Chapter 328: Rainlan City Falls

After refining the City Founder Seal, Luo Feng returned to the Quiet Chamber in his Cave Dwelling and cultivated with all his strength.

Although he still separated a trace of his consciousness to control the “Life-and-Death Formation Array”, and also dispatched clones into the core region to help intercept and kill the Infiltrator Squads, at this moment he had consumed the “Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow”. With his thinking speed increased by three thousand times, more than ninety-nine percent of Luo Feng’s thoughts remained focused on cultivation.

“Life and death fusion…”

Luo Feng rapidly deduced and perfected it in his mind.

However, as a fused Origin Path, at its current level it was even more vast than ordinary “Half-Primordial Level Paths”. To elevate and integrate them to produce a qualitative transformation was terrifyingly difficult.

Fortunately, Luo Feng had already reached the final threshold. Only then did he dare attempt a breakthrough within a single day by relying on a treasure.

“To completely perfect it within one day is still too difficult. If I had a few more days, I would be confident.” Luo Feng knew time was extremely tight, so he could only refine it as quickly as possible.

Suddenly—

“Luo Feng, since you refined the City Founder Seal until now, Rainlan City has already lost another fifteen Elders.” Hall Master Yuanxiang sounded somewhat powerless. “Rainlan City’s defensive system is about to collapse. Your formation must also help defend the city.”

“It’s already this serious?” Luo Feng’s heart trembled.

Although the Elder squads were cooperating with each other, and although Luo Feng and the others were intercepting the Infiltrator Squads, the “Limit-Breaking Class Bewitching Heart Worm” and the five Leader-Level True Body squads were still continuously hunting down the Elders.

Their mental attacks caused the Elders’ clones throughout the Nine Rivers Sacred Realm to be completely destroyed.

“We must block the armies outside! Once we fail to stop them and they rush in, it will be over.” Hall Master Yuanxiang transmitted a message. “Your formation must also help resist the external assault.”

“Understood.” Luo Feng agreed.

The army had to be stopped outside. Once they entered the city, they could rapidly kill the Elders, causing Rainlan City’s defensive system to collapse instantly. At that time, the entire Rainlan City would be left to slaughter.

“Buzz—”

With a single thought, Luo Feng controlled the Life-and-Death Formation Array and began channeling its power into Rainlan City’s defenses.

Luo Feng’s formation alone was equivalent to the combined formations of forty to fifty Elders. The pressure on Rainlan City’s defenses immediately lightened.

“The Hall Master’s formation has also been forced to resist the external army.”

“The Infiltrator Squads inside the city can only be handled by the Elder squads now.”

The Elders all felt somewhat powerless.

“Hahaha…” When the Leader-Level infiltrators saw that the Life-and-Death Formation Array was fully resisting the outside forces, they were overjoyed.

“All Infiltrator Squads, regroup and kill those Elders!” The King’s command was issued again.

The eighteen Elite Infiltrator Squads that had previously dispersed and hidden quickly regrouped. No formations targeted them in the sky anymore, and with their absolute advantage in speed against the Elder squads intercepting them, they were completely confident.

They could all feel that victory was drawing closer.

“Kill.”

Inside Rainlan City, the most ferocious presence was the true body of the King.

As a Limit-Breaking Class existence, the King’s strength was terrifying. With most of Rainlan City’s defensive system occupied resisting the external legions, it simply could not deal with him. The city could only try to delay him.

If the King could not be killed, he could launch assassination strikes again and again. His techniques were at an extremely high level. Even when the Elders carefully cooperated in defense, some were still struck.

The King’s efficiency in killing Elders was comparable to the combined efforts of the five Leader squads.

…

Each Leader squad consisted of six Leader-Level True Bodies cooperating together. Without the three Hall Masters personally appearing, and without powerful formation strikes, there was no way to threaten them.

“Stop!”

One of Luo Feng’s patrolling clones instantly transformed into a Blood Sea, intercepting a Leader squad.

“It’s Luo Feng.”

“We ignored him, yet he came looking for us.”

“Join forces and destroy him.”

These Leaders were quite annoyed. To them, Luo Feng—who was not even an Elder—was not worth their time. But Luo Feng had transformed into an endless Blood Sea with a vast range, instantly enveloping them.

“Destroy—”

The six Leaders simultaneously unleashed mental attacks.

This clone of Luo Feng did not possess the “Heart of Immortality” or the “Palm World”. However, as the City Lord he could still mobilize Rainlan City’s power to protect himself. At the same time, he used the “Lieu Yuan Technique” to defend himself. As his realm improved, his understanding of the Lieu Yuan Technique had also deepened.

Boom—

The six mental attacks, weakened by Rainlan City’s power, were forcibly endured by Luo Feng.

Luo Feng felt countless illusions enveloping him, confusing his perception. Yet under the protection of the Lieu Yuan Technique, he remained clear-minded and still remembered exactly who he was.

“Six God Emperor Perfection-level mental Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms still cannot deal with me.”

Even so, Luo Feng remained vigilant.

God Emperor Perfection alone already had such intimidation.

What about Limit-Breaking Class? The mental impact would undergo a qualitative transformation.

“Get lost—”

“Break!”

When their mental attacks were blocked, the six Leader True Bodies all turned tangible. Their terrifying bodies erupted with power. Their combined might far exceeded that of Hall Master Weiyang and Hall Master Gaitao.

Instantly, they shattered the endless Blood Sea.

Rumbling—

The six Leaders broke free from the Blood Sea and quickly departed, unwilling to waste time fighting.

“This Luo Feng probably has a powerful secret treasure. His mental defense is quite strong. His strength should rank within the top ten of Rainlan City,” the Leaders judged.

Naturally, they had no idea this was only one of Luo Feng’s ordinary clones.

“These Leader True Bodies always move in groups of six. They really are troublesome.” Luo Feng watched them transform into illusion and leave rapidly. “Even if I used the Heart of Immortality and the Palm World to increase my strength several times, I could at most fight them to a standstill.”

“If even I cannot deal with a Leader squad, the other Elders certainly cannot.”

Luo Feng could already foresee what would happen next.

…

Many Elders had predicted it as well, but there was nothing they could do. They could only watch it unfold.

The number of Elders kept decreasing one by one. Their resistance weakened continuously. Even the “Elite Infiltrator Squads” were extremely difficult for the Elders to eliminate.

“The Elders are becoming fewer and fewer.”

Within a large Elder squad led by the Master of the Trick Workshop, there were seventeen Elders, including the Yun Dan Tower Master Changqing.

They looked toward the sky.

They could see that fifty to sixty defensive formations of Rainlan City had already disappeared. The remaining formations were struggling more and more to resist the external legions.

“Rainlan City may fall at any moment.” The Master of the Trick Workshop looked upward. “The battle seems long, but in reality less than half a day has passed. Reinforcements from the Dark Sacred Realm cannot arrive in time.”

“The only variable now is the Hall Master.”

“The Hall Master is ultimately a Seeker who has mastered two Half-Primordial Paths. Even though he is contaminated, perhaps he still has some desperate methods.” The Master of the Trick Workshop thought, “If the Hall Master creates a miracle, Rainlan City might still hold out until reinforcements arrive.”

Aside from Hall Master Yuanxiang, there was no hope left in Rainlan City.

…

“Rainlan City…”

Inside an ordinary Cave Dwelling in the outer district, Hall Master Yuanxiang looked up and sighed softly.

“The Elders all expect me to have a solution, but I know clearly that I no longer have any way. Even the Life-and-Death Formation Array is being controlled by Luo Feng.”

“I have already done my best.”

“To the cultivators of Rainlan City… I’m sorry.” Hall Master Yuanxiang sighed.

Rumble—

The Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform Legions outside the city suddenly erupted from all four directions.

They had already sensed that Rainlan City’s defensive system was on the verge of collapse. Under a unified command, they unleashed their power without regard for cost.

Even the four Kings erupted with full strength.

Endless attacks flooded the defensive formations of Rainlan City, exceeding their limits. A massive breach was blasted open, and countless Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms in the sky surged through the gap into the city.

“Hahaha, the city has fallen!”

“The city has fallen!”

The Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms poured in like a frenzy.

As they rushed in, the Elders of Rainlan City anxiously controlled the formations, intercepting and slaughtering them with all their strength. Among these legions were many Early-Stage and Mid-Stage God Emperor Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms. Under the massive formations’ crushing power, huge numbers of these weaker creatures died instantly.

