Chapter 358: Hunyuan Prisoner and Luo Feng

Science Fiction

A wilderness area within the Dark Sacred Realm.

Space rippled, and a fiery red rock giant appeared on the ground. It surveyed its surroundings with ferocious eyes.

"Banished."

"To be besieged and killed by those weak cultivators." It felt an endless rage and resentment within. As a high-level chaos creature, it was reduced to being dismembered by ants within the cage.

It even wanted to commit suicide at that moment, but ever since becoming a prisoner, it couldn't even manage to end its own life.

It had become a spoils of war for the cultivator faction, and a resource for them! Cultivators would study its bodily materials, the mysteries of its bloodline, and even use it to forge artifacts and refine auxiliary treasures. Every part of its body would be utilized most efficiently by the cultivators.

"Cultivators!!!" It let out an angry roar. The fiery red on its body intensified, its rock-like skin began to melt, and its aura surged. However, the sealing power erupted, and illusory chains, permeating its body, appeared. One end of these chains extended into its form, while the other connected to the void, suppressing it with the boundless power of the world.

"Cultivators, all your territories will be razed to the ground! Besides a few lords, all other cultivators will become our food!!!" It was filled with hatred but had nowhere to vent it.

It walked step by step through the wilderness, each stride enduring immense suppressive force.

"Despicable race! Damned race!" It glared around, its hatred and killing intent intense.

One day, much later. A team of cultivators was out hunting. "Look, what's that?" Inside their flying boat were seven cultivators, all at the Half-Chaos Dao Enlightenment level. Using their secret detection methods, they had already perceived an immensely powerful, scorching energy.

The chaos prisoner, filled with boundless rage and hatred, had molten lava flowing over its body, flames rising, and an extremely terrifying, fierce aura.

"It's a chaos prisoner!" The seven cultivators immediately realized.

Even detecting it from afar, they sensed the terrifying aura of the chaos prisoner. Though forcibly suppressed, the essence of that aura far surpassed anything belonging to cultivators; it was the aura of a high-level chaos creature!

"We actually found a chaos prisoner! I heard chaos prisoners' powers are completely sealed, and their movement speed is quite slow, making them very suitable for a siege."

"Let's try."

"Be careful, and keep your distance."

The cultivator team began to deploy formations, unleashing long-range attacks on the lava prisoner.

Various formation attacks—some a spatial ripple strangulation, others an erosion of worldly power—rained down. Yet, the lava prisoner sat motionless, allowing these attacks to merely tickle it.

"Despicable ants." The lava prisoner glanced at them. Even with its power completely sealed, it had been released to be Luo Feng's opponent! An ordinary cultivator team was indeed beneath its notice.

It abruptly rose.

*Boom!* Illusory chains manifested across its body, the sealing suppression preventing it from flying, forcing it to run in mighty strides.

As it dashed, the earth trembled. It charged furiously towards the cultivator team, knowing that if it got close enough, a single move would be sufficient to incinerate an entire area of void.

"Run!"

"This is a very powerful chaos prisoner; even working together, we can't harm it in the slightest." This experienced cultivator team knew that the chaos prisoners occasionally appearing in the Dark Sacred Realm varied in strength.

The weaker ones, their team could injure! Dozens of peak entities could collaborate to strangle them. But this lava prisoner was clearly very powerful!

"We must summon stronger cultivators."

"This news can also be reported to God-Emperor Luo Feng." These cultivators piloted their flying boat, swiftly escaping. The lava prisoner, unable to fly, could only stop, staring unwillingly into the distance.

Just one day later. Tens of thousands of Half-Chaos Dao Enlightenment level cultivators, over a hundred peak entities, God-Emperor Ji Ke, and Dao Lord Long Jiu had all arrived. They had now formed a super-formation.

Dao Lord Long Jiu, the foremost formation master in the Dark Sacred Realm, presided over the formation. His spiritual will, having transcended the cage, was sufficient to perfectly control the entire grand formation, mobilizing the power of every cultivator and uniting their diverse strengths.

*Boom!*

The might of the formation astonished and awed the cultivators, who also felt proud to be a part of it.

