Chapter 2922: Return  

Hit it? The order terrified the jiao, but it still reflexively obeyed Lu Yin's order and ran head-first into the Star Devourer. At that same moment, both Mu Ke and Mr. Daheng attacked, and even Lu Yin punched at the astral beast. In fact, all of the peak powerhouses in the second battalion attacked.

All of the second battalion’s attacks fell towards the Star Devourer that was in front of the jiao.

The astral beast just rolled his open eye, and in a bizarre manner, all of the attacks were transferred elsewhere, slamming into the jiao. There was a bang, and the jiao howled as its massive body was blown back.

The jiao had not reached the level where it could manipulate sequence particles or the laws of the universe, so it made sense that it was impossible for it to endure the Star Devourer’s attacks. This astral beast was so powerful that the Aeternals had asked it to take control of the Giants' Purgatory.

However, Lu Yin had not underestimated the jiao at all. The dumb beast had survived the Lord of Lightning’s attack, and later, Forgotten Ruins God had praised it for its impressive defenses. Lu Yin did not believe that the jiao would die so easily.

There were also the cultivators from the second battalion behind the jiao.

The Star Devourer froze in place and stared in surprise. "What a tough hide."

Only after being thrown far away did the jiao finally stop moving. It vigorously shook its head and then looked over at the Star Devourer. Fear was readily apparent in the jiao’s eyes. It understood that it should not attack or run into this big brother.

The jiao decided that it was time to escape, and nothing that Lu Yin said would change that at all.

Mu Ke had already leaped up high, and as he looked down at the Star Devourer, his blade rose up and dropped down.

The Star Devourer just rolled his eye again. This time, Lu Yin could clearly make out its sequence particles. These sequence particles appeared in the Star Devourer’s gaze, and they contained a powerful attraction force, which drew Mu Ke’s attack in.

The law of the universe that the Star Devourer had mastered was the Law of Attraction.

The astral beast’s mouth opened, and he bit at Mu Ke.

The Arborean’s blade dropped and then slashed across horizontally.

The Star Devourer's eye rolled yet again, but this time, the beast failed to shift the attack. Mr. Daheng had used his Law of Lightness to the full extent of his abilities, and his attack was transferred by the Star Devourer. Essentially, Mr. Daheng had sacrificed his own attack so that Mu Ke’s attack could land. The Star Devourer might have a tremendous number of sequence particles, but it was difficult for the astral beast to use them without adequate preparation.

This slash directly struck the Star Devourer’s mouth.

However, the results of the attack that everyone had thought successful left everyone stunned.

The only effect on the Star Devourer’s mouth was a bit of a red mark. It had taken one of Mu Ke’s Verselesss on its mouth without any consequences.

This was the same attack that had destroyed the Inorganic Universe and allowed Mu Ke to fight against Corpse God. Verseless had seriously wounded Cheng Kong, but the Star Devourer had taken the attack so casually.

Lu Yin's expression changed. "It survives by devouring stars. The hardest strongest part of its body should be its mouth. Aim for its stomach instead."

The Star Devourer turned its eye to stare at Lu Yin. "Human, don't expose my weaknesses so casually. That’s not any good. As punishment, I will eat you."

At that moment, a second eye opened.

Lu Yin's expression fell. During ZENITH, he had learned that, each time a Star Devourer opened an eye, the creature’s strength would transform qualitatively. Effectively, each eye represented a doubling in strength, which was very similar to Aeternus’s Corpse King Transformation used by Aeternus. When all six eyes opened at once, the astral beast’s power level would be terrifying enough to overcome all opponents. The Star Devourer was not using anything close to its full strength yet.

"Be careful. It’s incredibly strong. Much, much more so than me."

The Star Devourer grew even more irritated. "Human, you seem to understand me very well. Are there others of my kind in your universe? That's no good. I’ll have to visit your universe so that I can devour all of my own kind. Then, none will know my weaknesses."

The two open eyes then flicked to opposite sides of the beast, and sequence particles appeared in both places. One side drew away Mu Ke’s attack, while the other attracted Mr. Daheng’s attack. At the same time, the Star Devourer charged at Lu Yin, intent on swallowing him.

Lu Yin waved a hand, bringing out his Champions’ Stage. "With my blood, I summon a Champion."

