Chapter 2975: Roulette Of Life And Death
The Ice Lord’s answer let Lu Yin breathe a sigh of relief. "Senior Ice Lord, we don’t have much time. Please take me to the other universes where frenzied corpses have appeared. Aeternus wants to use these monsters to upset the balance of the war between them and Whitecloud. Just leave the frenzied corpses to me."
"Very well. Thank you, Dao Monarch Lu." The Ice Lord bowed his rotund body in a human manner. If not for Lu Yin, the Ice Spirit Tribe would have been doomed. He had done them a great favor.
Lu Yin had first helped the Ice Lord see through the Aeternals’ scheme, and at this moment, Lu Yin was rescuing the entire Five Spirits Alliance from the frenzied corpses. The Ice Lord could not allow such kindness to go unnoticed.
"Although the Heavens Sect and Whitecloud have not interacted much, both are human powers with Aeternus as their enemy. There’s no need to be polite. Let"s go," Lu Yin urged.
Not long after, a Progenitor-level Ice Spirit led Lu Yin to the Earth Spirit Tribe’s universe.
Given the Ice Spirit Tribe’s previous predicament had faced, the other four members of the Five Spirits Alliance could not be having an easy time of things either. The frenzied corpses were difficult issues for anyone to deal with.
The Aeternals had never imagined that anyone could eliminate the frenzied corpses so quickly. While Lu Tianyi"s incredible combat strength meant that he could quickly eliminate a frenzied corpse, it was also impossible for him to deal with the frenzied corpses everywhere. Aeternus had already taken Lu Tianyi’s power into consideration, and they understood how to avoid that man. It was expected that someone with Lu Tianyi"s strength could ma.s.sacre the frenzied corpses, but Lu Yin was a variable that no one could have predicted.
Mu Ji had told Lu Yin that there were not many frenzied corpses still beneath the lake of divine energy. The frenzied corpses were also why the Aeternals were confident about launching an all-out war. By sending the frenzied corpses to the Five Spirits Alliance and the Luna Alliance, Aeternus expected to instantly deal with both organizations. By keeping eight sequence powerhouses tied up, the war would be instantly decided.
At this moment, Progenitor Xi still did not know what was happening.
The Heavens Sect had entered the war, which had drastically tipped the balance of the scales.
Aeternus did not expect this a.s.sault to eliminate Whitecloud’s forces, but that was not the purpose of the war. Their goal was to destroy the different parallel universes and thereby demonstrate to Whitecloud that Whitecloud could not afford to interfere in the fight over sequence strings. As for the Heavens Sect entering the fray, their purpose was to tell Aeternus that the Heavens Sect would continue to wage war against Aeternus until one of the two was destroyed. It did not matter if the Aeternals pulled out of the Sixverse a.s.sociation; the Heavens Sect would only stop fighting when only one of the two remained.
In outer s.p.a.ce in a universe, light kept flashing as roars were heard.
Lu Qi gasped, blood leaking from the corner of his mouth. "d.a.m.n! Where did this monster come from? His body is so strong! No wonder Little Seven warned me to be careful."
In front of him, Zhong Pan charged forward again, throwing another punch.
There was a bang as a fist struck Lu Qi"s chest. It rang with a metallic sound as Lu Qi was knocked back. He grinned through pain. "If it weren"t for Heaven’s Furnace, I would have been beaten to death by now. Still, you can’t be having an easy time of things either. "
Blood dripped from Zhong Pan’s fists. His eyes were locked onto Lu Qi. The corpse king was indeed struggling.
The fire from Heaven’s Furnace flowed just beneath Lu Qi"s skin. That fire raged throughout his body, causing him to endure agony at all times. However, that fire was also a form of protection for Lu Qi. It not only protected him from external harm, but it also retaliated, damaging an attacker every time they struck Lu Qi.
Zhong Pan’s skin had been burned by the flames. After all, these flames were from Progenitor Chen’s innate gift.
"Hehehehe, I can"t be beaten to death, I’m Lu Qi! Come on, I can keep fighting you for a hundred years! Let’s go!" Lu Qi seized the initiative and shot forward, attacking Zhong Pan.
