Chapter 287: Rainy Ripple City's Seven Hundred Years | Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent [Trans]
Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent [Trans] - Updated on April 10, 2025
Time flows slowly.
A black flying ship has already begun its return journey, heading towards Rain Ripple City.
Inside the flying ship’s main hall, Di Qing was piloting the ship, observing and sensing the surroundings. Luo Feng sat beside him, his artificial Eye of Destruction open between his eyebrows, observing the vast area around them while also feeling somewhat melancholic. “It’s been over seven hundred eras since I came to Rain Ripple City, and this is my third hunt with Di Qing, but my ‘Dao of Creation and Destruction’ still hasn’t broken through to the God Emperor early stage,” Luo Feng sighed inwardly.
Seven hundred eras is a very long time. In the Origin Continent, it only took Luo Feng five hundred eras to grow from an Eternal True God to being able to kill Emperor Yuan. “With paths like Life and Destruction, I reached the God Emperor early stage with just a little cultivation, but fusing the two… is far too difficult,” Luo Feng gently shook his head. He had consumed some auxiliary cultivation treasures, had the Eye of Creation and Destruction, observed a large number of low-level Primal Chaos life materials, and had the help of treasures like the Undying Heart, Eye of Creation and Destruction, and the Star Tower to aid his cultivation. It could be said that he was improving by leaps and bounds, but the Dao of Creation and Destruction was too vast.
“Brother Luo Feng, I originally thought that after breaking through to the God Emperor middle stage during this third hunt, my strength should be comparable to yours,” Di Qing said from the side, his emotions still quite agitated, and he sighed, “Who would have thought that your strength would have taken another big step forward since the last hunt.”
“It’s just creating a physical body technique,” Luo Feng said.
“Your physical body technique is really terrifying,” Di Qing exclaimed, “I just reached the God Emperor middle stage, and the two of us joined forces, but I never thought we could kill a low-level Primal Chaos lifeform at the God Emperor middle stage.”
Luo Feng smiled.
Yes!
In this third hunt, they killed a total of seven low-level Primal Chaos lifeforms at the God Emperor early stage and one low-level Primal Chaos lifeform at the God Emperor middle stage. “You relied on your physical body to fight that Flame Beast head-on, gaining an overwhelming advantage. I was just there to support you, and you actually killed that Flame Beast at the God Emperor middle stage,” Di Qing still clearly remembered that scene.
Luo Feng revealed his powerful physical body technique, his entire body covered in a layer of scarlet scales, which had terrifying defensive abilities. The Flame Beast’s frantic attacks on Luo Feng only caused minor cracks on the surface of the scales, which quickly recovered.
But with each of Luo Feng’s attacks, huge wounds appeared on the Flame Beast’s body. Luo Feng dragged it with one hand and attacked wildly with the other, and with the rolling waves of blood, the Flame Beast couldn’t escape. Di Qing only used his sword formation to provide auxiliary attacks, adding the finishing touches and giving the Flame Beast a few heavy blows, allowing Luo Feng to completely kill it.
“My physical body is only comparable to a low-level Primal Chaos lifeform at the God Emperor middle stage,” Luo Feng said with a smile.
Indeed, only comparable. Because Luo Feng’s methods for killing enemies and protecting himself were more profound, and with the help of two great treasures, he was able to completely suppress the Flame Beast.
“Being able to have a physical body that’s almost the same as a low-level Primal Chaos lifeform at the God Emperor middle stage is already terrifying,” Di Qing said with emotion. “Their advantage is their physical body, while our advantage is our understanding of the Dao. With your understanding, you can use such a physical body to hunt down low-level Primal Chaos lifeforms at the God Emperor middle stage one-on-one.”
“A typical God Emperor middle stage hunting team has at least three members, and those with experienced God Emperor middle stage Dao comprehenders have as many as six or seven members,” Di Qing said. “You can search for ‘Wonderful Flavor Bookstore’ to read ‘Swallowed Star 2’. Your current strength is considered extremely strong even among those at the God Emperor middle stage!” Di Qing praised, his mood complex.
He originally thought that after his breakthrough to the God Emperor middle stage, he would be qualified to split the spoils 50/50 this time. “By the way, let’s split the spoils 30/70 this time,” Di Qing said.
“Didn’t we agree on 50/50?” Luo Feng looked at him.
That was what they had agreed on when they set out. At that time, Luo Feng had also borrowed some Primal Chaos crystals from Di Qing to buy a treasure formation, which was also used to assist in cultivating this physical body.
“I didn’t expect you to be able to kill a low-level Primal Chaos lifeform at the God Emperor middle stage on your own,” Di Qing said. “I took advantage of you in the last hunt, so I can’t do that this time. 30/70 is enough.”
If it was 20/80, Di Qing wouldn’t even be entitled to only 1/5 of the spoils based on his contribution. Di Qing felt that taking 30% was enough. Luo Feng looked at Di Qing’s expression and understood what he was thinking, so he immediately nodded with a smile.
“Okay, then let’s split it 30/70.”
Having been in Rain Ripple City for over seven hundred eras, although his Dao of Creation and Destruction had not yet reached the God Emperor early stage, Luo Feng’s accumulation was still growing deeper and deeper in the cultivation process. He had also created some secret techniques that combined creation and destruction, the strongest of which was this physical body technique, created based on the scarlet scales of the Star Tower and absorbing the powerful battle body mysteries of the Undying Heart. This technique was called the ‘Undying Blood Sea Body’. This technique was the highest achievement on Luo Feng’s cultivation path at the moment. The pure physical body could be comparable to a low-level Primal Chaos lifeform at the God Emperor middle stage.
