Chapter 143: Suppression

The Lord of Yuanxiu watched from afar, seeing only a vast dark world, unable to glimpse what transpired within.

"Puff."

Suddenly, a blade of light pierced through the membrane of the dark world and escaped instantly.

Seeing this, the Lord of Yuanxiu was startled: "Just after engaging, Biyun the Great Saint fled?"

Among the transcendent beings of the Origin Continent, even one-on-one, few could force Biyun the Great Saint to flee—let alone with Yansu the Great Saint and Huangfeng City Lord aiding.

"I made it out." Biyun the Great Saint finally exhaled, glancing at the Lord of Yuanxiu.

"Biyun the Great Saint," the Lord of Yuanxiu said politely, for in both individual strength and background, Biyun the Great Saint surpassed him.

"Lord Yuanxiu, you truly are wise," Biyun the Great Saint said. "Had you intervened, your true body would likely be gone."

The Lord of Yuanxiu was stunned: "Biyun the Great Saint, what exactly happened inside that dark world? Where are Yansu the Great Saint and Huangfeng City Lord?"

Biyun the Great Saint shook her head. "The Blood Spirit Golden Pearl is no longer our concern."

With that, she vanished into the heavens and earth.

The Lord of Yuanxiu was silently astonished; he stared at the distant vast dark world and deduced part of the truth from Biyun the Great Saint's reaction.

"It was a complete rout! Three against one, yet swept away." Knowing the likely outcome, the Lord of Yuanxiu no longer waited. "The Blood Spirit Golden Pearl mission is over for us."

He slipped away silently.

…

The vast dark world now held only Luo Feng and Huangfeng City Lord.

"The Thunder Ancient Nation and the Flame Wind Ancient Nation are evenly matched, and the entire imperial clan of the Thunder Ancient Nation… primarily cultivates the Hunyuan Bloodline." Luo Feng gazed at the massive Huangfeng City Lord.

The imperial clan of the Flame Wind Ancient Nation also cultivates the Hunyuan Bloodline, but their threshold is higher: normally, one must become a Shenwang and pass rigorous reviews before even beginning this path.

According to Luo Feng's intelligence, several of the Flame Wind Ancient Nation's thirteen Emperor Lords cultivate the Hunyuan Bloodline—demonstrating its immense appeal.

Huangfeng City Lord, at best, is a beginner in the Hunyuan Bloodline system, at its weakest tier. As for Chu Yuan Marquis, whom Luo Feng once reduced to liquid, he didn't even qualify as a beginner.

"Cut." Luo Feng looked at Huangfeng City Lord; with a single thought, three hundred thousand black rivers transformed into countless black blade lights, all unleashing the Black River Slash.

Boom!

Where the endless black blade lights passed, everything was destroyed—even the membrane of the Cage World bore numerous fine cracks. Such terrifying power struck Huangfeng City Lord fully, leaving him no chance to evade.

"Sssss—" Countless wounds appeared on Huangfeng City Lord's surface, as if sliced by a thousand blades, his skin drenched in blue blood.

Yet as the blade light's force faded, his countless wounds healed naturally.

"Just broke the skin, drew blood," Huangfeng City Lord laughed heartily. "Luo He, I admit your power is formidable—but I haven't expended a single drop of divine energy."

Luo Feng noticed this too.

At Huangfeng City Lord's level of body cultivation, superficial flesh wounds caused no real loss; only complete annihilation of flesh and blood would deplete his divine energy reserves.

"I advise you not to waste your effort," Huangfeng City Lord said confidently, though he remained trapped by endless black rivers, unable to resist as he was drawn closer to Luo Feng.

"I'll test it anyway," Luo Feng said, watching Huangfeng City Lord.

Three hundred thousand blade lights unleashing the Black River Slash from afar contained profound subtleties, razor-sharp enough to crack the Cage World's membrane.

But in close combat, Luo Feng could mobilize nearly ten billion black rivers—pure, raw power!

"Merge."

With a thought, Luo Feng drew all the boundless black rivers back into his body, reclaiming most of those merged into the dark world, retaining only "ten billion black rivers" to sustain the dark world.

The more black rivers integrated, the stronger the dark world became. Ten billion black rivers… were already sufficient to imprison most transcendent beings of the Chaos Realm.

"Hm?" Huangfeng City Lord watched as the surrounding black rivers surged toward Luo Feng, dragging him closer.

Suddenly, Luo Feng's body swelled rapidly; he reached out and seized Huangfeng City Lord's neck.

Luo Feng now wielded nearly nine billion black rivers' power.

"Open!" Huangfeng City Lord struggled, even swinging his arms—but Luo Feng's single arm was utterly unyielding, gripping his neck without budging.

"Shatter."

Luo Feng gripped Huangfeng City Lord's neck with his left hand, while his right hand's five fingers plunged straight into Huangfeng City Lord's body.

Puff—

Luo Feng felt Huangfeng City Lord's body was incredibly resilient; most of his force was naturally dissipated by the skin, yet his fingers still forced their way through the flesh layer. The flesh resisted even more fiercely, like countless ropes entangling to block him; deeper still lay a bone armor layer, densely packed. Luo Feng's five fingers felt as if piercing a divine weapon, forcing through partial bone armor before finally halting.

Luo Feng's arm had sunk halfway into Huangfeng City Lord's body but could advance no further.

"Too resilient," Luo Feng was stunned.

"He, he…" Huangfeng City Lord was stunned—pierced halfway through his body by bare hands? He possessed a formidable Hunyuan Bloodline body!

Puff! Boom! Tear!

Luo Feng gripped Huangfeng City Lord's neck with one hand, while the other wielded a blade-hand, claws, or fist, unleashing nearly nine billion black rivers' power repeatedly, tearing apart Huangfeng City Lord's body.

"Luo He, how did you cultivate your body? I'm certain you haven't cultivated the Hunyuan Bloodline—yet your body is stronger than mine?" Huangfeng City Lord asked, even as he endured the blows.

"Don't waste your breath," Huangfeng City Lord said, enduring the strikes. "Though you strike me repeatedly, I haven't lost a single drop of divine energy. I can't defeat you, but the Hunyuan Bloodline's vitality is beyond your imagination."

Luo Feng stopped, nodding. "Your body is indeed extremely resilient."

As he spoke, a massive blood-shadow blade materialized in Luo Feng's right hand.

"A blade?" Huangfeng City Lord still didn't care.

"Cut!"

Luo Feng casually tossed Huangfeng City Lord aside with his left hand, while his right hand swung the blade.

At that moment, nearly nine billion black rivers' power condensed into one, channeled through the heavy, razor-sharp blood-shadow blade, cleaving directly into Huangfeng City Lord's waist.

Thick skin layer, resilient flesh layer, bone armor layer…

This blood-shadow blade, refined by Master Emperor Chu, possessed the potential of a Shenwang-level ultimate weapon. Luo Feng's power concentrated at the blade's edge was far more terrifying than bare fists. "Puff—" Huangfeng City Lord's waist was cleanly severed, his body split in two.

"Useless—you can't—what?"

Huangfeng City Lord's eyes widened.

Black rivers streamed from Luo Feng's body, rolling forth to engulf the two severed halves of Huangfeng City Lord's body. After splitting, each half's power diminished sharply.

"Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut!"

Luo Feng swung the blood-shadow blade repeatedly, slicing Huangfeng City Lord's severed body into dozens of flesh chunks, each condensed into a compact mass.

Dozens of flesh masses remained resilient, brimming with endless vitality.

"Even if I become flesh paste or shattered particles, I still won't die—hahaha…" The dozens of flesh masses radiated divine energy, voices still echoing.

The dozens of massive flesh masses writhed, yet all were bound by black rivers.

"Split into this many pieces, yet his power seems barely diminished?" Luo Feng stared at the flesh masses. After splitting, each fragment's resistance had dropped drastically—now only equivalent to the strength of a peak Chaos Realm cultivator.

!.

"You shattered my complete body—I admire you, but you can't kill me. Even if you were ten times stronger, you still couldn't kill me," Huangfeng City Lord's voice echoed around.

"The Hunyuan Bloodline's vitality is indeed formidable," Luo Feng nodded in praise.

"Luo He, you can't possibly suppress me forever. Constantly diverting attention to suppress me will hinder your cultivation," Huangfeng City Lord said.

Cultivation requires undivided focus.

To suppress Huangfeng City Lord with black rivers indeed required constant mental effort, which would inevitably affect Luo Feng's cultivation.

"So, just let me go," Huangfeng City Lord pleaded. "I offended you this time. Let me go, and I'll give you ten billion cosmic sands as compensation—how about it?"

