Chapter 2904: Ending

Chapter 2904: Ending

The third battalion was not attacked by one of the True God Guard Captains, but by Sovereign Shao Yin, Yi Ren, and five ordinary Progenitor-level corpse kings, as well as a horde of weaker corpse kings.

Once Lu Yin and the jiao were gone, the third battalion had only four Progenitor-level experts: Xu Wuwei, Xu Heng, Xu Leng, and Bai Sheng. While it might seem like a good number of powerhouses, they were facing seven of Aeternus’s Progenitor-level experts, which was a substantial threat.

In one of the Endless Frontier’s parallel universes, humans fought against corpse kings, and space was destroyed.

Sovereign Shao Yin sneered. "That Lu brat really thought that he could conquer the Endless Frontier just because he wanted to? If you want to blame someone for your death, Wuwei, blame that brat. He’s responsible for you dying here."

The power of Extreme Yang burned through space, and positive transformed into negative, feeding the Extreme Yin, while the negative then transformed back into Extreme Yang. While it appeared that the negative was feeding the positive, the truth was that both were occurring, and Extreme Yin was feeding Extreme Yang as positive fed negative and yin and yang merged.

A solemn expression appeared on Xu Wuwei's face as he looked at Shao Yin’s Extreme Yang. Xu Wuwei could only counter this power with his Spiral Domain. "Sovereign Shao Yin, you actually cultivate the power of Extreme Yang? You really succeeded in deceiving everyone. Still, you should have had your power stripped from you.”

"Old man, I've known for a long time that you don't like me. You even tried to cooperate with that Lu brat to entrap me. Today, I’ll make you pay for what you’ve done. Regret your actions as you die!"

Sovereign Shao Yin proceeded to not only challenge Xu Wuwei’s Law of Space sequence particles with the Law of Yang sequence particles, Shao Yin also brought out his own Spiral Domain. Blue striped appeared on Shao Yin’s back as he used the Eight-Star Garan to copy the Spiral Domain that Xu Wuwei had used.

At this moment, Shao Yins mastery of Extreme Yang far surpassed what he had been capable of when he had fought against Lu Yin in the Decaying Diablo Universe.

Xu Wuwei was stunned. How could Sovereign Shao Yin use Xu Wuwei’s Spiral Domain?

The two Spiral Domains clashed, causing the void to collapse. That provided an opening, and the power of Extreme Yang burned Xu Wuwei.

Falling back, blood leaked from the corners of Xu Wuwei’s mouth.

Off in the distance, the Superior Heavenly Cudgel slammed into a disk as Yi Ren and Bai Sheng faced off against each other.

"This is not just a battle between Aeternus and humanity, but also a battle between my Sixth Mainland and your Fifth Mainland!" Yi Ren shouted.

Bai Sheng’s eyebrows rose. "You’re from the Sixth Mainland? That's great! I always regretted missing out on the war between the Fifth Mainland and your Sixth Mainland. Today, you will be forced to pay the price."

Yi Ren sneered. "Die."

Xu Heng and Xu Leng were dealing with four different Progenitor-level corpse kings at the same time.

Additionally, Yao Di was holding back another Progenitor-level corpse king.

Yao Di was a gatemaster of one of the Heavens Sect’s Twelve Heavenly Gates, and all of those Semi-Progenitors were participating in the crusade. Yao Di just happened to have been assigned to the third battalion.

Further away, Sky Garan was crossing realms to challenge a Semi-Progenitor corpse king, but the young man’s eyes were focused on the battle between Sovereign Shao Yin and Xu Wuwei. Is that the Eight-Star Garan? Why can he use that? That’s my family’s inherited innate gift. Could he be a member of my Garan family?

"Xu Wuwei, die!" Sovereign Shao Yin shouted. The power of Extreme Yang pressed forward while the two Spiral Domains were locked together.

Xu Wuwei's face was pale, and yet he showed a mocking smile. "Sovereign Shao Yin, have you forgotten that I an a cultivator from the Voidforce Universe?"

Sovereign Shao Yin’s pupils shrank.

Across from him, Xu Wuwei took out a pot. "In one pot, cook all five of the world’s flavors: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty- Sovereign Shao Yin, try it!"

As the man shouted, a terrifying amount of voidforce energy shot from the pot and slammed into Sovereign Shao Yin.

Both the power of Extreme Yin and the power of Extreme Yang erupted from Shao Yin’s body.

The two struck each other with a bang, and ripples spread through the void.

