Thousand Dream Fruit, then perhaps we can sit down and have a good chat."

"Hahahaha..." Emperor Jiu Feng burst into laughter. "This black-robed expert excels in soul or mental will techniques. Even someone like Heavenly Kun Country Lord, who reached the ultimate God-King will, was utterly powerless before him. For us, even if we could withstand such methods, our strength would be greatly diminished. In my opinion, the four of us should first unite to expel this black-robed expert." Emperor Wu also looked at the grey-robed figure and the purple-robed woman: "Let's expel the black-robed expert first, and then the four of us can compete."

"Hmph, we three are unaligned cultivators, while you two are emperors of the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom. We three naturally must join forces, otherwise, all the good treasures will fall into your hands," the grey-robed figure stated without hesitation. "We three will certainly unite," the purple-robed woman added. Luo Feng, in his black robes and golden mask, also nodded.

"Very well," Emperor Jiu Feng said, glancing at the distant Thousand Dream Fruit. "The Thousand Dream Fruit will ripen soon. Let's have a fight before it matures." Emperor Jiu Feng and Emperor Wu maintained a relatively calm mindset! For them, this rare treasure could indeed help them repay a portion of their enormous debts to their clans, but even if they didn't acquire it, the impact on them wouldn't be significant. In contrast, the three unaligned cultivators desired the Thousand Dream Fruit much more strongly.

"Attack!" Emperor Wu roared coldly. Immediately, his body transformed into a black river, which surged forth, sweeping across all directions and instantly engulfing a vast surrounding area. Luo Feng and the others either had to flee far away, abandoning the rare treasure, or be engulfed by this black river.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle." Luo Feng stood his ground, letting the black river coil around him like giant pythons, relentlessly eroding his physical body. "Emperor Wu also cultivates the Great Dao of Life Origin, but he's an ultimate-level life form! This avatar sent to the Dream Domain, I wonder what percentage of his true body's power it represents," Luo Feng thought. "The binding force is negligible to me! It's this corrosive power..." The corrosive power of the black river's water was terrifying, but Luo Feng's vast world life form, with its full ten times perfect divine body energy, completely withstood it. The speed of erosion couldn't even keep up with the recovery speed of Luo Feng's massive body.

"Emperor Wu, is that all you've got?" the purple-robed woman also chuckled softly. She disdained dodging the black river's corrosive water, standing there and letting it erode her without any fear. "Emperor Wu, this avatar of yours probably only holds about thirty percent of your true body's power; its strength is too weak," the grey-robed figure said, standing there, his form flickering and somewhat translucent. Eighty to ninety percent of the black water's corrosive power was dissipated, and the remaining slight corrosive force couldn't affect him.

"Suppress!" From the surging black river, three massive palms materialized, crushing down on Luo Feng and the other two. Luo Feng and his companions were no longer concerned. Emperor Wu, who purely cultivated the path of life, had relatively weak offensive deterrent power without super-strong secret treasures. Instead, Emperor Jiu Feng, who cultivated the path of spatial origin, was the opponent most worthy of caution.

"An avatar on the spatial path... Emperor Jiu Feng's avatar might have a complete body and a complete soul," Luo Feng thought, quite wary. "Attack," the grey-robed figure transmitted. The grey-robed figure, the purple-robed woman, and Luo Feng all moved almost simultaneously, targeting Emperor Jiu Feng.

"Perish!" Emperor Jiu Feng also struck instantly, focusing all his might on Luo Feng alone! In the eyes of Emperor Jiu Feng and Emperor Wu, the black-robed, golden-masked expert was the most formidable threat. Naturally, they had to deal with this troublesome opponent first. "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~~" Wind blew. This wind was the Wind of Space! It swept through every part of the space around Luo Feng, penetrating the most minute structures of his physical body. With this blow... even the most minute structures of space shattered. Every fundamental life structure of Luo Feng's vast world life form was subjected to 'spatial shattering' attacks, yet each of Luo Feng's life units was a perfect fusion of twenty-four world dimensions. Even with minor damage, they rapidly recovered under endless vitality.

"What?" Emperor Jiu Feng was astonished. Some unaligned cultivators could indeed contend with emperors and lords. However, very few could rival ultimate-level life forms in terms of physical body strength alone. Only a handful, such as the Myriad Worlds Country Lord, the World Beast, and the Fire Ancestor, possessed such might. "My Wind of Annihilation couldn't even disperse his physical body? It feels no weaker than an ultimate-level life form," Emperor Jiu Feng's heart sank. "A physical body this strong... this is troublesome."

