Star Odyssey

Chapter 3028: The Terror Of Astral Anura

Bang!

Lu Tianyi was forced back by Ancient God, even as the man suffered attacks from Progenitor Chen and Progenitor Ku. Ancient God was also forced back.

Lu Tianyi landed on the ground, clutching his shoulder. Ancient God’s palm strike had not been light, and it had rendered Lu Tianyi’s left arm immobile for the moment. The man even fell to his knees and coughed up blood.

Behind him happened to be the battlefield where Wang Fan was facing off against a Progenitor-level corpse king.

Progenitor Chen and Progenitor Ku reached Ancient God and attacked. Using his Wielder-realm domain and battleforce, the Skygod swept past the two summons, intent on landing a killing blow and eliminating Lu Tianyi.

Progenitor Chen used Inverse Step to create a field of chaotic time and space. As he did so, the Scourge and the sky above it started to warp and twist, shocking Lu Yin. When he used Inverse Step to create a field of chaotic time and space, the effect had been confined to a certain region. However, when the summoned Progenitor Chen did the same thing, the field of chaos even reached the distant temple beneath the black Mother Tree.

Inverse Step disrupted Ancient God’s movements and forced him to show himself. Even so, his hand was still shooting at Lu Tianyi. The purplish-black substance condensed in the void, forming another Prison Suppressing Platform that was about to fall upon Lu Tianyi.

Lu Tianyi looked up as his Champions’ Stage appeared before him. It shot up to slam into the Prison Suppressing Platform.

There was a loud bang, and the ground nearby shattered as a terrifying shockwave swept out again.

Lu Tianyi had been seriously injured, and the Prison Suppressing Platform was forcing his Champions’ Stage down bit by bit. At this moment, a bit of land suddenly took form and shot towards the Prison Suppressing Platform, pushing it away. It was Forgotten Ruins.

Wang Fan had taken action.

Lu Tianyi looked back, his eyes landing on Wang Fan.

The man exchanged glances with Lu Tianyi. “If I die here, can the Lu family forgive the Wang family’s crimes?”

Lu Tianyi answered in a solemn tone. “The Wang family’s crimes are yours alone. Regardless of whether you live or die, provided that you give your all in this battle, my Lu family will not hold a grudge.”

“Alright.” Wang Fan leaped forward, using Four Arts: Bear Stalwart to launch a palm strike against the Prison Suppressing Platform. He spat out blood as his body crashed to the ground, but the attack had successfully pushed the Prison Suppressing Platform slightly to the side. At the same time, the Forgotten Ruins shattered, and it fell to the ground like a piece of broken earth.

Lu Tianyi’s Champions’ Stage gained strength, and it suddenly pushed the Prison Suppressing Platform away.

Ancient God bellowed, “The Wang family could have been spared because of the merits that Wang Miaomiao and Wang Xiaoyu have earned with Aeternus! Wang Fan, your actions have sealed your family’s doom!”

Wang Fan fell to the ground, spitting out blood. “Even if my Wang family acted against the Lu family, it was never done for Aeternus.”

“You’re seeking death!” Ancient God glared at Wang Fan, who suddenly let out a cry of agony, though no one could understand what exactly Ancient God had done.

Lu Tianyi threw a Hidden Needle at Ancient God.

Stars spun behind Ancient God as Progenitor Chen’s Cosmic Art erupted, stirring the starry sky.

Progenitor Ku rushed forward, focusing on the explosive power of the Cosmic Art. Right when the summon was about to reach Ancient God, his withered body that had absorbed the power of the Cosmic Art fully recovered as he threw a punch at Ancient God.

Ancient God raised a hand and released his own punch with a bang.

The void exploded yet again. Progenitor Ku’s punch, which contained both his own strength and Progenitor Chen’s, collided with Ancient God’s punch, which embodied the terrifying might of the human who had blazed the path of physical cultivation. The collision of fists was not merely a contest of strength, but rather an explosion of unmatched destructive power, and it cut through the Scourge.

Everyone stopped whatever they were doing at that moment and instead moved to protect themselves.

Lu Yin’s eye twitched. These attacks far exceeded the power that he could unleash by confining a hundred of his most powerful punches with time. The two were not even in the same league. Even so, it was clear that neither the summoned Progenitor Chen nor Progenitor Ku had used any sequence particles, and neither had Ancient God. Despite that, they had all been able to unleash such power.