The corpse king retaliated with a punch, blowing Lu Qi away. He spat out blood, which sprayed through the vacuum of s.p.a.ce, only to instantly be vaporized by the scorching temperature. Zhong Pan"s arm was twisted in an unnatural position. The heat was forcing him to suffer badly.
...
Lu Qi"s battle was the complete opposite of Big Sis’. She was doing her best, but she was unable to harm Skydog at all. The dog kept barking, and the sound echoed through s.p.a.ce, giving Big Sis quite the headache.
While she was unable to harm Skydog, Skydog was also unable to hurt Big Sis, which had led to their current stalemate.
"Where did this mutt come from? Get lost!"
Woof!
"If you’re strong enough to fight with me, it doesn"t matter if you don"t fight back."
Woof!
"Go on, attack me again! Don"t be a coward! If you can attack, then make a move! Don’t show me your tail."
Woof! Woof!
"Say something."
Woof! Woof! Woof!
"I don’t believe you can"t actually speak. Go to h.e.l.l!"
Woof!
"d.a.m.n it..."
...
A saber kept on slashing, slicing through the laws of the universe and sequence particles. Every slash made Mu Ji nervous. He still could not cultivate divine energy. The only thing that let him just barely resist the slashes was the divine energy that had started to corrupt the surface of his body.
Just the man’s skin and hair had barely been corrupted by divine energy, but this was enough to prevent Mu Ke from slicing Mu Ji to pieces. Without this protection, Mu Ji would have died long ago.
"Mu Ke, while I may have betrayed the Arboreal Realm, I never did anything to harm our universe! You and I once had the best relationship, so don"t come after me." Another saber slash attacked Mu Ji, nearly slicing his arm off. He was quite worried.
Mu Ke looked over, raising his saber up high and pointing it straight at Mu Ji.
The man’s expression changed. "Not this move!”
He waved his hands, creating a strong wind that swept through the void. This was the waning good, and it allowed Mu Ji to see the evil in people.
He saw the evil in Mu Ke, but while Mu Ji wanted to control it, Mu Ke’s saber was still attacking, and it sliced right through the waning good.
Mu Ke was a sequence powerhouse. While Mu Ji’s power was effective on Progenitor-level powerhouses, it was useless against sequence powerhouses.
However, Mu Ji had merely wanted to interrupt the attacks against him, not actually control Mu Ke. Mu Ji wanted to bring out his roulette wheel.
A roulette wheel appeared over Mu Ji"s right hand. It looked quite simple. There were four characters on it: top, bottom, left, and right. Together, they formed the Roulette of Life and Death. There were five places on the wheel that the arrow could point to, corresponding to the five segments.
Mu Ke looked at it, but he simply raised his saber up again.
Mu Ji gritted his teeth and spun the wheel. "Please, please, please, please..."
Mu Ke’s blade fell, and there was no time for another thought.
Even Corpse G.o.d needed to be serious against Verseless. This was the attack that had severed the Inorganic Universe and also severely injured the super giant Bei Shan. This attack could kill a sequence powerhouse.
There was nothing that Mu Ji could do to stop this attack. He could only stand in place, gritting his teeth while staring at his roulette wheel. Hurry, hurry, hurry!
The wheel stopped.
The blade sliced through.
Mu Ke clenched the hilt of his saber and stared into the distance. All he could see was Mu Ji standing in outer s.p.a.ce, his arms dangling in an odd manner that made him look dead.
Mu Ke frowned. Suddenly, something occurred to him, and his blade rose up and lashed out again.
However, he was already too late. Mu Ji"s body entered the void, disappearing entirely.
Before he vanished, Mu Ji returned to normal and let out a breath. He grinned at Mu Ke. "I managed to escape from death, which is quite lucky. You’re out of luck, haha! Just wait, Mu Ke! I’ll make you pay me back for that attack! I’ll make the Arboreal Realm pay the price."
The attack pa.s.sed by, and the void returned to normal.
Mu Ke looked quite upset.
Escape from Death was one of the options on Mu Ji’s Roulette of Life and Death. No matter how desperate the situation he was in, he would have a chance to survive. His bizarre innate gift was what qualified him to leave his name in the Arboric Scripture, as well as be accepted as Mu Shen’s disciple. After that, he had unexpectedly betrayed the Arboreal Realm and joined Aeternus.
