Chapter 1138: The Golden Toad
Form one of Shi Wu Wings: Chaotic Time Space.
Form two of Shi Wu Wings: Golden Kingdom, considered an auxiliary power but very much to Luo Feng's liking. After all, the greatest difference between a universe master and him would be the ability to control time and space. For instance, hunting and fighting used to be disadvantageous for him, but that weak spot had now been remedied.
"A radius of 80 light years," Luo Feng said. "Even a top-tier domain type true treasure like Thousand Treasure River was not as ridiculously immense. If the second form was already so strong, I cannot imagine the third form…"
Luo Feng started to examine the entire Shi Wu Wings with his godly power, covering every inch of the wings. There were some sculptures with secret engravings that appeared in his mind 1,000 times clearer than what the naked eye could see. Luo Feng took one look and immediately felt some disappointment. He understood that for the moment, this was the maximum power of Shi Wu Wings, or at least, the third form of secret engravings of this deformed Shi Wu Wings was originally imperfect.
"Clearly, Shi Wu Wings still lack certain components. At least, that was the case for the sculptures of secret engravings, where a part of the engravings is missing. No matter how powerful I am, it is impossible for me to activate the third form. To activate the third form, I must fulfill two requirements. Firstly, law comprehension acquired by oneself to attain a higher level of accomplishment in the studies of secret engravings; secondly, finding the missing component of Shi Wu Wings to bring it nearer to perfection."
After just one fusion, Shi Wu Wings had reached the level of a top-tier true treasure. If another fusion were to…
"Shi Wu Wings are indeed extraordinary, but I have no idea where I can find that missing component," Luo Feng lamented.
He knew it would not be easy. Shi Wu Wings had belonged to Primal Chaos City Leader for a long time, yet even Primal Chaos City Leader was not able to discover any other components. However, he had not made use of Shi Wu Wings personally, so he would not have known.
Luo Feng did use them, though. In addition, as countless great beings of the universe were gathered in the original star, Luo Feng managed to sense Tian Yang Knight by chance encounter, which was how he learned about the other component of Shi Wu Wings—Flowing Light Wings.
Yet, through these years, as Luo Feng went into the original stars time and time again, he did not sense anything else that was new to him. Wanting to find the next component, the level of difficulty was palpable.
"Yet this feels strange, too. The birth of Shi Wu Wings did not take place on an original star. If it did, then the original star would clearly indicate the level of this treasure. The treasure would have been divided into several components, and its birth would have taken place according to the divided pieces. What everyone has obtained would only be components, but all would understand how precious each component was. Tian Yang Knight and Teacher each received one wing, yet they did not see the greatness of this true treasure component. When Teacher first gave me his share, he said with surety that throughout the universe, he was the only one who had laid eyes on Shi Wu Wings. No second being had ever seen Shi Wu Wings before."
"Hmm," Luo Feng said to himself. "I have to ask Teacher about it again. I need to find out where exactly he found Shi Wu Wings."
Luo Feng decided that he had to find the other components of Shi Wu Wings. If the power of the second form was this powerful, what would the power of the third form be like…? Luo Feng was really looking forward to finding his answer.
"Time to head back."
Shua!
Luo Feng disappeared into the sky, which was still as quiet as ever. The only problem was, at a distance away, a galaxy was missing.
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The years of a great being were always so long that they felt like an eternity. The majority of the time passed by peacefully. This peace, however,… was spent preparing for future fights, which always seemed crazier than the preceding ones! The fights could be for their race, for power, or for oneself!
"I can't believe that the Disambiguation Temple is still not open by now."
Luo Feng had been looking forward to the opening of the Disambiguation Temple. After all, it was a pinnacle domain type true treasure… Only Star Tower could surpass it. The other treasures were lacking in comparison; Force Armor and combat blade Absolute Guest were all weaker by a notch.
It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to obtain such a true treasure. Naturally, it evoked an overwhelming sense of competitiveness in Luo Feng.
At that time, Luo Feng was also cultivating the beast god path, which required him to study diagrams of secret engravings. So temporarily, he would be giving up on studying Star Tower, as the third level of secret engravings of were shockingly complicated. This was clearly of a far higher level than all that he had studied previously. Only those who were more accomplished in the law comprehension and diagrams of secret engravings would be able to comprehend it.
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It was 165 years since Luo Feng first became Milky Way Horde Leader. Within the Ancestral God secret region, in an area on Redbud Island that was being enshrouded by the Five-Color Aurora Lake, Luo Feng stood by the railings of a pavilion and looked off into the distance, where he could see the public square in front of the palace of the island master.
In the blink of an eye—shua! He arrived at the fountain resembling a curtain and strode through it to enter the land of inheritance.
A moment later, he stepped out from behind the fountain.
I already know how to use the ultimate technique of a universe master, and I have the heart of Beast God, he thought. Cultivating the Beast God Path can be done at godlike speed! Also, I was fortunate that there is the land of inheritance, where I could always inherit, allowing my efficiency to be maximized.
Luo Feng was clear on the fact that every time he entered the land of inheritance, a large amount of energy would be consumed. That was why the land of inheritance had very stringent control over the number of times one could enter.
Usually, only those who newly joined were entitled to one free inheritance. Other times, everyone had to exchange for the chance to enter and inherit from the land of inheritance. Most of the other heirs could only make an exchange once in a blue moon. However, there was a year when Luo Feng had gone crazy engaging himself in various battles, to the extent of fighting 620,000 battles… This had earned him many glory points, which could be used to exchange for many chances of entry. Usually, one would need to have acquired a new comprehension before another round of inheritance, so the sessions of energy-consuming inheritances were limited to a certain number.
"Luo Feng!" a capacious voice rang by Luo Feng's ears and resonated in his mind.
"Huh?" Standing by the waterfall, Luo Feng turned to look high up into the sky.
Hua!
A light emerged from the depths of Five-Color Aurora Lake that enveloped all that was beneath it. It moved to completely enshroud Luo Feng. One end of this light pillar kept Luo Feng enveloped. Looking carefully at the other end, Luo Feng saw that it was extended deep within the Five-Color Aurora Lake, all the way to the Ancestral God Palace.
"Ancestral God Palace?" Luo Feng looked up and saw the colorful lights separating on their own to create a path for the light pillar to pass.
"Ancestral God," Luo Feng greeted.
He recognized this voice. It was the voice of Double-Face Ancestral God.
"Come to me," the voice said.
Instantly, an intangible power enveloped Luo Feng.
Sou!
The force brought Luo Feng up off Redbed Island and sent him on his way along the path of the light. Luo Feng went flying into the depths of Five-Color Aurora Lake in the direction of the Ancestral God Palace.
At this point, Luo Feng's speed far exceeded the speed of light. Being able to reach such a speed in the primal universe was on thing… Obviously, only a universe supreme being was capable of such manipulation. Luo Feng did not fight this force. Given his power, he could have easily broken free from such restraint.
Flying ahead, he could see the 3,000 stars, which represented 3,000 god worlds. He could also see the 72 general continents, where every continent was vast and imposing. Then he flew past Beast God Palace and the Eight Natural Beasts' God Palace. Surrounding this were 16 other palaces.
"Arrived."
Luo Feng landed on the massive, towering public square of the palace. Looking at this Ancestral God Palace from Redbud Island, the place had seemed immense and towering. Being on it, Luo Feng gained a true appreciation for how intimidating its size was. The entire palace exuded an endless, immensely strong power. This was an eye-opener even for someone like Luo Feng, who had laid eyes on various true treasures.
"This Ancestral God Palace must be a pinnacle flying-palace true treasure." Luo Feng speculated. "No other like the Ancestral God School! Even if humankind's 'Teacher Origin' had yet to be suppressed, he would barely be comparable to this Ancestral God School."
"Luo Feng, come in."
The voice was heard from within the large palace hall. Outside the hall, there were eight guards clad in gold armor. They were all universe knights, and from the power exuded by the treasures they carried on them, their armor and weapons were true treasures. At this moment, all eight knights were looking directly at Luo Feng.
