Star Odyssey

Chapter 3214: Battlefield Of Life And Death

The foul-smelling object flew towards Progenitor Xi. Xu Wuwei had thrown it.

Woof!

Skydog had his tail tucked between his legs and was racing across the battlefield as Xu Wuwei laughed happily and chased after the dog. Their chase had gradually brought them closer to Progenitor Xi.

“You stupid dog, come on! Aren’t you good at taking hits? Come on! Let’s fight to the death! You can fight against my smell!” Xu Wuwei was ecstatic. Skydog had slammed into the man on the Endless Frontier in the past, and the impact had shattered many of the man’s bones. No matter what he tried, he had not been able to cause the slightest bit of damage to the dog.

Finally, Xu Wuwei had received an opportunity. As soon as the foul-smelling object was brought out, Skydog had fled with his tail tucked. It felt incredibly satisfying for Xu Wuwei.

Progenitor Xi frowned and slashed her sword at the man.

There was a clang, and a piece of a turtle shell appeared far away, protecting Xu Wuwei. Lord Xu had intervened.

The Voidlord warned, “Be careful. You are still on a battlefield.”

Xu Wuwei felt belated fear as he realized that he had almost been killed by Progenitor Xi's sword.

Far away, in a corner of the Second Scourge, Di Qiong faced off against Wu Tian. Both men stared at each other intensely, hatred blazing in their eyes.

“Why didn’t you leave?” Di Qiong demanded through gritted teeth. This question plagued him, as he could not make any sense of it. He held a spear in his hand, the tip glittering coldly, and pages from his Martial Scriptures floated around him.

Wu Tian also held a spear, and it was even identical to Di Qiong's. “What? Does the fact that I didn’t leave the Third Scourge wound your pride?”

Endless killing intent blazed in Di Qiong’s eyes. “Not only did you not leave, but you’ve instantly recovered from your near-death state. Wu Tian, what have you been plotting?”

Wu Tian shook his head. “I just wanted to hide out. If you really want to know, I can tell you… Right before you die.”

“Hahaha, die? Do you really think that I can’t kill you?” Di Qiong laughed raucously as he stomped down on the ground, shattering it as he shot towards Wu Tian, his spear thrust forward.

Wu Tian looked up. “Do you know why I discarded Heaven's Sight? Because I no longer need it.”

With that, his spear also thrust forward.

The clang of metal striking metal rang out as the spears collided. They flickered like two beams of light that sent reflections across the entire battlefield that covered the Scourge. Their battle took up all the surrounding space, and then it expanded ever farther. The void, the ground below, and everything in sight was sliced apart, and the impacts even managed to reach the black Mother Tree, where deep wounds appeared on its trunk.

Countless black lines were burned into the trunk of the black Mother Tree, illuminated by a golden light that shone from Lu Tianyi. This was where he was fighting against Blackless God. �

As the battle between Di Qiong and Wu Tian spread, Blackless God glanced over. “Di Qiong is in danger. Not only did Wu Tian refuse to leave the Third Scourge, but he’s clearly recovered from his near death state. Given the fact that he kept such a powerful move hidden for so long, he must be plotting something.”

Lu Tianyi stared at Blackless God. “You’re still not planning to reveal yourself?”

Blackless God shook his head. “I’ve already told you, it’s too early. You are all underestimating Aeternus. This battle won’t be able to achieve much. We should deal with the Boundary Guardians first.”

Far away, blood splattered. Wu Tian had come out on top. He had sliced through Di Qiong’s wrist and cut off three of the man’s fingers with his spear. As Wu Tian turned and thrust his spear again, he froze. This attack had already been used, which meant that it had been recorded by Di Qiong’s Martial Scriptures. It was impossible to use the same move twice against Di Qiong.

Di Qiong’s spear swept out, slicing Wu Tian's abdomen open and spilling the man’s blood. However, right after that, Di Qiong also froze. This was because Wu Tian’s Progenitor’s world was also Martial Scriptures.

There should not be any two Progenitor’s worlds in existence that were identical, but Di Qiong and Wu Tian’s were the exact same.

Pages from their scriptures drifted around the two men, recording each of their opponent’s moves. Any move that was repeated would be rendered completely ineffective.

