Chapter 316: Infiltrating Race

The latest God Emperor Ranking of Rainlan City listed Luo Feng as rank thirty-three.

After all, although the Insect Nest had chosen to retreat when facing Luo Feng, Luo Feng had never publicly fought a battle that proved overwhelming strength. Being ranked thirty-third was still considered appropriate for his reputation.

Many forces in Rainlan City believed Luo Feng would take action and seize more interests within the city. Yet Luo Feng remained extremely low-key and had no intention of competing for benefits.

Inside the Inner City, within an ordinary cave dwelling, five cultivators were gathered together.

“This Luo Feng, the God Emperor, actually forced Elder Saluo of the Insect Nest to compensate one hundred million Primordial Crystals! His strength is probably not inferior to the Master of the Insect Nest.”

“A single compensation payment—one hundred million Primordial Crystals.”

“For a powerhouse like God Emperor Luo Feng, earning Primordial Crystals is too easy. But for us, we have to risk our lives.”

“The last time we went hunting, the five of us working together only hunted prey worth a little over nine million Primordial Crystals. We were even chased by a Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform and barely escaped with our lives.”

The five cultivators chatted with sighs.

“Brother Zhang, why did you gather us this time?”

“We already agreed that we wouldn’t go hunting for the next ten thousand eras.”

These cultivators had no clones. Every time they went hunting, they had to be extremely cautious. A single mistake could cost them their lives.

“Of course I didn’t gather everyone for hunting,” said a thin man with a smile. “There’s great news.”

Along with his laughter, an invisible fluctuation instantly enveloped two of the cultivators present.

This invisible fluctuation was a mental invasion.

The two cultivators who were struck were both Mid-Stage God Emperor bloodline cultivators. Their mental will was already influenced by their bloodlines, and this mental invasion was strange and unpredictable. They suddenly felt countless chaotic memories surge through their minds.

At that moment, they could not even distinguish who they themselves were.

In merely a few breaths of time, the painful expressions on their faces returned to normal.

“Ha ha, we’ve gained two more physical bodies,” the thin man immediately transmitted mentally.

“These cultivators are far inferior to us when it comes to mental techniques.”

“We were born having escaped the Prison Cage. This ‘Heart-Bewildering Secret Technique’ is an innate secret technique. How could they possibly compare?”

Among the five cultivators present, only two were actually controlled by divided consciousnesses of Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms.

“I heard from the leader that there may be an operation soon. We’re supposed to restrain ourselves.”

“Forget it. What the leader cares about are the high levels of the tribe. We are just the bottom tier… The leader never really pays attention to us anyway. Even if there is a major operation, we low-level members won’t be useful.”

“That’s true.”

The two Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms communicated mentally.

Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform tribes had always been like this—strict hierarchies.

Those of the same race with strength equivalent to Early-Stage God Emperor were not even worth the leader’s attention. Even those with Mid-Stage God Emperor strength still held rather low status.

Only those who reached Late-Stage God Emperor strength would gain the leader’s regard.

“Between the two of us, we’ve already killed several cultivators. The more we kill, the easier it becomes to reveal flaws. The defensive system of Rainlan City is extremely complex. It even monitors every cultivator. In the short term we won’t be exposed, but if this continues long enough, we will be discovered.”

“Then we should hunt as quickly as possible! The more cultivators we kill, the more hope we have of breaking through. As long as we break through and our bloodline evolves, even losing some clones would still be a huge gain.”

“But if we lose many clones before the bloodline evolves, that would be a loss.”

“Let’s continue searching for prey.”

Two of the cultivators immediately left the cave dwelling. They flew leisurely through the city.

Like most cultivators, they wandered through Rainlan City, visiting some shops and revealing no flaws at all.

…

At this moment, Luo Feng was in closed-door cultivation.

Although he had not deliberately pursued the Life-and-Death Path of the Late-Stage God Emperor, his accumulation continued to deepen. Some of his secret techniques—such as the Immortal Blood Sea Body and the Simulated Eye of Life and Death—had already transformed to new levels.

“Huā.”

At Luo Feng’s forehead, the Simulated Eye of Life and Death had already become far more mysterious than before.

The mysteries within the secret treasure Eye of Life and Death were themselves mysteries of the fusion of life and death. As Luo Feng comprehended more and more of the essence of life-and-death fusion, his understanding of the Eye of Life and Death naturally deepened.

This secret technique became increasingly terrifying.

“Boom.”

Luo Feng’s Simulated Eye of Life and Death effortlessly saw through the formation of his cave dwelling and observed the vast Rainlan City.

The many colorful defensive systems of Rainlan City appeared before Luo Feng as countless secret patterns interweaving and operating together. Under the unified command of the entire city, these defensive systems functioned as a single entity.

Luo Feng also saw the countless cultivators within Rainlan City.

Under his distant observation, many weak cultivators’ physical bodies held no secrets. With a single glance, Luo Feng could see many mysteries of life. The cultivation systems, strength, and bodily mysteries of most cultivators could not be hidden from him.

However, the most secretive element—the soul protected within the body—was harder for Luo Feng to see clearly.

Under his observation, those protected souls appeared like blurry clusters of light.

“My Simulated Eye of Life and Death has advanced another step. I can vaguely observe the souls of cultivators now,” Luo Feng thought.

Previously, he had not been able to observe those souls at all.

Every cultivator protected their soul with the utmost caution.

“Hm?” Luo Feng suddenly noticed two souls.

Within those two souls, insect-like creatures were hidden.

“This is—”

Luo Feng immediately recognized them.

“The Bewitching Heart Worm Clan?”

Among Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms capable of infiltrating the cities of the Jiugang Holy Realm while evading their defensive systems, three races were known.

The Soul-Devouring Serpent Clan, the Bewitching Heart Worm Clan, and the Void Wanderer Clan.

The Soul-Devouring Serpent Clan and the Bewitching Heart Worm Clan were relatively numerous and commonly encountered.

The Void Wanderer Clan was extremely rare, appearing only a handful of times in the Jiugang Holy Realm.

“The Bewitching Heart Worm Clan specializes in a single innate secret technique—‘Heart Bewilderment.’ With just that one technique, anyone with weak mental will has no ability to resist and is directly controlled at the soul level,” Luo Feng thought, recalling intelligence about the race.

“The Bewitching Heart Worm itself can be considered a mother worm and can divide into multiple ‘offspring worms.’ It is said it can produce up to nineteen offspring worms.”

Whoosh.

Luo Feng silently left his cave dwelling, his Simulated Eye of Life and Death locking onto the two cultivators controlled by the Bewitching Heart Worms.

Since he had discovered Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms that had infiltrated the city, Luo Feng naturally would not let them escape.

“Even Rainlan City’s defensive systems must rely on subtle clues to barely discover infiltrators,” Luo Feng thought. “But my Simulated Eye of Life and Death can peer directly into cultivators’ souls and detect their traces. In terms of observation methods, it should rank among the very best in Rainlan City.”

In terms of realm, Luo Feng was already among the highest level in Rainlan City.

His Simulated Eye of Life and Death was also created using the secret treasure Eye of Life and Death as a model.

Now it could truly be said to surpass all others in Rainlan City.

…

“Sister Yingtang, I just found some fine wine. Would you like to come to my cave dwelling and taste some?” the two cultivators soon invited friends and managed to invite two female cultivators.

Both women happily agreed.

The laws of Rainlan City were strict. Under normal circumstances, it was quite safe. Gatherings among mid- and low-level cultivators were very common.

“Hm?”

Luo Feng followed from afar and frowned slightly.

“I originally planned to follow these two cultivators and find more Bewitching Heart Worm clones,” Luo Feng thought. “But I cannot just watch those two innocent female cultivators die.”

The two cultivators brought the two female cultivators into a cave dwelling.

The cave dwelling was protected by formations, so Luo Feng’s Simulated Eye of Life and Death faced some obstruction.

Even so, he could still see the four figures through the formations.

However, because of the obstruction, Luo Feng could no longer see their souls.

“Time to act.”

Luo Feng did not delay. His body instantly transformed into a streak of blood-colored light and forcibly pierced through the formation into the cave dwelling.

The cave dwellings of Rainlan City were all officially rented. The formations there were connected to the entire defensive system of the city.

Once a cave dwelling formation was attacked, the city’s defensive system would immediately detect it.

Whoosh.

At the instant Luo Feng pierced through the formation, the defensive system of Rainlan City sensed it. Invisible fluctuations began to envelop the area.

…

Inside the cave dwelling.

“I must taste this wine you found,” the two female cultivators said with smiles.

“It will definitely satisfy you both,” the two cultivators controlled by the Bewitching Heart Worms replied with bright smiles.

Suddenly—

All four of them sensed something.

A terrifying streak of blood-colored light violently pierced through the formation without the slightest concealment.

“Who dares attack inside Rainlan City? Breaking a cave dwelling formation by force?” the two female cultivators were shocked.

“Not good,” the two Bewitching Heart Worm cultivators immediately realized.

But the terrifying blood-colored light instantly swept past them.

The Immortal Blood Sea Body had already evolved to its newest level. It was even more terrifying than the body of the Master of the Insect Nest.

In an instant, the two Bewitching Heart Worm cultivators became corpses.

“Hm?”

The blood-colored light condensed into Luo Feng’s figure.

In his hand, Luo Feng held the two offspring worms.

“The Bewitching Heart Worm Clan?” The two female cultivators only realized the truth at that moment and were immediately terrified.

One of them was an Early-Stage God Emperor Seeker, and the other a Mid-Stage God Emperor bloodline cultivator.

Against even slightly powerful Bewitching Heart Worms, they had absolutely no ability to resist.

The Bewitching Heart Worm had only a single innate secret technique—Heart Bewilderment.

If one could resist it, one lived.

If one could not resist, one would be controlled—and effectively dead.

Crunch.

Luo Feng crushed the two offspring worms instantly, leaving not a trace of vitality.

Two miserable mental screams echoed, but they could not shake Luo Feng in the slightest.

After destroying the two offspring worms, Luo Feng’s causal connection with the true body behind them increased greatly.

“Brother Luo Feng, thank you for killing two Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms that had infiltrated Rainlan City,” a distant voice transmitted. Clearly, the defensive system of Rainlan City had also discovered everything.

Luo Feng ignored it. His Simulated Eye of Life and Death continued observing carefully.

“I see it.”

Within the Simulated Eye of Life and Death at his forehead, Luo Feng saw two thick and extremely clear causal lines.

These two causal lines extended far into the distance, and each line also had several branching threads.

Whoosh!

In an instant, Luo Feng split into nine streaks of blood-colored light.

Each streak followed a different branch of the causal lines, pursuing different targets.