Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent: Volume 9: Chapter 17 (355): [Blade]

Subscribe to MTL WORLD (@mtlworld1) YouTube Channel
***********************************
Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent
Volume 9: [Advancing Through the Darkness]
Chapter (355): [Blade]
(17th of Volume 9)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
***********************************

The silver-haired woman and Luo Feng walked deep into the Large Hunyuan Hall. As they moved forward, time and space shifted around them.

"Hmm?" Luo Feng noticed a fiery, savage figure trapped in a space prison in the distance.

Its entire body was covered in fur, with flames dancing across it. Even its breathing carried the power of Hunyuan. The creature was agitated, climbing the walls, and its eyes locked onto Luo Feng from afar.

Just from being stared at, Luo Feng felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.

'The gap is indeed huge.'

'Its breath alone could reduce me to ashes.'

'With one claw swipe, even tens of thousands of me would be annihilated.'

Luo Feng was certain of this at that moment.

Even with energy reserves multiplied by 1.2 billion times, my physical form could at most reach ten or twenty percent of this Calamity Demon God's size!

However, the difference in quality is immense. No matter how much energy reserves I have, I will be powerless against a true high-level Hunyuan lifeform.

"Only by breaking out of the cage can I achieve a qualitative transformation," Luo Feng thought to himself.

He now has confidence that he could break free of the cage by borrowing the power of three high-level Hunyuan bloodlines!

But he wasn't in a hurry to choose just yet.

He needed to first complete his Dao to perfection. Only then he could the senior Yuan and others, and he might learn the best method to break out of the cage!

"This is a high-level Hunyuan lifeform," the silver-haired woman explained. "In the infinite Hunyuan space, the number of low-level Hunyuan lifeforms is countless, and their strength is also low. Only high-level Hunyuan lifeforms gain some recognition and can play roles in the wars between factions."

Luo Feng understood.

Low-level Hunyuan lifeforms are essentially useless in wars between factions.

"World-class Hunyuan lifeforms are already considered powerful combatants. Most normal conflicts involve world-class Hunyuan powerhouses," the silver-haired woman added.

Luo Feng was aware as well.

High-level Hunyuan lifeforms, world-class Hunyuan powerhouses, and Hunyuan Lords- these are the three major levels of practitioners after breaking free from the cage. And the difference between them is vast.

"Once the lords joins the battle," the silver-haired woman said coldly, "it means war has truly begun. And right now, we are in the midst of war."

Luo Feng listened.

"In wars between factions, we suffer tremendous losses. Entire massive world clusters may fall, and many origin worlds are devoured by the innate Hunyuan lifeforms," the silver-haired woman said indifferently.

"But the innate Hunyuan lifeform faction suffers heavy casualties too. The number of fallen low-level and high-level Hunyuan lifeforms is in the billions. We've also slain quite a few world-class Hunyuan lifeforms."

"These seven world-class Hunyuan corpses placed in the Dark Holy Realm's Large Hunyuan Hall were just slain during a war tens of thousands of epochs ago."

Luo Feng was a little surprised.

"Seven world-class Hunyuan lifeforms died only tens of thousands of epochs ago?" Luo Feng asked.

"Even Hunyuan Ancestors have been slain," the silver-haired woman replied as she looked at Luo Feng. "This war is unlike any other. The innate Hunyuan lifeform faction no longer cares about casualties. They attack at any cost. All we practitioners can do is fight back."

"Is the situation dire?" Luo Feng asked.

"Very dire."

The silver-haired woman looked at Luo Feng.

"Practitioner Luo Feng, practitioner of the Fusion Path- when you're brought in, you'll learn even more."

"You know I practice the Fusion Path?" Luo Feng looked at her.

"Of course I do."

The silver-haired woman continued, "Every puppet lifeform in the Large Hunyuan Hall is a part of me. As the guardian of the Dark Holy Realm, nothing can be hidden from me."

"You have great potential and you will become an important strength in the practitioner faction in the future," she added.

"But for now, you're still too weak." She led Luo Feng forward.

Luo Feng looked at the space prisons around them. Each prison contained a high-level Hunyuan lifeform. Each of them radiated immense pressure, making Luo Feng feel deeply oppressed.

These terrifying beings were mere low-level Hunyuan lifeform legions on the faction battlefield.

"If breaking out of the cage means only becoming a high-level Hunyuan, it truly brings no value to the entire practitioner faction," Luo Feng thought. He knew he had to grow even stronger.

As they moved forward, they encountered more and more imprisoned high-level Hunyuan lifeforms. Facing the gazes of hundreds of such beings simultaneously was also a test of willpower. Yet Luo Feng remained calm and completed the entire walk.

No matter what, they were just a group of prisoners- none could harm him.

"You've seen the Hunyuan prisoners. Do you want to see anything else?" the silver-haired woman asked.

"I'd like to see the corpses of Hunyuan lifeforms," Luo Feng replied.

The silver-haired woman nodded.

Time and space shifted again. After a brief moment, a huge amount of high-level Hunyuan lifeform corpses appeared before Luo Feng.

"There are far too many corpses of high-level Hunyuan lifeforms from the war."

"Practitioners are free to exchange for them," the silver-haired woman said.

"With just one trillion Hunyuan Crystals, you can trade for one high-level Hunyuan lifeform corpse. Many practitioners join forces to exchange for a single corpse."

Luo Feng knew this.

A trillion Hunyuan Crystals for a high-level Hunyuan corpse might seem expensive, but in reality, dozens or even over a hundred practitioners could gather resources together to buy one. After researching the corpse, the materials obtained could recoup most of the cost, so the price wasn't that high.

"So many corpses," Luo Feng muttered.

He gazed at the colossal bodies, each vast like a mountain range. Every one of them radiated a thick aura of resentment- grief, despair, and fury- all of which lingered.

The cumulative aura of so many corpses created an oppressive atmosphere.

After a long while, Luo Feng finished looking at all the high-level Hunyuan lifeform corpses displayed in the Large Hunyuan Hall.

"That is-"

Luo Feng saw them.

Seven enormous corpses, each larger than the very land of the Origin Continent itself.

Compared to them, those high-level Hunyuan lifeforms were looking insignificant.

The smallest among these corpses comprised five-thousandths of the entire Origin World of Origin Continent, and the largest one made up two percent of it!

"So huge," Luo Feng marveled as he looked up in awe.

"The hidden space within the large Hunyuan Hall is actually vast enough to hold seven such massive corpses with ease."

Facing these seven world-class Hunyuan lifeform corpses, Luo Feng truly felt like he was staring at the Origin World itself.

The sense of oppression was overwhelming.

At this level, a single glance could likely turn him to ash.

Yet they still died in the faction war!

"Even thousands upon thousands of high-level Hunyuan lifeforms wouldn't last a single move before a world-class Hunyuan lifeform," the silver-haired woman said.

"The gap between major levels is tremendous."

Luo Feng nodded. He could see that clearly.

"On the faction battlefield, even Hunyuan Ancestors have perished. Only the Lords of our practitioner faction have never died in battle," the silver-haired woman said confidently.

"The war between the two major factions has lasted for endless ages, and though we are currently at a severe disadvantage, I believe we practitioners will ultimately triumph. Because the Lords are immortal."

Luo Feng knew some Hunyuan Ancestors had indeed fallen- his Star Tower's blood scale came from one of them.

"The Lords are immortal, yet we're still at an absolute disadvantage?" Luo Feng couldn't help but ask. If even their own side admitted it, how bad must the situation be?

The silver-haired woman paused slightly, then sighed softly.

"You'll understand once you are brought in," she said, offering no further explanation.

The practitioner faction's only real boast was the immortality of the Lords. That alone kept practitioners willing to believe in victory, willing to fight at all costs.

At this moment, Luo Feng knew the practitioners' faction was at a disadvantage, but he still didn't grasp the true situation of the infinite Hunyuan space.

Later, Luo Feng examined various rare treasures. He viewed everything the Large Hunyuan Hall had in storage.