The colossal formation transformed into a terrifying blade that cleaved the lava prisoner's neck. Only slight marks appeared on its neck, which completely healed as molten lava flowed. Furthermore, streaks of lightning condensed from the formation and struck down, their power startling every cultivator as they repeatedly hit the lava prisoner. The lava prisoner's body was simply too formidable; after all, it was the largest chaos prisoner chosen by Qiu Ge and Yi Fiya.

"How is this possible?"

Dao Lord Long Jiu, God-Emperor Ji Ke, and the others couldn't believe it. The lava prisoner withstood the combined assault of their formation, involving tens of thousands of cultivators, suffering at most minor scratches that healed instantly.

"So many of us cultivators, working together, yet we can't do anything to it?"

"The Dark Sacred Realm has never seen such a powerful chaos prisoner before!"

Dao Lord Long Jiu and God-Emperor Ji Ke exchanged glances.

Both of them already knew that the chaos prisoners were intentionally released by cultivators who had transcended the cage, but the one released this time was exceptionally powerful! Their combined efforts with tens of thousands of cultivators being unable to defeat it was indeed absurd!

"The reason it was released is probably for God-Emperor Luo Feng," Dao Lord Long Jiu transmitted mentally.

"Brother Long Jiu, your formations are unrivaled in the Dark Sacred Realm. With so many cultivators joining forces through a formation, surely you can approach God-Emperor Luo Feng's level of power?" God-Emperor Ji Ke said.

Dao Lord Long Jiu was also somewhat perplexed.

He believed that his spiritual will, having transcended the cage, should allow him to control a grand formation of tens of thousands of cultivators with power nearly comparable to Luo Feng's.

"Why hasn't God-Emperor Luo Feng arrived?" Dao Lord Long Jiu asked. "I asked Bo Xiu, and Bo Xiu said that God-Emperor Luo Feng is in secluded cultivation! He's cut off all communications and is completely undisturbed," God-Emperor Ji Ke replied.

"In secluded cultivation?" Dao Lord Long Jiu nodded. "It seems this chaos prisoner will continue to rampage for a while."

The tens of thousands of cultivators, forming their grand formation, watched the lava prisoner from afar. The lava prisoner, however, looked around disdainfully, sneering. The cultivators all flew far away, none daring to approach: "You lowly, weak cultivators, my power is sealed to such an extent, yet you still can't do anything to me! Hahahaha... you truly are weak!"

The cultivators felt frustrated hearing this, but they truly had no choice; even united, they couldn't inflict the slightest harm on their opponent.

At the large Chaos Hall.

Qiu Ge and Yi Fiya, two high-level chaos creatures, watched the confrontation from afar.

"Luo Feng is in secluded cultivation." Qiu Ge frowned slightly. "The opponent specifically chosen for him, and he's in seclusion."

"He just exchanged for the Sky-Rending Blade, so of course, he needs to study it thoroughly. Given his temperament, his secluded cultivation won't last too long," Yi Fiya said. "Let's wait a bit longer."

As high-level chaos creatures, they had ample patience. Moreover, they were well aware of Luo Feng's growth trajectory; he had spent very little time growing to his current level, so how long could one secluded cultivation last?

Luo Feng was focused on the highest-level destruction mysteries contained within the 'Sky-Rending Blade', and these mysteries enthralled him.

This absorption lasted for over a hundred epochs. "My Path of Life and Death, apart from a lacking hint of spiritual inspiration, is already complete at the Half-Chaos level."

"The more vast destruction mysteries of this Sky-Rending Blade can serve as nourishment for the 'Chaos Path of Life and Death'," Luo Feng thought.

The Half-Chaos Path of Life and Death and the Chaos Path of Life and Death were too far apart.

To comprehend the 'Chaos-level Path of Life and Death', Luo Feng knew that a vast amount of mysteries needed to be incorporated. The Star Tower Blood Scales and the mysteries of the Sky-Rending Blade were part of this nourishment.

In fact, even for a complete Chaos Path of Life and Death, the Star Tower Blood Scales and Sky-Rending Blade mysteries alone might not be enough. "Overcoming laws with sheer force is still too far from my grasp."

"Since this legend exists, there must have been cultivators who succeeded and became lords based on it," Luo Feng mused.

"No need to think so far ahead; first, I should seek that spiritual inspiration."

Luo Feng immediately ended his seclusion.

Only then did he begin to see the series of communications he had previously cut off.

"Hmm, an unprecedented chaos prisoner has appeared in the Dark Sacred Realm? A grand formation formed by tens of thousands of cultivators can't do anything to it?" Luo Feng was surprised and somewhat intrigued.

Under the cage, he found it difficult to find an opponent.

This chaos prisoner seemed like it could be his opponent. "I'll go take a look."

Luo Feng immediately left the large Chaos Hall, heading straight for the location of the chaos prisoner mentioned in the intelligence reports.

Luo Feng strode across the world, each step covering immense distances. In just a few hundred steps, he could distantly see the towering figure of the lava prisoner.

"It is indeed a high-level chaos creature." Luo Feng immediately determined. Its aura was terrifyingly powerful; it was only because it was sealed and suppressed that he could even contemplate fighting it.

"It has been here for over a hundred epochs, and only about a thousand cultivators are still observing it," Luo Feng noted with a glance.

In the past hundred-plus epochs, at its peak, over a hundred thousand cultivators had gathered here! However, Dao Lord Long Jiu's formation could command at most tens of thousands of cultivators. Any more would exceed his control. So, even if hundreds of thousands of cultivators gathered, without a unified formation, their power was scattered, only managing to slightly injure the lava prisoner.

The lava prisoner's body was simply too colossal, too resilient, and its recovery ability was incredibly strong.

"What a formidable body!" Luo Feng's eyes lit up with excitement at the challenge. "Luo Feng is here." "He's finally here."

Deep in the high heavens, the silver-haired man and the fiery-red robed woman had appeared. They had released this chaos prisoner, waiting precisely for this day.

"Luo Feng's strength is too immense; few cultivators who merge paths are so powerful! He simply can't find an opponent under the cage. Only by suppressing the power of a high-level chaos creature can we provide him with enough pressure." Qiu Ge watched from afar. "Perhaps in this battle, his Path of Life and Death will achieve complete perfection."

"In the future, our cultivator faction will likely gain another World-level Chaos creature," Yi Fiya added. Unlike the innate chaos creature faction, the number of World-level Chaos creatures in the cultivator faction was far too few! Both of them meticulously observed the battle about to commence.

"Let's test it first."

Luo Feng immediately extended a hand. His arm suddenly expanded, and his palm directly tore a rift in space, carrying boundless terrifying might. It passed through the spatial rift and appeared directly before the lava prisoner.

The towering lava prisoner, who had been sitting, suddenly saw a gigantic hand emerge from a spatial rift, moving at extreme speed.

"Hmm?" The lava prisoner immediately sensed something was wrong and instantly swung its arm to block.

*Bang!* Luo Feng's palm strike, propelled by his colossal body with 1.2 billion times energy reserve and empowered by the secret treasure 'Heart of Immortality', unleashed terrifying might. This palm slammed directly onto the lava prisoner's blocking arm and then into its chest, causing the prisoner's chest to violently cave in.

A deep, earth-shattering roar echoed! The towering lava prisoner, sitting there, was directly sent flying backward. As it flew, its molten body carved a deep, colossal gash in the earth! This was a massive canyon, hundreds of millions of kilometers long!

The lava prisoner lay at the end of this hundreds-of-millions-of-kilometers-long canyon, a concave fissure in its chest, with magma-like blood flowing from it. It was still somewhat dazed.

Stunned by the blow!

"What a pleasure!" After that palm strike, Luo Feng felt incredibly refreshed. After all, he had never unleashed his power so freely in the Dark Sacred Realm! When he fought the fifteen God-Emperors of the Secret Ruin and others, he merely stood there, causing space-time to collapse, without even moving. His enemies were all shifted before him and forced to kneel.

And after becoming even more powerful, finding opponents became even harder. Luo Feng didn't dare to display too much of his might when interacting with cultivators, fearing he might accidentally kill a few.

Only upon encountering this lava prisoner could Luo Feng finally unleash his full power! He threw a satisfying palm strike!

"This chaos prisoner's power is still a bit weak," Qiu Ge and Yi Fiya, deep in the high heavens, also observed the situation.

"Quickly release some of its seals and double its power!" Yi Fiya urged.