He had just anointed the Cyclops King as a champion, but Lu Yin already needed to use him.

Lu Yin’s power was what manifested the Cyclops King, but because Lu Yin was not capable of using sequence particles himself, his lack of understanding meant that his champions were also unable to use the laws of the universe that they had mastered during their lives.

However, a massive halo of the Hollow shrouded the form of the Cyclops King's summoned body. Just like when Lu Yin released the universe in his heart and it repelled whatever universe he was in, the power of the summoned Cyclops King repelled the Giants' Purgatory with a barrier formed of the Hollow.

The champion was unable to wield the laws of the universe, but it could still deal with such obstacles.

The Cyclops King’s physical strength was very impressive.

The Star Devourer continued its charge towards Lu Yin. Meanwhile, the summoned Cyclops King opened his arms and embraced the astral beast.

With that, the two enormous forms competed with each other in a match of brute strength.

The Cyclops King was forced back one step at a time.

The Star Devourer's head pressed against the Cyclops King’s body, and the beast’s limbs pushed to maintain its momentum against the giant.

Not even the Cyclops King could endure the Star Devourer’s strength without using sequence particles.

Lu Yin took advantage of the opening to pull out Evernight. The Immemorial card was the only thing that he had that might be able to deal with the Star Devourer.

Evernight isolated powerhouses from their sequence particles, so if Lu Yin could draw the Star Devourer into the card, it would become a match of pure strength. Under those restrictions, Lu Yin did not believe that it would still be impossible to kill the Star Devourer if he cooperated with a few other powerhouses.

Although the Star Devourer was incredibly strong, at best, it was equal to one of the Seven Skygods.

Mu Ke, Mr. Daheng, and Lu Yin stood in three different directions. As for Mu Xie, Wang Jian, and Xia Qin, none of them got involved. They were not strong enough to participate in a battle that involved sequence particles. If they rashly took action, there was no telling what sort of losses the second battalion might suffer.

The bottom line was that the Cyclops King was unable to gain any advantage over the Star Devourer even though the Star Devourer had only opened two of his six eyes.

However, the champion had managed to keep the Star Devourer occupied for a bit of time, which was exactly what Lu Yin wanted.

Evernight appeared, and Lu Yin placed it right before the Star Devourer without any problem, instantly sucking the beast into the card’s dimensional pocket.

The pull of the Lost Clan’s cards did not rely on any laws of the universe. Rather, it behaved more like opening a passage to another universe. More importantly, the Star Devourer did not resist at all, and it was instantly sucked into Evernight.

It was completely dark inside Evernight. Both Mu Ke and Mr. Daheng appeared at the same time, and they attacked in unison even though they were also incapable of using their sequence particles inside Evernight. With all advantages being removed, they would unite against the Star Devourer inside of Evernight.

Shockingly, Lu Yin witnessed something incredible.

The Star Devourer's eyes rolled, and the Attraction Sequence Particles suddenly reappeared.

Lu Yin could not believe what he was seeing. How was this possible? Evernight should isolate sequence particles from those inside the card’s space, so why did that ability not work on the Star Devourer?

Both Mu Ke and Mr. Daheng were dragged away by the sequence particles, and they moved towards unknown danger.

"Human, apparently you don't know me all that well. I know about the Lost clan’s cards, and I deliberately entered your card. Watch, the victor will be determined right now." The Star Devourer's deep voice was overflowing with arrogance.

While the astral beast had a very odd appearance with his four limbs and six eyes, he was actually highly intelligent.

Lu Yin had not expected the Star Devourer to be able to ignore Evernight’s restrictions. The beast’s sequence particles did not come from the universe, but rather belonged to the beast himself, stored within the transparent portion of his head.

The creature was incredibly strange. Lu Yin waved his hand, bringing out his Wordless Heavenly Book, which cut through the Laws of Attraction that were pulling Mu Ke and Mr. Daheng away. The Star Devourer was confused. "Human, how did you do that?"

Lu Yin did not waste any time talking to the beast, and he simply left Evernight.

With the humans gone, the Star Devourer left as well.

Once they were back in the Giants' Purgatory, Lu Yin grabbed Evernight and put it away. In front of him, the Star Devourer slowly opened his third eye.

Lu Yin took a deep breath. "Retreat!"

The decision greatly relieved Mr. Daheng.

