Star Odyssey

Chapter 3224: That Is The God Of Death

"As for the fourth binding, that’s naturally for your innate gift, your Investiture of the Gods. It’s the Lu family's innate gift, and it caught our attention back when it first appeared. We even wanted to eliminate the Lu family because of that power.

"However, since your family was under Tai Chu's protection, we weren’t able to make any moves. You’ve even used your Investiture of the Gods to confer two of the Three Realms and Six Daos to fight against me. This is something that we never expected, but the stronger your Investiture of the Gods becomes, the stronger the binding becomes.

"That’s why the fourth lock is your Investiture of the Gods.

"You can't unlock the Four Locks Array. Aside from me, there is no one who can help you remove those four bindings. You'll never be able to use any of those four powers ever again. Well, not unless you do the same as Tai Chu and sever your arms."

Everyone was surprised to learn that Tian Feng had such an ability. It was no wonder why the being had allowed Lu Yin to attack it. Even while falling to a disadvantage, it had never shown any intention of fleeing. Tian Feng had continued to fight against Lu Yin in order to understand his abilities and then choose four powers to seal away with the Four Locks Array to bind Lu Yin.

All that patience had led to success.

Lu Yin's Investiture of the Gods disappeared, and he had been rendered unable to use any of his sealed abilities. What means did he have left?

Garan Zhiluo grew furious. "Is this the sourcebox array that sealed Master’s power?"

"Hmph! Now you understand? Aside from Tai Chu, who else could be worthy of me using my Four Locks Array? It's too late to learn about it now!" Tian Feng stated smugly, despite the fact that the patterns covering its surface had dimmed greatly.

With Lu Yin crippled, the balance of the entire battle would shift.

Ancient God, Arrow God, and Progenitor Xi all looked over. Finally, Lu Yin could be killed.

"Kid, leave the battlefield!" Garan Zhiluo urged.

Tian Feng sneered. "Leave? Do you think he can? Do you think that my Four Locks Array can be escaped? I control the position of those bindings, so unless he removes his own limbs, he can't escape! His hands and feet will be held by the Four Locks forever!

"Come here!"

At Tian Feng’s shout, Lu Yin's body was dragged towards the stone against his will, pulled by the four bindings.

In the sky, a set of scales appeared. One side was beneath Lu Yin's feet, while the other was beneath Qing Ping’s. Lu Yin’s senior brother was trying to use his Judgment to pull Lu Yin away.

However, the scales instantly broke.

Qing Ping spat out blood.

Xu Wuwei's spatial lines appeared as the man tried to move Lu Yin through space, but Lu Yin continued moving towards Tian Feng. Xu Wuwei’s Spiral Domain also shattered, but the man did not give up. Instead, he used his sequence particles and the Law of Jamming to stop Lu Yin from reaching Tian Feng.

However, those sequence particles simply dissipated due to their proximity to Tian Feng. The Ortuser’s mere presence prevented the sequence particles from stopping Lu Yin’s progress.

Xu Wuwei staggered, his face growing pale.

Leng Qing then recklessly raced towards Lu Yin, only to end up trapped by the Skyrender Glyph Array, which caused the Progenitor to collapse.

Far away, Mu Ke slashed his saber at Tian Feng, but as the attack drew closer, it dissipated. An ordinary attack was useless against Tian Feng, while sequence particles were unable to touch the stone.

No one could stop Lu Yin from being dragged over to Tian Feng.

Once Lu Yin was in front of Tian Feng and facing him directly, multiple Skyrender Glyph Arrays started combining. The arrays formed a blade that would cut Lu Yin down when he got close enough.

Without his four key abilities, Lu Yin had no way to block this weapon formed from the combined Skyrender Glyph Arrays. This sourcebox array could even trap sequence powerhouses.

Lu Tianyi, Lu Yuan, and Wu Tian all wanted to save Lu Yin, but there was nothing any of them could do. Earlier, they had worked to hold Ancient God, Tian Ci, and the others back, but at this moment, the three men were the ones being restrained.

Lu Yin was pulled closer and closer to the weapon. As he looked at it, he could see a dangerous glint on the blade as it reflected the light of the dark sky. It looked ancient beyond reckoning, which was fairly accurate. This was not some technique that Tian Feng had randomly created. This was the weapon that had been used to sever the Origin Progenitor's hands.

This was no longer a battle, but rather an execution. This was punishment. Tian Feng intended to execute Lu Yin before everyone and crush humanity’s spirit.

Lu Yin was humanity’s current figurehead, and once that faith was shattered, it would be nearly impossible for it to ever be restored.

Everyone was trying to save Lu Yin, but he remained unusually calm as he moved closer and closer to Tian Feng. In fact, the man’s calmness started to make Tian Feng nervous.

The patterns on the surface of the stone flickered. He shouldn’t be so calm. How can Lu Yin be so calm right now? I can’t let him get any closer!

Suddenly, Tian Feng felt a flicker of danger. Still, without pulling Lu Yin closer, how was it supposed to execute him?

The Skyrender Glyph Arrays could not be too far away from Tian Feng. While Lu Yin was already close enough for the Threefold Absolutes Array to kill him, that sourcebox array had been used twice, and its death energy had been depleted. As for the Two World Dust Array, Garan Zhiluo’s interference meant that it could not be used.

If Tian Feng wanted to kill Lu Yin, there was only one option.

Still, why was the man so calm? Tian Feng did not dare to allow Lu Yin to move any closer, simply due to how calm he appeared.

No, it’s fake. It has to be fake!

He’s pretending to be calm to prevent me from executing him. Yes, it’s nothing but a ploy.

Not even Tai Chu could resist after he was trapped by my Four Locks Array, and this man has already had four of his key abilities sealed. There’s no way he still has enough strength to fight me. It’s impossible.

