Chapter 283: Seventh Collection, Return (Happy New Year)

A vast and boundless realm twisted, a new world evolving within.

Within this new world, birds sang and flowers bloomed, yet a colossal being, forged entirely of glacial ice, was breathtakingly radiant under the light. This immense ice creature exhaled boundless mist, filling the majority of the Three Thousand Worlds, yet never touching any cultivator.

It was the low-tier Chaos Origin lifeform, the ‘Frost Nightmare Envoy.’

“Where are the cultivators? Where are they?” The Frost Nightmare Envoy was quite agitated; it excelled at ice-related techniques and minor soul manipulation, but this time, the cultivators hid far away, enveloping it with a terrifying formation.

“Three Thousand Worlds, Heavenly Killing Intent!”

A clear, cold voice echoed.

Immediately, billions of sword lights manifested within this world, countless sword lights rotating like gears, causing the formation’s coordination to become profound, its power surging dramatically, to the point where the low-tier Chaos Origin lifeform, the ‘Frost Nightmare Envoy,’ felt utter despair.

“No—” The Frost Nightmare Envoy watched in despair as the torrent of sword light engulfed it, ultimately tearing apart its body and cleaving its core.

Before absolute power, it was utterly helpless.

Its mangled corpse plummeted down.

Only then did Di Qing appear, waving his hand to collect the enormous corpse.

Although the sword lights had fragmented the body, the damage to the corpse itself was minimal, and it could still be sold for a high price.

“Impressive.” Luo Feng also appeared at the side, praising, “Brother Di Qing, you’re far more decisive and efficient than I am! And this Three Thousand Slaughter Formation… it’s far more profound than it was during our sparring match back then.”

During their sparring match on Origin Continent, Di Qing had also deployed the Three Thousand Slaughter Formation, but it hadn’t been this profound.

“I brought a secret treasure formation chart. This chart cost me five million Chaos Origin crystals; it’s a half-Chaos Origin tier formation chart,” Di Qing said with a smile. “With this chart, the Three Thousand Slaughter Formation is much stronger. As for this Frost Nightmare Envoy, I was just fortunate enough to counter it.”

Luo Feng nodded.

Di Qing was, after all, a Dao Comprehender with one foot in the God Emperor mid-stage; his accumulated understanding was deeper, and with a suitable secret treasure formation chart, the might he unleashed certainly surpassed his own.

…

“Rumble—”

Immense lightning bolts flashed wildly, darting in all directions.

Luo Feng’s World Avatar tried its best to entangle it, but this time, this terrifying, colossal lightning bolt didn’t fight Luo Feng at all. Instead, it focused solely on escaping, forcibly piercing through the edge of the Three Thousand Worlds and vanishing in a flash.

“That was my mistake,” Di Qing said as he appeared at the side, shaking his head. “Brother Luo Feng, you even forced this ‘Lightning Weasel’ to reveal its true form with your Willpower Secret Technique, yet I failed to kill it in one strike. It regained consciousness instantly and fled.”

“We both did our best,” Luo Feng said, gaining more experience.

The Curse Technique Forbidden Skill and the Array Element Technique had been used together to blast a patch of lightning hidden within the clouds into its original form, revealing the appearance of a seemingly small beast called a ‘Lightning Weasel.’ But the Lightning Weasel’s life-saving abilities were clearly extremely powerful. Even if it was somewhat dazed and confused, it was still able to withstand the full force of Di Qing’s formation with its life form, deflecting ninety percent of its power, and forcibly escape from the Three Thousand Worlds Formation.

“What a pity. Although this Lightning Weasel is also a ‘God Emperor early-stage’ low-tier Chaos Origin lifeform, the thunderous mysteries it contains are quite extraordinary, worth around three million Chaos Origin crystals. But it’s just too difficult to kill,” Di Qing said, sounding rather helpless.

Luo Feng nodded.

Low-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms, after all, were born free of limitations, possessing many special talents.

Some with particularly unique talents could even sneak into cities like ‘Rain Ripple City,’ which were protected by many Elders and Hall Masters working together. So within Rain Ripple City, cultivators were occasionally attacked and killed by low-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms.

However, the low-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms didn’t dare be too reckless in these stealth attacks, as an attack within the city could trigger the intervention of a group of Elders at any time.

…

Luo Feng and Di Qing hunted together, and their cooperation improved more and more.

Luo Feng’s Karma Avatar used the ‘Heavenly Severance Curse’ in conjunction with the ‘Array Element Technique,’ which worked extremely well, usually dazing God Emperor early-stage low-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms, giving them a very brief opportunity to strike a lethal blow.

Luo Feng engaged in close combat, while Di Qing used the Three Thousand Slaughter Formation for encirclement and extermination.

