Star Odyssey

Chapter 1796: What Went Wrong?

The Imprinter was still watching everything from the true universe. He was waiting for an opportunity to attack, but he would have never imagined that Lu Yin would attack first. Actually, how could he even see the Imprinter? Was his attack actually able to enter the true universe?

Overthinking it was useless, and the Imprinter simply wanted to evade the attack. However, he soon realized that it was impossible to avoid the falling sword. Both the Thirteenth Sword and the Fourteenth Sword were impossible to evade; as long as one was within attack range, they would be struck.

The void twisted, and the Imprinter stumbled out of the true universe. His steps were unsteady, and his face was pale. He clutched at his heart as he stared at Lu Yin. After a moment, he suddenly spat out blood and sank to the ground. Sorrow welled up from his heart and caused him to fall into despair. It was an unbearable feeling.

Puff!

Another mouthful of blood was spat out. The Imprinter's chest was stained from the blood, and his entire body started trembling.

Lu Yin lowered the sword. "Were you able to see it clearly?"

Liu Tianmu was not surprised to see that Lu Yin had defeated an Imprinter with a single sword strike. This Imprinter had been incredibly cautious and had hidden himself in the true universe and had never even revealed his true strength. The man had underestimated Lu Yin far too much, so it was only natural that he would be defeated by a single sword strike.

"I feel like this sword can't really be treated as a true Fourteenth Sword, as there’s no essential difference from the Thirteenth," Liu Tianmu commented.

Lu Yin tossed the sword back to Liu Tianmu. In fact, he also felt the same way. The Fourteenth Sword absolutely surpassed the Thirteenth Sword, but it was still a sword technique that used emotion. Liu Huang had thought that he had created the Fourteenth Sword, but Lu Yin had thought for a while that Misery was actually just an advanced version of the Thirteenth Sword, much like Liu Guai's alternative Thirteenth Sword.

The nearby Enlighter was staring at Lu Yin in abject horror. What should he do? Escape? That was impossible. Attack? There was no way the Enlighter was Lu Yin’s opponent. The man slowly fell into despair.

Hui Santong freed himself from Fan Shun’s Forest World. He panted for breath and stared at Fan Shun. "Let’s go again."

Fan Shun ignored him and instead stared at Lu Yin. He was able to fully understand what Liu Tianmu and the others felt when they saw Lu Yin. This guy was too much of a freak, and he simply was not even in the same category as the rest of them.

Zhu San moved over to help Liu Tianmu up, and at the same time, the despicable fish atop Xi Qi’s head kept praising Lu Yin.

Lu Yin was considering how he should deal with these Sixth Mainland cultivators. The easiest option would simply be to kill them all.

At this time, the Imprinter coughed a few times and haltingly said, "All- Alliance Leader Lu, I- I want to purchase my- my life."

Lu Yin was taken aback. "Purchase your life?"

The Imprinter wiped away the blood that was at the corners of his mouth. "I know something that Alliance Leader Lu needs, and I also have many things in my cosmic ring. This should be enough to buy my life."

Lu Yin laughed. "I can just kill you and then use your blood to open your cosmic ring. Whatever you have is already mine."

The Imprinter removed the ring and replied, "Alliance Leader, you can try, but I will sacrifice my cultivation and self-destruct the moment you attack. While I may not be your opponent, I can at least make sure that not a single drop of my blood remains after I self-destruct. You can be assured of that."

The moment the old man finished speaking, he trembled. A palm print appeared on his chest from Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palm. This was an invisible attack that not even an Envoy could react to.

Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palms were powerful enough to instantly kill a badly wounded Imprinter.

The old man slowly collapsed to the ground.

Lu Yin walked over, picked up the man’s cosmic ring, and opened it with the dead man’s blood. "I don't like being threatened."

The nearby Enlighter was terrified, and he turned and fled. However, Liu Tianmu had already regained a bit of her strength, and she released an attack with a swing of her sword.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for Liu Tianmu to land a hit on this Enlighter, even with the Thirteenth Sword. However this person had his senses in a bunch because of Lu Yin.

As for the young Hunter whom Liu Tianmu had injured earlier, he was already dead.

At this point, Fan Shun was the only person from the Sixth Mainland who was still alive.

Hui Santong looked at his former opponent with a playful look, but Fan Shun remained calm. "Alliance Leader Lu, I also want to buy my own life."

Lu Yin had already dumped out everything from the Imprinter’s cosmic ring, but his expression turned hostile when he heard Fan Shun’s words. "Are you also trying to threaten me?"

Fan Shun looked up. "No threat. I just want to make a deal. It’s about the Qing Hua World."

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. The Qing Hua World was something that had been created by Master Qing Hua. "Do you intend to trade Master Qing Hua's secret for your own life?"

"That’s right. I know that Alliance Leader Lu has contacted Master Qing Hua in the past. To tell the truth, my Sixth Mainland is really no different from your Fifth Mainland. You have your Astral Beast Domain, the Technocracy, and the Human Domain. For us, the three Progenitors’ Territories are all hostile to each other. Even different realms from the same territory, such as the Brahman Realm, East Realm, and Rock Realm in the Progenitor of Secret Arts’ Territory will declare war on each other. The largest family in the Brahman Realm was my Brahman family, as we had a Cosmic Imprinter. However, the appearance of the Qing Hua World has changed everything, so I’m happy to tell you some things about Master Qing Hua."

Lu Yin was convinced. He was quite concerned about the Sixth Mainland’s Four Empyreans, one of whom was Qing Hua. "Alright, tell me. If I feel that it’s enough, I promise to let you live. You can trust my promises.”

Fan Shun said, "Okay, I’ll believe you."

Not long after, Fan Shun left, as Lu Yin had let him go.

Hui Santong felt an itch in his heart, and he quickly approached Lu Yin. "Brother Lu, what did Fan Shun tell you for you to actually let him go?"

Both Liu Tianmu and the Sixth Mainland’s Imprinter had been drawn to this particular place because of a certain opportunity. Letting Fan Shun go would likely attract powerhouses from the Sixth Mainland. Hui Santong did not think that Lu Yin would not realize this, and yet even still, Fan Shun had been released. It was clear that whatever secret Fan Shun had shared was not minor.

Lu Yin gave Hui Santong a sideways glance. "It’s got nothing to do with you."

Hui Santong did not relent, as he was sufficiently thick-skinned to keep pushing. "My Hui family is famous for our intelligence, and it’s possible that Brother Lu might have been deceived. Tell me, and I’d be happy to help my brother and your team. Actually, my Hui family has already placed spies within the Sixth Mainland, a lot of them. I’ve even heard some news that you’ll be interested in."

"Go ahead and say it, and we’ll see if I’m interested or not," Lu Yin responded in a solemn manner.

Hui Santong grinned. "Madam Hong’s disappeared. Do you have any idea where she might be?"

Lu Yin's eyebrows twitched. "What does that have to do with me?"

Hui Santong answered proudly. "Don't think that we don't know. Brother Lu, you and Madam Hong have had some conflicts in the past, and she also attacked the Sea King in the Starfall Sea in the past. She eventually captured him, and even captured the colossal giants later on. Tell me, Brother Lu, do you really not care where Madam Hong is?"

"Okay, I care. So where is she?" Lu Yin asked.

Hui Santong answered with a shrewd expression, "First tell me what you learned from Fan Shun."

"Let's first talk about where Madam Hong is," Lu Yin answered in an indifferent tone.

Hui Santong was certain that Lu Yin was very interested in Madam Hong’s whereabouts; was he putting on an act to try to trick him? Like that would work! "You share first."

"Then just forget it." Lu Yin answered very bluntly, and he acted so matter-of-factly about it that Hui Santong started to doubt everything he knew.

Hui Santong stared at Lu Yin as he browsed through the items that had been in the Imprinter’s cosmic ring. Did this person really not care? That should be impossible! Hui Santong knew that his analysis had to be accurate, as Lu Yin had clashed with Madam Hong multiple times, and there were likely some hidden matters between the two as well. How could Lu Yin not care about Madam Hong's whereabouts? No, this should be an act. It had to be an act.

