Star Odyssey

Chapter 3000: Speed Comparable To Time

Chapter 3000: Speed Comparable To Time

Jiang Qingyue soon made her escape, following the plan that they had agreed upon in advance. After all, if she did not escape, how would they lure the Seven-Star Mantis in?

The Progenitor-level mantis chased after her, and it was shockingly fast, but Jiang Qingyue was far from slow. Given that she also had Dragonturtle’s help, the mantis was unable to catch up, and it eventually gave up.

It explored the entire universe, but it found that Jiang Qingyue was the only human present who could fight back.

The beast took several days to make certain that there were no peak powerhouses in the universe before being satisfied with what it had discovered and returning to its own universe.

Their next visitor should be the Seven-Star Mantis.

Jiang Qingyue returned to Lu Yin, her breathing heavy.

Lu Yin looked at her. "How was it?" Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

Jiang Qingyue clenched the hilt of her sword. "I will deal with it."

Lu Yin's eyes flashed. The mantis’s strength was very focused. While it had the destructive power of a true Progenitor, it could not come close to any of the Origin Universe’s Progenitors who had faced multiple stellular tribulations on their path to power and who all possessed a Progenitor’s world. Still, the mantis would not be easily defeated by a Semi-Progenitor.

Jiang Qingyue still had a trump card that she had kept hidden. That was good.

"It won’t be long before the next battle," Lu Yin muttered to himself.

Just half a month later, the Progenitor-level mantis returned. It appeared to be searching for Jiang Qingyue, but when it failed to find her, it returned.

After another month passed, the mantis returned. It visited again and again, until Lu Yin and the others grew practically numb to its visits. Only after more than half a year passed did Lu Yin suddenly feel a flash of danger that caused his heart to skip a beat.

He stared across the universe with Heaven’s Sight and saw that a truly enormous mantis had arrived. It looked quite similar to the Progenitor-level mantis, though this one was more than ten times larger and radiated a terrifying pressure.

"Here we go." Lu Yin's expression grew solemn.

The jiao's claws extended, but not because it wanted to attack. It felt threatened.

Despite not being a sequence powerhouse, the Seven-Star Mantis still possessed enough strength to draw Aeternus’s attention, and even the Lord of Lightning found the mantis a difficult opponent. There had to be something special about the bug.

The Seven-Star Mantis stared forward with its triangular head. The Progenitor-level mantis appeared behind the larger beast. It was clear that the two were communicating, but Lu Yin and the others were too far away to hear anything. Even if they were closer, they might not be able to understand anything that was said.

Jiang Qingyue revealed her aura energy, which caused the Seven-Star Mantis to instantly look over at her. The Progenitor-level mantis also sensed Jiang Qingyue, and it spread its wings before shooting through the void.

Jiang Qingyue stepped forward, her sword in her hand already slashing out.

The Progenitor-level mantis released a strange laugh as it stared at her with its narrow eyes. It was a look that would give anyone the chills, especially as it slashed at Jiang Qingyue with its two blades. There was a bang as the attack flew at Jiang Qingyue, and the Progenitor-level mantis shot towards her even faster.

Lu Yin focused entirely on the Seven-Star Mantis. This creature showed no intention of moving any closer, though it continued to stare at Jiang Qingyue.

Many peak powerhouses were extremely cautious individuals. Without such caution, they would not have survived this long.

Old Mo had that trait, and so too did the Seven-Star Mantis.

Lu Yin observed the spatial lines, moved along them, and attacked.

Seven-Star Mantis was still staring at Jiang Qingyue’s battle against the Progenitor-level mantis, but it suddenly tilted its head to the side. Right after that, Lu Yin appeared. He had disguised himself to prevent the Seven-Star Mantis from recognizing him, and the fact that Lu Yin clearly was not a peak powerhouse meant that the Seven-Star Mantis would not sense a deadly threat and not immediately try to escape.

"Chirp, chirp, An attack that can threaten me? I felt sequence particles from that, didn’t I? Chirp, very impressive. Humans, where are you from? You set a trap for me." The Seven-Star Mantis stared at Arch-Elder Zen. As far as the beast was concerned, Arch-Elder Zen, as the most powerful human present, must be the mastermind behind this attack. The fact that such an intimidating attack had been released by the old man was proof to the mantis.

Arch-Elder Zen's face grew pale, and the summoned Lu Tianyi slowly disappeared. The Progenitor was already powerless.

