Star Odyssey

Chapter 2095: Lu Yin And Chu Yuan

The fight between the six candidates remaining in the Dao Chosen selection were not only representing their respective Heavenly Gates, but also the honor of their original era.

"Honestly, I thought that I’d end up going against all three of you, but since it’s just you, things are going to be much easier," Lu Yin said.

Chu Yuan's expression quickly changed. "If you don't step it up, I’ll defeat all of them."

Everyone in the audience who heard the conversation between the two men was left speechless. These two were nuts!

"When I first met you, I made a bet with Heluo Mavis that I could defeat you within five attacks, and I never used my last two. Those will be enough to deal with you now," Chu Yuan claimed. As he spoke, an invisible force covered his body, and a long blade appeared in his hand. "While a sword is exquisite, a blade is sheer power. Your Lu family stands second only to the Mavis family when it comes to brute strength, but let’s see whether you can handle this blade."

He squeezed the hilt of the weapon as it rose high into the air before descending in a vicious chop.

At the same time, Chu Yuan vanished. When he reappeared, he was already right in front of Lu Yin and in the middle of decapitating him.

Chu Yuan had moved at least two times faster this time, and this sudden change caused Lu Yin's expression to change completely. The number of runes in this attack exceeded a power level of a million. This was an attack that even Yuan Shi might be defeated by, and it was about to crash into Lu Yin.

Sky Garan, Big Sis, Heluo Mavis, and Silver all paid close attention to this attack, as Chu Yuan was finally revealing his true strength. He had unleashed the power of the First Mainland’s Dao Chosen, the only person from his generation to receive the Origin Progenitor’s acknowledgement.

Lu Yin released a breath, and his battle force appeared. It burned the void as an overpowering strength stopped the edge of Chu Yuan’s blade. Lu Yin looked up as he punched the blade. This was his aurelian force, and it gave him control over the void. Wherever Lu Yin’s aurelian force went, it would be invincible.action

The stronger one’s physical body, the stronger their aurelian force. Given Lu Yin’s domineering physical might, his aurelian force was truly invincible.

However, Chu Yuan was unsurprised. Even Hen Mo had succeeded in cultivating aurelian force, and yet Lu Yin had shattered Hen Mo’s aurelian force with a single palm strike. This was why Chu Yuan had already accepted the possibility that Lu Yin possessed aurelian force, as well as the likelihood that it was far more powerful than Hen Mo’s.

Chu Yuan’s blade pressed down, the strength behind it continually rose, and the force started distorting the nearby space. Shockwaves from the clash between aurelian force and the blade qi swept out in all directions, and Heluo Mavis and the others still in the plaza were all forced to pull back.

Lu Yin could clearly feel that the power behind Chu Yuan's blade was increasing, but how?

Lu Yin could see nothing special about Chu Yuan’s attack, but it was more powerful than what Lu Yin could understand.

"That’s Chu Yuan’s innate gift. He’s able to multiply strength, speed, or even numbers when it comes to his techniques. It can be a massive pain to deal with," Heluo Mavis offered. She truly did not want to see Lu Yin lose to Chu Yuan after just two exchanges.

Lu Yin had demonstrated an impressive level of combat power when he had faced off against Heluo Mavis and Chu Yuan in the Daosource Sect ruins. Then, he had shown even more when the three had traveled through time and space with the Semi-Progenitors in the Daosource Sect’s main hall. Lu Yin had exposed the fact that he had an absolutely monstrous stellular energy reserve, but that did not translate to combat strength, especially after the true universe had lost all of its stellular energy. With the additional fact that Lu Yin had been missing for twenty years, Heluo Mavis did not believe that he could defeat Chu Yuan, though she did hope that Lu Yin could at least force Chu Yuan to struggle a bit.

Lu Yin’s head snapped up. Multiply strength, speed, or numbers of attacks? If that was Chu Yuan’s ability, then Lu Yin would just weaken the attacks.

Immediately, Lu Yin’s pupils transformed into runes, and he started erasing the blade’s runes.

Chu Yuan was no longer as ignorant of the current era and the new abilities that people possessed as when he had first emerged from the sourcebox. As soon as he saw the change in Lu Yin’s eyes, Chu Yuan grew suspicious. Was this Truesight?

Just as he had expected, Chu Yuan felt his attack suddenly weaken, and he released his weapon. He shifted to Lu Yin’s right and manifested another blade of energy that slashed sideways at Lu Yin. This was the exact same attack that Chu Yuan had just used, just from a different direction.

Lu Yin watched everything unfold, and he saw exactly what Heluo Mavis had mentioned: the number of runes in Chu Yuan’s attack instantly doubled. The slash seemed to split the solar system in two, and countless stars and planets were slashed in half. The attack might have originated in Earth’s solar system, but it continued on to spread across the entire Frostwave Weave, and it even reached into Northcastle Weave.

