Star Odyssey

Chapter 1863: Breathe Fire

"Lu Yin, you’re courting death!" Xu Qing roared angrily.

The Celestial Demon man’s expression turned ugly. He had actually been one of the individuals guarding the three captive Envoys, but he had been driven away by Lu Yin's comment. It was now clear that Lu Yin had done so deliberately.

Of course it had all been a part of Lu Yin’s plan. Given the reaction speed of an expert with a power level of a million, Lu Yin knew that he might not even be able to pull out Zenith Mountain before him. So, he had needed to find a way to drive the Celestial Demon away. Lu Yin had come up with a lot of different comments, and he had not expected the astral beast to leave so easily.

The Second Nightking showed up a wicked grin. His spiritual force burst out ceaselessly, kicking up winds and moving clouds. The massive figure of Xu Qing appeared behind the Second Nightking, and both the Celestial Demon and Feng Jin appeared in front of him. The Second Nightking unleashed Skybreaker.

Spiritual force shot out, and Feng Lin spat out a mouthful of blood as she flipped over. The Celestial Demon opened his mouth and let out a terrible howl, and spiritual force surged in front of him. “Force Explosion."

Boom!

The asteroid shattered, and countless astral beasts nearby were shredded by the debris. Lu Yin started to lose consciousness, but he quickly started to recite the Origin Sutra as he put Zenith Mountain away and shouted, “RETREAT!"

The Second Nightking’s battle with Xu Qing and the Celestial Demon was so intense that no one was able to approach them. Liu Huang grabbed Lu Yin and shot towards the southwest, beheading countless astral beasts as he passed by. There was no creature that could block Liu Huang's sword.

Xu Qing was beyond furious, and his lightning grew even more intense. His body shot through space like a bolt of lightning, ignoring the pressure of the surging spiritual force. He quickly caught up to Liu Huang and struck out with a paw.

Liu Huang’s eyes grew stern as he whirled around and countered with his sword. The blade struck the incoming claws, but the shockwave retained the claws’ sharpness and pierced through to Lu Yin. He was unable to stop from vomiting blood from his injuries.

Xu Qing's eyes blazed, and his lightning rained down on Liu Huang. "Humans, you are courting death!"

Liu Huang's sword spun, and cuts appeared all across Xu Qing's body. "Get lost!"

Xu Qing raised his paw again and struck out. Lu Yin looked up and stared at Xu Qing while using the Knowing realm of Truesight to weaken the approaching attack as much as he could.

Xu Qing had actually calculated things quite precisely. He had attacked in a manner where his attack would reach Lu Yin just before Liu Huang’s attack struck the astral beast. Liu Huang could not abandon Lu Yin, and this attack would force Liu Huang to divert his sword. On top of that, even the shockwave from Xu Qing’s attack would be powerful enough to severely injure or even kill Lu Yin. How could a youth possibly endure even the aftershocks of an attack from an expert with a power level of a million?

However, Lu Yin cultivated Truesight and had reached the Knowing realm. This allowed him to weaken even Xu Qing’s attack, though not by much. The weakening was barely noticeable, and it was still more than enough to easily kill Lu Yin, but the weakening had also slowed Xu Qing’s attack. While it was only a tiny bit slower than before, every inch could prove fatal in a battle between powerhouses at his level.

Liu Huang's sword was faster than Xu Qing's attack, and as the Void Thunderbeast watched in disbelief, the sword pierced through his paw and stabbed towards his head.

Xu Qing had no choice but to pull back. Sword qi wreaked havoc in his body, and he needed to suppress it as soon as possible. He could do nothing but watch as Liu Huang fled with Lu Yin.

Just as Lu Yin was about to let out a sigh of relief, countless runes suddenly appeared in the corner of his vision. Someone was emerging from the true universe, and he quickly shouted, "Watch out!"

Liu Huang only turned his head, and his sword swept out. Terrifying flames fell and enveloped the two humans. The temperature clearly surpassed a power level of 700,000, but such an attack was no threat at all to Liu Huang.

The moment Liu Huang’s sword swept out, a large, chymifier appeared from a different direction. Its green eyes were locked onto Lu Yin as it shot through the true universe with its mouth open and ready to bite.

