Volume 9: Perfection (Part 1)

The Lava Prisoner lay at the end of the huge ravine, looking incredulously at the black-clad, black-haired man who appeared in the distance.

"How could a lowly Xing Zhe in Cage possess such strength?" The Lava Prisoner couldn't believe it. Then it realized that the sealing power that had permeated every part of its body, soul, and Life Core had suddenly loosened its suppression slightly.

Even with just a slight release, part of the Lava Prisoner's originally powerful and vast strength immediately broke free from the seal, resulting in a significant increase in his strength. The power flowed throughout his body, and his chest was completely restored.

"The two guardians of the Dark Holy World have loosened their seal slightly." The Lava Prisoner, being an extremely powerful being even among High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform, was naturally not stupid and immediately guessed the two guardians' intentions. "They intend to use me to hone this Xing Zhe?"

"Hmph."

"He's already this strong before even breaking free of his Cage! This Xing Zhe's talent and potential are terrifying. He's definitely worth the effort of the two guardians."

The Lava Prisoner's heart was boiling with hatred.

"If I have the chance, I'll kill this Xing Zhe! Those two guardians will be furious, and they'll probably be punished by the Cultivator Faction' higher-ups!" The Lava Prisoner saw no hope of survival; all it wanted now was to exact revenge on the Cultivator Faction.

"If this Xing Zhe possesses the Clone Technique, then there's nothing I can do. But according to the information I have, the vast majority of the Xing Zhe in the Cage do not have clones."

"I need to find an opportunity to kill this genius Xing Zhe in one fell swoop," the Lava Prisoner thought.

The two guardians used it as a tool.

But tools can also backfire!

"These prisoners were originally from the Innate Primal Chaos Lifeform Faction, our mortal enemies. Now that they are imprisoned, they are filled with even more resentment." Standing deep in the sky, Qiuguo watched this scene. "The stronger their hatred, the greater the threat they can pose to Luo Feng."

"Luo Feng's path involves an exceptionally large life form. Even if the Primal Chaos Prisoner severely injures Luo Feng, the possibility of killing this clone of his is very slim." Yifeiya smiled slightly. "Even if this clone is truly destroyed, it would be a good thing, as it would likely have an even stronger impact on Luo Feng."

They hoped that this battle would help Luo Feng break through.

Boom!

Through the crack between heaven and earth, Luo Feng's figure instantly passed in front of the Lava Prisoner, his raised arm like a blade slashing down! The power of life and death cleaved through all obstacles, even cutting through the membrane between heaven and earth!

"So fast!" The Lava Prisoner was sealed and unable to fly, so its movements were slow. Faced with Luo Feng's attack, it could only slightly turn to the side and take the blow on its shoulder.

Luo Feng's strike!

The Lava Prisoner's body sank into the depths of the earth like a stake, with most of it sinking in, leaving only his chest and above still above the surface.

"Hehehe." The Lava Prisoner grinned, revealing rows of teeth that resembled serrated edges, the interlocking teeth like a jungle.

"It's gotten stronger?" Luo Feng immediately noticed. The first palm strike had sent the Primal Chaos Prisoner flying without any resistance! But this even more ferocious strike was withstood by the Lava Prisoner without injury.

"Xing Zhe, your strength is a bit weak." The Lava Prisoner grinned at Luo Feng. "If I hadn't been sealed, I could crush you with a single finger."

As he spoke, eight arms suddenly emerged from the Lava Prisoner's body, and the eight rock arms attacked simultaneously!

Luo Feng vanished as if he were a mirage.

"I'm too slow." The Lava Prisoner frowned slightly, as illusory chains seeped into its body, slowing its every movement. Even its eight arms, which attacked at close range, failed to touch the Xing Zhe.

"The Life-Death Reincarnation!"

In an instant, more than ten Luo Feng appeared, launching attacks from all sides of the Lava Prisoner, including above his head.

Whether it's palm techniques, fist techniques, or claw techniques... every move is an application of the Half Primal Chaos Life-Death Path. Luo Feng uses his own arms as weapons, one move after another, and can even utilize the power of the previous move to add to the subsequent moves.

