Chapter 3030: Indestructible?
Lord Xu’s wariness rose, and he retreated a good distance. Regardless of what the woman intended to do by repeatedly shooting out arrows, there was certainly a purpose, and it would be better if he maintained some distance. A ma.s.sive amount of voidforce energy had already encircled the woman, and it was about to form the Thermometer of Life.
The woman fired her fifth arrow, which Heaven’s Sight once again revealed to be absolutely no different from the previous four.
However, this arrow pierced Lord Xu’s body, drawing a trickle of blood that fell to the ground.
Lord Xu stared at his bleeding shoulder in disbelief as his blood stained his clothes. How was this possible?
Lu Yin’s expression drastically changed. What had just happened? How had it happened?
The arrow had gone through Lord Xu, and that prevented him from forming his Thermometer of Life. The woman raised her bow and fired a sixth arrow.
Lord Xu’s pupils shrank. Given the power of these arrows, he should not have been struck at all, but as he watched the sixth arrow approach, he found himself at a loss to respond.
Lu Yin moved at the speed of time with Inverse Step, and he pulled Lord Xu away. The arrow continued along its original path, traveling towards the more distant battlefield. Suddenly, the ground froze, and a frigid chill pa.s.sed over and froze the arrow in the air before it fell.
The Ice Lord had acted against the arrow. If it had continued and entered the larger battle, there was no telling who might be hurt by it.
While the woman’s arrows appeared to be quite ordinary, they carried such immense power that only sequence powerhouses could block them.
The Lightning Lord had been caught almost entirely off guard, which was why he had been struck by the sneak attack and seriously injured by a single arrow.
The woman simply raised her bow and aimed at Lord Xu, who was being dragged away by Lu Yin. Another arrow was fired.
“She’s acting strange. Don’t catch it,” Lord Xu warned.
Lu Yin did not need the warning. He did not dare to touch the arrows. Ignoring the question of whether or not he could withstand the arrow’s power, there was clearly something odd about the arrows, as that was the only reason why Lord Xu would be so badly injured when he should have been able to block the attack. The way the Voidlord had been wounded was too odd, and without first clearly understanding what had happening, Lu Yin was unwilling to face any of the arrows head-on.
Moving at the speed of time, Lu Yin dodged again with Lord Xu.
The second arrow missed, flying through the air, and the woman loosed a third arrow. This one was aimed at Lu Yin.
His expression changed, and he used Inverse Step to dodge again.
The arrow missed him again, and a fourth arrow was fired. Lu Yin continued to use Inverse Step to dodge, but inexplicably, Inverse Step failed to dodge this arrow, which was flying straight at his neck.
Lu Yin had seen something similar before. When he had been captured by the Great Sovereign and taken to the top of the black Mother Tree to see the Aeternals’ other Scourges, he had been attacked by an arrow. But that one had been far more powerful than the one approaching him at this moment. In fact, if not for the Great Sovereign, Lu Yin would have never avoided that arrow.
This same woman must have fired that first arrow, which meant that she still had not used her full strength at present. Lu Yin was not facing the same situation as when he had been with the Great Sovereign.
There was a clang as the arrow grazed Lu Yin’s neck and pa.s.sed by. While Inverse Step had failed, it did not mean that Lu Yin was without other means of protection. However, Lord Xu was the one who had deflected the arrow for Lu Yin.
“Something’s off. It’s clear enough that we should be able to dodge or block her arrows, but that simply doesn’t happen. This woman is very strange,” Lord Xu said somberly.
“It’s every five arrows. The fifth arrow will strike, Senior. Warn everyone else,” Lu Yin said hastily. After that, he and Lord Xu continued to retreat towards the main battlefield. The scarlet-haired woman’s mysterious yet formidable archery was putting a great deal of pressure on both men.
The woman turned to face the battlefield and raised her bow to target Mu Ke, who was fighting against Shao Yin. Suddenly, Mu Ke heard Lu Yin’s voice, and he swung his saber to the side and sliced the approaching arrow in half.
A second arrow was fired.
Shao Yin appeared surprised, and he turned to look into the distance. Was it her?
If the fifth arrow was capable of injuring Lord Xu, then Mu Ke would not be an exception. Lu Yin’s warning allowed Mu Ke to decisively open up some distance after he cut down the third arrow.
