Swallowed Star: Infinite Fortuitous Encounters
Chapter 44

Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord

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"Xin" was the alias Wang Cheng had given Moxiso and the others after arriving at the Outer Realm Battlefield. After all, he was using a false identity, so there was no way he could use his real name.

Otherwise, if his "reputation" grew in the future, wouldn't that be as good as giving himself away?

Now that Wang Cheng had made such a forceful move, his dozen or so Human Race teammates were both stunned and confused. A first-order Cosmic-level fighter could kill ninth-order Cosmic-level fighters like chickens?

That was impossible!

Everyone instinctively assumed Wang Cheng was a Domain Lord disguised as a Cosmic-level fighter. But at the same time, they couldn't understand why he had suddenly revealed himself after going to the trouble of disguising himself.

Was it just to kill a few Cosmic-level fighters?

That made no sense!

On the Outer Realm Battlefield, with a few exceptions, most powerful fighters disdained slaughtering the weak. World Lords, for instance, rarely attacked Cosmic-level fighters!

If a World Lord really wanted to kill Cosmic-level fighters, a thousand of them would be dead in no time!

The true purpose of the Four Great Peak Races and their subordinate tribes in establishing the Outer Realm Battlefield was to temper their people. Cosmic-level fighters weren't needed in an actual war between races!

In fact, neither were World Lords or ordinary Immortals!

Of course, whether the powerful refrained from attacking the weak ultimately depended on their mood. That was usually the case, but if the weak were unlucky enough to run into someone bent on slaughtering them, there was nothing they could do.

Like those few Alien Race fighters who had just died. They had been killed in the most pathetic way, without accomplishing anything at all.

Wang Cheng wasn't a Domain Lord, but after killing more than a dozen Cosmic-level fighters in a row, he had grown bored, so he stopped.

Wang Cheng wasn't fond of slaughtering the weak. He had only been helping the dozen or so teammates he'd just met.

"Brother Xin, I never would've guessed you were a Domain Lord. And here I was, telling you to stick close to us!" Moxiso flew over and sent him a voice transmission.

"I didn't mean to hide it." Wang Cheng shook his head. He was about to say more when his expression suddenly changed.

Whoosh!

The light within a dozen meters of Wang Cheng warped slightly. In an instant, he appeared behind Moxiso, both claws striking forward at the same time.

Bang!

A terrifying force hit him, sending Wang Cheng hurtling back nearly ten thousand meters. But he had chosen his retreating path in advance, and as he fell back, he remembered to pull Moxiso along with him.

"That was close!"

Wang Cheng looked into the distance. A hulking Iron Wing Clan warrior stood there, staring coldly at him.

"Looks like their Domain Lord noticed me slaughtering all those Cosmic-level fighters!" Wang Cheng had already figured it out. He said to Moxiso, "Brother Moxiso, get out of here. Leave this to me!"

"Be careful!"

Moxiso knew his limits. He understood that staying would be no help at all, so after those words, he immediately flew away.

The Iron Wing Clan warrior clearly wasn't interested in Moxiso. His eyes stayed fixed on Wang Cheng.

"This guy must be at least a fifth- or sixth-order Domain Lord!" Thinking of the force the warrior had just unleashed, Wang Cheng knew not to let his guard down.

A fifth- or sixth-order Domain Lord's strength alone would be hundreds of times greater than his. And a Domain Lord wasn't a battle idiot like Jiang Mingyue.

A fifth- or sixth-order Domain Lord, especially one fighting on the Outer Realm Battlefield, could control at least six or seven levels of a Domain. If he had good talent, he might even have grasped a trace of a law!

Wang Cheng couldn't possibly afford to underestimate someone like that!

"You slaughtered my people. Prepare to die!" a hoarse voice rang in Wang Cheng's ears.

"You're the one who's going to die!"

Wang Cheng's expression remained calm. What was killing a few Cosmic-level fighters worth after coming to the Outer Realm Battlefield?

He had to kill a Domain Lord at the very least. Then the trip would be worth it!

"Courting death!"

The Iron Wing Clan warrior barked, then beat his wings and charged straight at Wang Cheng.

Before the Alien Race warrior even reached him, Wang Cheng felt as if he had been plunged into endless waves of water. His movements were suddenly severely restricted.

"Water Domain?" Wang Cheng sneered. The next instant, bolts of lightning appeared around him, accompanied by winds that sliced through the air like blades.

Wind and Lightning Combine. In an instant, it suppressed the Water Domain released by the Iron Wing Clan warrior.

"Wind and Lightning Domain? And both are at the Ninth Level?"

The Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord was horrified. Domain Lords could all control Domains, but those capable of mastering a Ninefold Domain were exceedingly rare. Every one of them was a powerful Domain Lord.

A hint of retreat entered the Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord's heart.

Anyone who could master one Ninefold Domain was powerful. Someone who had mastered two was normally beyond his ability to provoke.

But the thought had barely surfaced before the Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord suppressed it.

For one thing, he was on a battlefield, with nowhere to retreat. Besides, he remembered how his earlier strike had sent Wang Cheng flying nearly ten thousand meters. Clearly, Wang Cheng wasn't very strong.

That meant Wang Cheng was probably a newly advanced Domain Lord!

They earned Military Merit for killing enemies on the battlefield. Killing an ordinary enemy and killing a genius earned vastly different amounts.

A newly advanced Domain Lord who had mastered two Ninefold Domains—what else could he be but a genius?

"My strength clearly far surpasses his. I have a real chance of killing him. If I do, I can take back the recording and earn enough resources to reach the ninth order of the Domain Lord level!" The thought sent a thrill through the Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord. His wavering resolve hardened.

Wasn't the whole point of coming to the Outer Realm Battlefield to seek a breakthrough?

With such a perfect opportunity right in front of him, what was there to hesitate about?

Whoosh!

Like a towering mountain, the Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord beat his wings hard. A huge hammer in his hand glimmered with a faint blue light as he charged at Wang Cheng with enough force to crush everything in his path.

"What incredible strength!" Wang Cheng narrowed his eyes.

Among the manuals he had learned, Wind God Shadow and Ten Thousand Lines Flow were Movement Technique Manuals. Eternal Void focused solely on Time Acceleration and wasn't suited to direct combat. Only Heavenly Thunder's Fury was a manual for head-on fighting.

Heavenly Thunder's Fury drew on the power of the Lightning Law to unleash more powerful attacks.

Like Wind God Shadow, Heavenly Thunder's Fury was divided into ten levels. Wang Cheng had made greater progress in Heavenly Thunder's Fury than in Wind God Shadow. After all his training, he had reached its Fifth Level!

To reach around the Seventh Level of Heavenly Thunder's Fury was enough to earn recognition from the Origin Law. The Fifth Level was already quite impressive!

"Heavenly Thunder Descends!"

Wang Cheng gave a cold shout. In an instant, bolts of lightning appeared around him, their brilliance making it seem as if he were wearing Lightning Armor.

Whoosh!

Wang Cheng turned into a streak of Lightning Shadow and fearlessly charged toward the Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord, who was swinging his hammer down at him.

Two bolts of lightning shaped like claw marks met the Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord's hammer. The two sides locked in a clash, and for a moment, neither gained the upper hand!

In a direct contest of brute force, Wang Cheng should have been crushed without question. But Heavenly Thunder's Fury was a manual that greatly enhanced attack power through the Lightning Law. That was why Wang Cheng, having reached its Fifth Level, could block the Iron Wing Clan Domain Lord's full-strength hammer blow.

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