Chapter 234: Obtain Treasure

Luo Feng gazed at the solitary black fruit on a tree nestled within a distant cliff crevice. This Thousand Dream Fruit, once the prize of a fierce struggle among five formidable experts, now belonged solely to him.

"The more crucial the moment, the more careful I must be. I can't let someone else steal it at the last minute!"

Luo Feng's mental will instantly unfurled, blanketing the vast surrounding area to prevent any stealthy attempts to seize the treasure. Divine King Zongfu and Emperor Jiufeng, for instance, possessed incredibly potent escape methods. Only with his mental will covering such a wide expanse did Luo Feng feel at ease.

"This battle also revealed the power gap," Luo Feng mused. "Among the four of them, without any treasures, Emperor Wu's small avatar was the weakest. Emperor Jiufeng and Divine King Zongfu were comparable. The purple-robed woman was the strongest! Without the 'Elemental Art,' I probably couldn't have defeated her."

Even with a strong mental will, the absence of the 'Elemental Art' would have significantly weakened his mental influence on the purple-robed woman, allowing her to unleash even greater power. "And this was just one of her avatars," he thought. "Once she uses her true body, combined with extremely powerful secret treasures, her deterrence will sharply increase."

"This battle also proved that my six-branch fusion secret method, 'Heavenly Light Silver Shuttle,' is comparable to ultimate realm moves, on par with those of emperors. My seven-branch fusion secret method, 'Blood Drop,' is even significantly stronger than their typical secret methods." Luo Feng reflected on the battle, summarizing his experiences.

The Life-Death Great Dao, as a fusion dao, possesses very powerful individual branches. A six-branch fusion reaches the level of ultimate realm moves for ordinary Great Daos. A seven-branch fusion is distinctly stronger than ultimate realm moves.

"If the Life-Death Great Dao could achieve full nine-branch fusion, the power of such a move would far surpass moves derived from a single complete Great Dao." Luo Feng considered this. The power of the Life-Death Great Dao indeed far exceeded individual daos like life, destruction, or space. When Luo Feng learned about perfect and special legacy information in the Infinite Space Treasure Vault, he had already become aware of the terrifying nature of 'fusion daos.' For example, the fusion of time and space to form the 'Space-Time Great Dao' is incredibly powerful. While fusion daos are extremely strong and encompassing, they are also much harder to cultivate.

Luo Feng sat cross-legged, his mental will spreading in all directions, silently waiting. He waited for about three days.

Suddenly, the black fruit on the tree intensified its purple glow, dazzling brightly and illuminating the vast area around it. A faint fragrance began to spread. "It's about to ripen," Luo Feng murmured, immediately standing up to face the Thousand Dream Fruit.

"Swish, swish, swish~"

In the pond not far from the cliff, water stirred, and a black head emerged, followed by a colossal creature.

"I've been waiting for you." Luo Feng had already scouted the surroundings. Within the vast area, there was only this single indigenous Dream Realm creature, and based on its aura, it was within his manageable range. That's why Luo Feng had set his sights on this Thousand Dream Fruit. In the deeper regions of the Dream Realm, treasures worth over a billion contribution points were certainly not limited to just the Thousand Dream Fruit. However, the Dream Realm creatures guarding those other treasures were too terrifying! For now, this was the only one Luo Feng had a chance of acquiring.

"Go!" Luo Feng stood there, and immediately, rolling river water spread out. A vast galaxy instantly enveloped a hundred billion kilometers, naturally binding and encapsulating the black indigenous creature.

"Roar—" This turtle-like indigenous creature roared, letting out endless cold air that instantly froze a large amount of the surrounding silver river water. After breaking free from the river's restraint, the massive creature instantly charged towards the Thousand Dream Fruit. However, a drop of blood had infiltrated its body. This was the seven-branch secret method: 'Blood Drop.'

This drop of blood instantly corroded its entire body. The black indigenous creature turned black-red all over. It roared in anger, but its strength was greatly diminished by the corrosion. It was once again bound by the endless river water, and this time, it couldn't escape. Roars echoed, and cold air erupted, but the 'Blood Drop' corrosion and the river domain's binding had already entangled it.

