Star Odyssey

Chapter 3026: Pressure

Progenitor Xi stood with her sword in her hand. Her eyes moved down from the sky to look at Lu Tianyi. “Do you wish to continue this battle?”

The man’s expression had turned very solemn. Gu Yizhi had once been one of the top powerhouses of the Heavens Sect era. His sudden appearance was unexpected, and Lu Tianyi had not anticipated it at all.

The battle had just become far more difficult.

In the sky, above the Scourge, Ancient God observed the entire battlefield from his vantage point before turning to look at a point in the distance where Astral Anura’s massive body was constantly quivering. After a moment, Ancient God’s gaze dropped back down, and then he abruptly vanished.

Lu Yin’s expression changed drastically. “Watch out!”

Before he could even finish giving a warning, three heads flew into the air. They had belonged to Bureau Director Gan, Chen Le, and Shan Pu. Those three had been the closest to Ancient God.

Three peak powerhouses had died without even seeing their attacker.

Blood sprayed, dyeing the ground red. Three pairs of eyes remained vigilant, even in death. They had been extremely wary of Ancient God suddenly attacking them, but even then, they had not been able to anticipate their instantaneous deaths.

White snow covered the ground as the Ice Lord attacked, trying to freeze Ancient God with sequence particles.

Ancient God raised a hand, and a purplish-black substance spread out. A single sweep of the man’s hand pushed all of the snow aside. Lu Yin stared in astonishment as Ancient God swept the freezing sequence particles away with one hand, and then clenched his other fist and punched at the Ice Lord’s distant form. There was a bang, and the Ice Lord was sent flying. His sequence particles had not been able to protect him at all.

The gap in strength between the two was simply too vast. They were not on the same level at all.

Ancient God only took action twice, and yet he had killed three peak powerhouses and injured the Ice Lord. There seemed to be no difference between peak powerhouses and sequence powerhouses to the Skygod.

The ground twisted as the Earth Lord attacked. Sequence particles rose from beneath the ground, attempting to drag Ancient God underground. At the same time, the Lightning Lord attacked, ignoring Skydog’s attack as lightning rained down on Ancient God.

Sequence particles from two different powerhouses assaulted Ancient God, enveloping him from both above and below.

The man looked up, and the purplish-black substance shrouded his entire form as he simply allowed the sequence particles to surround him. Then, he bent his legs and shattered both of the attacks.

Both the Lightning Lord and Hou Zhu were left completely dumbfounded. Was it really that easy to break through their sequence particles?

Ancient God ignored both Hou Zhu and the Lightning Lord, suddenly turning away to face where someone else was making their way towards the Skygod. Shockingly, it was Lu Tianyi.

Lu Tianyi had been fighting against Progenitor Xi, but he had been left with no choice but to abandon her to confront Ancient God.

If Ancient God were allowed to rampage across the battlefield, how many more people would he kill?

Big Sis took Lu Tianyi’s place, fighting against Progenitor Xi’s, and Xu Wuwei chased after the Purple Emperor.

Despite the distance between Ancient God and Lu Tianyi, the two had instantly recognized each other as opponents. On the current battlefield, practically no one could truly be considered Ancient God’s opponent. The only available option was Lu Tianyi.

Neither of the two were moving fast as they drew closer and closer to each other.

Ancient God raised a hand and threw a punch. He had pioneered Wielder-realm battle force and literally created the race of colossal giants. He was the first person in human history to have achieved Wielder - Indestructible on his own merit. When it came to physical strength, Aeternus might not have anyone who surpassed Ancient God.

Lu Tianyi pointed a finger, combining his Law of Undoing with the Dao of One Heavens. This combination had once severely injured Undying God. Lu Tianyi boldly clashed with Ancient God.

As the two men’s attacks collided, there was no sound, but the impact’s sound was so overwhelming that it eclipsed everything else anyone heard.

A shockwave blasted out, sweeping over everything with such power that not even peak powerhouses could avoid being blown back.

If someone looked down on the Scourge from far above, they would see that everything had been pushed back from a single point. The impact had forced back the earth, the rivers of divine energy, and even the void. The Hollow expanded and devoured everything it encountered.

Lu Yin retreated further and further. He needed to swat debris away with a hand, but as he looked over, Heaven’s Sight only saw the Hollow, which was a deadly threat to even peak powerhouses. Where is Ancestor Tianyi?

Ancestor Tianyi was fighting against Ancient God, which was equivalent to fighting against Ancestor Lu Yuan, as he and Ancient God were peers.

While Ancient God had attacked the Fifth Mainland in the past, the fact that all Seven Skygods had been shunned from that universe meant that Lu Tianyi had been able to face off against all of them on his own. In the Scourge, the situation was reversed; Lu Tianyi was shunned, while he had to face Ancient God’s full strength. Lu Yin was quite worried about his ancestor.

Everyone’s eyes turned to look at the source of the shockwave. Even Astral Anura looked down from where he was fighting against Lord Xu in the sky.

A golden light pierced through the darkness as beams of light shot into the sky. The Investiture of the Gods had appeared.

Lu Yin sighed in relief. As long as the Investiture of the Gods could be used, Ancestor Tianyi had to be fine.

Suddenly, a clear light swept through the area, and the light of the Investiture of the Gods instantly disappeared.

Lu Yin grew furious, and he spun around to look for the being of pure energy.

He scanned the area with Heaven’s Sight.

The creature’s Absolute Energy Domain had erased Lu Tianyi’s Investiture of the Gods, and that forced the man to receive a powerful blow from Ancient God that sent Lu Tianyi reeling and blood to leak from his mouth. Ancient God leaped forward, instantly appearing above Lu Tianyi and throwing down a single palm strike.

Lu Tianyi dodged. The Dao of One Heavens gave him the ability to counterattack even when in a disadvantageous position.

Even so, Lu Tianyi had underestimated Ancient God. Regardless of where Lu Tianyi went, Ancient God stuck to the man like his shadow, matching not only his speed, but even anticipating his moves.

“Chasing time?” Lu Tianyi was shocked.

Ancient God had pioneered two different cultivation methods: battle force, in which Ancient God had reached the level of Wielder - Indestructible, and domains, in which the man had reached the level of Wielder - Void. That was the peak for domains, and it allowed one to control the power of time.

The information that Lu Yin had access to had claimed that Ancient God had never been able to quite raise his domain to the level of being able to control time, and that was one of the reasons why Lu Yin had been quite proud after being able to move at the speed of time. However, the truth was Ancient God had achieved Wielder - Void with his domain long ago, and he was able to use his domain to manipulate time, similar to how Lu Yin’s Lightstream used the power of space to chase time. It was nothing more than achieving the same result through different paths.

Lu Yin could use Lightstream, and Ancient God could use some unseen power to chase time. This was something that not even Lu Tianyi could evade.

Ancient God’s palm dropped down, and as it moved the last bit of distance, a massive seal formed from the purplish-black substance of his battle force, and it slammed down upon Lu Tianyi. “Purgatory Seal.”

The seal smashed Lu Tianyi into the ground. His hands were raised up to hold the seal back.

The seal was an external manifestation of Wielder-realm battle force, and Ancient God had called the technique “Purgatory Seal.” It was incredibly difficult for even Lu Tianyi to push the seal away, and even his Law of Undoing struggled to shake the seal.

“This isn’t the Fifth Mainland. If it were, you might have been able to break my Purgatory Seal, Lu Tianyi. You are one of the most talented individuals I’ve ever seen.” Ancient God then glanced at a distant point. He took a step forward and disappeared. The next time he appeared, he had already moved over to where Chu Jian was fighting. Chu Jian had been facing off against three Progenitor-level corpse kings. He had already killed one, and was just about to kill the second when Ancient God passed by. In the Skygod’s wake, Chu Jian froze, and then slowly fell.

Ancient God’s focused stare never wavered. He was staring at a further location, which was where Big Sis was fighting against Progenitor Xi.

At the same time, Lu Yin’s eyes sharply narrowed, and he chased after Ancient God with Inverse Step. The Skygod was about to attack Big Sis.

Ancient God was fast, and he was also able to use his Wielder-realm domain to chase time. Lu Yin was also fast, and he could use Inverse Step to move at the speed of time. In Lu Yin’s perspective, Ancient God was the only other individual who was still moving.

Ancient God spun around and looked at Lu Yin in surprise. “You’ve grown extremely quickly.”

Lu Yin stared at Ancient God, killing intent blazing in his eyes.

“If you want to die, I’ll grant your wish.” With that, Ancient God turned to face Lu Yin and brought his hand down.

A terrifying pressure covered the area, and Lu Yin’s face grew pale. He was unable to breathe, and he felt as though his organs themselves were being razed to ashes. It was as though he was surrounded by walls of copper and iron. He was unable to move, and he could only see the hand descending upon him in an unavoidable manner.

Ancient God’s hand pressed down.

Lu Yin gritted his teeth. Move! Move! I need to move!

Whatever Ancient God had done, it prevented Lu Yin from being able to move at all.

Just as Ancient God’s hand drew closer, a small blade shot out from Lu Yin’s chest, and Ancient God was attacked by eighty-one slashes. It was the miniature saber that Lu Yin’s Senior Brother Mu Ke had given him as a precaution before the start of the battle.

Lu Yin had not expected to need to use it, as he could move at the speed of time with Inverse Step. But as it turned out, the saber had indeed been used.

The eighty-one slashes were aimed at Ancient God’s hand, but all the slashes were crushed by that same hand.

The gap between Mu Ke and Ancient God was immense and impossible to cross. It was difficult for Mu Ke to even slow down Ancient God’s hand.

Still, it was enough. The eighty-one slashes had bought a moment’s time for Lu Yin, and he had used that breath to release the universe from his heart, isolating him from the universe of the Scourge. When Ancient God’s hand started falling again, he was surprised to receive a wound. The Hollow?

Still, not even that was enough. The hand continued to drop down onto Lu Yin.

The moment Lu Yin released his own universe, he had found that he could move again, and he raced away with Inverse step.

For Lu Yin, a lot had happened in a single moment, but to others, everything had happened instantly.

As soon as Lu Yin stopped using Inverse Step, his surroundings returned to normal.

Ancient God’s attack had missed, but the man simply lashed out again.

It was at this time that Chu Jian, who had fallen to the ground, slowly rose back up. He saw that Ancient God was pursuing Lu Yin, and he gritted his teeth. Chu Jian spat out a mouthful of blood that released a golden light as he used Triumphant Brawl. The young man’s hand rose, and he released the Annihilation Phoenix.

The attack shot through the sky towards Ancient God.

The Skygod completely ignored the Annihilation Phoenix, and it struck him. However, it could not even leave a single mark.

Chu Jian felt bitter. The gap between him and the Skygod was simply too vast.

Lu Yin was facing a level of pressure that no one could even imagine. Ancient God was serious with his attacks, and while Lu Yin had managed to escape once, escaping again would not be so easy.

“Gu Yizhi–” With a hoarse shout, the colossal figure of the Lord of the Abyss appeared, a hand upraised. At the same time, a massive Abyssal Flower bloomed in the sky.

Ancient God turned around. “Yōu Ming, I had meant to kill you, but this child interfered. Now, when I am about to kill the child, you interfere. In that case, you two will die together.”

“Gu Yizhi, I should have trapped and killed you back then!” Big Sis’s expression was fierce. By targeting Lu Yin, Ancient God had crossed the woman’s bottom line.

Ancient God spat back in a cold voice, “You never even had the chance. Your Abyssal Flower from back then disappeared long ago.”

His other hand rose, and he pointed a finger at Big Sis. At the same time, Progenitor Xi’s sword fell. She was slashing at Big Sis.

Lu Yin was startled. “Big Sis–!”

Big Sis’s towering Progenitor’s world, the Lord of the Abyss, was split in two by Progenitor Xi’s sword slash. Gu Yizhi’s attack also partially landed, and Big Sis turned pale as she fell.

Progenitor Xi raised her sword once again, prepared to lash out with another strike and kill Big Sis.

Lu Yin’s pupils constricted, and his heart pounded. Slowly, the color of blood filled his eyes. He could not hear anything, and he could only see Big Sis, who was on the brink of death. An overwhelming, uncontrollable urge to kill overcame him.

At this moment, a white mist spread across the ground, twining its way towards Progenitor Xi while also dragging Big Sis away.

Progenitor Xi’s sword sliced through empty air. She frowned and turned to look. Progenitor Smoke was standing there.