Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin: Volume 10: Chapter 17 (379): [Joining the War]

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Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin
Volume 10: [Breaking Through with Force]
Chapter (379): [Joining the War]
(17th of Volume 10)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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"Luo Feng, aside from your domain, what else are you good at?" Yuan asked.

"It can be divided into two categories," Luo Feng replied.

"One is the 'Physical Combat System', and the other is a 'Blade Technique System'."

He began demonstrate them one by one.

Among the practitioners' faction, the lords were completely open with one another- their insights, legacies, and combat methods were all shared without reservation!

The reason for this transparency was because of two reasons.

First, they were the most trustworthy companions, and the better they understood each other, the more seamless their cooperation would be!

Second, every lord's path was unique! Even if, one day, two lords were to create the same Hunyuan Dao, the intrinsic mysteries would still differ greatly, and the spiritual willpower infused into them would be entirely distinct!

Every lord had to forge a path most suited to themselves.

Luo Feng and the others understood clearly that when creating a Dao at the Hunyuan level, even the slightest misalignment in mind would lead to failure!

"The combat techniques of the Dao of Life are usually vicious and hard to deal with!" Lord Jin exclaimed in admiration as he watched.

"But your techniques are quite ferocious!"

"I don't like techniques purely based on life," Luo Feng replied.

The pure life techniques lack sufficient means to kill! They mostly rely on draining vitality, infiltration, or corrosion.

Against world-class Hunyuan lifeforms, Luo Feng could strip them of their vitality with a single glance, causing them to perish instantly.

But against the Hunyuan Ancestors, such methods are far less effective. What is needed are killing techniques derived from the fusion of life and death!

"Luo Feng, when the seventy-two Hunyuan Ancestors clashed with us lords, they solely relied on long-range methods. After all, neither side dares to let their true bodies get trapped within the enemy's formation," Yuan explained.

Luo Feng nodded.

Once caught in the enemy's encirclement, even a lord like Lord Wu Lan would be heavily restrained, possibly even imprisoned for a short time!

"So all you need to do is employ long-range attacks," Yuan continued.

"As for coordination, I've already transmitted the necessary information to everyone. The information has been shared with the seven lords accompanying you."

Luo Feng also received the information stream.

Within it, Yuan had simulated detailed battle scenarios- eight lords cooperating to confront seventy-two Hunyuan Ancestors, with countless combat situations meticulously projected one by one.

"I understand," Luo Feng said with a nod.

Given his current level of existence, a single glance was enough for him to extrapolate countless variations of battle strategies.

"Luo Feng's participation will be a tremendous help to our collective combat strength. Our overall power will increase by thirty to forty percent!"

Yuan looked at his companions.

"The Hunyuan Ancestors still don't know about Luo Feng's breakthrough. We must seize this opportunity to eliminate as many of them as possible!"

The lords present all nodded.

Their hearts were already filled with killing intent.

After all, they were the highest-ranking figures in the practitioners' faction, and it was their duty to protect the entire faction.

Now, with over one-sixth of their territory lost and countless lives extinguished, how could they not feel grief and rage?

"Xing Mang, you'll take Luo Feng with you," Yuan instructed.

"Okay," Lord Xing Mang nodded.

"Once Luo Feng joins the battle, the Hunyuan Ancestors will detect it and immediately dispatch reinforcements. Based on our estimates, it will take them three days to arrive," Yuan said, addressing everyone.

"These three days are our chances to maximize our gains. The Infinite Hunyuan Space is too vast. Even if the Innate Hunyuan Lifeform Faction has Hunyuan Ancestors skilled in space-time, it will still take them three days to provide support!"

Three days for reinforcements to arrive was already considered fast!

"Luo Feng, shall we depart now?" Lord Xing Mang asked.

"Yes," Luo Feng replied.

In such a short time, this was the most prepared he could be.

Whoosh!

Lord Xing Mang took Luo Feng with him, and the two silently departed from the Origin Land.

Luo Feng was arguably the most adept in the entire Infinite Hunyuan Space at concealing his life aura. Not a single trace of his vitality leaked out, and even cause and effect-based methods would struggle to detect him.

"At my current level of existence, every step I take can traverse vast distances- far faster than lake teleportation!"

But compared to Lord Xing Mang's speed, it was nothing noteworthy.

Luo Feng could sense his companion's movement. With each step Lord Xing Mang took, they crossed countless layers of space-time! The endless dimensions folded beneath them like a map, giving Luo Feng the sensation of walking across a "map" of reality.

"Is this how the being with the highest mastery of space-time in the entire Infinite Hunyuan Space travels?" Luo Feng marveled.

"Every lord has their own specialities," Lord Xing Mang said with a smile.

"Mine just happens to be getting around quickly."

"This isn't just 'getting around'- this is transcending space-time itself!" Luo Feng gazed at the shifting dimensions beneath his feet.

"Space-time is like a map, and you stride across it at will. Such an ability is truly unimaginable."

No wonder all the high-level Hunyuan bloodlines and world-class Hunyuan bloodlines had been collected.

Lord Xing Mang's ability is indeed terrifying.

"Every lord is indestructible and immortal," Lord Xing Mang said.

"We are beings who have completely transcended. It's only because we must protect the practitioners' faction that we endure such hardships."

The lords were the most powerful individuals in the Infinite Hunyuan Space. If they were selfish and ignored the lives of countless practitioners, they could have lived with far greater freedom and ease!

But the origin worlds had nurtured them.

They had received countless favors and incurred countless cause and effects (or Karmic connection) on their cultivation paths- how could they forget?

No matter how strong they became, they could never forget their origins, their roots.

"Right now, protecting the three thousand six hundred world clusters is already a struggle for us- over six hundred have already fallen!" Lord Xing Mang said to Luo Feng.

"Your talent and potential are no less than mine, but you and I are different. Your path excels in combat!"

"To protect a vast enough territory for practitioners, what we rely on is strength- and combat!" Lord Xing Mang continued.

"You must understand, origin worlds exist everywhere, far beyond just these three thousand six hundred clusters!"

Luo Feng nodded lightly.

"I will do everything in my power."

The three thousand six hundred world clusters were, relatively speaking, the region with the highest density of origin worlds in the Infinite Hunyuan Space, making them suitable for constructing a space-time network.

The seven lords had previously fought hard to defend this territory.

But there were many other world clusters- remote, scattered, and difficult to protect.

For example, one region, even larger than the three thousand six hundred world clusters, contained only a single world cluster- isolated, sparse, representing the extreme difficulty of defense.

"Don't overthink it," Lord Xing Mang said to Luo Feng.

"Right now, our most urgent task is to fully reclaim the three thousand six hundred world clusters!"

After nearly a day of travel, Lord Xing Mang and Luo Feng finally approached the battlefield.

This battlefield was an endless void, its scope unimaginably vast. Even the origin worlds at the edges of the conflict had been shattered by the battles!

The lords could do nothing about it- after all, they were at a disadvantage in terms of overall strength.

Space-time churned like boiling water.

Within this endless turbulence, seventy-two terrifying figures loomed, unleashing the highest-level of powers.

These supreme forces intertwined and combined, completely enveloping the seven lords.

The lords' main combat clones struggled to hold their ground.

Fortunately, Yuan's formation allowed the lords to synergize in a qualitative leap, multiplying their collective strength several times over.

Otherwise, they would have had no hope of resisting the Hunyuan Ancestors' combined attacks!

Though with Luo Feng's addition, increasing their overall power by thirty to forty percent, might seem significant, but it paled in comparison to Yuan's role in group combat.

Still, Luo Feng's boost to the existing forces was undeniably substantial.

Lord Xing Mang, while engaging the Hunyuan Ancestors, also split his power to strike at their scattered forces.

The Hunyuan Ancestors were furious- they had to seize this chance to crush them!

The fact that Lord Xing Mang could spare the strength to attack elsewhere meant the Hunyuan Ancestors couldn't even force the lords to fight at full capacity.

Then- whoosh!- space-time twisted.

Lord Xing Mang arrived with a black-robed, black-haired man, directly joining the lords' formation. Lord Xing Mang's clone also merged with his main combat body.

"Hm?" The seventy-two Hunyuan Ancestors instantly noticed the newcomer.

"Who is he?" The Hunyuan Ancestors were shocked, clearly sensing danger.

The moment the black-robed man appeared, a Life-Death Domain expanded outward.

Though it was quickly shredded when it reached the Hunyuan Ancestors' side, within the lords' territory, Luo Feng's origin power rapidly replenished his companions' strength.

The previously injured Lords: Lord Mo Man, Lord Jin, Lord Ming Huang, and Lord Naigu were instantly restored to peak condition!

Luo Feng integrated into the lords' formation. Under the guidance of Yuan's formation, his body expanded to match the colossal size of the other lords, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Lord Wu Lan to withstand the Hunyuan Ancestors' barrage of attacks.

The combined attacks of seventy-two Hunyuan Ancestors- each strike woven from the highest-level of power- descended like an all-encompassing storm.

Even after being weakened by Yuan's formation, the residual force crashed onto Lord Wu Lan's body... and Luo Feng's.

An invisible energy barrier covered Luo Feng's surface, resisting the attacks. This defensive layer was sustained by 1.8 billion strands of Origin Cores' power, constantly replenishing itself as it was depleted.

Yet some force still bypassed the barrier, ignoring even his robes to penetrate his body.

But Luo Feng's body, every inch as resilient as one-tenth of the Blood Scale of the Star Tower, endured.

Although there were wounds, they were recovering quickly.

It can be clearly seen that blood seeped from countless injuries on his body, but they vanished moments later as his regeneration was quick.

"Luo Feng is holding!"

The other lords had been somewhat worried.

After all, against the combined attacks of seventy-two Hunyuan Ancestors, Lord Wu Lan blocked slightly over half, while Luo Feng had to withstand the pressure of roughly thirty Hunyuan Ancestors' attacks- a burden none of the other lords could bear alone.

Superficially, Luo Feng's injuries appeared more severe than Lord Wu Lan's. But they weren't worsening.

"Every breath consumes about one percent of my energy reserves. Still within tolerable limits." Luo Feng was shocked.

His energy reserves were unimaginably vast, and his body- tempered through the fusion of Life-Death insights and the Blood Scale's principles- was incredibly resilient. Yet he was losing one percent per breath?

And this was with Yuan's formation and his companions' domains weakening the attacks as much as possible!

Luo Feng noticed that Lord Wu Lan, with his even larger frame, deliberately intercepted more strikes.

His origin world-like body had only light injuries- after all, it was a body honed for absolute defense.

With Luo Feng and Lord Wu Lan shielding them, the other lords' pressure lessened dramatically.

The moment Luo Feng appeared, his presence was exposed to all factions across the Infinite Hunyuan Space.

Simultaneously, his clone in his home origin world began its breakthrough- started to refine the Origin Core of the Origin World itself.

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