(TL/N: 8 Chapters left for the end.)
The moment Ji Wu entered his domain, Luo Fan sensed it.
This was also his first time encountering a World Beast.
Sure enough, just as described in the original story, ordinary World Beasts were extremely ugly.
So-called World Beasts were pitch-black creatures, completely naked, with two single-eyed heads at the front and back, two arms and two legs, one mouth and one nose, and no ears or eyebrows, grotesque and hideous.
Luo Fan directly used his domain to move to the opponent's side.
He instantly sensed the evil aura emanating from the other party.
This aura was completely incompatible with the lifeforms of the Universe Sea.
The aura of a World Beast carried a feeling of absolute destruction.
This aura made Luo Fan feel very uncomfortable.
"Hm?"
"Food from the Universe Sea?"
"Since you've walked in yourself, let me taste you."
Ji Wu looked at Luo Fan, who had suddenly appeared before him, and spoke with a grin.
In the next moment, Luo Fan immediately felt a soul attack.
His soul felt a sharp sting.
However, in the very next instant, the sensation disappeared.
Within his mind stood a Soul Suppression Tower.
The moment Ji Wu's soul attack struck, the Soul Suppression Tower trembled slightly.
The attack was completely nullified and caused no damage to Luo Fan.
"Hm?"
"Interesting!"
Ji Wu still had no idea how powerful Luo Fan was.
Just as Ji Wu was about to continue attacking, Luo Fan made his move.
He took out a blade embryo somewhat resembling a Tang blade.
At this point, it was already engraved with his strongest secret technique.
Luo Fan directly infused divine power into the blade embryo in his hand.
Then, he activated his enhancement innate secret technique.
At the same time, he began burning divine power.
At this moment, Luo Fan's aura reached its peak.
Sensing Luo Fan's aura, Ji Wu was filled with shock.
At this moment, Luo Fan's presence was several levels stronger than his own.
"How is this possible?"
"How can a lowly creature from the Universe Sea be this strong!"
Ji Wu's face twisted in ferocity, making him appear even more hideous.
Luo Fan did not bother responding at all.
He simply swung his blade downward.
In the next instant, a massive blade phantom appeared.
Within the phantom seemed to exist a complete world.
It contained the fusion of the ten fundamental laws.
With the enhancement from the divine power burning technique, the strengthening technique, and the blade embryo, the power of this move directly reached the twelfth level.
Ji Wu still attempted to resist.
A black, sinister beam shot out from his mouth.
When the black beam collided with the blade phantom, the two began to cancel each other out.
Luo Fan understood that this was because the power of World Beasts and divine power were fundamentally opposed.
Although Ji Wu resisted with all his might, he ultimately could not hold on.
The blade phantom struck directly onto Ji Wu's body.
With just a single move, Ji Wu was instantly severely injured.
Black blood splattered in all directions.
Without hesitation, Luo Fan controlled his domain to carefully collect the scattered blood.
He deliberately avoided letting his domain come into direct contact with the black blood.
This was because the divine power within his domain was completely opposed to the energy within the blood.
If they came into contact, they would annihilate each other.
"How is this possible!"
Only now did Ji Wu truly realize Luo Fan's terrifying strength.
He had never imagined that he would be severely injured in a single move by a so-called lowly creature of the Universe Sea.
He knew that if this continued, he would be killed.
He had not yet become the World Beast King, how could he die here at the hands of such a being?
Without hesitation, Ji Wu immediately split his body to escape.
This was a special survival method of World Beasts.
They could split into ninety-nine separate bodies and flee in different directions.
As long as even one survived, they would not die.
Given enough energy, they could eventually recover completely.
This was also why even World Beasts devoured each other at a slow pace.
After all, with so many split bodies, even a World Beast could not guarantee eliminating all of them.
Luo Fan had no intention of completely killing him.
He knew that without the assistance of clones, fully killing a World Beast was still quite difficult.
Moreover, their battle was taking place near the edge of his domain treasure.
He simply tried to retain a few of the split bodies and collect as much World Beast blood as possible.
This blood had many uses.
It could not only be used to nurture a clone, but also to study genetic patterns.
One had to know that the genes of World Beasts were the key to reaching a hundred-thousand-fold genetic level.