"Boom!" Just as Emperor Jiu Feng's attack failed, he felt as if his soul was being ripped apart. Terrifying attacks tore at Emperor Jiu Feng's soul repeatedly. "Zong Fu!" Emperor Jiu Feng painfully stared at the grey-robed figure. "Is that you?" Emperor Jiu Feng naturally recognized this familiar technique. It belonged to the former strongest minister of the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom and now the leader of its largest rebel force—God-King Zong Fu, Master of the Mother River. Moreover, an invisible force permeated Emperor Jiu Feng's body, eroding this ultimate-level life form, causing his physical body to rapidly deteriorate. This invisible force also corroded Emperor Wu's surging black river. "Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle," the black river's water rapidly diminished under the corrosion. It was known that an ultimate-level life form of the Great Dao of Life, even with only thirty percent of its body, possessed terrifying vitality. Yet, the black river's water was rapidly decaying, clearly indicating a significant disadvantage.

"This is bad," Emperor Jiu Feng and Emperor Wu felt immense pressure. "Emperor Wu, this purple-robed woman is an ultimate-level expert! She might even be the Ancestor of the Eastern Extreme Domain." "The Ancestor of the Eastern Extreme Domain should have more strength than this." "Foolish! The Ancestor of the Eastern Extreme Domain is merely concealing some of her strength; this rare treasure is equally attractive to her." Both of them knew the situation was dire. Without any super-strong secret treasures, an ultimate-level existence who mastered a complete Great Dao would naturally display power far surpassing that of emperors. If the Ancestor of the Eastern Extreme Domain were to fully intervene, using her superior power, the situation would be even worse this time.

"Only an ultimate-level life form with thirty percent of its power dares to show itself," the purple-robed woman sneered. Luo Feng stood there, and two golden beams suddenly shot from his eyes. These two golden beams seemed like the very light that split heaven and earth. As soon as they appeared, they instantly landed on Emperor Jiu Feng's body. Emperor Jiu Feng's body, already greatly weakened by God-King Zong Fu's attacks and the purple-robed woman's invisible power, was instantly pierced by the two golden beams. These two golden beams were as fast as lightning, impossible to evade, repeatedly piercing Emperor Jiu Feng's body and accelerating its collapse. This golden light was the "Heavenly Light Silver Shuttle," one of the 'six-branch fusion techniques' Luo Feng had comprehended from the Great Dao of Creation and Destruction. In the dark regions of the Dream Domain, Luo Feng had once been attacked by six silver shuttles. While comprehending the Star Tower, he had created similar techniques, capable of instantly releasing two "Heavenly Light Silver Shuttles" to work together and slay enemies.

"Let's go." Emperor Jiu Feng, despite his full physical body and soul, still had seventy percent of his energy reserves left even under the siege of three powerful experts. In contrast, Emperor Wu's black river water had already been mostly eroded away. "Whoosh." Emperor Jiu Feng instantly took the black river water with him and, in a single thought, had already departed from this deep region space. Emperor Jiu Feng was naturally skilled in spatial escape. If he wanted to leave, Luo Feng and the others couldn't stop him. Emperor Jiu Feng fled with Emperor Wu, leaving only Luo Feng and the other two in the vicinity.

"The grey-robed figure is God-King Zong Fu, Master of the Mother River," Luo Feng realized how difficult this individual was to deal with. A long time ago, God-King Zong Fu, wielding a super-strong secret treasure, could rival Emperor Yan, the first emperor of the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom. Emperor Yan found him intolerable and spared no expense to besiege and kill Zong Fu, intending to seize his treasure. This made the two sides irreconcilable enemies. God-King Zong Fu was so terrifying that he killed a double-digit number of royal God-Kings from the Ancient Yanfeng Kingdom, prompting even the Yanfeng Ancestor to personally intervene. The Yanfeng Ancestor destroyed all of Zong Fu's avatars and resurrection vessels. Yet, in the end, God-King Zong Fu still lived. He cultivated the paths of life and karma, possessing unbelievably strong life-saving abilities. After countless ages, his accumulation had naturally grown even deeper.

"The other one... seems even stronger," Luo Feng thought, looking at the purple-robed woman. "God-King Zong Fu, and this black-robed expert," the purple-robed woman smiled as she looked at her two companions. "Now only the three of us remain! It seems we'll have to determine who is superior among us."