Chapter 3075: Immemorial Citadel
Ji Luo did not move. "Not dead."
"So severely injured?" Di Qiong asked.
"Yes."
"Was he ambushed by the Sixverse a.s.sociation?" Arrow G.o.d inquired.
Jila clenched the hilt of his black sword. "Yes."
"Will you seek revenge?" The eye asked as it spun around. It even circled around Ji Luo once.
Lu Yin just stared at Ji Luo. The way Di Qiong and the other rulers of the Scourges spoke to Ji Luo was noticeably different from how they interacted with the other partic.i.p.ants of the Divine Selection. They clearly respected Ji Luo.
There was no hesitation as Ji Luo replied, "I will."
Di Qiong c.o.c.ked a brow. "This isn’t the only reason why you joined the Divine Selection, is it?"
The eye laughed. "So that"s it! The Sixth Scourge can’t get involved in the First Scourge"s affairs, so you want to avenge Corpse G.o.d by joining the Divine Selection. Once you pa.s.s, you can go to the First Scourge."
"Yes."
Lu Yin"s face fell. Avenging Corpse G.o.d meant that this Ji Luo was aiming at the Sixverse a.s.sociation. This man could not leave the Immemorial Citadel alive.
"Now that everyone has arrived, let"s go. The Divine Selection will take place at the Immemorial Citadel. As long as you can survive there for a month, you’ll pa.s.s, haha. Let"s go." The dark cloud dropped down and wrapped around Lu Yin and the others before tearing through the void and vanishing from the Second Scourge.
As for the Second Scourge, Arrow G.o.d left without any hesitation.
Di Qiong"s eyes flickered. He hoped that Ye Bo would not die. As long as he survived, Ye Bo would be the Third Scourge’s best candidate for the next Divine Selection.
Lu Yin had experienced traveling between parallel universes before, particularly when he had used Bi Rong’s compa.s.s to find universes where time flowed more quickly. He had even seen sequence strings when pa.s.sing between the various universes.
Their current journey felt quite similar to what Lu Yin had experienced before.
Within the dark clouds, other than the eye, there were only the eight partic.i.p.ants of the Divine Selection.
As universes vanished behind them, they were suddenly surrounded by nothingness. There were not even any parallel universes to be seen. All that surrounded them was an endless darkness and, far off in the distance, a fiery blooming lotus.
Lu Yin stared at the distant object in awe, and he instinctively used Heaven"s Sight to get a better look. He could see sequence strings connecting to the flaming lotus from all directions. Lu Yin also saw the lotus itself more clearly, and he realized that it was indescribably magnificent and actually the Immemorial Citadel itself. The name could be seen in three ancient characters.
Above all sequences.
This was all that Lu Yin could think about at this moment. The countless sequence strings seemed to be suppressed by the Immemorial Citadel, and the way they were connected to the place made it look as though the Immemorial Citadel was both the starting and ending point of all the parallel universes in the megaverse.
The fiery lotus was exceptionally beautiful as it bloomed in the dark expanse of outer s.p.a.ce. It was ma.s.sive, and bright flames shrouded the Immemorial Citadel. It was more impressive than anything else Lu Yin had ever seen.
The Immemorial Citadel was a place that had been of immense importance since ancient times, and the moment Lu Yin finally laid eyes on it, he seemed to hear countless war cries, endless battle drums, and laughter in the face of death.
With Heaven"s Sight, he also saw how sequence particles absolutely filled the megaverse.
At the Great Sovereign’s Tea Ceremony, Lu Yin had seen sequence particles completely fill the sky.
When the Five Spirits Alliance had staged a battle against the Luna Alliance, Lu Yin had seen sequence particles fill outer s.p.a.ce.
When the Lord of Lightning, the Great Sovereign, and the Sixverse a.s.sociation had each invaded the First Scourge, Lu Yin had also witnessed countless sequence particles. However, those previous displays were like trickling streams compared to the ocean currently displayed before Lu Yin.
There was not a dense gathering of sequence particles. Instead, they acted like the air itself with the way that they spread throughout the megaverse.
There were all different kinds of sequence particles floating about, which made Lu Yin wonder. Did the sequence particles he had seen in various parallel universes all originate from this place, or were all these various sequence particles present because there were so many sequence powerhouses constantly fighting at the Immemorial Citadel. It seemed possible that the endless war had filled the megaverse with sequence particles.
Lu Yin did not know which option was better, but he did know that, given his current strength, moving forward would be like an ant charging into the ocean. There was no telling what might happen.
This was Lu Yin’s first time feeling so outmatched ever since he had become a Semi-Progenitor. He had not encountered any danger yet, but he already had no confidence that he could stay alive.
This was the Immemorial Citadel.
Lu Yin was finally seeing it. This was the legendary place that had taken countless of his predecessors.
This was also where Mister Mu had to be.
The dark clouds moved towards the Immemorial Citadel. There was nothing else to be seen. Lu Yin could clearly make out various sequence strings, each of which connected to various parallel universes, while traveling through them. However, there did not seem to be any parallel universes near the Immemorial Citadel. No matter where Lu Yin looked, he could only see the bit of empty s.p.a.ce that held the Immemorial Citadel.
"It is impossible to tear through the void to escape within the vicinity of the Immemorial Citadel. Cosmic doors can’t be opened either. You can only do either of those things after you flee a certain distance away from the citadel, so be careful." The eye spun around before abruptly turning to stare straight ahead. In that direction, a finger was falling, and the sight of it caused the eye to shout, "Chu Yi, it"s you again!"
"Judging by the time, this should be your Aeternals’ Divine Selection." A familiar voice echoed in Lu Yin"s ear. It was Chu Yi, the Dao Monarch of the First Mainland during the Heavens Sect era. He was one of the Three Realms and Six Daos, as well as Ancestor Lu Tianyi’s master.
"Haha, let"s see if your Immemorial Citadel can kill them all," the eye spat back as it countered the descending finger.
There was an explosion, and the void twisted as sequence particles scattered. The finger shattered the counterattack and continued to press down towards Lu Yin and the others. All of them felt an indescribable chill envelop them.
Lu Yin"s pupils shrank. There was no way to escape from this finger, no matter what he tried. The finger seemed to freeze both time and s.p.a.ce. It looked like just one finger, and yet it felt like eight, as each of the representatives had to bear the attack on their own.
Shao Yin raised a hand, and his sequence particles that merged Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang formed a beam that shot at the falling finger.
At the same time, w.a.n.g Fan, Lan Lan, Qi, and all the other experts attacked as well.
Ji Luo drew his black sword and slashed at the finger.
Divine power surged up from within Lu Yin, and he used it to fiercely attack the finger falling upon him.
Shockwaves blasted out from each of the terrifying impacts, and they tore s.p.a.ce apart as they swept out. The Hollow opened up, and its tears continued to spread out.
This not only happened directly around the partic.i.p.ants in the Divine Selection, but similar events played out further away in other directions from the Immemorial Citadel. Everywhere, the Hollow continued to appear and disappear, and various figures constantly moved through it. On this battlefield, the Hollow did not seem as feared as it was in most parallel universes.
Lu Yin was blown back by the impact. His eyes tracked the falling finger. Chu Yi had managed to overpower the eight counterattacks, but his finger had lost a great deal of power.
However, Lu Yin had learned the Dao of One Heavens, and he used it to escape from the weakened finger.
Shao Yin and others all fled as well, each of them using their own methods.
However, Chu Yi"s finger scattered the eight individuals challenging the Divine Selection.
"Another Divine Selection? I killed one of them last time!" An old man’s laugh rang out in the distance.
"Jian An, don"t be shameless. Last time, it was three against one, and yet you dare to take all the credit?" Another old man spoke up, this one surrounded by eighteen twisted tentacles formed from sequence particles.
If one could not see sequence particles, the tentacles would not particularly matter, but for those who could see them, the old man looked like a monster.
"Old Chen, let"s compete this time. Whoever wins gets Sisi."
"Fine, we’ll compete, but if you lose, you can’t be shameless and back out."
"We"ve both pursued Sisi for countless years, ever since we first became cultivators. We have to settle things this time."
"Silence!" An old woman stepped out from another direction. Her head was full of silver hair, and she glared at the two old men. "Enough with the chit chat! Attack."
"Behold, the largest fist in the megaverse!" Jian An raised an arm and threw his fist at the void. As he did so, Lu Yin and the others looked up to see an enormous fist descending towards them. The fist was composed entirely of sequence particles, and it threatened everyone beneath it.
The eighteen sequence particle tentacles danced behind Old Chen as they swept towards everyone.
Three tentacles shot towards Lu Yin. His divine energy boiled around him as he did nothing but defend himself. The tentacles were incredibly powerful, and given the fact that they were formed from sequence particles, Lu Yin did not dare to hold back with his divine energy. He did not know what sort of law the old man had comprehended, but the slightest bit of carelessness could spell disaster for Lu Yin.
Not far away, the gloomy old man from the Fifth Scourge who went by Da Huang had summoned a triangular object above his head. It surrounded him with a circular ring that kept spinning, and it blocked all the tentacles from approaching Da Huang. Surprisingly, the ring did not use any sequence particles itself.
Further away, the Magician never stopped moving. As the tentacles attacked him, he raised a hand. There were flames burning in his palm. The fire attacked the tentacles, and they were forced to retreat.
The most impressive was Ji Luo, who severed five tentacles with a single slash of his black sword. The power of his attack reminded Lu Yin of Senior Brother Mu Ke.
There was no question that Ji Luo was an incredibly strong powerhouse.
Lu Yin could not pay attention to any of the others. The tentacles tangled around him, constantly lashing out and depleting his divine energy.
He was the first of the Divine Selection challengers to use any divine energy. Even if the others had their own, they would not use it as early or as recklessly as Lu Yin. For the others, divine energy was something to hold in reserve to save their lives at a critical moment. No one else could waste divine energy like Lu Yin.
The others were watching Lu Yin, just as he had been watching them. When they saw him use divine energy so soon, they proceeded to ignore him, as it seemed that Di Xia was not nearly as impressive as they had heard.
Jian An"s enormous fist was stopped by Qi, who was a black cloth. The cloth opened up and enveloped the fist, which caused it to disintegrate. Seeing this startled Jian An, as he had never encountered such a bizarre combat power before.
Countless red umbrellas appeared in s.p.a.ce, brought out by the old woman whom the two men referred to as Sisi.
Shao Yin struck out again and again, shattering the red umbrellas. Since Lu Yin had no idea what purpose the umbrellas served, he refused to let them get anywhere close to him, though doing this forced him to expend even more divine energy.
Suddenly, Lu Yin caught sight of a familiar technique out of the corner of his eye, and when he turned to look his expression changed drastically. Void Rip?
A thin black line sliced through s.p.a.ce in the distance, going straight at Da Huang.
The old man was standing inside his ring, and neither the red umbrellas nor the sequence particle tentacles could touch him. However, when the black line of the Void Rip pa.s.sed by, the ring was cut in two. Da Huang"s eyes went wide in disbelief. How was this possible?
His innate gift was called Infinite Cycle because he could cycle his energy through the ring, and anyone who wanted to break through the ring had to have the strength to instantly shatter all of Da Huang’s power. He was a sequence powerhouse and the leader of the Fifth Scourge’s Five Elders; just who could overpower him in such a manner?
He had always been confident that the only people who could overwhelm and defeat him were those whose strength was equal to the Three Pillars and Six Skies. He had never expected to die as soon as he arrived at the Immemorial Citadel. He had not even been able to see the entire city, let alone touch a single brick of it.
As Da Huang’s ring split in two, so did he.