"Yes," Luo Feng answered.
He took a step forward and was instantly at the doorstep of the palace, where he made his way into the spacious hall.
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In the towering hall were many tall heavenly pillars that seemed never-ending; on every heavenly pillar was a totem engraving where the appearance of every race was engraved. There were sculptures with engravings of humans, bug soldiers, the automaton race… and there were also engravings of many other different races.
Double-Face Ancestral God sat on his throne, the furthest one away. He looked toward Luo Feng and, with a smile, he asked, "According to the information that your fellow humans have openly disseminated, you have fixed your chosen name as… Milky Way Horde Leader?"
"Yes." Luo Feng nodded.
"Milky Way Horde Leader Luo Feng, you have been with the Ancestral God School for some time and also joined our sub-organization," Ancestral God said. "You may be Milky Way Horde Leader now, but the noble universe origin has told me that… you have yet to become a universe master. You are able to make use of the ultimate technique of a universe master because you had an ability of another school of study, which had appeared in the primal universe for the first time."
Luo Feng was secretly taken aback. The Ancestral God School openly made it known that they were the guardians of the universe origin!
Even Primal Chaos City Leader and company said that the universe origin was also reciprocating and guarding over the Ancestral God School… Previously, he had always managed to receive inheritances one after the other. Plus, he had created a technique with the help of another school of study. It seemed the rumors of the relationship between the Ancestral God School and Universe Origin were not unfounded. Both sides knew everything about one another.
"The day you truly become a universe master will be the day you become our 'Guarding Godly Master,'" Ancestral God said, looking at Luo Feng. Then he continued, "Don't overanalyze. Every Guarding Godly Master of the Ancestral God School is a universe master with extremely strong power. Ordinary universe masters will not be able to take up such a role. Every Guarding Godly Master will have a few universe masters under his command."
Luo Feng nodded. He already knew. Sky Beacon Godly Master, Nine Remoteness Godly Master… They were legendary existences in the universe. His current capability was certainly not enough for him to become a Guarding Godly Master and to stand at equal rank as the rest.
"You joined the sub-organization of our Ancestral God School such a long time ago but have yet to receive a single mission." Ancestral God looked at Luo Feng. "Now, I am entrusting you with one. It does not implicate humanity, and the venue is very far away from the human domain. Are you willing to take up the mission?"
"If it does not implicate humanity and my good friends, I would be happy to oblige," Luo Feng said.
He had accepted numerous inheritances and received much kindness from Ancestral God. Earlier on, Ancestral God had even stepped forward personally to protect him from Virtual-Real Demon Master. It was only right to reciprocate with his services.
Hua!
A golden ray flashed and stopped right before Luo Feng. It resembled a statue of a golden toad, and the eyes of the toad were dark gray.
"Take this with you and head over to this domain. Any life form that causes its eyes to turn red must be annihilated." Ancestral God looked down at Luo Feng. "And you will also need to investigate what actually happened. The universe origin has communicated with me over there… Something is happening that bodes ill for our primal universe."
Luo Feng took hold of the golden toad and looked at its pair of eyes. They would turn red?
"Ancestral God, when its eyes turn red, does it represent how far away the life form is that is causing the eyes to turn red?" Luo Feng asked. "How big is its area of surveillance?"
"About 60 million miles," Ancestral God said. "Where your life imprint is. Control it, and you can clearly sense whether the reaction you have detected is caused by an actual life form or a foreign object. If it's an actual life form, no matter who it is… you must annihilate it. If you are unwilling to kill with your own hands, transmit your findings to me, and I shall deploy some other members. This is a new transmission token. The previous one that Nine Remoteness gave you carried a lower authority. You will not be able to connect with me directly using that. With this one, you can."
A golden token drifted over to Luo Feng. He caught hold of it right away. Why did this golden token look so much like the transmission token that his teacher, Sitting Mountain Guest, had made?
"Go," Ancestral God ordered. "For the sake of the noble universe origin, every life form that makes it see red has to be annihilated. Not even one can be spared."
"Understood." Luo Feng bowed.