Within the underground river, three Planetary level experts hovered in the air.
“Luo Feng, who are you talking to?” A deep voice echoed out. The burly man, built like a mighty lion, stood like an emperor overlooking all beneath him as he stared coldly at Luo Feng.
“Mo Henderson, I discovered this first. Please step aside.” Luo Feng’s expression was equally cold, refusing to yield an inch.
“Very well.”
Instead, a smile spread across the Ice Emperor’s face, a smile born of extreme anger.
“It has been a very, very long time since anyone dared speak to me like that. You’re just a twenty year old brat, yet you dare act so arrogantly before me. Today, I’ll discipline you on behalf of your Dojo Master.”
As he spoke, he glanced towards another Councillor nearby.
The Councillor looked at Mo Henderson, then at Luo Feng, before forcing out an awkward smile.
“Gentlemen, harmony is the most important thing. I won’t get involved in this treasure.”
Whoosh!
He immediately retreated at lightning speed.
“I’ll let you attack first. I’ll end this battle within three seconds. That old fellow will surely inform everyone outside. Let’s settle this quickly,” Ice Emperor Mo Henderson said indifferently.
“So arrogant. Three seconds? Even thirty seconds won’t be enough.”
Luo Feng pointed directly at Mo Henderson.
“I just hope you can withstand even one move.”
“Hmph.”
Mo Henderson sneered inwardly.
He was the Third Speaker through genuine strength, not because others flattered him. Even East, a Planetary Level Two Spirit Reader, had lost to him. Why would he fear a Spirit Reader who had only just entered the Planetary level? As the strongest expert in America, he was not someone to be trifled with.
“Mountain Drilling Cone.”
A cold light flashed through Luo Feng’s eyes.
The Soaring Sky Shuttle instantly split into three hundred and sixty five blades.
The moment they separated, they immediately recombined.
They formed a conical weapon covered in spiral grooves.
The first transformation of the Soaring Sky Shuttle, the Mountain Drilling Cone.
The speed of disassembly and recombination was so astonishing that even Planetary level experts could not follow it with their eyes. This was one of the fundamental skills of cultivating Soaring Sky.
Twelve golden threads instantly wrapped around the tip of the Mountain Drilling Cone.
Activate.
Roooar!
A deafening sonic boom erupted.
The surrounding space itself seemed to twist as a streak of golden light crossed the fifty metre distance between them in an instant, carrying with it violently rotating air currents.
The Ice Emperor’s expression changed dramatically.
His right fist shot forward like lightning, the specially crafted gauntlet on his fist covered in vicious spikes.
But the Mountain Drilling Cone was simply too fast.
Mo Henderson’s fist merely grazed it, slightly altering its course.
The Mountain Drilling Cone slammed directly into his abdomen.
Roooar.
The Mountain Drilling Cone continued drilling madly.
Its terrifying penetrating power instantly tore through the SS grade combat uniform covering the Ice Emperor’s body before striking the Black God Suit beneath. The Black God Suit absorbed ninety percent of the force, while the remaining ten percent spread throughout Mo Henderson’s entire body.
“Hmph.”
The Ice Emperor let out a muffled grunt.
His body involuntarily staggered backwards seven or eight metres, his face turning slightly pale.
“What an incredibly tough body.”
Luo Feng was secretly shocked.
Everything was still within his expectations.
Without the Black God Suit, a Planetary Level Three martial artist would probably have been killed.
With it, however, killing one was extremely difficult.
“Very good.”
“You’ve managed to injure me.”
Mo Henderson’s gaze turned icy.
“Now I…”
“You’re too slow. You can’t hit me.”
Luo Feng grinned at him.
“You can just stand there as a target.”
He shouted coldly.
The Mountain Drilling Cone instantly transformed into another streak of golden light.
Roooar!
The piercing sonic boom echoed once more as a tornado like vortex of air followed behind it.
This time, Mo Henderson no longer arrogantly stood still to take the attack head on.
He retreated rapidly while throwing both fists forward.
A dull impact sounded.
The tip of the Mountain Drilling Cone collided directly with one of Mo Henderson’s fists.
His face turned pale again as he was knocked back several metres.
“So a Planetary Level Three expert can barely block the Mountain Drilling Cone’s speed.”
Thoughts flashed rapidly through Luo Feng’s mind.
“Fortunately, its true penetrating power doesn’t come from speed, but from the strange tearing force generated by those golden threads.”
Roooar!
Twenty metres to Mo Henderson’s left, the Mountain Drilling Cone emitted another heart trembling roar.
Whoosh!
The golden streak slammed towards him again.
Pfft.
The third impact sent Mo Henderson stumbling backwards once more, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
“How is Luo Feng’s attack so powerful? Even East is only about equal to him. The difference is that Luo Feng’s weapon is much faster. Far faster than East’s flying weapons.”
Roooar!
Roooar!
Roooar!
Again and again, the Mountain Drilling Cone smashed into Mo Henderson.
Its terrifying impact and unbelievable speed made it impossible for him to dodge completely.
Each strike blasted him several metres backwards.
Before he could even recover from being knocked back, the Mountain Drilling Cone was already charging again.
It gave him absolutely no chance to breathe.
Just as Luo Feng had said.
Mo Henderson had become nothing more than a target.
“What do I do? What do I do?”
Mo Henderson desperately searched for a solution.
