Chapter 183: Clash of Hegemons

Luo Feng's world force enveloped a full twelve Chaotic States; when the Skywhale Sovereign's body attempted to enter this range, Luo Feng naturally sensed it and naturally repelled and squeezed him.

"Hum~~~" The dense world force squeezed the Skywhale Sovereign, forcing him to reveal his form.

A colossal body appeared in the heavens and earth.

It possessed a pair of enormous wings and a bloodied maw occupying one-third of its body! Its crimson eyes brimmed with malice, and a thick, scaled tail stretched across the heavens and earth.

When its wings spread, they spanned three hundred trillion kilometers in length! Its body's thickness alone reached fifty to sixty trillion kilometers.

This was already its minimized form—any larger, and the heavens and earth themselves would find it too vast.

"Primordial bloodline." Luo Feng watched this scene.

Primordial bloodlines have an extremely high upper limit, even capable of escaping the Fanlong world.

As a God-King of the Second Layer, the Skywhale Sovereign had deeply tapped into his Primordial bloodline's potential; this immense body's aura… though Bujidijun or Lord-level beings, already carried a hint of their essence.

Huh.

The giant face covering twelve Chaotic States vanished; a silver-robed figure stood before the towering, monstrous entity.

"Luo He, once you do something, you must pay the price." The monstrous entity spoke, its voice shaking the boundless heavens and earth.

"Then let me see your skill—see whether it's I who pays the price, or you." Luo Feng regarded him calmly; he admitted, the Skywhale Sovereign's true form was more domineering and powerful than his World Lifeform.

While they spoke, countless ancient beings watched from afar.

Powerful beings could observe from within their own sanctuaries.

Weaker ones rushed to the borders of Yu State and Shi State.

"A clash between two Hegemons," Po Lu Shenwang also arrived at Yu State for a clearer view, "Luo He Shenwang is too confident—he's merely crossed the threshold into Hegemon level. The Skywhale Sovereign has accumulated far deeper… this battle, Luo He Shenwang will likely suffer a great loss!"

"Luo Feng!" Zuo Shan Ke had also arrived from Thunder Ancient State, watching from the border of Yu State and Shi State.

He was weaker in power.

While in Thunder Ancient State, he had not sensed Luo Feng's world force covering twelve Chaotic States, but he had continuously purchased Luo Feng's intelligence, so he knew Luo Feng had broken ties with Shi State.

"He becomes a God-King and immediately strikes—why so impatient?" Zuo Shan Ke thought inwardly, "The Skywhale Sovereign is a God-King of the Second Layer. Luo Feng, wait until you break through to the Second Layer before acting."

Zuo Shan Ke had great patience—he had waited such an immense span of time, he could wait another ten million eons without issue.

"Luo Feng may suffer some loss, but his life is not in danger." Zuo Shan Ke reassured himself, watching the battle with tension.

Both Ancient States and numerous ancient beings watched this battle closely.

After all, there were so few Hegemons across the entire Origin Continent; two Hegemons clashing was an exceedingly rare event.

…

"Hahaha, you're truly confident."

The Skywhale Sovereign's colossal body spoke, then opened its bloodied maw! The maw, occupying one-third of its body, was filled with dense, interlocking sharp teeth, and it unleashed a terrifying roar!

Roar!!!

Black winds erupted from the bloodied maw, instantly sweeping across the heavens and earth; within the black winds lurked faint gray currents, and even Luo Feng, merely watching, felt a chill.

"This is the Skywhale Sovereign's 'Annihilation Wind'?" Luo Feng had long gathered detailed intelligence on the Skywhale Sovereign—he knew that once this Annihilation Wind was unleashed, it could destroy heaven and earth, posing a grave threat even to God-Kings of the Second Layer.

"Let me see."

Luo Feng's form instantly expanded, his feet planted on the earth, his head nearly touching the starry sky.

The silver-robed Luo Feng stood in place; the silver robe on his body naturally spread outward, becoming a silver sky-curtain, actively intercepting the terrifying black wind.

"Chiiii—" The Annihilation Wind, a bloodline technique the Skywhale Sovereign had cultivated from the Primordial bloodline using the Principle of Material Origin, possessed extreme corrosive and destructive power; the instant it touched the silver sky-curtain, the curtain's resilience resisted, brimming with boundless vitality, yet still eroded into massive holes.

Huhuh!

The Annihilation Wind eroded and shattered the silver robe-sky, continuing to blow toward Luo Feng.

"Huaahuaahua~~~" Though the silver robe was eroded, it naturally regenerated from nothingness, once again intercepting—only to be annihilated again.

Luo Feng's silver robe spread outward, continuously intercepting, continuously being penetrated and destroyed.

From the surface, the Annihilation Wind clearly held the upper hand.

Yet the silver robe's spread brimmed with boundless vitality, able to regenerate endlessly from nothingness; moreover, Luo Feng himself continuously supplied energy to block the Annihilation Wind.

Finally—

Luo Feng's robe was riddled with holes from penetration; the Annihilation Wind was finally exhausted.

"Hm? Just your robe blocked my Annihilation Wind?" The Skywhale Sovereign, upon his first strike, sensed his opponent's danger—"His flesh and robe are both forged through secret arts—extremely resilient, and brimming with vitality."

The hallmark of Life Origin Principle cultivators is their extreme difficulty to be utterly annihilated; even if seemingly destroyed, they can regenerate from nothingness.

Emperor Chu, a being who reached the Ultimate Realm, believed it would take two or three strikes to completely obliterate Luo Feng's avatar—evidencing the tenacity of his life force.