Before leaving, Ji Wu shot Luo Fan a vicious glare.
He would remember the aura of this lowly creature from the Universe Sea.
Once he became the World Beast King, the first thing he would do was devour him.
…
World Beasts were a very peculiar species. In the beginning, a total of one billion World Beasts were born in the Dark Land.
Each World Beast could sense the location of the others.
Not only that, they could even communicate through a special shared channel.
At this moment, many World Beasts had learned about Ji Wu's situation.
"Ji Wu, how pathetic are you? You were actually severely injured by food from the Universe Sea?"
"How strong can a lowly creature from the Universe Sea really be?"
"With strength like yours, forget becoming a king. You might as well let me devour you and become a stepping stone on my path to kingship!"
After learning that Ji Wu had been severely injured by a Universe Sea creature, the other World Beasts began mocking him.
In their eyes, lifeforms of the Universe Sea were nothing more than food.
Moreover, they possessed inherited memories.
Deep within, they knew that creatures of the Universe Sea were not strong.
If not for the fact that they had no intention of leaving the Dark Land before becoming a World Beast King, they would have long devoured all life in the Universe Sea.
"Hmph!"
"You can go try it yourselves."
"That 'food' is still here. Go test his strength if you dare."
Ji Wu snorted coldly and stopped speaking.
He had lost several split bodies and needed to recover.
Otherwise, other World Beasts would seize the opportunity to hunt him.
After reuniting with his remaining split bodies, he merged back into one and prepared to heal as quickly as possible.
…
After obtaining the World Beast blood, Luo Fan prepared to leave.
His objective this time had already been achieved, and there was no point staying in the Dark Land any longer.
Hunting World Beasts now was not worthwhile.
There were no significant benefits at this stage.
It would be better to wait until the World Beast clone was nurtured, then slowly hunt and devour other World Beasts.
Thus, after storing the World Beast blood into the system using a palace-type treasure, he began heading toward the exit of the Dark Land using his connection with his clones.
…
Inside the Origin Sea Boat.
The Mechanical Race clone took out a palace-type treasure from the system space.
Many powerful treasures could not be stored inside world rings.
Therefore, Luo Fan often used palace-type treasures as storage containers.
This allowed him to store even powerful treasures within the system space.
The Mechanical Race clone directly took out the World Beast blood from the palace treasure.
The black blood was filled with a destructive aura.
This aura was completely opposite to that of Universe Sea lifeforms.
Even the Prison Clan in the Original Universe, who sought only destruction, did not possess such an aura.
Luo Fan did not immediately begin nurturing the World Beast clone.
Before that, there was something very important to do.
That was to establish a task.
[Task: Nurture a World Beast clone. Reward: Comprehensive enhancement of the World Beast clone.]
After setting up the task, the Mechanical Race clone did not hesitate.
"System, nurture the fourth clone!"
In the next moment, a familiar chaotic-colored light shot out from the Mechanical Race clone toward the World Beast blood.
The drop of World Beast blood, with a diameter of one hundred thousand kilometers, was instantly enveloped by the chaotic light.
Soon, the chaotic light began to expand.
…
Inside the General's Residence of Eternal Ancient City.
Qing Qiong appeared before Luo Feng when he solved the two-thousandth puzzle.
"Congratulations. You have reached the fourth stage."
"Are you willing to become a successor of my Star Abyss Sect?"
During this time, Qing Qiong had learned that Luo Feng was Luo Fan's younger brother.
Therefore, if Luo Feng was willing to become the successor of the Star Abyss Sect, Qing Qiong would be very pleased.
The inheritance of the Star Abyss Sect had been specially arranged by him.
However, most of it consisted of secret techniques.
Apart from that, the most important element was the Origin Embryo.
There were also a small number of treasures.
As for other resources, they were quite limited.
If Luo Feng became the successor, then given his relationship with Luo Fan, he would not need to worry about resources in the short term.
Qing Qiong knew very well how many resources were contained within the inheritance of the Wu Kingdom.
Even if it was only a portion, it was far beyond what ordinary factions could compare to.
Therefore, if Luo Feng became his successor, there was a high chance he could benefit from those resources.