"I hope there are no complications." Luo Feng, however, was focused on the Thousand Dream Fruit. The fruit emitted fragrance, and its dazzling purple light was visible across most of this space.

"Oh no." Luo Feng frowned slightly. In the distance, countless red-scaled creatures flew closer. While each of these red-scaled creatures wasn't particularly strong, only at the level of an ordinary God King, their sheer numbers were immeasurable.

"It's the Red Scale Race! I knew a treasure like the Thousand Dream Fruit wouldn't be easy to obtain." Luo Feng recognized them and felt he could still contend. Having spent over a hundred eras in the deeper Dream Realm regions, he was very familiar with the strength of this Red Scale Race. "The Red Scale Race, seemingly countless, is actually a single collective life form, sharing a vague, unified consciousness." Based on past intelligence, Luo Feng immediately formulated a countermeasure. He couldn't defeat the Red Scale Race, but he could delay them until the Thousand Dream Fruit fully ripened.

"Buzz~~"

The vast Red Scale Race flew closer. Suddenly, a vast expanse of silver river water enveloped them, restraining these red-scaled creatures. However, the combined power of countless red-scaled creatures easily broke through the river's restraint, and they rushed straight towards the Thousand Dream Fruit without hesitation.

"Go." Luo Feng, using the endless river water formed by his colossal world life-form body, simultaneously blocked the Red Scale Race and bound the turtle-like colossal creature. With Luo Feng's subtle guidance, the two parties collided. The habit of the Red Scale Race was to sweep everything in their path. They also swept over the turtle-like colossal creature. In the blink of an eye, the turtle-like colossal creature had been partially corroded, its body significantly shrinking. Luo Feng's 'Blood Drop' had already retreated swiftly.

"Roar~" The turtle-like colossal creature roared unwillingly, wanting to escape, but it couldn't under the binding of the vast river water. In just over ten breaths of time, it was completely corroded by the Red Scale Race, leaving no trace of its corpse.

"It helped delay them for over ten breaths of time." Luo Feng smiled slightly. Then, with a thought, a 'Blood Drop' swiftly met the Red Scale Race, beginning to corrode them.

*Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle*

One by one, red-scaled creatures were corroded, turning into part of the blood. However, even more red-scaled creatures annihilated a large amount of the blood. Both sides corroded and annihilated each other.

"Swish, swish~~~" The corrosion of the 'Blood Drop' secret method had some effect on the Red Scale Race. But the destructive power of the Red Scale Race was too terrifying. Luo Feng's 'Blood Drop,' which contained the energy reserves of a perfect divine body, was being rapidly consumed.

"'Blood Drop' secret method consumes too much." Luo Feng watched the Thousand Dream Fruit while also monitoring the consumption of the 'Blood Drop' secret method. In the time it takes to drink a pot of wine, this single 'Blood Drop' was completely consumed. Yet, the Red Scale Race's numbers had only diminished by roughly one-thousandth. The entire race once again rushed towards the Thousand Dream Fruit.

"Suppress!"

Within the vast silver river, a colossal hand suddenly materialized. This colossal hand, with a faint dark abyss in its palm, directly enveloped the area below! Space distorted! All things shifted! Imprisonment! Suppression! The entire Red Scale Race vanished instantly.

Luo Feng revealed himself, looking at his left hand, where his 'Palm World' was imprisoning this Red Scale Race. Over a hundred eras, Luo Feng, by studying the Star Tower's secret patterns, had comprehended two seven-branch fusion moves: one was the 'Blood Drop' secret method, and the other was the 'Cage' secret method! It could completely suppress and imprison an entire space!

"This Red Scale Race is truly troublesome. My 'Palm World,' acting as a cage, already has multiple layers of spatial seals. Yet, this Red Scale Race is actually gnawing away at the space and now gnawing at the world membrane of my 'Palm World.'" Luo Feng immediately supplied a continuous stream of energy to maintain the integrity of the palm cage.

