Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent: Volume 9: Chapter 1 (339): [Bottleneck]

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Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent
Volume 9: [Advancing Through the Darkness]
Chapter 1 (339): [Bottleneck]
(1st of Volume 9)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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A single droplet of water enveloped Luo Feng, darting at high speed through the Hunyuan Space.

"Every time I view the Hunyuan Space, I find it breathtaking," Luo Feng observed the outside world.

In the distance, he could vaguely see a massive Origin World.

In the blink of an eye, the droplet carrying him had already flung past that Origin World.

"We, the lives in the cage, must rely on the protection of the world. Either we live in an Origin World or in worlds refined and created by the predecessors," Luo Feng thought.

"If we are outside the protection of worlds for too long, we will perish."

The Hunyuan Space is vast and boundless, filled with endless, violent Hunyuan energy. Unlike the refined, gentle power of the Hunyuan energy, this power was wild and would constantly erode life.

Only by transcending the cage could one survive in Hunyuan Space for a long time. Even the Hunyuan Space Luo Feng observed was not even one ten-thousandth of the true space.

Back in his homeland, the Origin Continent, Luo Feng had used the Eye of Life and Death to carefully peer into Hunyuan Space.

Under its gaze, the space was resplendent, filled with countless layers, dazzling and beautiful. Energy passed through these layers, generating many types of forces, even birthing new lifeforms.

Without the Eye of Life and Death, Hunyuan Space appeared dark, and only occasionally could he see some huge creatures.

"Hmm?" Luo Feng saw a swirling mist vortex, about one-tenth the size of the Origin Continent.

From its centre, a foggy head emerged, gazing distantly in Luo Feng's direction.

"Judging by size, it should be a high-level Hunyuan Lifeform," Luo Feng speculated.

During transit, one could occasionally encounter such high-level beings. But encountering world-level Hunyuan Lifeforms is extremely rare. For those like Luo Feng who hadn't transcended the cage, power is typically judged by size!

According to legend, if something is just slightly smaller than an entire Origin World, it is at the Hunyuan Ancestor level - the most terrifying existence.

If it is larger than the Origin Continent, it is likely a world-level Hunyuan Lifeform.

Comparable in size to a small part of the Origin Continent, it usually indicated a high-level Hunyuan Lifeform.

Of course, such estimations could be inaccurate - powerful beings might deliberately shrink their size. Still, for those like Luo Feng who hadn't escaped the cage, this was the best method they had.

"Dark Holy Realm, here we are!" The droplet wrapping around Luo Feng rushed toward a unique world - entirely black with a faint dark-red hue, much smaller than an Origin World.

Whoosh!

The droplet instantly entered the interior of the Dark Holy Realm.

At the summit of a majestic Holy mountain within the Dark Holy Realm, there was a shadowy lake.

Luo Feng emerged from it and landed to the side.

"Dark Holy Realm?" Luo Feng sensed the suppressive force of the entire world.

"Its pressure is on par with the Nine Rivers Holy Realm. Even in the Dark Holy Realm, my late-stage God Emperor-level Dao of Life and Death remains stable and needs no modification. My Dao of Life and Death is becoming viable in every world," Luo Feng thought.

"My friend, a flying vessel will arrive soon to take us to the five cities of the Dark Holy Realm," a nearby practitioner said with a smile.

The Dark Holy Realm is more dangerous, and solo adventurers are rare - most travelled via official flying vessels. More than fifty practitioners have already gathered there, each exuding a unique aura.

The weakest among them were late-stage Enlightened God Emperors.

"Thanks," Luo Feng replied with a smile and then immediately flew into the sky.

Whoosh!

His figure blurred, appearing at the edge of the sky in an instant before vanishing completely.

The sight left the other fifty practitioners visibly shocked.

"To be able to short-distance teleport in the Dark Holy Realm? Isn't that something only peak-level existences can do? Even among them, only a few are capable of it!"

Some of these practitioners were visiting for the first time; others had come and gone before - but all were keenly aware of how difficult it was to traverse space in the Dark Holy Realm.

Anyone capable of doing so is undeniably among the most terrifying beings here.

"Black clothes, black hair... I've collected intelligence on all the known peak-level figures in the five cities of the Dark Holy Realm, and I've never seen him before," an old man said doubtfully.

"Me neither. Never heard of such a peak figure in any of the five cities." Other practitioners were also confused.

In the Dark Holy Realm,There are only five gathering places for Practitioners.

So naturally, the peak-level beings in each city are well-known, and it is relatively easy to gather basic information about them.

Luo Feng had already obtained detailed information on the Dark Holy Realm from the Palace Master Yuanxiang and the practitioner team.

After leaving the teleportation Holy mountain, he headed directly to the city where that team was located - Chengfeng City.

Among the five cities, it was the closest to the teleportation Holy mountain, which was also why the Palace Master Yuanxiang had sought help from there.

Luo Feng descended, choosing Chengfeng City as his first foothold.

But he wasn't in a hurry - his curiosity about the Dark Holy Realm was too great.