The Seven-Star Mantis could see this, but the last attack that had targeted it had been quite terrifying, and it was not sure if the human was merely pretending to be weakened.

Lu Yin let out a long breath. Since the plan had failed, the only option was to fight at full power.

He observed the spatial lines and visualized the Immovable Heavenly King Elephant as Wielder-realm battle force spread across his arms and Infinity merged with his body. As Lu Yin released a punch, the star in his inner universe that was formed from the Withered Bark shifted and confined 100 punches.

The Seven-Star Mantis had grown wary of Arch-Elder Zen, and it was not paying much attention to Lu Yin. However, the moment that Lu Yin attacked, the mantis could no longer ignore the younger man. The beast’s blades rose, and while it continued to stare at Arch-Elder Zen, its blades attacked Lu Yin.

While this attack appeared quite ordinary, it managed to block every path that Lu Yin's attack could take. The Seven-Star Mantis might not have learned any sword skills, but it wielded them with inimitable familiarity, and it had been fighting since the day it was born. It killed out of sheer instinct, and its attacks were just as skilled as someone who had studied the sword, if not even better.

Lu Yin stared at the mantis’s blades with Heaven’s Sight. Regardless of whether a creature relied on battle techniques, practiced skills, or biological instincts, there would always be some sort of trace that Heaven’s Sight could find. From there, Lu Yin would be able to break through any weapon technique.

While the mantis’s blades had blocked all paths that Lu Yin’s attack could take, nothing in existence was perfect. The Seven-Star Mantis was not even a sequence powerhouse, and it was far from reaching the level of perfection.

Using Heaven’s Sight, Lu Yin stepped forward with Inverse Step.

The mantis’s blade suddenly froze, and then it was pushed back at an odd angle, taking the Seven-Star Mantis by surprise. Lu Yin seized the opportunity to punch the beast in the abdomen.

This attack finally managed to actually hit the Seven-Star Mantis.

The mantis had even managed to avoid a sneak attack from Arch-Elder Zen with its shocking speed, but Lu Yin had managed to land a direct hit. The mantis thought that it had blocked Lu Yin’s attack, but Lu Yin had broken past the creature’s defenses and struck with 100 confined punches. This attack had even rocked the Cyclops King. The Seven-Star Mantis’s defenses could not compare the Cyclops King’s, and the damage from the punch could only be imagined.

Green blood leaked from the corners of the beast’s cruel mouth, and its huge body was knocked back by the punch. The narrow eyes stared at the small human in utter disbelief. The mantis could not believe that a human who was not even a peak powerhouse could cause so much damage with a single punch.

This punch made the beast question its entire life.

Its abdomen had cracks running across it.

The Seven-Star Mantis’s narrow eyes stared at Lu Yin as it chirped angrily.

Lu Yin took a step forward, and his hand rose to release another punch.

The Seven-Star Mantis no longer dared to underestimate Lu Yin. It had automatically been wary of Arch-Elder Zen, as the man was a Progenitor, but it turned out that the weaker human posed just as serious a threat.

Four pairs of wings unfurled from the mantis’s back, and it suddenly disappeared. With its wings in use, its speed had increased dramatically.

Lu Yin frowned and stopped moving.

The Seven-Star Mantis attacked from Lu Yin’s side, its blades falling. Lu Yin moved with Inverse Step, and the blade fell in front of him. He grabbed the blade with his left hand as the slipper appeared in his right before slapping down.

He had further Enhanced the slipper, and Lu Yin was certain that a direct hit from the slipper would instantly leave the mantis close to death.

Perhaps because the humans’ previous two attacks had terrified the mantis, or possibly because it sensed danger, the moment the slipper appeared, the Seven-Star Mantis unfurled all six pairs of wings from its back, and it instantly disappeared.

Once again, the sense of being out of phase with the universe appeared, but Lu Yin clung to the mantis’s blade and refused to let go. He wanted to land a blow with the slipper, but he was unable to reach the beast’s actual body. It was constantly shifting its body around as it dragged Lu Yin through the void at a speed comparable to time itself. The only part of the mantis’s body that Lu Yin could hit with the slipper was the blade that he was holding in his hand.

The Seven-Star Mantis wanted to shake Lu Yin off with its speed, but it had underestimated Lu Yin's strength. The human had caught hold of one of the beast’s blades, and it would be difficult to break free.

The mantis’s forte was speed, not strength. It was not much stronger than Lu Yin, and it was completely incapable of escaping from the human’s clutches.