“Destroy the Elders of Rainlan City first!”

“Kill those Elders!”

A colossal Limit-Breaking Class existence with a body like a winding mountain range charged into the city. With a single order from it, more than a thousand God Emperor Perfection-level Low-Rank Primordial Lifeforms rushed toward the core region of Rainlan City, intending to crush the final resistance.

“Seal off Rainlan City! Do not let a single cultivator escape!”

Legions outside the city were also ordered to blockade it.

“It’s over!”

“Rainlan City… is finished!”

The Elders watched this scene unfold.

They still had clones and could face this calmly. They only felt regret that the city they had defended had ultimately fallen. On one hand, they lost their accumulated resources in the city; on the other hand, they felt defeat, knowing that a massacre was about to occur.

“No—”

“No, impossible—”

The hundreds of millions of cultivators in the city were too weak to participate in the defense. They had only been watching the war nervously.

But when Rainlan City’s defensive system was breached, despair seized them.

More than ninety-nine percent of them were their true bodies.

If they died, they would die completely.

“How could Rainlan City fall?”

“Where are the three Hall Masters? Why couldn’t they stop it?” Many cultivators could not accept reality.

Some cultivators looked at the terrifying Limit-Breaking Class existence in the sky and the Leader-level monsters around it and suddenly laughed.

“Hahaha… I cultivated to this point, even transcended my home world, and gathered here with powerhouses from countless worlds. Who would have thought I would encounter such a catastrophe—hundreds of millions of cultivators walking toward extinction together… So this is the end of my cultivation path.”

“The cultivation path ends here.” Many cultivators calmly accepted death.

From the moment they began this path, they had prepared for death.

That day had finally arrived.

…

“The city has fallen.”

Inside Luo Feng’s Cave Dwelling, Emperor Qing, Emperor Ming, and Emperor Fu all looked up.

Emperor Qing and Emperor Fu both possessed clone techniques, but Emperor Ming did not.

“Although I have life-saving treasures, under the blockade of the Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform Legions I’m afraid I cannot escape.” Emperor Ming looked at the sky. “I knew it was dangerous beyond the Source World. The day I left the Origin Continent, I was prepared for death. I just didn’t expect it to come so quickly.”

Emperor Qing and Emperor Fu both looked at Emperor Ming.

There was nothing they could do.

“Why is Brother Luo Feng still in seclusion?” Emperor Qing looked toward Luo Feng’s Quiet Chamber. Through faint causal sensing, he could confirm that one of Luo Feng’s clones was still cultivating in seclusion.

The city had already fallen—and he was still in seclusion?

…

Inside the Quiet Chamber.

As City Lord, Luo Feng naturally knew everything happening in Rainlan City. He saw the Low-Rank Primordial Lifeform Legions entering the city and saw the slaughter begin.

“The city has fallen, yet I still haven’t broken through!” Luo Feng’s eyes turned red.

At that moment, his heart was filled with urgency.

“Faster!”

“Hurry!”

“There’s no time left!”

After consuming the Hundred Tribulations Heart Marrow, it already felt as if he were experiencing life-and-death tribulations. His soul suffered immense pain.

But under Luo Feng’s powerful will and intense emotions, his desperate desire for faster comprehension exploded—

Boom!

His soul suddenly trembled violently, and in that instant, the pain vanished.

Luo Feng felt an extreme sense of comfort. His soul’s thinking and comprehension became even faster than the previous three-thousand-fold speed. His insight reached an unprecedented level as inspiration surged continuously.

Within this mysterious state, Luo Feng’s efficiency in perfecting the Life-and-Death Path increased dramatically. He instinctively knew what was correct, eliminating the need for trial and error.

In just a little more than ten breaths—

Boom.

A completely transformed “Life-and-Death Path” emerged in Luo Feng’s mind.

“Success! The Late-Stage God Emperor level Life-and-Death Path!” Luo Feng felt immense excitement. Yet immediately afterward, his soul exited that mysterious state, and an even greater pain flooded his soul.

“Still in time.”

Luo Feng ignored the pain entirely. Madness filled his eyes.

Boom!

Luo Feng instantly rushed out of the Quiet Chamber of his Cave Dwelling!