OBS Chapter 3003: Anointing The Mantis
Chapter 3003: Anointing The Mantis
Chapter 3003: Anointing The Mantis
The Seven-Star Mantis raced towards Lu Yin, only to abruptly stop and then change directions, leaving Lu Yin puzzled.
After repeating this several times, Lu Yin noticed that the mantis had left behind seven dots in space. They surrounded Lu Yin.
“Seven Star Slash!” The Seven-Star Mantis’s blade fell. Lu Yin tried to break free from the encirclement, but he was too late. The point closest to Lu Yin released an explosive attack. Each subsequent dot released a greater number of attacks, until the seventh point released thirty-two slashes.
Lu Yin used the slipper to obliterate the first strike. The slash may have been powerful enough to kill a Progenitor, but it posed no threat to him.
The only real challenge was the sheer number of attacks.
The seventh point released thirty-two slashes, each one as powerful as the first one. Lu Yin needed to endure thirty-two of the Seven-Star Mantis’s attacks. Even so, while it might have been difficult for others, it could not threaten Lu Yin. He had already faced a similar situation against the Luna Alliance’s Moon Fairy and her Fairy Moon - Water Reflection.
The slipper flickered between the slashes, destroying one after another. The Seven-Star Mantis was unable to move away, as it had to be close by to release the attacks and control the seven points.
When its attack proved ineffective, the Seven-Star Mantis shouted, “Seven Stars, Unite!”
The seven points reappeared, and then they unleashed 128 attacks. It wanted to overwhelm Lu Yin.
The universe shattered into fragments.
Dragonturtle panicked at the sight, and he swiftly dragged Jiang Qingyue and Zhao Ran away from the universe. At the same time, the jiao and Arch-Elder Zen fled. Only Lu Yin and the Seven-Star Mantis were left behind in the broken universe.
Fortunately, just a bit earlier, Lu Yin had gathered all of the humans in the universe and placed them onto the jiao’s back. If not, no one would have been able to escape the destruction.
The entire universe was breaking apart.
Beneath the rain of attacks, Lu Yin stopped defending himself with the slipper. His entire body was covered in Wielder-realm battle force as he directly resisted the attacks.
The Seven-Star Mantis was astonished. It knew just how powerful its attacks were, especially in these numbers. Most peak powerhouses would have to be wary of these attacks, so how was this human able to simply endure them?
Lu Yin received the overwhelming rain of attacks, shattering the slashes that were in his path. He faced the Seven-Star Mantis and raised the slipper to strike down.
In the mantis’s eyes, Lu Yin had become a giant at this moment, and it was overcome with despair as the slipper gave off a fatal aura. It wanted to escape, but that was impossible. The Seven Star Slash was its greatest battle technique, and after it was activated alongside the Seven Stars Unite, the mantis would be connected to the technique and unable to leave. If not for that, it would have fled long ago.
Even at the brink of death, it was unable to harm Lu Yin.
“Lord Lu, I beg you!”
There was a bang right before the Seven-Star Mantis finished speaking. Lu Yin slapped the mantis dead with a single slap of the slipper. Even as it died, the Seven-Star Mantis could not believe its fate.
It had always thought that its speed would be enough for it to stay alive. After all, that ability had even caught the attention of Aeternus.
The mantis had assumed that, by not getting directly involved in the war between humanity and Aeternus, it would be able to stay free from the conflict.
It simply enjoyed playing games, but one human refused to let the mantis go, even after it had tried to submit to him. Lu Yin did not care about the mantis’s impressive power.
Lu Yin panted as he clutched the slipper tightly. He watched the Seven-Star Mantis’s corpse drift away and let out a deep breath. It was over.
After Lu Yin had become a Semi-Progenitor, aside from Sequence Progenitors, he had felt that all other peak powerhouses were around the same level and relatively easy to deal with. However, the Seven-Star Mantis had been a new experience for Lu Yin.
The additional eighty seconds provided Lu Yin with a different perception of Lightstream.
He already had a feeling that looking back through time was not the true way to use Lightstream, and that intuition had only grown stronger.
Lu Yin felt as though he was about to grasp something, but he was still missing something. He needed to be able to look further back into the past.
He needed to search for more parallel universes where time passed at a different rate.
He had spent nearly forty-five years in the Seven-Star Mantis’s universe, but only half a year had passed in the Origin Universe.
All together, more than three years had passed since Lu Yin had left the Heavens Sect, and it was time to return in case any mishaps occurred. Of course, before leaving, Lu Yin also needed to settle the affair with the people on the seven continents. After all, if he had missed any mantises in his purge, there might be disastrous consequences after he left the universe.
He had used the compass to find this universe, but returning home was straightforward; Lu Yin simply went straight back to Aeternus Nation.
As the void twisted, the jiao disappeared from the universe right behind Lu Yin and the others.
However, less than half an hour later, someone else arrived in the universe. If Lu Yin had still been present, he would have instantly recognized the individual. Zhong Pan, the True God Guard Captain, had arrived.
He was there to see the Seven-Star Mantis, as Aeternus needed the mantis’s assistance.
Zhong Pan quickly discovered that all of the mantises had vanished from the seven continents. The entire universe had undergone significant changes.
He immediately returned to the Scourge to report the changes.
After Lu Yin returned to the Heavens Sect and confirmed that everything was fine, he and his companions set back out to continue searching for parallel universes where time flowed differently.
In the blink of an eye, two years passed in the Origin Universe. However, for Lu Yin and his group, they had lived through sixty years. Lightstream could see another twenty-five seconds into the past, allowing Lu Yin to look 270 seconds back in total.
While visiting various parallel universes with Arch-Elder Zen and Jiang Qingyue, they encountered no significant dangers during these sixty years.
Zhao Ran remained as innocent and cheerful as ever, happy as long as someone was enjoying her tea. There was nothing out of the ordinary about her at all.
Jiang Qingyue also remained the same, though Lu Yin had noticed a softening in her gaze. He had learned exactly what she had done to kill the Progenitor-level mantis.
It was a technique that combined an attack with a mental trauma. This was something that would be a grave danger during a Progenitor’s tribulation, but Jiang Qingyue was from Whitecloud City and followed a different cultivation path than stellular energy. Even so, no matter which path a cultivator took, becoming a peak powerhouse was never easy. If Jiang Qingyue did not overcome her mental trauma, she would have to pay a steep price one day.
Arch-Elder Zen had long since recovered from the backlash that he had suffered from using Lu Tianyi’s power.
The most notable change was Ghost Monkey. Surprisingly, the monkey claimed that he would soon break through and become a Progenitor. Lu Yin was left rather speechless at this claim, as he wondered if the monkey had ever even cultivated.
Aside from adding time to Lightstream, Lu Yin had also developed his proficiency in Inverse Step, mastering the ability to move parallel to time. He felt that, one day, he would be able to demonstrate the same level of mastery of the power of time as Mister Mu and cause time to freeze upon his arrival.
“Careful, we’re about to arrive.” Even if the chances of meeting danger when entering a new universe was minimal, it was imperative that they always remain cautious. Every time they entered a new universe, Lu Yin would give the others a gentle reminder.
They were not entering a universe where time flowed differently, but rather a regular parallel universe. They intended to use the compass in this one to find their next destination.
The void twisted, and the jiao emerged from it, instantly looking about in a wary manner. There was no danger, but the scene before the jiao was exceptionally beautiful.
Lu Yin and the others were also staring straight ahead. Universes were supposed to be dark and mostly empty. After visiting multiple universes, they had only found a few exceptions to this rule. However, there was a faintly glowing structure in front of them that nearly filled the entire universe much like how the Fifth Mainland had once been.