Chapter 185: The Price

"Could Luo He possibly control ten powerful avatars?" Yu Shui Monarch wasn't surprised by other avatars—after all, even in the Chaos Realm, the outside world had known Luo Feng possessed the Avatar Technique.

But in the battle just now, anyone could see how powerful Luo Feng's avatar was; his ability to fight across realms while only at God-King First Layer came from his immensely strong physique.

Controlling even one such powerful physique is already extremely difficult! Most can only wield clumsy techniques—how could Luo Feng control ten?

"Could Luo He's strength truly be close to mine?" Yu Shui Monarch refused to believe it.

"Luo Feng is only at God-King First Layer!" Zuo Shan Ke stared in shock, "Could he possibly rival a God-King Second Layer with such deep cultivation?"

"Controlling ten avatars simultaneously is far harder than controlling just one."

Forces across the Origin Continent watched.

Strength is earned through battle!

Not through empty bluster!

"Hmph."

In the sky, the colossal Tiankun Monarch gazed distantly at Luo Feng and said coldly, "I'll see just how much power you can wield while controlling ten avatars at once."

"Come." Ten silver-robed Luo Fengs, each as tall as heaven and earth, stood before Huyang City.

"Is this the Lord of Luocheng?"

The guards at Huyang City's gate and countless citizens within looked up at the ten identical, heaven-and-earth-sized silver figures, utterly awestruck. Such terrifying beings could annihilate billions with a single breath.

"My master's strength has already surpassed mine." Mo Luo Sa's avatar watched from atop the Lord's Mansion pavilion, "I was born from the Origin of Destruction, a perfect lifeform—how could I be suppressed by my master at the same level?"

Mo Luo Sa's techniques were all granted by the Origin of Destruction; his methods were confined solely to the 'Origin of Destruction.'

Luo Feng himself had cultivated the three paths: Life, Destruction, and their fusion—'Life and Destruction.' His Transformation Art also granted him partial mastery over the Material Origin's techniques, and he had exchanged for multiple top-tier lineages in the Infinite Treasure Space, absorbing the wisdom of past masters.

This is the advantage of cultivators: their lower limit may be low, but their upper limit is limitless!

"I hope my master brings better food—I'll reach God-King Second Layer as soon as possible." Mo Luo Sa thought. His advantage was his ability to charge straight toward the God-King Ultimate Realm; his weakness was his poor self-cultivation.

After all, he'd spent his entire life lying down. Demanding autonomous cultivation was like forcing a beast to fly.

This was why the two ancient kingdoms valued the Lord of Ten Thousand Worlds and looked down on Tianmu Kingdom's 'Realm Beasts.' The Lord of Ten Thousand Worlds had personally awakened a complete Origin Path and could advance further, surpassing the God-King Ultimate Realm. As for Realm Beasts? Their chance of surpassing the God-King Ultimate Realm was negligible.

…

All sides watched the battle.

The ten silver-robed Luo Fengs stared at Tiankun Monarch, their battle aura blazing. He hadn't lied—this was truly his strongest power.

Without any weapon, his greatest power took two forms.

The first: controlling the complete World Life Body's true form, granting immense energy reserves, terrifying recovery, and devastating strength in every move—but the techniques were crude and easily mocked.

The second: simultaneously controlling ten avatars! Each avatar could unleash seven-tenths of his power and wield standard God-King techniques, combined into a formation. Power and technique subtlety achieved perfect balance, better suited for varied combat situations.

Of course, when controlling the World Life Body's true form, with its vast energy reserves, weapons were more effective. Using the Blood Shadow Blade could boost power further; using the Star Tower would dramatically enhance his strength.

The Star Tower—Luo Feng's true body had trained inside it continuously, studying it endlessly, sensing its abilities—'suppression, sealing, weight, durability'—had no upper limit. The stronger Luo Feng became, the stronger the Star Tower grew. He still didn't understand why it was so powerful—it went beyond any God-King weapon. Even at God-King First Layer, he dared not use even a fraction of the Star Tower's power.

"Boom!"

The ten silver-robed Luo Fengs moved at once, instantly merging with heaven and earth, appearing around Tiankun Monarch as if teleporting.

"Can you perform such a teleportation while controlling ten massive avatars?" Tiankun Monarch's heart sank; his crimson eyes grew wilder, and the blood-filled maw occupying one-third of his body opened again.

"Roar!!!"

This roar shook heaven and earth, a cry of annihilation.

Where the sound waves spread, mountains turned to dust, the earth cracked into vast chasms. The roar struck the ten distant silver-robed Luo Fengs—Luo Feng's robes began to tear, yet his expression remained calm; he even turned his head to look afar.

Beyond the wasteland, life was sparse and scattered.

But Tiankun Monarch's roar covered too vast an area—it still reached a distant tribe of thousands of beings. The tribe stared in terror at the distant roar, seeing the 'black waves' forming, rolling like a tide of heaven and earth, brimming with endless destruction.