As the world’s third strongest expert, it had been many years since he had found himself in such a desperate situation.
Luo Feng’s attacks were every bit as powerful as East’s.
Even through the Black God Suit, they were enough to leave him with minor injuries.
Worse still, the attack speed far surpassed East’s flying weapons.
His hands could barely keep up with blocking them, but his body simply could not dodge.
If he failed to dodge, he would be struck.
Each hit blasted him backwards.
During those brief moments while being pushed back, another attack was already on its way.
The cycle would continue endlessly.
“Are you stepping aside or not?” Luo Feng shouted.
Roooar!
The sound Mo Henderson hated rang out again.
“I’ll risk it.”
After being struck twelve times in just ten seconds, Mo Henderson finally gritted his teeth and chose the stupidest, yet most effective solution.
Roooar!
The thirteenth attack transformed the Mountain Drilling Cone into another golden streak aimed at the pitiful target known as the Ice Emperor.
This time, instead of blocking with his fists, Mo Henderson raised both palms.
His two black palms had already been waiting in front of him.
The instant the golden streak arrived.
Crackle.
The black palms suddenly expanded dramatically.
Bang!
The Mountain Drilling Cone struck the black palms.
The black membrane instantly folded shut like a dark cage.
The Soaring Sky Shuttle was trapped inside.
“Pfft!”
Mo Henderson spat out a mouthful of blood that splashed into the river below.
Using the Black God Suit’s extension ability to trap the Soaring Sky Shuttle at the moment of impact was indeed possible.
However, he had never wanted to use this method.
Previously, every impact had knocked him backwards, naturally dispersing much of the force and reducing the damage to his body.
At the same time, his retreat allowed the Mountain Drilling Cone to pass by after its momentum carried it onward.
Trapping it, however.
Meant taking the full impact directly.
Although the force only increased by about fifty percent, once it exceeded the critical threshold, every additional amount of force caused vastly greater damage.
This single impact was equivalent to the previous ten combined.
“Luo Feng.”
Still holding the trapped Soaring Sky Shuttle and coughing blood, Mo Henderson’s eyes bulged with fury.
Blood stained the corners of his mouth.
He stamped violently against the nearby cliff.
Boom!
The explosive power of a Planetary Level Three martial artist’s legs instantly propelled him beyond two thousand metres per second.
Naturally, he released the Soaring Sky Shuttle at once.
If he kept holding it, the moment it activated again, he would suffer even more.
“He’s too fast.”
Luo Feng immediately shot upwards.
Above him was solid rock.
Slash!
The rock proved as fragile as tofu.
Luo Feng pierced directly into the rock layers.
Within rock and soil, a Spirit Reader far surpassed a martial artist in both agility and speed.
“Luo Feng, if you’ve got any courage, come out.”
The Ice Emperor was completely enraged.
It had been years since he had suffered such humiliation.
Being battered over a dozen times.
Only by enduring serious injuries had he finally managed to gain an opening.
“If you’ve got any courage, come in.”
Luo Feng’s voice echoed back.
Whoosh!
Several hundred metres away, Luo Feng burst through the rock wall, staring ahead in astonishment.
The white crystal that had been floating above the underground river…
Had been swallowed by an aquatic monster.
Earlier, while escaping, Luo Feng had noticed an aquatic Earth Dragon swallowing the crystal.
He had not paid any attention.
He had assumed the Earth Dragon would explode just like the others and the crystal would reappear.
Yet his spiritual force revealed something unbelievable.
The Earth Dragon had not died.
“What’s going on?”
Mo Henderson’s expression also changed.
“You didn’t even notice the treasure being swallowed.”
Luo Feng mocked him while staring intently at the Earth Dragon.
The Earth Dragon was one of the most terrifying evolutionary forms of earthworms.
Most were lord level monsters.
Among king level monsters, there even existed the Earth Dragon King.
“Hmph.”
Mo Henderson shot Luo Feng an icy glare.
After suffering more than a dozen consecutive attacks, how could he not harbour hatred?
He was the mighty Ice Emperor.
Others could not even afford to speak disrespectfully to him, let alone humiliate him like this.
A true expert could endure humiliation.
But they would never forget it.
Still.
The weapon floating before Luo Feng filled him with caution.
At this moment.
Both men stared at the Earth Dragon within the underground lake.
Its body continued swelling as white light flickered across it.
The rich fragrance of rice had become incredibly intense.
The Earth Dragon itself had become the source of the aroma.
“The white crystal must have been eaten by that Earth Dragon.”
Mo Henderson was not a Spirit Reader.
How could he constantly monitor the treasure?
Earlier, none of the monsters had dared swallow it, so he had never worried about them.
If they intended to eat it, they would have done so long before he and Luo Feng arrived.
In his eyes, Luo Feng had been his only rival.
Suddenly.
The Earth Dragon, over fifty metres long, threw back its head and roared.
Crackle.
A single horn burst from its forehead.
Its glowing white body convulsed violently.
Its size rapidly increased as it continued growing longer.
“A horn.”
Mo Henderson cried out in shock.
“A king level monster.”
Luo Feng was equally stunned.
“A mid level lord monster ate that white crystal and instantly evolved into a king level monster? How is that possible?”
Luo Feng was completely astonished.
Then a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
“Could the Beast Emperor Tentacle Beast, which had appeared out of nowhere without any previous reputation, have evolved after consuming one of these white crystals as well?”