Sparring

The guests in the main hall of this banquet were all high-ranking members of Chu Capital.

Although Yu Sifang was only a peak Chaos Realm expert, it was extremely rare for someone to reach such a level of culinary skill on the Origin Continent. Even God Kings often sought him out. His standards were naturally very high, and even invitations from first-level Marquises of the royal family didn't always earn his acceptance.

But this time, it was a Dao-discussion banquet hosted by two Chaos Realm Transcendents!

Yu Sifang was well aware of his position. He could afford to be haughty with Chaos Realm experts and royal Marquises, but he was humble before God Kings and Chaos Realm Transcendents.

"Brother Luo Feng," the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion smiled as he sat, "I have spent long years cultivating, mainly focusing on refining a dark prison. Today, I will use some dark prison techniques to spar with Brother Luo Feng."

The guests in the main hall immediately realized that the core event of the banquet had arrived.

It was rare for them to witness a confrontation at this level.

"I specialize in body cultivation and will use some physical techniques to spar with Brother Yuanxiu," Luo Feng nodded.

The Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion also nodded. The dark robe he wore, which resembled a broken dark world, began to emit faint dark flames that spread toward Luo Feng in the main hall. "This is the Dark Prison Flame, used to burn the divine bodies and souls of those imprisoned in the dark prison."

Luo Feng watched the dark flames, and his own black robe began to release black liquid that spread out like a flowing stream, quickly coming into contact with the dark flames.

"Sizzle~~~" The dark flames burned.

The black liquid rapidly covered and enveloped the flames, with each flame being wrapped by the black liquid.

That black liquid was actually the "Black Abyss Transformation," a yin-yang particle technique. Although it appeared as a spreading liquid, it had already spread over a billion units.

Luo Feng was well aware of his technique's strength—it relied on overwhelming quantity!

"Their robes are both special. The Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion's robe can transform into the Dark Prison Flame, while Luo He's robe can extend into black liquid?"

"The black liquid has completely enveloped the Dark Prison Flame."

"The Dark Prison Flame hasn't been extinguished, but the black liquid has effortlessly contained it."

The royal first-level to seventh-level Marquises, Chaos Realm guest officials, and disciples of the God Kings present were all highly knowledgeable, and they could sense the terrifying power behind both techniques. The Dark Prison Flame was infamous, and even peak Chaos Realm experts wouldn't dare to withstand it directly, as it could burn them into nothingness.

Luo Feng, who had specialized in physical cultivation, was known for his unbreakable body in the Chaos Realm.

"What secret technique is that black liquid?" The Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion was astonished.

He could sense that the Dark Prison Flame couldn't harm the black liquid. If Luo Feng wished, he could have easily crushed and extinguished the flames.

Luo Feng smiled and said, "You can call it Black Abyss Water." Luo Feng knew that if only one unit of the Black Abyss Transformation was used, it might be burned away. However, with billions of units spread out, it naturally held a significant advantage.

"Black Abyss Water?" The Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion nodded in understanding. "Impressive, very impressive."

The guests watching were secretly shocked.

The Dark Prison Flame's reputation needed no explanation, but the Black Abyss Water seemed just as formidable.

"Whoosh." The Dark Prison Flame retracted, withdrawing back into the dark robe of the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion.

With a thought, Luo Feng also retracted the billions of units of black liquid.

"I have an ax that gathers the power of the dark prison. It can be used to behead the prisoners within," the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion said. Immediately, the surrounding space darkened, and a giant ax blade appeared faintly, resembling divine retribution. "This is one of my most powerful techniques."

"I prefer sword techniques, which are also among my strongest offensive methods," Luo Feng said as he waved his hand, and 40,000 galactic blade lights condensed into a similarly massive blade.

The Eighteen Star Hall, once the gathering place of the eighteen Emperors, had formidable formations.

The formations operated, ensuring that the sparring between the two Chaos Realm Transcendents wouldn't affect the other guests.

"Both of us are using our most powerful techniques."

"Let's see who is stronger."

The guests watched with interest, while some in the side halls, who didn't have the privilege to observe the battle, could only speculate about what was happening in the main hall.

Buzz~~~

The massive ax blade, like divine retribution, descended rapidly. Although its speed wasn't fast, its power was overwhelming, making it difficult to resist.

"Slash." With a thought, Luo Feng's massive blade, condensed from 40,000 galactic blade lights, met the ax head-on with a "Blade River Slash!" Controlling so many galactic blade lights while simultaneously performing a sophisticated Chaos Realm technique put a great strain on Luo Feng's mind and willpower. This was nearly his limit for long-range attacks.

The ax blade and the massive blade collided!

At the moment of impact, the ax blade revealed the faint shadow of a massive dark prison, as if the power of an entire world was added to it, bringing with it annihilation, penetration, divine retribution, and other forces, making the ax blade terrifyingly powerful.

Meanwhile, Luo Feng's massive blade, like an attack from 40,000 mid-level Chaos Realm experts burning their divine power to the limit, was unleashed with the intent of "Blade River Slash," making it unimaginably powerful.

Now, the Blade River Slash was infused with some of the profound principles of "Cleaving Heaven" and "Dark Heaven" from "Seventy-Two Slashes of Annihilation." Although simplified, it still contained a fraction of its essence.

"Shh." The giant ax blade was forcibly cleaved in two by the massive blade.

