Chapter 315: Chapter Eight: The Hidden Race

The latest Rainlan City Divine Emperor ranking: Luo Feng, ranked 33rd.

After all, although the Hive chose to retreat before Luo Feng, he never publicly fought to prove sufficient strength. Ranked 33rd, it still matches his reputation.

The various factions of Rainlan City expected Luo Feng to take action and seize more benefits within the city! But Luo Feng remained low-key, uninterested in competing for gains.

Inside the inner city, in an ordinary cave dwelling, five cultivators were gathered.

“This Luo Feng Divine Emperor forced Elder Saluo of the Hive to pay one hundred million Hunsu Crystals in compensation! His strength is likely no less than the Hive’s master.”

“One compensation alone: one hundred million Hunsu Crystals.”

“For a powerhouse like Luo Feng Divine Emperor, earning Hunsu Crystals is too easy. We have to risk our lives to hunt.”

“Last time we went hunting, all five of us together only secured nine million Hunsu Crystals’ worth of prey—and we barely escaped after being chased by a low-grade Hunsu Life.”

The five cultivators sighed and chatted.

“Brother Zhang, why did you summon us this time?”

“Didn’t we agree earlier that we wouldn’t hunt for the next ten thousand cycles?”

These cultivators had no clones; every hunting expedition was done with extreme caution—any slip could cost them their lives.

“I didn’t summon you for hunting. There’s good news,” said a thin man with a smile, and as he laughed, an invisible ripple instantly enveloped two of the cultivators present.

This invisible ripple was a soul invasion.

The two targeted cultivators were both mid-stage Divine Emperor bloodline cultivators, whose mental will was already weakened by their bloodline. Now, this strange soul invasion overwhelmed them with chaotic memories—they couldn’t tell who they were anymore.

Only a few breaths passed.

The expressions of pain on both cultivators returned to normal.

“Hah! Two more bodies added,” the thin man mentally transmitted.

“These cultivators are far inferior in soul techniques compared to us.”

“We were born free of the cage—this ‘Mind-Deluding Secret Art’ is a innate secret technique, something they could never match.”

Of the five cultivators present, only two were actually low-grade Hunsu Lives controlling the others.

“The leader said there’ll be an operation soon—we should lie low.”

“Ignore it! The leader cares only about the high-ups in our kind. We’re low-tier… he barely pays attention to us anyway. In a major operation, we’re useless.”

“True.”

The two low-grade Hunsu Lives exchanged thoughts.

The low-grade Hunsu Life race had always been strictly hierarchical.

Fellow cultivators with only early-stage Divine Emperor power were utterly ignored by the leader. Even those with mid-stage Divine Emperor power remained low in status.

Only those reaching late-stage Divine Emperor power earned the leader’s attention.

“We’ve already killed several cultivators. The more we kill, the more likely we’ll slip up. Rainlan City’s defense system is complex—it even monitors every cultivator. We won’t be exposed soon, but over time, we will.”

“Then kill faster! The more cultivators we kill, the greater our chance to break through. Once we evolve our bloodline, even if we lose some clones, we’ll profit greatly.”

“But if we lose too many clones before evolving our bloodline, we’ll lose everything.”

“Keep searching for prey.”

Instantly, two cultivators left the cave dwelling, flying through the city, strolling leisurely.

Like most cultivators, they flew through the city, visiting merchants, revealing no trace of their true nature.

…

Luo Feng was currently in seclusion, cultivating.

Though he hadn’t deliberately pursued the Dao of Birth and Death for late-stage Divine Emperor, his accumulation deepened further—his secret arts, such as the “Immortal Blood Sea Body” and “Imitation of the Birth-Death Eye,” had both evolved to new levels.

“Shhh.”

Inside Luo Feng’s third eye—the Imagination of Birth and Death—its inner workings had become far more profound than before.

The mysteries of the artifact “Birth-Death Eye” were rooted in the fusion of birth and death. As Luo Feng comprehended more of this essence, his understanding of the Birth-Death Eye naturally deepened.

This secret art grew increasingly terrifying.

“Boom.” Luo Feng’s Imagination of Birth and Death naturally pierced through the cave’s formation, observing the vast expanse of Rainlan City.

Under Luo Feng’s gaze, the city’s multicolored defense systems revealed countless intricate runes interwoven in operation—unified under the city’s command, they functioned as one.

Luo Feng also saw countless cultivators within Rainlan City.

From his distant observation, the physical forms of most weak cultivators held no secrets—he could perceive many life mysteries. A single glance revealed nearly all cultivators’ cultivation systems, strengths, and bodily secrets.

But the most hidden “soul,” protected by the body, appeared blurred to him.

In his observation, those protected souls resembled dim, indistinct orbs of light.

“My Imagination of Birth and Death has advanced another step—I can now faintly perceive cultivators’ souls,” Luo Feng thought. Before this, he couldn’t even glimpse them vaguely.

