Star Odyssey

Chapter 1168: Group Tactics

Boom!

The void tore apart as a loud explosion rattled everyone’s eardrums.

Lu Yin and Beast faced off against each, each wielding nothing more than their own fists. However, the shockwave from their exchange swept out and shattered the void as both of them stepped back at the same time.

The crowd was baffled. This should be impossible. Had Lu Yin actually forced Beast back after the corpse king underwent its third corpse king transformation?

Not only were the people from the Seven Courts shaken, but Silver was shocked as well. Lu Yin becoming much more powerful after breaking through to the Hunter realm was well within his expectations, but Silver had never thought that Lu Yin’s power would increase by so much.

In the past, Lu Yin had just barely managed to stand up to the corpse king after its second transformation with the help of death energy. However, Beast had already undergone its third transformation, and it had even absorbed Silver’s death energy, which meant that it was just as strong as it had been atop the golden platform.

Yuhua Mavis, Unseen Light, Xia Jiuyou, and other elites had all failed to defeat Beast even when they teamed up. However, was Lu Yin actually able to fight it on his own?

The increase in Lu Yin’s strength was just a bit too absurd. Silver was not the only one with such thoughts, and even Lu Yin himself was thinking this.

Originally, Lu Yin had not thought that his strength would be able to match up to Beast’s; rather, he had just wanted to test how much his strength had increased by since his body had been surging with power. However, he had not expected his nine lined battle force to be strong enough to force Beast back, and even though Lu Yin had retreated more steps than Beast, if Lu Yin had also utilized death energy or Truesight, he might actually be able to fight against the corpse king.

A regular human was actually fighting melee against a corpse king that had undergone three transformations; this was something that even Yuhua Mavis had failed to do. At this moment, it was apparent that Lu Yin was no worse than Yuhua Mavis when it came to pure strength.

Beast let out a fierce roar after being knocked back, and its blood-red eyes stared at Lu Yin before it rushed forward once again. It was punching out like before, though this one carried more power than the first.

Lu Yin had already tested his strength, so he had no intention of fighting the corpse king head on. Additionally, there was still the Giant Emperor behind him as well.

Beast missed its target. It was no longer a threat to Lu Yin. Instead, Lu Yin’s main priority target was now the Giant Emperor behind him.

Lu Yin evaded Beast’s and the Giant Emperor’s attacks. Then, he looked over at Xia Jiuyou and the others. “Are you all just going to watch?”

Hui Santong frowned. “Is there any of Progenitor Chen’s blood still left in the blood pool?”

“Of course there is!” Lu Yin shouted.

Hui Santong pursed his lips. “So it’s empty? Then we no longer need to fight the Giant Emperor. See you later!”

He was the first to fly away, and he did so without any hesitation.

Lu Yin was shocked. He had clearly said that there was still some of Progenitor Chen’s blood in the pool! The Hui family’s inheritor was truly intelligent.

Xie Xiaoxian glared over at Lu Yin. After the appearance of that gigantic phenomenon, only a fool would believe that any of Progenitor Chen’s blood still remained.

You can just go and play with yourself.

With that thought, she also left.

The others all looked at Lu Yin before leaving, one after another.

Lu Yin grew extremely anxious, as the Giant Emperor’s focus was completely on him right now. Even if he were alone, he would not be a match for the giant while Silver was still close by right now.

The people who had gathered here were not going to fight Silver, and even Lei Nü and Shu Jing had given up. In fact, Lu Yin was also able to leave, but he was unwilling to do so since he had just awakened his second innate gift. Right now, he wanted to test his newfound powers out on the Giant Emperor.

As his thoughts reached this point, Lu Yin shouted, “The bottom of the blood pool leads to Progenitor Chen’s corpse!”

Upon hearing this, Xie Xiaoxian froze in place before abruptly turning around with an incredulous expression on her face.

Xia Jiuyou and the others also all halted in their tracks.

Even Hui Santong, who had moved the furthest away, stopped and turned to stare at Lu Yin.

“Progenitor Chen’s corpse? Really?” Ku Lei shouted.

Lu Yin replied, “Of course! Where else would you find so much of Progenitor Chen’s blood? I absorbed enough blood to fill a big bowl, and at the very least, the corpse still has enough blood to fill another bowl.”