Anyone watching the intense battle would find the exchange extremely unsettling. What seemed to be a smooth fight would occasionally freeze, only for the men to resume once they used a different technique. This was the style of combat that they were both the most familiar with, and it was also what they were the most comfortable with.

Move after move, the men froze and then resumed fighting. All along, Di Qiong suffered far more injuries than Wu Tian. Wu Tian, who had taught humans in the Origin Universe how to use weapons, had the means to counter any and all weapons. Despite losing Heaven's Sight, he did not need it.

If Di Qiong was not himself extremely powerful, he would have never been able to wound Wu Tian even the slightest.

As time passed, Di Qiong’s injuries only multiplied.

Di Qiong was aware of his situation, so he released his sequence particles: Under the Dome. All of Wu Tian’s attacks landed beneath Di Qiong’s feet. Di Qiong stood tall and then thrust his spear down from up above.

Wu Tian looked up as a spear fell, and his own spear thrust upward.

Di Qiong sneered, appearing like a monarch that looked down from on high.

There was a deafening clang as the two spears clashed. Sparks flew, and the void warped as the Progenitor’s worlds were sliced apart. Di Qiong’s spear was about to stab into Wu Tian’s forehead, but at that moment, Di Qiong’s pupils constricted tightly. He saw an eye appear in the middle of Wu Tian’s forehead. Heaven’s Sight? Impossible.

“Ugh.” Di Qiong spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked down to see that Wu Tian’s spear was stabbed through his heart, holding his entire body aloft.

At this moment, Di Qiong was still above Wu Tian, but that was only because Wu Tian was holding the other man up with a spear.

“You like to look down on me from above? Then keep looking.”

Di Qiong’s pupils flickered, and his face grew pale. “You… Heaven’s Sight?”

Wu Tian stared up at Di Qiong. “This is the law of the universe that I’ve mastered, as well as how I taught all of humanity to use weapons. Did you think that that was just a myth? That’s completely wrong. It was due to my law, which allows me to teach all creatures right from wrong. I can summarize it succinctly: Enlighten All Beings. Your law ‘Under the Dome’ is wrong. Man cannot always stand at the top.”

Di Qiong stared at Wu Tian in a daze for a moment and then barked out a bitter laugh. “I see. All these years, I thought that I had worn down your sequence particles. But this… this is your law of the universe. You destroy a law and then reconstruct it. This is the power of one of the Three Realms and Six Daos.

“Still, I won’t be defeated so easily!”

Di Qiong let out a deep growl, and divine energy roiled within his body. He underwent a Pupilless Transformation and then grabbed hold of Wu Tian’s spear. There was a crunch as he crushed the spear with his hand.

One of Wu Tian’s eyebrows rose. Throughout the years, Di Qiong had stolen much from Wu Tian, using what he stole to become one of the Three Pillars and Six Skies and even earning the nickname of ‘the Dark Wu Tian.’ However, this was not completely accurate. The true reason why Di Qiong was called the Dark Wu Tian was because of the Corpse King Transformation.

He had created the Corpse King Transformation.

If Di Qiong had only ever learned to use Wu Tian’s stolen power, True God would have never paid any attention to the man. It was because of the Corpse King Transformation that Di Qiong had successfully become one of the Three Pillars and Six Skies. That was why he was the Dark Wu Tian, someone who could rival Wu Tian himself.

There was a gust of wind; Di Qiong lashed out at Wu Tian with a palm, and the power of the attack shattered the ground of the Scourge and opened a deep crater.

Wu Tian let out a breath. It was clear that it would not be easy to defeat Di Qiong.

Elsewhere on the battlefield, lightning poured down from the sky as the Ancient Lightning Locust tried to pursue Jiang Feng, only to be firmly held in place by Progenitor Ku.

The Progenitor did not even try to fight against the beast, and instead, he simply used Extremes Must Be Reversed to maintain a hold on the Ancient Lightning Locust’s tail. Progenitor Ku never moved, despite being continuously blasted by lightning. The sight sent chills through many people’s hearts.

Not even the Lord of Lightning would willingly endure lightning this powerful. There was no denying that Progenitor Ku was incredibly formidable.