The scarlet-haired woman continued to fire her arrows. Her next target was Xu Wuwei. After that, she aimed at the Fire Lord, the Wood Lord, and the Ice Lord. One by one, she aimed at many of the sequence powerhouses present.
The Fire Lord had a hot temper, and he also refused to believe that he could not stop such a weak arrow. He caught the fifth arrow, and yet it still pierced through him, badly wounding him and forcing him to pull away.
While the woman’s archery was peerless, she stopped firing when she was unable to see a target.
One person, firing just one arrow at a time, swiftly succeeded in suppressing the entire battlefield.
Finally, the woman aimed at Lu Tianyi and fired an arrow.
Ancient G.o.d stood by as an arrow whizzed past, going straight for Lu Tianyi. He casually swatted away the arrow and looked at where it had come from. “Who is that woman?”
Ancient G.o.d answered in a low voice, “One of the Three Pillars and Six Skies, Arrow G.o.d. Be careful. It is not easy to catch her arrows.”
Lu Tianyi was acutely aware of the current situation and how the woman had altered the entire battlefield. This was a troublesome opponent.
Her arrows were certainly powerful enough to injure sequence powerhouses, but not so powerful that she should have had such an impact on the battlefield. What truly threatened everyone was that some of the arrows simply could not be avoided, and no one wanted to pit the the strength of their bodies against the arrows. This was not a matter of being unable to block the arrows, as some were guaranteed to strike their target, just like what had happened to Lord Xu.
While the Voidlord might not be any weaker than the archer, taking another one or two arrows would quickly force him towards death’s door.
Even Lu Tianyi admitted to himself that things would not end well if he was forced to face the woman’s arrows.
Arrow G.o.d fired a second arrow at Lu Tianyi.
Lu Yin clenched a fist. If no one could handle Arrow G.o.d, then this battle was essentially over.
Several peak powerhouses had already died. If humanity still failed to destroy the First Scourge, Lu Yin would not be satisfied with the outcome of this invasion.
Even so, the invasion had already achieved Lu Yin’s true goal. The Aeternals had suffered terrible losses. More than forty Progenitor-level corpse kings were dead, and only Progenitor Xi, the Seven SkyG.o.ds, and Shao Yin were still alive in the First Scourge. One of the True G.o.d Guard Captains had been killed during the battle, and w.a.n.g Fan had been forced to expose his true colors. The being of pure energy had been dealt with, and another one of the Three Pillars and Six Skies had been forced out. The First Scourge’s full strength had been uncovered. This was not at all a bad outcome, and yet it felt lacking.
Lu Yin really wanted to kill w.a.n.g Fan, the Purple Emperor, the Star Devourer, and ideally, Ancient G.o.d. That would be the greatest victory.
However, all the humans here were already at their limit. Ancestor Tianyi, Lord Xu, Big Sis, the Fire Lord, and Hou Zu had all been badly injured. It was unknown if the Lightning Lord was dead or alive, and other people like Food Sage were too weak to even continue fighting. If another one of the Seven SkyG.o.ds or the Three Pillars and Six Skies was forced out, there was no doubt that humanity’s forces would be defeated.
Lu Yin still had a trump card hidden, but that was intended for True G.o.d himself.
Thinking things through, Lu Yin felt rather disheartened as he realized that it was time to end things.
Suddenly, a brilliant golden light appeared at the entrance of the First Scourge. A long golden cudgel fell from the sky, aiming at Arrow G.o.d.
Arrow G.o.d looked over and swiftly attacked. One of her arrows slammed into the golden cudgel, and the impact caused the void to shatter.
Lu Yin’s mouth dropped open. Sovereign Dou Sheng?
Everyone else was similarly stunned. Was Sovereign Dou Sheng joining the fight, despite his severe injuries? He was close to death, and yet he was willing to enter the battle?
The Purple Emperor was startled. He had personally inflicted many of Sovereign Dou Sheng’s most serious injuries, and thus he knew that the man should not be able to take action so soon. Was the Sovereign insane? Did he want to die?
Sovereign Dou Sheng laughed as he pulled his golden cudgel back and leaped forward, slamming into the ground and positioning himself so that he was the one closest to Arrow G.o.d.