Despite using such a crude description, Lu Yin had managed to convince everyone to stay, and even Silver, who had intended to attack Lu Yin with Shaman God’s doll, hesitated. If Silver was actually able to find Progenitor Chen’s corpse, then that would be of immense value. Progenitor Chen’s blood simply could not compare.

Besides, there was indeed a high probability of finding the corpse of Progenitor Chen’s clone in this place, as how else could the Giant Emperor have gotten ahold of Progenitor Chen’s blood? The more everyone thought about Lu Yin’s words, the more likely it seemed. The group of humans began to turn unfriendly eyes upon the Giant Emperor. This creature was a rock in their way, and it had to be kicked aside.

How strong exactly was the Giant Emperor? So far, aside from Lei Nü’s Discipline and Autumn’s Sorrow, only Beast had managed to force the giant back in any way at all. An ordinary adult guardian giant was strong enough to threaten an Enlighter whose power level was higher than 400,000, and this Giant Emperor was clearly much stronger than an ordinary adult guardian giant.

Of course, that was only true in the outside world. The guardian giants inside Progenitor Chen’s Mausoleum had never been exposed to battle techniques before, so their fighting style was very savage and unrefined, which greatly reduced their fighting power. Despite that, the Giant Emperor’s physical strength was not something that the youths could overcome.

However, they were not in the Mountain and Seas Zone. They could use power vessels in this place, and there were times when fights were entirely about power vessels.

At this moment, their enemy was not only the Giant Emperor, but also Silver and Beast. To the humans, the Neohuman Alliance pair posed a threat in no way inferior to the Giant Emperor.

Lu Yin was still dodging the Giant Emperor’s attacks. It would not be difficult for him to leave, but why should he? The ability of his new innate gift of the Champions’ Stage made him long for the Giant Emperor, and he wanted to appoint the Giant Emperor as his champion.

Beast struck at Lu Yin once again. Silver knew Lu Yin very well, which was why Silver did not believe that the corpse of Progenitor Chen’s clone could be found at the bottom of the pool of blood. Instead, Silver’s foremost priority was still to capture Lu Yin.

Silver raised Shaman God’s doll. Lu Yin had become someone who Beast could no longer capture. Thus, Silver made a move of his own.

Suddenly, Silver’s gaze trembled. An exceptional cold feeling caused him to look in another direction, and his expression slightly changed.

Far away, Xie Xiaoxian was covered with a layer of white bone. In addition to that, there was also a black skeleton covering and protecting her, which gave her an extremely dark and sinister appearance. Ghostly and obscure, the black skeleton had clearly once belonged to a Specter Clan member, and there was still some faint death energy twining around the dark bones. This was a mighty power vessel that belonged to the Xie family.

“Scum of the Specter Clan, die!” Xie Xiaoxian shouted as she fiercely charged at Silver. She raised her right hand that was protected by two layers of bone and slashed down with a clawed hand.

Silver’s expression grew icy, as the Xie family was the Specter Clan’s arch-enemy. Any member of either group would kill the other on sight.

Bang!

The earth shattered, and a silver light flashed before Xie Xiaoxian’s eyes as Silver’s butterfly knife slashed through the air. Xie Xiaoxian easily parried the knife and then clawed at Silver once again.

Xie Xiaoxian’s powers had drastically improved after she started using power vessels. Apart from Lu Yin, she was the most suitable person to deal with Silver here, and it was precisely because she had a skeleton from a Specter Clan member. This skeleton rendered her immune to death energy, and Hui Santong had actually tasked her with dealing with Silver. She had to prevent Silver from having any opportunity to use Shaman God’s doll.

Beast was left for Ce Jiu to handle, as the Ce family could easily avoid such crude attacks with their secret technique, and he also had their Immovable Chessboard. The combination of the Ce family’s secret technique and power vessel was enough to stop Beast from advancing even an inch.

The Immovable Chessboard was small and therefore ineffective against the Giant Emperor, but it was perfect for dealing with Beast.

As for the rest of the youths, their target was the Giant Emperor.

Lu Yin narrowly evaded another attack from the Giant Emperor, but his face showed no sign of exertion. After breaking through, his strength had increased multiple times over. If he was being honest, then not even he knew how much his strength had improved by, especially if he included his new innate gift, the Champions’ Stage. Regardless, at this moment, Lu Yin was confident in his chances in competing against Yuhua Mavis in pure physical strength, and he also believed that his domain was in no way inferior to Unseen Light’s.

