Star Odyssey

Chapter 1164: Bottom Of The Pool

After Ku Lei took off, Xie Xiaoxian left while Shu Jing followed right behind her. By now, Xie Xiaoxian was starting to wonder if the fellow had actually taken a liking to her, which flustered her slightly. The reason why she wore such skimpy clothing was so that she could use her battle techniques more easily. In truth, she was a rather conservative person, and she felt that it would not be good to have someone like Shu Jing following her around.

Hui Santong subconsciously shifted his attention back over to Lei Nü after seeing that Shu Jing was following Xie Xiaoxian.

Lei Nü looked back at him.

Hui Santong inwardly heaved a sigh. There was no need for him to guess, as her eyes clearly indicated that she would follow him everywhere. What rotten luck.

Xia Jiuyou took his leave, as did Ce Jiu and Yōu Qin. They all shared the same target: the pool of blood in the middle. They slowly left the group.

There was no reason for Hui Santong to ask everyone to join forces again, as the pool was extremely vast. Based on everyone’s capabilities, they would all somehow manage to get a piece of the pie.

However, was the pool really filled with Progenitor Chen’s blood? That might not necessarily be the case. After all, the blood of a Progenitor was normally very difficult to find.

As for the trio from the Neohuman Alliance, they climbed over the city wall and also saw the giants’ civilization and the pool of blood.

Silver’s eyes grew feverish as he licked his lips. “Progenitor Chen’s blood!”

Silver’s words allowed Lu Yin to understand that Progenitor Chen’s blood was in this place.

If the Ghost Monkey was here, he would definitely scream for joy. That incomparably huge giant that I saw earlier, the one who could easily destroy planets with just a swing of his arms… Could that have been Progenitor Chen’s clone? That thing was simply too enormous!

Silver smiled at Lu Yin. “Captain, you actually don’t have to put on an act any longer now that we’re here.”

Lu Yin still did not move and maintained the behavior of a zombie.

Silver shrugged. “You can’t actually be thinking of stabbing me in the back, can you? We’re not enemies.”

Lu Yin still did not move.

“Let’s go.” Silver smiled.

The pool of blood was located right in the middle of the giants’ village. Everyone looked like ants crawling through a human city, as everything was humongous compared to them.

Silver’s little group passed by one stone hut after the next. Suddenly, one of the hut’s doors opened in front of them as a guardian giant walked out. Then, the giant slammed the door closed behind him, creating a loud boom and sending a puff of dust through the door. However, each speck of dust looked more like a rock to Silver’s trio.

The guardian giant moved away, and the three continued on towards the center of the village.

The others were all in similar situations as they each sought a way to the pool of blood.

The most unfortunate person at this time was Ku Lei. He had transformed into lightning and tried to speed through the village. However, he had been too fast, and he had nearly been stomped to death by a giant. In the end, he narrowly managed to avoid the giant’s foot, but he had still been buried by the dust kicked up by the giant’s footfall.

As their scent had been covered up, the group slowly moved closer to the pool of blood.

The closer they drew to the pool, the more they could feel the pressure emanating from it. It exuded an aura of supremacy. However, this aura did not come from the power that the blood held, but rather from the will that it contained. This was the natural suppression of a Progenitor. Even if Progenitor Chen had died countless years ago, so long ago that the annals of history barely have records of him, this suppressive aura still existed. This was how a Progenitor should be.

The pool of blood was surrounded by a large fence that had been put up to fend off the other guardian giants. However, for Lu Yin and the others, the poles of this fence were like stone pillars that reached high into the sky.

They easily passed through the fence and then saw the massive pool of blood that was just a thousand meters in front of them.

Everyone was closing in from different directions, and they were all looking at the pool of blood at this time.

Just as Ku Lei was about to dive straight into the pool, a horn blared and echoed through the sky. Ku Lei was so startled that he nearly fell over.

The others all sought cover at this moment.

Silver’s trio hid beneath a stone pillar and looked into the distance. They were all wondering if someone else had somehow entered Progenitor Chen’s Mausoleum.

However, this horn did not come from outside, but rather from within the city walls.

As the horn continued to blare, one giant after another emerged from the stone huts and dejectedly made their way toward the pool of blood.

The humans in the village all felt their hair stand on end as they watched the giants close in on the pool of blood. The seemingly endless procession of approaching giants would shock anyone witnessing this scene.

They would have to be serious to fight against just one of these guardian giants, but the sound of that horn seemed to have summoned all of the guardian giants within the city walls. If any of the humans were even the slightest bit unlucky, they could very well be stomped to death. So, the humans hid beneath the stone pillars hoping that the giants, who saw it as a simple fence, would not step right to the edge of a fence.

Yōu Qin nervously eyed one of the guardian giants in front of her. It was the one closest to her, and if its foot shifted just slightly, it would crush her.

Suddenly, a nauseating stench overpowered her senses as her face went pale. The giant’s foot stank so bad that it almost caused her to vomit right then and there.

This guardian giant’s feet were smelly beyond belief.

Ce Jiu caught sight of Yōu Qin’s expression far away, and he saw that she was holding her breath while staring at a giant’s foot in contempt. He nearly burst out laughing, as the inheritors of the Seven Courts were rarely seen in such a sorry state.

But at that moment, he also caught a whiff of something stinky. It was the feet of an approaching guardian giant, and it was also enough to make him want to run.

He suddenly understood how Yōu Qin was feeling at this moment.

Although everyone was separated by great distances, they were still able to easily see across such a distance. Hui Santong saw Ce Jiu and Yōu Qin caught in a sorry situation, and he could not help but laugh internally.