Mu Ji had a truly magical innate gift. If Mu Ke could not kill the man, it would mean much greater trouble for the future.
Mu Ji had already fled back to the Scourge. When he arrived, he saw Marquis w.a.n.g and Zhong Pan. "You must have failed as well."
w.a.n.g Xiaoyu appeared to be unbothered, and she showed no interest in talking.
Zhong Pan was even worse.
Mu Ji was speechless. He had only narrowly escaped death, and he wanted to talk to someone to avoid being overcome with fear. It was a pity that Ye Bo had not returned yet. Hopefully, he was not died.
Progenitor Xi appeared. "Who were your opponents?"
"Lu Qi."
"Qing Ping."
"Mu Ke."
Progenitor Xi was stunned. First of all, it was a surprise to learn that Qing Ping was capable of fighting off Marquis w.a.n.g, but it was just as surprising as the fact that Mu Ji had managed to escape from Mu Ke.
Mu Ke was someone who could fight against the Seven SkyG.o.ds. Even if he could not defeat any of them, he was at least capable of fighting against them. How could Mu Ji escape from someone with that level of strength?
When Mu Ji saw Progenitor Xi staring at him, he panicked. "Senior Progenitor Xi, why are you looking at me like that? I’m not a traitor."
Progenitor Xi was unfazed. "How did you escape from Mu Ke?"
The seven True G.o.d Guard Captains had all been attacked by masters of the Heavens Sect. There was only one reason for such a precise counterattack, which was that Aeternus’s plans had been leaked.
Only the seven True G.o.d Guard Captains knew about the seven universes that they had been sent to, which meant that the Heavens Sect must have a spy among the True G.o.d Guard Captains.
The most likely suspect was Mu Ji.
He was the only one of the captains who had not yet cultivated divine energy. According to what the Aeternals knew, it was impossible for anyone who had cultivated divine energy to betray Aeternus.
From the beginning, Progenitor Xi suspected that Mu Ji was a traitor, but the fact that he had managed to escape from Mu Ke only exacerbated her feeling that something was quite wrong.
Marquis w.a.n.g and Zhong Pan both turned to stare at Mu Ji.
The man’s expression turned ugly. "Progenitor Xi, I definitely did not betray Aeternus! I came to this place after killing one of the Arboreal Realm’s Arboreans. I have spent years working for Aeternus. I’ll admit that I have made some mistakes, but I will not accept the blame for this. It’s clear that you suspect that I have betrayed Aeternus."
"Just tell me how you managed to escape from Mu Ke," Progenitor Xi calmly ordered.
Mu Ji quickly brought out his Roulette of Life and Death. "Many people believe that the waning good is my innate gift, which is what allows me to see evil. But really, this is my innate gift. It has five options: Live and Die Together, Return From Death, Drunk and Dreaming of Death, and Escape From Death.
"As long as I get the right spin, I will have a higher chance to survive against a powerful enemy. When Mu Ke attacked me, I managed to spin ‘escape from death.’”
Progenitor Xi was surprised, as she had not known about this.
She had not been the one to recruit Mu Ji into Aeternus, which meant that she had never been responsible for him before. To her knowledge, Mu Ji had the ability to see evil, and he had once used that ability to try to take control of a True G.o.d Guard Captain. That crime was the reason why the man had been cast into the lake of divine energy.
The Aeternals were emotionless, and the Scourge was even colder. No one relaxed or wandered about, spreading rumors. Progenitor Xi was no exception to this, and this was why she had never heard of Mu Ji"s innate gift before.
Even Zhong Pan was surprised by the information. If what Mu Ji had said was accurate, then he had a chance to survive an encounter with anyone.
"No wonder you were able to become Mu Shen’s disciple," Progenitor Xi commented as she stared at Mu Ji. "If that’s your innate gift, then prove it."
She instantly waved a hand, transforming the sky and the ground. A single sword blade filled Mu Ji’s vision as it fell upon him. His pupils shrank, as he knew that he was about to die—he could feel it. As soon as this sword fell, Mu Ji would be executed.
d.a.m.n it! This crazy woman!