Hui Santong appeared at Lu Yin’s side and threateningly demanded, “You haven’t lied to us, right? If the corpse of Progenitor Chen’s clone isn’t down there, then the way we deal with the Giant Emperor right now is how we’ll deal with you later.”

Lu Yin hated it when people threatened him. “Then just leave now, and when the Giant Emperor falls asleep, I’ll have Progenitor Chen’s corpse all to myself.”

Hui Santong glared ferociously at Lu Yin, but then he removed a pot of water from his cosmic ring and took a sip. In front of them, the giant emperor launched an attack at Hui Santong.

Lu Yin stared at Hui Santong in awe. You’re still in the mood to drink some water at a time like this?

The two youths evaded the Giant Emperor’s attack, and the giant grew more agitated as it began to attack faster and faster. Hui Santong’s gaze quickly swept past Silver and Beast before finally settling onto Xia Jiuyou. “Brother Xia, it’s up to you.”

A blade appeared in Xia Jiuyou hand. He was using the Xia family’s Triple Blade Will.

The first blade was useless, and the second proved to be equally useless. When the third blade finally appeared, it did not look solid, but it did contain a supreme and overpowering aura.

The moment the third blade appeared, the Giant Emperor hesitated and turned around to look at the blade in fear.

Hui Santong then shouted, “Brother Lu, beat him senseless!”

The moment after Lu Yin received Hui Santong’s words, he appeared before the Giant Emperor’s face with a flash: Vacuum Palm!

This Vacuum Palm was completely different from all the previous ones. Lu Yin’s strength had spiked, and when he hit the Giant Emperor’s nose, the giant took two steps back as blood spurted out.

Just like with Beast, Lu Yin was also able to injure the Giant Emperor with nothing more than pure, physical strength.

The Giant Emperor looked like he had been beaten senseless by Lu Yin, and Xia Jiuyou took advantage of the opportunity to release his third will blade. The power emanating from the blade gave Lu Yin chills.

The blade swept out and opened up a huge gash on the Giant Emperor’s thighs. Blood streamed out like a waterfall.

“Ku Lei!” Hui Santong shouted.

From off in the distance, thunder flashed as Ku Lei appeared, charging straight towards the Giant Emperor’s wound. When he came in contact with the wound, Ku Lei brought out a Withered Bark, one of the Ku family’s power vessels, and hid within it.

When Lu Yin had been ambushed, Ku Wei had similarly hidden within a Withered Bark, as the defenses of that power vessel were quite incredible.

Ku Lei hid within the Withered Bark that had landed in the Giant Emperor’s wound while lightning crackled and coursed through the giant’s entire body.

The Giant Emperor had not cared about any of Ku Lei’s earlier lightning attacks, but this time, it was different. The lightning had bypassed the Giant Emperor’s defenses since it originated from within a wound, and the electricity left the Giant Emperor wailing in pain.

The Giant Emperor slapped a hand against his wounded thigh, but Ku Lei was unfazed since the Withered Bark was able to protect him.

With a tremendous bang, the Giant Emperor slapped at the gash on his leg again, but the impact was followed by another burst of lightning that connected the sky and the earth. The attack caused the Giant Emperor to suffer while also slowing his movements.

Elsewhere, Ce Jiu and Beast had both become pieces on a chessboard. Beast howled, and the chessboard began to tremble unsteadily.

As Beast lifted his head and threw out a punch, a river appeared beneath Ce Jiu’s feet, sweeping him away. Then, just when Beast was about to attack Lu Yin once again, the chessboard reappeared beneath his feet.

Ce Jiu was not able to deal with Beast alone, so he needed Yōu Qin’s assistance.

The fight between Xie Xiaoxian and Silver was equally intense, though Silver had yet to use any power vessels. Still, Xie Xiaoxian had held Silver back so far, as she had also comprehended a secret technique.

Just a moment ago, she had used her family’s secret technique to borrow the power of Triple Blade Will, which had forced Silver to retreat.

The Giant Emperor had been hindered by Ku Lei’s lightning. At this moment, Lei Nü and Shu Jing struck and attacked the Giant Emperor’s neck. This was the second place that Hui Santong wanted to attack, as it was the only place where they could guarantee landing a fatal blow.