The earth-shattering collision of fists captured everyone’s attention.

No one noticed that Wang Fan, who had just been writhing in agony, suddenly attacked—and he went after Lu Tianyi.

Lu Tianyi stood amidst the shattered fragments of Wang Fan’s Forgotten Ruins. The moment Wang Fan took action, confusion filled Lu Tianyi’s eyes as he forgot everything. This was the moment that Wang Fan had been waiting for.

It was his chance to kill Lu Tianyi.

“Die, Lu Tianyi!” Wang Fan’s eyes gleamed with excitement. Four Arts: Celestial Blade was a technique known for its speed and power, and it flashed out to decapitate Lu Tianyi. Wang Fan had waited too long to see this day. He fully believed that everyone from the Lu family deserved death.

The Celestial Blade sliced out, but Wang Fan suddenly froze in place just as he was about to make contact with Lu Tianyi’s neck. The man could not move forward at all.

Wang Fan slowly turned his head, and Lu Tianyi did the same thing. The two men’s eyes met.

Wang Fan’s eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

In contrast, Lu Tianyi’s eyes shone with an icy killing intent. “I have also been waiting for this day for too long.”

A finger rose, and an attack pierced Wang Fan’s arm as it shot for his forehead.

Wang Fan’s pupils shrank, and he retreated further and further as the finger moved closer and closer. Just as the attack was about to land, black death energy appeared in front of the Progenitor, taking on the form of trees that blocked Lu Tianyi’s finger. The attack instantly pierced through the trees of death energy, and crossed through the entire forest of death energy, but it failed to hit Wang Fan.

The Progenitor gasped. “Your injuries?”

Lu Tianyi was calmly standing in place. There was not a single sign of him being badly wounded. “How else was I going to lure you out? Wang Fan, you are the Fifth Mainland’s worst traitor.”

Finally, the exchange drew attention from others on the battlefield.

“Wang Fan, you’re a traitor!” Chu Jian was furious. The Cyclic Universe had protected Bai Wangyuan and Wang Fan after the Lu family returned. The discovery that Wang Fan was a traitor caused Chu Jian’s anger to surpass even Lu Tianyi’s.

Big Sis, Qing Ping, and many others’ expressions darkened.

Even Lord Xu turned grim in the midst of his battle with Astral Anura. If the two were compared, humanity hated traitors even more than Aeternus’s top powerhouses.

Bai Wangyuan was stunned by the revelation that Wang Fan was a traitor.

Bai Wangyuan had taken refuge with the Cyclic Universe alongside Wang Fan. The two of them had stood together to withstand the oppression they suffered while in the Cyclic Universe. The revelation that Wang Fan was a traitor made Bai Wangyuan worried that he might be regarded as one as well, and that could jeopardize his future in the Cyclic Universe.

The Lu family’s exile had seemingly benefited the Bai family the most, while the Wang family had always followed right behind.

Evidence of such an impression could be seen as both Xu Heng and Xu Leng eyed Bai Wangyuan warily. Even further away, Arrow Sage shifted to aim at the Progenitor.

Wang Fan took a deep breath as he stared at Lu Tianyi in a resigned manner. “You were on guard against me all along.”

Lu Tianyi waved a hand, and the forest of death energy dispersed in front of him. Death energy scattered into specks that disappeared. “You were the one who instigated Wang Si. You reminded her of her past and helped stir up conflict between the four ruling powers and my Lu family. You also conspired with Sovereign Shao Yin. Unfortunately, my vigilance came too late, and that led to my Lu family being exiled.

“I should have listened to Hui Wen all along and simply killed you back then.”

Wang Fan’s expression fell. “Hui Wen? How could he be of any help? Even if he saw through me, he would have never been able to kill me. No one even knows if he’s dead or not.”

Lu Tianyi had no intention of revealing the truth about Hui Wen. “With you exposing your true colors, you have labeled yourself as an enemy of the Sixverse Association, Wang Fan. Even if you hide with the Aeternals, you won’t survive.”

Another finger pointed at Wang Fan, and another attack struck.

Wang Fan’s expression grew even uglier. “You think you know me? So what if I’ve exposed myself? I’ve waited for this day for far too long! I will send the entire Lu family to their deaths before everyone!”

As he spoke, there was a surge of death energy, and the Forgotten Ruins rose up from beneath his feet. They merged with the death energy and spread out.

Lu Tianyi pointed a finger forward as he stepped into the Forgotten Ruins, instantly cracking it. However, death energy shot upwards, twisting about like ghostly shadows that constantly hindered Lu Tianyi’s attack.

Even sequence powerhouses would struggle against Lu Tianyi’s finger, but Wang Fan was not trying to block it. Instead, he was simply using his death energy to slightly stall the Forgotten Ruins.

Lu Tianyi pressed forward, shattering more of the Forgotten Ruins with every step that he took, and yet each step was also slowed by death energy.

Wang Fan lacked the strength of a sequence powerhouse, but by combining the God of Death’s death energy with the Wang family’s battle techniques, he was successfully slowing Lu Tianyi down. The man seized the opportunity to race away, fully aware that he could only delay Lu Tianyi. As soon as Lu Tianyi used his Law of Undoing, there was no doubt that Wang Fan would die.

Lu Tianyi’s finger fell and completely shattered the Forgotten Ruins.

Ancient God’s attack arrived at that moment. In the end, Lu Tianyi’s true opponent was still Ancient God.

Wang Fan breathed a sigh of relief. He could no longer fight in the current battle. The moment he stepped forward again, he would be targeted by everyone from the Sixverse Association.

Suddenly, he felt a terrible sense of danger. Someone appeared in front of him, and Wang Fan saw Lu Xiaoxuan throw a palm strike. The Progenitor had no time to react to an attack that moved at the speed of time. All he could do was endure the attack.

Lu Yin’s palm landed on Wang Fan’s chest, which exploded with death energy that scattered in every direction.

Lu Yin was taken aback when he saw the amount of death energy that existed in Wang Fan’s body. The Progenitor had used the battle technique that he had inherited from his Mountain and Sea to create a clone that cultivated death energy. That allowed Wang Fan to personally cultivate death energy even after Specter Progenitor was killed.

Death energy blocked Lu Yin’s palm strike, which kept Wang Fan alive.

Still, the man was severely injured.

Wang Fan went flying, spitting out blood as he glared venomously at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin’s eyes remained cold and indifferent. If one attack did not kill Wang Fan, then two would.

“Yaaaaaaa!!!!”

Suddenly, a shrill, baby-like scream echoed across the battlefield. Unbeknownst to all, Lord Xu had successfully trapped Astral Anura within the Thermometer of Life, and the temperature had started rising. While forty-five degrees might be fatal to ordinary humans, would such a temperature mean anything to a species like Astral Anura’s, even if he was trapped within the thermometer?

Everyone stared.

Lu Yin could not stop himself from also watching. If the Voidlord could kill Astral Anura, it would be the greatest victory that humanity could hope to gain against the Aeternals in the current battle.

At that moment, Lu Yin turned to stare at Progenitor Xi. If the woman interfered again, Lord Xu would definitely fail, just like when he had captured Shao Yin.

However, Progenitor Xi showed no sign of wanting to get involved. She was trapped within Progenitor Smoke’s mist and was not moving at all.

High above in the sky, Astral Anura’s screams rang out louder and louder. Steam was rising from his body, and the lotus leaf that he held was quickly withering. The chain of coins around the toad’s neck trembled violently as he shrieked, “You have angered me, humans! You have angered me...!”

As Astral Anura screamed, his golden skin transformed. It took on a mottled color, his straw hat became a deep red, and his lotus leaf morphed into a steel fork. The coins around his neck also transformed, and they became skulls of various sizes that belonged to various creatures. There were clearly human skulls among them.

After Astral Anura finished his metamorphosis, a chill fell upon everyone on the battlefield, and the ground of the Scourge went from gray to blood-red.

Astral Anura’s eyes glowed a fierce red as he raised his fork and thrust it forward.

Lord Xu was startled, and his turtle shell rose to protect him.

The fork pierced right through the Thermometer of Life, stabbing at the Voidlord. The attack was blocked by the turtle shell, which produced a loud bang and sent ripples through the air that became red waves that spread across the entire sky above the Scourge. Most of the cosmic doors shattered, and the Hollow appeared above everyone’s heads as the sky took on a deep red tint.