Chapter 964: Only the Soul
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"I shall take my leave," said the guarding beast god floating in the sky above Bauhinia Island, his voice spreading across the entire island. "Remember, Blade River Emperor is an heir of the Ancestral God School. You'll be hunted down by the Ancestral God School if you attempt to assassinate him."
"Yes," said the heirs, bowing as one.
The heirs held their breath didn't relax until the guarding beast god had disappeared.
"What's the meaning of this?" someone spoke up. "Throughout the history of the Ancestral God School, there have been killings between heirs, but the Ancestral God School never hunted them down! Why should Mud Swallowing Knight be hunted even after he's brought back? This is—"
"How silly are you that you can't even understand this?" someone else cut in. "Apparently, the Ancestral God School gives Blade River Emperor special treatment. Didn't you see how the Ancestral God School favored Zhu Chong Emperor? Now, they're favoring Blade River Emperor, too!"
"You mean Blade River Emperor is another Zhu Chong Emperor?"
"Humph! Based on his potential, he might not be inferior to Zhu Chong Emperor once he becomes an undying fighter."
"Hmm. Either way, the Ancestral God School treats him special."
The heirs from all the races in the universe continued talking while flying away like beams of light. Most of the heirs only justed, but some of the heirs—particularly those assigned with tasks from their own races—were a bit irritated.
"How am I supposed to kill him?" Light Perception Knight wondered, looking at Luo Feng who stood in front of the palace from afar. He was terribly upset. "There's no way to kill him now."
Suddenly, Luo Feng looked up and smirked directly at Light Perception Knight. It was a look that said, "Come kill me if you dare!"
Light Perception Knight knew that the human had already discerned that he was a killer. He teleported himself and disappeared without saying a word.
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Luo Feng stood in front of his palace and watched the countless heirs leave. Thoughts flooded his mind. The guarding beast god had said publicly before that Mud Swallowing Knight would be hunted down by the Ancestral God School even after he was brought back. Although Luo Feng's earthling body had still been in the World Ring at the time, his Mosha body had heard every word of it.
The Ancestral God School gave me special treatment, Luo Feng thought. But on second thought, it seems that I'm not as important as Zhu Chong Emperor in their minds. Zhu Chong Emperor was given two true treasures, whereas I was given none.
Luo Feng turned around and went back to his palace.
"Ai," said Honed Heart Emperor, and he closed the door.
"Although I was completely safe in the palace, my multi-body technique has now been exposed," said Luo Feng. "There must be a weakness to the multi-body technique. For safety reasons, my original body had better stay in the human territory."
Luo Feng walked to one of the side palaces, and the Mosha body had already gone back to the internal world. The ring fell back into Luo Feng's palms.
He was standing in the side palace when he saw a beam of blurry, golden light, and God Country Transportation was enacted. He saw the boundless God Country on the other side of the golden aisle.
Sou!
The teleportation was over.
Five minutes later, the golden light was on again, and Luo Feng went back.
"Master," Honed Heart Emperor said, already waiting in the side palace.
Luo Feng laughed and smiled. As his multi-body technique had been exposed, he had sent his core to the primal secret region in the virtual universe. He had assigned Tian Chen Emperor to wear the ring, which held the golden-horned beast body and its core.
"Master," said another voice.
Luo Feng turned and saw 360 Cloud Contact Vines flying into the side palace. Luo Feng had known that he would be assassinated. Hence, he had chosen not to bring the cloud contact armor.
"I'll go and take another inheritance," Luo Feng said. "You, Cloud Contact, shall stay here with Honed Heart Emperor."
"Master, I'll go out with you," said Cloud Contact, vines swinging.
"Although it's highly unlikely that I'll be assassinated again, I need to be careful," Luo Feng said with a smile. "Rest assured I'll bring you out if I leave on an adventure."
"Yes," Cloud Contact answered, and the vines drooped.
Luo Feng walked out of his palace instead of teleporting himself. After a half-hour stroll across Bauhinia Island, he reached the palace of the guarding beast god. Luo Feng, of course, caught countless powerful ones' attention by walking in the open for so long, including two of the universe knights who had been ordered to kill him. However, they could do nothing about it.
Killing him wasn't the problem; if they managed to kill him, he would be resurrected again, and their deaths would be in vain. The two universe knights were smart enough not to do that.
Sou!
Luo Feng stepped into the waterfall.
"Blade River Emperor went to take an inheritance," said one of the universe knights.
"He can take an inheritance whenever he wants," said the other. "After all, he has over 600,000 glory points. The land of Inheritance has become his territory."
The heirs of the other races brimmed with jealousy.
