Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent

Chapter 86: Encirclement (Part 1)

After leaving the Dream Flower Pavilion, Morosa used Void Travel twice and arrived above an ordinary cave dwelling in the Xue Dong District of Huyang City. The cave housed members of the Thousand Leaf Vine Grass Clan.

“Divine Lord, Aloya has told us everything. We are willing to follow you outside the city,” said a Void True God at the head of the Thousand Leaf Vine Grass Clan, bowing respectfully.

Although a few members of the clan were not in the cave at the moment, it was clearly too late for them, and taking the majority was already considered fortunate.

“Alright.” The honest-looking Morosa nodded and, with a wave of his hand, directly collected all the beings and structures within the cave dwelling, leaving only barren ground and a lake behind.

While collecting the Thousand Leaf Vine Grass Clan, Morosa also transmitted his thoughts to Luo Feng: “Master, I’ve already rescued the Dream Flower Pavilion Master, Aloya, and almost all the beings from the Dream Flower Pavilion. Aloya asked for my help, so I also rescued the Thousand Leaf Vine Grass Clan.”

“Was everything smooth?” Luo Feng asked.

“Fairly smooth. The Heart Shadow Sect knew I was your servant, so they didn’t dare attack me. Although they tried to stop me from rescuing the practitioners of the Dream Flower Pavilion, I ignored them,” Morosa replied.

“The disciples of the Tianyan Sect have set up nine weaponry shops. You help save the practitioners in these three shops,” Luo Feng transmitted, sending Morosa the detailed locations of the three weaponry shops. “I’ve already engaged with the Heart Shadow Sect, and they might attack you when they see you, so be careful.”

“Haha, it’s better if they do,” Morosa responded excitedly.

“We need to act quickly. I suspect the Heart Shadow Sect is already mobilizing forces against me; we can’t delay too long,” Luo Feng said.

“Don’t worry.” Morosa was confident.

He had already reached the Chaos Realm five epochs ago and had passed the most vulnerable stage. His divine body had grown to its limit, and his understanding of the “Origin Path of Destruction” had deepened.

Even if he suppressed his strength to be on par with Elder Xin Yan, his methods were far more enigmatic. If he wanted to leave, the Heart Shadow Sect wouldn’t be able to stop him.

Morosa naturally didn’t take the Heart Shadow Sect seriously. What he feared were the ancient Divine Kings of the Origin Continent coming after him, so he had to follow his master’s instructions and play his role as a “Protector.”

“Whoosh.” Morosa could have reached another weaponry shop in one step, but he deliberately used Void Travel three times before arriving at one.

…

The Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect and the Eighteen Elders gathered, either in person or through divine power incarnations.

They watched the scenes captured by the sect’s grand formation. In one scene, Luo Feng went to a weaponry shop, brutally killed some Eternal True Gods who had slaughtered others, and took all the practitioners from the shop. In another, Morosa was similarly rescuing practitioners from the shops and killing the slaughterers he encountered.

“The servant of Divine Lord Luo He is named Luo Sa. He used to disguise himself as a Void True God. However, according to our intelligence, Divine Lord Luo He and his servant Luo Sa went together to hunt down Divine Lord Xue Yun! We’ve long suspected that this Luo Sa is extraordinary.”

“Under the suppression of the sect’s grand formation, this Luo Sa can still travel through the void with ease! If it’s by using a mechanical secret treasure, fine, but if it’s through his own strength, then he’s likely stronger than most of our elders.”

“A Luo He and a Luo Sa. Luo Sa has such power yet willingly serves as a servant; he might be a protector sent by a great force. Their strengths should complement each other.”

These elders were all well-informed.

They knew that two exceptionally strong Eternal True Gods likely specialized in different Chaos Realm techniques. But once they worked together, they could cover each other’s weaknesses, making them capable of handling most dangerous situations.

“If they join forces, it will be even harder to kill them.” Some of the elders started to worry.

“We’ve deployed a powerful enough force,” the Sect Master of the Heart Shadow Sect said calmly and confidently.

Suddenly—

“Sect Master, I’ve heard that Luo He’s servant ‘Luo Sa’ is also very strong. Should I step in?” someone transmitted to the Sect Master.

“Qiu Yi, you are the hidden power of our Heart Shadow Sect. Your time to act will be when we go to war with the Jiugang Marquis’ army,” the Sect Master responded. “To deal with Luo He and Luo Sa this time, we can only use some of our publicly known forces.”

“I’ve already deployed the Heart Demon Kite, the Six Shadow Killing Formation, and the Great Destruction Formation. These account for fifty percent of our sect’s strength, more than enough to deal with them,” the Sect Master replied.

“Very well.” Qiu Yi said no more.

The Sect Master thought about this disciple ‘Qiu Yi’ and felt fortunate.

He hadn’t expected that when summoning disciples scattered across the Origin Continent, such a surprise would emerge. Qiu Yi, who had once been just a relatively outstanding Eternal True God, had now grown to nearly match Elder Xin Yan.

Most importantly, Qiu Yi had reached a high level of mastery in the Divine King-level inheritance “Heart Shadow Technique” and could even control one of the sect’s cornerstone mechanical secret treasures, the “Heart Shadow Demon General.”

The Heart Shadow Sect had five Divine King-level inheritances, and any Eternal True God-level disciple who passed the trials could learn part of them.

These five inheritances were led by the “Heart Shadow Technique,” which was also the most difficult to cultivate! The name of the Heart Shadow Sect originated from the “Heart Shadow Technique.”

Qiu Yi, once he mastered the cornerstone secret treasure “Heart Shadow Demon General,” would be even more troublesome than Elder Xin Yan’s Heart Demon Kite.

“However, Qiu Yi is very aloof and doesn’t like to interact much with the other elders. With his strength, he could fully serve as an elder. Unfortunately, once this war ends, he’ll be leaving,” the Sect Master lamented. “Not just him, Elder Xin Yan will also leave after the war.”

The reason they returned might have been due to the sect’s teachings or because of orders from the Chaos Realm.

In fact, more than half of the sect’s disciples had already rooted themselves in various places across the Origin Continent and had ignored the sect’s summons.

“This Luo He is truly ruthless.”

“He kills the Heart Shadow Sect disciples who engaged in slaughter without hesitation.”

The Sect Master and the Eighteen Elders watched anxiously.

“Elder Xin Yan, you haven’t arrived yet?” they asked, looking at the divine power incarnation of Elder Xin Yan.

“Even if I control the Heart Demon Kite, I’m only on par with him. I can’t stop him at all. If I show up, he might just flee,” Elder Xin Yan said. “I’m waiting for the Six Shadow Killing Formation to converge. Then, with it, I can trap him, and once the Great Destruction Formation is activated, we can completely annihilate him.”

The Great Destruction Formation required 360 Eternal True Gods to operate and was one of the Heart Shadow Sect’s true killing moves.

…

“Luo He Divine Lord and his servant Luo Sa have both taken action, both rescuing the practitioners in the weaponry shops established by the Tianyan Sect disciples.”

“They’re both pretty ruthless.”

“Luo Sa’s strength seems no less than that of Divine Lord Xue Yun.”

At the City Lord’s Mansion, the leaders of the Five Great Families were surprised by what they saw on the monitors.

Luo Feng’s strength being formidable was expected, but his servant Luo Sa’s strength was somewhat surprising to them.

“Earlier, when Her Highness the Princess came on behalf of the Kingdom Lord to recruit Luo He, he refused. He must have a significant background,” the Huyang City Lord said. “This servant Luo Sa is very low-key, but his strength is almost on par with Luo He.”

“Haha, the stronger they are, the better.”

“With the help of Luo He Divine Lord and his servant, the war effort will be greatly aided.” The leaders of the Five Great Families felt more hopeful for victory.

After all, at this level, an Eternal True God was equivalent to an elite army. Not to mention two of them appearing at once.

…

Meanwhile, at the Yan Feng Pavilion, Pavilion Master Di Chu Yu was also observing the progress of the battle within the city.

“This Luo He indeed has some background,” Di Chu Yu said with a smile.

“No matter his background, it’s no match for our Emperor Chu lineage,” the Vice Pavilion Master said.

The royal family of the Ancient Flame Kingdom was the most influential force on the Origin Continent! The only rival was the royal family of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom! Of course, if the legendary “Yuan” were willing to take on disciples, that would naturally be more attractive. But Yuan didn’t have the leisure to focus on teaching disciples; getting the opportunities he left behind was already quite remarkable.

