Star Odyssey

Chapter 2060: Collapse

Lan Xian felt helpless at this moment. Her goal was too obvious; she wanted to obtain a drop of blood from these people, but neither youth was willing to cooperate. Chu Yuan had instantly released his full power, but he was nowhere close to being Lan Xian's opponent. On top of that, it was impossible for him to escape from Lan Xian’s inner world. Fortunately for Chu Yuan, they were close to the Daosource Sect’s main hall, so he had been able to return the ruins to the rest of the known universe in a manner that defied everyone’s imagination.

While the Dao Chosen from the Heavens Sect era were not even close to being able to stand up to a Semi-Progenitor in combat, they had many bizarre means available to them, especially in unique locations such as the Daosource Sect. No one was as familiar with the Daosource Sect as the Dao Chosen.

Chu Yuan had not acted alone, as Heluo Mavis had also fled into the main hall with the help of a power vessel.

Once the Daosource Sect ruins returned to the known universe, the mental network that suppressed the Fifth Mainland instantly limited Jiu Yao and Lan Xian’s strength, but that was still not enough to prevent Jiu Yao from attacking Chu Yuan.

"Child, you are seeking death!" Jiu Yao stepped into the main hall and stretched out a hand to capture Chu Yuan.

There were no surprises, and the hand smashed into Chu Yuan's shoulder without issue. The difference between the two men’s power meant that it was impossible for Chu Yuan to evade Jiu Yao. And yet, the Semi-Progenitor found that he could not harm the young man at all.

Chu Yuan's tattered clothing was torn away to reveal an inner white robe. It was trimmed with gold thread, and it looked exactly like the robe that Sky Garan always wore. Shockingly, this robe was what had stopped Jiu Yao’s hand.

Jiu Yao was shocked. He was clearly touching something soft, yet he could not exert any strength through the white robe to actually harm Chu Yuan. What was this robe made out of?

As for the other two, Lan Xian had similarly attacked Heluo Mavis. The young woman’s white robe also revealed itself beneath her ragged green dress. However, Lan Xian’s attack was much more reserved than Jiu Yao, as she simply wanted to get a drop of blood.

While neither of the two Semi-Progenitors were able to harm the two youths, the Dao Chosen were still captured.

Chu Yuan's formless and invisible power was not enough to compensate for Jiu Yao’s overwhelming advantage in strength, but even after being captured by a Semi-Progenitor, Chu Yuan showed no fear or concern for death. The Dao Chosen were the future hope of an entire mainland, and even if the Heavens Sect had disappeared, there was a very small chance that this Semi-Progenitor would simply kill a Dao Chosen without proper cause.

"Come with me." Jiu Yao held on to Chu Yuan's shoulder and prepared to take him away.

Suddenly, the void was torn asunder by a terrifying power. Jiu Yao's expression changed, and he quickly dodged. In doing so, he released his hold on Chu Yuan.

A blade slash had appeared between the Semi-Progenitor and Chu Yuan. It moved through space before reaching a spot, where it paused. Slowly, the slash took on the form of a person.

Jiu Yao instantly became solemn. This slash was far from simple. Even though stellular energy had been swallowed by the strange droplets, this blade attack was powerful enough that even Jiu Yao felt fear. He could feel every hair on his entire body stand on end. "Who are you?"

Chu Yuan was taken aback when he saw the blade attack stop in front of him and take on a human form. "A master of one of the Twelve Heavenly Gates: the Celestial Blade Gatemaster, senior Leng Qing."

Lan Xian also noticed the slash from where she stood, and Heluo Mavis seized the opportunity to manifest a massive tree behind her. The Dao Chosen raised a fist, and her right hand smashed towards Lan Xian with a shout.

Lan Xian was not someone who had focused on training her bodily strength, but she was still a Semi-Progenitor, and she had passed through many stellular tribulations. Every successful tribulation baptized the body with stellular energy, raising the strength of a person’s body to previously incomparable levels. Even if she did not specialize in physical strength, her power was not something that Heluo Mavis could compare to.

Lan Xian easily blocked Heluo Mavis's punch without even needing to take a step back.

The Semi-Progenitor retaliated and struck at Heluo Mavis’s forehead.

The young woman’s eyes flared, and the massive tree behind her nearly solidified as it instantly merged into her body. Just as she was about to respond to Lan Xian’s attack, the humanoid slash crossed the distance, and Lan Xian hurriedly shifted her hand to target the slash.

