After just a moment, the Immortal Lord’s power dissipated entirely. Greater Sancte Green Lotus stared off into the distance, but his opponent had fled.
It seems that they’re headed for the location we received from the Hui-Silver Sky Army. Hui-Silver Sky Army, Immortal Lord... who can say how that confrontation will end?
The coordinates were for a location far, far from the Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm. It was even farther away than Kang Tian’s home, but with Luo Chan’s ability, the Immortal Lord could arrive within just a few blinks.
Staring at a distant megaverse, Luo Chan suddenly felt uneasy. “Master? Is that...?”
What appeared before Luo Chan and the others was a megaverse filled with countless broken gates stretching endlessly into the distance. Gate after gate extended onward, forming what looked like a wall when viewed from afar, ruined and desolate, like the remains of a war fortress.
Still, it was undeniably a megaverse, and a very large one at that.
“Enter.”
The green stalk withdrew its glow, turning into nothing more than an unremarkable withered branch as it drifted toward the megaverse ahead, slipping through a ruined gate.
Suddenly, a streak of silver shot over from the distance, slicing through the void as it rushed at the green stalk.
“Master!”
The green stalk’s light flared in response, and branches stretched out to meet the streak of silver. Green and silver colors collided, shattering space in curving waves that spread out, seemingly without end.
The silver was stopped by the green, yet the green stalk also lost a segment of itself. “It’s the Hui-Silver Sky Army. Luo Chan, go!”
Boom, boom, boom-boom...
Drumbeats thundered out, and Luo Chan froze, unable to move. The nearby void suddenly shattered, and a branch shot out from the green stalk and wrapped around Luo Chan. With that, the green stalk fled.
“You arrive and want to leave right away? Who are you?” A voice that shook the cosmos echoed across the distance as a silver light illuminated everything, spreading far across the Aevum Inch.
The green stalk shot forward, its green light piercing the ever-present silver in an attempt to break free. “We mean no offense to your Hui-Silver Sky Army.”
There was no response from the silver party. The drums continued to rumble, growing louder and louder. The cosmos started to fracture, silver dripping through like spilled lava. The green stalk frantically grew as Lifeforce spread out from it to form multiple silhouettes: Three Revolutions of Qianyuan.
Boom!
Boom!
The two thunderous blasts overpowered the sound of the drums and tore the silver color apart. It looked as though the entire Aevum Inch was being ripped apart.
The silver light abruptly contracted, condensing into a drum. Each beat sent a shockwave that tore thin cracks across the green stalk’s surface, only for Lifeforce to spread again. Boom. Boom. Boom. Three thunderous detonations.
Boom, boom, boom!
Three more blasts rang out, and then the Sixth Revolution of Qianyuan.
From behind the drum, a long silver sword sliced down, aiming at the distant green stalk.
“Obscura?” The green stalk released three more booms: Ninth Revolutions of Qianyuan. A green color spread across the cosmos, only to then condense into a single beam that slammed against the silver sword.
The sword collided with the green beam, the impact instantly illuminating the cosmos, the light continued to spread out. It looked like a sun had lit up the entire Aevum Inch.
The green stalk retreated, cracks riddling its surface. It fled far into the distance.
Inside the megaverse, the silver sword dropped. The drum had shattered, and behind it was a pool of silver liquid that rumbled, “Not human. Seems familiar.”
Far away from that megaverse, the green stalk relaxed a branch. Luo Chan grabbed the green stalk and instantly vanished.
“Master, are you all right? Was that a trap?”
“I’m injured, though they did not fare much better. I didn’t expect to meet the Hui-Silver Sky Army.”
“The Hui-Silver Sky Army? I think I’ve heard of them before.”
“We’ve crossed paths before. Like our Nest civilization, the Hui-Silver Sky Army destroys any civilization they encounter. The first time we met, I even threw a Nest to them to see if a powerful Verdant Sage could emerge, but that attempt failed. They’re odd, and I only now understand that they are part of Obscura.”
“Then it was a trap?”
“Uncertain. The humans couldn’t possibly know the whereabouts of the Hui-Silver Sky Army, but where did they get the coordinates from?”
“Maybe the Hui-Silver Sky Army knows.”
“There’s no way to communicate with them. If Lan Meng learns that we clashed with them, the two might join forces to eliminate us first.”
“Shouldn’t they destroy humanity first?”
“No one knows Obscura’s intentions. Go. We need to see how Mo Bai is doing.”
“Yes.”
In the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, Lu Yin did not know that the Immortal Lord clashed with Hui. He had merely passed the coordinates along. The consequences were for the Immortal Lord alone to bear.
...
Back in the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, Mo Bai sat atop a mountain as she waited for news from Luo Chan. She just hoped that the coordinates would be useful.
Several days later, she received word from Luo Chan, and it caused Mo Bai’s face to fall. Had it actually been a trap?
She quickly contacted Luo Yan with a communication device.
Since arriving in the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, gadgets could no longer be used, only communication devices.
For simple communication, the devices were more convenient than gadgets.
“What is it?”
Mo Bai wanted to say something, but she did not know where to even begin. To begin with, Luo Yan had never even offered to share the coordinates with her; she had asked for them. He had also never bothered to ask what she wanted them for.
It could be said that Luo Yan had given away nothing at all. As for the coordinates being a trap, how was Mo Bai supposed to mention that?