"The number and quality of low-level Hunyuan Lifeforms in the Dark Holy Realm far exceed those of the Nine Rivers Holy Realm," Luo Feng thought with anticipation.

"It's even said that Hunyuan prisoners sometimes appear."

Hunyuan prisoners are high-level lifeforms whose powers had been sealed.

Apart from being imprisoned in major Hunyuan Palaces, there are also very few Hunyuan Prisoners in the wild.

Though their strength is completely suppressed, discovering even one would draw groups of practitioners attempting to slay them.

Even peak-level beings rarely acted alone in the Dark Holy Realm- because the danger was too high.

"But for me, the threat is minimal."

Luo Feng walked across the land, his brow adorned with the Bionic Eye of Destruction, constantly scanning his surroundings.

Each time he consumed the 'Hundred Calamities Heart Essence', his thought speed increased three thousandfold, triggering a continuous stream of inspiration that lasted for half a epoch. This kind of cultivation efficiency surpassed a thousand epochs of regular training.

Therefore, during his previous seclusion, even though his Daos of Life and Destruction encountered minor hurdles, they still reached the Semi-Hunyuan level.

But his Dao of Life and Death became harder to improve. Advancing from late-stage God Emperor level Dao of Life and Death, Luo Feng steadily absorbed life and destruction, initially progressing well - until it became increasingly difficult and eventually hit a bottleneck.

Unable to move forward, Luo Feng then shifted to perfecting the 'Undying Blood Sea Body', the 'Bionic Eye of Destruction', and other secret techniques.

"I'm still quite a distance away from reaching the Semi-Hunyuan level in my Dao of Life and Death. I've hit a bottleneck," Luo Feng also felt the challenges other practitioners faced- getting stuck at a certain point, unable to grasp the next insight, leaving them unable to progress.

Still, even so, compared to the battle in Yulan City, Luo Feng's accumulation in the Dao of Life and Death had deepened significantly.

With the support of the two other Daos- Life and Destruction- at the Semi-Hunyuan level, his overall comprehension had improved greatly.

The power of his various secret techniques had all seen a dramatic increase.

"Hmm? There is a team of Hunyuan lifeforms." Luo Feng's Bionic Eye of Destruction has a far greater observational range than before.

He now saw a group in the distance- it was a team of Hunyuan Huangti Clan.

In the Nine Rivers Holy Realm, Hunyuan Huangti Beasts typically acted alone.

Finding even three to five together was rare.

But here, there were actually 82 of them moving as a unit?

Luo Feng observed, "Among them, seven are at Perfection-stage God Emperor Realm, and seventy-five are at late-stage God Emperor Realm? If someone like Palace Master Weiyang were to run into this group, he'd be annihilated instantly."

With interest, Luo Feng stepped forward. He passed through a space fissure in a single stride and appeared nearby.

"Hmm?" All 82 Hunyuan Huangti Beasts noticed Luo Feng at nearly the same time.

"A lone practitioner?"

"Kill him!" Without hesitation, the Huangti Beasts attacked.

In the Dark Holy Realm, low-level Hunyuan lifeforms and practitioners had been slaughtering each other for countless ages- killing had long since become instinctual.

Boom boom boom~

As the beasts charged, countless cyan thunderbolts formed in the void.

Like water, the lightning cascaded down from the sky, crashing toward Luo Feng like a heavenly waterfall.

Luo Feng stood still, unmoving.

The watery thunder crashed down but couldn't even touch a single strand of his hair, blocked by an invisible force.

The Huangti Beasts, known for their speed, rushed in. But the moment they realized their thunder couldn't harm Luo Feng, fear struck their hearts. All of them slowed down, and without hesitation, tried to flee.

"Since we've met, you're not going anywhere." Luo Feng extended his hand, and it transformed into a massive furry claw.

In an instant, it pierced through the void and enveloped a vast stretch of space.

The entire region was cut off, trapping the entire group of beasts in an isolated dimension.

Whoosh.

Luo Feng withdrew his hand, and within his furry palm were the imprisoned 82 Huangti Beasts.

In his hand, they were like toys- completely powerless. Their bodies were intact, but the life cores inside them silently shattered, killing them instantly.

"Meeting is fate!" Luo Feng smiled and collected all the corpses into his storage treasure.

This kind of low-level Hunyuan team posed no threat to Luo Feng.

By his own estimate, during the battle in Yulan City, he alone could suppress four Ultra-limit-level beings.

Now, he believed that he could face ten of them alone. His power alone was equivalent to a peak-level team.

"But even with this strength, I am far from being invincible," Luo Feng was keenly aware.

Invincibility was an entire realm above the peak level. Being invincible meant being able to match at least thirty peak-level beings- that was the bare minimum!

In truth, if someone's spiritual will had transcended the cage, they could completely crush peak-level beings through sheer willpower alone.

Luo Feng walked up to a lake, then suddenly sat down cross-legged, deep in contemplation over his cultivation bottleneck.

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END OF CHAPTER

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