Volume Eight: Cultivation Is Hard

The four Overlimit-Level exchanged glances.

In order to save his own life, he had no choice but to let his legions share the burden!

"If the four legions are focused on escaping and don't harm Xing Zhe, Luo Feng, with the help of the Heaven and Earth Formation, will probably pick us off one by one and wipe out all four of us." The four Overlimit-Level beings were well aware of this.

Four against one, and they were all at a disadvantage; this was because the formation had not been set up successfully.

Even with the help of the formation, the four of them, focused solely on saving their lives, couldn't hold out for long.

"Once the four legions start slaughtering Xing Zhe, their destructive power will be far greater than ours, forcing Luo Feng to go and save those Xing Zhe." They were well aware of their legions' thoughts.

The four legions, all at the God Emperor Completion-Level, were leaders of their respective branches. They all followed the 'Kings' because they saw hope of the city's fall.

"I wanted to slaughter everyone as soon as I entered the city! But the king forced us to destroy the core area first, and now we've suffered defeat!"

"We've been holding back for so long, let's kill! Let's kill as many as we can! Maybe if we kill enough Xing Zhe, we can regain our freedom!"

"We'll be killing as we retreat, so our retreat speed will probably be 30-40% slower! The casualties could be very heavy!"

"The king ordered us to slaughter them, deliberately to lure those Xing Zhe away!"

"We have always struggled to survive in the Nine Rivers Holy World. Now that freedom is right in front of us, why not fight for it?"

"We might never have the chance to breach Xing Zhe's city again in our lives! If we don't slaughter them this time, we'll regret it!"

These God Emperor Completion-Level communicated with each other using their thoughts at an extremely fast pace.

Within a blink of an eye, the God Emperor Completion-Level of the four legions quickly reached a consensus.

They all chose to... flee and slaughter!

Although it slows down the escape, it also increases the hope of 'freedom'! Even if freedom cannot be regained, the bloodline may be able to advance further!

In fact, these legions had wanted to slaughter everyone as soon as they entered the city. But at that time, according to the 'King's' orders, they could not waste a single moment and wanted to destroy the core area! They even wanted to completely annihilate Luo Feng's clone.

It was only because the situation kept changing that things have come to this point.

At this moment, the four legions, who had been feeling frustrated for so long, all chose the same path under the slight guidance of the four Overlimit-Level!

"Withdraw!"

"Retreat!"

All four legions fled the city along the shortest possible route.

However, as the mighty army fled, it suddenly descended from its flight altitude. At the same time, it also launched a collective attack. Thunder, flames of various colors, Black Wind, curses, and poisons descended, breaking through the barrier of the 'blue-black mist' and forcibly affecting a large number of cave abode nearby!

Luo Feng's Heaven and Earth Grand Array is a large-scale suppression and erosion technique. With these armies concentrating their power in one place, they can naturally shatter the dark blue mist.

"Ah--"

"No!"

The Xing Zhe inside these cave abode were already watching the battle in the sky with trepidation. When they saw a massive army of Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform directly above them, they became even more tense.

But when the power truly swept down, all they felt was despair.

The dark blue mist tried its best to block, but it only managed to block part of the power; the remaining terrifying power still swept over them.

"On the path of cultivation, there are all kinds of tribulations. Xing Zhe fight and kill each other, their understanding of the Great Dao is stuck in a bottleneck, and hunting Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform is also full of dangers... Now, even more calamities have descended from the heavens, and the army has breached the city..." A middle-aged man sat there, looking up at the vast power descending.

He is Xing Zhe emerged from countless worlds; he has no incarnations, and this is his true form.

"But the path of spiritual practice is too attractive to me."

The middle-aged man smiled.

He came into contact with cultivation from the very bottom of a weak world and became obsessed with it. He trained his physical body, his spirit, his swordsmanship... He constantly evolved, came into contact with more and more, and his lifespan was even longer than a cycle in his home world.

He has also traveled to other worlds and entered higher realms. He continuously acquires more knowledge of spiritual practice and constantly strengthens himself.

"I, Cang Yu, have no regrets on this path!" Under the terrifying power, the middle-aged man was instantly reduced to dust, but even as he turned to dust, he faced it with a smile.

Boom—

The powerful energy affected numerous cave abode, and all the Xing Zhe there perished.

At this moment, within the Rain Ripple City, four legions retreated simultaneously. While retreating and fleeing, they also diverted some of their forces to begin slaughtering! Their powers varied greatly, cutting off all possibility of escape for these Xing Zhe.

The experiences of every Xing Zhe has made it to the Nine Rivers Holy World are nothing short of legendary!

But now, faced with this calamity, they are all annihilated.

This is the path of spiritual practice!

Besides the struggles and battles among fellow practitioners, and the bottlenecks that may arise in one's own cultivation, there may also be external calamities!

For example, a Source World might be swallowed up, a holy realm might be completely destroyed, or even an entire world group that specifically trained God Emperors might be completely wiped out... In the face of such calamities, individuals are powerless.

"The four Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform Legions have begun their slaughter." The elders' expressions changed upon seeing this.

As the city lord, Luo Feng had a clear understanding of the situation in various parts of the city.

Luo Feng had a premonition of this scene the moment the city fell.

If the Rain Ripple City defense system can intercept all Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform Legions outside, then the losses inside the city will be negligible.

But the city has fallen!

The army of Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform has entered the city. Once the slaughter begins, Xing Zhe will naturally die in large numbers.

Previously, the Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform were focused on victory, so they rushed to the core area as quickly as possible. But now, everything has changed!

"Elders, give it your all and suppress the four legions!" Luo Feng commanded from afar.

"Yes!"

Nearly two hundred elders also unleashed their own formations, working in conjunction with Luo Feng's Heaven and Earth Grand Array to suppress the four legions! This forced those legions to use more of their strength for self-defense, leaving them with less power to 'slaughter'.

