Star Odyssey

Chapter 1995: Melting

Lu Yin stared at the center of the countless shards of black crystal, and sure enough, he saw a bubble there, and there was the same reddish liquid in it. The bubble was the same size as the one he had seen in the Autumnfrost family’s territory.

Lu Yin put the bubble away without any hesitation. "Let's go."

Just as the Second Nightking was about to lead Lu Yin out of the forbidden zone, when they were but a single step away from leaving Chroma Flowzone, their surroundings suddenly turned completely white. It was as though the Second White King had just stepped into a different universe.

The old man instantly froze in place, and he looked around in disbelief.

Lu Yin's expression changed drastically. What was this?

Everywhere he looked he saw nothing but white. This was not merely the color white, but a white that was so pure that it was more the absence of any other color. This white glowed, and he also saw mountains and seas. They were in a white world, and there were white mountains and white oceans.action

"An inner world…" the Second Nightking said through gritted teeth. "We’ve fallen into a Semi-Progenitor’s inner world!"

Lu Yin's heart dropped. It was impossible for the four ruling powers to have arrived so quickly, so who had found them? Lu Yin had already met all of the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands’ Semi-Progenitors, aside from Jiu Yao, but that man had no reason to target Lu Yin. Who else could it be? The Seven Skygods were all supposed to be dead-

Wait, Lu Yin’s head snapped up. Not all of the Skygods were dead, as there was one who had never shown themselves at all: Whiteless God.

Everything they could see was pure white, and even a nearby planet had been transformed into a pure white world. Lu Yin had no idea if the people on that planet were able to even notice the change that had afflicted them.

How could they be so fast? An ugly expression painted Lu Yin's face.

Lu Yin had considered the situation, and he had believed that the four ruling powers would be able to arrive in Chroma Flowzone faster than the Aeternals. This was why he had believed that all he needed to do was escape and pin the destruction of the black crystal onto the Perennial World, even if they ended up being a bit slower than the Aeternals, the Aeternals would still be suspicious that the Perennial World had destroyed the crystal.

Lu Yin needed to get out. He had to escape!

But what was his current situation? Whiteless God had already arrived and trapped Lu Yin, which was a huge problem.

"I looked around, but I couldn’t find what I was looking for. Alliance Leader Lu, can you return that thing to me?" A pleasant voice filled the vast white world.

The Second Nightking’s eyes darted about as he tried to find the speaker, but he could find nothing at all.

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. "Are you Whiteless God?"

"This is our first time meeting, Alliance Leader Lu. I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time," Whiteless God replied. Although the voice was pleasant, it was completely void of all emotions. This was the complete opposite of Forgotten Ruins God, though Lu Yin had to admit that Whiteless God’s voice was still quite nice. It sounded a bit like Lan Xian’s voice.

"I don't understand what you're talking about. I didn't take anything from you," Lu Yin warily replied.

"Alliance Leader Lu, I’m well aware of your strategic importance, so I won't attack you unless it proves to be absolutely necessary. However, you also can't test my patience. I’ll thank you to return that to me," Whiteless God continued.

Lu Yin’s hands clenched into fists. "You’re talking about Aeternus Nation? Fine, I can give that back to you."

Silence reigned in the white world for a few seconds, but then, suddenly, the Second Nightking felt something from his lower body. His head snapped to look down, and his pupils shrank. "My leg?"

Lu Yin looked over, and his face grew pale.

Mysteriously, the Second Nightking's leg had disappeared at the calf. No, it had not disappeared, but had melted and turned white. The old man’s lower leg had become the same white as the universe surrounding them, and then simply vanished.

The Second Nightking roared and shot forwards, as he desperately tried to leave the realm of white.

He no longer cared about Lu Yin. Even if Lu Yin tried to use the Sealed Cage Technique to control or even kill the Second Nightking, it would still be a better fate than remaining to be melted away.

However, it was impossible for the Second Nightking to escape. There might have been people who were capable of crossing realms to challenge Semi-Progenitors, but the Second Nightking was not one of those people.

