Grinding the Blade (Part 2)

The Infinite Serpent Ancestor was confident as well. With the power bestowed by the 'Infinite World,' it could completely dematerialize. In a state of absolute dematerialization, no material or energy could harm it in the slightest! Of course, in that state, it could not harm its enemy either.

Yet this state of 'absolute dematerialization' was a unique ability of the Infinite World, that mysterious place.

With this ability, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor had no fear of Luo Feng.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Neither the Infinite Serpent Ancestor nor Luo Feng held back. The moment they made a move, they went all out.

This layer of the Destruction World instantly transformed into a void labyrinth. The Infinite Serpent Ancestor seemed to become one with the entire labyrinth, appearing and vanishing unpredictably as it launched frenzied attacks against Luo Feng.

This battle drew even more attention from across the Infinite Primal Chaos Space! Everyone knew that the Cultivator Faction and the Innate Primal Chaos Faction were mortal enemies, having fought each other for far too long.

Initial Land.

Yuan, Jin, Wulan, Minghuang, Naigu, Starlight, and Moman—the seven Lords—were also watching the battle. They were all deeply concerned with their companion Luo Feng's growth. Judging by the speed of Luo Feng's Yi Li Po Fa, they estimated that before long, Luo Feng should grasp a second Primal Chaos-level Path. They all looked forward to that day!

"Luo Feng's blade techniques are fierce and violent, but the Infinite Serpent Ancestor is inscrutable. None of Luo Feng's attacks can even touch it." Minghuang watched with a frown.

"Brother Luo Feng has unleashed over a hundred strikes. Every one of them is terrifying, yet none can touch the Infinite Serpent Ancestor." Wulan gently shook his head. "Across the Infinite Primal Chaos Space, when it comes to mastery of the void, the Infinite Serpent is second only to Starlight."

Starlight Lord nodded in acknowledgment. "The Infinite Serpent Ancestor has yet to use its 'absolute dematerialization' ability. By relying solely on its control of the void, it has already evaded all of Luo Feng's attacks."

Under its control of the void, every place where Luo Feng's blade light landed was shifted far off target.

"Hmm?"

Yuan and the others' eyes lit up.

Luo Feng's blade technique had changed. Its power had dropped considerably, but after every blade light flew forth, it moved with seeming intelligence. With a flash, it traced bizarre arcs, passing through layer upon layer of spacetime obstacles to forcibly strike the Infinite Serpent Ancestor hidden within the void labyrinth.

Every strike hit without fail! There was no evading them!

No matter how formidable the Infinite Serpent Ancestor's mastery of the void was, it could not dodge.

"Absolute hit?" Yuan smiled.

Minghuang, Jin, and Moman all nodded. The three of them possessed abilities of absolute hit as well.

"Luo Feng is still rather unpracticed. While maintaining absolute hit, he can't bring out much power in each strike." Jin smiled. "He should learn from me."

"Each of Luo Feng's strikes may not be that powerful, but he attacks quickly." Moman sighed.

That was right.

Blade lights linked densely together, all flying with intelligence. They split into several streams, ultimately piercing through spacetime obstacles and landing upon the Infinite Serpent Ancestor.

The successive assaults of countless blade lights rapidly wore down the Infinite Serpent Ancestor's body. It had to rely on the energy supply of this layer of the Destruction World to remain at peak condition.

"Hmph."

The Infinite Serpent Ancestor disdained relying on the 'Destruction World's energy supply.' After all, in the normal environment outside, there could not possibly be such an abundant supply of energy.

It began to use absolute dematerialization!

When Luo Feng's vast flood of blade lights all descended upon the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor completely dematerialized, suffering no injury whatsoever.

"Hitting the target doesn't mean you can harm it." Yuan watched. Just as the Initial Progenitor could allow enemies to attack it—their attacks could hit, yet they could not threaten the Initial Progenitor in the slightest.

The Infinite Serpent Ancestor in absolute dematerialization was not as flawless as the 'Initial Progenitor,' but it was still among the most troublesome.

"There's nothing to be done." Minghuang shook her head.

"None of Luo Feng's moves can threaten the Infinite Serpent Ancestor." Naigu watched.

At this moment, Luo Feng's blade techniques were swift and fierce, sweeping in every direction as they tore through the entire Destruction World. He even deployed a 'blade formation,' with fifteen terrifying blade lights forming a blade formation that shredded every corner of the Destruction World.

Yet the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, in its 'absolute dematerialization' state, watched it all with ease, occasionally finding openings to launch sneak attacks.

"Absolute hit can threaten the vast majority of Progenitors, but against some Progenitors, hitting them is useless." Luo Feng freely tested his techniques on the Infinite Serpent Ancestor. As he experimented, the Primal Chaos Blade Path in his heart gradually became more complete.

Suddenly—

Luo Feng swung his blade.

This time, however, no blade light could be seen. It was impossible to perceive.

Yet some scales on the absolutely dematerialized Infinite Serpent Ancestor's body suddenly vanished without a sound, leaving the Infinite Serpent Ancestor stunned.

"Severing Life works." Luo Feng's eyes brightened.

It did not cut the body, nor did it cut the soul. It cut only life force!

This was something only Luo Feng, having grasped the Primal Chaos Life-Death Path, could accomplish.

"Sss! Sss! Sss!"

Luo Feng stood where he was, power surging over the surface of his body as he unleashed more than a hundred Severing Life blade lights at once. These blade lights could not be perceived and cut only life force. More and more scales on the Infinite Serpent Ancestor's surface vanished, and even its flesh began to vanish.

"How could this be?" The Infinite Serpent Ancestor was somewhat panicked. Concealed by the void labyrinth and protected by absolute dematerialization, it was still being injured?