Sovereign Dou Sheng cackled. This was Ku Jie, the one who had charged into the Scourge on his own to face True God and survived to tell the tale. After leaving the Scourge, Ku Jie had been pursued by Tian En and attacked while severely injured, but still the man had survived.

Progenitor Ku might not be the strongest, but he was unquestionably the most resilient. It was truly beyond absurd.

Light rained down upon the ground across a broad region.

Grass trembled as Hongyan Mavis struggled to hold Tian En back, though the woman was occasionally pulled into the butterfly’s illusions. If not for the fact that Hongyan Mavis’s sequence particles were strong enough, she would not have been able to resist at all.

Even Tian En was impressed. “To stand against me as a mere Progenitor is truly impressive. Humans are too stubborn.”

Hongyan Mavis ground her teeth as the Mavis family’s Divine Tree continued to grow behind her. “Beasts have no right to judge us humans!”

“Such foul language. I may be the one to deliver heaven’s blessings and might not be the best at fighting, but today, you humans will pay for your ignorance and stupidity.”

The butterfly flapped her wings, creating a gale that swept out. Most of the blast was blocked by the Divine Tree, but a bit of the wind slipped past, and it blew over to where Dual Bladeform, Bai Sheng, Wen Huan, and E' Ji were fighting.

The five were frozen where they had been fighting earlier.

Bai Sheng fell, his staff slipping from his hand, his eyes filled with bitterness. In the end, he was dying on the battlefield.

Wen Huan collapsed next. He had been one of Arrow God’s Five Elders in the Fifth Scourge. He had been a sequence powerhouse, but that was not enough to save him from a flap of the butterfly’s wings.

Both of Dual Bladeform’s bodies started to show signs of corrosion.

The pink-haired woman was terrified. “Brother, brother, are we…?”

The blue-haired man cradled the pink-haired woman in his arms. “Don’t be afraid. Brother is here.”

The pink-haired woman clung tightly to the blue-haired man while weeping. “Brother, are we going to die?”

“It’s going to be alright. Brother will protect you.” As the man spoke, the corrosion covering their bodies grew even worse. Both were covered in rust.

It was odd to see rust appear on a person, but Dual Bladeform was not human; they were a pair of blades.

“Brother, I’m scared!”

“Don’t be scared. Brother is here. No matter where we go, Brother will stay at your side.”

“Thank you, Brother. I’ve held you back again.”

“It’s fine. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid…”

As the two whispered to each other, they slowly closed their eyes, and their bodies disintegrated. Finally, two long, rust-covered blades appeared on the ground of the Scourge. One was entirely blue. Before rusting over, the knife had been dazzling to look at. The other blade had been pink, and it had been equally beautiful.

As the rust continued to cover the two knives, they fell apart, eventually becoming nothing more than powder. Only the handles remained, and they lay stacked atop each other.

A short distance away, E' Ji revealed a bitter smile. She had lived a life of extravagance, and she had never dreamed that her final moments would be spent alongside two knives.

She stared off into the distance, looking at E' Nan, her eldest son.

Live well, E' Nan. We of the Scourge Occupation don’t fear death, and I’ve lived a life of luxury. My time has come. Even if I don’t die on this battlefield, I only have a few years remaining.

E’ Ji had not only agreed to help Lu Yin because of Mister Mu. The debt that her people owed Mister Mu for the kindness he had shown them had already been paid in full when they had helped rescue the Nine-Star Civilization. No, E’ Ji had continued to ally her people with Lu Yin for the sake of the Scourge Occupation.

Her people could not continue as they had been living, lingering between extravagance and death. The more that they encountered, the more that people’s thoughts would shift and change. Who among them did not want to cultivate properly and live a bit longer?

The truth was that many members of the Scourge Occupation had already fled.

E' Ji hoped that the day would come when Lu Yin would reach an unprecedented height and resolve their ancestor’s madness, which would allow her people to regain normal lives. For countless years, each generation of the Scourge Occupation’s chieftains had been searching for such a person.

E’ Ji saw hope in Lu Yin. The day would come when Lu Yin would achieve their dream.

Why else would the Scourge Occupation, a people who had come to accept death, join the Heavens Sect?

E' Nan, my son, lead the Scourge Occupation well and follow the Heavens Sect. One day, you will find freedom!

E' Ji slowly fell.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA