Chapter 960: Decay
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Chen Fei looked up at the sky above the Corpse Cliff Mountain. After part of the Source of the Boundless Sea was extracted, the spatial rifts in Corpse Cliff Mountain also began to increase.

This indicated a decline in the strength of the dimension and the power of its rules.

Chen Fei’s figure flickered as he arrived in the cave, casually retrieving the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele from the Concealment Bell and placing it back in its original position.

Chen Fei activated the Suppressing Dragon Elephant using his Sun Moon Realm energy. It seemed as if a dragon elephant was truly emerging from the void, with a faint roar echoing all around.

The area where the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele had cracked began to reconnect with the earth’s veins. Gradually, ripples started to appear on the stele, and a spatial passage was about to open.

When Chen Fei initially acquired the complete Suppressing Dragon Elephant, the technique had stated that to cultivate it to the point of Blood Rebirth, Suppressing Dragon Elephant Blood Essence was required as a catalyst.

At that time, Chen Fei had used the panel to directly bypass this barrier.

Upon arriving in the Return to Nothing Realm, Chen Fei learned that there was indeed a dragon elephant race in this realm.

This race was incredibly powerful, with several beings at the Seventh Stage of Open Heaven Realm, making them giants compared to the human race.

The fact that the Suppressing Dragon Elephant technique dared to use dragon elephant blood as a cultivation method implied something worth exploring deeply.

This was also why Chen Fei wanted to explore the space behind the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele.

Even though the area had become a wasteland, there might still be something unique to find.

As the ripples on the stele grew denser, a massive fluctuation flashed through, and the spatial passage was fully formed.

Chen Fei raised his head slightly and stared at the space behind the stele. An ominous presence confronted him.

He sensed a warning from the Indestructible Vision, but it was not strong.

Clearly, this danger was unlikely to pose a threat to Chen Fei at present.

Even if there was significant danger, Chen Fei had a fallback: the rebirth nodes positioned in the void.

For the continuation of the Suppressing Dragon Elephant technique, it was worth taking the risk.

Understanding whether there were further techniques related to the Suppressing Dragon Elephant could not only directly enhance Chen Fei’s current combat power but also be of tremendous benefit for future cultivation.

Human heritage peaks at the sixth level of the Rule Integration Realm. There is no knowledge of how to break through to the Seventh Stage of Open Heaven Realm among humans.

The Rule Integration Realm was one of Chen Fei’s goals, but only one among many.

With the panel, Chen Fei could set his sights higher and further.

Chen Fei took a step forward and merged into the spatial passage.

Moments later, Chen Fei emerged from the passage, standing on a peak. He looked ahead and immediately saw several blood-red orbs, all at the initial stage of the fifth level.

Chen Fei glanced around. When he had just broken through to the Sun Moon Realm, he had considered leaving the Boundless Sea from here. However, at that time, a deeper, hidden danger was present.

Now, standing here, he found that danger had disappeared.

Ignoring the blood-red orbs, Chen Fei moved swiftly to the southeastern corner of the peak.

Previously, he had sent his demonic body to scout the area. The demon had seen a huge gap opened in the southeastern corner, and a large number of blood-red orbs had disappeared at that time.

Now, the gap in the southeastern corner had closed, and the entire peak was once again enveloped in a massive spatial storm.

A blood-red orb appeared behind Chen Fei, with countless fleshy tendrils reaching toward him. However, before they could touch him, a layer of black barrier blocked them.

Chen Fei turned to look at the blood-red orb. A purple light flashed from his eyes, and information about the orb appeared in his perception.

Previously, when the demonic body used the Dust Giant Body, the attack on the blood-red orb had no effect, as if the orb was merely an illusion.

The blood-red orb was certainly not an illusion; it was just that the mountain and sea realm demon, facing the orb’s peculiar divine powers, saw it like the moon reflected in water.

Visible but nearly impossible to capture.

The illusory divine power of the blood-red orbs could defeat any being below the Sun Moon Realm. Without the correct method, one could never hope to touch these orbs.

However, for Chen Fei, who was now in the mid-stage of the Sun Moon Realm, the situation had changed drastically.

Chen Fei’s right hand shot out like lightning, grabbing a tendril of the blood-red orb. In the next moment, he exerted a bit of force, slamming the entire blood-red orb onto the ground.

“Boom!”

With a thunderous explosion, the area where the blood-red orb touched the ground instantly turned into a bloody mess.

“Screech!”

A crack suddenly appeared on the top of the blood-red orb, revealing interlocking saw-like teeth. An ear-piercing scream erupted from within.

Chen Fei remained expressionless. The scream, accompanied by a soul-shaking impact, was as gentle as a breeze to him now and caused no harm.

Chen Fei lifted his right foot, and the Eternal Night Manifestation appeared behind him, mimicking his movement and stomping down.

“Bang!”

The entire peak trembled slightly before returning to calm, and the blood-red orb beneath the Eternal Night Manifestation’s foot instantly ceased its screaming.

Chen Fei lifted his foot, revealing a deep pit in the ground, where the blood-red orb had been reduced to ashes.

The spiritual essence floated in mid-air before flowing into the Qianyuan Sword.

Turning around, Chen Fei saw six blood-red orbs floating behind him, drawn in by the scream of the previous orb.

“Screech!”

The six blood-red orbs exposed their serrated mouths, emitting a harsh, collective scream that stirred the elemental energy of the world. Behind them, a blurry shadow began to form.

The shadow was wrapped in countless chains, and a decaying aura rapidly spread across a hundred-mile radius.

The demonic shadow fixated on Chen Fei, its mouth opened in a silent scream that created massive waves of distortion aimed at Chen Fei.

Chen Fei raised his brows, surprised that a mere few initial-stage fifth-level blood-red orbs could combine to produce such a transformation.

The demonic shadow, an unknown strong being’s projection, despite being merely a simple manifestation, exuded a chilling, decaying aura that was truly terrifying.

A weaker opponent who merely touched it might be dragged into a nightmarish illusion and doomed forever.

Chen Fei couldn’t help but recall the time when the Dragon Elephant Stone Stele was first activated and he saw hundreds of blood-red orbs.

Even though they were all just initial-stage fifth-level orbs, the combined power they could unleash was almost unimaginable.

However, with only six blood-red orbs now, even if they combined their strength, it couldn’t match the late-stage Sun Moon Realm.

For Chen Fei, killing ordinary late-stage Sun Moon Realm beings was no longer a difficult task.

The Qianyuan Sword spun, and the Eternal Night Sword soared into the sky, a sword light connecting heaven and earth illuminating the entire sky.

The demonic shadow’s silent scream faltered momentarily before the entire shadow crumbled.

Not only did the shadow collapse, but the six blood-red orbs were also sliced into two by the sword. The next moment, the two halves of each orb were violently torn apart.

The six pieces of initial-stage fifth-level spiritual essence flew in, once again flowing into the Qianyuan Sword, which began emitting a series of sword cries.

Chen Fei looked down at the Qianyuan Sword, gently stroking its blade, and smiled slightly.

Although Chen Fei was now at the mid-stage of the Sun Moon Realm, the Qianyuan Sword was still a lower-grade profound treasure.

The slow advancement of the Qianyuan Sword was not due to any inherent issue with the sword itself, but rather because Chen Fei’s cultivation had advanced too quickly in the Qiankun Mansion.

Moreover, during the past half year, even though there were many conflicts, none were truly deadly, leaving the Qianyuan Sword without a chance to absorb spiritual essence.

Today, absorbing these seven pieces of initial-stage fifth-level spiritual essence had caused some changes in the Qianyuan Sword, but it was still slightly short of advancing to a middle-grade profound treasure.

In refining the Desolate Slaughter Night Star Sword from the six emperor legacies, Chen Fei had been using a secret method to nurture profound treasures, which he recently applied to enhance the Qianyuan Sword and the Concealment Bell.

However, time was indeed quite limited. To achieve significant results with the Qianyuan Sword and Concealment Bell, the fastest way was to infuse them with sufficient fifth-level spiritual materials.

Otherwise, merely absorbing spiritual essence would require a considerable amount.

The mountain wind swept through, dispersing the ashes of the six blood-red orbs.

Chen Fei scanned the surroundings but found no further anomalies.

However, with the death of the blood-red orbs, a faint aura of death began to permeate the area. Over time, this death aura was gradually growing stronger.

Chen Fei swept his sword, killing most of the death aura, but it reappeared almost immediately, as if it was deeply integrated into the region’s rules.

Chen Fei’s expression shifted slightly. As the death aura intensified, a sense of threat grew in his mind.

When this death aura reached a certain level, something unpleasant was likely to happen.

Chen Fei was unsure of the specifics, but considering the hundreds of vanished blood-red orbs and the previously shattered spatial storm in the southeastern corner of the peak, Chen Fei might not be able to handle it alone.

After some thought, Chen Fei decided to leave the Eternal Night Manifestation behind. It would eliminate the death aura as it accumulated.

Although each elimination would lead to a significant rebirth of the death aura, it would buy some time. Meanwhile, Chen Fei’s main body moved forward and appeared at the site of the former ruins.

The area was now devoid of the ruins, only a few desiccated corpses with long maggots scattered around.

Chen Fei had no idea what had happened here before—so many blood-red orbs had vanished, and the collapsed buildings were gone, even the spatial storm had torn open a massive gap.

Having previously observed the entire peak covered by the spatial storm, Chen Fei speculated that the inheritance of the Suppressing Dragon Elephant might have been within those collapsed buildings.

With the ruins now missing, Chen Fei could only try other methods.

With a slight lift of his head, Chen Fei’s essence, energy, and soul began to fully activate the Suppressing Dragon Elephant. If there was any remaining inheritance here, this method was worth a try.

“Roar!”

A six-legged dragon elephant shadow appeared behind Chen Fei, its ancient beast-like roar echoing throughout the area.

The entire peak fell into an abrupt silence before beginning to tremble slightly.