“I only unearthed a small amount of the mysteries of the scarlet scales of the Star Tower and the Undying Heart, and I created such a technique,” Luo Feng knew very well, “When my realm improves further, this physical body technique can continue to be perfected.”
Past physical body techniques required the help of intangible and invisible changes, but now the physical body all had to rely on his own comprehension. The path of life was originally a thorough study of this aspect, so Luo Feng found it easy to comprehend. Luo Feng’s growth rate was indeed terrifying. As Luo Feng’s teammate, Di Qing clearly felt Luo Feng’s growth rate. “He’s only been in Rain Ripple City for a short seven hundred eras, and he’s gone from being slightly inferior to me in strength to being extremely strong among God Emperor middle stage Dao comprehenders. If he takes another step forward, wouldn’t he be a God Emperor middle stage Dao comprehender?”
The two ancestral gods were only at this level of strength.
This was the talent of the top small group in countless worlds, Di Qing sighed inwardly. In the Origin Continent, he was extremely dazzling, but compared to the massive number of experts from countless source worlds and billions of worlds, he could only be considered one in ten thousand. Di Qing became a God Emperor middle stage Dao comprehender within one reincarnation era of the source world, which was amazing. In Rain Ripple City, there were only tens of thousands of people with this strength, including many old guys who had cultivated for endless years.
“I can be considered one in ten thousand in the Nine Rivers Holy Realm, but this Luo Feng is at least one in a hundred million,” Di Qing thought to himself.
The black flying ship continued to fly.
After Di Qing reached the God Emperor middle stage in the Great Dao of Space, his ability to observe the void also greatly improved.
“Hmm?” Di Qing carefully sensed his surroundings. The surrounding天地seemed normal. Distant clouds were rolling, and dust was swirling in the ground. “We’ve fallen into a formation!” Di Qing transmitted a message to Luo Feng.
Luo Feng remained outwardly calm, but he was vigilant in his heart.
“I didn’t detect any danger!” Luo Feng’s Eye of Creation and Destruction was also observing. “It’s a very powerful void technique. The transition in the void is very natural. I only realized it when I fell into the formation. I’m going to turn around and escape with all my strength now,” Di Qing transmitted.
The enemy wasn’t in a hurry to attack, they were patiently waiting for them to continue deeper into the formation.
But once they turned around to escape, the enemy would probably attack immediately.
咻
The black flying ship suddenly turned around and flew away at high speed.
“嗡”
A huge formation phantom appeared around the flying ship, covering the surface of the flying ship with a layer of sword light. The sword light wrapped the flying ship and fled, increasing the speed by a large margin.
“They found out?”
“They’re quite perceptive.”
A huge painting emerged from the void. The painting covered an extremely vast area, and the black flying ship that Luo Feng and Di Qing were piloting was just a small black dot in the huge painting.
“You want to escape after entering my treasure?” A cold laugh came from all directions in the void.
“嘶啦”
A pair of hands suddenly condensed and formed in the sky above the black flying ship. This pair of huge hands suddenly erupted, and the mysteries of life exploded, forcibly tearing a gap in the huge painting. The black flying ship immediately escaped along the gap with a whoosh.
“Hmm?” Five figures stood in different positions, looking at the escaping black flying ship. “So it’s some friends from the Tricks Workshop.”
The black flying ship disappeared, and Luo Feng and Di Qing appeared, being quite polite.
Luo Feng was also observing the five figures occupying positions in the distance. Of the three major plundering forces, the first to try to steal his treasures was the Worm Nest. The plundering team he encountered last time was from the Myriad Shadow Pavilion. This time he encountered the Tricks Workshop. He could be considered to have dealt with all three major plundering forces.
“The leader of the Tricks Workshop has a very special cultivation method. He calls himself the Lord of the Trick World, and his methods are extremely ruthless. His members are mostly the same,” Luo Feng naturally understood some general information about the Tricks Workshop.
“Di Qing, your sword formation, and the big hand that escaped the treasure painting just now, it seems that both of you have reached the God Emperor middle stage,” the five figures looked at Luo Feng and Di Qing.
“Are you guys going to follow the rules?” Di Qing asked.
The fact that they were able to escape the ambush was already proof of their strength. According to the rules, they would pay a fee, which would be considered the hard-earned money of the plundering team.
“It’s not easy to deal with these two!” A tall figure transmitted a message, “Let them go after taking a fee.”
“Di Qing and Luo Feng were both considered God Emperor early stage in the past intelligence, even if they broke through to the God Emperor middle stage, it was only recently, and their accumulation is not deep.” A gloomy man with a blood-colored vertical纹between his eyebrows transmitted a message, “The five of us have been cooperating for a long time, and we have rich experience. If we join forces to deal with them… we have a great chance of winning.”
“They are both from the source world. Even if we kill them, they may still have clones.”
“Those who come out of the source world sometimes have some very special treasures. If we get one, we’ll make a lot of money,” the gloomy man transmitted a message.
As soon as he said this, the other four were tempted.
Yes.
Compared to the free-range nature of billions of worlds, the strong from the source world received more resources, such as the remains of special lifeforms, innate treasures, and even some treasures exchanged in infinite space, which were coveted by the strong from billions of worlds. Luo Feng and Di Qing were extremely vigilant.
“Rules?”
“Outside Rain Ripple City, there are no rules!” The gloomy man sneered, “Today, both of you must die.”
As soon as he finished speaking, black rain appeared, covering the surrounding endless vast area. The huge painting reappeared in this vast area, once again shrouding Luo Feng and Di Qing.
“They’re going to kill us.” Di Qing’s expression changed greatly, and there was also madness in his eyes.
Not all plunderers follow the rules. Once they don’t follow the rules, it’s a naked law of the jungle.
“Di Qing, I’ll deal with four, and you deal with one.” Luo Feng’s eyes showed cold killing intent.