Chapter 2976: Return From Death
Mu Ji spun the pointer on the roulette without even looking at the approaching sword. Looking would not make any difference. He did not have the ability to survive on his own. Only his Roulette of Life and Death could possibly save him. Come on! Come on! I just need one chance. Luck! Be a lucky spin!
The sword did not drop quickly, as Progenitor Xi was not trying to kill Mu Ji, but rather test him.
If he was not a traitor and was being honest about his innate gift, then he would be extremely useful to Aeternus. As soon as he comprehended sequence particles, he might even be able to compete for a place as one of the Seven SkyG.o.ds. Mu Ji was someone even Mu Ke wanted to kill, and Progenitor Xi wanted to make use of this.
The arrow landed on Return From Death.
Mu Ji’s mouth fell open, but he did not move. The edge of the sword sliced through his body, pierced his chest, and pinned him to the ground. His upper body bent backwards in an odd manner. He was completely defeated by this one strike of Progenitor Xi’s sword.
His expression showed his agony at the pain of death.
Progenitor Xi watched calmly and saw that Mu Ji had already dead.
Zhong Pan and Marquis w.a.n.g both stared at Mu Ji. They could clearly see that the arrow had stopped on Return From Death. Could Mu Ji really still be alive?
As the three people watched, Mu Ji"s clearly dead body twitched. The blade of Progenitor Xi’s sword disappeared, and Mu Ji"s body collapsed to the ground. His enraged expression changed, and he coughed several times while clutching at his chest. He gasped loudly as his pupils dilated. It took him some time to recover.
When he looked up, he saw the surprised expressions of Progenitor Xi and the other two, and a cold light flickered through Mu Ji’s eyes. If he had not been lucky with his spin, Progenitor Xi’s sword would have really killed the man. Even if he had been lucky enough to survive, he would need a very long time to recover from being stabbed in the chest.
Not even Mu Ji’s battle with Mu Ke had wounded him so badly. This woman...
"Your innate gift is quite impressive." Progenitor Xi rarely gave out any form of praise.
Mu Ji gasped, "Do you believe me now?"
Progenitor Xi did not answer and instead looked over at Marquis w.a.n.g. "Was Qing Ping able to defeat you?"
"He’s broken through and become a Progenitor," Marquis w.a.n.g calmly reported.
This caught Progenitor Xi by surprise. "Didn"t he fail his tribulation?"
w.a.n.g Xiaoyu shook her head, as she knew nothing of this matter.
A short time later, Progenitor Xi once again reviewed the information that she had received from the Origin Universe. There was information that had been transmitted to the Scourge after Qing Ping succeeded in his breakthrough, but Progenitor Xi had not read it at the time. As she finally looked at it, her expression changed. “How is this possible? He failed his stellular tribulation, only to immediately take another path and succeed? He truly is worthy of being his disciple. This man never truly failed, as he was unwilling to attack the people from Burial Garden. Such resolution is not a good thing for our Aeternus. "
Progenitor Xi looked up at the cosmic doors in the sky. The seven surviving True G.o.d Guard Captains had all been targeted while out on a mission. Clearly, there were traitors within Aeternus. Their all-out war would not achieve the desired results.
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In the Lightning Spirit Tribe’s universe, Lu Yin pulled his hand back. He brought out his Champions’ Stage and began to anoint a champion.
He had just eliminated another frenzied corpse. So far, he had dealt with the frenzied corpses that had been sent to the Ice Spirit Tribe, the Earth Spirit Tribe, and the Fire Spirit Tribe. He had also just taken care of the frenzied corpse sent to the Lightning Spirit Tribe, which meant that his next goal was the Wood Spirit Tribe’s universe.
Through his efforts, the dark-red star in the universe in his chest had absorbed a tremendous amount of divine energy from the frenzied corpses. This divine energy had corrupted peak powerhouses for decades, centuries, or even longer. Each one had been steeped in much more divine energy than what any of the True G.o.d Guard Captains had ever managed to absorb.
Additionally, Lu Yin had anointed four more Progenitor-level champions to his Champions’ stage from the bodies of the powerhouses who had been transformed into frenzied corpses. In addition to Qi You, the old woman, and the Cyclops King, Lu Yin’s Champions’ Stage now had more champions than his Invest.i.ture of the G.o.ds’ summoned G.o.ds. He had not even noticed.
As for the strength of Lu Yin’s summons, his most powerful summoned G.o.d from his Invest.i.ture of the G.o.ds was Xia Shenji. It was possible that Arch-Elder Zen’s summon was more powerful after it used the Tri-Yang Ancestral Qi Technique to summon Lu Tianyi, but that power was very difficult to use. As for Lu Yin’s champions, he had the Cyclops King, which was shrouded in the Hollow and was capable of fighting against a sequence powerhouse. In some ways, the Cyclops King was similar to the frenzied corpses, as it did not have access to sequence particles, but was still capable of fighting against a sequence powerhouse.
