Chapter 302: Luo Feng Battles Tian He Elder

Luo Feng and Elder Tianhe looked at each other from a distance.

God-Emperor Wuya immediately and discreetly returned to the city. Alongside him, Di Qing also returned to the city with his Void Pupil Battleship. Elder Tianhe made no attempt to stop them, as his target was Luo Feng.

"Elder Tianhe," Luo Feng said, looking at the other man. Elder Tianhe wore white robes, possessed a handsome face, skin like crystal jade, and was enveloped by a faint protective halo. His aura was contained, appearing ordinary. "I thought it would be an elder who wanted to contend with me!" Elder Tianhe chuckled softly. "Now I see it's just a newly ascended junior! Is this the confidence that makes you disrespect me?"

"Why should I give you face?" Luo Feng replied, looking surprised. "Are you one of the three Palace Masters, or the Master of the Abyssal Den?"

Around the East Gate of Yulan City, guards, members of the Abyssal Den, and many onlookers were gathered. The number of spectators was rapidly increasing. "An elder-level confrontation!"

"They're about to fight right outside the East Gate!" Many cultivators, having received the news, were quite excited to witness the battle.

Elder-level confrontations in Yulan City were rare, and the opportunity to "observe" one was even more so.

"One side is Elder Tianhe, one of the eight Vice-Masters of the Abyssal Den! To be a Vice-Master of the Abyssal Den, he must be extraordinary! The other side is God-Emperor Luo Feng, who isn't well-known, only having counter-killed an Abyssal Den raiding party. He must be a newly ascended elder-level expert!"

"Elder Tianhe has deep accumulated power, while Luo Feng's is shallow!"

The spectators conversed amongst themselves via mental transmissions.

Since they were within Yulan City, protected by its powerful defensive formations, they had no fear of being affected and could observe at their leisure.

Outside the East Gate, however, only Luo Feng and Elder Tianhe remained. No other cultivator dared to step beyond the gate.

"A newly ascended elder, yet so confident!" Elder Tianhe showed no anger. "Let me guess, have you acquired a powerful secret treasure? Is that why you're so self-assured?"

"You are too young, with too little experience!"

Elder Tianhe gently shook his head. "If you were to venture into the Dark Saint Realm, you'd realize that your minor fortune is nothing remarkable there!" The Dark Saint Realm gathered the strongest cultivators from countless worlds, including many with dazzling talents and a considerable number eligible for treasures worth over 100,000 reward points from the Infinite Space Treasury.

"The Dark Saint Realm indeed gathers countless powerhouses! But Elder Tianhe, what do *you* amount to in the Dark Saint Realm?" Luo Feng asked, looking at him.

"I've spent a long time in the Dark Saint Realm and have made some progress!" Elder Tianhe smiled, looking at Luo Feng. "While it's nothing extraordinary in the Dark Saint Realm, I can still teach you a thing or two!"

"Bring out whatever moves you have!"

Elder Tianhe casually extended a finger, and a point of light appeared at its tip. This light rapidly expanded, instantly enveloping billions of kilometers and transforming into a colossal formation diagram. Within the diagram's bounds, illusory gray flying beasts began to materialize.

Before making a move, Luo Feng had already gathered intelligence on his opponent, knowing that Elder Tianhe had profound accumulated power and excelled in various methods. 'Formation diagrams' were one of Elder Tianhe's particular strengths.

Elder Tianhe was highly skilled in refining formation diagrams and crafting Dao soldiers.

As Luo Feng stood there, an endless sea of blood surged beneath his feet. Simultaneously, the Profound Azure Heaven Extinction Diagram within him began to activate, and the boundless sea of blood naturally started to form a formation.

Accompanied by piercing screeches, illusory gray flying beasts streaked through the void, pouncing on Luo Feng and his endless sea of blood. "Whoosh—"

Each illusory gray flying beast was like a sharp sword, instantly piercing through a portion of the blood waves before ultimately being annihilated by the corrosive embrace of the blood.

"Your physical body technique is quite interesting; it can rival a low-grade Chaos Origin lifeform in the late God-Emperor stage!" Elder Tianhe chuckled, as the entire formation's power converged into a single colossal gray flying beast.

This colossal gray flying beast exuded terrifying power, and Luo Feng subtly sensed a threat. "Caw!"

With a piercing shriek that echoed across the sky, the enormous gray flying beast moved incredibly fast, instantly rushing towards Luo Feng's physical body.

"Profound Azure Heaven, Heaven and Earth in One!"

The formation converged into a beam of life-and-death light, which instantly met and forcibly pierced through the colossal gray flying beast, causing it to become illusory and distorted.

"Is that all you have?" Luo Feng stood there. "Elder Tianhe, where are your Dao soldiers? Where are your close-combat techniques? Bring out all your moves!""A Dao soldier formed purely from energy is indeed a bit weak!" Elder Tianhe said, observing the scene. "Today, I brought hundreds of refined Dao soldiers with me; you may try them!"

With a wave of his hand, numerous wooden bird carvings flew out. Upon emerging, these carvings rapidly expanded, each possessing power no less than the colossal gray flying beast from before.

"Hundreds of Dao soldiers?" Luo Feng watched them intently. He could sense the power of these wooden bird carvings. Although seemingly clumsy, these Dao soldiers were quite powerful, as if each was a 'bloodline cultivator in the late God-Emperor stage.' But hundreds of them combined would be truly terrifying!

"Rumble!!!" Led by a formation, the natural military array formed by hundreds of Dao soldiers gave Luo Feng a bad feeling.

"Stronger than expected!" Luo Feng thought to himself. When hundreds of colossal flying beasts charged out simultaneously, it was as if a massive swarm of low-grade Chaos Origin lifeforms was assailing him. Luo Feng instinctively activated his 'Immortal Heart' immediately. With the Immortal Heart as its core, countless energy pathways spread, rapidly permeating the entire endless sea of blood.

Luo Feng had a premonition that without the Immortal Heart, his Immortal Blood Sea Body would be severely damaged by the assault of hundreds of Dao soldiers.

His own energy reserves were only enough for a little over two hundred perfect divine bodies, so he couldn't afford to expend them so casually. "Rumble—"

Hundreds of colossal flying beasts, coordinated by the formation, unified their power, creating a might that made the cultivators observing from Yulan City tremble with fear.

But suddenly, colossal blood waves hundreds of millions of kilometers high surged, like mountains, blocking the immense flying beasts. The flock of beasts crashed into them without hesitation, crushing many blood waves in an instant. However, the power of these flying beasts also rapidly diminished.

"The Immortal Blood Sea Body, enhanced by the Immortal Heart, only increases its power severalfold! But its defense is increased dozens of times! Even a full-power stomp from the Chaos Origin Barren Hoof Leader only depleted 2% of my energy reserves! These Dao soldiers' attacks cannot harm me at all!"

Before the Chaos Origin Barren Hoof Leader, Luo Feng dared not call himself 'immortal'! But in front of those of the same level, Luo Feng's 'immortality' was truly deserved. "Rumble—"

The two sides clashed!

Under the command of the formation, hundreds of Dao soldiers either charged like thunder, converged like a sword, or gathered to cleave down like a great axe. The Dao soldiers' might was indeed terrifying!

"How is this possible?" Elder Tianhe frowned. "I released these Dao soldiers, yet I couldn't force him to use that colossal claw! He remembered clearly that the one move that crushed Wuya was a colossal furry claw! He's still hiding his strength in front of my Dao soldier array!" Elder Tianhe couldn't believe it.

The Dao Soldier Great Array was his standard method. He usually found direct combat tiresome and would simply release some Dao soldiers to deal with opponents.

"Break!" With the Immortal Heart's empowerment, the might of the Profound Azure Heaven Extinction Array also greatly increased. The endless sea of blood freely twisted and crushed, finally causing some wooden bird carvings to shatter. These flying beasts were Dao soldiers personally carved by Elder Tianhe and incorporated into his formation diagrams.

More and more cultivators gathered to watch from Yulan City, and members of various factions were also observing the battle.

"Elder Tianhe's hundreds of Dao soldiers, combining their attacks through a formation, are actually at a disadvantage!" "This Luo Feng, a newly ascended elder-level existence, is so strong!"

Everyone was somewhat surprised.

"Elder Tianhe is probably going to use his true methods now!"

"He's likely going all out!" The spectators were all looking forward to it. Elder Tianhe stood there, and with a casual wave, all the hundreds of distant Dao soldiers flew back to him. He then casually put them away.

"No wonder you're so confident!" Elder Tianhe chuckled. "To so easily block my Dao soldier array! I underestimated you!"

He knew very well that to prevent too much depletion of his Immortal Blood Sea Body, he had already used his Immortal Heart against the Dao Soldier Great Array."My fundamental Grand Dao, which I've cultivated for eons, is the path of formation diagrams, and I use these diagrams to refine Dao soldiers!" Elder Tianhe sighed. "These Dao soldiers have been my reliance throughout endless ages, as I grew from weakness step by step!""But as an enlightened one, when I cultivated to the late God-Emperor stage, I encountered a bottleneck, unable to achieve perfection no matter what. I realized that I must have taken a wrong path while groping my way forward in the dark." Elder Tianhe looked at Luo Feng. "In the Dark Saint Realm, I studied the legacies of other cultivators, learning from at least a hundred different inheritances, absorbing their essence, and integrating them into myself..."

"Although I mastered many methods, I could never achieve perfection!"

Elder Tianhe smiled. "Oh, and strictly speaking, the 'Chaos Origin Bloodline path' that I later cultivated *did* reach perfection! That path is the simplest!" As soon as his words fell, Elder Tianhe no longer held back. His terrifying aura completely erupted, sweeping mightily in all directions. Streaks of silver secret patterns began to appear on the surface of his skin.

"Chaos Origin Bloodline, half-Chaos Origin level."

Luo Feng, however, understood that once one simultaneously cultivated a bloodline path, the bloodline will would corrupt one's own will. The mysteries within the bloodline would merge with one's own enlightened mysteries; this was also a form of Dao contamination! Therefore, once a cultivator of the enlightened path integrated a Chaos Origin bloodline into their body, their hope of further progress in enlightenment became slim. From then on, they would generally prioritize the bloodline path."In the Dark Saint Realm, I exchanged battle merits for a high-grade Chaos Origin lifeform bloodline!" Elder Tianhe looked at Luo Feng. "I integrated it into my physical body, making it the foundation of my bloodline cultivation! I excavated its potential and cultivated the 'Body of Evernight Shadow Kite,' and for this bloodline body, I even created a set of 'Evernight Combat Techniques'!"

Elder Tianhe stood there, his silver-gray aura sweeping across heaven and earth. His power was terrifying, accompanied by an invisible will impact.