Chapter 382 : Avoiding Battle

Chapter 382: Avoiding Battle

Before this war, only three Primordial Ancestors had fallen in total! After being tempered through war, the remaining Ancestors had become more experienced, and the Lords’ side had not achieved results for a long time.

But now, two more Ancestors had died!

“Lord Jin’s techniques, that intent of destruction, are indeed above mine.” Among the group of Ancestors, there was a restrained black light, and within that black light stood a figure. That figure resembled both a humanoid and a flying creature.

It was the Extinction Ancestor, one of the Nine Emperors of the Naturally Born Primordial Lifeform Faction, ranked among the top three.

This time, six of the Nine Emperors had participated in the battle! They were four ‘undying and indestructible’ existences, along with the Infinite Ancestor and the Extinction Ancestor.

“This newly arrived Lord possesses the ability to rapidly restore his companions to their peak state.” The Extinction Ancestor gazed from afar at Luo Feng. “He is the critical node.”

“Serpent, Infinite, Initial—I will attempt to deal with this new Lord,” the Extinction Ancestor’s voice echoed within the minds of the three companions. “If we cannot break this node, we will temporarily avoid battle.”

“Understood.”

The Infinite Serpent Ancestor, the Infinite Ancestor, and Initial all responded. Their group of Ancestors had many cooperative strategies. The ‘avoid battle strategy’ was one they were reluctant to choose, but the situation was now too dire. If even the Extinction Ancestor failed, then they would have no choice but to avoid battle.

Though it sounded lengthy, the exchange of thoughts among the Ancestors occurred in but an instant.

“Strike together and deal with that new Lord.” The Extinction Ancestor’s voice echoed within the minds of the other six Ancestors. These six Ancestors included one with a thousand eyes, a seductive lifeform, and a strange beast shimmering with starlight…

With the Extinction Ancestor as the leader and six Ancestors assisting, they unleashed a coordinated attack.

“New Lord, return to extinction!”

A cold voice resounded within Luo Feng’s soul.

At the same time Luo Feng was attacked, Lord Minghuang also burned his Main Battle Avatar. His body melted into terrifying golden lightning. The golden lightning pierced through the obstruction of space-time, locking onto heavily injured Ancestors one by one—once locked on, escape was impossible!

Endless radiance spread forth!

Phantoms appeared!

The Ancestors also did everything they could to assist their companions.

“As long as we severely injure this new Lord, the situation will change.” The Extinction Ancestor had this premonition.

“Boom!!!”

Luo Feng felt as though his soul were a vast and unyielding mountain, while the enemy’s power condensed into a massive hammer that enveloped heaven and earth, smashing fiercely into his soul! This was a joint attack by seven Ancestors including the Extinction Ancestor, the Thousand-Eyes Ancestor, and the Star Luo Ancestor—an assault targeting both mind and body.

In an instant, Luo Feng’s soul roared violently. At the same time, an invisible force permeated every part of his body, guiding his physical form toward collapse and destruction.

“Is it the Extinction Ancestor and the others?” Though his soul roared, Luo Feng remained absolutely clear-minded.

He pursued the ultimate strength of life.

Within his Primordial Life-and-Death Path lay six major systems, and the mental consciousness system was a crucial component. This made his soul extremely powerful even among Lords of the same level—and compared to those Ancestors… it was terrifyingly strong.

Even while forcefully enduring the full-power assault of the Extinction Ancestor and the others, he remained intact. His 1.08 billion sources restored one-tenth of their energy every instant. With such a terrifying recovery ability, all foreign energies within his body were swiftly expelled.

“We have failed.” The Extinction Ancestor gazed from afar and sighed softly. This had been within its expectations. The Thousand-Eyes Ancestor, the Star Luo Ancestor, and the others also felt helpless.

When Ancestors launched collective attacks, they were usually affected by Yuan’s formation arrays. The attacks would be weakened by passing through multiple Lord domains, with Yuan’s formation guiding most of the damage onto Wu Lan, while Luo Feng bore a smaller portion.

However, the killing move centered on ‘mind’ used by the seven Ancestors, including the Extinction Ancestor, was not obstructed by Yuan’s formation or by domains—it could descend directly into Luo Feng’s body.

With this technique, the Naturally Born Primordial Lifeform Faction had previously killed beings of the same level from other factions.

But against the eight Lords of the cultivator faction, its effectiveness was much weaker. On one hand, all the Lords were undying and indestructible. Even if they endured this move head-on, only Lord Naigu and Lord Jin would be affected, suffering a reduction in strength. The others were unafraid.

Their technique could not lock onto Lord Xingmang, nor could it touch Yuan’s soul.

Wu Lan could easily withstand all attacks.

Luo Feng could also withstand them.

As for Minghuang and Moman, both Lords possessed extremely powerful minds. Once they resisted the mental aspect, the physical injuries were minimal.

In the past, by targeting Lord Naigu and Lord Jin with this technique… they had once pushed the Lords’ side into crisis. But with Luo Feng’s arrival, the defensive capabilities of the Lords’ side had been comprehensively enhanced.

“Avoid battle!”

The voice of the Infinite Ancestor echoed within every Ancestor’s mind.

Under Minghuang’s furious lightning strikes, the Infinite Ancestor instantly transformed into vast, endless light. The dazzling radiance in an instant covered the vast territory where the Ancestors were located, assimilating the bodies of many Ancestors.

Whoosh.

The endless light suddenly contracted, shrinking into a single point and collapsing into the interior of a massive sphere.

Within the vast space, all other Ancestors disappeared, leaving only a gigantic sphere in place.

“They’ve chosen to avoid battle.”

The eight figures looked at the massive sphere, not even feeling the desire to attack.

“Hahaha, satisfying, truly satisfying! After so many calculations over endless years, we only killed three of the weakest Ancestors in terms of survival ability. This time, we killed three in such a short period!” Jin laughed heartily, feeling immense exhilaration.

To unleash forbidden techniques so recklessly, treating the act of burning a Main Battle Avatar as something done every instant—this feeling was simply wonderful.

“Xingmang, you’ve obtained all three Ancestor corpses, right?” Minghuang looked toward Xingmang. In the final moment, under her attack after burning her Main Battle Avatar, even though the Ancestors had fully defended and retreated, she still managed to kill one.

“Rest assured. In terms of mastery over space-time, no one surpasses me. At the instant you killed it, I seized its corpse and pulled it into another timeline.” Xingmang smiled. Once an Ancestor died and lost resistance, he could immediately take it away.

“Fortunately, we concealed the information about Luo Feng’s breakthrough in advance, catching these Ancestors off guard. That’s how we achieved such results.” Yuan also felt relaxed and pleased.

This war—its situation had completely reversed.

Hadn’t the group of Ancestors all retreated into the body of ‘Initial’ and directly chosen to avoid battle? Previously, during the war, the Ancestors had held the advantage. No matter how Xingmang schemed, he could not overcome the absolute disparity in strength, and could only watch as territory was gradually lost.

Now, everything had changed!

They had forced the Ancestors to choose to avoid battle.

“If we had exposed it earlier, given the attainments of the Naturally Born Primordial Lifeform Faction, with a clear target, they could have deduced much information. They might have sent reinforcements or temporarily retreated,” Xingmang said.

Luo Feng, however, looked at the massive sphere in the distance and said, “This Initial Ancestor—do we truly have no way to deal with it? If the eight of us join forces, can we move it to some dangerous regions of the Infinite Space?”

“We truly have no way to deal with it.” Yuan nodded.

“In the entire Infinite Space, no one can do anything to it,” Xingmang added.

Luo Feng had read information about the Initial Ancestor. The records stated: the Initial Ancestor represented the ultimate defense of the Infinite Space! It could not be destroyed, nor shaken. However, it moved slowly and attacked clumsily—there was no need to pay attention to it, simply treat it as nonexistent.

“Its body is very special,” Wu Lan said. “In terms of toughness, it is comparable to mine. But its body also possesses an inconceivable ability to ‘perfectly dissipate power.’”

“Even if I go all out, 99% of the power will be transferred away and dissipated,” Jin said. “The remaining 1% of power must still face a body as tough as Wu Lan’s.”

Luo Feng was astonished.

Jin was among the Lords with extremely strong killing ability. Yet even his attacks would have 99% of their power removed? In the Infinite Space, for other beings, retaining even one-thousandth or one ten-thousandth would already be remarkable.

“Where it exists is like a fixed point in space-time—unshakable, immovable,” Xingmang said.

“It can’t even be moved?” Luo Feng sighed.

Wu Lan said, “If the power were strong enough, it might be possible to move it. But after its power-dissipating effect, what remains of our attacks is perhaps only one-thousandth. Naturally, we cannot shake it.”

Luo Feng understood.

“Brother Luo Feng, you can try,” Minghuang said with a smile. “You can slash at it as you like—it won’t fight back.”

“Even if it does fight back, it’s not worth mentioning,” Moman added with a laugh.

Luo Feng also knew that among the Ancestors, ‘Initial’ ranked in the lower middle in terms of threat. Compared to the Lords, it was far inferior. Every Lord could rival the highest tier of Ancestors.

“Let me try.” Luo Feng was quite curious about the being with the strongest defense in the entire Infinite Space.

He looked at the massive sphere ahead.

It was heavier than a Source World, even becoming a fixed point in space-time.

Just by observing it, Luo Feng could sense the profound mysteries of many Paths contained within it—the mysteries of life, the mysteries of matter. Numerous profound truths were perfectly unified within it. It itself was a miraculous existence.

With a stretch of his hand, the Life and Death Blade appeared in Luo Feng’s grasp.

“Whoosh!”

The blade instantly crossed space-time, carrying boundless power as it struck the massive sphere. At the moment of impact, Luo Feng felt as though the blade had struck empty space—there was no sensation of contact at all.

Even when part of the power followed the lock of life and forcibly transmitted through, only a faint trace of blade light managed to touch the surface of the sphere. But this was merely one-thousandth of the blade’s power, leaving not even the slightest mark.

Xingmang smiled. “Being able to hit it at all is already quite good.”

The massive sphere suddenly emitted a deep voice: “This Lord who just attacked—is he the eighth Lord of your cultivator faction? Your faction is quite fortunate. In the midst of a war of extermination, you actually produced a new Lord!”

Beside the massive sphere, four incarnations suddenly appeared.

They were the Infinite Serpent Ancestor, the Infinite Ancestor, the Extinction Ancestor, and the Yanhuo Ancestor—the core militant faction among the Nine Emperors of the Naturally Born Primordial Lifeform Faction.

“You really think that gaining one more Lord means you can win?” The Infinite Serpent Ancestor coiled in the void, staring at Luo Feng and the others. “The cultivator faction should be our food. You have no right to resist!”

“Who is whose food?” Jin sneered. “We Lords are undying and indestructible. You Ancestors are our food. We hunt you, turning each of you into resources for our cultivation. Let me count—up to now, we’ve killed about twenty Ancestors, haven’t we? And not a single one of our Lords has been lost.”

“Yes, twenty Ancestors have died. But because of the threat of your killing, thirty-two new Ancestors have been born!” The Extinction Ancestor said calmly. “Those who died were the weak. Those who survive are the stronger ones.”