Star Odyssey

Chapter 2293: Must Die

A gray energy swirled around, and Xia Ziheng hesitated. He became confused right when he had been about to release his inner world, as he had gotten caught within an area of chaotic time and space.

While it was indeed impossible for Lu Yin to take action while inside Xia Ziheng's inner world, as long as he was not enveloped by the inner world, Lu Yin could move and attack freely.

With Inverse Step, Lu Yin was invincible beneath the Semi-Progenitor realm.

While using Inverse Step, Lu Yin’s body also started drying out and becoming desiccated from Extremes Must Be Reversed. Xia Ziheng was not the only Semi-Progenitor present who wanted to attack Lu Yin. It was just a matter of time before the others stepped in.

Sure enough, Mr. Yu attacked. He had never considered the possibility that Xia Ziheng would not be able to take down Lu Xiaoxuan even after releasing his inner world.

Lu Yin was amazed to once again see that every Semi-Progenitor’s inner world was unique. Neither Xia Ziheng nor Mr. Yu were able to surround Lu Yin with their inner worlds, yet that had indeed been the case for both the Sixth Mainland’s Lan Xian and Xue Laogui.

However, Lan Xian and Xue Laogui clearly possessed weaker inner worlds compared to Xia Ziheng and Mr. Yu, though they could easily handle an opponent like Lu Yin.

Once he became trapped within an inner world, Lu Yin would not be able to hide from a Semi-Progenitor.

However, the inner worlds of Xia Ziheng and Mr. Yu were incapable of doing this.

Were these the available options? Lu Yin's eyes flickered.

The Perennial World was home to far more Semi-Progenitors, and they had more opportunities to fight against others at their same level. On top of that, there was also the rear battlefield, which was constantly being attacked. It would make sense that the Perennial World’s Semi-Progenitors would want to make their inner world as strong as possible in order to gain access to a powerful weapon.

On the other hand, the Sixth Mainland’s Semi-Progenitors did not need to consider the power of their inner world at all. Simply possessing an inner world was enough to set them above all others, as it was too great an advantage.

As for the Fifth Mainland’s Semi-Progenitors, there were people like Jiu Chi, whose inner world filled an entire area, as well as people like Xia Ji, whose inner world was a simple saber.

Regardless, the forms of inner worlds that Xia Ziheng and Mr. Yu possessed made it very difficult for them to completely envelop Lu Yin within their inner worlds. Otherwise, he would stand no chance at all against the two men.

Right as Lu Yin was thinking of this, he noticed that his surroundings had changed. White shadows were appearing one after another and tangling together.

His expression changed completely. This was not good. Another Semi-Progenitor was joining the fray: Semi-Progenitor Chai. He had an inner world that claimed a region of space for himself.

"It wasn’t easy for you to come this far, but Lu Xiaoxuan, it's time for things to end." Semi-Progenitor Chai's voice rang out as the white shadows tangled together. At the same time, a huge fist dropped towards Lu Yin from Mr. Yu’s attack.

There was a boom, and Lu Yin was struck and sent flying into the ground. Xia Ziheng attacked, and his saber fell. "Die for this old man!"

"Stop!” Semi-Progenitor Chai raced to stop the attack, and a white shadow wrapped around Xia Ziheng and pulled him back.

Xia Ziheng shifted his weapon as he spun around to shoot a vicious glare at Semi-Progenitor Chai. "You want to save him?"

Semi-Progenitor Chai replied, "Lu Xiaoxuan can't die yet. I need to ask him certain questions. There’s no evidence that he captured Patriarch Wang Zheng or Patriarch Long Ke. Just because he appeared, he is not guaranteed to have been involved in those matters."

"We’ll capture him for now." Mr. Yu stretched a massive hand into the ground to grab Lu Yin, but as everyone watched in disbelief, the hand was sliced off.

Mr. Yu stared at the ground in a stunned daze, looking at his missing hand. It was as though he was looking at the most fascinating sight.

Mr. Yu was not alone, as Xia Ziheng, Semi-Progenitor Chai, Wu Yao, and even the God of Food, Xia Xing and everyone else who was further away from the battle were also staring at the scene in stupefaction. They had been repeatedly shocked throughout the day, yet not a single development was as startling as this moment, not even when Lu Yin had managed to injure Xia Ziheng.

Mr. Yu's severed hand was part of his inner world.

