Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin: Volume 11: Chapter 6 (391): [The Shadow Lord of Blood Crane Territory]

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Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin
Volume 11: [The Hunyuan Blade Dao]
Chapter (391): [The Shadow Lord of Blood Crane Territory]
(6th of Volume 11)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The time and space of the Infinite Hunyuan Space was incredibly fragile before Luo Feng.

The highest level of Life (creation) and Death (annihilation) forces effortlessly tore open a space-time passage for him to traverse through.

Luo Feng swiftly departed from the 'Origin Continent, Origin World' at an astonishing speed.

In mere moments, Luo Feng had already flown beyond the entire Dark World Cluster!

"Boom-"

Luo Feng soared at super high speed.

A world cluster is a densely populated region filled with numerous origin worlds- a relatively prosperous area that naturally gave birth to a vast number of innate Hunyuan lifeforms.

However, the space between world clusters is extremely desolate, with almost no living beings except for those existing under rare, strange environments.

The 3,600 world clusters are the regions selected by the Practitioner Lords, containing the highest concentration of origin worlds and being the closest to one another.

"My travel speed is considered quite fast compared to the Hunyuan Ancestors. But when placed next to Xing Mang, it's far inferior," Luo Feng thought, recalling his experience traveling alongside Lord Xing Mang.

Lord Xing Mang moved as if traversing a map, transcending space-time itself.

His own speed paled in comparison.

"Blood Crane Territory is quite troublesome!"
As he traveled, Luo Feng pondered his opponent.

Blood Crane Territory is a relatively minor faction within the Infinite Hunyuan Space, birthed from a mysterious land!

This enigmatic place had nurtured countless beings, among which the three strongest are all at the Hunyuan Ancestor level- self-proclaimed as the "Blood Lord," "Crane Lord," and "Shadow Lord". The rest are World-Level Hunyuan beings or weaker existences.

"The Infinite Hunyuan Space has given rise to many ancient beings, but many of them aren't considered part of the 'Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction,'" Luo Feng reflected.

Especially those undying and Immortal existences- they are inherently aloof and unwilling to involve themselves in the conflicts of the Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction!

For example, the absolute sphere known as "Chu Shi Hunyuan Ancestor" and the perfect cube called "Mixu" shared similar, peculiar forms of existence.

Yet, while "Chu Shi" considered himself part of the Innate Hunyuan Lifeforms and became one of the Nine Sovereigns!

However, "Moxu" doesn't bother to care about the Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction.

There are also many clans nurtured from mysterious lands.

Blood Crane Territory nurtured the Blood Crane Clan.

The Feather Realm gave rise to the Feather Clan, which included the immortal "Feather Emperor".

The Giant God Realm nurtured the Giant God Clan.

The Infinite World nurtured the Infinite Serpent Clan.

Their strengths varies, but fundamentally, they aren't too different.

However, while the first two (Blood Crane Territory and Feather Realm) refused to join the Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction, the latter two (Giant God Clan and Infinite Serpent Clan) became two of its Holy stronghold places.

The Infinite Serpent Clan's favorite food was the "origin core essence of origin worlds," and since origin worlds were the homelands of practitioners, the clan had to rely on the entire Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction to wage war against the practitioners.

Although the Giant God Clan cared little for the origin core essence of origin worlds, they coveted other resources. Relying solely on absorbing "Hunyuan energy" was far too slow for their growth.

"If all these factions are forcibly merged into the 'Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction,' they'd probably tear each other apart from infighting," Luo Feng thought.

"The Giant God Clan, disliking conflict, could barely tolerate the Infinite Serpent Clan. But would other immortal existences willingly bow before the Infinite Serpent Hunyuan Ancestor?"

.........

After over ten days of travel, Luo Feng arrived at the border of the practitioners' territory.

Following the faint life aura, he headed straight for the Shadow Lord of Blood Crane Territory.

"Among the Blood Crane Clan, the Blood Lord is low-key and rarely appears. The Crane Lord is relatively peaceful. But the Shadow Lord- he's the most domineering and aggressive." Luo Feng had long known of this figure.

The one who had encroached upon the practitioners' territory was none other than this Shadow Lord, leading a group of his kin.

Luo Feng came to a halt in a vast stretch of void, gazing into the distance. Through the life aura, he had already locked onto the Shadow Lord's position.

At this moment, the Shadow Lord was merged with the surrounding space, occupying an enormous region.

"So, Lord Luo Feng has arrived." A voice echoed around him. 

"You eight Practitioner Lords have claimed a full 3,600 world clusters- isn't that a bit too greedy? I've only taken 16. "That's not excessive, is it?"

"Shadow Lord of Blood Crane Territory, you've got quite the nerve!" Luo Feng said coldly.

Before, when the practitioners seemed on the verge of losing the war, factions like the Ice Peak Faction and others had seized the opportunity to encroach upon some world clusters.

But after the war ended, most of the weaker factions voluntarily withdrew.

Those who stubbornly refused to leave are few- and all had some form of backing!

"I'm only trying to help you," the voice resonated from different points in space-time, "Your faction's territory is too vast, which provoked the Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction into action. If you claimed less land, wouldn't that save you a lot of trouble?"

Luo Feng's icy gaze swept across the surroundings, sensing the Shadow Lord's power permeating every inch of space.

"Hmph."

With a single thought, a vast Life-Death domain erupted from Luo Feng, enveloping the surroundings and crushing every hidden shadow across space-time.

The dispersed shadows were forced to coalesce in the distance, forming a towering, spectral figure.

The colossal shadow loomed, its blood-red eyes fixed on Luo Feng.

"I gave you a chance to withdraw, but you refused," Luo Feng said coldly, "Now, you have only one path left. Hand over all the resources you've plundered from our territory- plus triple that amount as compensation. And swear never to encroach upon practitioner lands again."

"You expect me to surrender all the resources I fought hard to seize and pay triple on top?" The giant shadow let out a strange laugh, "Hahaha... how amusing. "I've always been the one taking from others- never the one suffering losses."

"Lord Luo Feng, your demands displease me. Those 16 world clusters? Now I find them too few. I want 32." The massive shadow's voice reverberated through space-time, "If you refuse, I'll haunt your territory forever- launching endless ambushes without pause!"

"Let's see what you eight Practitioner Lords can do to stop me!" The shadow's blood-red eyes burnt with ferocity.

Although none of Blood Crane Territory's three Lords had reached the "undying and Immortal" level, these ancient beings all had their own survival methods.

The Shadow Lord, confident in his ability to preserve his life, acted with ruthless arrogance.

Previously, he had only bullied weaker factions. But now, he had set his sights on the practitioners!

"Very well."

Luo Feng stood unmoved, his gaze turning icy.

"Swish-"

In an instant, billions of blade lights erupted from Luo Feng's body, each one locking onto the Shadow Lord's life aura and slashing toward his form!

During the great war between the two factions, the battles had reached the highest intensity possible in the Infinite Hunyuan Space. Even ordinary Hunyuan Ancestors played minimal roles, and among the Practitioner Lords, only their most powerful techniques could influence the tide of battle.

Lords like Jin and Mo man had to burn their primary combat clones to make a difference.

Luo Feng had been the same- many of his ordinary techniques were useless, as they were instantly annihilated by the overlapping domains and combined forces of both sides, never even reaching deep into enemy lines.

But now, this was a one-on-one fight!

Luo Feng's Life-Death techniques, though considered average among the Lords in terms of offensive power, were more than enough to overwhelm the Shadow Lord.

Countless blade lights slashed through his form, eroding and annihilating his body with every strike.

"What kind of move is this? There's no way to dodge!" The Shadow Lord panicked.

Even though he had mastered the highest level of "shadow" power- allowing him to merge with space-time and all things- Luo Feng's endless blade lights followed his life aura, obliterating every trace of his existence.

There was no escape.

"Pathetic." Having just become a Lord, Luo Feng had already faced the brutal warfare between the two great factions. Compared to that, the Shadow Lord was far too weak.

"Merge!"

With much of his power being annihilated, the Shadow Lord had no choice but to consolidate his life force, strengthening himself to resist the onslaught of blade lights.

"So you've merged?"

Luo Feng instantly locked onto his target.

A dazzling blade light flashed- Luo Feng drew his blade!

The terrifying slash, guided by the Shadow Lord's life aura, was impossible to evade.

The blade pierced straight through his chest, and even his escaping energy was shredded by the relentless blade lights!

Luo Feng's strike was so overwhelmingly powerful that it completely annihilated the Shadow Lord's physical form, leaving behind only scattered treasures.

"No life core?" Luo Feng frowned slightly.

This was within his expectations- and precisely why he considered Blood Crane Territory troublesome.

In the Infinite Hunyuan Space, some Hunyuan Ancestor-level beings lacked the "undying and Immortal" trait, so they developed other survival methods.

For example, they did not carry their life cores with them, instead hiding them in extremely obscure, hard-to-find locations!

Though this meant their clones in the outside world might only possess 30% of their full power, that was still enough to dominate all beings below the Hunyuan Ancestor level- allowing them to act with impunity.

The three Lords of Blood Crane Territory had all hidden their life cores deep within their birthplace, the Blood Crane Territory, and to this day, no one had ever found them.

"Whoosh-"

A wisp of consciousness descended from afar, manifesting as a shadowy clone- the Shadow Lord's projection.

"Luo Feng!" The Shadow Lord glared at him furiously, "If you return all my treasures, I'll give you face and stay out of practitioner territory from now on."

"Return them to you?"

Luo Feng had already collected the spoils of battle, most of which were resources plundered from the practitioners' territory. 

"You've got quite the imagination."

"Luo Feng! I won't let this go!" The Shadow Lord roared in rage, "I'll return to your lands again and again, looting and pillaging until you know no peace! Everything I've lost, I'll take back tenfold!"

"I've heard that no one has ever managed to find your life cores deep within the mysterious Blood Crane Territory and truly kill you." Luo Feng stared at the Shadow Lord's clone.

"I'd like to try."

"Just you?" The Shadow Lord sneered, brimming with confidence in his own power and his birthplace- "Blood Crane Territory".

The mystical forces within Blood Crane Territory were far beyond what a few Hunyuan Ancestors could contend with.

"If you've got the guts, come and try." The Shadow Lord's projection dissipated with a cold laugh.

"Blood Crane Territory..."

Luo Feng knew well that destroying one of the Shadow Lord's clones was meaningless.

The enemy could simply nurture a new, powerful form and send it back. The only way to truly intimidate him was to strike at his lair.

"Let's see just how miraculous this Blood Crane Territory really is." 

With a single thought, Luo Feng tore open a space-time passage and began his journey beyond the practitioners' borders- heading straight for the distant, enigmatic "Blood Crane Territory".

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