Mu Ke also did not argue. He was unwilling to allow the Giants' Purgatory, which they had struggled to conquer, fall to the Aeternals’ control. However, against a monster like the Star Devourer, they really had no choice in the matter. Additionally, there were still two other pillars of light remaining, which were clearly an open threat.

If the crusade’s second battalion continued to fight against the Star Devourer, even if they won, there would be two more outsider powerhouses that they would have to face afterwards. The second battalion was facing a force that was about as strong as the Seven Skygods at their peak. Lu Yin had no confidence that they could win.

The Aeternals had managed to ask three outsider powerhouses to help secure the Giants' Purgatory, but that did not mean that those same people could be convinced to go to the Origin Universe.

The results that the crusade’s battalions had achieved across the Endless Frontier were more than enough to stun the Siverse Association, which meant that the crusade had already achieved its goals.

Mu Ke took a step forward and slowly raised his saber as he faced the Star Devourer. A single attack was launched.

The Star Devourer rolled his eyes. Mu Ke was attacking with Verseless, and he was holding nothing back. This attack was powerful enough that even the Star Devourer needed to be careful. He used two eyes to divert the attack with the Law of Attraction.

However, this slash was only a distraction to allow the second battalion to escape.

Mu Xie tore through the void, and the jiao eagerly fled, not willing to stay in the Giants' Purgatory a second longer.

As Mu Ke’s blade fell and the attack arrived in front of the Star Devourer, the attack was continuously diverted. "You humans are very impressive. If you were any stronger, I would have been in danger."

Lu Yin glanced over. "Senior Brother, let's go."

Mu Ke took a step and arrived at the tear in the void. He glanced back at the Star Devourer again, killing intent filling the man’s eyes.

The Star Devourer glared at Lu Yin and the others who still remained in the Giants' Purgatory. "Humans, don't run away."

Before the beast could finish speaking, Lu Yin and Mu Ke had already passed through the tear and entered Aeternus Nation.

In the Purgatory of Vitality, Big Sis and the first battalion received word that the second battalion had returned to Aeternus Nation, and they were told that the crusade was over.

The crusade had lasted for eleven months, and it had been wildly successful. More than ten Progenitor-level corpse kings had been killed, and the battalions had green lit more than a third of the Endless Frontier’s parallel universes. The Aeternals had even been forced to ask their allies for help.

As for the Seven Skygods, both Undying God and Corpse God had been even more severely injured, and Whiteless God had been forced to step out. The crusade had really stirred the muddy waters.

While the crusade and the Sixverse Association had suffered some losses, when those costs were compared to the Aeternals’ losses, the price of the crusade was negligible.

In Aeternus Nation, Big Sis was quite irritated. "Why did we leave in such a hurry? What a waste! If I had been given just a bit more time, I could have broken through the Purgatory of Vitality."

Lu Yin shrugged. "If more outsider powerhouses had shown up, then even if you had wiped out all of the Aeternals in the Purgatory of Vitality, the universe would have been taken back by those powerhouses."

Big Sis gave a disdainful snort. "If they showed up, we’d deal with them as well! The crusade had so many powerhouses, so how can you be afraid of a few outsider powerhouses? It’s not like the Sixverse Association can’t call on its own allies from among the outsider powerhouses. I refuse to believe that the Aeternals are better connected."

Lu Yin was aware of everything that Big Sis was saying, but he refused to risk the two battalions. Before taking such risks, it was first necessary to learn more about the various outsider powerhouses.

The Aeternals’ recent sneak attack on the Heavens Sect had apparently been to steal the sequence particle technology, but Earth had also been attacked, which had forced one of the Lord of Lightning’s powerful underlings to take action. Jiang Chen and Jiang Qingyue had been in the Heavens Sect during the attack, and they were the ones who had first taught Lu Yin about the existence of outsider powerhouses.

After talking for a lot longer, Big Sis’ bloodlust waned. The two battalions spent a brief amount of time conducting some repairs before returning to the Origin Universe. Their return had already been publicly announced by Wang Wen and a few others.

The crusade was greeted by endless cheers. They had indeed won many battles and performed beautifully. While a few complications had appeared, the overall results of the crusade were amazing.

This crusade had demonstrated the Heavens Sect’s power, and it had also elevated Lu Yin's reputation in the Sixverse Association to unprecedented heights.