"Let you go?" Luo Feng smiled. "Your true body is a valuable asset."

Even if Huangfeng City Lord voluntarily annihilated this body, the weapons and treasures within it held immense value.

Moreover, Luo Feng knew well: a Hunyuan Bloodline true body was crucial. If voluntarily destroyed, re-cultivating it would be extremely difficult and costly.

"You intend to suppress me forever?" Huangfeng City Lord began struggling violently; all dozens of flesh masses writhed, their power terrifying. Luo Feng immediately suppressed them with black rivers. "If you keep diverting attention to suppress me, how will you cultivate?"

"Collect."

Luo Feng used black rivers to gather each flesh mass and sent them into the Star Tower.

Within one level of the Star Tower, the space was naturally divided into over a thousand small chambers. Luo Feng tossed each of the dozens of flesh masses into separate small chambers.

"Suppress." The Star Tower inherently possessed suppression and sealing power.

"Hm?"

As the flesh masses entered, they twisted into the shapes of Huangfeng City Lord.

Dozens of Huangfeng City Lords stared in shock around them; even from distant chambers, they could see each other—but could not approach.

"Open!" The dozens of Huangfeng City Lords frantically attacked their small chambers, yet not a single crack formed.

The Star Tower's stability was absolute—even Luo Feng, at full power, could not budge it. This stability… Luo Feng believed it far exceeded what a Shenwang Level One palace artifact could achieve. Now that Huangfeng City Lord was split, his resistance had dropped to peak Chaos Realm level—utterly powerless.

"Let me out! Let me out!" The dozens of Huangfeng City Lords screamed in fury, but their voices couldn't escape the sealed chambers.

"A Shenwang-level palace artifact? He possesses a Shenwang-level palace artifact?" Huangfeng City Lord couldn't believe it.

Even Biyun the Great Saint owned only one Shenwang-level weapon: the "Cutting Heaven Sword."

A Shenwang-level palace artifact—even the lowest, Shenwang Level One—was worth far more.

"I'm imprisoned inside a Shenwang-level palace artifact? He doesn't need to divert attention at all? I'm just going to be suppressed forever?" Huangfeng City Lord realized his dire situation—he had assumed Luo He, for the sake of cultivation, could never sustain long-term suppression and would eventually release him.

"Abandon this body?"

Huangfeng City Lord knew well how much he had sacrificed to cultivate this Hunyuan Bloodline body. He owned no Shenwang-level weapon—his resources had been poured entirely into this body.

"Luo He, tell me what condition you need to release me," Huangfeng City Lord bowed his head. "Whatever I can do, I'll do."

"How many treasures can you offer?" Luo Feng's voice finally sounded.

"I'll gather what I can—eight hundred billion cosmic sands," Huangfeng City Lord said.

"Eight hundred billion cosmic sands?" Luo Feng couldn't help exclaiming. "A Chaos Realm transcendent like you can only muster eight hundred billion? You're pathetically poor—I've already prepared over a trillion cosmic sands for perfect Chaos-layer biological materials."

Huangfeng City Lord felt humiliated.

Not long ago, he sold twelve Blood Spirit Golden Pearls to the Two Worlds Palace for 360 billion cosmic sands. Without that income, he couldn't have raised even eight hundred billion.

"Cultivating the Primordial Bloodline consumes enormous resources," said the Lord of Huangfeng City. "I've exhausted everything I have—eighty billion cosmic sands."

"Then you won't be getting out," said Luo Feng. Come on—eighty billion cosmic sands could barely buy one ordinary Divine King-level first-stage weapon. To trade for the Lord of Huangfeng City's physical body?

The Lord of Huangfeng City fell silent.

He had another option: as a member of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom's imperial clan, he could ask the clan to redeem him. But then, the cost the clan would bear, he would have to repay later.

…

Luo Feng stood beside the Xueling Star, sensing the Lord of Huangfeng City imprisoned within the Star Tower inside his body.

"Without sufficient benefit, how could I ever release a Primordial Bloodline physical body?" Luo Feng looked up at the Xueling Star. Flames erupted from it, and now nine Xueling Gold Pearls flew out, carried by the Dark World Domain and delivered into Luo Feng's hands.

Luo Feng gazed at the nine Xueling Gold Pearls floating above his palm.

"This Xueling Gold Pearl quest has no rivals left. Brother Chu Yu, I've done right by you," Luo Feng smiled.

(End of Chapter)