Chapter 2813: One VS. Two

Chapter 2813: One VS. Two

Chu Jian started trembling. The Great Sovereign's words caused the young man’s heart to almost burst, and he spat out blood. He tried to straighten up, but collapsed back down into the puddle of blood and all he could see was red

Through the blood, Chu Jian saw scenes of battle on the Endless Frontier, and the corpse kings he had slaughtered, as well as the countless people who had cheered for him. He saw the scene of a powerful corpse king, attacking Chu Jian, yet unable to harm him at all.

He heard all the people shouting, "The Silencer! The Silencer!"

Once he had returned to the Sixverse Association, countless people had recognized Chu Jian’s perfection. He had behaved as though he was above all others, as a disciple of the Great Sovereign. No one could enter his sight, which was as it should be.

What of the Three Sovereigns? If he wanted to learn their powers or techniques, he would do so.

The Nine Sages were destined to be trampled beneath his feet.

The Sixverse Association? It was nothing more than a joke, The Great Sovereign was the co-master of all humanity, which meant that the Sixverse Association was nothing more than just a name.

The Origin Universe? That universe was already gone. What was called the Heavens Sect and the person known as the Dao Monarch Master were nothing more than jokes.

In the future, Chu Jian would undoubtedly rise up to be second only to the Great Sovereign in the Sixverse Association. In the same manner that he had slaughtered the Ascendant-level corpse kings, he would face people powerhouses, remaining immortal and undefeatable. He could never be defeated.

What was there to fear?

Chu Jian laid in the puddle of blood staring blankly. He saw eyes that were full of fear and desperation, belonging to people who wanted to run away. Behind them were slitted scarlet eyes in hot pursuit. Was he also afraid? Of course he was. So much that he had to wear a mask and was too scared to even look back.

He was afraid of death. He possessed a powerful innate gift that prevented him from dying, so why was he so afraid? Look back. Look back. Look back.

The man finally turned around to face countless powerful attacks. He withstood them all, and then fled while countless eyes watched in disbelief.

Everybody praised, amazed at what the man had accomplished.

However, only the man himself knew what he had faced at that moment. From that moment on, no matter what enemy he faced, the man would always use his innate gift. He would loudly proclaim to everyone, including his master, that he was undefeatable and would never be defeated.

His innate gift was the foundation of his invincibility, which meant that he needed to utilize his innate gift. Nothing else could be trusted, as only his innate gift would never betray him.

The blood rippled as Lu Yin walked up to Chu Jian and looked down at him. "Your reliance on your innate gift has led to your success, but also to your failures. Nine of Ten Chambers Empty allows you to divert an enemy’s attack, but you have also diverted yourself, as you lack the courage to not use your innate gift at all.”

"Chu Jian!" the Great Sovereign’s voice boomed again..

Chu Jian looked up at Lu Yin, clarity finally reappearing in his eyes as the few words kept echoing in his mind, “You lack the courage to not use your innate gift. You fear death.“

“You lack the courage to not use your innate gift. You fear death.“

“You lack the courage to not use your innate gift. You fear death.“

...

"I’m not. I don’t fear death, and I’m not afraid. I'm not afraid." Chu Jian abruptly rose to his feet, glaring at Lu Yin with mad eyes. "You're speaking nonsense."

Lu Yin shook his head. "Senior Great Sovereign, this is interesting, right?

"This disciple of yours has finally gained the courage to step forward, but that’s not enough. He simply is not enough to be my opponent, and I’m afraid of accidentally killing him and causing Senior to lose a beloved disciple. In that case."

Lu Yin suddenly turned to Sage Yuan, who was sitting for the tea ceremony. He pointed towards Sage Yuan and beckoned him over with a finger. "Get out here! I told you I would kill you at this tea ceremony."

Everyone stared at Lu Yin in shock. He wanted to fight Chu Jian and Sage Yuan at the same time?

Lu Yin calmly stood where he was and watched as Sage Yuan drew his sword. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

The moment Sage Yuan drew his sword, Chu Jian did not hold back at all. His own hands rose, and he released the Seven Divine Arrows again. The arrows followed close behind the sword slash, the power of Annihilation twining around the arrows.

This was the power that Chu Jian had always imagined himself using. He had become too comfortable in relying on his innate gift, and had trapped himself with it. He had been unwilling to step away from his innate gift, but he had finally woken up. He was the perfect Junior Sovereign, and there was nothing he did not dare do. There was nothing that was beyond his abilities.