How could he possibly be greater than Tai Chu?

This line of reasoning caused Tian Feng to sneer. "You humans are all so hypocritical! Did you think that I would fall for your act? Your hypocrisy and arrogance will be your downfall. Humanity, your end is nigh!"

There was a teasing and mocking expression on Lu Yin’s face as he stared at Tian Feng. “What are you afraid of?”

Tian Feng felt confused. “Afraid? Human, you are the one who’s about to die. I will execute you as all of humanity bears witness. I will behead you—no, I’ll flay you alive like Garan and have you die in utter disgrace.”

The mockery grew stronger in Lu Yin’s eyes, but behind that teasing expression was indescribable bloodlust. “I said, what are you afraid of?”

Tian Feng’s tone grew harsh. “The more a person fears death, the more insane they become as they meet it. You’ve already gone mad. Me, afraid? Ridiculous!”

Lu Yin sneered. “The greatest respect you can show a civilization is to try to destroy it.

“You were so terrified of the brilliance of the ancient Heavens Sect that you secretly attacked the Origin Progenitor. You didn’t dare to act openly, because you knew that, if you were discovered, the Three Realms and Six Daos would wipe you four out.

“Now, you’ve jumped at the chance to work with Aeternus to declare war on us, because you’re afraid once again. This time, you’re afraid that humanity is progressing too quickly and that, soon, you’ll no longer have the power to stop us. You’re afraid that we’ll learn the truth of what you’ve done and will pursue vengeance. Your fear of us has made us into your nightmare!

“I accept your respect. On behalf of all humanity, I accept it.”

Tian Feng laughed in fury. "Ridiculous! Human, you're too arrogant! You are just like Tai Chu! You deserve to die! Tai Chu deserved to die, but you deserve it even more so! You still haven’t reached the same heights as him, and yet you're already so arrogant! You deserve death more than even Tai Chu!

"Die!"

The weapon formed from the combination of more than a dozen Skyrender Glyph Arrays fell from the sky, the sharp blade slicing down at Lu Yin as he arrived beside Tian Feng.

Lu Yin looked up at the sky and sneered. "Have you forgotten? Humanity's greatest weapon is our creativity."

As he spoke, stars erupted from Lu Yin’s chest. His inner universe was rejected by the universe he was in, and a shell of the Hollow spread out in all directions, isolating Lu Yin from the blade formed by the Skyrender Glyph Arrays. Tian Feng's strength naturally meant that the weapon could pierce the Hollow, but that would take a bit of time, time that Lu Yin would not give Tian Feng. In fact, Tian Feng needed more time than Lu Yin, because Lu Yin had deliberately allowed himself to be pulled over.

He pulled out the God of Death's left arm and the man’s scythe from his cosmic ring. Beyond the stars of his inner universe, the black and white mist formed a maelstrom that connected the sky above to the earth below. This was the death energy that Lu Yin had just absorbed from the Threefold Absolutes Array. Tian Feng had even sealed it within a sourcebox array because of how fearsome its unimaginable power was.

It was the power of the God of Death.

As the black and white mist connected to Lu Yin, his entire appearance changed. His hair grew longer until it fell to his waist. His eyes turned solid black, and the clothing that covered his upper body disintegrated into dust. Black energy swirled around him like clouds before forming chains. Dark-red patterns etched his skin like tattoos, and a black cloak billowed out behind him. The white mist twined around his left arm before forming a shield, while his right hand held a scythe, which had once been the God of Death's weapon. Behind Lu Yin, black energy rose up, giving him a ghostly, demonic appearance.

It was the God of Death Transformation.

Compared to the previous times he had used the transformation, something new appeared. The black energy that billowed up behind Lu Yin slowly took on the shape of a towering figure. Just a glance was enough to send chills down people’s spines.

The figure’s appearance caused the temperature to plummet in all six Scourges.

Lu Yuan, Hongyan Mavis, and several others all exclaimed, "Blackie?"

The figure who had appeared behind Lu Yin was none other than the God of Death.

By using the God of Death's left arm and scythe while undergoing the God of Death Transformation, it was as though Lu Yin had dragged the God of Death back from ancient times.

The God of Death lifted his head. While he only had his left arm, his presence still instantly swept through the sky and across the ground. Then, he slashed out with his scythe.

During the Heavens Sect era, the Three Realms and Six Daos had ruled supreme over the entire megaverse. Although they had never fought over which of them was the strongest, they had all known that the God of Death was the one that nobody should push too far.

While the other members of the Three Realms and Six Daos had developed powers that were used to preserve legacies or hide mysteries, the God of Death's power had been developed purely for slaughter. There was nothing more to it.

The God of Death had been born for death.

He was not even the one who had chosen the name “God of Death.”

The Origin Progenitor had named all the Three Realms and Six Daos. When they grew up, each of them had chosen their own names. Blackie had done the same, but the name that he had chosen had been forgotten eons ago. The only name that had lingered through the ages was God of Death.

He had been the God of Death of his era—the brilliant and final God of Death of the Heavens Sect era.

During that era, who else would have dared to use the name of the God of Death? Only Blackie. Lu Yuan and the others could still remember the shock that they had felt when death energy had first appeared.

It was an energy that could even overpower sequence particles.

During that ancient era, battles between humans and astral beasts had grown increasingly fierce. In the end, even Wilderness God, one of the Three Realms and Six Daos, had not been able to avoid joining the conflict. However, all of the astral beasts, including even Wilderness God himself, had been suppressed by the God of Death.

There had been no exceptions. No matter if they had been from the Origin Universe or other parallel universes, all the astral beasts of that entire era had been suppressed by the God of Death.

The God of Death alone, with just his scythe, had taken on the Fourth Mainland, and he had utterly suppressed it.

That was the God of Death’s legacy.