Star Odyssey

Chapter 2862: Gourd?

Chapter 2862: Gourd?

Lu Yin suppressed the urge to attack, and he instead stared beyond the Wall of Purity with a cold expression. "If you had nothing to do with my Lu family’s exile, then you are welcome to return to the Origin Universe. You will be questioned, just to ensure that you are telling the truth, but I will not humiliate you. If you insist on not returning, then if you are from the Origin Universe, I will treat that as an admission of your participation in my family’s exile. Then, you will suffer the consequences of that betrayal."

Lu Yin stared at Specter Progenitor. "Wang Fan, I will see you die without a grave. No matter how big the Sixverse Association might be, they won’t be able to protect you."

Specter Progenitor did not speak, though his eyes flickered. The four ruling powers were gone, and there was no longer any place for them in the Perennial World.

Bai Sheng and Xia Qin glanced at each other. Neither of them had been involved in the Lu family’s exile. They had not returned to the Perennial World not only because they had been helping protect the Sixverse Association, but also because they had not been certain of the Lu family's attitude towards them.

No one wanted to die, not even them.

The Lu family had always been domineering. It would be a pity if the two Progenitors were killed and anointed as champions.

Xia Qin had been very frustrated with her Xia family, but that did not mean that she wanted to risk death by returning. She had not been very clear on the relationship between Xia Shenji and Lu Yin as well.

Lu Yin had now made that position clear, and the two Progenitors felt that they should seriously consider returning.

Big Sis snorted disdainfully. "Let me go deal with them."

Lu Yin whispered, "Big Sis, this isn’t the right place."

Why did Lu Yin not want to deal with everyone here? The Great Sovereign was already protecting the spy, Nutjob Lu, from Ancestor Lu Yuan, as well as the traitors Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan. These debts would eventually be collected, and once Lu Yin had the confidence to act, even the Great Sovereign would be forced to pay the price.

But that time had not arrived yet.

Arrow Sage was afraid that Lu Yin and his group would attack Bai Sheng and the others, so he quickly asked a guide to the Orchid Forest Universe to come over.

The guide was a woman, and she was a native of the Voidforce Universe. She was normally tasked with transporting people from her own universe to the Orchid Forest Universe, but she had temporarily been brought to the Wall of Purity.

Coincidentally, Xu Xiangyin was in the group of people being sent to the Orchid Forest Universe. Due to Lu Yin's interference, the date for Xu Xiangyin and those in his group to go to the Endless Frontier had been delayed.

"Your servant is a guide for the Orchid Forest Universe. Greetings, Lord Lu, and all of you seniors." The woman was nervous and close to panicking. She trembled as she addressed all these peak powerhouses, with the jiao leaving the woman particularly uneasy. She just hoped that she would not be swallowed whole.

Lu Yin calmly ordered, "Take us to the Orchid Forest Universe."

"Yes, Lord Lu."

Lu Yin and the rest were soon taken to the Endless Frontier’s Orchid Forest Universe by the guide.

Once they left the Wall of Purity, Arrow Sage heaved a sigh of relief. Lu Yin’s presence had pressured him greatly. The Heavens Sect had too many powerhouses, while the Cyclic Universe only had four peak powerhouses at the Wall of Purity. If Lu Yin and the jiao were also taken into account, then the Heavens Sect had sent six peak powerhouses. What’s more, there were still more experts in the Origin Universe.

The balance of power in the Sixverse Association had completely shifted.

The Orchid Forest Universe was separated from the Decaying Diablo Universe by four parallel universes.

Lu Yin did not want to make it too obvious that they were going to the Decaying Diablos Universe to help the Merchant Exchange lest they be targeted by the Aeternals. So, the only option was to travel to a nearby universe like the Orchid Forest Universe and then rush through several parallel universes.

In Proximity, Sage Bodhi received a message from Arrow Sage that surprised her. Lord Lu had led a total of six peak powerhouses to the Orchid Forest Universe. What were they doing in that place?

At the moment, the Great Sovereign and the other rulers of the universes were fighting a massive battle against Aeternus, and their fight was tearing the Endless Frontier apart. Several parallel universes had already collapsed. But at such a time, Dao Monarch Lu and several other Progenitors were entering the Endless Frontier. Why?

"Immediately find out what is going on with Lord Lu and his party," Sage Bodhi ordered.

A woman quickly reported, "Lord Lu and the others were detected in the Platinum Universe."

