Star Odyssey

Chapter 3013: A Familiar Palm Technique

As soon as Lu Yin landed, he moved to a river of divine energy and started absorbing some of its power. He wanted to minimize his interactions with any possible powerhouses who had seen him enter the Scourge. After all, if someone saw him absorbing divine energy, they would most likely leave him alone.

Humans subconsciously trust their own kind, which was the greatest threat that the Aeternus Kingdoms posed. In the same vein, the Aeternals automatically trusted anyone with divine energy. Such behaviors were ingrained thought patterns.

The ability to exploit such thought patterns was terrifying.

After Lu Yin spent about an hour absorbing divine energy without anyone approaching or probing him, he scanned the area with Heaven’s Sight. There were no probing energies or sequence particles to be seen.

This Fourth Scourge looked quite calm. While Lu Yin had seen a number of towers as he made his way to the ground, there were noticeably fewer compared to the First Scourge.

This was the Fourth Scourge.

Lu Yin followed the river of divine energy, moving closer to one of the towers. There were more towers visible in the distance, though they were quite far apart. They did not interrupt his line of sight.

Suddenly, he stopped and turned around. There was someone approaching from behind. “Senior, are you from the Blackcloud Mountains?”

Lu Yin observed the slender man speaking to him. While this person appeared to be quite young, his eyes contained the wisdom of age. “Do you need something?”

“That’s none of your concern,” Lu Yin retorted coldly. Before entering the Fourth Scourge, he had used the Enhanced bubble from Cheng Kong to alter his appearance. At this moment, he did not look like either Lu Yin or Ye Bo, though the familiar environment made it easy for Lu Yin to revert to Ye Bo’s cold personality.

Even when confronted with such a cold response, there was no anger to be seen on Wei Shu’s face, and he continued smiling. “I saw you walking along the river, Senior, so I thought that you might be from the Blackcloud Mountains. Senior, are you searching for True God’s ultimate techniques?”

Lu Yin gave the young man a strange look. Was this person related to Qi You? Both men had approached Lu Yin in the exact same manner.

In the First Scourge, after Lu Yin had strolled along a river of divine energy for the same amount of time, Qi You had appeared. Eventually, the man had shared some information about True God’s ultimate techniques. Wei Shu was doing the exact same thing.

“If you don’t wish to speak, Senior, this junior won’t pry. However, with all due respect, your searching method isn’t very effective. The Fourth Scourge is much larger than a normal universe, so trying to search along the rivers of divine energy is impossible. Have you ever considered cooperating with others, Senior?” Wei Shu suggested.

Lu Yin looked away. This conversation was eerily reminiscent of the one he had held with Qi You long ago. Could it be that there were people in each of the Scourges who spent their time searching for True God’s ultimate techniques? That would be rather interesting.

“How would we cooperate?” Lu Yin asked.

Wei Shu’s expression lit up. “First of all, do you truly wish to find the ultimate techniques, Senior?”

Lu Yin gave the man a cold stare. “What do you think?”

Wei Shu was not at all embarrassed. “There are rumors that True God’s ultimate techniques have been hidden beneath the lakes or rivers of divine energy, but there is no proof that anyone has found any of them. If you hold any sort of doubts, your chances of finding one of the techniques will drop even lower. I am hoping to work with someone who fully believes in the existence of the ultimate techniques, even if we need countless years to find them.”

Lu Yin arched a brow. Had no one ever found one of True God’s ultimate techniques? Qi You had mentioned that one of the Seven Skygods had found one, but Wei Shu was claiming that nothing had ever been proven. Could the man not know about the Seven Skygods?

The title of the Seven Skygods only existed in the First Scourge, which fought against the Sixverse Association. Lu Yin was aware of this, and yet Wei Shu did not seem to know about the Seven Skygods. Could this ignorance be an act?

“I heard that someone found one,” Lu Yin stated.

Wei Shu’s eyes lit up. “Blackless God?”

Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. “That’s right.”

Wei Shu laughed. “I knew it! I knew that Blackless God would not deceive me! When he invited me to join Aeternus, he told me that True God’s ultimate techniques were hidden here. I knew that he wasn’t lying. Haha!”