Luo Feng's massive blade wasn't a physical weapon, but rather a condensed form of 40,000 galactic blade lights. Despite some cracks appearing during the clash, it quickly reformed.

The giant ax blade, composed of the dark prison's world energy, also reformed as it was not a physical weapon.

"Impressive," praised the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion.

"Likewise," Luo Feng acknowledged the differences between them. Although the giant ax blade's raw power wasn't as great as his own attack, it could easily find flaws in his massive blade. It quickly locked onto the fact that the 40,000 galactic blade lights weren't a single entity, allowing it to penetrate and disrupt their unity.

In that brief exchange, eight of his galactic blade lights were annihilated! Of course, Luo Feng still had vast reserves of his galactic transformation technique.

"Many of my techniques stem from the dark prison," the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion remarked. "The dark prison is my most powerful weapon. Luo He, dare you try it?"

Luo Feng smiled, "I dare."

The Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion was taken aback.

This was merely a friendly sparring session in the Eighteen Star Hall, within Chu Capital, where strict rules were to be followed.

"However, I can split off part of my power and test the dark prison's might," Luo Feng said as he waved his hand, and immediately seven transformations, each with "one billion units," flew out, ultimately merging into a silver light figure.

"Good," the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion showed a pleased expression and immediately tried to capture the silver light figure with his dark prison.

Buzz!!!

The terrifying power of the dark prison world enveloped the silver light figure, attempting to drag it into the dark prison. However, the silver light figure stood firm, unmoving, despite the immense force trying to pull it in.

"Rumble~~~~"

The dark prison's full power erupted, distorting the surrounding space into chaos. The guests protected by the formations of the Eighteen Star Hall watched in shock.

It was rare to witness the dark prison at full power.

"It can't be dragged in?"

"The dark prison is a prison world cultivated within the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion! If trapped inside, it's almost impossible to escape. But Luo Feng's silver light figure, formed from a portion of his power, can't be imprisoned by the dark prison?"

As they watched, Luo Feng's focus was on the silver light figure, resisting the pull of the dark prison.

"Buzz." The dark prison's pull was mysterious, affecting the mind and will, but Luo Feng's God King Seventh Level willpower, combined with the "Origin Technique," easily resisted the influence.

The pulling force of the dark prison was immense, but the "70 billion units" of the silver light figure vibrated and broke free of the bonds.

"Luo Feng's body cultivation technique is truly extraordinary," the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion complimented, "I can't imprison it in the dark prison, so I'll have to bring the dark prison world itself down."

Buzz

A dark world descended from the void, the dark prison cultivated by the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion. It could be used internally or unleashed externally. When unleashed, its power increased, and it now enveloped Luo Feng's silver light figure.

The dark world enveloped the silver light figure, increasing its bindings, and four chains appeared, wrapping around it. Each chain was of a different color, inscribed with mysterious patterns and infused with the power of the Primordial Source. These were the four prison chains forged from Primordial materials and incorporated into the dark prison. Luo Feng felt the chains' binding, sealing, suppressing, constricting, penetrating, tearing... various forces were applied to his power embodiment.

The silver light figure's power surged, but the chains were incredibly resilient and undamaged.

"Hmph." The silver light figure suddenly expanded, straining the chains, but still unable to break them.

"My transformation technique can gather and disperse as needed, but once the chains bind, not a single unit of the transformation technique can escape," Luo Feng noted, realizing that only brute force could resist.

The silver light figure grew large, filling the entire hall, and unleashed all its power, yet still couldn't break free of the prison chains.

"Yuanxiu's dark prison is indeed formidable; my power embodiment can't escape," Luo Feng admitted.

"I can't imprison your power embodiment in the dark prison, but these chains bind it well. Yet, it still didn't damage his power embodiment," the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion said, but he was secretly astonished.

He had cultivated the dark prison technique and used Primordial materials to forge the dark prison!

Who would have thought that Luo Feng, a Chaos Realm Transcendent who specialized in body cultivation, would have refined his body to such a degree that even a mere power embodiment couldn't be fully imprisoned in the dark prison?

"I can bind your embodiment, but I can't harm it. If it were your true body, could I even bind it?" the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion pondered, realizing the terrifying strength of Luo Feng's body.

The Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion recalled the dark world, and Luo Feng retracted his power embodiment. Such a massive power embodiment could only be used at close range! After all, Luo Feng didn't have a doppelgänger technique, and at a distance, he could only send a sliver of divine power.

"That power embodiment had 70 billion units of transformation technique, yet it couldn't break the chains. But it had almost 80% of the strength of my true body," Luo Feng thought, realizing that his total transformation technique now amounted to 200 billion units, "If my true body were trapped, I would certainly be able to break free."

This exchange also gave Luo Feng insight into the terrifying nature of some of these Chaos Realm Transcendents, with the dark prison refined from Primordial materials. Even a special God King could only escape after some time, without damaging the dark prison.

"This sparring session with Luo He has shown me the strength of body cultivation Chaos Realm Transcendents," the Lord of Yuanxiu Mansion raised his cup, "Cheers."

"Cheers," Luo Feng also raised his cup.

As the two sparred, the other guests in the main hall were astonished! The strength of the two far exceeded the Chaos Realm, reaching the God King level. Any slight exertion of their power could have obliterated the others.