Luo Feng watched the vast army of low-level origin lifeforms approaching from all directions.

In his view, he could withstand the four transcendent-level beings. However, faced with over 2,600 God-Emperor Perfection level beings and tens of thousands of God-Emperor Late stage beings, if they launched a combined attack at close range, his twenty-four avatars would not be able to withstand it. He would only be able to escape by relying on his movement techniques.

“I must set up the formation before the army reaches the core area. Once the army arrives, the core area will be completely annihilated, and perhaps only one in ten of the elders within it will survive!” Luo Feng understood this perfectly. Without the help of the elders, even if he repelled this army with his formations alone, the casualties within the city would be severe. To minimize casualties, he had to protect the elders. The maximum defensive power could only be achieved by combining the elders’ formations with his own.

Luo Feng stood there, almost all his thoughts focused on the core formation layer of Rainmist City, rapidly inscribing the formations. The vast army was attacking from all directions simultaneously. The four transcendent-level beings did not dare to get too close; they had already converged in the distance.

“The four of us must work together to influence Luo Feng as much as possible. When he fights us, he will have to divert many thoughts, which will significantly slow down his formation setup!”
“Once the army reaches the core area and completely destroys every elder’s residential zone, without the assistance of 200 elders, Luo Feng alone will not be able to suppress us. We should be able to kill enough cultivators and then successfully retreat!” The four transcendent-level beings clearly understood the situation. The fall of the city was their advantage. Luo Feng was too fast and could move freely. The low-level origin lifeform army couldn’t kill Luo Feng, but they could eliminate the nearly 200 remaining elders! This would be akin to severing Luo Feng’s arms.

Luo Feng, leading many elders in a combined effort, would likely double his power. The formations he set up, having mastered two and a half origin-level paths, would also be incredibly vast and complex and would still require some time to set up.

“We just need to stall him a bit longer; no matter what, it will be enough time for the army to reach the core area!” The four transcendent-level beings, after their calculations, believed there was great hope: first, eliminate the elders to weaken Rainmist City’s power, then slaughter the cultivators, and finally lead the entire army to escape. This was their plan. Perhaps the army would suffer significant losses, but the four transcendent-level beings would still survive.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The four transcendent-level beings burst forth with speed, heading directly for Luo Feng.

“Four transcendent-level beings!”
“Fighting one against four, can City Lord Luo Feng hold them off?”

The elders and many cultivators looked up and saw the four colossal figures. The transcendent-level Mind-Corrupting Worm fully revealed its true form, its illusory body shimmering faintly. A black centipede-mountain-like being had black flames rising from its body, its enormous head’s blazing eyes fixed on Luo Feng. There was also a massive lightning creature with numerous tentacles, observing Luo Feng. Elsewhere, a creature with wings radiating endless destructive aura unfurled them, seemingly covering half the sky.

“Even at my peak, armed with powerful secret treasures, I could only flee miserably against four transcendent-level beings!” Lord Yuanyuan looked up, “The difference between one-on-one and one-on-four is immense!” The four transcendent-level beings could cooperate, attacking the enemy simultaneously from different angles, drastically increasing the threat level.

“Luo Feng, do you dare to fight us?” The voice of the transcendent-level Mind-Corrupting Worm resounded in Luo Feng’s mind.

“Of course, you can also choose to run. Then the four of us can slaughter the elders one by one in the core area!” Luo Feng looked at the four figures. “One-on-one, you tremble! But one-on-four, you four are confident!” Luo Feng’s twenty-four avatars guarded various locations. “Then, let it be as you wish!”

Luo Feng’s strongest avatar actively made its move, stepping through the blurred spatial fissures directly towards the four transcendent-level beings. Naturally, to engage in battle, he had to avoid the core area. Although the battle might affect some innocent cultivators, there was no choice; in war, one had to make trade-offs. Saving one more elder could indirectly save the lives of millions of cultivators.

“He’s coming!” As the four transcendent-level beings stared at the black-robed, black-haired figure walking out of the spatial fissure, he took two steps and reached them. A wave of spiritual fluctuation instantly impacted Luo Feng; the transcendent-level Mind-Corrupting Worm immediately unleashed its innate secret technique, “Mind Corrupt!” Although Luo Feng could withstand it, he still needed to divert mental energy to employ techniques like Array Element Art to resist.

“Hmph!” The moment Luo Feng arrived, a vast, surging sea of blood appeared beneath his feet, its waves churning, threatening to completely engulf the four transcendent-level beings.

At this moment, in the area below Luo Feng, there were also large numbers of cave dwellings. The cultivators within them looked up at the sky, watching the churning, vast sea of blood and the four transcendent-level beings. “I hope we don’t get caught in it!”
“If a battle of this level affects us, we’ll probably be gone!” These cultivators trembled with fear. They could only fully activate their cave dwellings’ formations to resist any potential residual shockwaves. Luo Feng would try his best to protect these weaker beings during the fight, but in a transcendent-level battle, he couldn’t guarantee complete protection for the cultivators amidst the slaughter.

Within the endless sea of blood, a colossal black centipede-mountain-like figure unleashed terrifying flames. These flames ignited in various places within the sea of blood, continuously burning it and also scorching Luo Feng’s soul. However, its spiritual impact was significantly weaker than the transcendent-level Mind-Corrupting Worm’s innate secret technique, “Mind Corrupt.” The lightning-tentacled figure gathered endless lightning. “Annihilate!” It furiously bombarded the sea of blood! The dark destructive power spread like mist from its bird-like wings. As its wings flapped, dark energy surged like waves, permeating the sea of blood. It also followed life energy, seeking to vibrate, distort, and strangle Luo Feng’s soul.

“This transcendent-level Destruction Bird inflicts the most damage!” At this moment, Luo Feng was subjected to over ten types of attacks: material destruction, flame burning, dark energy erosion, lightning rampant, invisible restraints, tentacle destruction, karmic soul attacks, energy vibrations, and the twisting strangulation of all things. Any one of these attacks could severely wound a Palace Lord level being, and two or three combined would be enough to annihilate a Palace Lord. With over ten types of power descending simultaneously, Luo Feng’s life-form secret art was not yet perfected due to his recent breakthrough. If these were ordinary avatars, they would be instantly annihilated by such attacks. However, under the blessing of the “Undying Heart,” the Undying Sea of Blood rapidly strengthened. Both his soul and his physical sea of blood body withstood the full, instantaneous bursts from the four transcendent-level beings. Only a minuscule amount of the sea of blood was consumed. The rate of consumption, however, was slower than Luo Feng’s rate of absorbing Rainmist City’s energy. “True combat means first protecting oneself, then seeking to kill the enemy,” Luo Feng mused. Defensive treasures were too precious. Among the suitable defensive treasures combining life and destruction that he could exchange from the Infinite Spatial Treasury, there was only the Undying Heart.

“What?!” The four transcendent-level beings were somewhat astonished. They had attacked with all their might, yet the sea of blood didn’t seem to suffer any significant loss! Within the sea of blood, a gigantic furry claw instantly seized the Destruction Bird. The Destruction Bird had the greatest destructive power. With an incredibly piercing shriek, the Destruction Bird completely transformed into black mist. The vast black mist faintly formed the shape of a waterfowl in mid-air.

Boom! Luo Feng’s furry giant claw, with a backhand sweep, enveloped the lightning-tentacled figure nearby! Thick tentacles on the lightning-tentacled figure immediately entangled and blocked the giant claw. But the giant claw’s might was terrifying, firmly grasping it. The black centipede-mountain-like figure’s tail lashed fiercely at Luo Feng’s giant claw, and the terrifying impact prevented Luo Feng’s giant claw from holding on, allowing the lightning-tentacled creature to escape, tumbling under the vast sea of blood. Under the spread of various forces—restrained lightning, fire, and dark erosion—a colossal furry claw, terrifying in its might, pursued and attacked the four transcendent-level beings. Each of the four transcendent-level beings had their own methods and could cooperate to protect themselves.

“How is Luo Feng so strong?”
“The four of us combined can’t even threaten him!”
“But his secret treasure claw can threaten our lives!”

Although the four transcendent-level beings were unwilling to admit it, in this one-on-four battle, they were at a disadvantage. Working together, they couldn’t injure Luo Feng; they could only cooperate to save their own lives. Even at a disadvantage, the four transcendent-level beings did not give up and continued to fight Luo Feng in unison. The transcendent-level Mind-Corrupting Worm repeatedly unleashed its innate secret technique, trying every possible way to interfere with Luo Feng.

“Excellent! City Lord Luo Feng is still gaining the upper hand, fighting one against four!” The elders watched excitedly, and the cultivators in the cave dwellings below the battle zone were even more grateful! Because Luo Feng held the advantage, he could still divert some of his thoughts to mobilize Rainmist City’s energy, weakening the battle’s aftershocks and allowing the surrounding cave dwellings to survive. To think he could dominate four transcendent-level beings! Compared to him, Palace Lord Weiyang was far, far inferior! Even the Master of the Myriad Shadows Pavilion felt some regret, regretting his minor conflicts with Luo Feng.

While fighting, Luo Feng remotely looked in another direction. The low-level origin lifeform army was flying towards the core area from all directions, so some were closer than others. The closest army was approaching from the East Gate direction and was already not far from the core area.

“Hahaha, almost there!” One of the armies was almost at the core area! The four transcendent-level beings were very excited. “This army, with over 800 God-Emperor Perfection level beings and more than 12,000 God-Emperor Late stage beings, is enough to wipe out the core area!” They watched with anticipation.

At the core formation layer of Rainmist City, Luo Feng had begun setting up formations the moment he broke through to the Path of Life and Death. “As a God-Emperor Late stage master of the Path of Life and Death, setting up formations for the core is naturally vast and complex!”
“I will divide the formation into three layers! First, I will set up the first layer. The most crucial aspect of the first layer is to set it up quickly enough.” The first layer of the formation was fast, but it only contained the most basic mysteries of the God-Emperor Late stage Path of Life and Death. Luo Feng had simplified the formation as much as possible, and with the “Hundred Calamity Marrow” boosting his thought process by 3,000 times, even this simplest first layer was only just nearing completion. There could be many types of formation structures! Luo Feng chose the three-layered formation precisely to quickly complete the first layer, thereby changing the war situation and saving more cultivators’ lives.

Luo Feng was simultaneously sensing the approaching low-level origin lifeform army, fully setting up the formation, and also splitting his attention to fight the four transcendent-level beings.

“Done!” He finally completed the first layer of the formation, and Luo Feng’s eyes filled with excitement.