Star Odyssey

Chapter 2760: Strange Change

At this moment, the fallen form of Lu Yin rose up, and his eyes snapped open as he straightened his back. His heartbeat echoed like an evening drum and morning bell, growing stronger and louder. His eyes locked onto Old Mo, but they were unfocused, as though he was still unconscious.

Old Mo stared at Lu Yin. "Child of the Lu family, you-"

Suddenly, divine energy exploded from Lu Yin's body, sweeping out in every direction, and Old Mo warily moved back.

Lu Yin let out a deep roar, seemingly in anguish but also relishing in delight. His unfocused eyes transformed, taking on scarlet irises and slitted pupils. As more divine energy poured out, his whole body took on a red color, and a black line fell from his left eye. It transformed into threads that surged into the sky like a sea before weaving together into a cloak that stretched into infinity, as though to split the universe in two.

The clothes on his upper body blew apart, and fierce red lines covered his arms as black and red clouds appeared from his chest, making it look as though Lu Yin was floating amidst a sea of red.

At this moment, Lu Yin felt as if he had just emerged from a sea of blood. He stood at the center of a surging red light that sent ripples outwards as it formed a blood-red lake in the middle of the Umbral Universe.

Old Mo stared at the youth, dazed and confused. Just what was going on? The man before him was completely different from before. Not only had the very nature of his power changed, but LuYin’s appearance had also changed drastically. He had become a completely different person.

Lu Yin could not tell if he was awake or dreaming. He only knew of the killing intent that filled his mind, drowning out any other thought. Kill, kill, kill! He wanted to kill the person who stood before him. He possessed infinite power that needed to be released, and Lu Yin wanted to go crazy, release the pressure, and kill.

He took a single step forward, but it was as though he was stomping down on the universe itself. His right hand waved, and the red cloak of divine energy flew across space as Lu Yin slapped Old Mo.

At the center of Lu Yin’s hand was condensed divine energy. The power was so potent that not even Old Mo could see it clearly.

The old man could not tell if the attack aimed at him was strong or weak, but he was certain that he did not want to receive an attack made with divine energy.

Old Mo quickly dodged, but Lu Yin was close behind, his hand raised high. No matter where Old Mo fled to, Lu Yin always appeared right behind him. The old man’s body melded into the darkness, constantly flickering and disappearing, but Lu Yin stepped along the spatial lines, also flickering and disappearing. There were times when the two people could both be seen, and other times when they both vanished from the Umbral Universe. Even so, there were no witnesses aside from the two men.

Lu Yin lashed out with a palm strike, but he was still far away from Old Mo. The ancient Progenitor let a sigh of relief slip out as he took a step forward to dodge the attack.

Unfortunately for Old Mo, Lu Yin seemed capable of predicting the man’s actions, and the palm strike was aimed right at where Old Mo was trying to move to. Divine energy shot through the universe, connecting distant points like a bridge, as it connected Lu Yin’s palm to Old Mo.

The arch of divine energy was reflected in the old man’s eyes as it struck him, and it sent him flying away. He flew through the universe, smashing through countless stars and planets as he tore through the Umbral Universe. A massive spatial crack tore the universe asunder.

As soon as Lu Yin released a single attack, the divine energy quickly faded from his body. The red stripes disappeared from his arms, and the red cloak vanished from behind him. His hair slowly drifted down and returned to normal. As this happened, his body seemed to lose all of its strength, and he staggered before collapsing.

Far away, Old Mo stepped back out into outer space, letting out a roar as blood streamed from the wounds crisscrossing his body. He was lucky that none of the injuries were serious, but there was no denying that he had been injured.

For all his strength and incredible cultivation, Old Mo had been injured, and he was livid.

What had happened to that boy? What weird change had come over him?

When the old man saw that Lu Yin had collapsed, he also noticed that the divine energy seemed to have disappeared.

Old Mo took a step forward, moving closer to Lu Yin. The old man wanted to check on Lu Yin, hoping that he was not dead, or that Heaven’s Sight was lost. This thought caused the man to suddenly hurry over.

Before arriving, the man froze, and he slowly turned to look in another direction. At some point in time, a figure had arrived in the Umbral Universe. They were standing there in an incredibly lazy manner, though their appearance caused Old Mo's expression to change drastically.

"I came to check, but it really is you, old friend. It's been so long since I last saw you. You’ve made a lot of progress." A lazy voice reached Old Mo's ears, and his face grew more somber than ever.

"What? Don't you remember me?"

The figure moved closer. It was Undying God, one of the Seven Skygods.

Old Mo clenched his fists, a ferocious expression on his face. "Wu! Xing!"

Undying God's eyelids drooped. He always looked drowsy. "That’s a familiar name, but my name is no longer Wu Xing, but rather Undying God."

"Why are you here?" Old Mo asked in a low voice.

Undying God sighed. "I didn’t want to, but someone told me that you had woken up, so I had to come over. After all, you are the only one who knows how to find Heaven’s Sight.

"By the way, I saw several old friends some time ago, including your best friend, Eastern Mountains Tea King. Do you want me to tell you where he is?"

Old Mo abruptly attacked, and darkness swept forward in an attempt to devour Undying God. "Wu Xing, stop playing around and just die!"

Undying God rubbed his head. "Here we go again, one fight after another. What a pain."

The darkness swallowed Undying God, but Old Mo did not attack again. Instead, he suddenly appeared next to Lu Yin and threw him away.

"What are you trying to do?" Undying God’s voice again reached Old Mo. The man whirled around as a barrier of darkness appeared in front of him. Undying God's eyes looked lazy, but deep within them, there was a bone-chilling iciness. He raised a hand and pointed forward. "Have you forgotten this move? I taught you how to use a sword.”

The sword qi swept forward, slicing through the barrier of darkness and grazing Old Mo's shoulder. Blood appeared.

Darkness surged from Old Mo's body. "Passing Oblivion!"

Undying God's mouth curled upwards. "Sure, I like to fall asleep. I can nap for a long time."

Elsewhere, Shan Pu suddenly woke up. He could not say what had woken him, but he felt a biting cold. He was able to see again, though with the darkness that filled the Umbral Universe, there was not much of a difference between being blind and not.

Just as the man woke up, Lu Yin's body slammed into him, and Shan Pu reflexively caught the body. Far away, he saw darkness fall all around him, startling the man. What was this level of power?

He did not dare to hesitate, and he carried Lu Yin away, fleeing towards the spatial portal. The previous two attempts at tearing through the universe had left Shan Pu afraid to try again.

Far away, Old Mo was aware of everything that was happening in the Umbral Universe, so he naturally grew anxious when he noticed that Shan Pu made no attempt to tear through space and was instead making his way towards the portal.

The old man had purposely thrown Lu Yin towards Shan Pu. As soon as Undying God had appeared, Old Mo knew that he could no longer concern himself with Heaven’s Sight. Rather, he was afraid that Lu Yin would be killed by Undying God and that Heaven’s Sight would disappear, so his only option was to save the boy.

As long as Lu Yin escaped, Old Mo would be able to find him later on.

Who would have thought that Shan Pu would no longer dare to tear through the void to leave? He would need a bit of time to flee through the spatial portal.

"You're distracted." Undying God suddenly appeared right beside Old Mo, a finger raised and pointed at the man’s head, but Old Mo raised his own finger in response.

Slashes of sword qi flashed as the two men fought against each other with sword techniques that sliced through the void.

Shan Pu turned back to see space itself being cut into pieces. The power wielded by those two left his scalp numb, and he was afraid of dying here.

The only thing on Shan Pu’s mind was to escape and get as far away as possible.

Old Mo feared that Undying God might be targeting Lu Yin, so he felt relieved when he saw that Undying God did not pay any attention to the young man.

"Wu Xing, do you really think that I can't kill you? I am the only ruler of this Umbral Universe!"

...

Shan Pu stumbled as he carried Lu Yin to the spatial portal, fleeing for the next parallel universe as well. There was no hesitation, none whatsoever.

Tearing through space was not something that could be reliably done in front of a true powerhouse.

Finally, Shan Pu saw a bit of normal light.

Seeing the universe before him, energy shot through the man’s entire body. It was clear that this universe was just as dark as the Umbral Universe, but it was a normal universe. Shan Pu could see stars, planets, and battlefields. It looked so inviting.

The Umbral Universe was too terrifying. Running into those old monsters was the worst sort of luck.

When he was able to return to the Lost Clan, he would make it a point to complain to the Great Elder. After all, searching for Lu Yin had almost cost Shan Pu his life. If not for Lu Yin, Shan Pu would have never entered the Umbral Universe.

After leaving the Umbral Universe, Shan Pu continued through the universe, into the next parallel universe, and then crossed that one as well.

Once they arrived in the third parallel universe, Shan Pu wanted to tear through the void to leave, but he was stopped by Lu Yin.

"You don’t need to bother. They won’t chase us."

Lu Yin's voice was weak, and he could not remember what had happened. All he knew was that murderous thoughts had filled his mind, and at this moment, every last part of his body felt exhausted. He had to struggle to bring out any of his strength at all.

Shan Pu released Lu Yin and observed him. "Are you alright?"

Lu Yin shook his head. "Thank you, Senior, for saving me. I’ll be alright."

Shan Pu heaved a sigh of relief. "You're welcome. It was my Lost Clan that asked me to keep an eye on you, but you actually provoked an old monster. You have really terrible luck, and I almost died with you."

Lu Yin gave a bitter smile. "I had no idea that things were going to turn out like that. The information that I received did not mention the fact that there was such a powerful old monster in the Umbral Universe at all."

Shan Pu gritted his teeth. "You can't trust the information that they give you. It's impossible for the Sixverse Association to have thorough knowledge of every universe, especially the strange ones like the Umbral Universe.

"Also, I want to thank you for recovering my card. I would never be able to offer a proper explanation to the Lost Clan if I had lost it."

As the man spoke, his face reddened in embarrassment. He knew that the truth was that he had offered absolutely no help during the fight in the Umbral Universe, and even the number of times he had been attacked could not compare to that of the Aeternals’ Chiliagonist.[1]

Lu Yin felt a bit confused. "Senior, how did we leave the Umbral Universe? Where is that old monster?"

Shan Pu shook his head. "I don't know myself. There was a massive battle far away, and some mysterious power pushed you over to me. It was just a coincidence that I was able to escape with you. If we had stayed there any longer, we would have both died."

Lu Yin looked back. His recent memory was all a blur, somewhere between waking and sleeping, and he had no idea what had happened.

Could an opponent that even Old Mo feared have appeared?

"Let's go. We need to find a data center and submit a report about what happened in the Umbral Universe. No one can be sent there for the time being," Shan Pu said.

Lu Yin suddenly thought of the cultivators from the Sixverse Association who had been fighting in the Umbral Universe.

Seeing Lu Yin’s expression, Shan Pu said, "That’s just life. They may live, or they may die. There is nothing that we can do. If you want to reach the peak, this is something that you will need to endure. Many people from my own Lost Clan were left in that universe, but I can't save them. That’s why I need to get to the data center. I need to ask the Great Elder to go to the Umbral Universe and hope that he can get there in time.”

Lu Yin nodded.

They were in a universe as unremarkable as the Lilliput Universe. It was called the Flow Universe, and the strongest people here were only at the Semi-Progenitor level.

It was easy for Lu Yin and Shan Pu to learn the data center’s location.

Soon, in Proximity, a somber expression appeared on Sage Bodhi’s face. A massive battle had unexpectedly erupted in the Umbral Universe, though Sage Bodhi knew that not even the Sixverse Association had decent knowledge of that universe.

"Please ask my Great Elder to go to the Umbral Universe. Many of my Lost Clanmen are still there," Shan Pu asked Sage Bodhi.

Sage Bodhi did not delay, and she immediately passed the request along to the Lost Clan. It would be ideal if Great Elder Shan Gu visited the Umbral Universe and learned about what had happened there.

"I would like to trouble the two of you to tell me everything that happened there. I would like to hear every last tiny detail." Sage Bodhi sent over.

Lu Yin was still very weak, so he left Shan Pu to recount what had happened. However, Lu Yin first asked the man to help keep the fact that Lu Yin had obtained Heaven’s Sight a secret.

Shan Pu was more than happy to agree.

For those reading later today, here's a note being added to tomorrow's chapter as well: We recently were given a better option than "the Thespian" for this guy, and wanted to let you know. "Chiliagonist" is 2 greek roots mashed up: chilia = greek for thousand and agonist = greek for role. We felt this was much more accurate, given the original meaning in Chinese for this corpse king. ☜