Star Odyssey

Chapter 1143: Strength And Its Usage

When the stone plaques exploded, countless spatial cracks appeared all throughout the entire floating continent, and it looked as though another entire world had suddenly appeared.

Shang Qing and the others were all shocked; this was not good.

Down on the surface of the sea, a stone plaque exploded right next to Mu Ziying’s trio, and the void warped in front of their eyes. A grey figure shot out, and when it sensed the three people, it raised a hand: Skybeast Claw.

This grey figure was actually a remnant spiritual force from the tablet world, and it was a master of the Skybeast Claw. The power of this attack was impressive, and this Skybeast Claw was so powerful that even Lu Yin was very careful to not let such a thing touch him.

Hua Xiao and Yao Ji’s expressions immediately changed, and they both felt as though a terrible calamity had arrived.

Mu Ziying stepped forward, and he activated his innate gift of forming wood.

There was a thump as the claw landed. He was flung back, but his efforts allowed Hua Xiao and Yao Ji to defend themselves against one Skybeast Claw.

Elsewhere, Jin He, who had been severely injured by Lu Yin and had been recuperating, was facing a similar situation. A grey humanoid carrying a spear stabbed at the Arbiter. Jin He’s expression did not change, and he simply raised a hand to crush the spear. In his eyes, the grey humanoid’s rune lines did not even measure up to those of a Hunter.

Runes could not be seen within the tablet world, but in the Mountain and Seas Zone, they could, and the remnant spiritual forces had just entered the Mountain and Seas Zone.

The entire Mountain and Seas Zone was filled with grey humanoid figures, and they attacked anyone they encountered, inciting total chaos.

Atop the golden screen, Silver’s lips curled up, and he smiled broadly at the sight. This was it; this was the effect he had been hoping to see.

Behind him, Yuhua Mavis and the others attacked him once again, but the black-clothed Beast snarled and raised a fist. One punch was enough to force everyone back.

Silver was unruffled, and he looked over at the giant eyes, and it seemed as though his gaze passed through the eyes to look at Lu Yin, who was inside. “Captain, it’s been a long time.”

The giant eyes at the split peak of the mountain had formed what was essentially a separate space, and it had been formed from star energy.

Lu Yin had never even gotten a chance to take a serious look at the space so far.

After he teamed up with Xie Xiaoxian to unleash a doubled Seventh Bro Finger and force the corpse king out of the space, the situation outside had ceased to be any of Lu Yin’s business. When he saw the corpse king shift its attention to the golden screens, Lu Yin had known that he could leave the matter of the Neohuman Alliance to Shang Qing and the others. Instead, Lu Yin returned to the giant eyes, and he immersed himself in observing the mysterious star energy that had created this separate space.

To a Lockbreaker, their star energy control was extremely important, and these giant eyes had been formed from star energy controlled at the Worldliness realm at the very least. In terms of value, it definitely rivaled that of the Progenitor’s blood from before. If Lu Yin did not take advantage of this experience, then he would have completely wasted this trip to the Mountain and Seas Zone.

The Progenitor’s blood had been taken by the Ghost Monkey whereas Lu Yin had happened to chance upon this inheritance.

Lu Yin was immersed in studying the star energy.

The Ghost Monkey stood behind him, vigilantly keeping an eye on Xie Xiaoxian.

Xie Xiaoxian rolled her eyes, as she was not interested in this star energy. Instead, she was busy observing the battle outside. The situation there did not seem very optimistic. Since the Neohuman Alliance dared to take action, and since the old powerhouses outside the Mountain and Seas Zone had not made a move, things were not looking too good for them. They had to find a way to escape.

The monkey transformed into a ball of shadow as he warily stared at Xie Xiaoxian. Actually, he also wanted to study the star energy as he was also a Lockbreaker. However, since Lu Yin was already doing so, the monkey did not dare to seize this moment from him.

On top of the golden screens, Beast used its newfound power after undergoing the third transformation to overpower Yuhua Mavis and the others. All of their attacks were easily swept aside by its overwhelming strength.

This was the last straw for Yuhua Mavis.

The Mavis family had always been widely known for their strength, especially the Treeheart Descendant. In fact, they had not lost in a contest of strength to anyone within the same generation, not even in ancient times or when their opponent had been a third transformation corpse king. Of course, a corpse king’s age could not be judged or determined.