These two morons, they could have hidden someplace further away. The giants on my side won’t get even close to me.

“I’m still the smarter one.” Hui Santong bragged to Lei Nü who was beside him, but she just silently stared at the pool of blood.

Suddenly, a loud boom startled the living hell out of everyone. Hui Santong immediately went pale. He slowly turned around to come face to face with the buttocks of the closest guardian giant. Could that explosion actually have been a fart? A fart like thunder, what an apt description! That damn giant actually farted!

The next moment, a revolting stench spread out, accompanied by a yellow sulfurous cloud that filled the air near Hui Santong.

Hui Santong’s pupils shrank, and his reflexes screamed at him to run away. He could not accept to suffer such a disgrace.

Lei Nü grabbed his shoulders and pressed down. “Don’t move! We don’t know where the Giant Emperor is yet, and if you move, we could be discovered.”

Hui Santong could only stare on in horror as the yellow cloud gently enveloped him. He tightly shut his eyes.

The elegance I’ve cultivated for my entire life is now gone…

Yōu Qin and Ce Jiu could see Hui Santong, but the others were standing further away and could not. They only saw the yellow cloud billow out, and they all stared blankly at the area before taking a moment of silence for the unlucky person in that area.

Xie Xiaoxian stared intently at where Hui Santong was. She could not see who was hiding there. Who was that unlucky? I have to see!

On another side, where the others could not see him, Silver stared at Hui Santong, pitying the man’s poor luck.

Lu Yin had also seen what had happened. This story was enough to laugh at the Hui scion for his entire life.

If I see Brother Hui Kong in the future, I have to tell him about how I really admire his descendant for his impressive endurance.

Hui Santong felt as though his world had been shrouded in darkness.

I won’t be able to get out of this one. A fart has ruined my life!

More giants continued to fill the area, but none of them moved closer to the pool of blood. Then, the horn blared again, and upon hearing it, the first giant walked towards the pool of blood. Under everyone’s astonished gazes, the giant picked up a sharpened piece of rock, slit its wrist, and let its fresh blood drip into the pool of blood.

To the giants, only a drop of blood fell out, but to Lu Yin and the others, the amount was like a waterfall.

The humans were appalled. It was no wonder why there was so much blood in this pool; most of it belonged to these giants.

“Now it all makes sense! Although the body of Progenitor Chen’s clone was extremely massive, there’s no way it could have produced so much blood essence,” Hui Santong muttered to himself. Although he had been struck by a thunderous fart, he had not lost his mind. Lei Nü was actually somewhat impressed by the mental fortitude of this Hui family descendant.

Hui Santong was even more impressed at how a girl like Lei Nü was able to maintain her composure even after suffering through such a horrible ordeal.

Xie Xiaoxian was somewhat disappointed when she realized that the pool was not filled with Progenitor Chen’s blood. This meant that she likely would not find Progenitor Chen’s bones nearby.

What a pity.

The giants all took turns, one by one, to add a drop of their blood to the pool. While they each only donated a single drop, when it was all added together, it was enough to create a huge pool of blood that gave off a murderous aura.

It took the giants two full days to complete the ritual, and after that, they all headed back to their stone huts.

The humans waited around anxiously, as it seemed to be time for the Giant Emperor to appear.

They all assumed that the Giant Emperor would soon appear, but even after several days, there was no movement.

Ku Lei finally could not hold himself back, and he flew towards the pool of blood

The rest of the people all watched him.

Ku Lei leaped over to the stone walls around the pool and stared down at the blood. To the giants, this was just a small pool, but to a human, it seemed like a lake of blood.

Ku Lei nervously stared at the lake of blood and slowly released his aura. He was once again able to see Progenitor Chen’s clone roaring in outer space, and Ku Lei became extremely excited. There was definitely some Progenitor’s blood in this pool. He stared even more intently at the lake, as if trying to see through to its bottom.

Suddenly, all of his hair stood on end. There was a large pair of eyes watching Ku Lei from beneath the pool, and they looked at him in a toying manner. These eyes contained a mix of mockery, contempt, and cruelty.

Ku Lei’s pupils shrank, and he reflexively pulled back. Suddenly, an enormous hand reached out from the pool and smacked the stone walls, creating a crack in it. The wind from this movement blasted Ku Lei a thousand meters back, slamming him into one of the fence’s stone pillars.

The humans were all in shock. A guardian giant had risen from the pool and stepped out. This giant was much smaller than the others, but his eyes were bright with intelligence. This was the Giant Emperor.

Nobody had expected the Giant Emperor to be hiding within the pool this entire time. Ku Lei had been blown back, but he had not suffered any severe injuries. Still, the pain caused him to grit his teeth as he glared at the Giant Emperor.

The Giant Emperor’s expression remained the same, and he raised a hand to flick the air. Each of his fingers were as large as three men tied together. To Ku Lei, this flick unleashed a powerful gust that shot at him. He immediately ducked, and the wind smashed the stone pillars behind Ku Lei to bits.

The giant continued staring at the youth with mockery in his eyes. He then used his thumb as a springboard to flick all four of his fingers at Ku Lei. The resulting wind was so fierce that the air distorted.

Ku Lei’s expression changed, and he transformed into lightning to avoid all of the slicing winds. However, when he lifted his head, he saw the Giant Emperor striking at the air with a fist. The gale produced by this attack sent Ku Lei smashing against the stone pillars.

Ku Lei coughed as blood dripped down. He glared at the Giant Emperor.

The Giant Emperor was different from all the other giants, and he continued to look at Ku Lei like a toy. He then reached out with a hand to grab Ku Lei.