As the slash struck, Lu Yin raised his hand. Stellular energy formed a sword, and with a bang, the two swords met each other. Sage Yuan's sword was swept back, the sharp edge slicing through the void, opening the Hollow within spatial tears that spread.

The Seven Divine Arrows arrived before Lu Yin, entangled with the power of Annihilation. The sword flickered up, striking the arrows to redirect them towards Sage Yuan.

It seemed as though the power of Annihilation did not even exist for Lu Yin. He had seen through every part of the Seven Divine Arrows.

Uncertainty appeared on Arrow Sage’s face. This young man was not merely capable of grabbing hold of the Seven Divine Arrows and deflecting them, he could even use a sword to guide and use the battle technique for his own purposes. It was clear that Lu Yin had completely analyzed the Seven Divine Arrows.

Sage Yuan's sword pierced through the void to slash at Lu Yin's back.

Lu Yin turned around, still controlling an arrow with his sword, and flung the arrow at Sage Yuan. The arrow smashed into Sage Yuan's sword, and with a bang, the Seven Divine Arrows exploded.

An unexpected surge of anger rose in the hearts of the two men.

The arrow had been formed from the emotion of anger, which was able to affect even Lu Yin’s mind for a moment.

While Lu Yin had seen through the Seven Divine Arrows, that did not mean that the technique could not influence Lu Yin. This was Arrow Sage’s battle technique, and it had allowed the Sage to survive his tenure on the Endless Frontier.

Sage Yuan took a step back, a burst of purple energy inexplicably appearing behind him. This was the Three Strikes: Purple Auspice.

Lu Yin faced the approaching purple qi. This was an attack of pure spiritual force. Sage Yuan had reached the Progenitor level with his spiritual force, and the pressure of this attack surpassed all that had appeared before. Even if facing a Progenitor, Sage Yuan’s spiritual force would overwhelm them, and without at least some degree of spiritual force cultivation, even a Progenitor would collapse before this attack.

Chu Jian took this opportunity to use the secret technique Phoenix Tail Sweep, and the Annihilation Phoenix shrieked at the sky before dropping upon Lu Yin.

Lu Yin stared at Sage Yuan, his eyes unclouded. "You dare to attack me with a brute-force spiritual force attack? Go to the Origin Universe to ask if anyone there dares try such a thing."

As Lu Yin spoke, the purplish-black substance spread down the blade of his sword. Without even a glance backwards, he slashed behind him with the sword. Not only did this slice through the Annihilation Phoenix, the edge of the sword sent out a terrifyingly sharp attack that could be easily seen. With this attack, Lu Yin incorporated the Thirteenth Sword, using emotion as a sword to attack. This was the same concept as the Seven Divine Arrows.

There was no denying that the Cyclic Universe had some powerful cultivators, some of whom were no weaker than their peers in the Origin Universe.

Every arrow produced with the Seven Divine Arrows was equal to an attack with the Thirteenth Sword, only using emotions to form arrows instead of a sword. If Lu Yin had not mastered the Thirteen Swords and also obtained Heaven’s Sight, he would have struggled against Arrow Sage’s battle technique.

Again, a Fifth Level Lotus bloomed in front of Chu Jian. While the lotus managed to stop a bit of the force of the sword slash, the blossom was still split apart, unable to stop the Thirteenth Sword.

The sharp slash passed by Chu Jian.

The Junior Sovereign spat out blood. This time, he did not hide from the attack with his innate gift, but instead endured it.

The purple qi that was formed from spiritual force condensed into a copy of Sage Yuan in front of Lu Yin. This was the second phase of the Three Strikes: Spiritual Clone.

Every attack from this spiritual force clone of Sage Yuan was a spiritual force attack. This clone did not attack the physical form, and yet it was able to duplicate Sage Yuan’s battle techniques. When compared with Eastern Purple Qi, the Spiritual Clone was several times more powerful.

However, Sage Yuan was shocked to see that Lu Yin remained unphased.

Lu Yin's spiritual force had been trained and cultivated with the Origin Progenitor’s Sutra. Even if the Sutra lost a good bit of its effectiveness outside of the Origin Universe, it was still able to temper Lu Yin’s spiritual force.

His spiritual force was as stable as a rock.