Chapter 290 : The Death of Ku Mo

Chapter 290: The Death of Ku Mo

In the distance, Emperor Qing heard Luo Feng’s words and also felt his blood boil. He burst into laughter.

“Exactly! We Source World experts have never been afraid of making enemies!”

The four experts of the Trick Workshop immediately felt that things had turned bad.

Source World experts usually behaved cautiously in order to maintain a stable cultivation environment. But if matters truly escalated to the point of tearing everything apart, fighting until death…

Source World experts might lose treasures, but they could continuously send clones from their homeland.

“I said from the beginning that killing two Mid-Stage God Emperors wouldn’t be easy. We should’ve just taken a fee and let them leave. But Ku Mo insisted on attacking.”

“This endless blood sea… we can’t even find where Ku Mo is imprisoned. Even if we wanted to save him, we have no way to.”

The four Trick Workshop experts were quite troubled.

Suddenly—

“Help me think of something! He’s refining me right now—I won’t last long!” The imprisoned sinister man urgently transmitted to the outside world. “Twenty percent of my body has already been refined!”

“Beg him, negotiate—whatever method works! Save me!” he continued transmitting. “If you can rescue me, I’ll give each of you ten million Primordial Crystals.”

The four Trick Workshop experts were shocked.

“Twenty percent already refined?”

Those naturally born Primordial Lifeforms possessed Life Cores. But cultivators had no such vital point. Either their soul was completely annihilated, or their body was entirely destroyed.

“If Ku Mo dies, this endless blood sea might imprison one of us next and defeat us one by one.”

The icy creature transmitted these words to the other three companions.

The moment they heard this, the other three felt a chill in their hearts.

They had joined the Trick Workshop, but how deep was their friendship?

Naturally, it wasn’t that deep.

“Leave.”

“Leave immediately.”

Once they reached a unified decision, the light figure that had been fighting Emperor Qing instantly flashed and reunited with the other three companions.

“Ku Mo, we’ll inform your master and let him find a way to save you.”

After sending this final transmission, the four of them joined forces and transformed into a hazy beam of light. That hazy light tore through all obstacles as they forcefully fled into the distance.

If both sides continued fighting, the outcome wouldn’t be decided quickly. Luo Feng would have to spend time defeating them one by one.

But if they focused entirely on escaping, Luo Feng’s endless blood sea could not stop them.

Whoosh.

The hazy light moved at extreme speed. In just two breaths, it disappeared beyond the distant horizon.

Splash.

The endless blood sea condensed into a figure wearing black robes—it was Luo Feng.

“They’ve left,” Emperor Qing flew to Luo Feng’s side, smiling as he looked into the distance. “I didn’t expect that the two of us fighting five would end with them losing one and the other four fleeing.”

“These raiding forces don’t have much loyalty to begin with,” Luo Feng sneered.

“By the way, the God Emperor you imprisoned—can you kill him?” Emperor Qing asked.

“In a moment,” Luo Feng replied.

Emperor Qing immediately smiled.

“Excellent, excellent! They tried to kill us, so we should kill them! After killing that God Emperor, the spoils might be worth even more than this hunt’s harvest.”

Luo Feng’s heart stirred.

“Experts from billions of worlds don’t have clones,” Emperor Qing said with a grin. “So the treasures they accumulate are usually carried on them.”

Luo Feng immediately understood.

Some auxiliary treasures or inheritances might have already been used up. But their habitual weapons, secret treasures, and materials needed for cultivation were usually carried with them.

“To prevent them from bringing reinforcements, let’s leave first,” Luo Feng said. At that moment he was fully focused on refining the imprisoned Ku Mo.

“Let’s go.”

Luo Feng and Emperor Qing immediately controlled the Black Flying Boat and quickly departed.

…

Inside Luo Feng’s body, within the Blood Sea Eye of the Immortal Blood Sea Body.

Inside the spatial prison created by the secret treasure Formation Diagram.

Sizzle… sizzle…

Chains formed by the power of the formation’s life-and-death energy bound Ku Mo’s figure tightly, constantly eroding and grinding down his body.

“This Ku Mo’s body is formed from countless rule-based poisons.”

A clone of Luo Feng appeared here and observed him with the Simulated Eye of Life and Death.

Ku Mo’s body was essentially endless black sludge.

Even if his body was blasted apart, it would simply disperse into countless poisonous substances without any real loss.

When Luo Feng attacked earlier, he had covered the vast region with the endless blood sea, imprisoning all the black poisonous sludge at once. Only then had Ku Mo been unable to escape.

Sizzle… sizzle…

Now, under the combined refinement of the life-and-death formation, portions of the rule-based poison were continuously refined and consumed.

“They escaped?”

Ku Mo was furious at first, but soon accepted it.

In the entire Rainlan City, the only person truly close to him was his master.

Who else actually cared whether he lived or died?

“What a terrifying formation.”

Ku Mo could not escape and could only feel the life-and-death formation eroding and destroying him.

Originally, he was not afraid of close combat. When the battle began, he had been the first to attach himself to Luo Feng’s body in an attempt to corrode him.

But when it came to physical bodies, Luo Feng was clearly far stronger.

“My Trick Poison Body allows me to fight Mid-Stage God Emperor Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms in close combat. I can corrode them and injure them.”

“But my Trick Poison Body cannot withstand the power of this life-and-death formation.”

Ku Mo’s body gradually twisted. Only his head maintained its normal shape, while the rest of his body turned into large masses of black sludge.

The black sludge was constantly being refined and consumed.

“Luo Feng.”

Ku Mo maintained a normal head and looked at him.