This scene sent chills through the hearts of many Progenitors.

"Absolutely do not act alone or let your true body appear before Luo Feng." Although every Progenitor possessed tenacious vitality and had devised many secret life-preserving techniques, Luo Feng's current methods were clearly far more terrifying. None of them dared gamble.

If they lost that gamble, they would die completely.

"Previously, because of the power of 'Primal Chaos Great Destruction,' I made the 'great destruction system' the core of my Primal Chaos Blade Path. That wasn't wrong."

"But I underestimated the role of 'Severing Life.'"

This was a method he had only gained after mastering the Primal Chaos Life-Death Path! Moreover, when Luo Feng had first become a Lord, his means of killing enemies had been relatively weak, so the effects of 'Severing Life' had not truly been revealed. It had only been suitable for bullying some World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeforms.

But with the help of his gradually improving Primal Chaos Blade Path, greatly increasing the power of the 'Severing Life' move, 'Severing Life' began to reveal its terrifying nature.

It was an unavoidable move.

Omnipresent? Absolute intangibility?

So long as one was alive, one could not evade 'Severing Life'!

"This move travels along vital energy, but it has an energy limit." Luo Feng pondered.

Vital energy sensing was like a passageway.

It could transmit blade light, but the amount of energy this passageway could bear had an upper limit. That limit was determined by Luo Feng's mastery of vital energy. He was already the foremost expert in life-related attainments throughout Infinite Primal Chaos Space. This upper limit could no longer be raised.

"If I can't raise the energy limit, then I'll find a way to increase the speed of my strikes, study the mysteries of blade techniques, and keep increasing its power." Luo Feng pondered.

In the future, once the Blade Path was completely perfected, he believed its power could rise further still.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

As Luo Feng pondered, he also experimented with variations in his blade techniques.

With such a fine opponent before him, he naturally had to thoroughly test every move he had theorized.

"How is this possible? Even I cannot harm the Infinite Serpent Ancestor in its state of absolute intangibility." Gold stared in disbelief. "How can Luo Feng harm it?"

In terms of destruction attainments, he was far stronger.

"It's vital energy."

Gold Lord had also accumulated considerable understanding in life-related matters and quickly noticed the key point. "He can merely follow vital energy sensing and unleash blade light to sever vital energy? Sever vital energy? How can vital energy be severed?"

Gold could understand vital energy sensing and vital energy locking. But he could not understand how 'severing vital energy' was accomplished. It far exceeded his own accumulation in the aspect of life.

"Vital energy can be severed too?"

Of the three Lords who had escaped from Blood Crane Territory, Blood Lord was one who had mastered the highest level of life force, Blood Power. His control over vital energy was likewise extremely strong, yet even he found it difficult to understand. "Relying on vital energy sensing, I can barely transmit a trace of energy—perhaps enough to heavily injure a World-Level Primal Chaos Lifeform. But that faint trace of transmitted energy... is utterly insignificant against an Ancestor of the same level!"

The deeper one's understanding of life, the more one understood the difficulty of this move.

"The fusion of two Paths is beginning to reveal its power." Xingmang watched the scene with delight. "The Paths of life and destruction, when combined... are the most adept at destroying life!"

Having observed countless future timelines, Xingmang had understood this long ago.

He had long known how terrifying the threat would be when the two Primal Chaos-level Paths of life and destruction merged, complementing one another. He had long concluded that Luo Feng would become one of the most terrifying beings in future battles, a core member of the Cultivator Faction's frontal battlefield! Luo Feng's blade... would become the sharpest, most peerless blade of the entire Cultivator Faction, cleaving apart every obstacle!

"The second Path is gradually taking shape. Soon, soon." Xingmang's eyes saw the future as well.

He saw it.

Luo Feng's Primal Chaos Blade Path could take shape at any moment.

None of his other methods could threaten the Infinite Serpent Ancestor. Only through a thread of vital energy sensing could he still unleash the 'Severing Life' move. Luo Feng used it again and again. Empowered by the power of the Infinite World, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor did everything it could to block him, even desperately trying to conceal its vital energy.

A formidable opponent allowed Luo Feng to improve the 'Severing Life' move time and again.

As the 'Severing Life' move gradually improved, the Primal Chaos Blade Path as a whole became increasingly complete.

But gradually, the Infinite Serpent Ancestor could no longer provide any challenge. Luo Feng had become incomparably familiar with its evasive abilities.

"Infinite Serpent Ancestor, release the World Envoys," Luo Feng said.

"You want me to cooperate with you?" The Infinite Serpent Ancestor sneered. Though 'Severing Life' could continuously annihilate its body and would force it into a bedraggled retreat in the outside world, within the Destruction World, it could absorb energy and remain at its peak.

"Hmph." Luo Feng snorted coldly. His entire body instantly transformed into a terrifying streak of blade light, ripping through the sky as he charged toward the location of this layer's Primal Chaos Shadow.

Since it refused to cooperate, he would seize this layer of the Destruction World!

"Fine!" The Infinite Serpent Ancestor's voice rang out, carrying a trace of helplessness. Losing to Lord Luo Feng was not exactly shameful. Even Shazhou might not necessarily match this Lord Luo Feng.

With its sigh, as Luo Feng charged toward the Primal Chaos Shadow, one hundred World Envoys suddenly condensed into being ahead of him. Each World Envoy burned with blue flames as they jointly surrounded and attacked Luo Feng.

"Your words are stubborn, but your actions are honest." Luo Feng exchanged blows with the World Envoys for only a few breaths. With the many mysteries he had seen at the Mountain of Destruction confirmed through actual combat, these World Envoys became useless.