"Although in terms of killing efficiency, 'Palm Cage' is much worse than 'Blood Drop,' in terms of trapping enemies, its efficiency is several times higher." Luo Feng calculated. For the same energy consumption, 'Palm Cage' could hold the Red Scale Race for a much longer time.

"It's a pity I don't dare bring the Star Tower in. If I had the Star Tower, I would have suppressed the entire Red Scale Race within it long ago." Luo Feng could only think about it; he didn't dare take the risk. He might succeed a hundred or a thousand times by taking risks, but if he failed even once, the Star Tower would be lost! All the treasures in the Dream Realm combined were not as valuable as the Star Tower in his mind.

Luo Feng watched the Thousand Dream Fruit while maintaining the integrity of the palm cage, consuming a vast amount of energy every moment. Suddenly, the Thousand Dream Fruit's light completely retracted, becoming ordinary, and its fragrance also completely subsided.

"It's finally fully ripe." Luo Feng was overjoyed. A strand of water from the vast river immediately swept past the Thousand Dream Fruit, directly harvesting it. A pre-prepared treasure box immediately received the fruit.

"Treasure in hand, time to go!"

Luo Feng's 'Palm Cage' instantly released the Red Scale Race. He himself, with a flash of black light, had already escaped this Dream Realm space. Only the released Red Scale Race remained, roaming furiously, unable to find the enemy, and could only wantonly corrode and destroy the surroundings.

Luo Feng arrived in the outer region of the Dream Realm, looking at the entrance area sealed by the two great ancient royal families.

"Whoosh."

A flash of black light.

Luo Feng instantly passed through the sealed array area of the two great ancient kingdoms to outside the exit. With another flash, he had already returned to Huyang City. This was precisely 'Black Light Path Method,' another six-branch fusion secret method Luo Feng had comprehended.

Among Luo Feng's six-branch fusion moves, aside from the earlier 'Great Extinction Style,' both the 'Heavenly Light Silver Shuttle' and the 'Black Light Path Method' (comprehended later) were remarkably similar in their extreme speed. Their speed was comparable to thought. Where thought arrived, the body arrived. Therefore, 'Heavenly Light Silver Shuttle' was unavoidable! Impossible to dodge! The 'Black Light Path Method' allowed him to travel from the outer Dream Realm to outside the exit in a single thought, forcibly penetrating the entire array area. In the Origin Continent, a single thought could take him from one end of the continent to the other. This was the power of an ultimate realm escape technique. Ultimate realm moves each had their own extraordinary qualities. For example, Divine King Wuxin's 'Heaven Concealing Escape Method' was so potent that even the array formations of the two great ancient kingdoms in the Dream Realm couldn't detect it.

"A strong individual forcefully broke through the array."

The two great ancient royal families were in an uproar, but the strength of the guards at the Dream Realm entrance was limited. Even the Samsara Small Tower team dared to assault it; Luo Feng's forceful breakthrough was naturally unstoppable by their arrays.

Outside the Dream Realm exit.

The purple-robed woman stood in the distance, patiently waiting.

"Whoosh."

The black-robed, gold-masked man instantly reached the exit, then vanished again.

"He came out," the purple-robed woman observed. "His escape method also reached the ultimate realm level, but his escape method... has a slight essence of the Great Dao of Destruction."

"Who is he?" The purple-robed woman was quite curious. Silently, she vanished without a trace.

Tianmu Kingdom.

In the entire Origin Continent, outside the two great ancient kingdoms, the Tianmu Kingdom, Ten Thousand Realms Kingdom, and Eastern Extremity Domain were considered first-rate powers. Among these three, Tianmu Kingdom was considered the most low-key.

"Whoosh."

The purple-robed woman arrived deep within a palace, where a handsome young man was gazing at a suspended mysterious painting, covered in flowing secret patterns. The purple-robed woman directly transformed into a stream of light and flew into the handsome young man's body.

"It's a pity this attempt failed. I couldn't help Big Brother obtain a 'Thousand Dream Fruit.'" The handsome young man looked at the mysterious painting, shaking his head slightly. "As a World Beast, it's really too difficult to cultivate on my own. I can't understand this secret pattern book at all; it's too hard!"