Swallowed Star 2: Land of Origin

Chapter 93: Volume 2, Chapter 19: Cause and Effect

Within the city owner's mansion, the eternal true gods remained vigilant at all times, fearing an attack from the Heartshadow Sect.

"Make your move!"

"Luo He has made his move. He killed an eternal true god of the Heartshadow Sect."

"Another strike, he killed a super-large mechanical treasure with one slash! Just like that! That's his true strength. Far more frightening than General Yong!"

The entire Huyang City, akin to a super-large mechanical fortress, was centered around the city owner's mansion, which could always understand the happenings within the city. Especially when Luo Feng took action, there was no hiding it! The city owner's mansion could see everything clearly.

The divine power incarnations of the leaders of the Five Great Families gathered together to watch the scene just recorded from the encounter.

"Lord Luo He's slash tore such a long space rift! The might is too terrifying. No wonder he could kill Xue Yun," Moli Xiao said in amazement, as his own strength was much lesser than that of Xue Yun.

This slash was even beyond Xue Yun!

"Lord Luo He, in the outskirts of the city, probably could have killed Xue Yun with just a few slashes!" the Lord of Huyang City exclaimed in astonishment.

"Incredible, absolutely incredible," the leader of the Wu Family also exclaimed excitedly, "Lord Luo He has now turned against the Heartshadow Sect, which is great for us, it's a huge support."

"Luo He turning against the Heartshadow Sect doesn't necessarily mean he will help us," the leader of the Meiwu Clan remarked, "Remember, he had previously asked for an employment price of one billion cosmic sand."

"Regardless, just turning against the Heartshadow Sect is good for us," the white-haired elder mentioned.

"City Lord, quickly contact Luo He and see if he needs help," Moli Xiao reminded.

The Lord of Huyang nodded and immediately contacted Luo Feng.

"Brother Luo He, you've turned against the Heartshadow Sect, and your situation is very dangerous. You can now escape to the city owner's mansion here. Once you enter the mansion, with your help, the Heartshadow Sect won't be able to breach it," the Lord of Huyang conveyed the message, "You can also escape the city. There are elite troops sent by the Marquis outside who will come to your aid too."

"No need, the Heartshadow Sect can't do much to me," Luo Feng responded.

The Lord of Huyang transmitted, "I know Divine Monarch's strength is extraordinary, but the Heartshadow Sect is still the foundation of a Godly King level sect. Even in decline, it should not be underestimated."

"If I need help, I will speak up," Luo Feng transmitted.

"Alright, just give the word! The elite outside the city will immediately take action and rescuing Brother Luo He won't be difficult," the Lord of Huyang transmitted.

After ending the transmission with Luo Feng, the Lord of Huyang looked toward his four companions.

"What's the situation?" The four companions were unaware of the communication.

"Luo He said he doesn't need our help," the Lord of Huyang lamented, "He even said that the Heartshadow Sect can't bother him."

"He doesn't even consider the Heartshadow Sect a threat?" the leader of the Meiwu Clan couldn't help but remark, "No wonder he never cared about us Five Great Families before."

"With his strength, unless someone from the Primal Chaos Realm makes a move, who could threaten him?" Moli Xiao shook his head.

"One-on-one they can't bother him, but the Heartshadow Sect has many methods. No eternal true god can withstand an assault from the Heartshadow Sect," the Lord of Huyang commented, "Lord Luo He probably also only has a chance to escape."

"Being able to escape under an assault from the Heartshadow Sect is quite impressive," Moli Xiao said.

"I've also shared this intelligence with the elite outside the city," the Lord of Huyang said, "If Luo He truly falls into a dire situation, the elite will act immediately to rescue him. At that point, Luo He will owe a life-saving favor!"

The leaders of the Five Great Families were watching the surveillance of the entire city, observing how the situation developed.

...

Seven Fire Tower, one of the nine artifact shops established by the disciples of the Heavenly Flame Sect, was founded by seven outstanding direct disciples under the sect. Among the nine artifact shops, it was the strongest and had the most apprentices.

"Bang." "Bang." "Bang."

Three eternal true gods leisurely walked in, each either pointing with a finger or waving a hand, causing the artifact refiners, apprentices, and customers in three different areas of the Seven Fire Tower to be directly reduced to dust, leaving only the remnants of their items.

"Hand over all treasures, those who resist will die!" The eyes of the three eternal true gods swept across the entirety of the Seven Fire Tower. Many cultivators inside were extremely shocked and angry because among those who had died were their relatives and friends.

However, facing the might of the Heartshadow Sect, rashly charging forward was nothing but a death sentence.

Seeing that no cultivators dared to resist, the three eternal true gods then turned their heads contently and walked towards another trading power nearby: "Let's move to the next one."

"Junior Brother Chang, there's no need for random slaughter, those true gods of void space wouldn't dare to resist anyway," said a figure in gray robes patrolling outside.

"Senior Brother Qiu, instilling terror through slaughter makes pillaging faster. Furthermore, to comprehend the Path of Destruction, one must often engage in slaughter to experience the heart of destruction," said the smallest of the three eternal true gods, "Our Heartshadow Sect's foundational teachings are based on the Path of Destruction."

"Both of us haven't even reached the Primal Chaos Realm, and you're already thinking about the Path of Destruction?" the gray-robed figure shook his head.

"With a heart of destruction, comprehending our sect's teachings yields better results."

"Senior Brother Qiu, if you are reluctant to slaughter, just watch from the side," they said dismissively as they walked away.

The figure in gray robes watched the scene.

"Legends say that the Sector Beast born from the Path of Destruction knows only destruction and was eventually besieged and killed by forces from all over the Land of Origin. Only the Sector Beast of Tianmu Kingdom, which became a servant and dared not kill indiscriminately, survived," Qiu Yi sighed inwardly, "The Heartshadow Sect acts recklessly and wildly.

Last time, they mistakenly killed the progeny of the Great Saint Jiuyuan, provoking the Great Saint's wrath and leading to the sect's total decline…"

"To this day, the Heartshadow Sect hasn't learned its lesson, refusing to repent."

"Indeed, even the ancestor who established the Heartshadow Sect comprehended the Path of Destruction. The five emperor-level inheritances he left all embody the Path of Destruction," the grey-robed figure shook their head gently, "But the ancestor himself is long dead!"

"Rampant destruction will eventually lead to self-annihilation."

"My master has been immensely gracious to me. Without him, I wouldn't be who I am today. That's why I crossed the domains of five Divine Kingdoms to hurry back, just to help establish a foundational territory for our sect," the figure in gray robes looked around, "But really, I don't like the environment of the Heartshadow Sect."

"Once the sect's foundational territory is established, I will have repaid my debt of gratitude and won't need to return," the figure in gray robes murmured quietly.

Suddenly—

The pupils of the figure in gray robes shrank as they saw a cold, black-robed figure appear.

As this figure appeared, an invisible aura of blade energy naturally spread, engulfing the heavens and the earth!

"Is that Luo He, one of Yu Kingdom's top eternal true gods?" the figure in gray robes trembled inwardly, "Indeed, he is stronger than me."

Qiu Yi was confident,

but upon seeing Lord Luo He, he knew he was no match.

After Luo Feng emerged from the Void, his gaze swept across the surroundings, causing all disciples of the Heartshadow Sect to tremble.

"Lord Luo He." The artifact refiners and apprentices of the Seven Fire Tower were excited, almost all of them recognized Luo Feng as disciples of the Heavenly Flame Sect.

"Has the Heartshadow Sect been slaughtering?" Luo Feng's gaze swept across, immediately noticing many scattered storage devices and Weapon Secret Treasures on the ground.

"They indeed carried out a massacre," an artifact refiner immediately spoke up, as his Divine Power manifested the scene of the three eternal true gods committing the slaughter. "As soon as the three of them arrived, they started slaughtering without a word."

Luo Feng looked at the displayed massacre scene and nodded, "I understand."

His Realm of Life and Death had already enveloped a vast area, covering the three eternal true gods within its range.

Luo Feng had a thought.

"Boom."

The three eternal true gods were bound, still caught off guard, and were forcibly moved to the interior of the Seven Fire Tower.

The three of them looked around in astonishment at the artifact refiners, apprentices, and guests of the Seven Fire Tower and saw Luo Feng in a black robe.

"Lord Luo He, Lord Luo He, we of the Heartshadow Sect hold you in high regard," the three eternal true gods said ingratiatingly.

Suddenly—

Inside Huyang City, all disciples of the Heartshadow Sect received a message.

"All disciples heed my command, Lord Luo He has destroyed one of our super-large Mechanical Treasures of the Heartshadow Sect and has become our great enemy! If you see Lord Luo He, flee immediately!" The order had been conveyed.

The highest echelons of the Heartshadow Sect reacted quickly, knowing that ordinary disciples would be delivering themselves to death in front of Lord Luo He, so they only instructed them to flee.

"Run, run, run."

"Hurry and escape," numerous disciples from the surrounding Heartshadow Sect ran away frantically.

But the three eternal true gods bound in midair were filled with despair: "It's over!"

"Lord Luo He…" They still wanted to say more, hoping that Lord Luo He would spare them.

Luo Feng looked at them and couldn't be bothered to say more.

"Hum."

The power of the Realm of Life and Death flowed, transitioning between creation and destruction. The three eternal true gods seemed to be crushed by a Taiji grinding disc, ground into dust, and instantly killed.

The artifact refiners, apprentices, and guests who witnessed this scene became excited.

"Well killed."

"They deserved to die."

They had long been filled with hatred.

"Let's go," Luo Feng waved his hand, gathered up the numerous cultivators of the Seven Fire Tower, took a step, and traversed the void toward the next artifact shop.

After Luo Feng left, the distant disciples of the Heartshadow Sect finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the fleeing super-large Mechanical Treasure also stopped.

"Is this the power of Lord Luo He?" These disciples trembled in their hearts.

In the distance, a seemingly inconspicuous man in gray robes, Qiu Yi, watched the scene: "Junior Brother Chang, I have long advised you not to slaughter indiscriminately. This world operates on causality; to every action, there is always an equal reaction."

…

Primal Chaos Armor Sector, headquarters of the Heartshadow Sect.

The Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect and the Eighteen Elders gathered. They were either in their True Bodies or incarnated as Divine Power.

"Sect Leader, that Luo He has now taken action against our Heartshadow Sect. In the Moyu Artifact Shop, he killed a total of twelve eternal true gods," an elder said urgently. "At this point, can we still endure it?"

"Why did he suddenly make a move?" the Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect asked urgently.

"The Moyu Artifact Shop was established by Lord Luo He's servant 'Moyu Qingyan's' brother, Moyu Liuxing," an elder explained. "Our Heartshadow Sect disciple, Chan Wuqi, went there to collect treasures and killed a group of cultivators from the Moyu Artifact Shop, including Moyu Liuxing."

"The servant's brother?" the Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect frowned. "To fall out with us over a servant's brother?"

Many elders also felt that Lord Luo He was too reckless.

"After arriving at the Moyu Artifact Shop, Luo He first killed Chan Wuqi. The super-large Mechanical Treasure 'Black Fire Beast' nearby merely spoke to inquire, and Luo He destroyed the Black Fire Beast with one strike, killing eleven eternal true gods and a large number of disciples inside. He even remarked—'How dare you speak when I am acting?

Truly seeking death.' Luo He is indeed too reckless," an elder spoke up.

The other elders were also very angry; Lord Luo He's actions showed he had no regard for them.

The Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect was still hesitant.

"I will contact Luo He," the Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect said.

"Contact for what?" Elder Hearteye spoke up. "At this point, do you still want to continue enduring, Sect Leader?"

"Luo He has made another move!"

As the Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect and the Eighteen Elders watched the scene monitored by the sect's grand array, Luo Feng appeared in the Seven Fire Tower and killed three eternal true gods of the Heartshadow Sect.

"He's so openly killed three of our eternal true gods in the Heartshadow Sect! Do you still want to endure this, Sect Leader?"

"Sect Leader, you might be able to endure it, but I cannot anymore!"

"Sect Leader!"

The elders felt a burning rage in their hearts, unwilling to continue tolerating it.

The Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect watched this scene and called back the disciples scattered outside. The internal structure of the Heartshadow Sect was already disjointed, held together merely for the purpose of establishing a foundational territory for the sect.

If they were to endure Lord Luo He's public and repeated killings, it would likely cause even more dissent among the disciples of the Heartshadow Sect.

"If we do not act now, the disciples of the Heartshadow Sect might lose all their motivation," he thought.

"Fearing just one Lord Luo He, how can we fight against the armies of the Marquis of Jiu Jiang?"

Most of the elders were unwilling to endure any longer.

The Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect sighed internally.

It was beyond his power to stop it now.

"Fine!" The three-eyed Sect Leader of the Heartshadow Sect, filled with a killing intent, declared, "We have given Lord Luo He enough respect, but he has trampled on the dignity of our Heartshadow Sect. We can't be blamed for this."

"Before the great battle, let's use Luo He for practice. This time, we must kill him! Do not let him escape!"

"Yes!"

All eighteen elders responded in unison.

Even though a few elders had doubts, with the Sect Leader's order, all the elders set aside further thoughts. At this moment, the entire Heartshadow Sect had only one option— to unite and eliminate this arrogant Lord Luo He.