A corpse king’s transformation technique upgraded nothing besides its physical strength, and compared to battle techniques, purely increasing one’s physical strength did not give too much of an advantage. Battle techniques frequently allowed a person to unleash attacks with power levels multiple times that of their own, and Xia Jiuyou and the others did not have average battle techniques either.

The third transformation seemed to boost the corpse king’s physical strength to an exaggerated level, but as long as its strength could not be applied through battle techniques, it was nothing more than brute force. Although the creature was still able to suppress the crowd, its attacks were only around the level of what Yuhua Mavis had used to attack Unseen Light’s domain.

Lu Yin was able to take advantage of his strength and use the Overlaying Stacks Path or even the Vacuum Palm technique, which brought out the greatest aspects of his strength. However, such techniques were clearly beyond the corpse king.

Despite that, the corpse king’s abilities were enough for the Neohuman Alliance, as a single corpse king that had undergone a third transformation was able to suppress this entire group of youths. On top of that, a single punch from this corpse king would leave most of these people half-dead if the attack connected. Its strength was not overly exaggerated, and even if it was not able to perfectly utilize its strength, it was still enough; just one person with sufficient strength could overpower multiple opponents who were more skilled.

Thump!

There was another loud bang, and Yuhua Mavis retreated seven steps. She immediately shot forward once more. “Again!”

Beast’s scarlet eyes grew even crueler, and it threw another punch at Yuhua Mavis.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Silver was continuously forced back by the shockwaves, and at that moment, a white spear stabbed down from above. Silver had no choice but to vanish as his butterfly knife spun out to slice at Ling Gong who was wielding that white spear.

Ling Gong’s Skycastle appeared around her, and its heavy presence caused Silver’s movement to grow sluggish. The spear then swept out and directly slammed itself into Silver’s abdomen, striking him heavily.

From behind, a Yōu Reinforced Palm mysteriously appeared, and it was right about to hit Silver when black death energy appeared behind his body and took the form of a sickle that slashed sideways.

The Yōu Reinforced Palm was cut apart by the death energy sickle, and Ling Gong’s spear was also instantly broken, forcing her to instinctively pull back.

At this point, a black light appeared around Silver, and it was just about to envelop him. This was the Black Coffin secret technique. Death energy erupted around Silver’s body, and it managed to delay the black coffin for an instant. With that moment, Silver jumped away, escaping from the Black Coffin as he turned to stare at Unseen Light, who was also looking at Silver. The Arbiter’s domain crashed down.

Silver was slammed into the golden stage by the domain, which then transformed into a forcefield shaped like Unseen Light and smashed down towards Silver.

Nearly a thousand stars appeared all around him, and they moved to form the Celestial Sword Technique as the blade immediately fell down towards Silver.

Many of the most powerful youths in the universe were launching their most powerful attacks in succession, and aside from Shang Qing at his peak, nobody else in the same generation could endure such a bombardment.

When the crowd’s attacks dispersed, Silver’s position had been occupied by Beast, and Silver was hiding behind the corpse king’s body.

Some distance away, Yuhua Mavis panted heavily. Her fist was bleeding.

Silver smiled at the crowd. “It seems like the third transformation is still a little too weak. In that case, Corpse Beast, fourth transformation.”

Everyone was stunned, and they all turned to look at Beast, appalled.

The corpse kings’ transformations were the Neohuman Alliance’s unrivaled battle technique that had been specifically created for the corpse kings. Nobody knew precisely how many transformations there were, but it was well known that each transformation strengthened the physical body by more than tenfold the previous one.

Corpse kings were a variation of humans, and they relied entirely on their physical bodies and devouring all sorts of strange items to acquire an innate gift. Also, they could disregard spiritual force.

The corpse kings’ transformations were essentially a technique that endlessly upgraded their physical power, which had already been raised to an extreme. Thus, it was one of the most terrifying battle techniques that the Neohuman Alliance possessed.

An Enlighter realm corpse king, after undergoing a third transformation, would have its physical strength improved by a thousandfold. Such a creature would be peerless within the Mountain and Seas Zone, and not even Shang Qing in peak form could have defeated such a foe. By itself, the corpse king had suppressed Yuhua Mavis and all the others, including five top-notch experts. If it completed the fourth transformation and raised its strength by yet another level, then they would no longer be merely suppressed; it would simply be a massacre.

Even Yuhua Mavis had been overwhelmed by the corpse king’s third transformation’s power, and the crowd was barely able to hold on against the current Beast. Even though the creature could not efficiently utilize its overwhelming strength, rendering it nothing more than a meat shield, if its strength increased by yet another level, it would reach a level where no battle techniques would even be necessary. At that point, a single punch would be enough to determine everything. Such matchless strength could be treated the same as matchless speed, as nobody could guarantee dodging such an attack.

Beast silently stood in place as its scarlet eyes swept over everyone, utterly devoid of emotion.

Silver smacked himself in the head. “I’m sorry, I forgot! Beast is only an Enlighter, so he can’t use the fourth transformation yet. Just this third transformation has already pushed him past his limits, and he’ll need some time to recuperate.”

Yuhua Mavis and the others stared at Silver; this person was absolutely infuriating.

Silver’s lips curled upwards. “However, even if he can’t complete the fourth transformation, I never said that his strength couldn’t be improved.”

Silver then pointed a finger below Beast’s feet.

The crowd watched as the star energy that had been revolving around Silver’s body suddenly merged into Beast’s body.

Everyone felt their scalps go numb, as that energy was pure death energy.

Roar!

The corpse king released an angry bellow as Beast’s black clothes shattered to reveal a body covered with countless scars. Its malevolent and terrifying body had death energy wriggling beneath its skin, making for a nauseating and horrifying sight.

Beast stepped forward and snarled as its right hand swept out and slapped down. The wind of its movement created a visible shockwave that tore through the void and struck Yuhua Mavis and the others, sweeping them all back.

The entire crowd was knocked a thousand meters back by the wind from a single swing of a hand.

Right now, Beast was like a barrier protecting Silver.

Silver smiled and then turned to look at Shang Qing. “It’s your turn, user of the Tri-Yang Technique. Our target this time is actually you.”

Shang Qing had still been working on trying to remove the death energy from his wounded legs. He had been ambushed, and when that attack was added on top of his injuries from Liu Tianmu’s Thirteenth Sword, even if he were invincible, he would still be severely injured at this moment. “You want to capture me?”

Silver shrugged. “We have no choice. Who asked you to successfully cultivate the Tri-Yang Technique? Haven’t you studied history? The Hall of Honor should have records pertaining to this—anyone who manages to cultivate the Tri-Yang Technique will be targeted by my Neohuman Alliance, and you’re no exception.”

Shang Qing replied coldly, “Since you value the Tri-Yang Technique that much, then you should know that it’s a peerless battle technique.”

A qi flow swirling around his body suddenly moved out and shot towards Silver.

Silver was irritated, and he reluctantly responded, “Sure enough, it’s not easy to deal with. However, it also won’t do if we don’t.”

Within the space inside the giant eyes, Xie Xiaoxian was staring at the golden screens, and specifically, at Silver. Hatred was overflowing from her eyes.

Mortal enemies could be found everywhere in the universe, such as the Outerverse’s Six-Fingered Tribe and the Wei family, or the Innerverse’s Dire Barbarian Clan and the Souldream Tribe. Naturally, there were also mortal enemies within the Neoverse, and one example was the Seven Courts’ Xie family and the Specter Clan.

Due to the source of their battle techniques, both sides held a bitter hatred toward the other that could never be resolved.

It was actually because of the Xie family that the Specter Clan had been attacked by the various powers of the Neoverse. That had nearly annihilated them, leaving them with no choice but to join the Neohuman Alliance.

But on the other hand, the Xie family had not been left in a good situation either. Officially, they were still one of the Seven Courts, but only a few of their heirs remained.

As for the Specter Clan, Xie Xiaoxian had an excellent understanding of them, which was why she was not worried about Shang Qing’s safety.

Death energy might be terrifying, but it was not something that could match up to the Tri-Yang Technique. She was especially confident of this since she had personally experienced the true might of the Tri-Yang Technique herself, and she was sure that Shang Qing was truly undefeatable. Within this region of the universe, there was nobody who could defeat Shang Qing—not a single one. Such a person did not exist, as such an existence was simply impossible.

Atop the golden screen, Yuhua Mavis moved in front of the crowd as her fist slammed towards Beast. The Mavis family had never lost when it came to strength, and she had no intention of being the first.

Unseen Light frowned. Too impulsive.

There was a thump as Beast’s retaliatory punch beat Yuhua Mavis back several hundred meters. By now, cracks could be seen on Yuhua Mavis’s right hand, and it was possible to catch a vague glimpse of her white bones.

Yuhua Mavis had been hit by an all-out counter, but she recklessly dashed forward once again, only to be pulled back by Unseen Light. “Don’t go in head on!”