Chapter 2416: The Might Of Lightning
Kacha!
The colors of the sky and sea both shifted. The entire Starfall Sea started to quake and break apart. Endless tongues of lightning appeared from the void, and all of them streaked toward Corpse God.
The dazzling glow of lightning lit up the entire Starfall Sea, the black barrier, and even the entire Fifth Mainland. Shock covered Corpse God’s face. “The Lord of Thunder?”
There was a deafening boom. The shockwave from the bolts of lightning sent the jiao careening toward the Fifth Mainland.
Lu Buzheng used the Tri-Yang Ancestral Qi Technique, activating the sourcebox array that lay within Mt. Microcosms. The mountain slowly moved to reseal the entrance to the Starfall Sea.
Even though Mt. Microcosms moved slowly, Corpse God was helpless to stop the process. He was being attacked by incredibly powerful bolts of lightning. The blinding light of the lightning left everyone’s vision completely white. It was impossible to see what was happening through the blinding light.
Only after Mt. Microcosms had completely sealed off the Starfall Sea was anyone able to recover their vision. The first thing that they saw was the jiao’s mad dash towards the center of the Fifth Mainland. The beast was clearly still terrified. The lightning that had erupted behind it had felt disturbingly familiar.
Lu Yin was lying on the jiao’s back, panting. His entire body had gone numb, and his muscles were too sore for him to even move. Releasing that storm of lightning had also injured him. He needed to heal and recover. His body slowly withered into a desiccated husk as he allowed the jiao to freely rampage through the Fifth Mainland.
In the Dominion Realm, Forgotten Ruins God and Blackless God’s heads snapped towards the New World. They had both sensed an abnormally strong power.
Ancient God felt it as well.
A short time later, Corpse God returned, and his appearance created a massive sensation.
Throughout all the years that humanity had fought against Aeternus, Corpse God had launched numerous attempts to break through Ceaseless Impetus. He could be considered humanity’s most active enemy. However, he had rarely ever sustained any injuries. At this moment, wounds covered his entire body, and he looked as though he had been burned by lightning strikes.
“What happened?” Forgotten Ruins God gasped.
Corpse God brought out the enormous scarlet eye. The height of the eye rivaled his own, which completely dwarfed Forgotten Ruins God and the other Skygods. However, they could clearly see the fracture that ran through the eye.
Ancient God frowned. “The descendant of the Lu family did this?”
Corpse God looked at him. “It’s broken. We should make the most of it.”
Blackless God sighed. “This was supposed to be the final step of our plan. I never expected to be forced to use it now. It must’ve been discovered because it was too close. We need to place it further away next time. They aren’t that sturdy.”
“It doesn’t matter. There’s only one in this part of the universe as well. It will be enough,” Ancient God said. “Use it.”
Corpse God held the scarlet eye in both of his hands and then raised it high overhead.
As Bai Wangyuan and the other human Progenitors watched with confused and wary looks, Corpse God threw the eye toward the Perennial World.
No one, either in the Dominion Realm or in the Outer Realm, had ever seen such a scene before. The moment the eye touched the Tree Realm, it started to glow dark red, and a beam of light shot out from the eye. Where this red light of divine energy made contact with the Tree Realm, the barrier melted, creating a large hole.
“Not good!” Bai Wangyuan yelled.
Ancient God, Forgotten Ruins God, Corpse God, and Blackless God all immediately attacked. Dark-red divine energy shot through the hole that had opened in the Tree Realm, and into the Perennial World. It pierced through the Higher Realm, the Middle Realm, and the Lower Realm. Finally, it struck Undying God.
Undying God’s broken body started to recover at a visible rate. Xia Ziheng and the other Semi-Progenitors still present were terrified by the sight. “Run!”
“What a steep price to pay.” Undying God raised his head. His eyes traced the holes in the Middle and Higher Realms. He looked at the dark-red beam that had melted a hole in the Tree Realm. After suffering some level of damage, the hole had already begun to repair itself. The red beam would not be able to maintain the hole for very long.
