Chapter 2040
Chapter 2040
Sky Garan's eyes flickered. "In that case, let’s do it, Arbiter Lu."
Lu Buzheng was not a person prone to hesitation. If anyone other than Lu Yin had offered to take on the scepter, Lu Buzheng would not have said a thing, as his attitude about the matter was the same as Sky Garan: being a cultivator meant being prepared for death. No one was exempt from this truth.
On a Semi-Progenitors’ battlefield, Envoys and ordinary cultivators were nothing more than cannon fodder, but on a Progenitors’ battlefield, everyone was basically trash.
"Attack!" Lu Buzheng yelled as he moved forward. Beside him, Hen Xin, Ni Huang, Xia De, Kui Luo, Highsage Grandmaster, Bai Laogui, and Wang Si all shot off of Ancestor Tortoise and raced towards Forgotten Ruins God and the rest.
The Skygod watched on with cold eyes, though there was a smile on her face. It was an oddly chilling expression.
She stepped forward, and enormous wolf heads shot upwards, one after another. Soon, they covered everything that could be seen above.
The first wolf head opened its gaping maw to devour Lu Buzheng and all the other Semi-Progenitors with a single bite.
Wang Si screamed, "The records say our first ancestor’s Sky-Devouring Nine Wolves is impossibly powerful-!”
Lu Buzheng immediately cut the woman off, “Screw your records! Hold on!"
Hen Xin took action, carving out a section of space and shoving it forward. At the same time, Highsage Grandmaster waved a hand, and sourceboxes flew out one after another to set up a sourcebox array that struck the wolf head. Sharp thorns covered Ni Huang’s entire body, and he revealed the full power of one who was at the cusp of becoming a Progenitor.
Both Ni Huang and Arch-Elder Zen were powerhouses who stood at the very threshold of the Progenitor realm. If the Daosource Sect were still around, then the two of them would have absolutely qualified to be gatemasters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates. This assault was essentially pitting the masters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates from both modern and ancient times against the Wang family’s founding ancestor.
Space completely shattered. Even though these people had been restricted from utilizing the full power of a Semi-Progenitor, the terrifying fluctuations from this collision was still enough to trigger the mental network.
Lu Yin was worried that the Master Brain’s manifested thoughts would capture one of the Semi-Progenitors. While Forgotten Ruins God was able to resist the suppression of the mental network, that feat was most likely beyond the abilities of Lu Buzheng and the others. No, it was absolutely impossible for any of the human powerhouses to endure the mental network. None of them were actual Progenitors.
At this moment, the scepter mysteriously appeared in Hen Xin’s hand, as he was the one closest to Forgotten Ruins God.
Sky Garan's eyes instantly flared as he stared at Marquis Wang and attempted to transfer the scepter, but the very next moment, Sky Garan's expression changed. How was this possible; why couldn’t he transfer the scepter?
The scepter shattered and became a stream of light that pierced through Hen Xin's body. Fortunately, the man had already prepared himself and had not placed all his faith in Sky Garan’s abilities. If he had, the scepter would have done far more damage.
Even so, Hen Xin was seriously injured.
"What happened?" Lu Yin shouted sharply as he stared at Sky Garan.
There was an ugly expression on the young man’s face. “I was one step behind. As soon as the scepter appeared, it was already stuck to Gate Master Hen Xin’s hand!. Unless I can determine where the scepter will appear before it actually manifests, I won’t be able to transfer it."
"If I knew where it would appear, then why would I need you to transfer it to me?" Lu Yin shouted angrily.
Sky Garan was incredibly frustrated, and he turned to stare at Lu Yin. While Sky Garan wanted to argue, there was nothing that he could say. The primary reason why he had failed was that he did not understand Marquis Wang’s innate gift. The Dao Chosen had thought that there were no powerhouses left in the current era. If it had been Forgotten Ruins God’s innate gift instead of Marquis Wang’s, Sky Garan would not have been nearly that overconfident in his own abilities.
Lu Yin glanced over at the various Semi-Progenitors who were still desperately charging towards the wolf head, hoping to find a way past Forgotten Ruins God. Lu Yin’s eyes then locked onto Marquis Wang. If they were not able to deal with her, all of humanity’s Semi-Progenitors on the scene would be killed one by one. Not even Lu Buzheng could withstand multiple attacks from her scepter.
In a certain manner, Marquis Wang represented an even greater threat than Forgotten Ruins God.
"Wait, so you just need to know where it will pop up before it appears?" Lu Buzheng shouted.
Sky Garan clenched his fists. "That should be it."
Lu Buzheng kept retreating until he was right on the top of Ni Huang. A stream of qi suddenly began to swirl around Lu Buzheng’s body. This was the same stream of ancestral qi that was able to summon Destiny. Lu Buzheng wanted to use this qi to capture Marquis Wang’s movements and predict where the scepter would appear.