Moreover, choosing Luo Feng did not violate the rules he had set.
In over twenty thousand years, aside from Luo Fan, only Luo Feng had reached the fourth stage.
He had previously stated that reaching the fourth stage would allow one to skip the next trial and directly become a candidate successor.
As for who among the candidates would become the true successor, that was entirely up to Qing Qiong.
Compared to the others, Luo Feng was clearly the best choice.
At this moment, the other experts from the Universe Sea all looked toward Luo Feng.
They had already known that Luo Fan would definitely obtain one inheritance.
So they had all been competing for the remaining one.
But now, the last inheritance was also about to fall into the hands of the human race.
Moreover, after seeing Luo Feng's puzzle-solving speed over the years, they had obtained information about him from forces in the Original Universe.
They learned that Luo Feng was the younger brother of the Human Race's Hunyuan Lord.
At this moment, all the forces of the Universe Sea were in turmoil.
So this ancient civilization inheritance was going to be monopolized by their family?
Were they all just here as spectators?
Originally, they still had hope of obtaining the other inheritance.
But now, that hope was essentially gone.
There was almost no one else who could reach the fourth stage within the time limit.
Since that was the case, the final inheritance would most likely also belong to the human race.
Thinking of this, the experts of the Universe Sea fell into silence.
Meanwhile, the forces of the Original Universe were nearly going mad.
Once the human race rose, they would have no place left.
Especially the Demon Race, Mechanical Race, and Insect Race.
These three races had deep, irreconcilable hatred with the human race.
The Northern Frontier Alliance, Prison Clan, and Crystal Clan had also clashed with the human race before.
During that time, they had targeted human immortals and Venerables.
Now that the human race would become even stronger after obtaining the inheritance, would they seek revenge?
Even if they did not, what about territorial expansion?
Although their territories were relatively remote compared to the core regions controlled by the four major races, territory was still territory.
To produce enough powerful experts, a large population base was necessary.
And to have a large population, territory was indispensable.
This was why the six peak factions had previously targeted the human race.
Because once the human race rose, it would inevitably compete with them for territory.
Meanwhile, forces like the Ancestral God Sect and the Starry Sky Behemoth Alliance, which did not rely on territory, had not opposed the human race.
Because no matter how strong the human race became, it would not directly conflict with them.
These six factions had originally hoped to rise through obtaining the inheritance.
But now, that hope was shattered.
Worse still, the inheritance had fallen into the hands of the human race.
What would their future look like?
At this moment, the leaders of the six factions recalled the Purple Moon Sacred Land approaching them twenty thousand years ago.
At that time, the Purple Moon Sacred Land had asked them to attack the human race.
If they agreed, they would first be given part of the ancient civilization inheritance.
After the human race suffered losses, or Luo Fan died, they would receive the remaining portion.
At the time, many of their geniuses and experts were participating in the trials at Eternal Ancient City.
So they had refused.
But now, Luo Feng was about to obtain another inheritance.
The five strongest experts of the six factions, along with several Universe Masters from the Northern Frontier Alliance, began discussing the matter within the Original Universe.
Very quickly, they reached a decision.
Before the human race could convert the inheritance into strength, they would unite and attack.
Especially since Great Axe was currently near Eternal Ancient City.
They could join forces and kill him first.
Moreover, the strongest expert of the Purple Moon Sacred Land would also assist.
Human Universe Masters had clones, but Great Axe did not.
When the Purple Moon Ancestor learned that the six factions planned to ambush Great Axe outside Eternal Ancient City, he agreed without hesitation.
After all, the Human Race's Hunyuan Lord had not yet broken through to become the strongest in the universe.
If Great Axe was killed, the other Universe Masters of the human race would not be able to revive Luo Fan.
At that time, the Dark Star Demon Master could simply kill Luo Fan again.
After all, Luo Fan's clones were still scattered across the dangerous regions of the Universe Sea.
Aside from planning to attack the human race, the six factions also discussed exploring the Origin Sea Boat together.
Although no one could enter or even touch the Origin Sea Boat, it was right in front of them.
Thus, many factions were searching for a way inside.
They speculated that the Origin Sea Boat likely also contained ancient civilization inheritance.
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