Chapter 1139

Due to Luo Fu's exceptional skill in concealment, his extensive preparations, and Ancestor Hongjun's underestimation.

This allowed Luo Fu to nearly uncover most of Ancestor Hongjun's cards, yet Luo Fu's own cards remained largely hidden.

Under these circumstances, Ancestor Hongjun must first probe Luo Fu's cards.

Facing a primordial creation thunder approaching the level of the Dao, no matter how Luo Fu responds, he must reveal his own underlying strength.

If he chooses to withstand it directly, Luo Fu must inevitably expose his foundational power.

A Dao-level attack can only be countered by Dao-level power.

If he chooses to evade, the Chaotic Void is indeed Luo Fu's most suitable refuge—but the primordial creation thunder just unleashed by the Eye of Heavenly Punishment was not cast by Ancestor Hongjun; Ancestor Hongjun has not yet acted.

Should Luo Fu truly attempt to flee, he will surely face Ancestor Hongjun's thunderous strike.

In haste, Luo Fu must further expose his limits.

As long as Luo Fu's true body remains in the Outer Heaven, no matter his choice, he must reveal part of his underlying strength.

Through the underlying strength Luo Fu reveals, Ancestor Hongjun can deduce Luo Fu's identity.

Yet Ancestor Hongjun had not anticipated that the figure appearing in the Outer Heaven was merely Luo Fu's avatar.

More importantly, the Chaotic Pearl appearing in the Outer Heaven was also an avatar.

Compared to Luo Fu, Ancestor Hongjun valued the Chaotic Pearl no less, even more so than Luo Fu did.

In fact, when Luo Fu chose to burn all his magic power to withstand the primordial creation thunder, Ancestor Hongjun had already realized that the Luo Fu before him might be an avatar.

Although Ancestor Hongjun did not understand Luo Fu, he could discern from Luo Fu's modus operandi that Luo Fu was a man who planned meticulously before acting, exceedingly cautious.

How could such a man choose to burn himself in a desperate struggle against the primordial creation thunder?

Know that the primordial creation thunder was merely an attack formed after the Eye of Heavenly Punishment gathered energy for one or two breaths.

If it could be summoned after gathering for one or two breaths, it meant that as long as the Eye of Heavenly Punishment wished, it could gather again and unleash another primordial creation thunder.

The primordial creation thunder was not an ordinary attack of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, but neither was it a move usable only once.

Luo Fu could not possibly fail to realize this.

Since it was not a one-time ultimate move, Luo Fu's choice to fight to the death in direct confrontation seemed foolish.

Even if Luo Fu had survived the first strike, he could not possibly survive a second.

With Luo Fu's intellect, he would never make such a foolish decision.

Yet Luo Fu did exactly that.

The only explanation is that the Luo Fu in the Outer Heaven was merely an avatar—his death would have no real consequence.

This was why Luo Fu chose to gamble everything.

A mere avatar, even if it could withstand the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, could never withstand Ancestor Hongjun; better to perish gloriously, for it would be quicker and cleaner.

The facts proved Ancestor Hongjun's guess correct.

The Luo Fu in the Outer Heaven was indeed merely an avatar.

If Luo Fu had not been an avatar, the Chaotic Pearl could not have vanished after Luo Fu's demise.

Ancestor Hongjun could clearly sense that the Chaotic Pearl was saturated with Luo Fu's aura.

This meant the Chaotic Pearl was Luo Fu's spiritual treasure.

If Luo Fu had perished, and the spiritual treasure lost its master, it would inevitably revert to its true form.

Yet the Chaotic Pearl vanished alongside Luo Fu in the Outer Heaven.

Under these circumstances, there was only one explanation: both Luo Fu and the Chaotic Pearl were avatars.

Thus, Ancestor Hongjun finally understood.

Why had the cunning Luo Fu dared bring the Chaotic Pearl into the Primordial World?

His former wisdom could not have failed to see the risks involved in bringing the Chaotic Pearl into the Primordial World.

For a Dao-level Chaotic Divine Demon, the Primordial World itself was a supreme treasure.

Luo Fu would never be so foolish as to surrender his own supreme treasure to others.

If Luo Fu had truly brought the Chaotic Pearl into the Primordial World, he must have been absolutely certain he could overpower Ancestor Hongjun within the Primordial World.

Otherwise, even if he himself escaped the Primordial World, he would struggle to take the Chaotic Pearl with him.

Clearly, Luo Fu was not that foolish—the one who entered the Primordial World was merely his avatar, along with the Chaotic Pearl's avatar.

Since they were avatars, they naturally feared no demise.

Incidentally, the disappearance of the Twelve Ancestral Wushen and Saint Tongtian also proved that Luo Fu had not perished.

If Luo Fu had perished, no one could have quietly taken away the Twelve Ancestral Wushen and Saint Tongtian.

Not only Ancestor Hongjun, but also Saint Taishang and others had realized Luo Fu had not perished.

This was why Saint Taishang and the others, who had retreated to the edge of the Outer Heaven, did not cry out when they saw Luo Fu swallowed by destruction.

If Saint Taishang and the others truly believed Luo Fu had perished, they would never have remained so silent.

After all, in recent days, Luo Fu had delivered far too many shocks to them.

If such a person perished, it would certainly not be a minor matter.

Not only Ancestor Hongjun, but also Saint Taishang and others had come to understand Luo Fu's character to some degree.

Leaving aside other things, Luo Fu was certainly a man who planned meticulously before acting—he would never do anything without absolute certainty, let alone sacrifice himself.

If Luo Fu's true body had been present here, facing the overwhelming primordial creation thunder, he would never have chosen direct confrontation.

Choosing direct confrontation meant placing himself in absolute peril.

Even if Luo Fu could truly withstand the primordial creation thunder, it would still be so.

Because the Eye of Heavenly Punishment could still summon more primordial creation thunders.

Most importantly, Ancestor Hongjun had not yet acted.

Under the circumstance that Ancestor Hongjun had not yet acted, directly confronting the primordial creation thunder was certainly not a wise choice.

Given their understanding of Luo Fu, he could never have made such a choice.

Anything out of the ordinary must conceal a trick.

Since Luo Fu did this, he must have had his own plan—and that plan was certainly not suicide.

Yet Luo Fu ultimately vanished in the self-explosion of the Open Heaven Divine Thunder.

For this, the Supreme Sage and others could only guess that the one appearing in the Heavenly Beyond was Luo Fu's avatar.

Only thus could Luo Fu's strange initiative be explained.

Similarly, it could also explain why the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Saint Tongtian suddenly vanished from the Heavenly Beyond.

The Supreme Sage and others did not believe the Twelve Ancestral Witches and Saint Tongtian had perished in the force of destruction.