Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent-Chapter 281 : First Kill

Chapter 281: First Kill

Luo Feng's every finger was like a blade, imbued with the aura of life and death—razor-sharp and unmatched. After piercing through the chest scales, armor, and flesh of the Three-Faced Graywing Beast, he forcefully slashed downward with both hands, tearing along the wound and rapidly enlarging it. Purple blood spurted out!

“These scales and flesh are incredibly tough.” Even with the help of his secret treasure gloves, Luo Feng felt intense resistance as he widened the wound. He couldn’t help but feel secretly relieved. Thankfully, he had used both a curse spell and the Lieu Yuan Technique, which left the beast completely defenseless and allowed him to land a full-force strike—only then was he able to achieve such results.

“Hmm?” The Three-Faced Graywing Beast, now gravely injured, snapped into full awareness. Ignoring the gaping wound in its chest, the face on its front suddenly opened its mouth, unleashing a gray beam of light directly at Luo Feng.

“Go!”

Luo Feng shrank his body, darting like a stream of light into the gaping wound in the beast’s chest and abdomen. He burrowed into its body, and the gray beam barely grazed his back.

Even with that graze, parts of his robes and a small portion of skin on his back vanished—but they healed within a blink.

“That gray light beam is quite powerful!” The moment Luo Feng entered the beast’s body, he felt layers of flesh and muscle squeeze in from all sides. The purple blood carried a gray sheen and had an intensely corrosive effect, beginning to eat away at his white robe.

This robe was part of his Heavenlight Form, and although it started showing numerous damages, it rapidly regenerated.

“Where is the Life Core?” Luo Feng tore further through flesh and bone with his claws, tunneling deeper into the beast’s body!

“Awooo!” The Three-Faced Graywing Beast roared in pain, feeling the intruder wreaking havoc within its body.

…

From afar, within the black flying boat, Emperor Qing watched the battle clearly.

“Brother Luo Feng’s strength…” Emperor Qing was astonished. Everyone knew that even a low-rank Primordial Lifeform at the Early God Emperor level possessed incredibly tough physical bodies. Yet Luo Feng had clashed with it head-on—and even gained the upper hand!

“One exchange and he tore through the beast’s chest and abdomen. He even tunneled inside. Truly fierce!” Emperor Qing watched with delight.

For a melee specialist, the fiercer the better.

“Still, low-rank Primordial Lifeforms aren’t that easy to kill,” Emperor Qing thought. He knew well how troublesome the Three-Faced Graywing Beast was.

In Rainlan City, hunting teams typically required Seeker-level power at the Early God Emperor stage to even qualify. A team would generally have three to five members working together! Soloing one of these beings? Nearly impossible!

The only reason Emperor Qing dared venture out with just Luo Feng was because he himself was strong—he already had one foot in the Mid God Emperor stage!

…

As Luo Feng resisted the corrosive blood and searched for the Life Core inside the Three-Faced Graywing Beast, suddenly—

“Buzz~~~” The beast’s eyes turned cold as it silently transformed into a vast mist of gray fog.

It shifted from flesh to mist form.

Its defense and explosive power weakened in this form. However, its survival, escape, and ambush capabilities drastically increased.

In that instant, Luo Feng was surrounded on all sides by endless gray mist. This fog was even more corrosive than the blood, causing his white robe to tear apart—yet the robe's life force remained powerful and continued to repair itself.

“Pft!” “Pft!” “Pft!”

Claws lashed out from within the mist, striking Luo Feng’s chest, back, and legs repeatedly. Some strikes even tore through the robe. But Luo Feng's World Form, with its three hundred times energy reserve, was so durable that these were nothing more than superficial scratches that healed in an instant.

“This cultivator… has a tougher body than I do?” The vast gray mist was shocked. Its claws had only barely scratched some flesh, even after tearing through the robe and thick skin. And with the World Form’s recovery ability, the injuries vanished instantly.

Low-rank Primordial Lifeforms were said to possess formidable bodies and powerful vitality.

But now, the beast realized… this cultivator surpassed it in physical strength, vitality, technique—and he even wielded powerful secret treasures!

How could it possibly win?

“Escape!” It had no desire to continue the battle. The vast gray mist turned and fled into the distance.

“Trying to escape? Watch me use my forbidden move—World-in-Palm!”

Luo Feng activated his forbidden technique.

His Heaven-and-Earth Form, which was fused with the surrounding vast World Domain, now unleashed a forbidden move created specifically for this form. Based on the Path of Life and Death, it was modeled after the innate secret treasure, World-in-Palm.

This forbidden technique combined eight Ultimate Realm secret arts of the Path of Life and Death—perfect for the Heaven-and-Earth Form.

Rumble~~~

A massive illusory hand appeared. Within its palm was a world—and within that world was the gray mist. Under the suppression of the World-in-Palm, the mist’s speed dropped drastically.

“Hmm?” The gray mist sensed danger and split into nine streams, fleeing in all directions.

“Forbidden move—Walker of Time!”

His Time Form struck from the past, present, and future simultaneously. The force of the forbidden move shattered one of the mists instantly.