"Call!"

Luo Feng's strongest clone ignored the four Overlimit-Level and headed straight for the nearest legion.

"Luo Feng is ignoring us now."

"His other clones have arrived."

The four Overlimit-Level immediately noticed that Luo Feng's other ten clones, who were guarding the core area, were walking through the rift between heaven and earth and were attacking them.

Although Luo Feng's ordinary clones are weaker than those of the Overlimit-Level, with the help of the formation, ten clones are enough to restrain four Overlimit-Level.

"Escape."

"Run!"

The four Overlimit-Level did not hesitate and immediately joined forces to fly away into the distance.

Luo Feng didn't push too hard. If these four Overlimit-Level cultivators were to fight to the death and engage in a frenzied slaughter, the casualties among the Xing Zhe would be extremely heavy.

This legion consisted of over 600 God Emperor Completion-Level, over 8,000 God Emperor Late-Stage, and some weaker, Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform. While resisting the threats posed by Luo Feng's Heaven and Earth Grand Array and the elders' array, they also diverted their forces to slaughter.

"Whoosh—"

Very sudden!

From the dark blue mist, a gigantic, hairy claw appeared without warning. This claw was incredibly powerful, piercing through the legion's layers of defense in an instant!

"This is bad." The legion members were shocked and furious.

After piercing through the protective layer, the colossal claw instantly swept past a large number of God Emperor Late-Stage and some at the God Emperor Completion, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.

"Defeat it."

"It's Luo Feng's secret treasure, the Claw. Repel it."

As the legion moved, it suppressed and repelled the colossal claw.

"Protect the entire legion." Add even more layers of protection to ensure the entire legion is well protected.

They also immediately noticed the injury caused by the claw.

"Nineteen leaders have died, and another 126 core members have perished." The entire legion was in turmoil; their layers of defense were originally designed to resist the formation.

But at this moment, that colossal claw was targeting one particular spot for attack!

It should be noted that the explosive power of Luo Feng's strongest clone is stronger than that of four Overlimit-Level. The power it unleashes in an instant is comparable to the combined attack of hundreds of God Emperor Completion!

"Luo Feng is too strong. It's impossible for our entire legion to withstand his attacks everywhere. That's simply not possible."

"He also has an array to assist him!"

The Heaven and Earth Grand Array and nearly two hundred Elder Arrays were already under considerable strain from the combined attacks of various forces. Furthermore, Luo Feng concealed his presence and used the arrays to his advantage, making it impossible for the legion to pinpoint Luo Feng location.

"Whoosh—"

Another claw strike pierced through the waist of the entire legion, killing over a hundred more members!

The legion is mainly composed of leaders and core members! After all, the vast majority of them came from other areas of the Nine Rivers Holy World, and the middle and lower-level ethnic groups were not recruited much.

"Splash." "Splash." "Splash."

A gigantic claw, unpredictable and elusive, attacked from different locations within the bluish-black mist.

"His location cannot be determined!"

He is everywhere!

The entire legion was in a state of panic.

In reality, Luo Feng's strongest clone transformed into the Boundless Blood Sea, merging with the Heaven and Heaven and Earth Grand Array, covering almost half of the entire legion's area. Because the area was so vast, even through causal perception, everyone felt as if Luo Feng was all around them!

"Run, run, run!"

"Run!"

Under the repeated attacks of the colossal claws, the legion had no time to spare for killing the Xing Zhe and immediately began to flee in a frantic escape.

They fled at full speed, their Endless Might forming layers of protection around them.

Their escape speed was nowhere near Luo Feng's pursuit speed.

Luo Feng slashed at him a few more times.

"I have killed a total of 200 God Emperor Completion-Level and 1,500 God Emperor Late-Stage." Luo Feng stopped. If he continued, with the help of the formation, he could have completely annihilated this army, leaving none of them alive.

But--

While he was dealing with this legion, the other three legions were also slaughtering Xing Zhe!

"Call."

Luo Feng's strongest clone, walking through the cracks between heaven and earth, could only rush towards another legion.

"Luo Feng has stopped attacking us." This greatly weakened legion realized that the colossal claw had disappeared and ceased its attack. However, after losing a third of their forces, they were filled with panic.

As they resist the siege of the Heaven and Earth Formation and the Elder Formation, members are dying every moment!

"We can't let Luo Feng come here again. If he comes again, we're completely finished."

"Quickly." After being hit by more than a dozen claws, the legion had no more hope of escaping and fled with all its might.

"Hahaha, we escaped! We escaped!"

The four Overlimit-Level beings broke out of Rain Ripple City, and also broke out of the range of Luo Feng's Heaven and Earth Formation and Elder Formation.

There was originally a small force of troops guarding outside the city to prevent Xing Zhe from escaping. However, with the defeat, the Lowly Primal Chaos Lifeform force outside the city has completely collapsed and fled.

"Fortunately, there were four legions slaughtering, so Luo Feng could only try to stop them." After the four Overlimit-Level beings flew away from Rain Ripple City, they did not slow down and continued to flee at all costs. After fleeing far enough, they even dispersed and ran away.

Conceal their presence and scatter to escape.

The four Overlimit-Level were getting further and further away from Rain Ripple City, intending to leave this area completely and escape to other areas of the Nine Rivers Holy World.

"Escape?"

Four Luo Feng stood on the city wall, each with Imitation Life-Death Eye between their brows.

Do you think you can escape?

Luo Feng's four clones maintained a sufficient distance from the four Overlimit-Level, tracking them with the Imitation Life-Death Eye, keeping them at a distance!

Once the legions in the city are dealt with, Luo Feng will naturally take care of these four Overlimit-Level one by one!