Star Odyssey

Chapter 2759: The Darkest Sky

"You are seeking death!" Old Mo immediately attacked the Chiliagonist.

The ancient Progenitor feared the fusion of divine energy and consciousness, especially while he was inside the Lost Clan’s card. While it might be impossible for Old Mo to use sequence particles here, what of it? He was one of the Heavens Sect’s Twelve Heavenly Gatemasters, and he had since become one of the most powerful Progenitors in existence after surviving for so long.

While Old Mo feared the fused divine energy and consciousness, that did not mean that it was difficult for him to avoid it.

Old Mo used Inverse Step, and the Chiliagonist was unable to even touch the old man. Suddenly, the sound of a sword wooshed out, and a wisp of darkness carried by sword qi appeared. The Chiliagonist tilted his head, but a massive wound still appeared between his neck and his shoulder. The wound had clearly come from a sword.

Lu Yin was surprised. "A sword controlling technique?"

Old Mo sneered. "So you are not completely ignorant."

The old man placed his index and middle fingers together, pointed them forwards, and caused sword qi to sweep towards the corpse king.

The Chiliagonist was a Progenitor-level corpse king, and his physical strength was shocking. Even if he was not at the same level as a Progenitor-level corpse king that had undergone a Corpse King Transformation, he was still far more physically powerful than a human Progenitor. Despite the corpse king’s advantage, the sword qi still forced him back, as it could easily wound him. Old Mo was extremely adept at wielding sword qi and executing techniques with his fingers, which indicated that he was a true swordmaster.

This was Lu Yin’s second time seeing someone use fingers to execute sword techniques. The first had been Liu Song, who had been one of Undying God’s Semi-Progenitor avatars. Old Mo’s sword skills were very powerful, and even with his fingers, his attacks were as powerful as if they had been launched through an actual sword. Old Mo’s attacks contained unimaginable destructive power.

The old man used Inverse Step as he wielded sword qi with his fingers, releasing one attack after another. The Chiliagonist successfully dodged most of the attacks, but he was still struck by dozens of slashes, which left wounds all over his body. He looked truly miserable.

The corpse king’s consciousness was completely unable to affect Old Mo.

With just his personal strength, Old Mo was able to easily suppress both the Chiliagonist and Lu Yin. Additionally, they were within Evernight, where Old Mo could not use sequence particles. The man was simply too powerful.

If Lu Yin had become a Progenitor himself, then the combination of Inverse Step and Heaven’s Sight would prevent Old Mo’s sword skills from posing almost any threat to Lu Yin at all. However, there were times when sheer power could be unreasonably effective; even being able to see through the technique was pointless, as the target could not physically evade the attack.

Lu Yin could use Inverse Step to dodge some of the attacks that he saw, but he knew that it would be impossible for him to avoid all of them. At this rate, he would quickly end up in the same state as the wounded corpse king.

Lu Yin took advantage of Old Mo's focus on the Chiliagonist to pull out the God of Death’s scythe and left arm. Then, he immediately attacked Old Mo.

The ancient Progenitor instantly turned to stare at Lu Yin, his expression changing drastically. "The God of Death’s death energy? How many different powers have you cultivated?"

Lu Yin did not answer, and the black death energy sliced across the space within the Evernight card. Across from Lu Yin, consciousness erupted, blocking Old Mo's retreat.

Without hesitation, the old man brought up his other hand. "Infinite Swords."

Countless rays of sword qi shot out, smashing against the slash of death energy from the God of Death’s scythe. The sharp sword qi shattered, but it also managed to dissipate the approaching death energy. Old Mo refused to let himself be pincered on two sides, so he retaliated instead.

Old Mo was more willing to face death energy than divine energy. The God of Death had been Wu Tian’s peer, whereas True God Wei Yi was regarded as equal to the Origin Progenitor himself.

Lu Yin glared, as he could feel the scythe slash being eroded away. Old Mo was releasing countless attacks of sword qi from his fingers, and no matter how powerful his attack with the God of Death’s scythe might be, there was no way it could overpower Old Mo.

Lu Yin had no choice but to immediately leave Evernight. He was no match for Old Mo even inside the card’s space, but if he could take advantage of this opportunity, he might be able to escape from the Umbral Universe.

The moment Lu Yin tried to leave Evernight, he was enveloped by darkness. He raised a hand to release his own sword techniques.

Heaven's Sight was too domineering a battle technique, as it was able to see through all other battle techniques and weapon techniques. Lu Yin could instantly learn them, and he could even find their flaws.

