I Owe Rain Ripple City Nothing

One of the buildings in the Pill Pavilion architectural complex belongs exclusively to Luo Feng.

"Whoosh."

When Luo Feng entered the Quiet Room, his body naturally split, creating a powerful clone that remained Quiet Room to protect him. This powerful clone carried the two great treasures: the Undying Heart and the Palm World.

After years of cultivation, Luo Feng's energy reserves have become increasingly profound, and he has sufficient energy reserves in cave abode and the Pill Pavilion.

"Do not disturb while taking this precious medicine."

Quiet Room.

Luo Feng sat cross-legged and took out the Hundred Tribulations Marrow with a flip of his hand.

"Hundred Tribulations Marrow, I have never consumed such a rare treasure before." Luo Feng was well aware of the wonder of this treasure. According to intelligence, once one consumes Hundred Tribulations Marrow, one's soul will be subjected to one's life and death tribulations time and time again, causing extreme pain.

The reason for such pain is that the speed of the soul's thinking and its comprehension are forcibly increased to an extremely high level, and the soul feels the burden of pain.

"Bring it on."

"I hope my Life-Death Path can reach the 'God Emperor Late-Stage' as soon as possible, the sooner the better." Luo Feng opened the crystal jade, gently inhaled, and the purple-gold liquid preserved inside the crystal jade immediately flew into Luo Feng's mouth.

Upon tasting, it was slightly cool, and the taste of the Hundred Tribulations Marrow Essence was absolutely delicious. Luo Feng's soul trembled, and he desperately wanted to absorb it.

After the Hundred Tribulations Marrow entered the body, it was quickly absorbed by the soul.

"Boom--"

After absorbing it, Luo Feng quickly felt pain.

Buzz!

The speed of thought processes has increased dramatically. At this moment, the amount of information processed in each instant can reach three thousand times that of usual.

His comprehension also reached an extremely high level. However, with such a high workload, his soul was undergoing one tribulation after another, hence the name 'Hundred Tribulations'.

"According to my original plan, slowly comprehending and accumulating enough profound knowledge to break through naturally is the best choice," Luo Feng thought. "But that would mean watching hundreds of millions of Xing Zhe die."

Luo Feng couldn't do it.

Just to pursue the 'best results' in cultivation, would one coldly watch hundreds of millions of Xing Zhe die? If one were a demon, one could calmly observe everything, and even watch other Xing Zhe die with a smile.

Throughout his cultivation journey, Luo Feng preferred imperfections to betraying his inner convictions.

"Although I have consumed the treasure, I hope to break through as soon as possible."

"However, war has broken out! At the speed at which Xing Zhe fight against Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform, the war will probably end within a day."

"Can I break through in one day?"

Luo Feng had no confidence whatsoever.

Even the most powerful auxiliary treasures cannot guarantee a breakthrough within a single day.

"I will do my best; the rest is up to fate." Luo Feng closed his eyes and began to fully comprehend the 'Life-Death Path'.

The clone, far away on the Origin Continent, was also using the Life-Death Eye to observe the Primal Chaos Bloodline and was pondering with all his might how to perfect the 'Life-Death Path' to the God Emperor Late-Stage.

Luo Feng went into seclusion, while the palace masters and elders of Rain Ripple City focused all their efforts on controlling the formations. Hundreds of formations worked together to resist the attacks from outside the city!

"This time, our investigation of all the lurking beings in the city forced the Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform to launch an attack ahead of schedule. Their legion outside the city is not too large, and it is still far from the limit that our Rain Ripple City can withstand." The Hall Master Yuan Xiang transmitted his voice to the elders.

The elders were well aware of this as well.

To launch a direct attack from the outside and storm into Rain Ripple City? The required force is far too great.

"The greatest threat to us is these lurkers," the Hall Master Yuan Xiang transmitted. "Hall Master Gai Tao, you will lead the 92 elders of the 'Myriad Stars Array' to join forces in hunting down these lurkers. The rest of us elders will be responsible for blocking any attacks from outside the city."

"Okay," Hall Master Gai Tao immediately replied.

"We will cooperate with Hall Master Gai Tao."

At this moment, the Hall Master Gai Tao and the 92 elders ignored the outside world. They worked together, and one after another, brilliant stars appeared in the array above Rain Ripple City. Each star was quite terrifying in power. The position where the stars gathered was exactly above the king and a group of leaders.

Whew! Whew! Whew!

After leaving the Hall Master Wei Yang's cave abode, the Overlimit-Level Bewitching Heart Worm and a group of leaders headed straight for the Hall Master Gai Tao's cave abode.

Because the Hall Master Yuan Xiang's soul is corrupted, he poses very little threat. As long as we kill the Hall Master Wei Yang and the Hall Master Gai Tao in succession, we will have won most of the battle.

"Kill!"

Hall Master Gai Tao's eyes were icy. Although his skill in formations was slightly inferior to Hall Master Wei Yang's, as a grandmaster of weapon crafting, his expertise in formations was still extremely high. Under his command, the 92 elders cooperated perfectly.

One by one, the dazzling stars fell from the sky, like shooting stars.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Each star was exquisitely crafted, tracing arcs to precisely lock onto the group of leader-level infiltrators. These stars avoided the 'King' and actively targeted each of the leaders.

"Um?"

The king and the 23 leaders gathered behind him noticed that the terrifying star had arrived in the blink of an eye.

"Block it."

The king even took the initiative to attack, his palms blocking six stars in succession! At this moment, it was possessing the body of the Hall Master Wei Yang Palace. The Hall Master Wei Yang's body was tough and strong enough that even after withstanding six stars, he was only injured by the explosion, and the injury was rapidly disappearing.

"Stop them!"

"There are too many!" Although the other 23 leaders tried their best to resist, their defenses quickly collapsed under the barrage of hundreds of stars, and they could only rely on their bodies to withstand the impact.

This Myriad Stars Array is inherently capable of harming Mind Creature.

"No--"

A dense barrage of stars rained down, leaving the king and his leaders all wounded. One leader's true form was even destroyed, and he died on the spot.

"A leader has died." This alarmed the other leaders.

"The external threat is too low, allowing the elders of Rain Ripple City to organize a large formation to deal with us." Wang Ye understood this. Of the more than three hundred elders, only the Palace Hall Master Gai Tao still alive. This Myriad Stars Array mobilized one Palace Master and 92 elders... reducing Rain Ripple City's external defense capabilities by at least half!

Even with its defense capabilities reduced by half, it can still withstand a fierce external attack!

If things proceed as planned, with the external legions reaching their peak and launching a frenzied siege, the elders will only be able to kill a very few of the infiltrators using formations. This will make it much easier for the infiltrators to operate.

"All those lying in wait in the city, move out!" Wang Yaoyao commanded, his voice echoing in the minds of every Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform lying in wait within the city. "According to the plan, assassinate the elders separately."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The order was given throughout the city.

Immediately, roughly half of the core members of the Bewitching Heart Worm Race and the Soul Devouring Snake Race from the thirty-five branches of the Nine Rivers Holy World were mobilized.

There are as many as 355 descendants of the God Emperor Late-Stage! Including their true forms and clones, there are thousands of Xing Zhe possessed by these core members!

There are also hundreds of clones of the leaders.

As for the lower and middle-level members, they were unaware of the operation plan, and their true forms did not enter the city; only their clones did. These lower and middle-level members were naturally even more fearless.

"Kill."

"Kill."

Teams of infiltrators erupted throughout the city, Xing Zhe in the tens of thousands! This also caused the elders in charge of the Rain Ripple City's defense system to adopt a solemn expression.

"Our team's mission is to kill 'Elder Qiu Ge'." Ten leader clones, eight God Emperor Late-Stage true bodies, and hundreds of clones formed a team and rushed straight to Elder Qiu Ge's nearest cave abode.

They lurk here because they are near Elder Qiu Ge.

"Our team's mission is to kill Sky Crane Elder." Another infiltrator team, also led by ten leader clones, was also present.

These covert teams are of two types.

One scenario involves ten leaders acting as clones, attempting to kill a certain elder.

Another type is those deliberately misleading the outside world, which are groups from lower-middle-class ethnic groups.

Judging from appearances alone, even the elders would find it difficult to discern which team was stronger and which was weaker. After all, these members were all possessing the bodies of Xing Zhe.

"Hall Master Gai Tao, immediately use the Myriad Stars Array to simultaneously attack and kill every infiltrator team," Hall Master Yuan Xiang ordered.

"Yes," the Hall Master Gai Tao and the elders all replied.

Rumble~~~~

Tens of thousands of stars immediately gathered in the sky above Rain Ripple City. As their number increased, the power of these stars also decreased dramatically.