"Brother Lu, Madam Hong's situation right now is rather unusual, and only my Hui family knows where she is. You- do you really not want to know? I'll only ask this once." Hui Santong was actually trying to anger Lu Yin.

However, Lu Yin was in a good mood at the moment, as he had just picked up 120 million star essence from the dead Imprinter. It was a nice windfall, though it was no surprise. After all, the man had been an Envoy.

Even though 120 million star essence was not too much, it was much better than nothing.

"Brother Lu, Madam Hong's location is actually related to an Empyrean Imprinter. My Hui family is absolutely certain about this. Are you sure that you don’t want to know?" Hui Santong asked again. He did not want to give up.

Lu Yin glanced over. "What was that?"

Hui Santong’s mouth fell open. This was impossible! He was Hui Santong, a descendant of the Hui family. The Hui family mirrored their surname, which meant intelligence. Every single member of the Hui family was very bright while Lu Yin focused solely on strength. Hui Santong had carefully analyzed Lu Yin, or to be more accurate, the entire Hui family had analyzed Lu Yin. His reaction did not fit their analysis at all.

He should be very interested in anything regarding Madam Hong, so what was wrong? It truly looked like Lu Yin did not care about this information, but that should be impossible. Could an analysis made by the entire Hui family be wrong?

Of course, it was not that Lu Yin did not care about Madam Hong, but rather that he had access to even more information than Hui Santong. From what Lu Yin had heard, it seemed that the Hui family did not actually know Madam Hong’s exact location; rather, they just suspected that her disappearance was related to Bluedome Elder. That information was quite outdated.

Having access to current information was vital. This was something that Lu Yin was becoming increasingly convinced of.

A stone pillar sporadically appeared in the location where Lu Yin and the others were. It would appear and disappear randomly, but there was always a piece of jade at the top of the pillar. That jade was the opportunity.

Liu Tianmu had been the first to arrive, followed by the people from the Sixth Mainland.

The young Hunter who wanted to become a Realmling was someone with amazing luck, as he had actually met up with an Imprinter from his own family. This was why Liu Tianmu had been forced to act as his sparring partner.

When Hui Santong had arrived, he had not noticed the Imprinter, nor had Fan Shun when he showed up. However, an Imprinter could have easily crushed either of them with a single finger.

Zhu San had been the only lucky one, as he had also stumbled upon the same place as everyone else, but he had managed to slip away as the Imprinter had not cared about Zhu San.

"That old man’s death certainly proves that even the roots have to be removed. You can’t underestimate anyone, not even ants," Hui Santong observed.

Zhu San glanced over and thought to himself, Your whole family is ants!

Of course, he only dared to think that within his own mind, and he would never say such words aloud. The Hui family was just as powerful as the Ce family, and neither was a power that Zhu San could antagonize.

Still, there would be a day when he was strong enough to do so! At that time, he would not fear anything. Zhu San was someone who wore women's clothes, so who could compare to him in the entire universe? He actually felt a bit proud of himself.

"He’s going to tell others about this place, and powerful experts will come over. Brother Lu, you shouldn't have let Fan Shun go," Hui Santong added.

"Hey, two-legged beast! You seem very familiar," the fish said. It had been staring at Hui Santong for a long time.

Hui Santong pursed his lips. He had already heard this vile fish’s tongue, and he had no interest in engaging with the creature.

Xi Qi quickly moved away, only to have her head beaten by the fish. Her head was covered with bruises left by the fish.

"Brother Lu, are you really not interested in where Madam Hong is?" Hui Santong asked one last time before giving up.

Lu Yin was serious. "No interest."

A bitter expression appeared on Hui Santong's face. Lu Yin's reaction to this information had caused Hui Santong to doubt his family’s competence. Something had to be wrong! This just should not be right. There was no way that Lu Yin should have this reaction.