"Luo He, I merely blew a breath, and your robe is already in tatters." The Skywhale Sovereign's voice echoed across heaven and earth.

Luo Feng's tattered robe naturally repaired itself, restored to perfection.

"The Skywhale Sovereign's Annihilation Wind is indeed potent." Luo Feng praised, "But do you have any stronger techniques? Let me test one?" "Then I'll satisfy you!" The Skywhale Sovereign's crimson eyes grew even more ferocious; suddenly, a blinding golden light condensed on his forehead—its very formation startled all observers.

"Great Annihilation Golden Light!"

"The Skywhale Sovereign's killing technique!"

As a God-King of the Second Layer with immense accumulation, his techniques were well-known; "Annihilation Wind" was merely his common technique—"Great Annihilation Golden Light" was his true killing move, capable of threatening even Emperor and Lord-level beings.

"The Skywhale Sovereign is going all out from the start." Zuo Shan Ke, seeing this, felt uneasy.

"This Great Annihilation Golden Light, forged from the Primordial bloodline's might, is terrifying in its destruction of 'matter'—enough to force Emperor-level beings to take notice." Yu Shui State's Lord's divine force avatar also watched with tension.

Luo He was acting on his behalf.

…

The Great Annihilation Golden Light was famed far and wide.

The instant the golden light erupted from the Skywhale Sovereign's forehead, Luo Feng had no time to block—he was already struck.

"Puh."

!.

The golden light instantly struck Luo Feng's chest.

"Hum—" Luo Feng felt his body thundering; the golden light instantly merged into his body, wildly destroying everything! The foundational structure of his World Lifeform was continuously being annihilated.

Though annihilated, it also struggled to regenerate.

But the destruction was too terrifying—soon, the life force of the foundational matter was utterly annihilated.

"Chiiii!!!"

Luo Feng's towering silver-robed body, as tall as heaven and earth, was covered in countless golden patterns; these patterns eroded and annihilated his body, while his body continuously regenerated.

"My Great Annihilation Golden Light, forged from the Primordial bloodline, clearly holds the advantage! But his body is like a world, containing too vast an energy reserve." The Skywhale Sovereign sensed Luo He's tenacity.

God-Kings could effortlessly grow to match the height of heaven and earth.

Thus, from the surface, it was hard to clearly judge how immense Luo Feng's energy reserves truly were.

Emperor Chu, as a being who reached the Ultimate Realm, had far keener perception; the Skywhale Sovereign's perception was far inferior—he could only judge accurately through direct combat.

"One strike of my Great Annihilation Golden Light can only annihilate about one percent of his body." The Skywhale Sovereign's heart chilled, "But even if I exhaust myself, I can release at most ten such strikes."

Though he had several other killing techniques, the Skywhale Sovereign realized he could not annihilate this body.

"Those who cultivate the Life Origin Principle are tenacious, but usually avoid me, relying on avatars to preserve their lives—few dare to directly withstand my attacks." The Skywhale Sovereign thought inwardly, "But this Luo He dares to endure my techniques head-on."

"I can sense his flesh, besides containing profound Life Origin Principle mysteries, also contains the mysteries of Material Origin Principle—that's why it's so resilient and hard to wear down." The Skywhale Sovereign himself cultivated Material Origin Principle, so he could confirm this with certainty.

"Skywhale Sovereign, do you have any stronger techniques?" Luo Feng's towering silver-robed body still bore countless golden patterns eroding him, yet he bore it calmly, utterly fearless.

"This Luo He merely relies on his lifeform's sheer size to endure." The Skywhale Sovereign had experience dealing with such colossal lifeforms.

The larger a lifeform, the greater the burden on its soul and spiritual will.

Merely managing to control it is already impressive—precise techniques are impossible.

"Luo He."

The Skywhale Sovereign looked at Luo Feng, "Is this clumsy flesh your only reliance? I shall now flatten Hu Yang City—I'll see if you can stop me."

Huh!

The Skywhale Sovereign moved; though colossal, his speed was astonishing, piercing through heaven and earth, heading straight for Hu Yang City.

He intended to leverage his superior technique precision and make Luo Feng pay dearly.

"Flatten Hu Yang City?"

Luo Feng's expression turned cold.

Huh.

With a single step, Luo Feng's body merged into the world, instantly teleporting to stand directly before the Skywhale Sovereign.

"Open!" Luo Feng raised his right hand high; though golden patterns still eroded his body, he channeled all his power into his right palm—a terrifying realm of Life and Death converged in his hand.

His hand became a blade.

Hua!

Luo Feng's right hand slashed; the immense power of his World Lifeform condensed entirely into this blade-light—the blade-light was incredibly refined, yet carried the eerie essence of severing all life.

"This—" The Skywhale Sovereign never expected Luo He, in such a colossal lifeform, could still execute such a refined technique.

He did not know that, when controlling only one-thousandth of his energy reserves in this avatar, Luo Feng could unleash his most refined techniques; the more energy the avatar controlled, the larger and more unwieldy its movements became.

If he unleashed his true World Lifeform body, every motion would be clumsy.

But the technique Luo Feng now used was one of his fused Life-Death killing techniques—"Sever Life"—the blade-light moved through darkness, as if not existing in reality, instantly slicing into the Skywhale Sovereign's body, soundlessly penetrating deep within.

Luo Feng stood afar; the golden patterns on his body had gradually dimmed, the Great Annihilation Golden Light slowly dissipating.

"Skywhale Sovereign, how was that technique?" Luo Feng regarded his opponent.

(End of Chapter)