“Judging by his moves, his realm is deeply cultivated, but somewhat chaotic,” Di Chu Yu observed. “His Chaos Realm techniques contain the essence of the Origin Path of Life and the Origin Path of Destruction, and they’re mixed together.”

Di Chu Yu shook his head lightly. “This shows that his inheritance isn’t particularly high-level, probably just an ordinary Divine King at best.”

“Indeed.”

The Vice Pavilion Master nodded. “The supreme rules contain the Origin Path, and each Origin Path provides clear guidance. Mixing two

paths… indicates there’s no guidance at all. Progress will be extremely difficult.”

These royal disciples knew well that one shouldn’t be greedy in cultivation! Focusing on a single path, with a complete inheritance and clear guidance from the Origin Path, would naturally make progress smoother.

Mixing different paths?

Without inheritance and clear guidance from the Origin Path, the difficulty would be more than a hundred times greater!

“No matter. What he’s currently understanding doesn’t even touch the surface of the Origin Path. When he returns to the ancient kingdom and receives part of our Emperor Chu lineage’s inheritance, he’ll know how to cultivate properly,” Di Chu Yu said.

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At each weaponry shop, Luo Feng directly collected all the weapon smiths, apprentices, and customers. Wherever he passed, if he discovered any Eternal True Gods from the Heart Shadow Sect engaged in slaughter, he killed them on the spot.

“Strange, why is the Heart Shadow Sect moving so slowly?” Luo Feng had been prepared, but he still hadn’t encountered the Heart Shadow Sect’s real killing moves.

He had already reached the fifth weaponry shop.

“Divine Lord Luo He.” The weapon smiths and apprentices in the shop were all excited. The nearby Heart Shadow Sect disciples, upon seeing Luo Feng, scattered without hesitation.

“Hmm?”

Luo Feng’s Life and Death Domain sensed something. He immediately waved his hand, collecting the practitioners from the weaponry shop, then looked into the distance.

In the distance, a mechanical secret treasure in the shape of a black bird appeared, along with six massive mechanical secret treasures forming a formation.

“The Heart Demon Kite!” Luo Feng recognized it at a glance as one of the famous cornerstone secret treasures of the Heart Shadow Sect.

The Heart Shadow Sect’s cornerstone secret treasures were all extremely powerful and contained many mystical properties. However, over the long years, some had been lost, and the remaining ones… the Heart Shadow Sect couldn’t even control most of them.

The control threshold for cornerstone secret treasures was extremely high.

“Morosa, I’ll leave another weaponry shop to you.” Luo Feng transmitted another location to Morosa.

He had already taken five of the nine weaponry shops; the remaining four had to be left to Morosa.

“Don’t worry, Master, leave it to me.” Morosa was still relaxed; he hadn’t encountered any strong resistance.

“Luo He!” The massive black bird’s eyes glowed red. “Our Heart Shadow Sect has shown you respect, yet you act so wantonly. You’re courting death.”

“Enough talk.” Luo Feng couldn’t be bothered to say more because the longer they delayed, the stronger the Heart Shadow Sect’s mobilized forces would become.

Boom!

Luo Feng soared into the sky.

Buzz~~~ The dark formation in the high sky unleashed its full power, and a vast dark vortex enveloped him. Simultaneously, the Heart Demon Kite and the Six Shadow Killing Formation moved into action.

“Hmph.” Luo Feng’s divine power burned at that moment, fueling the Life and Death Domain.

A vast Tai Chi cloud-like Life and Death Domain spread out in all directions, directly shattering the dark vortex!

After all, this was a large-scale sect formation, and in terms of targeting an individual, its power was only slightly stronger than the grand formation of Huyang City. It was far inferior to Luo Feng’s Life and Death Domain.

The Tai Chi cloud swept across the surroundings, with Luo Feng standing in the center of the sky, holding the Blood Shadow Knife.

“Seal.”

Six huge, blurry shadows stood in six directions, seemingly trapping this piece of the world and Luo Feng within it.

The Heart Demon Kite emitted a piercing screech as it pounced toward Luo Feng.

This screech directly assaulted Luo Feng’s will!

“Die.” While launching the will attack, the Heart Demon Kite also fiercely clawed at Luo Feng, its strike tearing through space and creating numerous spatial cracks.

“Boom!!!”

Under the will attack,

It was as if a fragile egg, carrying an indomitable will, crashed into a towering mountain!