Deep in the ground, Lu Yin's eyes were blazing. Stars streamed out from his body like a river, creating what looked like a replica of the universe. This was the power that lay within his chest. As he emerged from the ground, the power instantly spread out. The black and white mist held the shape of the two parts of a yin-yang symbol. Fatesand formed the core. Stellular energy created a shell. The entire thing was surrounded by two streams of energy; one black, and one white. Not only did this odd phenomena push back Mr. Yu, but it also forced open an empty space within Semi-Progenitor Chai's inner world.

Semi-Progenitor Chai's pupils shrank to points. "An- an inner world?"

Xia Ziheng's face grew pale. Was this really an inner world?

That had to be impossible. How could a three-tribulation Envoy develop an inner world?

The people present in Shenwu’s Sky had witnessed endless impossibilities proven possible this day, and yet they were seeing one more impossibility be brought to life.

Lu Yin slowly rose from the ground. He had not expected the power that he cultivated in his chest to be so powerful. No, this was pure dominance. It simply surpassed all other things and opened up its own world. Any power that encountered Lu Yin’s own would be either assimilated and absorbed or forced back. There was no other choice. Even a Semi-Progenitor’s inner world was pushed back.

When Lu Yin had first used his unique power, he had stopped the numerous fused slashes that Chu Yuan had released at once with his Realm of Time. Later, it had shattered Heluo Mavis’s power. When Lu Yin had returned to the Perennial World, his unique power had shattered Xia Xing’s Divine Martial Armor. The only thing that Lu Yin’s power had not been able to suppress, absorb, or push back had been Bai Xian'er.

Aside from Bai Xian'er, Lu Yin had never encountered any opponent who could resist his power.

This was Lu Yin’s first time using his power against a Semi-Progenitor, and he was seeing that he was capable of even pushing back an inner world.

Semi-Progenitor Chai's inner world had completely enveloped Lu Yin and the surrounding area, but there was an empty pocket within the inner world, and it followed Lu Yin wherever he went.

No one was more clear on exactly what was happening than Semi-Progenitor Chai. It was his inner world, and he could sense every single part of it. He could feel that the area close to Lu Yin was completely missing.

Semi-Progenitor Chai could actually sense Lu Yin’s power, but only enough to tell that it was a power that could not be infiltrated. In fact, the reverse was taking place. His inner world was being permeated by Lu Yin’s strange power. The Semi-Progenitor’s vastly greater strength meant nothing, as he felt completely powerless before Lu Yin’s unique energy.

"Kill him. Kill him! You have to kill him!" Semi-Progenitor Chai's voice grew louder and louder, until he sounded practically insane and his eyes were flushed red. "You have to kill Lu Xiaoxuan! Kill him! If you don’t, no one will be able to stop him in the future!"

Semi-Progenitor Chai's crazed words still hung in the air as Xia Ziheng and Mr. Yu both attacked. Even Wu Yao attacked, and the half-moon slashed at Lu Yin.

None of the men hesitated any longer, and they employed their full strength specifically to kill Lu Yin.

In the past, regardless of how freakish a combat strength Lu Yin had demonstrated, the Semi-Progenitors had been able to accept it. Even if they could not fathom his abilities, they could still accept them. However, that was no longer the case. Given this bizarre power that he was demonstrating, if Lu Xiaoxuan passed six, eight tribulations, or even became a Semi-Progenitor, what sort of combat strength would he wield at that time?

All four of the men had countless thoughts flash through their minds in an instance. They remembered the lockbreaking ability this youth had revealed, as well as the fact that he had passed the Sky Beyond the Sky trial. They had tens of thousands of reasons to want Lu Yin, even if he was not from the Lu family. Such a freakish genius should simply not exist.

Lu Yin took a deep breath. Then, for the first time, he took action for real. He lifted his head and stepped forward. Protected by his unique power, he was able to ignore Semi-Progenitor Chai's inner world. The chaotic field of time and space that accompanied Lu Yin as he moved caused Mr. Yu, who was closest, to pause for a moment as he was attacking. The streams of black and white energy that swirled around Lu Yin shot back into his body, and he instantly completed the God of Death Transformation for a second time. The scythe rose up and dropped down to slash at Mr. Yu.

Mr. Yu no longer dared to underestimate Lu Yin at this point of time. He was feeling tremendous pressure from this youth, despite the fact that he had only passed three stellular tribulations.