The moves were like Life-Death Reincarnation, with the vitality growing stronger and the destructive aura becoming more terrifying. In the blink of an eye, Luo Feng had already unleashed tens of thousands of attacks.

These tens of thousands of blows made Luo Feng feel incredibly exhilarated!

Every move mobilized twelve billion times the power of his body! Under this extreme pressure, Luo Feng's control over his body began to improve once again.

The Lava Prisoner's attacks were a bit slow, and he couldn't even touch Luo Feng. In the blink of an eye, he had taken tens of thousands of hits.

Each of those tens of thousands of strikes was like a thunderous roar from heaven and earth.

"Pfft." Blood like lava flowed from the Lava Prisoner's mouth, and his body was covered with dense wounds, but these wounds disappeared as the lava flowed.

"Your moves are too weak." The Lava Prisoner didn't care about the few drops of blood. It looked at Luo Feng, "You hit me more than 35,000 times and this is all the damage you've done? Oh, now the damage is gone."

"Call!"

Luo Feng's figure flashed, and a bluish-gray spear appeared in his hand.

This bluish-gray spear is one of the many Life-Death Secret Treasure that Luo Feng purchased after arriving in the Dark Holy World. With Luo Feng's current level of cultivation, especially after studying the Sky-Rending Blade, he can also draw upon more of the mysteries within this spear!

"Boom—" Luo Feng's spear suddenly thrust out, and as it thrust out, it trembled slightly, with secret patterns appearing and lighting up on the spear shaft, its terrifying power seemingly about to pierce through everything.

"This—" the Lava Prisoner exclaimed in surprise.

The spear had already pierced its chest! However, its body was enormous and incredibly thick. The spear penetrated half the thickness of the Lava Prisoner 'Lava Prisoner body before being pulled out, only to pierce it a second time.

However, during the second thrust, an invisible force bound and restrained the Lava Prisoner, hindering Luo Feng from pulling out the spear.

"You can't escape." Two of the Lava Prisoner's arms gripped the spear shaft as well.

"Killing you in close combat would be a bit more troublesome." Luo Feng's figure flashed to a distance, but he didn't take back the spear. Instead, he smiled slightly, and immediately Boundless Blood Sea spread out, sweeping across the vast surrounding world.

Deep within this Boundless Blood Sea, there are two array diagrams and a black tower.

At this moment, Luo Feng activated these three secret treasures of the Life-Death Path. These were three of the more than ten Life-Death Secret Treasure that Luo Feng had purchased, and they were most suitable for use in conjunction with the 'Undying Blood Sea' to form an array.

The three great formations combined! Their power synergized! This is the strongest 'Blood Sea Great Array' that Luo Feng can currently unleash.

"Boom~~~"

A sea of blood surged! The Lava Prisoner, though towering in size, was engulfed by the sea of blood and further bound by layers of arrays.

Under the Blood Sea Great Array, the Lava Prisoner felt bound by layers of restraints, struggling to move his eight arms and barely able to unleash two or three tenths of his strength.

"How can the Xing Zhe in this Cage have such a huge body? Such terrifying energy reserves are close to those of some High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform." The Lava Prisoner was somewhat panicked.

Although it is an extremely powerful being among the High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform, its strength is unfortunately sealed.

Even under the restrictions, they were powerless to resist Luo Feng, who was now unleashing numerous secret treasures.

"My 'Life-Death Path' prioritizes life and uses destruction as a secondary element. Its power in close combat is still somewhat lacking," Luo Feng thought. "Using secret treasures and formations to maximize the advantages of a living being is my current strongest state."

The Lava Prisoner have existed in the Dark Holy World for over a hundred years.

At first, it attracted a large number of Xing Zhe, but it could not defeat them. Gradually, fewer and fewer Xing Zhe remained around it.

There are only about a thousand Xing Zhe left in the area.

"It is God Emperor Luo Feng."

"Divine Emperor Luo Feng made a move, severely injuring that Primal Chaos Prisoner with a single palm strike."

They watched the battle with excitement.

