Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent: Volume 8: Chapter 27 (332): [Defeated]

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Swallowed Star 2: Origin Continent
Volume 8: [The Battle of Yulan City]
Chapter (332): [Defeated]
(27th of Volume 8)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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The Elders of Yulan City were desperately controlling one formation after another, doing everything in their power to stop the low-level Hunyuan lifeform armies coming from all directions.

"Not good! One of the armies is already nearing the core region!"

"Over 800 Perfection-stage God Emperors and more than 12,000 late-stage God Emperors... we can't hold them off."

"Even City Lord Luo Feng won't be able to stop them." A wave of helplessness swept over the Elders.

A single Perfection-stage God Emperor among these Low-level Hunyuan Lifeforms was equivalent to a Palace Master-level existence without any weapons or secret treasures.

At this moment, it seemed life as if more than 800 Palace Masters and 12,000 Elders were coming together to kill them- the power level of such a coordinated attack was so strong that it could destroy any obstacle in their path.

"We may lose our clones here, but this battle... the victory will ultimately belong to us practitioners!"

"Once City Lord Luo Feng completes the formation inscription in the core layer, it will surpass anything even all of us Elders could create together. It will be enough to crush these low-level Hunyuan armies!"

"We just don't know how many of the city's practitioners will survive..."

'Compared to total annihilation, if even more than half of the practitioners could survive through this catastrophe, it would be good enough.' the elders thought!

Despite that, the elders remained calm.

They had done everything they could. And even if they perished, these were only their clones.

As long as they won in the end, most of the resources in Yulan City would be preserved.

At Luo Feng's cave residence in the core region-

Di Qing, Di Ming, and Di Fu gazed into the distance.

They saw multiple clones of Luo Feng guarding the area, and beyond that, the overwhelming tide of low-level Hunyuan lifeform armies advancing like an unstoppable wave.

"Brother Luo Feng has already slain one Ultra-limit-level being," Di Qing murmured in shock.

"And now... he's holding off four Ultra-limit-level existences all by himself."

Ultra-limit-level existence- these were the most powerful among the low-level Hunyuan lifeforms.

If Luo Feng can fight four of them simultaneously...

It was a clear sign.

Luo Feng had already reached a level where even if he entered the Dark Holy Realm- where the number and strength of Low-level Hunyuan lifeforms far surpassed this realm- he would still face little threat.

"Brother Luo Feng is already among the peak-tier existences even in the Dark Holy Realm," Di Qing whispered.

"He's far stronger than two ancestors , isn't he?" Di Fu sighed.

"Naturally. The two ancestors are only one level above us, roughly on par with the Elders of Yulan City. In front of Brother Luo Feng now... they wouldn't last even a single move," Di Qing said solemnly.

"In more than q thousand epochs on the Origin Continent, he cultivated from Eternal True God to the pinnacle of Origin Continent! I suspected he'd be dazzling even outside the Origin World, but he's exceeded even my boldest expectations."

"We only teamed up a few times... and now he's become the Lord of Yulan City," Di Qing said, filled with emotion.

Di Fu looked up.

"Perhaps someone like Brother Luo Feng is truly destined to break free from the cage... to become a true Hunyuan lifeform."

"Escaping the cage and becoming a true Hunyuan lifeform..." Di Fu's heart stirred.

"If he truly succeeds, we'd have the honor of knowing someone who broke free from the cage."

"It's not that easy," Di Qing said.

"Even in the Dark Holy Realm, those who have broken free from the cage are legendary existences. Brother Luo Feng... will have to face many hardships yet."

They chatted calmly. Di Fu and Di Qing had sent clones here and were unafraid of death.

Di Ming, From the previous despair, to now seeing the hope of survival, he has become much more calmer.

Yet while the three remained composed, many other practitioners in the core region grew increasingly anxious.

"The army's coming!"

"City Lord Luo Feng must hold them off!"

"Everything depends on City Lord Luo!"

Most practitioners who lived in the core region were at the mid-God Emperor level or higher- many even stronger.

Most of them don't have clone techniques and are real bodies.

They had so many desires, so many dreams.

Having come so far on the path of cultivation, how could they resign themselves to death?

"The entire army is approaching... City Lord Luo won't be able to stop them!" Some practitioners despaired, watching as death loomed ever closer.

The low-level Hunyuan lifeform army surged forward, each being filled with frenzied excitement.

In their eyes, the destruction of Elders' cave residence and the fall of Yulan City's final defences were inevitable- and they could slaughter all of them at will.

"We still have a chance to massacre practitioners and then escape!" said the four Ultra-limit-level beings fighting Luo Feng.

Despite being at a disadvantage, their excitement only grew.

They knew that soon, Luo Feng would be forced to focus all his strength on stopping the low-level Hunyuan lifeform armies.

After all, the destruction caused by the low-level Hunyuan lifeform armies would be much greater than that of the four Ultra-limit-level existences!

Suddenly, the sky above yulan City brightened up.

All the low-level Hunyuan lifeforms and practitioners could sense it.

Involuntarily, they looked up.

The dark clouds vanished. Even the ever-present mist and drizzle within Yulan City dissipated!

