Star Odyssey

“What is that?” someone yelped.

Lu Yin’s face turned grim, as he could feel a powerful threat from the blood lotuses.

The fatty beside him turned pale. “What the heck is that?”

The area inside of the cauldron was extremely extensive, and all of the people within it had been searching through their own little corner. However, at this moment, everyone was looking up to observe the blood lotuses that had been released by someone.

Each blood lotus bloomed with a fatal beauty.

A little while later, a silhouette appeared within one of the blood lotuses, which was Blood Looney, the same person who had recently appeared at First Divine Gate.

Blood Looney dangled his feet from the blood lotus and sneered down at the people in the cauldron. His already red eyes turned to an even brighter shade of red. 

“Who are you? Why did you block the exit of the cauldron, and why are you recklessly killing people?” someone asked. 

Blood Looney grinned widely. “Let’s play a game.” 

Everyone looked up at Blood Looney in confusion. A game? This person must be crazy. What kind of game does he want to play? 

“I have a die here, and whatever number I roll will be the number of people who can leave the cauldron alive,” Blood Looney slowly explained in a chilling voice. 

“Are you from the Fifth Mainland?” someone shouted. 

Blood Looney laughed maniacally. “I’ll let you guess! Maybe I am, maybe I’m not. Let the games begin!”

A die appeared in his hand that he threw into the cauldron. Everyone’s concerned eyes watched as the die finally landed to reveal three pips. 

“Three? You guys have pretty good luck! Three of you will be allowed to leave here alive,” Blood Looney informed them in a creepy voice. The blood lotuses turned an even darker shade of red as he spoke. 

Lu Yin’s eyes twitched, and he felt an overt threat. This person was very powerful.

The fatty’s face turned pale. “Couldn’t he have just waited for two more days? My time’s almost up.”

“You lunatic! Are you trying to fight all of us by yourself?” someone bellowed, but Blood Looney didn’t even respond.

The roots of the blood lotuses started extending down towards the bottom of the cauldron. It seemed as if he was trying to cover the entire cauldron with blood lotuses. 

Most of the cultivators who visited the ruins of the Daosource Sect were sensitive towards threats, and the previous scene of a blood lotus reducing someone to nothing but a blood cloud had intimidated many people. However, since Blood Looney was clearly trying to attack everyone, most of the people present stopped hesitating and rushed into the sky to attack Blood Looney. 

These people were all comparable to the experts on the Top 100 Rankings, and some of them were even as strong as the top three of the Top 100 Rankings. Blood Looney’s eyes turned a brilliant red, and his pupils changed form to that of a wild beast as he faced the attacks. He then released a chilling roar that caused the blood lotuses to surge as blood red dragons shot out from the lotuses. 

“Those are corpse dragons and blood lotuses! He has dual bloodlines—I know who he is! That’s Blood Looney! He was placed in cryostasis thousands of years ago after he failed to become one of the Daosource Three Skies!” someone in the cauldron shouted. 

Blood Looney laughed. “I will strengthen these lotuses with your blood to make myself more powerful. Then, I will wait here for the Daosource Three Skies! My rage at being forced into cryostasis for a thousand years will only be appeased when I replace the Daosource Three Skies.” 

Bang bang bang!

The blood red corpse dragons clashed with dozens of cultivators. Although the cultivators in this place were generally quite powerful, they all ended up being defeated by the corpse dragons. It only took a few seconds for the corpse dragons to tear five cultivators apart, leaving nothing but a blood cloud that was absorbed by the blood lotuses, strengthening them. 

“Let’s attack together! Those blood lotuses will only get more powerful as they absorb more blood. We can’t let him get away with this!” someone shouted. Then, everyone attacked in unison. 

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes; these people still hadn’t realized the huge gap between them and Blood Looney at all. Both Blood Looney and Shang Rong were people who were as strong as Hunters, and such powerhouses couldn’t be defeated by sheer numbers. 

Multiple corpse dragons rushed out of the blood lotuses and attacked the people in the cauldron. 

A corpse dragon that was ten meters long and enveloped by a bloody aura charged at Lu Yin.

The fatty yelped, “Bro, help me!” 

Lu Yin clenched his fists and attacked the corpse dragon with a Thirty-Stacks Hundredfold Shockwave Palm. The corpse dragon was shattered by his attack, but it recovered near instantly and lashed out at Lu Yin with its tail. Lu Yin dodged aside, so quickly that his movements shattered space and released shockwaves that blew Huang San away. 

A single corpse dragon was already extremely powerful on its own, and there were nearly a hundred corpse dragons that had been released into the cauldron. This was an impossible difference to overcome. 

Mr. Bai twirled his fan around, and it turned into a mark on his forehead. He also attacked the corpse dragon and managed to shatter it, but despite that, the corpse dragon once again recovered and continued its attack. 

Miss Qing was entirely focused on dodging the attacks.

People kept being swallowed by the corpse dragons, which in turn strengthened the blood lotuses.

Lu Yin’s expression was grim. This was a person who had tried to challenge the Daosource Three Skies in the past, so he had to at least be as strong as a Realmling. A Realmling was someone who could compete against the Ten Arbiters, which meant that Lu Yin was facing someone who was at the same level as the Ten Arbiters. He had no idea how to deal with someone like that without the help of any external objects. 

Another corpse dragon crashed towards Lu Yin.

Lu Yin lifted up his hand as his Fatesand formed a clump of soil that blocked the corpse dragon’s attack. He then pressed his hands against the corpse dragon and shoved it away as seven lined battle force manifested around his body. At the same time, the silhouette of the Skygobbling Pig appeared around the fatty as he bit at the corpse dragon.

The corpse dragon also tried to bite the fatty. 

It was astounding to watch a dragon and a pig snapping at each other.

Mr. Bai leapt towards Lu Yin. “Brother Deaf-mute, we have to put our full efforts forth right now. We can only rely on our luck to leave this place alive.” 

Lu Yin was stumped, as even the combination of his battle force, domain, and physical strength was not enough to overcome these corpse dragons. The dragons were able to instantly recover after being shattered, and were thus very hard to defeat. Moreover, the number of people who had been devoured by the lotuses was constantly rising, which made the dragons grow even more powerful. Thus, Blood Looney would also keep growing stronger. Once he successfully absorbed enough blood from these people in the Daosource Sect ruins, he might become a powerhouse who could defeat the Daosource Three Skies. Thus, the people in the cauldron were nothing more than stepping stones for his future. 

Lu Yin only had one method available to him at this moment, which was to attack Blood Looney with the Dream Finger. He had to make sure that his attack connected with Blood Looney so that he could injure him. Of course, Lu Yin didn’t expect to kill Blood Looney with the Dream Finger, as that was impossible given that this freak was on the same level as the Ten Arbiters. 

Although the people in the cauldron were being suppressed, there were still some experts within the crowd. A man and a woman managed to dodge a corpse dragon and were getting closer to Blood Looney. 

Blood Looney lifted his head as a purple line appeared around his face: it was eight-lined battle force. 

Impressive imprints appeared behind both the man and the woman. Blood Looney licked his lips. “A cosmic Imprinter! You guys aren’t bad.”

He used his body to withstand their attacks as the vague shadow of an old man appeared behind Blood Looney. The old man’s facial features could be seen clearly, and once this imprint appeared, an imposing aura crushed down upon everyone within the cauldron. 

The fatty stuttered, “Tha- that’s Bluedome Elder! He’s an Empyrean Imprinter!”

Lu Yin had already learned about the Imprinter system that existed in the Sixth Mainland through his conversations with his three companions. An Imprinter of a certain level was able to imprint some of their power onto another cultivator, which would then increase the weaker cultivator’s power level. Cultivators were able to choose Imprinters based on the power that they could withstand, and that determined the amount of strength that a cultivator could borrow. 

Imprinter, World Imprinter, Cosmic Imprinter, Empyrean Imprinter: this was the hierarchy of the Imprinter system. 

Lu Yin had made his own comparisons and deduced that Imprinters were probably Envoys whose power level was greater than 500,000. Only powerhouses with a power level that exceeded 500,000 were able to imprint other cultivators. 

According to Lu Yin’s estimate, an Empyrean Imprinter was most likely a powerhouse with a power level of almost a million. 

The stronger the Imprinter, the greater the power increase from the imprint. For people who were in the same realm, the difference between having the imprint of a normal Imprinter and a Empyrean Imprinter’s was huge. It was similar to the difference between a normal Explorer and one who was in the Top 100 Rankings. 

However, cultivators could not choose their Imprinters at random, and an important condition for obtaining imprints was the cultivator’s own ability to withstand an Imprinter’s power. Lu Yin still didn’t really understand anything about this condition. 

For example, Huang San was only able to withstand an imprint from a Yan family elder, who was a normal Imprinter. He couldn’t withstand an imprint from a world Imprinter. 

Meanwhile, the person in front of them had received an imprint from an Empyrean Imprinter, and it was even possible to clearly make out the expression of the Empyrean Imprinter’s face.

The fatty wasn’t being timid at this moment, as the two experts who had approached Blood Looney were comparable in strength to Autumnfrost Qing. Despite that, they had been utterly defeated and reduced to two blood clouds that were summarily absorbed by the blood lotuses. At that moment, the corpse dragons also became more powerful. 

Mr. Bai’s expression became rather downcast. “Let us make our best attempt.”

Miss Qing’s expression was similarly grim.

Lu Yin took a deep breath. The Yu Secret Art, Dream Finger, battle force, domain… He wondered if he would be able to survive with his skills, as at least one out of the four in his group would die.

Just as they were about to move forward to fight with Blood Looney, dozens of corpse dragons suddenly exploded in the sky. A white shadow flitted past everything and appeared in front of Blood Looney. The shadow then thrust a spear through Blood Looney’s neck even as Blood Looney had an expression of disbelief. 

The entire cauldron fell silent as the corpse dragons fell apart into pools of blood.

Everyone stared up at the sky in a daze. Blood Looney had just been killed.

This person wore a full set of white armor including a helmet and wielded a white spear. This person had appeared out of nowhere and killed Blood Looney with one stab of their spear. 

It was likely that not a single person present would ever be able to forget that impressive attack.

Drip

Drip

Drip

Blood steadily flowed out from Blood Looney’s neck, and he slowly fell to the ground after his killer pulled their spear back.

Everyone was staring at the person who looked like a knight.

At that moment, that person pointed their spear at the blood lotus and spoke in a low voice, “Come out!”

Everyone followed the person’s gaze and saw another silhouette still inside of the blood lotus. They were all shocked. Blood Looney? Everyone turned to look at the ground, where the body of the Blood Looney that was stabbed through the neck had fallen. They watched as the corpse slowly melted away and turned into a puddle of blood. It had been nothing more than an illusion. 

Everyone’s eyes glinted, and they carefully watched Blood Looney as he emerged from the blood lotus. He wasn’t dead yet. 

Blood Looney looked at the person in white armor with obvious excitement. “I didn’t expect someone like you to be here. Who are you?” 

The white armored knight raised their spear and simply answered, “Someone who is about to kill you.”

The armored figure then stabbed their spear at Blood Looney.