Chapter 1076 Advance

Translator: podao001

“Fellow cultivator, are you not worried that we might try to kill you?” Star Monarch Waterway was surprised to see how quickly Chen Feng chose to come aboard the warship.

“And are you two not worried that I might try to kill you two?” Chen Feng replied with a smile.

“Well said! I hope we can have a wholehearted partnership and obtain even more treasures,” Star Monarch Waterway said in a serious manner. Seeing that, Xue Luosha, who was standing nearby, almost broke into a smile.

Chen Feng, on the other hand, merely nodded in agreement.

Although the four of them had decided to form a team, they did not continue to chat with one another. At any rate, they were still feeling very cautious of one another.

In the end, Star Monarch Waterway could not hold himself back and asked.

“I’m curious. How did you manage to come in without the key?”

“It’s just a minor trick. It’s not worth mentioning,” Chen Feng said.

“On the other hand, I am curious as to how you two managed to obtain the keys to this place.”

“Ha ha ha, we were just lucky.”

“How long have you two entered this Death Dimension?”

And thus, they began chatting casually. And yet, despite chatting for quite some time, most of them were pointless banter and none of their topics were of any value.

“I came for the Longevity Fruits here. When the time comes, I hope that you two will be magnanimous about it.”

“Not a problem.”

Boom!

Suddenly, an explosion erupted in the empty space there, like that of an exploding sun. Instantly, flames engulfed them all. The pseudo-Divine tier warship became like a small boat in a tempestuous sea of flames, rocking about constantly while its astral energy shield began falling apart, eroded by the power of the explosion.

Star Monarch Waterway’s face sank. This was his warship, but in the face of the explosion, his strength alone felt insufficient.

“Fellows, help me.” In the end, Star Monarch Waterway requested for their assistance.

Three streams of power immediately flowed into the warship and a multi-coloured shield of light emerged from the warship, Following that, it became several times faster as it attempted to break out from the sea of flames.

“Careful!”

Chen Feng’s brows jumped and light flashed out from his eyes to punch through a black object just as it way about to reach the warship.

“It’s a Tungsten Skysoar Shuttle! Did someone else come in?”

Sou! Sou!

As they said that, two more beams of black light appeared, but Chen Feng utilized his Divine Eyes of Heavenly Insight to create a net, which bounded the two beams of black light.

“It doesn’t look like a defensive mechanism of this place. Is it actually possible that outsiders have come in?”

“Nothing surprising. I was also able to enter despite not having a key. Naturally, others should be able to do the same.” After saying that, Chen Feng brought out the Divine Malla Vine. The black vine kept growing and spreading out, becoming like a canopy to cover them from above.

Chen Feng had poured the longevity-type primary energy into the Divine Malla Vine for hundreds of years, causing it to advance to the high-grade Immortal tier. Of course, given their current situation, a high-grade Immortal artifact was not too useful. But for Chen Feng, it was the most suitable one. It could stop and capture the hidden attacks for a short time.

Moreover, Chen Feng also had his own plans for doing so.

Boom!

The flames began burning the Divine Malla Vine with great ferocity, but the burnt parts swiftly grew out new vines.

But the flames grew increasingly strong and they felt as though they were truly inside a burning sun.

Chen Feng’s actions bought them some time and Star Monarch Waterway fought hard to control the warship. As for Flame Monarch Scarletflow and Xue Luosha, they had already blocked over 100 attacks coming at them.

Bang!

Finally, the Divine Malla Vine was utterly blown up. Seeing that, Chen Feng’s eyes lit up and he grasped. As a result, the ashes that had yet to disperse flew into his hand before disappearing.

Inside Chen Feng’s Longevity acupoint, the Longevity Furnace slowly rotated as the ashes were poured into it. Quickly, they assumed the form of the Divine Malla Vine once more. Strands of longevity energy swirled within the Longevity Furnace and the Divine Malla Vine kept absorbing them. Next, Chen Feng tossed in a piece of Longevity Wood into the furnace. After the Longevity Wood broke down, it also began fusing with the Divine Malla Vine.

After this, Chen Feng would spend a long time adding countless more materials into the Longevity Furnace. For example, more Longevity Wood, Yin Yang Wood, Domain Wood, Dead Spirit Wood, Heavenly Yao Blood Vine, Extreme Enigma Silk and even some decent magic treasures of the whip and rope variety.

Chen Feng’s objective was very simple. He wanted to recreate it into an even stronger magic treasure. Naturally, it would not be a simple process.

That said, given the secret techniques recorded within the Longevity Scripture and the various top-grade materials that Chen Feng was using for this process, he believed that the rate of success will be very high. And if it failed, he would simply have to treat it as a learning experience.

Meanwhile, with their combined efforts, the warship finally charged out from the sea of flames. Flame Monarch Scarletflow and Xue Luosha jumped up, rushing into the empty space ahead. It did not take long before the sounds of battle rang out.

Star Monarch Waterway’s face was somewhat ugly to behold. One of his two attendants had been killed while the other one was wounded.

Knowing that someone had ambushed them, the rage within his heart rose up uncontrollably.

Chen Feng, though, stayed silent. Instead, he utilized his eye technique to inspect the distant battle.

Flame Monarch Scarletflow was exuding an awe-inspiring atmosphere of dominance as he chased after a cultivator who was fully clad in black armour. Xue Luosha, on the other hand, was fighting a female cultivator. The two of them were firmly locked in battle.

Chen Feng’s gaze kept sweeping around and he noticed two cultivators creeping stealthily towards the warship.

Sending a secret vocal transmission to Star Monarch Waterway, Chen Feng then put on a façade of obliviousness. He waited until the two cultivators had come close to him and were about to attack before abruptly unleashing his power.

