Star Odyssey

Chapter 781: Icy Carriage Battle

Deng Pu was sitting within this frozen car, and he had unintentionally revealed his true appearance when he had been smacked to the side by another passenger, who was actually just a random commoner.

Deng Pu had never imagined that he would be smacked by a commoner who had no idea what his true identity was. It was only once his picture was published on the network that he had been recognized, after which his whereabouts were quickly exposed. 

At this time, Deng Pu still did not know that his location had been exposed, and he had altered his appearance to that of a sickly youth as he lay in the frozen cart. His appearance made it clear that he did not have much time left and that he wished to use his remaining time to tour the frozen cart at least once. 

Nobody would have believed that this sickly youth was a famous person who had shocked the Outerverse. 

As he stared at the cold that had even frozen space outside his window, Deng Pu’s heart was still fiery. 

He had slipped away from the battle on Sourcepeak Planet when Felynn had stepped forward to testify against Saul’s misdeeds. As expected, Saul had been expelled from the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society, and Sourcepeak Planet had been ultimately pushed past the point of no return, leading to the society being forced to relocate to Frostwave Weave. 

Deng Pu had celebrated his own resourcefulness countless times, and he had remained hidden for quite a long time. Finally, an opportunity was about to present itself. The energy that isolated Tyrannical Weave was about to dissipate, and once Millions City appeared, he would head straight over there. He wanted to sell True Insight in that place and then cultivate without any worries. 

Only in this wealthiest city of the Outerverse could True Insight be sold for its true value.

Even though Deng Pu was a Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker himself and also desired to possess True Insight, he knew that he would never be able to study it peacefully and that he would eventually be discovered. Hence, he had steeled his determination to sell True Insight to another party. 

He was getting close, and it was almost time. Once he arrived in Tyrannical Weave, he would not be too far from Millions City. 

He was already considering how he would sell his treasure within Millions City, as well as to whom. 

While he was entranced in his fantasy, a formally dressed, middle-aged man walked up and sat next to him while giving him a slight smile. 

Deng Pu feigned a feeble smile, but the very next moment, his expression abruptly changed. His arm was seized by the well dressed, middle-aged man. Deng Pu stared at the man as his heart sank. He had quickly discovered that this person’s star energy was as boundless as an ocean, and he was definitely a Hunter. Deng Pu realized that his identity had been exposed. 

“Deng Pu, we’ve spent a long time looking for you,” the man said as he smiled at Deng Pu.

Beads of sweat streamed down from Deng Pu’s forehead as he nervously answered, “I- I don’t know what you’re talking about.” 

The middle-aged man laughed. “There’s no need to keep up the act. Come with me. Rest assured, we won’t do anything to you, as long as you sell us True Insight. Do that, and we’ll guarantee your safety. Of course, you can also just join us. I’m from Amethyst Exchange.” 

Deng Pu’s face paled. It turned out that this person was from one of the four great corporations, which meant that he was in trouble. 

Suddenly, the middle-aged man leaned his neck back as a white light flashed in front of his eyes several times, obviously an attempt to claim his life. He was then forced to release Deng Pu to continue evading the attacks as his attacker was a Hunter realm assassin, which meant that it had to be someone from Aegis. 

At this moment, there were very few organizations that were capable of receiving the information related to Deng Pu’s whereabouts, but Aegis was one of them. 

The assassin forced the middle-aged man back, showing no signs of giving up. A blade tip streaked by that caused the icy car to tremble as it was sliced in half. The middle-aged man bellowed in rage, “Aegis, do you guys really want to start a war?”

His Hunter realm strength then erupted amid the wails of grief and despair that echoed throughout the car. 

Deng Pu charged towards a window, attempting to escape into outer space, but the assassin appeared in front of him and attacked him instead of the middle-aged man. Fortunately, Deng Pu wasn’t too weak himself, as he was a Cruiser and also a Lockbreaker. Thus, a killer who had not reached the Hunter realm truly could not deal with him. 

Within the frozen carriage, Zi Fang’s face grew solemn, and he waved a hand, causing another two Hunter realm experts to appear. He had taken a rather large gamble to capture Deng Pu this time, even mobilizing three Hunters. If he could not succeed here, he would be punished. The Amethyst Exchange had never contested others through the use of force, but Zi Fang was breaking this tradition today. 

One of the Hunters dealt with the Aegis assassin while the other attempted to grab Deng Pu.

Countless mercenaries appeared from all directions, all of them aiming for Deng Pu. Amethyst Exchange’s experts all moved as one, and the icy car shattered into pieces. 

“Stop!” one voice barked as a girl arrived from some distance away. “Icy Crystallization.” As her shout faded, ice crystals began to spread through the void and rapidly sweep out in all directions, with the intent to freeze everyone. 

Zi Fang’s eyes narrowed, as this girl had actually shown up. Cool Sis, ranked tenth on the Top 100 Rankings. But shouldn’t she be in Ironblood Weave?

A crash was heard as the ice did not manage to seal off everyone. One of Amethyst Exchange’s Hunters had shattered it with a single punch, and a powerful gust of wind continued to blast towards Cool Sis. 

Cool Sis’s expression turned cold, and she raised a hand as another layer of ice crystals spread out to freeze the gust of wind accompanying the Hunter’s punch. In addition, the crystals also formed a spear that shot towards the Hunter. 

The Hunter was overwhelmed, and he had a feeling that he would not be able to withstand Cool Sis. Although she was just a Cruiser, she was rather terrifying, and he was forced to give up on chasing after Deng Pu and focus on defending himself against Cool Sis’s attacks. 

Cool Sis was a Cruiser with a power level of 80,000 and was ranked tenth in the Top 100 Rankings, which meant that she was a Realmbreaker who was strong enough to challenge Hunters. Even a peak Hunter like Kong Shi was not confident in being able to defeat her, let alone these Hunters. 

Cool Sis had even surpassed Kong Shi on the Ironblood Rankings.

It was not that Kong Shi was not as powerful as Cool Sis, but rather that the younger woman had spent more time in Ironblood Weave than Kong Shi. Her style of combat was also more frantic, and even a bit reckless than his.

Once one was embroiled in a fight with Cool Sis, it was difficult to shake her off unless they absolutely crushed her. 

Zi Fang’s face turned gloomy as he stared at Deng Pu.

Deng Pu was attacked by many mercenaries, but he evaded them all rather adeptly. Those mercenaries moved about as though they were attempting to kill their target, which made Zi Fang extremely angry.

Suddenly, the temperature plummeted. It had already been extremely cold to begin with, and Cool Sis’s arrival had caused the temperature to drop even more. However, this time, it was an even more intense change. The surroundings grew ever colder, and an extremely cold frost shrouded everything. 

The first to suffer were the mercenaries, followed by the assassins.

Zi Fang’s face went, as the true experts had arrived.

Cool Sis was shocked as this frost was even more intense than her own.

A whooshing sound was heard as the void froze; Yan Yan had taken action. Deng Pu’s entire body trembled, and he rushed to try to make an escape as the mercenaries and assassins were both frozen. However, Phantom Sting’s dagger glinted in the dark before slashing out across both of Deng Pu’s legs, leaving him severely injured. The assassin then grabbed a hold of Deng Pu and started to drag him away.

However, the next moment, Phantom Sting’s gaze trembled, and two swords suddenly stabbed at his abdomen from two interconnected shadows that had sneakily appeared behind him before the attack. This attack had been launched by Twin Daemon, who was the strongest expert from the Shadowsword Sect. 

Phantom Sting’s body bumped against a fallen ice crystal, but he sensed that something was amiss with his intuition, and he quickly escaped with his innate gift. If he had been any slower, he would have died. 

Twin Daemon’s appearance made Deng Pu become more panicked, and he desperately tried to escape while enduring the bleeding from his thighs. 

Zi Fang gritted his teeth as he watched these events unfold. Just how many people knew of Deng Pu’s whereabouts? Twin Daemon’s appearance suggested that even the Shadowsword Sect had received the information. And if Zi Fang was not mistaken, that other assassin should be the one currently ranked seventh on the Outerverse’s Assassin Rankings, which was Mafioso Planet’s Hunter Mistchild. According to certain reports, this person might actually be working for Lu Yin. The combination of these new people and Aegis’s people meant that it would be difficult for Amethyst Exchange’s party to succeed. 

Yan Yan moved to block Twin Daemon, but Twin Daemon was someone who was able to fight against Enlighters, and their technique, the Daemon Slash, had even severely injured Fiend Li in the past. Although Yan Yan was very powerful, it was also very difficult for him to defend against Twin Daemon’s attacks. His forte was not in defense, and Aden would have had a much easier time in this situation. 

Another figure suddenly appeared in the area. It looked downwards sharply and shouted in anger, “Wicked disciple!” 

Everyone looked up and was overwhelmed, as Saul himself had actually shown up.

When everyone saw Saul, the most terrified person was actually Deng Pu. All of the blood had drained out of his face, and he slowly knelt down. “Ma- master.”

Saul seized Deng Pu. “Wicked disciple! Hand over the pages of True Insight.”

“Retreat!” Phantom Sting’s voice rang out. 

Yan Yan fled without any hesitation.

Twin Daemon also vanished from the void, but they suddenly reappeared to attack Saul.

Saul bellowed and faced off against Twin Daemon.

Deng Pu’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly made his escape.

Phantom Sting and Yan Yan wanted to grab the fleeing Lockbreaker, but at that moment, Saul’s star energy descended upon the area and enveloped everyone.

Deng Pu spat out a mouthful of blood and put on his lockbreaking tool despite the bleeding from his thighs. He managed to dash out of Saul’s suppression range even though not even the Hunters could do so. Deng Pu alone was able to leave, precisely because he was a Lockbreaker. 

When Saul saw that Deng Pu had escaped, he did not give chase, as he still had a backup plan in place. 

Deng Pu fled to the west, but before long, another figure appeared to block his path. The newcomer had a solemn expression. “It’s been a long time, Deng Pu.” 

Deng Pu’s expression changed, and he hurriedly changed directions.

The figure tore through the void and once again blocked Deng Pu’s path. “What? Are you still trying to escape? Come with me to see Saul.”

This person was Mr. Jun, who was the backup plan that Saul had brought with him to ensure that Deng Pu would be captured. 

After the battle on Sourcepeak Planet, Felynn was not the only one who had become smarter. Saul had also learned his lesson, and he had realized that he could not use all of his tricks at once. At this moment, his newfound caution had finally paid off. 

When he saw the despair and confusion in Deng Pu’s eyes, Mr. Jun frowned, and he seemed to think of something. He grabbed a hold of Deng Pu, but when he did so, he found that this person was just an ordinary Cruiser. This person wasn’t even a Lockbreaker even though he was carrying a lockbreaking tool.

“Who are you?” Mr. Jun asked sternly with a fierce look on his face.

That person was agonized. “I’m just that person’s body double! He already escaped.”

Mr. Jun grew furious. “Where is he?”

The double shook his head. “I’m just a decoy, so why would he tell me where he’s headed?”

Mr. Jun slapped the person dead and grabbed the lockbreaking tool before dashing back towards the ice car. They had made a mistake. Deng Pu had been too crafty, as he had even arranged a double in advance. No, this body double might not have even been arranged beforehand; he might have always been following Deng Pu in order to become a scapegoat at any given moment. 

On Zenyu Star, Lu Yin lowered his gadget with a calm expression on his face.

Deng Pu had managed to escape, and he had lived up to what Lu Yin had expected from a person who had managed to slip away from Sourcepeak Planet. Powers from various forces had all acted at this time, and even Saul and Twin Daemon had appeared. But despite everything, Deng Pu had still been able to escape, which proved how sly he was. 

However, Lu Yin had not expected so many organizations to be aware of Deng Pu’s whereabouts, and it would definitely be harder to capture him the next time. After this battle, there was no way the fleeing Lockbreaker would show himself again in the near future. 

“Your Highness, Lord Gavin requests an audience,” Kayze’s voice sounded.

“Send him in.”

Soon, Gavin appeared before Lu Yin, and he respectfully said, “Greetings, Your Highness.”

“Does Lord Gavin have something that he wishes to discuss?” Lu Yin asked. 

Gavin replied, “Yes, Your Highness. Tyrannical Weave is expected to become accessible again in the near future, and the Nalan family has already started to shift to the west. Your subject wishes to ask Your Highness what arrangements we should make for the Nalan family.” 

Lu Yin was surprised. “Access to Tyrannical Weave is about to be restored?”

“Yes,” Gavin replied.