"Kill!"

The Hall Master Gai Tao and the 92 elders were filled with murderous intent.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh, like a meteor shower, tens of thousands of stars fell, deafening every team!

Those teams composed of lower- and middle-class ethnic groups that were meant to mislead the outside world suffered heavy casualties under the star attacks, with more than half of them dying in just one wave! But the elite teams led by 'multiple leader clones' were able to withstand these star attacks.

"Kill--"

The Hall Master Gai Tao remained expressionless as he activated the Myriad Stars Array, launching a second wave of attacks.

In this second wave of attacks, the teams of those from lower and middle-class ethnic groups were completely wiped out. Only 39 elite teams remained intact.

"Gentlemen, the reins are now in your hands." Hall Master Gai Tao suddenly transmitted his voice to the elders, "I, Gai Tao, have been refining weapons in Rain Ripple City for so long, and today I must also leave."

"What?"

"Gai Tao!"

The many elders who were currently dealing with the situation with all their might were somewhat shocked.

How could you do this?

"Brother Gai Tao! You are also a powerful figure from the Source World, and what you're doing here is merely an avatar! At worst, we can fight to the death. As the Palace Master, how can you flee at this crucial moment?"

"Gai Tao!" The elders were all anxious.

The Hall Master Gai Tao is extremely important. In the battles outside, one Palace Master is worth twenty or thirty elders. But at this crucial moment of setting up the formation, the Palace Hall Master Gai Tao's role is even greater! With his withdrawal, the defensive and combat capabilities of Rain Ripple City will be significantly weakened.

"Look closely! Overlimit-Level infiltrator is leading more than 20 leaders in their true forms, heading straight for my cave abode. They're almost there."

"I am in Rain Ripple City, focusing solely on refining weapons. I have not sought any resources or benefits. Since I have not taken any advantage, I naturally have no reason to risk my life for Rain Ripple City."

"I am refining Weapon Secret Treasure here, and they must not be damaged."

"Gentlemen, I owe Rain Ripple City for my time here."

Whoosh!

With only a dozen breaths remaining between the 20 leaders led by Wang and Gai Tao's cave abode, the Hall Master Gai Tao, carrying a large number of Weapon Secret Treasure he had painstakingly crafted, piloted a boat and instantly soared into the sky.

As the temple master, the high-altitude formation did not stop him, and the ship he was piloting instantly rushed out of Rain Ripple City.

"Call out."

The moment they left the city, the boat vanished instantly, only to reappear hundreds of millions of kilometers away. Clearly, the Hall Master Gai Tao had spared no expense in using an escape artifact.

'Space travel' within the Nine Rivers Holy World is almost impossible! However, as a grandmaster of weapon crafting, Gai Tao had already purchased escape treasures in the Dark Holy World.

"Hmm?" Among the Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform Legion outside the city, a blue and white figure looked in the direction where Hall Master Gai Tao had fled.

"Shadow, do you need me to hunt down that Hall Master Gai Tao?" the blue-and-white figure transmitted from afar.

"Ignore him. He's escaped, which will make things much easier for us." The king, who looked like the 'Hall Master Wei Yang,' looked up and smiled.

The Hall Master Gai Tao also has several clones throughout the city. It is not easy for the lurkers to hunt down and kill him when he is escaping or resisting.

However, the cave abode of the Hall Master Gai Tao is also an important place for weapon forging! The Hall Master Gai Tao and a group of elders have been forging weapons for a long time, and many Weapon Secret Treasure are located here.

"Gai Tao's personality is such that he may not care about creating clones, but he is reluctant to part with Weapon Secret Treasure."

"Just as I expected, it went very smoothly. With a little pressure, he took the initiative to escape." Wang smiled slightly. "Next, it's time to go find Hall Master Yuan Xiang."

At this moment, the Hall Master Yuan Xiang and more than three hundred elders of Rain Ripple City felt disheartened.

The Hall Master Gai Tao fled the battlefield has had a huge impact.

Of the two palace masters, one is dead and the other has fled! Only the Hall Master Yuan Xiang remains.

"It's come to this?" The Hall Master Yuan Xiang felt utterly helpless. He was well aware of his own situation; his current focus was primarily on resisting the pollution, and he could barely manage to manipulate the formation. But to fight a 'Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform Overlimit-Level'? That was simply impossible.