When fighting, people from the Voidforce Universe were capable of wielding multiple times their own energy reserves with their voidforce puppets. There were people who could even control ten times their own power, which could provide a significant advantage in a battle.

Even if Shao Yin was using the powers of Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang together to wield a law of the universe that surpassed the law that Xu Wuwei wielded, it would be difficult for Shao Yin to force his way through so much raw power anytime soon.

At this critical moment, a figure suddenly appeared directly behind Xu Wuwei, an arm raised high and a large black bar in the hand. The rod dropped down to crush Xu Wuwei.

Xu Heng and Xu Leng glanced at each other. It was rare to see such shamelessness from a peak powerhouse.

Xu Wuwei said, "We will capture you if you stop fighting. I promise that we won’t kill you now."

Yi Ren’s expression changed. "I want Lu Yin's promise."

"Then you can just die." Bai Sheng’s Superior Heavenly cudgel dropped down. At the same time, a Hidden Needle shot at Yi Ren and Xu Wuwei’s Spiral Domain shrank as a terrifying amount of voidforce energy surged forward. Yi Ren was pushed to the edge of death, and he begged for mercy as he spat out blood, "Alright! I surrender! No conditions! I just want to see Lu Yin and talk to him."

There was no denying that Yi Ren could be a valuable source of information, given how long he had been a part of Aeternus.

Bai Sheng’s Superior Heavenly Cudgel pressed down upon Yi Ren’s shoulders. A miserable expression decorated the Progenitor’s face. This was not the outcome he had expected.

He had genuinely not believed humans were capable of winning in the Origin Universe. Who would have thought that someone like Lu Yin would suddenly appear and lead the Fifth Mainland to drive the Aeternals out? If Yi Ren had known that such a thing would happen, he never would have betrayed mankind.

His extreme regret caused him to cough up more blood.

Bai Sheng reached out to grab their captive, but Xu Wuwei’s Spiral Domain suddenly contracted and forced Bai Sheng back. The Progenitor was confused, but then saw divine energy surge out of Yi Ren’s body and proceed to incinerate him. Yi Ren let out a miserable howl, and his screams echoed, piercing the entire universe.

He was enveloped by an unspeakable pain. Yi Ren had never considered such a thing, and his body writhed as he tried to get rid of the divine energy. "I was wrong! True God, I was wrong! I did not mean to betray the Aeternals!

"True God, please, let me go! I was wrong, ah–!

"Ah–!"

Everyone stepped back, staring in horror as things played out before them.

They could only imagine how much pain Yi Ren must be experiencing, for a Progenitor to scream in such a manner.

His body was consumed by the flames of divine energy, but it happened very slowly. Inch by inch, his hair, skin, muscles, and bones were consumed by the flames. However, his head was not injured at all, and his brain was not damaged at all. He was fully cognizant of all of the pain he was experiencing.

The people watching felt chilled.

Bai Sheng was horrified. If Xu Wuwei had reacted any later, Bai Sheng would also have been burned by the divine energy. Just the thought terrified the man.

Yi Ren kept screaming and thrashing about as he begged for mercy until his voice grew hoarse.

Everything lasted as long as it took for a stick of incense to burn.

Yi Ren was consumed by the flames of divine energy until, finally, only his head remained.

His head was consumed more slowly than the rest of his body. The purpose of the flames had been to produce pain, which meant that the skin and muscles of his head were incinerated much slower than his body had been burnt. Yi Ren's miserable screams were chilling. "Ossis Ark! The Ossis Ark! Beware the Ossis Ark! When the Ossis Ark arrives, everything will be destroyed--"

Once Yi Ren started to speak those words, the flames suddenly accelerated, and they drowned out his voice. He was quickly left unable to make any sound, though a smile of relief appeared on his face.

There were times that living was worse than dying, and that was definitely what Yi Ren had just experienced.

Many members of the third battalion watched as Yi Ren was incinerated until there was nothing left at all. They felt as though they had just been dunked in ice water, and their entire bodies felt chilled to the bone.

This was the fate of those who betrayed Aeternus.

...

The moment that Shao Yin and the others retreated, Greenridge, Yu Huo and the others in the Transcendent Universe received word that the attempt to ambush the third battalion had backfired and they had been countered.

The Aeternals had not miscalculated, as if they were confident that the first battalion could not reach the third battalion in time, Sovereign Shao Yin and others likely possessed enough strength to fight the third battalion to the death.

Yu Huo finally understood why Lu Yin had not been at all concerned.

Aeternus had failed to wipe out the third battalion in an ambush, and they were also unable to gain any advantage in the Transcendent Universe. Their only choice was to withdraw.