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While Luo Feng was taking the inheritance, news spread, and all the superpowers of the universe already knew what had happened. The demon race, the bug race, and the automaton race were all infuriated. It was bad enough already that the human was so powerful. Now, he even had the multiple bodies technique! It was unfair that there was such a peerless talent in the human race.
The multiple bodies technique could not be gained by training. It was a technique owned by only some of the races and special organisms. Normally, it was extremely difficult to kill an undying fighter with the multi-body technique, as other bodies could be used to resurrect the killed fighter. The worst that could happen was to lose a great deal of energy in the process.
His adversaries adjusted their plans.
"Universe master, there are no other ways to kill Blade River Emperor except by controlling or eroding his soul. This is the only way to deal with a powerful one with the multi-body technique."
"Go and make a plan. His sector lord core must be hidden in the safest place of the human race. There's only one way to kill him, and that's to control his soul."
All the supreme beings and superpowers knew that the core was Luo Feng's weakness as long as he was still a sector lord. However, if he became an undying fighter, the core would become a God Country, which would become his new weakness. A God Country, however, could be hidden in a remote area in an interlayer of space, which would make it almost impossible to find.
An undying fighter with the multi-body technique would usually leave a body in the God Country in case his other bodies were destroyed. In other words, the only way to kill an undying fighter with the multi-body technique was to control their souls.
The soul was the common element that connected different bodies. Different bodies though they were, they had the same will. All three of the bodies of Luo Feng were interconnected, and once one of the souls was controlled, the other two would be, too. If the soul was eroded, the other bodies would be likewise eroded. It worked like a virus.
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The Master of Sky Wolf roared in fury. "Mud Swallowing Knight will be hunted by the Ancestral God School even after he's brought back! They fiercely demand more compensation from our demon race! I've already brought Mud Swallowing Knight back as a promise to compensate them. Now they want more?"
The demon race was the most enraged out of all the human race's enemies. The death of a universe knight had only consumed a fraction of Blade River Emperor's energy. And perhaps the strength of a world used to recover his body was worth less than a mixed element.
"Mud Swallowing Knight is in a pitiable state," said his shadowy, snake-like acolyte. "It's natural that his clan demands more. Master of Sky Wolf, if we refuse to do this, the other races in the alliance will be disappointed."
"Damn it!" Master of Sky Wolf shouted, furious. He was angry with the humans, particularly Primal Chaos City Leader and Blade River Emperor. He stood in front of the Sky Wolf Palace and stared down at the snake-like acolyte. "You'll be in charge of the compensation. But now, let me ask you first. Do you have any idea how to kill Blade River Emperor?"
The snake-like acolyte groveled as it said, "The only way is to control his soul."
"And how can we do that?" Master of Sky Wolf said.
"Master of Sky Wolf, the most upsetting thing now is the order from the Ancestral God School. The school must value that human very much. It wants to train him as a second Zhu Chong Emperor. However, he's not powerful enough yet, so the Ancestral God School hasn't revealed how much it favors him. Regardless, the death mark on Mud Swallowing Emperor is already deterring universe knights in the Ancestral God School from killing Blade River Emperor. And besides, there are only a few universe knights of our demon race in the Ancestral God School. The only thing we can do now is wait."
"Wait? Till when?" Master of Sky Wolf roared.
The giant snake stopped talking.
When indeed. Who knew when? As long as Blade River Emperor remained within the domain of the Ancestral God School, it seemed there was nothing they could do about it. Even the universe knights who were proficient in soul control were afraid of being hunted down by the Ancestral God School as retribution for attacking him. After all, it was the mightiest power in the universe. The universe knights were not afraid of being hunted by the human race, but they were, indeed, afraid of being hunted by the Ancestral God School.
Master of Sky Wolf knew that his acolyte couldn't answer this question. "Go," he commanded. He turned around and walked into the Sky Wolf Palace.
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Bauhinia Island, the secret land of beast god inheritance.
In a deep valley, Jiu Feng Knight looked at Luo Feng with a smile on his face.
"Congratulations, Blade River Emperor," he said. "Your name has already disappeared from the third-level heir ranking and has entered into that of a fourth-level heir. You've completed the third-level inheritance."
"Yes." Luo Feng nodded.
The 620,000 battles with all the talents from other races had helped him a lot, and together with the 900 years of comprehension and training, he had completed the third-level inheritance at one time. However, Luo Feng had barely gained anything.
"Work hard," Jiu Feng Knight told him. "All the supreme beings of our human race have high expectations for you. Although I did the same thing on Rong Jun, I have the same expectation for you, too."
Luo Feng smiled and went back to Bauhinia Island through the portal.