First, the black-clad cultivator who wanted to launch a sneak attack on Chen Feng was affected by the Soul Subduing Mantra that Chen Feng had casted. Next, a punch from Chen Feng sent him flying. Following that, a chaotic assortment of powers bombarded him and the black-clad cultivator’s figure exploded after flying some distance away. Even so, Chen Feng was aware that it was not enough to kill him off. Thus, Chen Feng continued, sending a Storm of Sword Beams forward to slice him up. More, Chen Feng also utilized the Heavengulping Absorption Technique to collect one drop of blood after another, all channelled into the Blood Mustering Bead.

Finishing off his opponent, Chen Feng then saw that Star Monarch Waterway had also finished off his opponent. In fact, the techniques he displayed to do so was even more violent and swift compared to Chen Feng. Seeing that, Chen Feng secretly grew wary.

The same was true for Star Monarch Waterway, who grew more wary of Chen Feng.

“Looks like we are able to cooperate very well,” Star Monarch Waterway said with a smile.

“I wonder though, where did these fellows come from?” Chen Feng fired out the Divine Sun Needle and the female cultivator fighting Xue Luosha shrieked in pain as her whole arm was torn off.

With Chen Feng’s assistance, Xue Luosha was able to gain the upper hand in the fight. Even so, she was still incapable of killing off her opponent. The bewitching and exotic-looking female cultivator, with patterns all over her body, then utilized a secret technique to flee.

As for Flame Monarch Scarletflow, although he was the last to deal with his opponent, he did manage to kill him.

The four of them returned to the warship, their faces no longer as relaxed as before.

“Looks like we are not the only ones here.”

“Only when there’s competition will there be pressure. No matter what, I must obtain the items I need.”

“We might die here.”

“That’s an inauspicious thing to say.”

Finally, the warship landed on an asteroid. This asteroid was several times bigger than the floating island that they were on earlier. Only, its surface was utterly barren, bereft of any signs of life. Unlike what they had imagined, there were also no treasures there.

That said, they also felt delighted. This asteroid could be considered as a place to stay. A rest stop for them to recover for a moment. At any rate, the pressure they had to face in this environment was simply too great.

“Unexpectedly, the space inside would be so big,” Flame Monarch Scarletflow said, waving his hand to send his fiery-red sword flying around. Occasionally, it would even drill its way into the asteroid.

Chen Feng pondered for a moment before saying, “If there is still nothing, I will leave first.”

“You don’t need the Longevity Fruits anymore?” Xue Luosha grew shocked.

“I have more pressing concerns. In the face of those matters, the treasure hoard of a Heavenly Immortal is unimportant.” When he said that, Chen Feng himself felt somewhat hypocritical. However, he really did not want to spend too long here.

He would have to either leave or speed up the rate at which he was exploring this place.

Naturally, if he could obtain some enticing treasures from time to time, he would be able to put the other matters aside first.

“This place surely has Longevity Fruits inside.” It seemed as though Xue Luosha did not want Chen Feng to leave.

“Truth is, while the Longevity Fruit can increase our cultivation base, at our level, such items are not that important. Our ability to perceive and comprehend are more important.” Star Monarch Waterway felt curious as to why Chen Feng would value the Longevity Fruits so highly.

“Our Longevity Clan has a secret technique to push the effects of the Longevity Fruits to their very limits,” Chen Feng replied.

That was the truth. By taking the Longevity Fruits, one could gain huge amounts of life force and increase one’s cultivation base. However, those who were not a member of the Longevity Clan would have to sacrifice a great deal of time and pay a certain price to obtain the power within the Longevity Fruits. In comparison, Chen Feng, who cultivated the Heavengulping Absorption Technique, could use the fruits to boost his cultivation base significantly within a short period.

“If necessary, I can help you obtain the Longevity Fruits. However, I also hope that everyone here can help me when the time comes,” Star Monarch Waterway suggested.

“Of course.”

This small team was an impromptu one and there were even some conflicts between them before this. Thus, every single one of them were secretly on guard against the other. There was no telling when they might suddenly turn on each other. However, the sneak attack earlier had given them a different opinion about their situation. In this dangerous place, working together was the best decision.

Boom!

A sudden wave of energy fluctuations emerged from far away. Sensing that, they grew delighted. At the same time, they also felt cautious. There was the aura of Heavenly laws within the energy fluctuations.

“The Heavenly Immortal is about to appear. Fellows, next up, we will need to cooperate wholeheartedly in order to get the most out of this,” Star Monarch Waterway said, mobilizing the warship forward.

Although they had been able to sense the energy fluctuations, it had still taken them some time to reach the place.

A planet with a peculiar metallic colour appeared before their eyes and several cultivators could be seen fighting on the surface of the planet. One glance at them caused the faces of Chen Feng and the others to turn grim.

“As expected, someone beat us to it. Outrageous! We are the key-owners here. We’d had to go through so much difficulties. And yet, these fellows want to get the spoils first?” Flame Monarch Scarletflow grew enraged. Brandishing his sword, he took the lead in heading to the planet.

“Let’s go too. I sense a familiar wave of energy.” Chen Feng’s eyes shone with light.

“Is it the Longevity Fruit?” Xue Luosha hastily asked.

“I cannot be certain just yet, but it is definitely the aura of a Longevity Clan member.” This time, the Longevity Wings unfurling from Chen Feng’s back was black in colour. Like a black curtain spreading outwards, the wings were formed completely using the power of darkness, increasing the mysterious quality of the wings’ ability to evade and slip away.

By the time Xue Luosha found Chen Feng’s figure, he had already landed on the planet.