The sky became brilliantly bright- a vivid sky-blue, like a massive slab of glowing jade, overflowing with vibrant life force.

At the same time, the ground turned pitch black. Endless blackness, like fog or ink, spread across the land.

At that moment-

The azure heavens and the blackened earth converged at the edge of the world. The celestial palace and the darkened ground seemed to merge into one.

"What... what's happening?"

Some of the Low-level Hunyuan lifeforms flying at the outer edges of the vast army suddenly felt unimaginably weak. Their life force drained quickly. In just mere heartbeats, they collapsed from the sky.

Earlier, when facing the Elders' formations, the army had been able to withstand them by generating joint protective layers.

But now, there was no sign of an attack- yet the outermost low-level Hunyuan lifeforms began dropping lifelessly from the sky.

Strangely, there were no visible wounds on the fallen bodies.

"What... is going on?"

"This is a Formation- A Heaven and Earth Formation!"

Earlier within Yulan City, four legions of low-level Hunyuan lifeforms were moving together, avoiding the Elder Clones' formations to minimize losses.

But now, faced with the mysterious grand Formation that engulfed the entire city, members of their own kind were falling from the skies, dead.

Panic and fury erupted among them.

Whoosh!

A faint cyan mist descended from the sky while a pitch-black fog rose from the ground.

The two mists intertwined, rapidly spreading to envelop all four low-level Hunyuan lifeform legions, as well as every cultivation caves and practitioners within Yulan City.

Yet the practitioners felt no threat.

"What is this black-cyan mist?" Some stared at the swirling fog in confusion. To them, it appeared utterly ordinary.

But the legions of low-level Hunyuan lifeforms knew better.

They had already activated layers of protective energy shields, but under the invasion of the black-cyan mist, their defenses rapidly deteriorated.

In areas where their barriers were weaker, the mist pierced through almost instantly.

Upon contact with their bodies, it spread into them like venom, targeting their life cores. A single touch- and their life cores cracked open, extinguishing them instantly.

One after another, the weaker members of the four invading legions collapsed, their lifeless corpses plummeting.

"Hold on!"

"Protect the weak points! Don't let any vulnerability show!"

Despite their desperate efforts to maintain layer upon layer of protection, some of the weaker Hunyuan lifeforms continued to die silently.

"This is a cause and effect curse attack! It can avoid energy shields and attack directly!"

The more intelligent among the low-level Hunyuan lifeforms quickly realized the nature of the attack- but realization didn't mean equal defense. The Formation's power avoided most of their means.

With each silent death, the legion's defenses weakened further, allowing more black-cyan mist to seep in and drain their life force.

"What do we do? What now?!"

The four legions were going all out, but they were not skilled in Formations. Under the relentless attacks of Luo Feng's Formation, casualties mounted.

Meanwhile...

"In the Nine Rivers Holy Realm, every movement practitioners make is suppressed by heaven and earth," Luo Feng muttered.

"But here, within Yulan City, my Formation is strengthened by the city's energy. As City Lord, I can channel its full power."

A single technique executed within the array could silently erase the life of a low-level Hunyuan lifeform.

Even the four Ultra-limit-level beings fighting Luo Feng were shaken.

"Luo Feng's Formation is complete... it's even stronger than one jointly created by all the Elder Clones!" The four Ultra-limit-level beings felt like the sky was falling!

This was a Formation only someone who had grasped two Semi-Hunyuan-level Daos could deploy.

Those capable of reaching such a level- especially those who could fuse their Daos and cultivate them to late-stage God Emperor Realm- were vanishingly rare, even in the Dark Holy Realm.

Therefore, whether it is practitioners or the low-level Hunyuan lifeforms, it's commonly accepted that those above the Semi-Hunyuan Enlightened level are the one who have comprehended two Semi-Hunyuan-level Daos."

"How could such a terrifying Formation be deployed so quickly?"

"It's far faster than we expected!"

The four Ultra-limit-level beings were all filled with despair.

Even though Luo Feng's formation seemed like just the first layer, it already rivaled the most powerful formation set up by Palace Master Yuanxiang and his peers.

"My King, what should we do?!"

"Our kin are falling one after another from this invisible cause and effect curse attack!"

"The black-cyan mist is everywhere! It's devouring our energy reserves and cutting us off from any source of replenishment. If this continues, we'll only grow weaker!"

The entire army was gripped by dread. They realized death was drawing near.

The practitioners had Yulan City's vast energies to support them endlessly.

But the low-level Hunyuan lifeform legions, trapped within Luo Feng's array, could absorb nothing.

"We've lost."

That realization dawned clearly on the four Ultra-limit-level beings. And with over two hundred Elder Clones backing Luo Feng, they knew that if they continued to stall, they wouldn't even have a chance to flee.

"All four legions- retreat immediately!" a voice echoed into the minds of every Perfection-stage God Emperor lifeforms and low-level Hunyuan Lifeforms.

"If you can break free of Yulan City's range, you may still live. On the way out, slaughter as many practitioners as possible. Even if you don't gain freedom, a sufficient massacre can definitely lead to a transformation or even a breakthrough!"

That ominous command spread like wildfire through the minds of all low-level Hunyuan lifeforms.

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