Lu Yin's own mastery of the sword was quite high. Learning the Thirteen Swords had raised his sword mastery to the level where he could easily use sword techniques with his finger, but his finger was not enough to tear through the darkness. There was too great a gap between Lu Yin and Old Mo’s strengths. Even with the Investiture of the Gods, it was impossible for Lu Yin to compensate for the difference; even when Progenitor Nong and Cloudflow both attacked, it was impossible for Lu Yin to break through the darkness in one go.

As long as the dark power could not be broken through in one move, there would be no way to escape from Old Mo, as there was no end to the darkness in the Umbral Universe.

Lu Yin suddenly thought that, if he had obtained the seven-star Immemorial card Aurora instead of Evernight, he would have actually held an advantage against Old Mo.

The old man had used his sword qi to overwhelm the slash of death energy, and he stared at Lu Yin. "Child of the Lu family, leave Heaven’s Sight behind, and I won't make things difficult for you."

Lu Yin saw the consciousness approaching from behind Old Mo. "You’re going to have to find a way to make me believe that."

Old Mo snorted contemptuously before using Inverse Step to move closer to Lu Yin. Lu Yin looked back and saw that the consciousness was unable to get close to Old Mo, which meant that his only option was to leave the card.

Darkness had wrapped around his feet, and there was no way to break free, which meant that Lu Yin could only take Old Mo with him. Lu Yin badly wanted to keep the ancient Progenitor trapped within Evernight, and it could probably do so for a short while with its characteristics.

The moment that Lu Yin and Old Mo left the card, Lu Yin quickly released the Chiliagonist. There was no way Lu Yin could confront Old Mo without any help.

The Chiliagonist had already been badly wounded, but as soon as he emerged from Evernight, he immediately started absorbing divine energy.

The divine energy looked like a sun as it hung over the Umbral Expanse.

When the dark red light drew near the corpse king, it not only entered his own body, which healed him, but it also merged with his consciousness.

Old Mo frowned and quickly decided that he had to deal with the corpse king first.

As soon as they were all outside the card, the darkness sequence particles reappeared. Lu Yin could clearly observe them through Heaven’s Sight, and he watched as Old Mo once again took on the appearance of a massive, unrivaled beast. It was incredibly hard to deal with sequence particles, which meant that Lu Yin’s only option was to avoid them.

Darkness fell upon him once again.

Lu Yin felt utterly helpless. There was no way for him to win. Even after all this time, Old Mo had not suffered any injuries at all.

He really was an old monster.

If the Heavens Sect had not been broken and had survived to the current era, Lu Yin could not even imagine how powerful the the Twelve Heavenly Gatemasters would have grown to be, let alone the top Progenitors of the Heavens Sect era, such as the masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas or the Three Realms Six Dao. Just how powerful would those people have become?

With that intuitive comparison, Lu Yin felt like he had managed to understand the level of the Seven Skygods.

The Python Ancestor was a creature that had survived from the Heavens Sect era and still lived, but despite the creature’s incredible power, it had not been able to kill Undying God. It could only immobilize the Skygod.

That was the power of the Seven Skygods.

Each of the Seven Skygods was an ancient monster, and the Old Mo that Lu Yin was currently facing was another old monster.

The sun-like divine energy moved, but this time, it was not drawn out in small bits. Rather, the entire orb of divine energy was being pulled by the Chiliagonist, and it crashed towards Old Mo. The corpse king was getting desperate.

Lu Yin’s eyes opened, and he found Shan Pu’s card that had been swallowed in the darkness. He moved along the spatial lines to appear next to the card, and he grabbed it before finding Shan Pu.

Ever since Old Mo had taken away the two men’s sight, Shan Pu had been rendered completely useless. Without his card, his combat power had been cut in half, and without his sight, he did not dare to move about. There was nothing that he could do, so it was better for him to stay where he was and observe the bit of the universe that he could.

When Lu Yin suddenly appeared, Shan Pu reflexively attacked.

"It's me!" Lu Yin shouted.

Shan Pu stopped in time and warned, "Don't move."

Lu Yin was left speechless. "What difference does it make?"

He quickly gave Shan Pu back his card, and the man was surprised to receive it. "You were able to find it?"

He had thought that his card was gone for good, and he had been feeling quite upset about that.

"We need to hurry up and move!" Lu Yin tore through the void, once again trying to escape. Unfortunately, the darkness was pervasive, and the entire Umbral Universe was under Old Mo’s control. There was no way to escape from the man.