Progenitor Long tried to block the beam of divine energy, but it instantly vaporized his arm.
Soon, Undying God’s body fully recovered, and his internal reserves of divine energy were also replenished. He looked down at the Python Ancestor and saw the snake staring back at him.
“Your master will never return. I’ll let you off this time, but soon enough, this part of the universe will be destroyed.” Undying God pushed the coils that had held him in place aside, releasing divine energy that burned the Python Ancestor’s body. The snake released a cry of agony, but it refused to loosen its coils. From overhead, the Divine Eagle swooped down, its claws outstretched to attack Undying God.
Undying God looked up. “Scram!”
His body disappeared, and the eagle clawed at nothing. Undying God reappeared in the Middle Realm, and he turned to face a specific direction where an item stood. Suddenly, a śarīra appeared. The ancient characters that circled it shot towards Undying God.
Mu Xie stood atop his śarīra, and he thrust a palm strike straight at Undying God. Threads of gray energy appeared from the man’s palm: Origin Tracer.
Undying God’s brow furrowed. “I thought that I had been mistaken earlier, but I see that it was truly this battle technique. I never expected him to have the time to accept disciples in this part of the universe.”
“Leave now! We don’t have any more time!” Ancient God called out.
Undying God reluctantly tore his eyes away from the distant Sword Monument, and then his body vanished.
Mu Xie missed his target. He turned around just in time to see Undying God shoot out of the Tree Realm and back into the Dominion Realm. No one could stop the Skygod from leaving.
“I wanted to take the Sword Monument with me,” Undying God grumbled after arriving in the Dominion Realm.
Forgotten Ruins God gave a cold laugh. “We just sacrificed a divine beam for your sake. You should be content with that. Right now, you’d best start thinking about how you’re going to explain yourself to True God Yi Wei.”
“We’ve delayed too long. Hurry, everyone. We’re leaving!” Ancient God shouted. He was then the first to leave.
Right behind him, Forgotten Ruins God, Corpse God, Blackless God, and Undying God all retreated as well. The flood of corpse kings receded like a tide from the rear battlefield, leaving just as quickly as they had arrived.
Bai Wangyuan and the other human Progenitors could do absolutely nothing to stop the Seven Skygods from leaving.
Mu Xie immediately sent a message to Lu Yin, worried that he might have returned to the Starfall Sea. However, Lu Yin could not go there even if he wanted to. The jiao had dived headfirst into the Astral River, nearly drowning Lu Yin.
At the moment, he did not even have the energy to punish the beast with his slipper. Lu Yin had even lost the Champions’ Stage at some point in the chaos. He simply allowed the jiao to continue its crazed rampage. The beast’s erratic behavior was not because of Corpse God, but rather because of the storm of lightning that Lu Yin had unleashed. That lightning had triggered the jiao’s trauma.
Boom!
The jiao crashed into something, and it was sent tumbling backwards, and Lu Yin was thrown off from the impact. At last, they had finally stopped.
Lu Yin looked forward. They were at the bottom of the Astral River, but the jiao’s overwhelming aura had frightened all of the nearby creatures away.
What is that? Lu Yin saw a gigantic metal box some distance away.
The jiao’s head lolled about, and then it slumped to the ground. It was already fast asleep.
Lu Yin approached the box. The huge rectangular face of the object loomed high above him. He knocked on it, confirming that it was indeed metal. It was an absurdly large box, and it was no wonder the jiao had crashed into it. Still, the material was incredibly durable, as even the impact of the jiao’s full weight had not chipped or dented any part of the box. Hang on, is that Progenitor Guai’s symbol?
Lu Yin took a moment to recall what he had learned about Progenitor Guai. Kui Luo said that Progenitor Guai had lived during the Daosource Sect era and that he had specialized in crafting weapons out of precious materials, though most people were unable to wield any of them. Also, the Progenitor had supposedly left behind a hidden armory. Could this box be that?