"You've seen all the rare treasures," the silver-haired woman said. "Is there anything you'd like to exchange?"

"Are there no treasures worth over ten million military merits stored here?" Luo Feng asked.

Treasure exchange values ranged from ten thousand to fifty million military merits.

"That's correct. The Large Hunyuan Hall only stores treasures valued under ten million military merits," the silver-haired woman replied.

"Any treasure worth more than that is likely equal in value to a world-class Hunyuan lifeform corpse. Such treasures are specially stored elsewhere and not in the Dark Holy Realm."

Luo Feng understood.

He had noticed it too.

Any treasure worth over ten million military merits likely corresponded to treasures worth over 100,000 reward points in the infinite space treasury, comparable to the Eye of Life and Death. Some are even more precious!

"Each treasure over ten million military merits is limited to one per practitioner, and trading is prohibited," Luo Feng thought to himself.

In the infinite space treasury, there is no limit on how many treasures one could exchange, but the acquisition of reward points is heavily restricted.

"You must study them carefully," the silver-haired woman said with a slight smile, then departed.

Luo Feng returned to his residence, which was located inside the Large Hunyuan Hall, allowing him to exchange rare treasures at any time.

He carefully studied the detailed information on every treasure worth over ten million military merits.

"My Dao of Life and Death has deviated somewhat," Luo Feng realized as his cultivation deepened.

"My cultivation path has been most deeply influenced by the Star Tower. Back on Origin Continent, I carefully examined that piece of blood-colored scale. It was like a lamp in the darkness, guiding my way," Luo Feng frowned.

"But the secret patterns I observed on that blood scale- 34.2% were life-related, and only 9.2% were destruction-related."

"Using that as a guide caused my Dao of Life and Death to lean more toward life."

Luo Feng's pursuit is to first cultivate an extremely massive lifeform, then transform that life force into destruction- naturally gaining immense destructive power.

But this path fundamentally leaned toward life. Even in the God King Realm of cultivation, he had already leaned toward life.

"Strictly speaking, my Dao of Life and Death is seventy percent life and thirty percent destruction."

"From the initial stage, influenced by the Star Tower, my direction veered off. I can't turn back now. I can only follow this road to the end." Luo Feng also understood- there was no such thing as a wrong path.

Even a Dao of life has the potential of reaching the highest levels.

Seventy percent life and thirty percent destruction- it could still lead to semi-Hunyuan level, and he could still advance.

"I still need a treasure that can complement the blood scale of the Star Tower," Luo Feng thought. Using both as reference would expand his perspective.

"This treasure must contain the mysteries of a Hunyuan Ancestor, encompass life and destruction, and lean toward destruction," Luo Feng decided.

The blood scale was life-based.

The new treasure should be destruction-based. Using both as reference, his Dao of Life and Death could proceed more smoothly.

"From that perspective- this is the one."
Luo Feng chose one of the treasures.

Void-Severing Blade(Duanxu Dao): A innate secret weapon in a mysterious region of the infinite Hunyuan space.

It contains the highest-level destructive mysteries, yet within endless terrifying destruction, it harbors the essence of life.

This blade is suitable for practitioner on the Dao of Destruction and Dao of Life.

Requires 30 million military merits to exchange.

"Containing supreme destructive mysteries with hidden vitality? Destruction as dominant force, life as subordinate? This is it," Luo Feng confirmed.

He had always liked blades but had never encountered a suitable blade-type treasure.

This time, he had finally found one!

"Practitioner Luo Feng, are you sure you wish to exchange for the Void-Severing Blade?" a gentle voice asked.

"Yes, I am," Luo Feng replied.

"Should the Void-Severing Blade be transported to the Dark Holy Realm or your home Origin World?" the gentle voice continued.

"Although the Void-Severing Blade isn't forged from innate Hunyuan lifeform materials, its value is immense. Outside the Origin World, it might attract danger."

"Send it to my home Origin World," Luo Feng replied.

___________________________________

END OF CHAPTER

Subscribe to MTL WORLD (@mtlworld1) YouTube Channel
***********************************