It was precisely because Lu Buzheng had the ability to summon Destiny that Ancient God had been so determined to crush the man, even at the cost of destroying a Semi-Progenitor avatar. Destiny was able to reverse situations even when things looked grim.
"It's targeting me again!" Lu Buzheng shouted in an odd tone. He turned his head to yell at Sky Garan. "It's on me!"
Sky Garan's eyes instantly flared as he stared at Lu Buzheng's hands.
The next moment, space twisted around Lu Buzheng's hands, and his heart skipped a beat. He indistinctly saw Marquis Wang’s scepter about to appear, but it suddenly disappeared, and it instead appeared in Lu Yin's hand. Sky Garan had succeeded.
Sky Garan heaved a sigh of relief.
Off in the distance, Marquis Wang was shocked. Someone had shifted her innate gift?
Lu Buzheng was anxious as he stared at Lu Yin. Yunying Mavis and several others also stared at the young man.
Only Kui Luo and the others who had been present during their last assault on the Aeternals knew that Lu Yin would be fine.
The scepter would encompass the minds of everyone within a certain distance, and at this moment, the people closest to Lu Yin were the members of the Mavis family. It was impossible for anyone who knew Lu Yin's background to claim that he did not qualify to be a ruler. He was truly the perfect counter to Marquis Wang’s innate gift.
The scepter suddenly transformed into a beam of light that shot into Lu Yin's body.
Lu Buzheng carefully watched Lu Yin, but he only saw that the scepter had not shattered, but rather transformed. What did that mean?
Sky Garan was also staring at Lu Yin. How could this person overcome an innate gift that not even Semi-Progenitors could deal with?
However, after seeing Lu Yin remain standing in place without revealing the slightest hint of injury, Sky Garan was left stunned. What had Lu Yin done?
What had Lu Yin done? Nothing at all. He had simply allowed the scepter to transform into an energy that entered his body. This process actually felt very good. Last time, after Lu Yin enjoyed this particular feeling, he had claimed that it felt like he could kill Xia Ji with a single punch. At this moment, he glanced over at Sky Garan. Lu Yin did not need this much strength to eliminate Sky Garan with a single punch.
Sky Garan had finally found a way to participate on a Semi-Progenitors’ battlefield, but when he compared his achievements with Lu Yin’s at this moment, the Dao Chosen felt that he was still trailing a ways behind.
Lu Buzheng laughed wildly. "As expected of a descendant of my Lu family, hahahaha!"
Suddenly, the man’s expression changed, and he pointed a finger. "Him!"
He was indicating towards Ni Huang. After Lu Buzheng fell back, Ni Huang and Hen Xin were the two holding the vanguard, and they had continued charging forward. Out of all the humans’ Semi-Progenitors, Ni Huang was the one with the greatest momentum at this moment, so it was no surprise that Marquis Wang had targeted him.
Sky Garan raced to transfer the scepter again, and it once more appeared in Lu Yin's hand. He pursed his lips as he allowed the scepter to transform into a beam of light that flowed into his body. This power was a bit too much for him to handle, so after taking the situation into account, he struck out with an attack, targeting Marquis Wang. Using Marquis Wang’s power made this the most powerful that Lu Yin had ever unleashed, and it was not by a small amount.
With Lu Buzheng, Sky Garan, and Lu Yin working together, Marquis Wang’s innate gift had been perfectly neutralized, and she no longer dared to use her scepter.
However, Marquis Wang’s innate gift was so overpowering that everyone had forgotten that it was not the only ability that she possessed. She also knew the Nine Clones Secret Technique and Inverse Step.
Marquis Wang split into two bodies, then three, and then five. All five of the figures shot forward onto the battlefield, and she easily stopped Highsage Grandmaster, Wang Si, and more of the humans’ Semi-Progenitors. However, Forgotten Ruins God let out a contemptuous snort. "You don't need to do anything. None of these people can get past me!"
Instantly, Marquis Wang’s clones vanished one after another.
"I already told you that you don’t need to do anything.” Forgotten Ruins God was clearly upset as she scolded Marquis Wang while one clone moved past Forgotten Ruins God’s right side.
Marquis Wang answered in an indifferent and emotionless voice, "That's not my clone."
Forgotten Ruins God was momentarily taken aback, and she spun around just in time to see one of Marquis Wang’s clones shoot past her and race towards the passage to the Starfall Sea.
As for Marquis Wang, she made no attempt to interfere at all. Instead, the Semi-Progenitor corpse king and astral beast hurriedly tried to stop the departing figure.
"Arrogant!" Forgotten Ruins God was furious that she had been tricked, and countless black ropes shot out from the void to trap the fake clone. This was the Wang family’s secret technique, and it had actually been created by Forgotten Ruins God herself.
