Chapter 2903: Purpose

Chapter 2903: Purpose

Astral-10’s headmaster, Shao Chen, Leng Qing, and Chen Le all appeared at the Transcendent Universe’s border.

Their arrival caused Qiu Zhan and the other two defenders to feel a bit anxious. While they did not want to admit it, the truth was that, when it came to peak powerhouses, black energy converter users were at the absolute bottom. They had essentially reached their level by cheating, and their power could be taken from them away at any time, as it was not really their own power.

The Origin Universe’s cultivators were the exact opposite. They were all people who had survived through various tribulations to reach their current strength. Lu Yin's Semi-Progenitor tribulation during the Tea Ceremony had terrified the entire Sixverse Association. In addition to that, the Origin Universe was slowly interacting with the Sixverse Association more and more. As a result, the members of the Sixverse Association were gaining a greater understanding and admiration for the Origin Universe.

The Cyclic Universe’s Great Sovereign was able to bestow power upon the Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages, which was very powerful. But in comparison, the Origin Universe’s Progenitors had all reached their level of power by surviving various tribulations, which granted them an even more robust foundation and allowed for near infinite possibilities.

The Origin Universe was the only universe to have given birth to something as glorious as the ancient Heavens Sect era, and it was impossible for such a thing to appear in any other universe.

The arrival of Shao Chen and the others reassured the Transcendent Universe on a subconscious level. It was not something that the universe’s combatants had even considered, and they did not realize that this sense of comfort was actually an indication that the Origin Universe had completely surpassed the Transcendent Universe.

Blades sliced through the void, constantly attacking Greenridge. However, the result was no different from when Qiu Zhan and the Transcendent Universe’s powerhouses had been attacking; all of the blades were dulled, and Greenridge did not move at all.

Leng Qing frowned. What was going on?

"Celestial Blade World." An endless number of sabers fell down, enveloping the entire border warfront.

The Celestial Blade World looked as though it could instantly kill Greenridge, but every single attack was slightly diverted as it fell upon him.

An arrow was shot from far away as Chen Le attacked, but the arrow was also deflected.

"These True God Guard Captains are quite a pain," Chen Le said with an ugly expression on his face. The truth was that he wanted to be participating in the crusade on the Endless Frontier. Given the number of peak powerhouses there, the Endless Frontier was rather safe, whereas Chen Le was currently facing off against a True God Guard Captain in the Transcendent Universe. Lu Yin had not even discussed Chen Le’s assignment with the Monarch, and he treated him entirely like a subordinate.

The black energy converters continued to unleash endless attacks as well, but every last attack missed Greenridge.

Shao Chen finally took action, and he lashed out with a palm strike. There seemed to be nothing special about this attack, but Greenridge was unable to evade this palm strike. His body trembled, and his eyes grew unfocused.

Qiu Zhan and the others from the Transcendent Universe all looked at Shao Chen in surprise, as they could not tell what was happening.

Chen Le’s eyebrows rose. Shao Chen’s cultivation was the mortal world, and the man was an absolute monster. He was trailblazing a new cultivation method. When the Heavens Sect had been attacked, Shao Chen had personally held back one of the True God Guard Captains even though he had just broken through to become a peak powerhouse. Even among all of the Heavens Sect’s Progenitors, there was no doubt that the man was a freak.

Shao Chen had experienced too many things, and he had transformed his experiences of the mortal world into memories, which were then forced onto Greenridge. The True God Guard Captain was being forced to experience the lives of others.

This method that forced the lives of others onto a person could introduce both pain and joy. However, for peak powerhouses, this method was only moderately effective. Every single peak powerhouse had to possess a certain level of determination and confidence in their own path in order to have reached their level. It was a requirement for them to possess some level of self-awareness.

When Shao Chen forced his mortal world onto another, it would bring about a change in the person’s thoughts.

Greenridge had been confident that he could face a number of Progenitors on his own, but at this moment, his expression changed drastically.

Seizing the opening, Leng Qing and others all attacked.

"Greenridge–!" A sharp shout rang across the battlefield, and it successfully roused Greenridge.

His eyes regained clarity, and he deflected all of the incoming attacks again. He grew scared of Shao Chen, as there was something very odd about the man.

A man whose appearance was completely hidden by black robes had suddenly appeared on the battlefield in the Transcendent Universe, and his shout had woken up Greenridge.

Another one of the Aeternals’ peak powerhouses had appeared.

On top of that, the man was not alone, as multiple powerful auras appeared behind him, terrifying Qiu Zhan and the others.

Fifteen. A total of fifteen Progenitor-level corpse kings had appeared in the Transcendent Universe.

Chen Le's face turned pale. This was the end.

"Destroy the Transcendent Universe!" a shout echoed out in everyone’s ears.

Lu Yin had already expected the Transcendent Universe to be the target of a massive attack, and the planned response was for the three remaining battalions to merge into two.

Chen Le was overjoyed to see Lu Yin. Even if only one person came to reinforce the Transcendent Universe, Lu Yin possessed the means to reverse the tides.

The golden light of the Investiture of the Gods illuminated the forces of the Sixverse Association, and it instantly drew the attention of all of the Progenitor-level corpse kings.

Lu Yin stood atop the jiao as Xia Shenji and all the other summoned gods scattered in multiple directions. As for Lu Yin himself, he held the slipper in one hand before moving through spatial lines to instantly appear in front of a Progenitor-level corpse king, the slipper already raised to attack.

"Avoid it!" a voice snapped.

The corpse king wanted to dodge Lu Yin's attack, but the human was far faster than most Progenitor-level corpse kings. The slipper slammed down onto the corpse king's head, shattering it.

Lu Yin looked over at a Progenitor-level corpse king that was further away and again moved along the spatial lines.

"All of you, dodge!" the same sharp voice screamed.

However, in the face of Lu Yin's control over the power of space, it was impossible for any of the ordinary Progenitor-level corpse kings to escape from him. In the blink of an eye, three of the powerful corpse kings had been destroyed.

Before the return of the Lu family, Lu Yin had not had any opportunities to kill Progenitor-level corpse kings and anoint them as champions. After his family returned, Lu Qi had shared some of the family’s ancestral teachings with Lu Yin, and Lu Yin had learned that they were forbidden to ever anoint a slain corpse king as a champion.

It was very possible that Nutjob Lu was the only person in the history of the Lu family who had ever anointed a corpse king as a champion.

That taboo had been established by Lu Yuan, and it had been passed down since ancient times.

In the face of three fallen Progenitor-level corpse kings, Lu Yin resisted temptation and turned his attention to the black-robed man who was still shouting. "You’re so noisy."

With that said, Lu Yin moved towards the man in black robe.

The man screamed, "You’ve fallen into a trap! The third battalion has already been destroyed!"

Lu Yin instantly appeared behind the black-robed man. "Bullshit."

The slipper slammed down.

The man in the black robe fled, only to discover Lightstream flickering around him, reversing time by one second. The slipper smashed into the man, who screamed as his black robe shattered, revealing his true body.

Lu Yin was startled. What the hell is this?

Lu Yin was not alone, as Leng Qing, Qiu Zhan, and everyone else on the battlefield was similarly stunned. Was that... a fish? It was no wonder why Shao Chen’s mortal world had been useless. Even if a fish experienced human life, it would be as effective as a human experiencing the life of a fish. How much of an impact would such a thing have? At best, the individual would be surprised.

The man in the black robe was really just a fish that was upright and walking on its fins.

It was nothing more than a fish.

Lu Yin stared at the fish. How could his opponent be a fish?

The mouthy fish that sat on Xi Qi’s head had altered many people’s understanding of the universe, but what was before Lu Yin was even stranger.

"My name is Yu Huo, a True God Guard Captain! Dao Monarch Lu, your third battalion should already be destroyed by now! Your so-called crusade to conquer the Endless Frontier is nothing but a joke. This is the start of the end for your Heavens Sect!" The fish raised its head high as it spoke, its shrill voice sounding more like a scream.

It was clearly just a fish, but it demonstrated extreme arrogance.

Lu Yin let out a breath. There were countless different creatures throughout the universe, so there was no need to be too shocked by this one. "Again, that’s bullshit."

...

On the Endless Frontier, the third battalion had been moving to join the first battalion, but they were attacked by the Aeternals after covering about half of the distance.

The four battalions had been taking four different routes across the Endless Frontier. In response, the Aeternals wanted to eliminate two of the battalions and make it impossible for the fourth battalion to support the third. This was their strategy to counter Lu Yin’s crusade.