Chapter 348: Invincible Tier

“Is he an invincible existence?”

“The fifteen of us at the peak tier joined forces, yet we had no power to resist at all—this is definitely invincible!”

“Shouldn’t an invincible existence have already been guided away?”

As they were swept along by the collapsing heaven and earth spacetime, being forcibly dragged toward Luo Feng, the fifteen God Emperors including God Emperor Secret Ruins found it hard to accept everything they were experiencing at this moment—they had actually offended an invincible!

Within the Dark Sacred Realm, the peak tier already stood at the very top. After all, once an invincible was born, they would be guided away.

Invincible represented something that could not be resisted.

Invincible represented a high probability of transcending the cage!

Once a cultivator was deemed to have the potential to become ‘invincible’, peak-tier experts would only choose to become followers one after another, hoping that when the other party transcended the cage in the future, they might grant them some opportunity.

“We encountered an invincible, yet we neither became friends with him nor followed him… instead, we joined forces to besiege him?”

“How could this happen? The battle at Rainlan City only happened not long ago. At that time, he was merely at the peak tier! Only a thousand epochs have passed—how did he become invincible?”

“We actually tried to ambush and kill an invincible?”

God Emperor Secret Ruins and the other fifteen God Emperors were filled with despair.

Rumble~~~~

When the fifteen of them were carried by the collapsing heaven and earth spacetime to Luo Feng’s vicinity, an invisible force enveloped them, finally stabilizing their figures. All of them stood before Luo Feng.

“Greetings, God Emperor Luo Feng!” Though panicked and despairing inside, the fifteen God Emperors appeared extremely respectful on the surface, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.

“You came to ambush and kill me?” Luo Feng looked at them with interest. Within a radius of hundreds of millions of kilometers, heaven and earth spacetime continued to collapse and distort, leaving the fifteen God Emperors without even the slightest hope of escape.

“We were foolish.”

“We were misled.”

“We desired resources and were driven by greed.”

“Please, God Emperor Luo Feng, spare us.”

These God Emperors pleaded, each lowering their posture completely.

“Bosu, Bai Yin, Chi Zheng—what do you think?” Luo Feng looked to the side. Under the protection of his power, Bosu, Bai Yin, and Chi Zheng were able to remain steady even within the collapsing spacetime.

However, the three of them were still shocked as they looked at the scene spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers.

‘Just leave it to me’? So this was how he acted?

Brother Luo Feng was already invincible?

They had only followed him for a short time—they hadn’t even built deep ties yet!

“Brother Luo Feng.” Bosu was the first to steady his emotions and spoke, “Among cultivators, an ambush is a grave enmity. Since they came to kill you, any punishment you impose would be justified! Even slaughtering every one of their avatars and leaving them unable to survive in the Dark Sacred Realm would be entirely reasonable.”

“Right.” Chi Zheng added, “Brother Luo Feng already possesses invincible strength. With just a message to the five great cities, there will no longer be any place for them in the Dark Sacred Realm.”

Their words made God Emperor Secret Ruins and the others anxious.

Most of them had come from Source Worlds. Losing a few avatars meant little. But if Luo Feng completely cut off their ability to remain in the Dark Sacred Realm, the impact would be enormous.

The wealth they accumulated and the battle merits they earned were all for exchanging resources at large Hunyuan Halls.

If they could no longer enter the Dark Sacred Realm, their cultivation resources would be reduced by ninety-nine percent.

“We know we committed a grave mistake.” God Emperor Secret Ruins took the initiative to kneel. “Please, God Emperor Luo Feng, grant us a chance at survival. Do not cut off our path of cultivation.”

A peak-tier existence… kneeling voluntarily?

The fourteen companions beside him hesitated slightly, but soon followed, kneeling one after another. As more knelt, those who had hesitated ultimately also knelt.

“We know we were wrong. Please, God Emperor Luo Feng, grant us a chance to live.”

Each of them knelt and pleaded.

Even though they could have stayed within their Source Worlds and lived comfortably, for the sake of opportunities on the cultivation path, they still chose to kneel and beg.

Luo Feng looked at them.

Bosu, Bai Yin, and Chi Zheng also watched silently from the side. At this moment, only Luo Feng could decide the fate of these fifteen God Emperors.

“Since you came to rob me, you must pay the price!” Luo Feng had no pity for those who attempted to plunder him. However, since most of these fifteen God Emperors were cultivators from Source Worlds, he could not completely kill them.

“Each of you will compensate five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals. Fifteen of you together will pay seventy-five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals. That amount roughly matches the value of the batch of low-tier Hunyuan life corpses I sold.”

Luo Feng looked at them. “Pay seventy-five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals, and I will let you go.”

“Otherwise, I guarantee that none of you fifteen will ever be able to remain in the Dark Sacred Realm.”

After this ambush and Luo Feng’s demand for massive compensation, the karmic ties between both sides instantly deepened. With the ‘Imitation Life-Destruction Eye’, Luo Feng could lock onto the location of each of their avatars at any time.

“Seventy-five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals?” The fifteen God Emperors were stunned.

“Do we each pay five hundred billion, or must we collectively pay seventy-five hundred billion?” God Emperor Secret Ruins asked first.

“Collectively.”

Luo Feng said, “Not a single one can be missing! If even one is short… the rest of you will all be implicated!”

The fifteen God Emperors trembled inwardly.

There were differences in strength among them. For example, the leading God Emperor Secret Ruins, whose mastery of formations ranked among the top three in the Dark Sacred Realm, could easily produce five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals. But some of the weaker God Emperors had already spent many resources and exchanged for battle merits—they simply could not produce five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals.

“I know it won’t be easy for you to gather seventy-five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals.” Luo Feng looked at them. “I’ll give you one thousand epochs. If you fail to gather and deliver it to me within that time, I will send out avatars… and eliminate all of your avatars across the entire Dark Sacred Realm.”

The fifteen God Emperors felt uneasy.

Being targeted by an invincible?

And once Luo Feng transcended the cage, that would mean being targeted by a high-tier Hunyuan lifeform? Possibly even a world-class Hunyuan lifeform?

“We will gather the compensation within one thousand epochs,” God Emperor Secret Ruins said respectfully. The others had no choice either.

“We will definitely gather the compensation,” they all promised before Luo Feng.

At this moment, they felt deep regret.

They hadn’t gained a single thing from the ambush—instead, they now owed seventy-five hundred billion Hunyuan Crystals!

……

At this moment, a black warship finally arrived.

Inside the vessel, the Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf looked toward the distance.

“We made it in time!”

“I can confirm Bosu and the others are still alive—their avatars are still intact. They should still be holding on!”

The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf drove the black warship at full speed. But upon nearing the scene and seeing the vast expanse of heaven and earth ahead, they were stunned and instinctively slowed down.

“What’s going on?”

“How has the entire spacetime collapsed like this?”

They were shocked by the vortex-like collapse of heaven and earth spacetime. Everyone knew how stable spacetime in the Dark Sacred Realm was—even short-distance teleportation could only be achieved by some peak-tier existences.

To collapse spacetime across such a vast range—what kind of power was that?

“The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf?” A voice suddenly sounded in their ears.

The collapsing region of spacetime suddenly expanded, instantly engulfing their black warship. With no ability to resist, the ship was dragged rapidly toward the center of the collapsing spacetime.

“This is bad, we can’t stabilize the ship!”

“The collapse here is too terrifying—we can’t escape!”

The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf panicked. Then they saw clearly the scene at the center of this region.

There stood a man dressed in black, with black hair.

This black-clad, black-haired man was the absolute core of the vast surrounding spacetime. He exuded a pressure that made them tremble. Spacetime collapsed with him as the center—the closer one got, the more terrifying the collapse became.

At this moment, Bosu, Bai Yin, and Chi Zheng stood respectfully at the side.

Meanwhile, God Emperor Secret Ruins and the other fifteen God Emperors were all kneeling—kneeling toward that black-clad man.

“This…”

The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf were deeply shaken.

The scene was too overwhelming.

For peak-tier existences, even if a few avatars were destroyed, they would almost never kneel.

Yet now, fifteen peak-tier existences were all kneeling!

“For such a vast region of spacetime to collapse entirely—it’s actually because of God Emperor Luo Feng? This level of strength far surpasses the peak tier. He is an invincible existence.” The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf immediately judged Luo Feng’s terror.

“First came God Emperor Secret Ruins and the others.” Luo Feng looked at them. “Now the Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf have also arrived. Are you here to ambush and kill me as well?”

The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf were stunned.

“The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf are ruthless and violent by nature—they’re likely here to ambush God Emperor Luo Feng as well,” said one of the kneeling God Emperors.

“They left Chengfeng City at nearly the same time as us. We were just a step faster,” another kneeling God Emperor added.

Luo Feng nodded. “So you also came to ambush me…”

“No, no, no—we didn’t!” The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf reacted immediately.

“We just came to watch the excitement, to observe this battle.”

“Their flying vessel was much faster than ours. We couldn’t compete with them at all—we had no intention of ambushing!”

“We were even thinking of helping God Emperor Luo Feng and fighting against them. Battling them would also temper ourselves and benefit our cultivation.”

“We once followed Senior Heavenly Wolf Traveler. In terms of resources, we lack nothing—we have no need to plunder.”

Although the Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf had been somewhat corrupted and were naturally violent and unrestrained, upon seeing this scene, each of them became extremely calm, not daring to show the slightest arrogance.

Luo Feng nodded slightly. “That makes some sense.”

“They are greedy and violent, acting recklessly,” Bosu said from the side. “But their vessel was indeed much slower—if they intended to ambush, they were too late. Given their usual conduct, it’s quite likely they intended to attack God Emperor Secret Ruins and the others.”

“Brother Bosu, you’re absolutely right! We were planning to help God Emperor Luo Feng deal with them!” The Eight Friends of Heavenly Wolf were extremely nervous.

……

At this moment, within the first city established in the Dark Sacred Realm—‘Hunyuan City’—inside the most ancient large Hunyuan Hall.

The large Hunyuan Hall covered a vast area, even larger than Rainlan City, with many cave residences inside.

“Hmm?”

A silver-haired, silver-browed man looked toward Luo Feng’s location from afar.

“With the amplification of a carried secret treasure, his immense physical body’s power can actually cause such a large-scale collapse of spacetime.” The silver-haired man marveled. “This strength far exceeds the peak tier—it can definitely be considered invincible.”

“His physical body is far larger than that of a limit-breaking Hunyuan Desolate Hoof,” said a woman in fiery red robes, also gazing into the distance. “Without transcending the cage, his body has already reached such a level? Truly rare.”

“Now that it’s confirmed he is invincible, we should report to the Lord,” the silver-haired man said.

“I agree. Report to the Lord,” the woman in red nodded.