Sage Bodhi was surprised. How much time had passed? Had Lu Yin already passed from the Orchid Forest Universe to the Platinum Universe?

On the Endless Frontier, in the Platinum Universe, Lu Yin was sitting atop the jiao and staring at the falling stars before him. Was this the Platinum Universe?

This was the universe that Wendy Yushan had been taken to after being kidnapped by Sovereign Shao Yin. At that time, Lu Yin had thought that he needed to rescue Wendy, but the woman had escaped on her own.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yin had still arrived in the Platinum Universe, though his circumstances were entirely different from before.

At that time, Lu Yin had been forced to travel across the Endless Frontier by Sovereign Shao Yin. This time, Lu Yin was on his way to kill that very same Sovereign. There was no way to predict the twists and turns of life.

The Platinum Universe was an ordinary parallel universe. There were no peak powerhouses in the universe, and the strongest people here were only equal to Semi-Progenitors.

Lu Yin nodded. Imposing a law on a universe and then integrating it into the fundamental existence of the universe was something that could only be done by someone far more powerful than Sovereign Shao Yin. Old Mo had managed to alter the entire Umbral Universe with the Law of Darkness, but that man was also much stronger than Sovereign Shao Yin.

However, there was no need to pay attention to Hu Guiren, as the man was already dead.

Lu Yin patted the jiao. "Let's go."

The jiao did not like being trapped within a gourd. No matter how anyone looked at the situation, the jiao looked absurd.

However, there was nothing that the jiao could do, as it could not overpower the laws of the universe.

At this moment, Lu Yin’s communication crystal vibrated.

Throughout the Sixverse Association, most communications were conducted through communication crystals. Lu Yin also had his own, just to allow for easy communications.

In the Perennial World, wireless jincans had already replaced communications crystals, and after the Origin Universe had become a member of the Sixverse Association, each of the other member universes had started interacting and trading with the Origin Universe.

The wireless jincans were one of the Origin Universe’s products that they were most eager to distribute. However, they had not become very popular yet.

"Is this Dao Monarch Lu?"

Lu Yin hummed.

"There is a crisis in the Gourd Universe, and I would like to request Dao Monarch Lu’s assistance to reinforce the center of the universe."

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. "What’s going on?"

"Our Sixverse Association’s Senior Mu Tao and Senior Xiu Ci are fighting against two corpse kings, one of which has used a Red Eyes Transformation, which makes its gourd incredibly hard. The two seniors are only able to survive by helping each other, as neither of them can directly stand up to this corpse king. They’re struggling to hold out and won’t last much longer. None of the nearby battlefields can afford to send reinforcements.”

Lu Yin lowered his communication crystal. He quickly found their destination, and the jiao shot forward.

Lu Yin had never met Mu Tao, but he was familiar with Xiu Ci, and the man had an excellent reputation.

Even more importantly, Xiu Ci had very good standing in the Voidforce Universe, which made it more than appropriate for Lu Yin to help this Void Suprema.

A great distance away from the jiao, at the center of the Gourd Universe, Mu Tao was panting, trying to catch his breath. Blood dyed his mustache red and constantly dripped down. His sword was broken, and his Progenitor’s world only had a few peaches remaining on the tree.

Nearby, Xiu Ci was not in much better condition. Blood had also stained his beard, and his Formless Barrier was pressed right up against his own gourd.

"Bearded freak, how are you doing?" Mu Tao asked between breaths. His eyes never left the female corpse king in front of him that was surrounded by a sea of blood.

Xiu Ci gave a bitter smile. "Little Mustache, we’re going to suffer this time. We can't hold out."

He eyed the distant red-eyed corpse king. It was clear that the gourd surrounding that corpse king was far more durable than the ones surrounding either of the two humans. Their gourds were covered with cracks.

If their gourds broke, they would die.

Mu Tao shrugged. "Proximity has known about our situation for some time, but no reinforcements have shown up even after all this time. I’d say that the other battlefields are having a rough time of things as well.”

"Aeternus attacked the Tea Ceremony, and war broke out across the Endless Frontier, as well as in each of the Sixverse Association’s members' universes. The Aeternals have gone nuts, and we’re just lucky we aren’t facing a captain of the True God Guard."

"Lucky my ass! We’re still going to die."

Neither of the two ever mentioned escaping. They would rather die fighting than flee. This was their responsibility.

Without people bearing this responsibility, how could humans have successfully defended against the Aeternals for so long?

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA