Azeroth: A Titan's Odyssey
Chapter 2

Bluff and Run

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In the starry sky, the two opposing sides were now both watching the planet at the center being ravaged by two streams of energy.

"Your actions are meaningless... This Titan is ours... He will carry out the will of the Void, and as for you... Dark Titan Sargeras, you and that pathetic Pantheon are doomed..."

The pitch-black Void churned violently, then emitted a burst of maddening whispers.

"The Legion will burn everything. When the entire universe is consumed by Fel Flame, that will be the end of you pathetic vermin who only dare to hide in the Void..." Sargeras lifted his head, staring directly at the endless Void on the other side.

"As for this corrupted kin of mine, his death will only gather me more hatred. You will pay for this..."

"It was you who killed your kin, you who brought destruction upon your kin, you who..."

Sargeras let out a cold snort in response. His will was unshakably firm, completely unmoved by the Void Lords' maddening whispers.

He tightened his grip on the broken sword "Gorribal*Dark Boiling One." This Titan artifact, when intact, had been called "Gorshalach*Dark Repayer," bringing endless glory to the order of the Pantheon.

But after Sargeras fell and broke with the Pantheon, in that great battle, this sword shattered in two. One part remained with Sargeras, named "Gorribal*Dark Boiling One," while the other fell into the hands of his former lieutenant Argus, named "Taeshalach*Flame Ripper."

And that conflict with his own kin...

Sargeras stopped thinking about it, tightened his grip on the broken sword, and prepared to attack.

"You will pay..."

Before he finished, a sudden change occurred.

The planet between the two sides suddenly erupted with an immensely violent torrent of energy. Void and Fel intertwined, yet they did not interfere or conflict with each other. They coexisted peacefully, guided by an extremely distinct golden divine power, sweeping toward both sides' positions simultaneously.

In the blink of an eye, with no time to think, the Void Lords and Sargeras immediately erected their respective defenses. The former condensed an extremely thick shield of pitch-black Void, while the latter raised his broken sword, a mirror-like dark green Fel Flame forming before him.

However, the anticipated violent attack did not come. This seemingly incredibly powerful torrent of energy, filled with boundless divine might, turned out to have little offensive capability when it reached them—at best, it was a flashbang.

Hu Feng felt very pleased with this little prank, then firmly seized this opportunity, frantically consuming his scarce burst of divine power to manipulate his planet-egg into a warp escape.

The Art of War says: If you can't win, run.

Well... whether Sun Tzu actually said that or not, Hu Feng had successfully escaped.

He had no specific destination; he just warped randomly and irregularly, flashing wherever looked good. The entire escape process was smooth and seamless, one continuous flow—smooth moves, smooth moves...

By the time the opposing sides reacted, the starry sky between them was empty, not a single hair left behind.

That Titan embryo of Sarodar had actually survived the corruption of the Void and the destruction of Fel, and had undergone some unknown mutation. This was unprecedented in all previous cases of Titan World Souls.

Logically speaking, a Titan World Soul at this stage of development should never possess self-awareness. They were usually asleep and completely defenseless.

Sargeras was silent for a long time, then let out a low laugh.

"It seems my young kin has not been corrupted by your Void. Instead, he has grasped the essence of both Void and Fel. You have created a natural enemy for yourselves, hehehehe..."

With that, Sargeras lost interest in continuing to fight the Void Lords here. A tidal wave of Fel Flame quickly enveloped the Dark Titan and his endless demon fleet behind him, and the next moment, they vanished.

The Void Lords did not reply, seemingly in endless rage. The pitch-black Void energy churned violently.

Finally, they spread out a psychic search and tracked once more, but still found no trace. So the endless Void began to slowly dissipate.

This stretch of starry sky returned to calm once more.

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On the other side, Hu Feng was still controlling his egg... ahem, controlling his planet-egg in irregular warps, running as far as he could before his divine power ran out.

Perhaps fate was always this miraculous, or maybe it was the luck of being the protagonist... Anyway, to make a long story short, Hu Feng suddenly sensed a strange psychic call.

This psychic call was unconscious, emitted by a fellow Titan World Soul.

From his innate inherited memories, he understood that unhatched Titan World Souls could sense each other within a certain distance. This innate talent would disappear completely after birth, much like how human babies are born able to swim but forget it after a while.

Azeroth, that was her name.

Hu Feng's spirits immediately lifted. He manipulated his Planet Sarodar to warp toward the star system where Azeroth resided.

It was an exceptionally beautiful star system. Colorful nebulae shimmered like glass in the distance, bathing the entire system in a hazy, dreamlike light.

It was peaceful and serene here, and the location was hidden. For countless years, no life had ever set foot in this paradise. And judging by the arrangement of the planets, only Planet Azeroth had all the conditions to nurture native life.

Azeroth had two satellites—in Earth terms, that meant two moons—currently orbiting that beautiful blue planet.

Oceans covered the vast majority of the planet's surface. The only continent was circular in shape. Sensing Azeroth's condition, Hu Feng couldn't help but think of Earth. Except for the different shape of the continents, everything was so similar.

Guiding his planet-egg to slowly approach Azeroth, Hu Feng could sense a friendly and joyful psychic message. The Titan World Soul at Azeroth's core had not yet awakened its self-awareness, but from the unconscious psychic fluctuations, he could tell she was a gentle, pure, and orderly Titan.

Moving to the far side of Azeroth, using the planet to block the light of the star at the center of the system, Hu Feng decided to stay in this face-to-face position.

His own planet had no conditions for nurturing life, so whether it got sunlight or not didn't matter. And his current focus was on loli raising... ahem, ally cultivation.

The Dark Titan Sargeras wanted to kill him, and the Void Lords wanted to corrupt him. With these two great enemies, he was no match for them now, and fighting alone was not a good strategy.

So, he had to cultivate one or more solid allies and form an organization to be safer.

Unfortunately, he had only sensed this one Titan kin, Azeroth. So no choice—a duo it was. Better than being a lone wolf.

After settling himself, Hu Feng decided to begin a long-term observation of the situation on Planet Azeroth. If life was being nurtured there, that would be best.

Titans had eternal life. What he had the most of was time, and what he lacked the most was also time.

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