The scythe tore down the holy side of the giant as Mr. Yu fled into the void in an attempt to dodge the scythe. From behind Lu Yin, the half-moon shot out from the void. Lu Yin spun around and used his white shield to block the attack. There was a massive bang, and he was blown backwards.

Countless blades fell from overhead, and chains shot out of Lu Yin’s body in response. However, the chains were all slashed apart by the blades.

His pupils transformed into runes, and he stared at the endless blades.. They started to disappear.

The rain of blades paused for a brief moment, but even with the boost from the God of Flames’ runes which could compare to a Semi-Progenitor's, Lu Yin could not hold back Xia Ziheng's inner world for long.

Every last one of the four Semi-Progenitors was attacking with their full strength. They were all experts whom anyone would struggle against in a one-on-one situation, yet all four of them were cooperating to face one person.

Even though Lu Yin struggled desperately to endure against his attackers, no one watching the battle would ever be able to forget what they saw for the rest of their lives.

Who could even have dreamed that a three-tribulation Envoy could rise to such a level? Not only was he crossing multiple realms to challenge a Semi-Progenitor, but he was holding his own against four Semi-Progenitors from the four ruling powers.

Not a single person spoke at this moment, as everyone was too stunned.

Liu Que’s arms fell to his sides. He wanted to challenge the four Junior Progenitors, and he had been even more eager to challenge Lu Xiaoxuan, who had stomped on all of the Junior Progenitors. However, seeing Lu Xiaoxuan's true level of strength left Liu Que wallowing in despair.?Is this something that humans are even capable of?

No one could answer Liu Que’s question, not even a Progenitor.

Such a battle was completely unprecedented in all of history.

Qing Ping had once shared that Mister Mu's standard for accepting someone as his disciple was for an Envoy to be able to defeat a Semi-Progenitor, and for a Semi-Progenitor to defeat a Progenitor. At this moment, Lu Yin was doing something that might leave even Mister Mu surprised.

This was a battle that no one watching would ever forget, as they were witnessing history.

"Lu Xiaoxuan, you can't be allowed to live." Wu Yao pushed a colorful cloud forward. It looked the same as the multi-colored clouds that filled the sky above Celestial Frost Sect. Anyone who tried to approach Wu Yao would have to go through the same sort of trial as when challenging the Sky Beyond the Sky trial, which meant that this cloud could protect Wu Yao, even if Xia Ziheng and the other two Semi-Progenitors teamed up against Wu Yao.

This colorful cloud had been given to Wu Yao by Bai Wangyuan. It was the Semi-Progenitor’s most precious life-saving treasure, and yet he had brought it out against the inconceivable threat that was Lu Xiaoxuan.

Lu Yin dodged Xia Ziheng's half-moon with Inverse Step, but the Semi-Progenitor still managed to cut Lu Yin’s left arm and leg. His body only recovered a bit from its desiccated state before he managed to reuse Extremes Must Be Reversed.

The colorful cloud appeared in front of Lu Yin, but he simply charged towards it without the slightest hesitation. He ripped straight through the cloud, staring at Wu Yao the entire time, and raised the scythe up high. Aurelian force burst out, burning the void even as the scythe fell on a diagonal angle.

Wu Yao was still struck by the image of Lu Yin tearing through the colorful cloud, and he was unable to react in time. Fortunately, a white shadow dragged him out of the way right before the void was sliced apart by the falling scythe.

Lu Yin glared at the more distant Semi-Progenitor Chai. If not for him, Wu Yao would have just suffered a grave wound. Even if it would not have been possible to deliver multiple attacks, every wound given in this battle was another step forward.

The four Semi-Progenitors were not just all attacking Lu Yin, they had started to cooperate with each other, which raised their level of threat to an entirely different level.

Blades shot at Lu Yin from every direction. From far overhead, Mr. Yu’s inner world in the form of a giant wept massive tears that fell down. It felt as though the world had been flipped over as the tears struck Lu Yin.

Lu Yin clenched his left hand tightly, and then suddenly opened it back up as his spiritual force exploded and swept out in every direction.

Even the Semi-Progenitors were stunned for a moment. Lu Yin had spent years reciting the Origin Progenitor’s Sutra, and his spiritual force had risen to reach a level that was not much worse than Kui Luo’s. Even Semi-Progenitors would struggle against Lu Yin’s spiritual force, especially Mr. Yu, who had the weakest resistance. The giant nearly fell down.

Seizing the opening, Lu Yin tried to escape with Inverse Step.