Every cultivator guarded their soul with absolute secrecy.

“Hmm?” Luo Feng suddenly noticed two souls.

Within both souls lurked insect-like creatures.

“This is—”

Luo Feng recognized them instantly: “Mind-Deluding Worms?”

Among the known low-grade Hunsu Life races capable of bypassing Rainlan City’s defenses to infiltrate, there were only three: the Soul-Devouring Serpents, the Mind-Deluding Worms, and the Void Wanderers.

Soul-Devouring Serpents and Mind-Deluding Worms were numerous and common.

Void Wanderers were exceedingly rare—appearing only a handful of times in the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm.

“The Mind-Deluding Worms excel in one innate secret technique: ‘Mind-Deluding’! Just this one technique leaves weak-willed souls defenseless—direct soul control.” Luo Feng knew the race’s intelligence: “The Mind-Deluding Worm itself is the mother worm, capable of splitting into up to nineteen ‘offspring worms.’”

Huh.

Luo Feng immediately slipped out of his cave, his Imagination of Birth and Death silently fixed on the two cultivators controlled by the Mind-Deluding Worms.

Having discovered low-grade Hunsu Lives infiltrating the city, Luo Feng would never let them go.

“Even Rainlan City’s complex defense systems can only detect infiltrators through subtle traces,” Luo Feng thought. “But my Imagination of Birth and Death can peer into cultivators’ souls—detecting their traces… in terms of observation, it’s among the best in Rainlan City.”

In realm, Luo Feng was already among the highest in Rainlan City.

His Imagination of Birth and Death was forged from the artifact “Birth-Death Eye”—and now, it truly stood supreme in Rainlan City!

…

“Sister Yingtang, I just found some fine wine—care to come to my cave and taste it?” The two cultivators quickly invited two female cultivators.

Both female cultivators gladly accepted.

Rainlan City’s laws were strict, yet generally safe. Gatherings among mid- and low-tier cultivators were common.

“Hmm?”

Luo Feng followed from afar, frowning slightly.

“I intended to track these two cultivators to find more Mind-Deluding Worm clones,” Luo Feng shook his head. But he couldn’t stand by and let those two innocent female cultivators die.

The two cultivators led the two female cultivators into the cave.

The cave’s formation blocked Luo Feng’s Imagination of Birth and Death to some degree.

Still, he could see the four figures through the formation.

But due to the formation’s interference, he could no longer “see” their souls.

“Act.” Luo Feng didn’t hesitate—he transformed instantly into a blood-red light, forcibly piercing through the formation into the cave.

All caves in Rainlan City were officially rented; their formations included a basic original layer linked to the city’s overall defense system.

If the cave’s formation was attacked, Rainlan City’s defense system would sense it.

“Huh.” As Luo Feng forcibly breached the formation, the city’s defense system immediately reacted—an invisible ripple began enveloping the area.

…

Inside the cave.

“Let’s see what fine wine you found,” the two female cultivators laughed.

“You’ll both be delighted,” the two Mind-Deluding Worm cultivators smiled brightly.

Suddenly—

All four felt it: a terrifying blood-red light pierced the formation without concealment.

“Who dares attack in Rainlan City? Forcefully break into a cave formation?” the two female cultivators cried out in shock.

“Bad,” the two Mind-Deluding Worm cultivators knew trouble had come.

But the terrifying blood light swept over them instantly!

The “Immortal Blood Sea Body,” evolved to its newest level, was even more terrifying than the Hive’s body—it turned the two Mind-Deluding Worm cultivators into corpses in an instant.

“Hmm?” The blood light coalesced into Luo Feng’s form, his hand gripping the two offspring worms.

“Mind-Deluding Worms?” The two female cultivators finally realized in terror—one was an early-stage Divine Emperor Dao-seeker, the other a mid-stage Divine Emperor bloodline cultivator. Against even a slightly stronger Mind-Deluding Worm, they had no resistance.

The Mind-Deluding Worm had only one innate secret technique: “Mind-Deluding.” Survive it, live. Fail it, be controlled—and die.

“Pfft.”

Luo Feng looked at the two worms and crushed them instantly, leaving no trace of life.

Two piercing soul screams echoed—but shook him not at all.

After destroying the two offspring worms,

Luo Feng’s karmic connection to their true bodies deepened greatly.

“Luo Feng, thank you for eliminating two infiltrating low-grade Hunsu Lives,” a voice echoed from afar—the Rainlan City defense system had detected everything.

Luo Feng paid no heed; his Imagination of Birth and Death was still observing intently.

“Found it.” His third eye saw two thick, clear karmic threads—each stretching far away, with several branches extending from them.

Huh!

Luo Feng instantly split into nine streaks of blood light, each streak following a separate karmic thread toward a different target.

(End of Chapter)