A white mountain crashed down from overhead. No matter how the Second Nightking tried to move, he could not avoid being struck by that mountain, and it pressed down upon him. The old man spat out blood, powerless to resist.

Lu Yin just watched. He felt completely powerless at this moment.

The Second Nightking was so powerful, and yet he was completely helpless when facing Whiteless God.

The Second Nightking let out a scream as he felt his thighs start melting. The pain overpowered the fear he felt, and yet the fear never disappeared. At this moment, the Second Nightking, a powerhouse who had survived since the Daosource Sect era, was overcome by fear, despair, and pain, and he let out a miserable scream.

A chill crept up Lu Yin’s body from the bottoms of his feet. This was the same sensation he had felt when he had first seen the truth hidden within Aeternus Nation.

He could do nothing but watch as the Second Nightking was melted—or perhaps it was better to say eaten—by the white world.

"Alliance Leader Lu, I won't hurt you, there’s no way I’ll do that. You don’t have to worry and you can rest assured of your own importance, but this man is different. The Second Nightking was once a slave of the Celestial Frost Sect’s Bai family. If a mere slave dies, no one cares, do they?" Whiteless God's voice still sounded as pleasant as ever, yet to Lu Yin’s perception, it permeated all of existence.

The Second Nightking was being crushed beneath the White Mountain. He stared at Lu Yin and started begging in a hoarse voice, "Help me! Save me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

Lu Yin's fingers trembled, and he gritted his teeth so tightly that they nearly cracked. He looked out and shouted, "Come out, Whiteless God! Even if you’re demanding I give you something, you should at least show yourself and meet with me in person!"

"You want to see me? Why?" Whiteless God grew rather curious.

Lu Yin ground his teeth as he shouted back, "I’ve heard that Ancient God leads the Seven Skygods, yet Whiteless God is the most mysterious of them all. I want to see who the mysterious Whiteless God is! What do you look like? Show yourself to me, and I can give you something."

Whiteless God answered in an indifferent tone, "There will be a day when we meet, but not today."

"You have that list known as Aeterna, right?" Lu Yin yelled. He was just trying to stall until the people from the four ruling powers showed up. He had never thought there would come a day when he was so eager to see his enemies appear, but at this moment, Lu Yin was desperately hoping that people would show up from anywhere at all.

"Humans can be so shallow. Just a few words are able to win the loyalty of so many people, and it’s been that way forever. Even in ancient times, there were even many Progenitors who betrayed humanity. Alliance Leader Lu, do you really want to see Aeterna?" Whiteless God asked.

Lu Yin's eyes flickered. "Yes, I want to see it."

"Alright, but…” Whiteless God hesitated a moment. “I have a single condition: your name must first be added to that list."

Lu Yin arched a brow. "You want me to betray humanity? You actually think that’s possible?"

"Everyone has a price at which they can be bought, and your Lu family is no exception," Whiteless God retorted.

Lu Yin frowned. What was Whiteless God actually saying? Were these words suggesting that Lu Yin could actually be coerced into betraying humanity, or were they indicating that a member of the Lu family had already betrayed humanity?

"Alliance Leader Lu, if you don't give that to me, he will die," Whiteless God reminded Lu Yin.

Lu Yin looked over at the Second Nightking. By this time, half of the Second Nightking's body had already melted away. The old man’s eyes were full of despair and pleading. He was suffering from an incredible amount of pain.

Lu Yin clenched his fists. "Let him go, and I’ll give it to you."

"Very well. Thank you, Alliance Leader Lu. I don't care for liars, so if you lie to me, he will die," Whiteless God cautioned as the white world vanished.

The Second Nightking’s body stopped melting away. He spat out more blood, and shakily rose up. He looked down and saw that half of his body had vanished, which gave him a miserable appearance. However, this was not a fatal injury for someone with the Second Nightking’s strength, but simply a terrible wound.