"Father."

Children wept in fear; true gods stared in despair.

Under Luo Feng's gaze, world force enveloped the entire tribe, instantly relocating all their structures to a nearby wasteland closer to Huyang City.

"Distracted while fighting me?" Tiankun Monarch roared in fury; the sound waves he'd unleashed now returned to the battlefield, continuing to propagate.

Tiankun Monarch flapped his wings and lunged at one of Luo Feng's avatars.

The ten Luo Feng avatars closed in from all sides.

"Crash!"

In one clash, one of Luo Feng's avatars staggered back several steps. The other nine immediately surged forward to attack.

"Slash!" Tiankun Monarch whipped his tail.

A flash of light—heaven and earth seemed to split in two! Even with preparation, one avatar was severed in half. But another avatar, grievously wounded, clamped its arms around the tail. The severed avatar instantly healed, restored to full form.

"Die."

One avatar clung tightly to the tail; the others surged forward in succession.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!!!" Tiankun Monarch bellowed, waves of sound accumulating; the earlier roar had returned, and each new wave piled upon the last, forming a vast sonic domain.

Each Luo Feng avatar moved with ghostly agility, like shadows walking through darkness, bravely enduring the sonic assaults.

"Die." Tiankun Monarch flared his wings violently; hundreds of golden swords erupted from within, razor-sharp, piercing through Luo Feng's many avatars, leaving gaping holes.

But for Luo Feng's heaven-and-earth-sized body, these holes were insignificant—instantly healing.

"Cycle of Life and Death!"

One avatar clung desperately to Tiankun Monarch's tail, refusing to let go no matter how much damage it took, neutralizing the deadliest technique—'Sky-Splitting Tail.' The other nine avatars activated the 'Cycle of Life and Death' formation, relentlessly attacking Tiankun Monarch.

!.

Tiankun Monarch's massive body, dragging Luo Feng's avatar, still radiated overwhelming power.

Roars echoed continuously; the sonic domain pressed in relentlessly.

Hundreds of swords struck again and again, repeatedly wounding Luo Feng.

Wings spanning three hundred trillion kilometers flailed wildly, destroying heaven and earth.

Occasionally, his skull emitted 'Great Annihilation Golden Light' to strike.

Yet Luo Feng's ten avatars, though battered and scarred, pressed forward relentlessly. Luo Feng's body was too formidable—even with basic God-King techniques, their combined assaults tore chunks of flesh from Tiankun Monarch.

Scales flew! Blood sprayed, countless wounds. Tiankun Monarch's injuries also healed rapidly.

"Each of his ten avatars is this hard to handle?" Tiankun Monarch felt agony—he sensed each avatar possessed absolute lord-level strength, the kind that was exceptionally difficult to subdue.

…

The scene left all observers silent.

Both Tiankun Monarch and the ten Luo Feng avatars bore severe injuries, fighting desperately—but they both knew… only because both sides possessed extraordinary physiques could they endure such combat.

"Tiankun Monarch's physique is legendary—how could Luo He dare fight him so fiercely?"

"Can a God-King First Layer really be this strong?"

In the battle zone, sonic domains enveloped, world force spread, and combat ripples devastated everything.

Whoosh!

In the dimness,

Tiankun Monarch suddenly retreated, flapping his massive wings and vanishing in an instant, dragging the avatar he held far away, completely separating from Luo Feng's other nine avatars.

"Stop." Tiankun Monarch growled.

The avatar released its grip on the massive scaled tail! That tail was terrifying—but once gripped, its threat dropped drastically.

Whoosh!

The other Luo Feng avatars instantly teleported closer, surrounding Tiankun Monarch once more—all ten avatars' wounds vanished, robes restored to pristine condition.

Tiankun Monarch's wounds also healed, scales regrew—neither side showed any sign of injury.

"You say stop, and I stop?" The ten Luo Fengs stared at him.

Tiankun Monarch looked at the ten Luo Fengs and said, "I admit you have the strength to intervene. Let the two nations cease hostilities."

"You start the war when you want, and end it when you want?" Luo Feng stared at him. "You just tried to flatten my Huyang City—now you pretend it never happened?"

Tiankun Monarch glanced around: "What do you want?"

"Lord Tiankun, you yourself said: some deeds demand a price." The ten Luo Fengs stood firm; their world force rapidly expanded—spreading from the center of Huyang City deep into Shiguo territory.

It covered ten Chaos Provinces in total!

Luo Feng's World Life Body could naturally cover sixteen Chaos Provinces; Shiguo had twelve Chaos Provinces partially or fully enveloped—some entirely, others only one-third.

Luo Feng chose the ten closest territories.

"Yu Shui Monarch gave me ten territories. I'll take ten from Shiguo." The ten Luo Fengs stared at Tiankun Monarch. "That's your price. Accept it, and the war ends. Refuse, and I'll keep fighting—until I seize the territories by force."

(End of Chapter)