After splitting into nine, each stream was better suited for escaping, but their individual combat strength dropped significantly—they couldn't withstand Luo Feng’s forbidden technique at all.

Pft! Pft! Pft!…

One by one, or perhaps simultaneously, the nine streams were shattered.

Seven of the nine gray streams were struck down by the Time Form. As the seventh dispersed, a rotating fleshy orb appeared.

“Life Core!” Luo Feng's eyes lit up. He had finally found it!

This core had been hidden in the seventh stream—it was the true core of the low-rank Primordial Lifeform.

Though the Time Form's forbidden move struck it, it failed to destroy it.

“Annihilate!”

The towering World Form stepped forward with the aid of World-in-Palm, instantly catching up to the core! Luo Feng’s right hand shot out like lightning—five fingers, five blades.

With the secret treasure gloves, there was no need for forbidden moves. Simply activating the mystical engravings on the gloves gave power that surpassed most forbidden techniques. That was the advantage of secret treasures—they could greatly amplify a cultivator’s strength.

“No—!” The fleeing orb let out a shrill cry.

Rip! Luo Feng's five fingers flashed like blades, slicing across the orb, leaving three gashes on it.

In that moment, the fleeing gray mist halted and naturally reformed into the massive, heavily wounded corpse of the Three-Faced Graywing Beast, which crashed to the ground with a thunderous boom that shook the earth.

Luo Feng exhaled deeply and smiled.

“Finally took down this low-rank Primordial Lifeform.” He descended, gazing at the enormous corpse. It hadn’t been easy—he had gone all-out for this.

From the beginning, he had used both curse spell and Lieu Yuan Technique; otherwise, the battle would have been far more troublesome.

He had unleashed forbidden techniques crafted specifically for his Causal Form, Time Form, and Heaven-and-Earth Form, all based on the complete Path of Life and Death. With the help of his secret treasure gloves, he had finally killed the weakest of the low-rank Primordial Lifeforms.

“This was just the weakest kind at Early God Emperor level—and I had to go all out.” Luo Feng mused silently.

At that moment, the black flying boat arrived, and Emperor Qing stepped out, looking at Luo Feng in disbelief.

“Brother Luo Feng, you completely overpowered that low-rank Primordial Lifeform head-on,” Emperor Qing said, amazed.

Sure, the initial strike might be considered a sneak attack.

But later, when the Three-Faced Graywing Beast entered its mist form and repeatedly attacked Luo Feng’s body, Luo Feng’s World Form endured effortlessly, clearly showing his superior physical strength.

“And you killed it one-on-one,” Emperor Qing added. “Among Seekers at the Early God Emperor level, very few can do that.”

“Your strength is among the top tier of Early God Emperor Seekers,” Emperor Qing remarked with admiration.

He had originally thought Luo Feng’s power was typical for his level, especially since he no longer had his nine-layered tower and other treasures.

But now, seeing Luo Feng’s true strength, Emperor Qing was genuinely pleased. Luo Feng far exceeded expectations.

With the two of them teamed up, they could face far more dangers and achieve greater hunting results.

“Low-rank Primordial Lifeforms have all sorts of talents—I just happened to counter the Three-Faced Graywing Beast. If it were a different type, I might’ve been helpless,” Luo Feng said with a smile.

“That’s why we team up,” Emperor Qing laughed. “Alright, hurry and collect your prey—this is your first low-rank Primordial Lifeform kill.”

Luo Feng nodded, looking at the enormous corpse. This was the first low-rank Primordial Lifeform he had slain!

“Whew.” Luo Feng waved his hand and stored it away.

“This one was taken down by you alone—so it’s yours,” Emperor Qing said.

Luo Feng shook his head. “No need for that! We came out as a team. We split the spoils, just like we agreed.”

Earlier, Emperor Qing had suggested splitting the spoils, partly to help Luo Feng out.

After all, he’d been established in Rainlan City for far longer and was much wealthier—he didn’t care about a little extra.

But now Emperor Qing also realized… splitting evenly didn’t put Luo Feng at a disadvantage. Though he had the sword formation and superior burst power…

Cultivators with powerful bodies who could engage in close combat with low-rank Primordial Lifeforms were highly sought after in every Rainlan City hunting team!

Especially since most experts across the myriad worlds lacked clone techniques and were even less willing to engage in close combat.

“Hahaha, alright.” Emperor Qing didn’t argue. He clearly understood: with the two of them teamed up, this low-rank Primordial Lifeform was just the beginning.

“Oh right, Brother Qing, how much is this low-rank Primordial Lifeform worth?” Luo Feng asked.

“This one’s at the Early God Emperor level,” Emperor Qing replied. “Based on my experience, it’s worth around 800,000 Primordial Crystals.”

Luo Feng nodded.

If it were a Mid God Emperor level low-rank Primordial Lifeform, the price would be much higher. But such beings… even if he and Emperor Qing joined forces, they might suppress one briefly—but killing it? Nearly impossible.

“Let’s keep hunting,” Emperor Qing said, already burning with fighting spirit. He was eager to see what they would gain from their first hunt together.