This was the power of the Lu family. If the Invest.i.ture of the G.o.ds and the Champions’ Stage were used in unison, Lu Yin could summon a total of twelve Progenitor-level experts. This was absolutely freakish.
Even Lu Yin felt that it was a bit excessive.
Even so, it was not enough strength, not even close.
When Lu Yin had been an Explorer, he had felt that there were not very many Explorers in the entire universe. When he had become an Enlighter, he had felt the same way about Enlighters. After gaining the strength to fight against Progenitors, Lu Yin needed his summons in the Invest.i.ture of the G.o.ds and Champions’ Stage to at least be at the Progenitor level, or even possibly at the Sequence Progenitor level.
This was how one person became as strong as a nation, how one person could lord over all. At this level of strength, there was no point in obtaining more summons, not unless they were as strong as a Progenitor.
Lu Yin needed to keep moving. Next was the Wood Spirit Tribe.
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The universe shook. The violent power of voidforce energy was pulled over by a pot and forced forward.
Marquis Wu coughed up blood and tried to attack, only for his arm to be frozen in midair. If Lu Yin were present, his Heaven’s Sight would be able to see the sequence particles that twined around Marquis Wu"s arm. These were Xu Wuwei’s sequence particles, the Law of Blocking. This sequence particle could block anything, be it an exit or a path. At the moment, Xu Wuwei had blocked Marquis Wu"s ability to defend, and that resulted in the Marquis being continuously a.s.saulted by voidforce energy.
If not for the fact that Xu Wuwei’s sequence particles had no offensive ability, Marquis Wu would have been killed long ago.
Xu Wuwei was a cautious man, and he wondered why the Marquis had not used his divine energy yet. Against a sequence powerhouse like Xu Wuwei, what possible reason could there be for one of the True G.o.d Guard Captains to not use divine energy? However, throughout the entire battle, Marquis Wu had never once used any divine energy.
Given the situation, Xu Wuwei used his Spiral Domain.
Each line isolated the void, and the domain shrank down.
Marquis Wu suddenly looked up, a terrible chill appearing in the depths of his eyes. He raised a hand, bent his fingers, and then pressed down.
Up above, red spots appeared, each one accompanied by a dark-gold light that flickered in outer s.p.a.ce. They looked like meteorites falling, and the Spiral Domain twisted as it was torn apart.
Xu Wuwei’s eyebrows rose. Finally, his opponent was using his divine energy.
However, why was this divine energy not in the man’s body?
Marquis Wu’s head rose, and his mouth opened wide. More and more red spots appeared up above, each one accompanied by the same dark-gold light. Meteorites appeared, and they rained down, striking everything.
Xu Wuwei was dumbfounded. How were there so many? He willed his pot to grow larger and placed it over his head. Sequence particles surged into the sky, blocking the rain of meteors.
Constantly, the divine energy countered the sequence particles.
Seizing this opportunity, Marquis Wu fled.
It was not that Xu Wuwei did not want to stop the Marquis, but rather that there were simply too many meteors falling down from the sky overhead. He had never seen anyone use divine energy in such a manner. Could it be a trap? Why else would there be so many meteorites in this universe?
Lu Yin arrived in the Wood Spirit Tribe’s universe, and he saw the frenzied corpse that the Wood Spirits had trapped. They had used a very similar method to the Ice Lord, continuously consuming sequence particles to trap the monster.
Lu Yin’s head rose, and he looked in another direction. He felt someone familiar in that direction. It was Big Sis.
A step forward, and Lu Yin easily dealt with the frenzied corpse. He anointed it as a champion and then headed to the other region of the universe.
The leader of the Wood Spirit Tribe was known as Wood Lord. If not for race and the other members of the Five Spirits Alliance, Lu Yin would have wondered whether the Wood Spirits had some sort of connection to Mu Shen.
"Over there are the Heavens Sect’s powerhouses that you sent to fight the experts from Aeternus, Dao Monarch Lu. Thank you for your help, Dao Monarch." The Wood Lord looked like a piece of wood that had eyes, ears, a nose, and limbs.
None of the members of the Five Spirits Alliance were humans, and each race had their own unique appearance. For example, the leader of the Earth Spirit Tribe looked like a swamp, the leader of the Fire Spirit Tribe was a ball of flames, and the leader of the Lightning Spirit Clan was a stormcloud.
The Five Spirits Alliance consisted of strange lifeforms.