Lu Yin stared at Wei Shu. This person knew about Blackless God, but he was ignorant to the rumors that one of the Seven Skygods had obtained one of True God’s ultimate techniques. Was it possible that the rumors had not spread between the Scourges? In that case, why did Wei Shu know about Blackless God?

“Senior, let’s search together. Blackless God is one of the revered Three Pillars and Six Skies, so since he has mentioned True God’s ultimate techniques, they must exist. While I am unable to cultivate divine energy for now, I have spent many years drawing a map of the rivers of divine energy that flow across the Scourge. It should be quite helpful, Senior.” Wei Shu was clearly exhilarated.

Lu Yin was surprised. “You drew a map of the rivers of divine energy by hand?”

“Yes! While True God’s ultimate techniques are supposed to be beneath the rivers or lakes, I believe that a map of the flow of divine energy can reveal something.”

“Show me,” Lu Yin demanded.

Wei Shu grew cautious. “I don’t mind showing it to you, but since we have agreed to work together, we need to clarify a few things.”

“That’s acceptable.”

“Senior, please follow me to my tower so that we can discuss things.”

Wei Shu’s tower was not far away, and it was actually the tower that Lu Yin had been headed towards.

Since he was in the Fourth Scourge, it was only natural that he wanted to learn about the local situation. How could he have expected someone like Wei Shu to deliver themselves to him?

There was a maid standing outside the tower, just the same as in the First Scourge.

Wei Shu led Lu Yin in, and they both entered the tower.

Wei Shu got straight to the point and proceeded to share a proposed division of tasks and how rewards would be shared in their united efforts to find True God’s ultimate techniques.

“Senior, are my requests too much?” Wei Shu asked.

Lu Yin remained calm. “Who else are you working with to find these techniques?”

Wei Shu’s eyes flickered. “You’re the first, Senior.”

“I’m not stupid.”

“Oh, it’s true, Senior. If you don’t believe me, you can check around the Fourth Scourge. There are fewer than five human peak powerhouses. All the others are corpse kings. The others you’ve seen are nothing more than Lord Kong Ji’s puppets and are not of any real use. Backless God is usually not here in the Fourth Scourge, and it’s been a long time since any new peak powerhouses have joined us,” Wei Shu said. He suddenly gave Lu Yin a curious look. “Senior, when did you join?”

Lu Yin indifferently replied, “Before you.”

Wei Shu was taken aback. “Senior, you know when I joined?”

“Don’t waste time. It isn’t difficult to draw a map of the flow of divine energy, and while your conditions are indeed reasonable, I don’t want to be deceived. Who knows how many people might have already seen that map of yours?” Lu Yin said.

Wei Shu showed a confident smile. “The map I mentioned is not only of the Fourth Scourge.”

Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. “You’ve mapped out the other Scourges?”

Wei Shu grew solemn. “Aside from the First Scourge, the other five Scourges occasionally communicate with each other. While corpse kings are basically dead, we humans are still alive, and we need to communicate and share information. This map of divine energy rivers is one way we do that.

“True God’s ultimate techniques are not necessarily in the Fourth Scourge, which means that it’s necessary to consider all six Scourges in order to have a chance of finding any of them.”

Lu Yin was impressed. “You are quite capable.”

Wei Shu modestly replied, “It’s not as impressive as you make it sound, Senior. So, what do you say? Is this map enough for us to discuss terms, Senior?”

Lu Yin shook his head. “Even if I am able to see a map of all the rivers and lakes of divine energy across all the Scourges, it’s useless if I can’t visit those other Scourges.”

Wei Shu grew puzzled. “Why can’t you visit them? The Divine Selection is about to begin, and at that time…”

The man suddenly stopped speaking, and he stared at Lu Yin in disbelief. “Senior, don’t you know about this?”

Lu Yin knew that his cover had just been blown. Without any sign of effort, he moved faster than what most Progenitors could comprehend. Even so, Wei Shu reacted instantly. He spun around, shattering his tower as he screamed, “Enemy attack!”

Lu Yin’s expression shifted, and he shot up towards the cosmic door in the sky.

Wei Shu was no weakling, but instead of choosing to engage in a direct fight, he had instantly chosen to flee. Such decisiveness and strength explained how he was able to cooperate with people in other Scourges to complete a map of the flow of divine energy. Lu Yin had underestimated the man.

Lu Yin rose into the sky above the Scourge. As he did so, he could see the silhouettes of others rising up as well, all of them wanting to attack him. However, none could catch up to him.

Suddenly, he felt a terrible sense of danger.

Lu Yin suddenly looked over at the Blackcloud Mountains in the distance. Using Heaven’s Sight, he locked eyes with an ice-cold gaze. The next moment, a palm print appeared in front of Lu Yin, startling him. “Vacuum Palm?”

There was a loud bang as Lu Yin was struck by the palm. It had moved too fast, and it had also been invisible. Shockingly, it really was Vacuum Palm.

When used by a peak powerhouse, Vacuum Palm moved so fast that even Lu Yin was almost unable to react to it. Luckily, he had managed to use Extremes Must Be Reversed at the very last moment.

While the attack had been very powerful, it had not been enough to overcome the limits of Extremes Must Be Reversed, so it had only pushed Lu Yin back.

On the mountain range shrouded with black clouds, a man rose to his feet and threw out another Vacuum Palm.

Lu Yin stared intently at the man for a moment before using Inverse Step to rise up to the cosmic door.

The man attacked with another Vacuum Palm, and Lu Yin retaliated with his own palm strike. The two attacks clashed in the sky, and the void exploded. Lu Yin’s expression grew even more severe, as this man was capable of unleashing very powerful attacks, even if Lu Yin could match their power.

The cosmic door was already within reach.

Just as Lu Yin was about to pass through the cosmic door, a terrifying surge of gravity erupted, and it nearly dragged him back down. Lu Yin saw sequence particles. The same man had attacked again. He was a sequence powerhouse.

Sequence particles filled the sky and dragged Lu Yin downward.

As this happened, the man approached Lu Yin.

Progenitor-level corpse kings surrounded Lu Yin from all sides and started attacking him.

He let out a breath and used Inverse Step to move parallel to time. Everything froze and grew silent. Lu Yin saw the sequence powerhouse ready an attack aimed at the cosmic door with a palm strike. If the cosmic door was destroyed, the only way for Lu Yin to escape would be to return to the Origin Universe. But then it would be very difficult to find Arch-Elder Zen and the others again, while Aeternus would certainly launch an attack on the parallel universe where they were waiting for Lu Yin. Returning to the Origin Universe would put Arch-Elder Zen and the others in danger.

Fortunately, Lu Yin had managed to use Inverse Step at the critical moment.

He took a few steps and passed through the cosmic door. Right before he left, he turned to see the sequence powerhouse getting closer.

Lu Yin passed through the cosmic door and left, but the sequence powerhouse only saw his opponent instantly vanish. The man casually waved a hand, and the Vacuum Palm that had been directed at the cosmic door was diverted. The man stepped forward and passed through the cosmic door himself, chasing after Lu Yin.

In the next universe, Lu Yin saw the jiao up ahead, with Arch-Elder Zen and the others on its back.

“Stay back!” Lu Yin shouted.

The jiao raced away, opening up more distance. It could move extremely fast and was quite adept at escaping.

Lu Yin retreated a few steps. He had time to destroy the cosmic door, but chose not to. As long as his opponent was not someone as powerful as the Seven Skygods, Lu Yin was confident taht he could face them. Furthermore, the man had attacked Lu Yin with a Vacuum Palm, which was confusing. Could he be connected to the Fifth Mainland?

The man soon appeared from the cosmic door, and he instantly went after Lu Yin.

The two stood across from each other in outer space.

“Why didn’t you destroy the cosmic door?” the man demanded.

Lu Yin stared at the man. “You’re not a corpse king.”

“Where’s Da Hui?”

“Who are you?”

“Did you just use the power of time?”

“Why do you know Vacuum Palm?”

Both of them bombarded each other with questions, neither having any intention of answering.

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Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA