Chapter 1493 Give a Damn

Chapter 1493 Give a Damn

Primus appeared high in the skies, facing off against a Fate Star that dwarfed him in size. To say that he was a speck of dust before it wouldn't be an exaggeration at all. The density of silvery light was so blinding that it was difficult even for him to look at it directly, and that was even after it dimmed considerably.

Even so, he reached forward and grabbed a chain link as thick as a world. Almost the instant he did, he felt something assault his very Dao Heart.

"Cute." He sneered to himself. "I suggest you come personally, or else I'll shatter your little contraption with a single squeeze."

"Do you think that's possible?"

A voice echoed from nowhere, and yet everywhere at once. If one didn't know better, one would think that it was the star itself that had spoken. But this was quite far from the truth. Rather, it was the owner of the chains.

"Someone like you who would seal away an infant in their mother's womb because you fear what they might become is weak. I do not believe you could form any technique that could pause my steps for even a moment," Primus replied.

There was silence for a long while before a response came.

"Then do it."

Primus' sneer became a wild grin as his claw snapped downward.

Dragon's Claw.

CRACK.

The roar of a dragon echoed through the depths of space even when Primus didn't open his lips. It was as though his movements alone could evoke the will of the ancient beast, reverberating through reality itself.

The chain link shattered.

A fluctuation rippled, and though it quickly calmed, nothing escaped Primus' senses, not in the depths of battle.

But now, although he wouldn't be so unlucky as his Fate Star could finally move again, his future potential was still mostly cut off.

One didn't just need talent to reach the end, they needed luck. The more talented you were, the heavier that luck needed to be, or else you would end up like the little woman... having all of that talent and yet stopping at the Transcendent Sky God Realm as her life was expunged.

For Ryu who had a Founding Dao, he might not even reach as high as the little woman before reaching the end of his lifespan.

It also most definitely didn't help that this ordeal would take a huge portion out of his lifespan as well. You couldn't just straddle the edge of life and death lacking losing some life.

Putting all of this perspective, it made Primus' efforts seem laughable. The Dao God even assumed that Primus was doing all of this for the sake of familial love, something he found even more amusing.

However, Primus' grin didn't vanish.

"Do you think I give a damn?"

Silence fell.

"You talk about as much as I would expect from trash. If you desire to say more, come here and face me. If you're too cowardly, then stay where you are and shut your mouth, or else in the future, I'll make sure the name of the Martial Gods holds no weight at all."

CRACK.

Primus shredded apart chain link after chain link, and eventually, the balance was tipped.

Ryu's Destiny Star roared with life and finally began to rotate. At first, it was slow, but when it snapped its first chain on its own, it began to move faster and faster until it released a radiant light.

In the Life Shrine, Ryu's smile hadn't faded, and the cracked ceramic that was his body began to reassemble itself together again, solidifying once more as a flood of revelations returned to him.

'Hm? Those Lines of Fate...?'

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Erdiul's Note: Hey! I'll be updating this novel this month, expect mostly daily updates unless I'm busy. You may know me from updating Shadow Slave, Paragon of Sin etc, so you know I keep my promises. Cheers.