Lu Yin stared at Marquis Wang’s clone in a daze. Who the hell was that person? All the Semi-Progenitors were already accounted for, and yet this person was clearly a powerful Semi-Progenitor since they had actually been able to deceive even Forgotten Ruins God.
Lu Yin watched as the fake clone of Marquis Wang was tied up by countless black ropes. They pierced the body without any resistance, leaving just a swirl of black energy in place. It was… death energy?
The death energy moved further forward, and a face emerged from it. It was the ancient powerhouse who had followed Ancestor Tortoise all the way here from the Outerverse.
"Jue Yi?" Hen Xin and Lu Buzheng were both surprised.
Lu Yin was also startled, as this person was clearly using death energy. Could this person be from the Specter clan? It was possible that this person was from the clan’s first generation.
"Even he’s here!" Sky Garan exclaimed.
Lu Yin felt quite curious. "Who is that?"
Sky Garan explained, "Jue Yi. He’s the master of another one of the Heavens Sect’s Twelve Heavenly Gates. He’s the First Mainland’s gate master, as well as a disciple of the God of Death."
"The God of Death’s disciple?" Lu Yin was completely stunned. This was the first time he had received any conclusive evidence of the God of Death’s existence, and it was someone from the ancient era of the Heavens Sect. "The God of Death had a disciple?"
Sky Garan’s voice dropped low, "How could anyone who’s not the God of Death’s disciple learn the Mask of Death that can deceive even the Wang family’s Progenitor?"
Far away, Jue Yi had not only succeeded in deceiving Forgotten Ruins God, but he had also evaded her secret technique. He continued rushing towards the passage to the Starfall Sea with a strange movement technique, though it brought up a question: why was the man rushing forwards?
Just as Lu Yin was wondering about that, a voice entered his ear. Hen Xin pulled out Mt. Microcosms, and Lu Yin waved a hand, using the Yu Secret Art. Mt. Microcosms disappeared, and when it reappeared, it was already in Jue Yi's hands.
Jue Yi held Mt. Microcosms as he raced towards the passage while Hen Xin and the others held back Forgotten Ruins God.
Marquis Wang still did nothing at all to interfere.
Lu Yin watched as Jue Yi charge forwards, when suddenly, something occurred to him. "Watch out! There’s another one of the Seven Skygods!"
Lu Buzheng, Hen Xin, and Sky Garan all reflexively turned to look at Lu Yin, and a hint of despair appeared on their faces. Another one?
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Even these ancient figures had developed a bit of an instinctive fear towards the Seven Skygods.
In particular, they could not forget Forgotten Ruins God's words. "We Seven Skygods are like seven treasure boxes—each one of us will constantly reveal more and more surprises as we show ourselves."
This was not simply surprising, but rather completely shocking to the people from the ancient era.
People from the current era could not comprehend what these ancient figures felt when facing the Seven Skygods. For the people who had been released from the frozen battlefield, their era was not some distant point in the past. Instead, they felt as though everything had changed in the blink of an eye. A venerable Dao Monarch and the ancestor of one of the most respected families in the universe had both betrayed humanity. This was something that they still could not process.
"Who is it?" Sky Garan could not resist asking.
Lu Yin shook his head. "One of the Seven Skygods is called Whiteless God, and she’s the most mysterious. No one knows her true identity, but she is incredibly difficult to deal with."
As Lu Yin spoke, a sourcebox array appeared in front of Jue Yi. He managed to dodge it by using an odd method that used death energy, but then a second sourcebox array appeared. Still, the man was able to evade, but very quickly, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and eventually an eighth sourcebox array appeared. It was impossible for him to avoid all of them.
The speed at which Whiteless God arranged the sourcebox arrays left even Highsage Grandmaster ashamed of his lockbreaking abilities.
Lu Yin had no idea how powerful Jue Yi was, but in the end, the man was just a Semi-Progenitor. How could he possibly pass through Whiteless God's barricade?
Lu Yin started to get worried. They had already lost one opportunity to seal the passage before, and if things continued as they were, everything would prove fruitless. At this rate, it was just a matter of time before Ni Huang and the other Semi-Progenitors expended their stellular energy reserves. Then, there would be no point in even thinking about stopping Forgotten Ruins God, as the Semi-Progenitors would have trouble staying alive.
Were they really about to fail in their second attempt to seal the passage to the Starfall Sea just like their first one?
Three of the masters of the ancient Heavens Sect’s Twelve Heavenly Gates had acted against Aeternus. Ancient God had fallen, and Marquis Wang’s innate gift had been perfectly countered. If humanity’s forces still failed despite having such an advantageous situation, victory was truly impossible for them.