Chapter 290: The Death of Ku Mo

Hearing Luo Feng's words from afar, Di Qing also felt his blood boil and burst into laughter: "Exactly! We powerful cultivators from the Source World have never feared making enemies!"

The four powerful figures from the Ghost Workshop sensed trouble. Typically, cultivators from the Source World act cautiously to maintain a stable cultivation environment. However, if they truly came to blows, it would be a fight to the death...

While cultivators from the Source World might lose treasures, they could continuously send avatars from their homeworld! "I thought earlier that killing two Mid-stage God Emperors wouldn't be easy. We should have just taken a fee and let them go. But Ku Mo insisted on attacking."

"In this Endless Blood Sea, we can't find where Ku Mo is imprisoned at all. There's no way to rescue him."

The four from the Ghost Workshop, all powerful figures, suddenly felt a great headache.

"Help me, he's refining me! I can't hold on much longer!" The imprisoned gloomy man frantically transmitted a message to the outside world. "Two-tenths of my body has already been refined!"

"Beg, negotiate, whatever it takes, find a way to save me." The gloomy man secretly contacted them. "As long as I'm saved, I'm willing to give each of you ten million Origin Crystals." The four powerhouses from the Ghost Workshop heard this.

"Two-tenths refined?" They were startled. Those innate Origin Beings have life cores! But cultivators have no vital points; they are either completely annihilated spiritually or their physical bodies are utterly destroyed.

"If Ku Mo dies, this Endless Blood Sea might imprison one of us next, defeating us one by one," the Ice Creature secretly transmitted to its three companions from a distance.

At these words, the three companions also felt a jolt of alarm.

They were all members who had joined the Ghost Workshop; deep friendships were naturally impossible among them. "Let's go."

"Quickly, let's leave."

After the four of them reached a consensus, the light projection that had been battling Di Qing flashed and reunited with its three companions.

"Ku Mo, we will inform your master and have him find a way to save you," they transmitted. Immediately, the four of them combined their power, transforming into a hazy beam of light. This hazy light tore through all obstacles, forcibly fleeing into the distance. If the two sides continued to fight, it would be difficult to determine a winner quickly, and Luo Feng would also need time to defeat them one by one.

Once they fled with all their might, Luo Feng's Endless Blood Sea could not stop them.

The hazy light was incredibly fast, disappearing into the distant horizon within two breaths. Whoosh...

The Endless Blood Sea condensed into a figure in a black robe, which was Luo Feng.

"They're gone," Di Qing said, flying to Luo Feng's side and smiling as he looked into the distance. "I didn't expect just two of us against five. They lost one, and the other four simply fled."

"These raiding factions, what deep bonds could they possibly have?" Luo Feng sneered. "By the way, that God Emperor you imprisoned, is there a way to kill him?" Di Qing asked. "It'll only take a moment," Luo Feng replied. Di Qing immediately smiled, "Excellent, excellent! They wanted to kill us, so we should finish them off! Killing that God Emperor might yield more spoils than this entire hunt."

Luo Feng's heart stirred.

"Cultivators from the Myriad Worlds don't have avatars! So, the treasures they accumulate are always carried on their person," Di Qing explained with a smile.

Luo Feng understood. While some auxiliary wonders and inheritances might have been lost long ago, habitual secret weapons and artifacts, along with some materials required for cultivation, were usually carried with them.

"Let's leave this place first, in case they bring reinforcements," Luo Feng said. At this moment, he was fully concentrating on refining the imprisoned Ku Mo.

"Let's go."

Di Qing and Luo Feng immediately piloted the black flying boat together, quickly departing.

...

Inside Luo Feng's Undying Blood Sea Body, within the spatial prison created by the 'Blood Sea Eye' using a secret treasure array diagram:

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle."

The chains of creation and destruction, formed by the array's power, completely bound Ku Mo's figure, eroding and strangling his body.

"Ku Mo's body is condensed from countless rule-based poisons," Luo Feng's avatar remarked upon arriving, observing the opponent with his Simulated Annihilation Eye. Ku Mo's body was essentially an endless mass of black sludge.

If his body were shattered, he would simply disperse into countless toxins without any loss. This time, Luo Feng had acted by covering a vast area with the Endless Blood Sea, imprisoning all the "black sludge toxins" at once, thereby preventing Ku Mo from escaping.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle." At this moment, the combined power of the creation and destruction array was continuously refining and consuming portions of the rule-based poisons.

"They escaped?" Ku Mo was furious, but then he felt a sense of release.

In the entire Rainwave City, his only true close relation was his master! Who else genuinely cared about his life or death?

"What a terrifying array," Ku Mo muttered, unable to escape as he felt the power of the creation and destruction array erode and strangle him. He had never feared close combat and had been the first to attach himself to Luo Feng during their confrontation, intending to corrode Luo Feng's body.

Who would have thought that in terms of physical body, Luo Feng was clearly stronger? "My 'Ghastly Poison Body' allowed me to fight in close quarters with Low-level Origin Beings at the Mid-stage God Emperor realm, eroding and harming them."

"But my Ghastly Poison Body can't contend with the power of this creation and destruction array." Ku Mo's body gradually distorted; only his head remained in its normal shape, while his body began to turn into a large mass of black sludge.

The black sludge was constantly being refined and consumed. "Luo Feng."