The Three Thousand Slaughter Formation… was more than ten times more powerful than Luo Feng’s World Avatar combined with World Projection.

One after another, ‘God Emperor early-stage’ level low-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms were hunted and killed by the two of them.

“Hoo.”

The black flying shuttle flew silently, Luo Feng’s Biomimetic Extinction Eye opening between his eyebrows, carefully observing the surroundings. Di Qing also used his detection method; the two sides’ detection secret methods were different, each with its own strengths.

At that moment, not far from the black flying shuttle, was a colossal object that had blended into the void.

This colossal object resembled a part of the void. It had tens of thousands of long limbs, densely packed, like a weaving machine, weaving the void, so that the endless expanse had become its woven ‘net.’

Luo Feng and the others’ black flying shuttle had already flown into the net.

At that moment, Luo Feng and Di Qing were still completely unaware, still carefully probing the surroundings.

“Buzz.”

The void was woven into a net, enveloping layer after layer.

“Something’s not right,” Di Qing frowned suddenly.

“What is it?” Luo Feng was still clueless; his spatial perception was far inferior to Di Qing’s.

“Move quickly.”

Although Di Qing couldn’t be sure, he faintly sensed a great terror in the void!

Whoosh!

He immediately steered the black flying shuttle, pushing it to its limit, and as the black flying shuttle shot out—

Layer after layer of the void woven net fully materialized, enveloping the black flying shuttle.

“It’s a Void Weaver!” Both Di Qing and Luo Feng recognized it, seeing the Void Weaver’s explosive aura. The colossal object’s size and terrifying aura allowed them to deduce its approximate strength.

“A God Emperor late-stage Void Weaver!”

“Escape!”

Luo Feng and the others didn’t hesitate; in the face of such a Void Weaver, even a God Emperor mid-stage Dao Comprehender would flee without hesitation. Neither of them had any intention of fighting.

Di Qing collected the black flying shuttle, as the shuttle was now useless. Luo Feng’s Time Avatar then took Di Qing into the ‘future timeline.’

Whoosh.

In the future timeline, the Time Avatar carried Di Qing, fleeing for their lives.

Luo Feng and Di Qing had discussed many escape methods in advance, because the treasures Luo Feng carried were relatively inexpensive, and he was also physically strong and skilled in close combat, so naturally, Luo Feng would hold up the rear, trying his best to protect Di Qing.

After all, Di Qing’s secret treasure formation chart, black flying shuttle, and life-saving items added up to over ten million Chaos Origin crystals. And Luo Feng and the others’ spoils this time, a full six low-tier Chaos Origin lifeform corpses, were also temporarily kept by Di Qing.

“Hm?”

Fleeing in the future timeline, the Time Avatar and Di Qing noticed that strands of void filaments were seeping into the future timeline, enveloping them. “This Void Weaver not only controls the void, but its influence on time is also so profound?”

Luo Feng was helpless; his Time Avatar was a ‘peak realm Chaos Origin bloodline lifeform’ by nature, which allowed it to walk in the past, present, and future simultaneously. Those who could reach the God King double-stage in the Time Path had similar means.

For those who didn’t understand the Time Path, Luo Feng’s ability to escape was very impressive.

But low-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms, after all, were free of limitations, and as their strength increased, they could naturally manipulate and influence time, causality, and many other aspects.

“Heavenly Severance Curse! Array Element Technique!”

The Heavenly Severance Curse was a Life and Death Dao forbidden skill, and using the Karma Avatar to cast it also affected the Void Weaver.

Before mastering a complete Great Dao, Luo Feng’s mind and willpower had reached the God Emperor level, and had even exceeded the Origin Continent’s limit after practicing in the Dream Domain for countless years.

Later, he successively mastered the Life, Destruction, and Life and Death Three Great Daos! His mind and willpower were constantly improved, and he had unknowingly reached the God Emperor late-stage. This was the harvest brought by Dao Comprehension.

Of course, for God Emperors, as their realm accumulation deepened, their mind and willpower would gradually reach a limit. Want to break through again? That required the mind and willpower to break free from the shackles! The mind and willpower had to reach a level comparable to high-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms.

This mental breakthrough was more difficult than any previous bottleneck breakthrough.

So even outside the Origin World, where billions of world experts gathered, those whose minds and willpower could reach the level of high-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms were still extremely rare.

“Boom.”

The Heavenly Severance Curse accounted for about thirty percent of the power, while the Array Element Technique accounted for seventy percent.

This slowed down the Void Weaver’s pursuit slightly.

“Whoosh.” With this slight delay, Luo Feng’s Time Avatar carried Di Qing quickly away in the future timeline, beyond the Void Weaver’s pursuit range.

After all, the Void Weaver’s influence on time wasn’t too strong.

“Next, I have to find a way to escape.”

Di Qing had escaped.

Luo Feng looked at the towering, colossal Void Weaver, let out a roar, and split the World Avatar into three. Each World Avatar had a hundred times the energy reserves, and their strength could be considered sufficient. They charged in different directions!

“World Projection! Heaven and Earth United!”

“Heaven and Earth Evasion.”

“Kill.”

The three towering World Avatars were incredibly brave, killing their way towards the Void Weaver.

…

Inside the black flying shuttle.

“How is it?” Di Qing looked at Luo Feng.

“The Void Weaver is too powerful,” Luo Feng said, shaking his head gently. “Only the Heaven and Earth Avatar escaped in the chaos.”

With the Karma Avatar, World Avatar, and Light Avatar fighting madly, the Heaven and Earth Avatar had a chance to escape.

The Heaven and Earth Avatar covered a wide enough range, and once it fled, it escaped very quickly. The Heaven and Earth Avatar carried Luo Feng’s only secret treasure glove and escaped.

“Lost a lot of energy reserves.” Luo Feng also felt a bit of heartache; such energy reserves would take hundreds of epochs to absorb on Origin Continent! In Rain Ripple City, although the energy here was more abundant, without the auxiliary of a small universe, the speed of energy absorption was now even slower.

Perhaps when the realm was higher, the absorption speed would be faster.

“You held up the rear so I could escape,” Di Qing said with a smile. “I didn’t need to use my life-saving item.”

In the Nine Rivers Holy Realm, powerful experts generally valued life-saving items greatly.

Especially those billions of world experts, who didn’t have avatars, spared no expense on life-saving items. These life-saving items could even have a chance of escaping in the face of half-Chaos Origin level existences.

Of course, the cheapest life-saving items cost hundreds of thousands of Chaos Origin crystals, and the high ones had no upper limit. Some innate secret treasures, and life-saving secret treasures exchanged from the Infinite Space Treasure Trove, were even more valuable.

“Your loss of so many avatars and so many energy reserves will be considered five hundred thousand Chaos Origin crystals,” Di Qing said.

“The six Chaos Origin lifeform corpses we harvested this time are worth about 6.5 million Chaos Origin crystals. This time, I estimate that you’ll get 3.5 million Chaos Origin crystals, and I’ll get 3 million Chaos Origin crystals,” Di Qing said.

“Alright,” Luo Feng nodded.

Before forming a team, they had set some rules.

The spoils would be divided equally.

Once a crisis was encountered, in order to protect the spoils and escape, the side with the greater loss would be compensated first with the shared spoils.

Luo Feng’s loss of hundreds of times the Perfect God Body energy reserves was a minor matter; he could recover it after cultivating for hundreds of epochs. If Di Qing used his life-saving item, that would be two million Chaos Origin crystals.

Of course, Di Qing only had this one life-saving item. He was, after all, a lifeform from the Origin World, and had avatar techniques, so he wasn’t willing to spend too much on life-saving items.

“We had a good harvest; it’s time to go back,” Di Qing said. “The more prey we kill, the more likely accidents are to happen.”

Although God Emperor early-stage low-tier Chaos Origin lifeforms accounted for the vast majority, if they hunted too many times, they were likely to encounter powerful ones. This time, they only encountered a God Emperor late-stage Void Weaver. What if they encountered a God Emperor peak-level one?

With Di Qing’s life-saving item, which was worth only two million Chaos Origin crystals, whether he could escape or not was still up for debate.

“It’s time to go back,” Luo Feng nodded.

His avatars had been greatly depleted, his strength had been greatly reduced, and it was time to return to Rain Ripple City. Of course, his avatars in Rain Ripple City still had enough energy reserves.

“With more than three million Chaos Origin crystals, this time when I go back, I have to carefully study the Infinite Space Treasure Trove’s exchanges,” Luo Feng thought. He had mastered the Life and Death Dao, and naturally could get even higher rewards from Infinite Space.

“Whoosh.”

The black flying shuttle returned cautiously.

The closer they got to Rain Ripple City on the return journey, the more likely they were to encounter cultivators robbing them! Di Qing was very experienced, and steered the black flying shuttle in a large circle, working with Luo Feng’s Biomimetic Extinction Eye to observe. They managed to narrowly avoid the robbers and successfully returned to Rain Ripple City.

“We’re back.”

When the black flying shuttle flew into the city gate, Luo Feng and Di Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

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Tomato wishes everyone a happy new year of the snake, and may everyone be happy and have their wishes fulfilled in the new year!

During the Spring Festival, Tomato also has to visit relatives, so please take a break.

From tomorrow, New Year’s Eve, to the fifth day of the new year, Tomato will be resting. On the sixth day of the new year, Tomato will resume updating!

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