There was a tearing sound, and Lan Xian's sleeve was completely shredded, exposing her white arm as she was forced to retreat several steps.

Heluo Mavis let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Gatemaster Leng Qing."

Jiu Yao was stunned. This cutting attack moved as though it was conscious. This was not an attack from a blade, but rather a person. A human had merged with their own slash. This person’s mastery of the blade far exceeded anything that Jiu Yao could fathom.

Of the Semi-Progenitors present in the Fifth Mainland, both the Xia family’s Xia De and Xia Ji were skilled with blades, but they were both far inferior to this person’s mastery of the blade.

Beyond the main hall, the Daosource Sect ruins continued to collapse in every direction, and the Mountains and Seas fell apart.

Lu Yin caught sight of the main hall and noticed that it was the only part of the Daosource Sect that did not show any signs of collapsing. Lu Yin finally understood why Chu Yuan had not gone to visit even the Mountains and Seas, but had instead gone straight for the main hall. There was clearly something special about the place.

The main hall was too large to behold from up close, but from Lu Yin’s location, he could see that the main hall was not merely an individual building. Instead, it was actually connected to the nearby mountains and rivers.

These parts of the landscape were also not collapsing, which indicated that they were somehow connected to the main hall and were even possibly a part of it.

At this moment, within the main hall, Jiu Yao and Lan Xian were facing off against the blade master.

Lu Yin noticed their fight, but he was uninterested. He instead focused on Chu Yuan and Heluo Mavis. The two had actually started fighting each other, and they were moving away from the main hall and deeper into the region.

Lu Yin focused on Heluo Mavis. She was saying something, but the distance meant that Lu Yin could not hear anything. Still, it was clear that she was chasing after Chu Yuan.

When the two had first met outside the main hall, Heluo Mavis had asked Chu Yuan why he had gone to that place. Chu Yuan had never actually answered the question, though Heluo Mavis had mentioned the Origin Progenitor. Was it possible that there was some connection between the main hall and the Origin Progenitor?

Also, what had caused the Daosource Sect to appear in the Fifth Mainland?

Lu Yin’s mind raced for a bit, but when he saw both Chu Yuan and Heluo Mavis vanish as he watched, Lu Yin shot towards the main hall.

Inside the main hall, Jiu Yao was reluctant to fight against the mysterious blade master who had appeared, but their attacks were relentless. The person simply commented on how the Dao Chosen were the future of the era and had said some nonsense about how they must be protected. The whole thing left Jiu Yao speechless.

Lu Yin rushed into the main hall, and without even a glance to the side, he raced towards the location where he had seen Chu Yuan and Heluo Mavis disappear.

Jiu Yao shouted, "Lan Xian, after him!"

The moment he said those words, the slash expanded, and it blocked both Jiu Yao and Lan Xian from moving. Jiu Yao was infuriated. "Who the hell are you? There’s no reason for a deathmatch between us!"

"No Dao Chosen should ever face a situation where they are attacked by an elder. This is the will of heaven, and if you two violate this will, then you deserve death," a chilling voice answered Jiu Yao.

Jiu Yao’s anger was rising ever higher. "The Heavens Sect era ended long ago."

"Nonsense."

Lan Xian stepped back. She felt a bit helpless, as it seemed that this person had only recently regained consciousness and had not realized that they were no longer in the Heavens Sect era.

Either that, or they was deranged.

"Haven’t you noticed that there’s no longer any stellular energy?" Jiu Yao yelled again as he evaded the cutting attacks.

"And?"

Jiu Yao had nothing more to say. Even combined, he and Lan Xian were being overwhelmed by this gate master from the Heavens Sect era. On top of that, this person was both too aggressive and too decisive. Still, their strength was unquestionably on par with Lu Buzheng's, and they far surpassed the two Semi-Progenitors from the Sixth Mainland.

Only by facing the ancient powerhouses directly was it possible to comprehend the strength of the masters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates from the Heavens Sect era. As they themselves had bluntly stated, the gate masters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates were all capable of becoming Progenitors, and they represented the peak of their cultivation realm. Just like the Dao Chosen, the gate masters represented the future of humanity.

For the Aeternals, eliminating both the masters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates and the Dao Chosen was equivalent to removing two generations of human Progenitors, which had created a break in the continuity of human cultivation.

There was more than just one level to the Daosource Sect’s main hall. As Lu Yin followed Chu Yuan and Heluo Mavis’s path deeper into the building, he came to understand that Jiu Yao and the others were simply on the first floor. Lu Yin had already reached the second underground level, which was where Chu Yuan and Heluo Mavis had gone.

Chu Yuan frowned when he saw Lu Yin appear.

In contrast, Heluo Mavis’s eyes lit up. "Hey, you from the Lu family, help me take care of him. He’s got to be looking for something good that’s connected to the Origin Progenitor."

"Heluo Mavis, stop this nonsense!" Chu Yuan roared. He had lost his composure, and a fierce, cold light flickered deep in his eyes.

Heluo Mavis just sneered. "Why would I need to watch my mouth? I already know that only one of the Twelve Heavenly Gate Masters has ever seen the Origin Progenitor, and the same is true of the Dao Chosen. Only one person from each generation will qualify to meet the Origin Progenitor, and that person definitely said something to you that made you impatient to visit the main hall. In fact, that’s probably why you were able to reveal these ruins. You’re clearly searching for something."

"That's right." Before Chu Yuan could respond, Lu Yin shouted loudly and attacked Chu Yuan with a Hollow Palm.

Chu Yuan raised a hand, and the Hollow Palm struck his robe without causing any damage.

"You might be from the Lu family and possess the strength to stand next to us, but you are still not a Dao Chosen, so stay out of things. If you persist, I have many options to deal with you," Chu Yuan warned.

Heluo Mavis butted it, "You want to use items and power vessels? I’ve got those things too. Hey, Lu, do whatever you want. He wants to use power vessels to attack you, so I’ll help you stop them while you attack."

Lu Yin did not like how the two were speaking down to him. "What about you?"

Heluo Mavis answered, "Of course I’m going to attack him too, and I’ll try to protect you a bit. His robes are able to stop an attack from an eight-tribulation expert, and it’s the symbol of a Dao Chosen, so don’t touch it. Go after his head or his feet. Oh, right—if you have any power vessels of your own, go ahead and use them.”

Lu Yin arched a brow. "A competition of power vessels?"

When the Daosource Sect ruins was isolated from the rest of the universe, it had been impossible to remove anything from a cosmic ring while within the bounds of the Fifth Mainland’s Daosource Sect. The only thing that Lu Yin had been holding in his hand was the Netherworld River. However, things had since changed, and he now had access to everything in his cosmic ring.

"In that case, if it’s a competition of power vessels…" Lu Yin rubbed his cosmic ring, but he did nothing quite yet. He was no idiot, and he intended to let Heluo Mavis first fight against Chu Yuan and consume both of their resources.

Chu Yuan blocked Heluo Mavis’s attack while glancing over at Lu Yin. This person had just mentioned competing with power vessels twice. What was that about? Could he have a great number of equipment and power vessels?

Heluo Mavis suddenly moved back and looked over at Lu Yin. "Are you going to do anything? Also, do you have a lot of items? Don't bother with any of the useless ones. Each of the power vessels we have are as strong as a six-tribulation powerhouse, and that goes for both offensive and defensive items. If your power vessels can’t pass that threshold, don’t embarrass yourself by bringing them out."

Lu Yin smiled. There was absolutely no one in the current era who could compete with him when it came to items, but what about the people from the Heavens Sect era? Offensive and defensive powers had to compare to a six-tribulation powerhouse? Was that all? That was just a power level of a million.

"You’ve been constantly looking down on this era, but I’m going to show you right now what kind of power has appeared in our time." Lu Yin's pupils transformed into runes as he stared at Chu Yuan and weakened him.

Just like how it had previously been impossible to remove items from a cosmic ring in the Daosource Sect ruins, there also had not been any runes available, which had made Truesight unusable. But now, runes filled the area, and these Dao Chosen were about to gain a new understanding of the current era.

Chu Yuan simply felt his body quiver as it grew weak. Given his cultivation, he should have absolute control over every part of his body, and there should be no way to change that. A sudden bout of weakness should be impossible. He looked at Lu Yin and noticed that Lu Yin's pupils had changed. "You?"

Lu Yin struck out with a palm. Suddenly, the main hall shook. Lu Yin’s attack missed, and he almost fell.

Every part of the main hall was trembling, and the ground broke apart.

All three young people looked down at the floor. "This place is about to collapse."

Chu Yuan was stunned. This was impossible! How could this place be breaking?

The fissures in the ground grew larger and larger as increasingly violent tremors shook the main hall.