Despite the chymifier’s speed, it was impossible for the creature to hide from Liu Huang. The gap in strength was simply too vast. Liu Huang easily blocked the chymifier with the back of his sword. He had expected to slice through the beast, but unexpectedly, the chymifier bit down on the sword, stunning Liu Huang. This was not a style of combat he had ever seen before.

Lu Yin recognized the chymifier. "A chymifier. They’re said to be able to devour anything."

Lu Yin had recognized the chymifier because one of the species’ members had been one of the Spiritual Academy’s Academy Masters. Hua Yishou had participated in the Tournament of the Strongest, and Lu Yin had heard that his father had once eaten members of the Phoenix family, which had triggered an eternal hatred.

Liu Huang's eyes turned cold. He put more force into the sword that had just been bitten, and he slashed through half of the chymifier’s body.

The flames shot out from another direction. Liu Huang had already badly injured the chymifier, and his sword swept out once more. The blade sliced through space and cut apart a Karmic Flame Sable that was about the same size as the chymifier.

These two astral beasts had attacked Liu Huang, and while they posed no threat at all to the swordsman, they were still able to stall him for a moment, which allowed Xu Qing to catch up.

Xu Qing had already given up on chasing Lu Yin down, as he had not expected there to be still more hidden experts. These two astral beasts must have also been sent by the imperial family, the Celestial Demons.

However, Xu Qing did not have time to consider the implications behind this. Lightning covered a paw, and he reached out for Liu Huang.

It was at this time that the Second Nightking rushed over. His appearance startled Xu Qing so badly that he instantly pulled back. He did not have the confidence to face both Liu Huang and the Second Nightking on his own.

The Second Nightking stood behind Liu Huang and looked to the northeast. He released another Skybreaker and then he and Liu Huang led Lu Yin to the southwest.

Xu Qing's eyes went wide, and he let out an angry roar. The wonderful opportunity that he had received and that he had believed to be the key to victory in this war had just been ruined. The three captive Envoys, who had been the key to everything, had just been rescued right from under his nose. He was the Astral Beast Domain’s General, and he had survived countless battles and life or death crises, but at this moment, he was unable to stop himself from letting out a roar of pure rage.

This was an absolute disgrace, the greatest humiliation of his life.

The Celestial Demon’s expression was also horribly contorted. This loss was actually greatly his fault. If he had not left the prisoners without permission, Lu Yin might not have been able to rescue the three Envoys. Humans are despicable!

Feng Lin also mourned the Envoys’ rescue. Who would have considered that the human had had living people hiding within his cosmic ring? That defied all common sense! Without that, the Envoys would have never been rescued.

Feng Lin could only see the fact that the Ghost Monkey had almost been in her hands, and she could no longer see any possibility of getting him again in the future.

Compared to the angry roars from the astral beasts, the Great Eastern Alliance’s fleet was cheering.

Liu Qianjue and others stared in admiration as Lu Yin returned. They had succeeded. They had actually succeeded! The Human Domain had been at war with the Astral Beast Domain for countless years, and yet even throughout all that history, this was a magnificent achievement for the Human Domain.

After all, the current battlefield had four monsters with power levels of over a million, as well as more than twenty Envoys. This was an unimaginable scale that far surpassed any border war. In fact, never had so many powerhouses participated in a war even when the Sixth Mainland and Technocracy had invaded Endless Weave.

If the rest of the universe were not so busy dealing with the Neohuman Alliance, this war would absolutely have drawn everyone’s eye. Even as things were, countless people were focused on the Outerverse’s eastern weaves and waiting for the results.

Lu Yin took Zenith Mountain back out and released the three Envoys. He then ordered the fleet to be on guard against a crazed counterattack from the astral beasts and led Abel Phoenix into a spaceship.

Everyone became curious about this, as Abel Phoenix had never interacted with Lu Yin before, so why was Lu Yin meeting with the man alone? Should Lu Yin not be focused on healing his own wounds?

Abel Phoenix was also confused, but he followed Lu Yin into a cabin. There, he saw Lu Yin take out a red stone, though Lu Yin’s next words made Abel Phoenix question his entire life. “Alright, breathe some fire on it."

Abel Phoenix saw anticipation in Lu Yin’s eyes when he looked at the young man. “Alliance Leader Lu, what are you talking about?"

Lu Yin explained, "This is the Skyflame Stone, and it can absorb flames. I need those flames, and the more and hotter, the better."

Abel Phoenix finally understood, though he still was at a loss for words. Breathe fire? He was not an astral beast! This way of putting things made the Envoy a bit uncomfortable. "Will a battle technique work?"

Lu Yin was getting impatient. "Do it however you want, but fill it with flames. The hotter the better, but I need it to at least exceed a power level of 700,000."

Abel Phoenix was startled. "Alliance Leader Lu, I only have a power level of a bit more than 500,000. How am I supposed to create flames hot enough to compare to a power level of over 700,000?"

Lu Yin was stunned. "Are you really that weak?"

Abel Phoenix was offended, and he wanted to slap Lu Yin for the rude comment, but it only took an instant for the thought to leave his mind. The Envoy could not defeat Lu Yin, so he did not dare to attack the young man. "I’ve disappointed you."

Lu Yin frowned and looked to the northeast. He had actually forgotten that Abel Phoenix was only a weak Envoy. If he had remembered sooner, Lu Yin would have captured the Karmic Flame Sable. Those flames had absolutely exceeded a power level of 700,000. What a pity.

"Does your Phoenix family have access to some sort of extreme heat source? Something that not even you can endure?" Lu Yin asked.

"Yes. The entire reason why my Phoenix family remains in Daynight Flowzone is because our ancestral home has a source of extreme heat. We actually don’t even know how hot it can get. If it weren’t for that, we would have long since left with how oppressive the Daynight clan is."

Lu Yin then dismissed Abel Phoenix before taking out a pill he had Enhanced to treat his injuries. Fortunately, his bodysuit armor only had a few minor cracks. Even though he had been struck by some shockwaves from the powerhouses’ battle, Lu Yin had only suffered a few flesh wounds, and he quickly recovered.

He had wanted to use Abel Phoenix’s flames in order to cultivate, but unfortunately, Lu Yin had miscalculated.

Space trembled as countless astral beasts attacked. The vanguard was none other than the Celestial Demon, and he led with his species’ most powerful battle technique: Force Explosion.

The Second Nightking appeared to confront the Celestial Demon. "Where did you summon the courage to come here? You’ve already been defeated."

The Celestial Demon growled, "All you despicable humans will become our food!"

Even as he spoke, he exploded with more spiritual force.

Countless astral beasts attacked and clashed with the Great Eastern Alliance’s fleet. The Envoys had their own battlefield while the fleet fought against the weaker astral beasts.

Once again, Xu Qing faced off against Liu Huang.

When Lu Yin emerged from the ship, he saw an endless battlefield.

The Great Eastern Alliance originally had more Envoys than the Astral Beast Domain, but the appearance of Shadowbeast, the Karmic Flame Sable, and the chymifier had evened the odds.

Each of the additional astral beast powerhouses had a power level of about 800,000, with the exception of Shadowbeast after it had survived being beheaded by Liu Huang. On top of that, Ling Taizu had been seriously injured, so this battle was not looking good for the Great Eastern Alliance. This was also why Xu Qing dared to launch such a crazed counterattack.

Lu Yin glanced across the battlefield, and he quickly focused on the location that was filled with flames that were pouring out from the true universe to scorch the human fleet. That was where the Karmic Flame Sable was fighting.

Lu Yin entered the true universe, and sword qi shot past his face. It came from where Liu Qianjue was fighting Shadowbeast.

Xu Qing was actually the one who was the most shocked to see Lu Yin appear in the true universe. He remembered that Lu Yin had been struck by the shockwaves from his own attack. He had a power level of over a million, so how could Lu Yin be fine? Even a gentle touch from him should have been enough to leave someone at Lu Yin’s level seriously injured.

Liu Huang glanced over, but he was unfazed by Lu Yin’s appearance. The youth had too many secrets, and if Liu Huang was being honest, he doubted that Lu Yin would die even after being attacked by a Semi-Progenitor. The kid’s background was just too mysterious.

An astral chessboard appeared beneath Lu Yin's feet, and he moved over to where Ling Qiu was fighting the Karmic Flame Sable, and he attacked the beast with a Hollow Palm.