Finally, Xing Zhe has been able to overpower this Primal Chaos Prisoner, and it's a one-on-one suppression!

"What an amazing formation."

They watched closely as the Boundless Blood Sea formation enveloped the Lava Prisoner. The Lava Prisoner struggled and resisted within the Blood Sea Formation, but his resistance was clearly much weaker.

"Back then, even with the combined strength of tens of thousands of Xing Zhe and the array, Dragon Nine Daoist could not threaten this Primal Chaos Prisoner."

"There were once more than 100,000 Xing Zhe, whose offensive was scattered and could not threaten the Primal Chaos Prisoner."

"God Emperor Luo Feng can suppress this Primal Chaos Prisoner with his own power! He is stronger than hundreds of thousands of Xing Zhe? In the records of the Dark Holy World, even the invincible beings have never been this strong."

These Xing Zhe observing from afar discussed the three paths to becoming an invincible being. In the history of the Dark Holy World, no Xing Zhe the 'Half Primal Chaos Fusion Path' had ever been born; those who had been born had all followed the first two more common paths.

The Mind Will to break Cage and the potential to tap into World-tier Primal Chaos Bloodline are undeniable. While these two types of invincible beings possess unparalleled power, they are indeed far inferior to Luo Feng.

In fact, these Xing Zhe did not know this.

Luo Feng is quite unique among Xing Zhe of the Fusion Path. He doesn't pursue the 'balance of birth and death', but instead takes the 'Star Tower Blood Scale' as his direction, going to extremes and pursuing the ultimate size of life forms! While the difficulty of the path increases, its power is indeed more formidable.

As the Lava Prisoner sank deeper and deeper into the Boundless Blood Sea, its struggles weakened. Suddenly, it saw a huge Pill Furnace appear in the sea of blood, its Pill Furnace already open.

"Not good." The Lava Prisoner knew something was wrong, but at this point, he was powerless to resist.

"Receive."

Enveloped by the formation, the Lava Prisoner fell directly into the Pill Furnace, and the lid slammed shut instantly. Of the dozen or so Life-Death Secret Treasure Luo Feng had obtained, this Pill Furnace was the strongest in terms of refining enemies.

The Boundless Blood Sea returned to calm. Luo Feng sat cross-legged on the sea of blood, looking at the Pill Furnace that had emerged from the surface of the Pill Furnace blood. The surface of the Pill Furnace was a deep blue color. When Luo Feng activated it, secret patterns of blue and black intertwined covered the body of the pill furnace.

"Hiss hiss hiss~~~"

The Lava Prisoner was being refined Pill Furnace.

"This Xing Zhe is too troublesome." The Lava Prisoner had originally planned to hold back his strength and eliminate the Xing Zhe at a crucial moment. However, he was unable to exert his strength in the face of the Blood Sea Formation and unknowingly fell into the Pill Furnace.

"Qiuguo, make this Lava Prisoner even stronger." Yifeiya, who was watching everything from high in the sky, frowned. "It doesn't pose any threat to Luo Feng at all."

"If we upgrade it further, it will probably cause pollution," Qiuguo said.

"As long as its soul is completely sealed, even if a little power contaminates it, the impact will be minimal," Yifeiya said.

Qiuguo nodded.

Soul pollution is the most serious; minor energy pollution is not a big deal.

"This Luo Feng is too strong. I've already chosen the most physically powerful Primal Chaos Prisoner, yet he still forced me to release a fraction of his true power." Qiuguo held the Talisman Token and carefully loosened the seal a little more.

This release from the seal has already crossed a certain boundary; the Lava Prisoner will truly unleash a sliver of its power, a power at the level of High-Tier Primal Chaos Lifeform form. Even if it's just a sliver, it's still power at the high-level primordial level. This power has already become corrupting to the God Emperors.

"Um?"

Luo Feng, who was sitting cross-legged on the sea of blood, was manipulating the Life-Death Cauldron to refine the Lava Prisoner inside. At this moment, he suddenly noticed that the struggle and resistance inside the Pill Furnace was rapidly increasing.