Everyone stared at the plaza.

Lu Buzheng gritted his teeth. Chu Yuan had grown much stronger than he had been twenty years before. When he had first emerged from the sourcebox, Chu Yuan had already been a three-tribulation Envoy. Even if his realm of cultivation had not improved since that time, his innate gift, battle force, and even mastery of secret techniques had all improved greatly. Would Lu Yin even be able to survive this attack?

At the edge of the plaza, Xu San and the others who had been eliminated from the selection were all rendered speechless. What kind of monsters were fighting at this moment? Forget about Xu San surviving this kind of attack—he was certain that even his master could not endure such a blade.

Awe filled Ling Gong's eyes. This was the strength of a Dao Chosen.

In the middle of the plaza, Chu Yuan pulled his blade back and shook his head. "So I failed. I used two attacks but couldn’t beat you."

Smoke and dust cleared to reveal Lu Yin. While there were massive cracks in the floor beneath his feet, his clothes did not show any signs of damage. He had used the Knowing realm of Truesight to endure the attack. As Lu Yin’s physical strength and cultivation had risen, the amount of damage that the Knowing realm of Truesight could stop had similarly risen. Chu Yuan's attack had been shockingly powerful, but it had not surpassed the limits of Lu Yin’s Truesight.

Truthfully, this exchange showed quite similar levels of combat strength between the two men. If Lu Yin had not managed to pass two stellular tribulations after their last fight, his Knowing realm of Truesight would likely have been overpowered by Chu Yuan’s blade.

"I told you last time that I would show you the power of our era’s greatest geniuses," Lu Yin slowly stated. He could have used Extremes Must Be Reversed to receive Chu Yuan’s blade, but he had instead opted to use the Knowing realm of Truesight to demonstrate the miraculous abilities of the Rune Progenitor’s creation.

Chu Yuan offered his compliments. "I’ve come to know more about your era, and there have indeed been great geniuses, but this isn’t enough for you to beat me. Are you still planning to only use power from this era?"

A smile crept across Lu Yin's face. "No, I don't have that much time to waste. I’m thinking of making things quick."

The Immovable Heavenly King Elephant appeared behind Lu Yin, and a majestic power entered his body. He released his aurelian force, and the void started to burn as he lifted a hand and aimed a palm at Chu Yuan. "Do your best to hold on for as long as possible."

Hollow Palm.

This attack was amplified by one of the Lu family’s visualization methods, as well as aurelian force, spiritual force that had been tempered by the Origin Progenitor’s Sutra, and a domain that improved every time Lu Yin’s cultivation rose. Lu Yin’s attack looked simple, but it was beyond terrifying.

Chu Yuan did not dare to underestimate Lu Yin’s strength, especially after seeing the Immovable Heavenly King Elephant appear. At this moment, the Dao Chosen was more serious about the fight than ever before, as this match reminded him of when he had fought against Lu Tianyi in the past.

Chu Yuan’s invisible power covered his body with such force that it nearly started boiling.

There was a boom as the Hollow Palm met the invisible energy that always protected Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan was pushed back.

This was simply unbelievable for Chu Yuan. How had his invisible barrier been overcome?

His invisible power was not truly invincible, and Lu Yin’s Hollow Palm was simply too powerful. It had managed to completely eradicate Chu Yuan’s invisible barrier, though most of the power behind Lu Yin’s attack had dissipated as a result.

Another palm strike shot out, and Chu Yuan was repeatedly pushed back further and further. Blood dripped from his mouth, and his eyes flared. All of a sudden, a gigantic fish appeared behind him, and it looked like it was about to leap out of a lake and into outer space.

Lu Yin was shocked. The Arkfish?

Lu Buzheng, Hen Xin, and the others from their era were all shocked as well, as they also recognized the fish.

Xi Qi had been watching the Dao Chosen selection from outside Earth’s solar system, and her mouth fell wide open when she saw the image of the Arkfish appear behind Chu Yuan. Isn’t that my obnoxious fish?

The fish upon her head was similarly stunned. Why does that thing look so much like Lord Fish? This magnificence?

Chu Yuan had used a visualization method of the Arkfish, and a spear condensed in his hand that he instantly thrust forward. He could clearly make out Lu Yin’s Hollow Palm, and he intended to stab through Lu Yin’s palm strike with the spear.

Every single Hollow Palm was pierced through by the spear, but the spear also shattered. Lu Yin’s attack was stopped by the spear, but the spear was also completely destroyed by the Hollow Palm. It was a tie.

Chu Yuan continued to form more spears as he tried to overcome Lu Yin’s barrage of Hollow Palms.

Lu Yin's pupils locked onto Chu Yuan's next spear and weakened it.

The spear abruptly disappeared, and Chu Yuan's hand dropped through where the spear had just been. A Hollow Palm struck true and knocked Chu Yuan back again. The Arkfish visualization method did not give too much of a boost to physical strength.

Lu Yin moved forward and appeared right in front of Chu Yuan. Lu Yin’s hands explored the area in front of him as he tried to find a way to tear apart the formless and invisible energy that protected Chu Yuan. Even though Lu Yin’s Hollow Palms were incredibly powerful, Chu Yuan’s protective energy was able to dissipate a great deal of the power behind Lu Yin’s attacks.

At the same time, Chu Yuan stared back at Lu Yin while a sword condensed in his grip. The blade slashed out, and it seemed as though the attack could anticipate Lu Yin’s moves as it flew straight towards his throat.

Lu Yin had heard from Heluo Mavis that Chu Yuan had mastered a battle technique similar to what Yuan Shi used, and it allowed Chu Yuan to observe his opponent's battle techniques and defeat them with disturbing ease. This was why Chu Yuan had been able to see through the pattern behind the movements of the stars in Lu Yin’s Cosmic Art. Once again, Lu Yin’s attack had been seen through.

Still, so what if Chu Yuan could see through Lu Yin’s battle techniques?

The sword fell to the floor. Lu Yin stepped backwards, but he actually moved all over the place, using Inverse Step to create a chaotic region of space.

Chu Yuan frowned. Lu Yin had too many options available to use, and he also possessed an absurd physical strength. He was a very difficult opponent to deal with.

Lu Yin actually did manage to tear through Chu Yuan’s invisible energy with a hand, and he reached forward towards Chu Yuan's head.

Chu Yuan let out a breath. He really was being forced to reveal his hand.

He looked up at Lu Yin. Lu Yin could see that his hand was close, and he should be able to grab Chu Yuan’s head, but Lu Yin’s hand passed right through his target.

Lu Yin's pupils constricted. Was this speed? No.

Lu Yin was still in a daze when he felt a terrible pain in his abdomen. Chu Yuan had stabbed his sword into Lu Yin's abdomen. Lu Yin quickly pulled back and stared at Chu Yuan. What the hell had just happened?

Chu Yuan lifted his sword to point it at Lu Yin. "I must admit that you truly do have the qualifications to compete with us. Not only are you able to see through my sword techniques and endure the power of my blade, but you’re also able to break through my invisible energy and leave me defenseless. Still, that’s all.”

"Do you want to know why I received the Origin Progenitor’s acknowledgement? I’ll show you now."

Heluo Mavis was fighting against Silver. While Heluo possessed an overwhelming physical power, Silver was simply able to avoid her. The two had been in a stalemate for a bit, but they had not been pushing too hard.

Sky Garan was also in a draw against Big Sis.

However, Chu Yuan's comment to Lu Yin caused everyone in the plaza to look over and focus on one battle.

Even Semi-Progenitors like Hen Xin and Lu Buzheng were completely focused on Chu Yuan at this moment.

Chu Yuan was the only Dao Chosen of his generation during the Heavens Sect era to be acknowledged by the Origin Progenitor, but why had he received that acknowledgement? Had it simply been because Chu Yuan possessed a much greater combat strength than the other Dao Chosen? Heluo Mavis did not believe that at all, and neither did Sky Garan, which was why they were both staring at Chu Yuan.

Lu Buzheng also did not believe that things were so simple. He refused to believe that his own family’s Dao Chosen was any weaker than Chu Yuan, so why was Chu Yuan the only one of his generation to receive the Origin Progenitor’s attention? Was he really going to reveal that secret at this moment?

Chu Yuan had been forced to this point by Lu Yin.

Everyone stared at Chu Yuan, but they could not see what Chu Yuan was doing. It looked like the same invisible energy as ever was protecting him, and his blade was still pointed at Lu Yin, positioned in a way where it was ready to remove Lu Yin’s head in a second. Nothing looked different in any way.

However, everyone knew that Chu Yuan’s blade was absolutely different at this moment, even if they could not see how.

Lu Yin's pupils transformed into runes as he stared at Chu Yuan's blade. What was different? Nothing seemed to have changed, but when the blade started moving towards Lu Yin, he felt an overwhelming sense of danger. He immediately used the Knowing realm of Truesight to protect himself.

However, everyone was stunned by what happened next. Not to mention the people still in the plaza, but even Semi-Progenitors like Lu Buzheng and Han Xin were startled. "Impossible!"

Lu Yin looked down to see that the blade had dropped down and cut into his right shoulder, about an inch deep. Blood streamed down over half of his body and dripped onto the floor of the plaza. Pain shot out from every part of Lu Yin’s body. The blade had chopped down before Lu Yin had even noticed.