Luo Feng stood not far away, observing his state with the Simulated Eye of Life and Death.

“I wonder what conditions would make you spare me,” Ku Mo asked.

“You want to live that badly?” Luo Feng asked.

“I want to live.”

Ku Mo nodded.

“If you wanted to live, why act so ruthlessly? Even after we offered Primordial Crystals, you still attacked,” Luo Feng said. “The moment you chose to attack, you should have understood—once you fell into my hands, I wouldn’t give you another chance.”

Ku Mo nodded. A faint smile appeared on his cold face.

“I’ve killed too many living beings along the way. Now it’s finally my turn to be killed.”

Ku Mo closed his eyes.

At that moment—

Memories of his long journey surfaced.

The world he was born in had a poisonous Great Dao. The more one cultivated, the closer one came to death. Before every catastrophe arrived, one had to break through to the next realm in order to survive.

He had traveled through more than three hundred worlds.

He had personally witnessed the destruction of nineteen worlds.

He had even caused the destruction of three worlds himself.

He had ascended three times.

Finally, before the ultimate Great Dao death tribulation arrived, he reached the Divine King level and grasped a branch of the Great Dao. Only by mastering a branch of the Great Dao could one escape the Great Dao death tribulation.

Later, he even mastered the entire poisonous Great Dao.

After arriving at Rainlan City, he discovered that the inheritance of the Trick Workshop suited him perfectly. With it, he cultivated the Trick Poison Body.

For him, killing and raiding were as natural as breathing.

Even destroying worlds meant nothing to him.

“I only escaped the Great Dao death tribulation after reaching the Divine King level.”

“But over the endless years, I had already grown used to it—used to killing, used to raiding, used to everything.”

“Those habits had long sunk into my soul.”

At the moment he approached death, Ku Mo finally understood.

The countless Great Dao death tribulations that had forced him forward from weakness to becoming a Divine King had influenced him far too deeply.

Whoosh.

His body was almost completely refined. Only a small remnant remained.

At this moment Ku Mo tried to contact his companions, but the distance was too great.

The Jiugang Holy Realm imposed strong suppression in all aspects, and the communication range of transmission treasures was relatively small.

“I can’t contact them anymore.”

At this moment he thought of his only master.

His master’s talent had always been greater than his own. Being able to escape the death tribulation and reach where he stood today was largely due to his master.

“Master… don’t avenge me,” Ku Mo murmured softly. “I wasn’t killed by another cultivator. I was killed by the Great Dao death tribulation.”

Splash.

Finally, the last traces of black sludge were completely refined.

Ku Mo vanished entirely, leaving nothing behind.

Only after his death did the secret treasures and other items he carried remain.

Luo Feng watched the entire refining process from beginning to end.

A cultivator with the strength of a Mid-Stage God Emperor Comprehender—his cultivation journey must have been legendary. Luo Feng knew that such paths were not easy.

He also knew that Senior Yuan and others had invested tremendous effort into nurturing powerful cultivators.

That was why Luo Feng kept a low profile in Rainlan City and avoided trouble.

But when someone tried to kill him—

He would not show mercy.

“You’re the first God Emperor I’ve killed,” Luo Feng said softly.

With a wave of his hand, he collected the secret treasures Ku Mo had left behind.

Among them was a storage treasure called the Illusory Realm Labyrinth, along with several Trick Poison–type secret treasures.

Inside the Illusory Realm Labyrinth were numerous items.

There were large quantities of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform materials, mostly poison-related. There were also other spoils obtained through previous raids. Even the Illusory Realm Labyrinth itself contained three secret treasures.

“So many cultivators must have died at his hands,” Luo Feng thought.

Some of the materials Ku Mo had purchased were of extremely high quality.

Unlike Luo Feng’s frugal purchasing style, Ku Mo had spent far more extravagantly. Of course, many materials had been used to assist in refining poisons.

“I estimate these materials and treasures together are worth around eighty million Primordial Crystals,” Luo Feng judged.

Most of the wealth from a cultivation career was usually consumed—buying auxiliary treasures, purchasing powerful inheritances, and so on.

The items carried on one’s body were usually just daily cultivation necessities, so their value was relatively limited.

“Eighty million Primordial Crystals is still quite good.”

Luo Feng was very satisfied.

…

The rest of the journey back was smooth. They encountered no more raiders.

The Black Flying Boat successfully arrived at Rainlan City.

“Brother Luo Feng, since you killed Ku Mo, the news will spread quickly,” Emperor Qing said. “Your reputation in Rainlan City will become far greater than before.”

Previously, Luo Feng had been extremely low-profile. Many outsiders even believed he was only an Early-Stage God Emperor.

But this time—

Luo Feng fought four Mid-Stage God Emperors alone and even killed one of them—Ku Mo.

Such strength was absolutely among the top tier of Mid-Stage God Emperor Comprehenders. It would certainly attract the attention of many factions.

“Looking across Rainlan City, your strength should rank within the top two thousand,” Emperor Qing said. “Once your reputation grows, even if you don’t cause trouble, trouble may come looking for you.”

Luo Feng nodded.

“By the way, according to intelligence, the only true relative Ku Mo had in Rainlan City was his master—Yu Yong,” Emperor Qing said. “His master Yu Yong is far more troublesome.”

“I’m only a clone in the Jiugang Holy Realm,” Luo Feng said with a relaxed smile. “What is there to be afraid of?”

His opponent possessed the true body.

He only had a clone here.

If anyone should be worried, it should be the other side.

Whoosh.

The Black Flying Boat flew through the sky above Rainlan City, heading straight toward the Primordial Hall.