Swallowed Star - Chapter 978

Chapter 978
Chapter 978: Nine Remoteness Whirlpool


Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Deep in Nine Remoteness Ocean, each drop of water was as heavy as a mountain, but Luo Feng and Bark Mirror Emperor shot like missiles through the depths .

"Blade River Emperor, there's no way you can escape!" Bark Mirror Emperor roared insanely . "Haha! You're good at escaping and resisting soul attacks, but unless you have a flying-palace true treasure, I refuse to believe you can defend yourself against my material strike! Die!"

Hong!

Bark Mirror Emperor waved his paws, and a stream of terrifying undying power manifested as a blurry gray beam that shot toward Luo Feng, still trying to escape by changing his directions irregularly .

Luo Feng was startled . "Damn it…!"

Although Bark Mirror Emperor followed the warrior path, releasing undying power was a rather easy way to attack . Normally, it was relatively weak, but Bark Mirror Emperor had extraordinary undying power, which he was currently burning . Even this weak tactic would be enough to kill Luo Feng if he was hit .

There were many kinds of true treasures . Sky Wolf Palace and Star Tower belonged to the "flying palace" category of true treasures .

When it came to avoiding a fight, such true treasures would come in handy . If Luo Feng were able to hide inside Sky Wolf Palace, enemies couldn't hurt him even if they bombed Sky Wolf Palace continuously .

Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of true treasure, thought Luo Feng .

He maintained his high speed, and each time his Shi Wu Wings shook, the shockwave resulted in great space turbulence .

Hong!

A pillar of undying power cut through the ocean . Space turbulence and erupted to Luo Feng's right .

"I've dodged it," Luo Feng thought, relieved . His high-speed changes of direction made him difficult to hit .

"Haha!" Bark Mirror Emperor laughed . "I was right . You don't have flying palace-type true treasures . Blade River Emperor, you're relying on your wings to escape and your soul true treasure to resist soul attacks . Unfortunately, you don't have a true treasure to defend yourself against a material strike . You're doomed . Let's see how many more times you can dodge it!"

Hong! Hong!

Two pillars of undying power were fired at Luo Feng . There was no law comprehension in them; on the contrary, they depended on burning, undying power that could rival universe knights .

Madness filled Bark Mirror Emperor's eyes . "I can't catch up with you, but my undying power can!"

He was far stronger than Luo Feng and chased him as if trying to swat a troublesome insect . The insect may have been agile and armed with soul true treasures, but if Bark Mirror Emperor used pure undying power to crush him…

Unless Luo Feng had a true treasure like Sky Wolf Palace, he would have no chance of survival!

Should I summon Mosha body back? Luo Feng wondered, still changing his directions irregularly .

A pillar of undying power flashed beside him while the following one clipped the edge of his wing, spinning Luo Feng around . He was stunned but still managed to change directions again rapidly, making the best of Shi Wu Wings .

Although Mosha body has the talent technique "domain," it only works on the body itself—it can't carry me, Luo Feng thought .

This was the limitation of domain . It was a completely different skill than teleportation . One could teleport along with other life forms and enter a space ripple together, reaching faraway places instantly . But domain was limited to within a diameter of 6,000 miles of Mosha body .

Domain was achieved when Mosha body merged with space, then turned back into Mosha body . Luo Feng's original body couldn't do that—unless, perhaps, he entered the World Ring and let it be carried by Mosha body .

However, with Bark Mirror Emperor's permeating undying power, he had no chance of getting into his World Ring .

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"Escaped again?" Bark Mirror Emperor smiled smugly . "I didn't expect you to dodge my attacks twice . Those wings aid you well in your escape . Let's see if you can dodge it for the third time!"

Bark Mirror Emperor's madness intensified as he began to condense a mass of tempestuous undying power .

Undying power needed to be condensed in order to be forceful . If it was dispersed among a 600-million-mile area, it was feeble and could only be used for detection instead of attacking . When undying power couldn't be condensed further, it formed a godly body .

"Undying power into threads!" roared Bark Mirror Emperor . "Cage!"

Bark Mirror Emperor reached out his paws, and suddenly, thousands of undying-power threads shot out in pursuit of Luo Feng . Each of the threads was as concentrated as possible, like Bark Mirror Emperor's godly body .

The move had consumed 10 percent of Bark Mirror Emperor's godly body . Since the start of the battle, all his other moves had only cost him 1 percent, but this single move, producing thousands of threads, required an immense quantity of undying power .

"There's nowhere to run!" Bark Mirror Emperor seethed . Two true treasures awaited him after he defeated Blade River Emperor! He could even escape universe overlords if he had those two!



Hong!

In an instant, a giant whirlpool appeared before them, producing a massive, tearing current .

Bark Mirror Emperor turned toward the whirlpool, astonished . "What?"

As Bark Mirror Emperor watched, a towering red figure emerged from the whirlpool . Two bloody horns protruded from its head . The figure leveled its gaze at Bark Mirror Emperor .

"Other races," growled the horned figure . "How dare you roam the Nine Remoteness Ocean . Die!"

"A Nine Remoteness Whirlpool!" said Bark Mirror Emperor . "And a great being… in a Nine Remoteness Whirlpool?"

He was well aware of the dangers of the Nine Remoteness Ocean, the deadliest of which being Nine Remoteness Whirlpool . But he had never expected the whirlpool to appear out of nowhere or for a great being to reside within it . He could sense the horned figure's energy . It was a universe knight . And it was superior to him .

Hong!

A burning, bloody light from the horned universe knight shrouded Bark Mirror Emperor .

"Begone!" Bark Mirror Emperor cried, manipulating the threads of undying power against the bloody light .

It would have been easy to kill Blade River Emperor with these threads, but the great being in front of him was his real enemy . Thousands of threads, making up of 10 percent of his godly body, coalesced into a spear flying toward the bloody light .

Hong! Long!

The two forces crashed and exploded in the water, each dispersing in the aftermath .

"You've got some skill," the universe knight said, a bit surprised .

"Die!" Bark Mirror Emperor roared as he cast his talent technique . "Silence!"

Silence engulfed the area around them, and a soundless shock wave ripped forward and slammed into the universe knight in the Nine Remoteness Whirlpool . But nothing happened .

"Haha!" the universe knight chuckled . "A soul attack is useless to me!"



The towering figure with its bloody horns roared and hurled himself at Bark Mirror Emperor .

"You can do nothing to me," Bark Mirror Emperor scoffed .

The thousands of threads had consumed 10 percent of his godly body while the strike from the enemy had cost him less than 2 percent . Although Bark Mirror Emperor knew he was weaker than this great being, he was unafraid .

"It's no wonder only one in 100 universe knights survives the Nine Remoteness Whirlpool," said Bark Mirror Emperor . "Is anyone who shows up here as powerful as this universe knight? I'll disregard him now . I can't beat him, but I'm faster than he is . "

Bark Mirror Emperor turned around and continued to chase after Luo Feng . The towering figure with the bloody horns raced forward in pursuit .

Sou!

Sou!

Bark Mirror Emperor was proficient in tracking and hunting and possessed unparalleled speed when he accelerated . Luo Feng, even after casting the second form of Shi Wu Wing, couldn't match Bark Mirror Emperor, and neither could the universe knight .

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"I'll kill you, Blade River Emperor!" roared Bark Mirror Emperor, right on Luo Feng's heels . "Then I'll escape . "

He waved his paws, and threads of undying began to concentrate again .

"Fight!"

Luo Feng had been lucky that the bloody-horned figure showed up and forced Bark Mirror Emperor to manipulate his threads to deal with the real threat . But now, Bark Mirror Emperor knew he was not the universe knight's match and resumed focusing on killing Luo Feng .

Luo Feng had no time to think . His erratic movements had brought him back around, almost in a full circle . He shook his wings and dove directly into Nine Remoteness Whirlpool .

Hong! Long! Long!

Nine Remoteness Whirlpool possessed an incredible tearing, all-consuming current . Luo Feng was sucked inside the moment he touched it .

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Bark Mirror Emperor saw Blade River Emperor dive into Nine Remoteness Whirlpool just as he finished condensing his threads .

"No!" he shouted in exasperation .

Bark Mirror Emperor was powerful, but even he didn't dare to go into the Nine Remoteness Whirlpool . As for Luo Feng, he could only resort to taking this last-ditch effort . Bark Mirror Emperor's only choice now was to flee for his life from the horned universe knight .

"My two true treasures!" Bark Mirror Emperor growled through clenched teeth, flying out of the ocean and up in the sky .

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Hong!

The bloody-horned figure of the universe knight stepped out of the ocean and onto the rolling waves . It looked up just in time to see Bark Mirror Emperor teleport and disappear .

The universe knight smirked . "Was it something I said?"

The bloody-horned figure reentered the ocean and swam back down, approaching the Nine Remoteness Whirlpool . Without hesitation, it dove into the whirlpool .

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Above the ocean .

Here Crow Knight remained behind a moment longer . He had been watching the fight and was terrified .

"Everyone says the Nine Remoteness Whirlpool is the portal to the core of Nine Remoteness Ocean," he said . "There must be a group of great beings living there . The one that just showed up was stronger than me, and it comes from a race that's immune to soul attack . That human, Blade River Emperor, went directly into Nine Remoteness Whirlpool . Now he's dead, and his true treasures shall be lost forever in the core . What a pity!"

Coldness flashed in Here Crow Knight's eyes . "But at least Bark Mirror Emperor doesn't have them…"

He gazed at the whirlpool afar . Although the Nine Remoteness Whirlpool had appeared out of nowhere, it was still there now, and it was likely to remain there for a long time… And it somehow felt enticing . As if it were luring Here Crow Knight to come in .

"Too risky," said Here Crow Knight, shaking off the strange feeling . "A portal that appears out of nowhere and isn't God Country Transportation… No wonder it's the most dangerous place of Nine Remoteness Space . "

He teleported himself and disappeared .