Ku Mo, maintaining his normal head, looked at Luo Feng.

Luo Feng stood not far away, observing Ku Mo's current state with his Simulated Annihilation Eye.

"What conditions would make you spare me?" Ku Mo asked Luo Feng. Ku Mo nodded, a faint smile appearing on his gloomy face: "I've killed too many beings on my journey. Finally, it's my turn to be killed."

Ku Mo closed his eyes.

In that moment...

He recalled his entire life's journey. In the world where he was born, the Great Dao itself was poisonous! The more one cultivated, the closer one came to 'death'. One had to break through to the next realm before each tribulation arrived to continue to survive with great difficulty.

He had traveled through more than three hundred worlds, personally witnessed the destruction of nineteen worlds, and even caused the demise of three worlds.

He himself had ascended three times! He had painfully reached the God King level before the final 'Great Dao Death Tribulation,' mastering a branch of the Great Dao. Only by mastering a Great Dao branch could he escape. Later, he mastered the complete poisonous Great Dao... After the 'Great Dao Death Tribulation' arrived in Rainwave City, he realized that the Ghost Workshop's legacy was perfectly suited for him, allowing him to cultivate the Ghastly Poison Body.

Killing and plundering were as common as breathing to him; he didn't even care about destroying worlds.

"I only escaped the Great Dao Death Tribulation after reaching the God King level." "But over the long years, I had grown accustomed to it all—accustomed to killing, accustomed to plundering, accustomed to everything."

"The habits had long since seeped deep into my soul."

Only at the brink of death did Ku Mo understand.

The continuous tribulations of the 'Great Dao Death Tribulation' that forced him from weakness to God King status had affected him too deeply. His body was now almost entirely refined, with only a small residue remaining.

At this moment, Ku Mo tried to contact his companions, but the distance was too great, and he could no longer reach them. The Nine Rivers Sacred Realm had strong suppressive forces, and the communication range of transmitting treasures was relatively small.

"I can't reach them."

At this moment, Ku Mo thought of his only master. His master's talent was far superior to his own; he owed his escape from the death tribulation and his achievements today largely to his master.

"I didn't die by the hand of other cultivators; I died by the hand of the Great Dao Death Tribulation."

"Master, don't avenge me," Ku Mo murmured...

*Whoosh* Finally, the remaining small amount of black sludge was completely refined.

Ku Mo completely vanished, with no trace left.

Only upon his death did his secret treasures and other belongings remain.

Luo Feng observed the entire refining process from start to finish. He believed that the cultivation journey of a cultivator with "Mid-stage God Emperor enlightenment strength" was a legend, and Luo Feng knew their cultivation was not easy. Furthermore, Luo Feng was aware that the senior cultivators had expended great effort to nurture powerful cultivators.

That's why Luo Feng maintained a low profile in Rainwave City and avoided trouble.

However, when others sought to kill him, Luo Feng would not hold back! "You are the first God Emperor I've killed," Luo Feng murmured, waving his hand to collect the secret treasures Ku Mo left behind. These treasures included the 'Illusionary Realm Labyrinth,' which stored valuables, and a ghastly poison secret treasure.

As for the Illusionary Realm Labyrinth, it contained a large number of items.

Among them were numerous low-level Origin Being materials, mostly of the ghastly poison type. There were also other spoils obtained from successful raids, with three such items placed inside the 'Illusionary Realm Labyrinth' secret treasure. "Quite a few cultivators must have died by his hand," Luo Feng thought. "Many of the materials he purchased are also high-quality."

Unlike his own frugal purchasing methods.

Ku Mo's purchases were much more extravagant, and of course, many materials were intended to aid him in refining poisons. "I estimate these materials and treasures are worth around 80 million Origin Crystals," Luo Feng judged. Most of a cultivator's gains are usually consumed, for example, by purchasing auxiliary wonders or acquiring a powerful inheritance.

What they carried with them were mostly common cultivation items, whose value was relatively limited.

"80 million Origin Crystals is also quite good," Luo Feng was very satisfied. The return journey after that was much smoother; they encountered no more raids, and the black flying boat successfully arrived in Rainwave City.

"Brother Luo Feng, you've killed Ku Mo. This news will spread quickly," Di Qing said. "Your reputation in Rainwave City will be far greater than before."

Previously, Luo Feng had been too low-key, with some outsiders even thinking he was an Early-stage God Emperor. This time, Luo Feng faced four Mid-stage God Emperors alone and even managed to kill one, Ku Mo! This level of strength is definitely considered extremely powerful among Mid-stage God Emperor enlightened cultivators, enough to attract the attention of numerous factions. "Looking across Rainwave City, your strength is sufficient to rank among the top two thousand," Di Qing added. "With greater fame, even if you don't seek trouble, trouble might find you."

Luo Feng nodded.

"By the way, according to our intelligence, God Emperor Ku Mo only had one true close relation in Rainwave City: his master, Yu Yong," Di Qing mentioned. "His master Yu Yong is much more formidable."

"I'm merely an avatar in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm, what's there to fear?" Luo Feng chuckled easily. If the opponent was their true body and he was an avatar, then the one who should be panicking was the opponent!

"Whoosh."

The black flying boat soared through the sky above Rainwave City, heading directly towards the Origin Hall.