Old Mo evaded the divine energy. "What a waste of effort. I’ll let you experience true darkness!

"Darkest Sky."

As Old Mo shouted, the already endless darkness of the Umbral Universe shook. The sky overhead then fell down and was replaced by a dark sky that supplanted all of existence and suppressed the entire universe.

Lu Yin was stunned. "You old monster! If you do that again, I’ll destroy Heaven’s Sight!"

Old Mo sneered. Inside the card, he had not been able to use Darkest Sky and had only been able to threaten Lu Yin. However, he had used the technique now, which meant that it was already too late.

In this realm of utter darkness, I alone am the ruler!

At that instance, everyone in the Umbral Universe collapsed as their bodies were invaded by the darkness. Both their minds and bodies began to sink into darkness. People, animals, and even the stars were falling into the darkness at that moment. It was as though time itself had stopped.

Lu Yin, Shan Pu, and even the Chiliagonist were not excluded from this phenomena, and they all collapsed, unable to resist.

Only the divine energy remained high above all.

No matter how powerful the darkness became, it was unable to devour the divine energy.

The divine energy remained like a sun floating in the darkness, drifting aimlessly as the Chiliagonist fell.

Old Mo glanced at Lu Yin’s fallen form, and then glanced at the divine energy. "Do you not have anywhere to go? Then just stay here. The Sixverse Association will assume that the Aeternals did this."

He glanced around again. "There is no longer any need to remain in this Umbral Universe."

The old man then started moving towards Lu Yin. He had not killed Shan Pu or the Chiliagonist. One of the two represented the Lost Clan, while the other represented Aeternus, which meant that they could both be useful to Old Mo in a critical situation. As for Lu Yin, there was no need to even mention him, though Old Mo first needed to get Heaven’s Sight.

Once he obtained Heaven’s Sight and became the next Wu Tian, he would not need to fear anything.

At that thought, Old Mo grew increasingly excited as he moved closer and closer to Lu Yin.

Abruptly, the divine energy that had been aimlessly floating in the Umbral Universe suddenly shot towards Lu Yin.

As soon as the Chiliagonist fell, the divine energy that had been in his body had been reabsorbed by the red glowing orb that resembled a sun, and his consciousness had also dissipated without anyone to control it. Old Mo had thought that the divine energy was wandering about aimlessly, as it was essentially lost without a person to absorb and control it.

No one here could have imagined that Lu Yin actually had divine energy in his own body. While it was a tiny amount, it acted like a beacon. For the sun of divine energy, that tiny bit of divine energy in Lu Yin’s chest was a homing beacon, and it shot towards Lu Yin, not stopping or slowing for anything.

Old Mo noticed the divine energy approaching, and he quickly stepped aside. He immediately checked on the Chiliagonist, but the corpse king was clearly still unconscious, so how could he be controlling the divine energy? No, the corpse king was not the one responsible for what was happening.

The divine energy did not attack Old Mo, but was simply moving in the same direction, rushing towards Lu Yin.

When Old Mo realized that, he was startled, and he quickly tried to stop what was happening.

Even so, he still feared the divine energy. A fear of True God Yi Wei had been carved into Old Mo’s heart, and he did not dare to touch the divine energy.

With that, the divine energy struck Lu Yin without issue.

Old Mo stared blankly at the brat. Why had the divine energy rushed at him? It had not attacked him. Rather, had it really... merged with the youth?

Was the child not a descendent of the Lu family? He already possessed the power of the Lu family, the God of Death’s power, and also Dao Monarch Gu’s power. What was his connection to divine energy?

The old man stared at Lu Yin, slowly walking closer one step at a time. What had happened to the boy?

The entire universe was silent, as all living creatures had fallen unconscious.

The only movement was Old Mo slowly approaching Lu Yin.

The only sound that entered the old man’s ears was the beating of his own heart. He was afraid. Yes, he was afraid, as he was scared that Lu Yin would be killed by the divine energy and that Heaven’s Eye would be destroyed. He was afraid that his greatest dream of countless years would be forever lost. He was so, so close to success, and he could not let it slip away.

The more Old Mo thought about the situation, the more worried he grew. The greater his fear, the slower he moved, hesitant to move closer, as he was terrified that he would see something that he did not want to see.

The sound of his own heartbeat grew louder and louder in his ears. Wait. Old Mo’s eyes flashed. He was not hearing his own heartbeat... Was it Lu Yin’s?