Volume Seven: Victory and Defeat

Although Sky Crane Elder's aura was terrifying, Luo Feng didn't pay any attention to it.

Because he already knew that Sky Crane Elder's strongest skill was close-quarters combat with his physical body.

Even Luo Feng felt a little wistful.

In Sky Crane Elder, Luo Feng saw the common predicament of Xing Zhe in the Dark Holy World.

"When they hit a bottleneck in their cultivation, they will try every method to find a way to break Cage." Luo Feng thought to himself, "Sky Crane Elder has learned hundreds of inheritances, but in the end he still chose the Bloodline Path."

On the Bloodline Path, Sky Crane Elder has already reached the Half Primal Chaos level. The next step is the ultimate awakening, breaking free from the Cage! This path still offers at least a sliver of a chance to 'break free from the Cage '.

"When you hit a bottleneck, you can't make any progress even after a long time. The Xing Zhe of the Dark Holy World will exhaust every means to overcome it." Luo Feng thought, "I wonder what kind of bottleneck I will encounter in the future."

"Luo Feng, let's see which is stronger, your physical body or my Eternal Night Dark Kite Body?"

After Sky Crane Elder finished speaking, he vanished into thin air.

Luo Feng's Imitation Life-Death Eye could see that a faint fluctuation flashed and was already close to him. Sky Crane Elder's fingers swept across his chest like a sharp blade.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh—" A sharp blade sliced through his chest.

Luo Feng stood there, watching the scene with great interest.

The robe, formed from his own energy, was also blessed by the 'Undying Heart'. Even though the sharp edge cut through the robe's chest, it couldn't leave any marks on it.

"My physical body Secret Method, the 'Undying Blood Sea Body,' is based on the Star Tower Blood-Colored Scale, and it already has some effect of immortality. With the support of the secret treasure 'Undying Heart,' why should I fear your attack?" Luo Feng clearly saw the entire process of Sky Crane Elder's move.

"Whoosh." "Whoosh." "Whoosh."...

When Sky Crane Elder moved, he always transformed into a hidden stream of air. If Luo Feng didn't have the Imitation Life-Death Eye, he wouldn't have been able to see any trace of his movements.

As it moved swiftly, it repeatedly slashed at Luo Feng's body, making more than ten cuts in the blink of an eye, yet it failed to damage Luo Feng's clothes in the slightest.

"Sky Crane Elder, is this all you've got?" Luo Feng said.

Previously, Luo Feng used the Boundless Blood Sea in conjunction with the formation to block and kill those hundreds of Dao Soldiers, but this time he is facing the enemy in his physical form.

"Your protective robe is indestructible?" Sky Crane Elder appeared in the distance and exclaimed in surprise, "You, a Newly Advanced Elder, certainly have quite a few secret treasures. However, no matter how tough your robe is, there is ultimately a limit to the power your life force can withstand."

Sky Crane Elder's body instantly changed, his size increased dramatically, and three pairs of silver-gray wings grew on his back. Silver-gray fur also grew all over his body, and his head also changed, eventually turning into a giant bird-man.

This sight also excited a large number of onlookers on the walls of Rain Ripple City.

"Eternal Night Dark Kite!"

"Is this Sky Crane Elder's 'Eternal Night Dark Kite Body'?" Many of the onlookers had purchased information about the God Emperor, and this bloodline body was recorded in Sky Crane Elder's information.

This giant silver-gray bird-man exuded a powerful wave of will. After all, it was cultivated based on the 'High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform bloodline', and had great potential. It also embodied Sky Crane Elder's hope of breaking Cage.

Luo Feng also became more serious at this moment.

"Snort!"

The Third Sky Crane Elder flapped his wings and instantly arrived in front of Luo Feng, his claw already striking down.

Unlike Luo Feng's giant, hairy claws, Sky Crane Elder's claws were now much shriveled and ferocious.

"Boom—"

This claw struck directly at Luo Feng's head.

Luo Feng didn't dodge at all, and directly met the attack with a palm strike, as if he wanted to support the entire sky!

Thud~~~

A head-on clash! Sky Crane Elder intended to exhaust Luo Feng's energy with terrifying power, but in this direct confrontation, Sky Crane Elder sensed the power of Luo Feng's palm strike. Although Sky Crane Elder had a slight advantage, it was too small.

"A Newly Advanced Elder, with such a strong physique?" Sky Crane Elder frowned slightly, flapped his three pairs of wings, and unleashed a devastating claw attack, which Luo Feng bravely met with one palm after another.

"Rise!"

Luo Feng shouted loudly.

The Boundless Blood Sea immediately surged with huge waves, and in an instant, the sea of blood churned and enveloped Sky Crane Elder.

The Mystic Azure Sky Extinction Formation Diagram is activated!

The sea of blood bound and strangled Sky Crane Elder all directions, hindering his massive size. The speed at which he flapped his three pairs of wings slowed down considerably, and the power he unleashed decreased. Naturally, the power of each claw was reduced, and he was even at a disadvantage when he clashed head-on with Luo Feng.

"Sky Crane Elder, your skills are a bit weak." Luo Feng laughed loudly as his towering figure fought against the enormous birdman.

In the blood-sea binding and strangling battle, a physical fight, Luo Feng indeed gained the upper hand.

The physical form combined with the Boundless Blood Sea constitutes the complete form of the 'Undying Blood Sea Body'.

"I'm still at a disadvantage?" Sky Crane Elder was quite aggrieved. He usually only needed to Eternal Night Dark Kite Body to deal with the many troubles in Rain Ripple City. In his original plan, he should have killed Luo Feng's clone with the Eternal Night Dark Kite Body.

Who would have thought that they still haven't managed to force out that enormous claw!

"Fifty percent strength isn't enough, then ten percent!" Sky Crane Elder's eyes flashed with bloodlust.

He had never unleashed his full power in Rain Ripple City before; of course, he had only perfected this powerful technique over hundreds of millions of years.

"Boom!!!"

Below the hairline, array patterns began to appear on the surface of Sky Crane Elder's skin. These densely packed array patterns appeared on every inch of his skin, even on the surface of Sky Crane Elder eyeballs.

If one could peer into his body, one would find that every Blood Drop was imprinted with array patterns.

The array diagram is the core path that Sky Crane Elder has taken to grow from weakness to his current state.

He used array diagrams to forge Dao Soldier.

He also tried to use his 'Eternal Night Dark Kite Body' as a Dao Soldier, imprinting countless array diagrams on his body, wanting to explore the potential of his bloodline more deeply and achieve 'ultimate awakening'.

Although he is still far from the ultimate awakening, the combination of his array diagram and the Eternal Night Dark Kite Body has indeed greatly enhanced the power of the Eternal Night Dark Kite Body.

"Hmm?" Although Luo Feng's Imitation Life-Death Eye could not see inside Sky Crane Elder's body, it could see the dense array patterns emerging on the skin beneath his fur. These array patterns were flowing with golden light, causing Sky Crane Elder's aura to surge dramatically.

"This level of strength?"

"Does Sky Crane Elder have that kind of strength?"

Among the onlookers on the Rain Ripple City at this moment were several avatars of elders. They were quite familiar with Sky Crane Elder and immediately judged that... this had already surpassed the methods of Sky Crane Elder recorded in intelligence.

"His skin was covered with countless array patterns."

"It seems that he has successfully fused the array diagram with the Eternal Night Dark Kite Body."

The elders were secretly surprised.

While there are commonalities among the great paths, and different cultivation systems may indeed combine, it is extremely difficult to achieve this.

Sky Crane Elder's body was faintly glowing with golden light. His blood-red eyes, which were integrated into the array diagram, were also looking at Luo Feng. His voice boomed. "This is the first time I have gone all out in Rain Ripple City. Luo Feng, this is also your honor!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

Boom--

With a flap of its massive three pairs of wings, Sky Crane Elder completely tore apart the Boundless Blood Sea surrounding them, and its terrifying claw landed on Luo Feng's chest.

"Bang!" Luo Feng felt the terrifying power impact and was sent flying backward, crashing into the sea of blood.

"Boom!"

At this moment Sky Crane Elder was extremely ferocious and relentlessly pursued Luo Feng. With a single claw, he could cause countless waves of blood to explode, and with a flap of his wings, he could cause countless seas of blood to shatter and rise. Some of the seas of blood were already being consumed.

"I'm injured?" Luo Feng was surprised.

With the blessing of Undying Heart, Sky Crane Elder was actually able to injure himself!

Luo Feng also realized that he should not underestimate the countless top experts in the world! These experts each had their own fortuitous opportunity. He had not learned any 'Half Primal Chaos inheritance' so that he could explore his own path without interference.

However, for those Xing Zhe have mastered a large number of traditions, absorbing wisdom from all sides and integrating it into their own practice, this is also a very powerful path.

"Compared to these old guys who have been elders for countless years, my accumulation is still rather shallow." Luo Feng knew very well that these elders mainly roamed the Dark Holy World and had fewer treasures in the Nine Rivers Holy World, so their strength was relatively inferior.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Sky Crane Elder's massive three pairs of wings possessed terrifying power, annihilating everything in their path and causing countless waves of blood to rise. He then enveloped Luo Feng his claws, completely overwhelming him.

"Sky Crane Elder, your experience is indeed more profound than mine," Luo Feng said. "This battle can now be concluded."

Boom—

Suddenly, Luo Feng stretched out his hand, his arm grew huge, and his palm transformed into a gigantic, hairy claw!

With the blessing of his Undying Heart, Luo Feng's power was comparable to Sky Crane Elder's 'Eternal Night Dark Kite Body'. At this moment, wielding this claw with such power, Luo Feng's divine power was also driving the secret patterns contained within the claw, amplifying its might.

Compared to Luo Feng's bare hands, the power of this claw attack increased dramatically.

"Hmm?" Sky Crane Elder saw the enormous, furry claws. The power was too great, and he realized he was no match for them.

This claw could even tear two or three pieces of the scales of the Primal Chaos Wild Hoof Leader.

Boom--

With a single claw!

Enveloping heaven and earth, dividing heaven and earth, forming its own world Cage.

The Sky Crane Elder, trapped in the world's Cage, had nowhere to hide and could only defend with all his might. Boom! Despite the massive claw tearing through it, two wings were still ripped apart, blood splattering everywhere, and the Sky Crane Elder showed signs of helplessness.

Once they clashed, it became clear that the difference in power was too obvious, and they couldn't fight each other at all!

"At least, it forced you to use that claw." Sky Crane Elder sighed silently. He had known for a long time that Luo Feng possessed a super-giant, hairy claw, but Luo Feng had never used it, which made Sky Crane Elder quite frustrated.

Until the very last moment, they finally forced Luo Feng to use this move.

Although he lost, Sky Crane Elder felt much better.

"I lost!"

The Sky Crane Elder folded his remaining wings and transformed into a golden light, instantly piercing through the world membrane formed by the 'Palm World' and escaping into the East City Gate in a flash.

Upon seeing this, Luo Feng's right hand instantly returned to normal, the Boundless Blood Sea receded into one, and he transformed back into an ordinary black-haired man.

But at this moment...

The onlookers on the walls of Rain Ripple City stared in disbelief at the black-haired man. Just now, Sky Crane Elder had been severely injured and forced to flee by that enormous claw.