Lord Xu could not hold himself back. “Dou Sheng, you’re almost dead on your feet. What are you doing here?”
The man held his golden cudgel as he retorted, “Do I look like I’m about to die?”
Everyone stared at the Sovereign. It was true, at the moment, he looked nothing like the critically wounded man that they had seen before the battle started. He looked like he was fully recovered, but how could that be the case? How could anyone recover so quickly? Even if he had gone to a parallel universe where time pa.s.sed more quickly, he should not have been able to heal himself so soon.
Some injuries could heal quickly and be recovered in just days, while other wounds might need years or decades. There were even wounds that might not heal even after hundreds or thousands of years.
The Seven SkyG.o.ds, as well as the Great Sovereign and True G.o.d himself, had all entered seclusion because their injuries were ones that could not be recovered from quickly.
Sovereign Dou Sheng should have been in the same condition as the others, so what had happened?
The Sovereign slammed his golden cudgel to the ground. “I intended to wait for True G.o.d to make a move first, but this woman appearing and suppressing the entire battlefield forced me out.”
“What’s going on with you?” Lord Xu asked, puzzled.
Sovereign Dou Sheng clenched his cudgel tightly. It was clear that he had no intention of explaining anything. Instead, he charged straight at Arrow G.o.d while swinging his golden cudgel.
A gust of wind blew by, causing the woman’s scarlet hair to flutter. Her delicate features remained as calm as ever as she watched Sovereign Dou Sheng’s attack crash down upon her. Her bow rose, and three arrows instantly flew out, one right after the other. The first arrow stopped Sovereign Dou Sheng’s charge, the second made his cudgel stop, and the third pushed him back. The Sovereign turned around, swinging his golden cudgel again right as the fourth arrow appeared.
There was a clang as the arrow struck the end of the golden cudgel and pushed the weapon back again. Sovereign Dou Sheng raised a hand and threw a palm strike at Arrow G.o.d.
For the first time, Arrow G.o.d moved. It was only then that people realized that she had not taken a single step after she had stopped walking and started firing her arrows.
She dodged Sovereign Dou Sheng’s palm and released her fifth arrow.
“Watch out!” Lu Yin shouted.
The Sovereign charged at the arrow, his cudgel lifted. There was not a single indication of the man intending to block the attack.
The fifth arrow stabbed right into Sovereign Dou Sheng’s chest.
Lu Yin and the others watching were all shocked.
Lord Xu’s expression changed. Was this man actually seeking death?
Dou Sheng roared, and his golden cudgel slammed down with enough force to shatter the ground and the void at the same time. Arrow G.o.d raised a foot, and her leg blocked the cudgel as another arrow was fired. This sixth arrow was fired straight at Sovereign Dou Sheng from a very close range, and it was impossible for him to dodge.
The arrow struck the Sovereign’s shoulder, but he just cackled. “Bring it on!”
The golden cudgel slammed down again. Arrow G.o.d frowned and loosed a seventh arrow that was aimed at Sovereign Dou Sheng’s neck.
The man did not dodge, even as the arrow flew forward and stabbed into his neck, causing golden streaks of blood to leak from the wound. As this happened, Arrow G.o.d was pressed to the ground by his cudgel.
Three arrows had pierced Sovereign Dou Sheng’s body. His hand rose up and grabbed the shafts, ripping them out and spraying blood everywhere as he smirked. “It’s no big deal.”
Everyone was stunned. Was this man indestructible?
Even Lu Tianyi was taken aback. Sovereign Dou Sheng was certainly powerful, but the earlier ambush had left him badly wounded. Despite that, he had just withstood multiple arrows that had injured Lord Xu. Even after three arrows struck him, the Sovereign showed no signs of being impeded by his injuries. This did not make any sense, unless...
Lu Yin stared at Sovereign Dou Sheng and observed the golden glow that flowed over his body. Triumphant Brawl was blazing brighter than ever, but hidden beneath the gold light was Extremes Must Be Reversed.
There was no question about it; the man was using Extremes Must Be Reversed. Lu Yin gulped. Sovereign Dou Sheng had actually mastered Progenitor Ku’s technique.