Lu Yin let out a long breath. His efforts in Chroma Flowzone had proven pointless, but luckily, he still had that other bubble with the red liquid. He could still use that to point the Aeternals towards the four ruling powers.

Just as Lu Yin was about to pull out the bubble, a bit of black suddenly appeared in the white world. Strips of black started shooting through the white. "Who’s acting like some sort of ghost?"

It was Wang Si's voice. She sounded harsh and cold, yet Lu Yin thought her voice sounded far more beautiful than Whiteless God's voice.

No, if Wang Si’s here, what do I do? This thought put an ugly expression on Lu Yin’s face.

It was at this moment that the white world started retreating, and Lu Yin was dragged along with it.

The next moment, the streaks of black stabbed through the entire white world. This was the Wang family’s secret technique: Confinement. It trapped a person and could also attack them.

Wang Si entered the white world and looked around with cold eyes. "Who are you? A Semi-Progenitor from the Forsaken Land?"

All the mountains, rivers, and oceans that made up the white world suddenly attacked Wang Si, and the woman raised a hand to retaliate, but at that moment, Elder Ni Huang appeared. There was a solemn expression on his face as he raised his right hand and unleashed a single punch.

The white mountains, rivers, and oceans shattered in every direction, and fractures appeared throughout the white world.

Wang Si was stunned. This was the strength of the White Dragon Clan’s Great Elder Ni Huang.

She had heard that he was the Semi-Progenitors closest to becoming a Progenitor. In the past, the All-Dao family’s Wan Dao had held that title, and Elder Ni Huang had been given the same recognition.

Wang Si had not believed that there was much of a difference in their strength, but the punch she had just seen had allowed her to feel how much stronger the man was than her.

Great Elder Ni Huang shattered the inner world with a single punch. Despite entering a Semi-Progenitor’s inner world, the old man had appeared quite relaxed.

The inner world shattered, the endless white quickly disappeared.

Wang Si stared into a certain direction. "You want to escape?"

However, when she was just about to attack, she realized that her opponent was already gone. Right before the Semi-Progenitor had disappeared, a terrifying burst of energy had swept towards the Cosmic Sea.

Ni Huang's expression changed. "That felt quite familiar."

Wang Si was unable to detect Whiteless God anywhere, so she asked, "Who was that?"

Ni Huang frowned.

"If you want to know, then ask him.” The grand elder looked at the Second Nightking as he spoke.

The Second Nightking looked truly miserable at this time. Half of his body had already melted away, and Ni Huang’s attack had also caught the Second Nightking up within it, which had led to many more wounds appearing on the man’s body.

The Second Nightking had lost all hope. He had not expected to end up in such a terrible situation after leaving his long seclusion.

The old man had initially hated Lu Yin, but that hatred had eventually given way to indifference. However, that initial hatred had reignited. That little bastard had disappeared without suffering a single injury, while the Second Nightking had suffered so horribly.

Ni Huang and Wang Si both looked at the broken man.

The Second Nightking knew he could not escape these two, so he dragged himself over to the two and offered the most respectful bow possible. “This junior is known as the Second Nightking. I greet the two seniors."

Wang Si was stunned. "Nightking? Why have I heard that name before?"

Ni Huang answered indifferently, "They were a slave family to the Celestial Frost Sect’s Bai family."

"That’s right." Wang Si looked back at the Second Nightking. "You were abandoned here by the Bai family."

As the woman spoke, she carefully observed the Second Nightking. "However, you are no weakling. You’re actually only a single step away from your breakthrough to become a Semi-Progenitor."

Ni Huang also stared at the Second Nightking in amazement. "A mere slave was able to grow so strong? You shouldn’t be a nobody in this Forsaken Land. Who was that Semi-Progenitor who just attacked you?”

Although Wang Si had already visited the Fifth Mainland, she had not been able to learn too much about Lu Yin, and she had never heard about the Second Nightking following Lu Yin. There were very few people who even knew of the old man’s existence.