"You"re very welcome. All of us are enemies of the Aeternals. I’m going to go take a look." Lu Yin was worried, because Big Sis’ opponent was Skydog.
From the very beginning, Lu Yin had made a point to tell Big Sis to just try to drive Skydog away, as the dog was nearly impossible to kill.
Big Sis looked like she was losing her mind.
"Hey, you d.a.m.n dog, what are you trying to say by wagging your tail? Are you looking down on me?"
Woof!
"Stop barking! I already have a headache."
Woof! Woof!
"Get lost! I’m not talking to you anymore!"
Woof! Woof! Woof!
Lu Yin silently observed from a distance. He saw Skydog charge at Big Sis again and again, only to be beaten back by Big Sis’ various battle techniques. However, the dog never lost his enthusiasm and continued to charge at Big Sis, never showing any wounds.
Lu Yin heard Big Sis’ words and knew that she was already convinced of her opponent’s power.
Given the situation, Lu Yin quietly left. He could not approach Big Sis at this time. If she saw him or learned that he had overheard her, things would not end well for Lu Yin.
Instead, he continued on to the Luna Alliance.
The frenzied corpses that had been sent to the Five Spirits Alliance had already been dealt with, but Lu Yin had further ideas. He wanted to turn their defense into offense.
Whitecloud had already invaded the Scourge, and the Lord of Lightning had fought against True G.o.d, which had forced the Aeternals to pay a price to ask Astral Anura for help.
That had to be expensive for even Aeternus.
If Whitecloud could do it, so could the Heavens Sect.
Lu Yin was fed up with how the Aeternals constantly kept revealing new and additional secrets. Even if it was impossible to defeat Aeternus right now, Lu Yin at least wanted to obtain a clear idea of just how much power they had in reserve. He wanted to probe the depths of the pool.
The Five Spirits Alliance did not refuse. They were part of a ma.s.sive battlefield. If Whitecloud were not facing their old enemy, the Ancient Lightning Locust, the Lord of Lightning might have already returned to the Scourge.
Both Whitecloud and the Heavens Sect were qualified to lead others into the Scourge.
For the Heavens Sect, their lead combatant who gave them such courage was Ancestor Tianyi.
The Luna Alliance was a ma.s.sive universe that was no smaller than the Fifth Mainland. There were three rings of moonlight that shone brightly, creating a beautiful scene.
Lu Yin had fought against Moon Fairy twice as Ye Bo, but he had never met any of the Luna Alliance’s members as Lu Yin.
The Aeternals had sent five frenzied corpses to the Luna Alliance, which had destroyed a great deal of the Luna Alliance. Two of their peak powerhouses had even died.
However, Lu Yin’s arrival reversed the situation.
Moon Fairy watched from a distance as Lu Yin dealt with a frenzied corpse and killed it. The sight stunned the woman. Was this the power of the Lu family from that legendary universe?
There were too many parallel universes in the megaverse, and some were connected to each others through various means, much like how the Sixverse a.s.sociation was interconnected. As for the parallel universes beyond the Sixverse a.s.sociation, even if they were aware of those universes, without a connection to the Sixverse a.s.sociation, those universes were considered outsiders.
To the Sixverse a.s.sociation, the Luna Alliance, the Five Spirits Clan, and Whitecloud were all outsiders. But from the Luna Alliance’s perspective, the Sixverse a.s.sociation was regarded as outsiders.
So in the Luna Alliance’s view, Lu Yin was an outsider powerhouse.
Lu Yin was somehow an outsider powerhouse who was not actually a peak powerhouse himself. Despite that, he was capable of eliminating the frenzied corpses and had even drafted a plan to counterattack Aeternus. He led an outsider organization that boasted more than ten Progenitors, and he could cooperate with sequence powerhouses.
"Thank you, Dao Monarch Lu, for your help." Moon Fairy was genuinely grateful, and she did not put on the typical arrogance of a sequence powerhouse. In front of the Origin Universe’s Dao Monarch, not even sequence powerhouses had much status.
The interaction felt quite odd to Lu Yin. This was his third time encountering Moon Fairy, but the first two times they had met were as enemies. The Five Spirits Alliance would not tell the woman Lu Yin’s secret, and he certainly would not either. Aeternus had spies everywhere, and it was possible that they were already on Lu Yin’s trail, based on some clues that he had left behind.
"You"re welcome. Show me where the other frenzied corpses are," Lu Yin asked brusquely.
Of course, Moon Fairy was even more anxious than Lu Yin to get rid of the frenzied corpses. Seeing his enthusiasm, her impression of the young man only improved. "This way, please, Dao Monarch Lu."
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