Star Odyssey

Chapter 3200: A Slap

Eventually, as Lu Yin was watching his die slowly come to a stop, it finally landed on six pips. His eyes lit up, as he had finally rolled Possession.

In the strange dark space, he saw a brilliant ball of light shining brightly in the distance. There was no hesitation as Lu Yin shot towards the orb of light. Given its brightness, it had to represent someone as strong as the Seven Skygods.

A barrier tried to stop Lu Yin, but it failed. His consciousness was too strong after his star of consciousness had fully recovered. He easily broke through and merged with the orb of light.

Right after that, Lu Yin experienced a familiar sensation; he had Possessed Ancient God.

Without any hesitation, Lu Yin fiercely slapped his own forehead.

"Lu Yin-" True God’s voice rang out.

Lu Yin's hand struck with a bang, and the world spun in his vision. He ended the Possession and returned to the dark space. Behind him, a large square seal came crashing down. Lu Yin raced back to his own body, narrowly avoiding the seal. This time, he had successfully moved faster, as he was prepared this time.

In the First Scourge, Ancient God spat out a mouthful of blood, he doubled over and was gasping for breath.

What had just happened?

A short distance away, Progenitor Xi frowned. "It was Lu Yin again."

Ancient God's pupils fluctuated. He had injured himself, but that had been Lu Yin's goal all along.

True God’s voice rang out, "Pass down my orders: No one in Aeternus is to act recklessly. Stay in pairs. If one moves, their partner must stop them."

"As True God commands," everyone replied with a bow.

Across the Fifth Scourge, the Fourth Scourge, and all the others, every last member of Aeternus formed into pairs.

Naturally, the one partnered with Ancient God was Progenitor Xi.

Aside from Progenitor Xi, there was no one else who could instantly stop Ancient God.

The man held his forehead. "I’m fine. Even if he seizes control of my body, I would struggle to kill myself. At most, I'll be injured, but I'll recover quickly."

"It’s that mirebound artifact. As expected, something born of the megaverse itself is truly miraculous. Even you can be hurt this way," Progenitor Xi marveled.

Ancient God calmly sat down and said nothing.

Progenitor Xi continued to face the Skygod.

At the top of the black Mother Tree, True God felt helpless. Lu Yin was ensuring that Aeternus could not move. Since Lu Yin had already escaped from True God after one possession, he would be able to do so a second and a third time. The young man was capable of seizing control of any one of Aeternus’s powerhouses and then force them to injure themselves. Even if doing so did not kill someone, if too many powerhouses were injured, the Heavens Sect could attack them, and the Aeternals would be in grave danger, unless the Boundary Guardians intervened.

A single mirebound artifact had pushed Aeternus into a disadvantage.

The only hope was for Whiteless God to find some evidence that Lu Yin was the one responsible for Tian Fa’s death. Such evidence would provide the Boundary Guardians with a legitimate reason to attack the Heavens Sect.

Within the Heavens Sect, Lu Yin’s eyes opened. He had Possessed Ancient God again. That was strange. Ancient God had clearly broken through and entered the Origin realm, which meant that, logically, there should be too large of a gap between Lu Yin and the man for Possession to be possible.

The only possible answer was that Lu Yin’s consciousness had grown too strong.

Possession was an ability that relied on the power of consciousness. Lu Yin had devoured Xu Jin’s consciousness, and that creature had been one of Aeternus’s Three Pillars. Even if Gu Yizhi had successfully become an Ortuser, Xu Jin's consciousness was still sufficient to Possess him.

However, the Possession would only last for a brief moment.

In other words, even if True God had not disrupted Lu Yin, it still would have been impossible for the Possession to result in Ancient God’s death. A few breaths’ time was not enough to force the Skygod to commit suicide.

As he watched his die slowly spin, Lu Yin smiled. Ancient God had slapped himself... I wonder how that felt. While the resulting injury had not been serious, it would still take a bit for Ancient God to recover.

Lu Yin had no idea who his next target might be. The Aeternals had to be on high alert at this moment, but that did not matter. Lu Yin’s only goal was to prevent Aeternus from inserting themselves into Tian Fa’s death.

Also, there was still Whiteless God who needed to be dealt with, as that Skygod had never revealed herself. Lu Yin frowned, as he had forgotten about Whiteless God, as well as the last of the Three Pillars.

That thought prompted Lu Yin into extending a finger and rolling the die again. As long as he used divine energy, he would eventually possess one of those two mysterious individuals.

Lu Yin was eager to learn Whiteless God’s true identity.

He had already made the decision; unless something unexpected happened, he would remain in seclusion, rolling his die. He was determined to use Possession to expose Whiteless God.

The die slowly stopped spinning, showing two pips. Again, he had rolled Gift Copy. He kept going until he managed to roll Possession again.

His consciousness returned to the dark space. Lu Yin looked in all directions, but could not see even a single bright ball of light. He started searching, but still failed to find even one.

When rolling the die with divine energy, Lu Yin did not have to worry about how much energy he consumed. His star of divine energy was large enough to sustain almost any usage.

However, after searching far and wide without ever finding an orb of light, he finally gave up.

Ten days later, he rolled his die again, but he failed to roll Possession even once. He then waited for another ten days before resuming.

During Lu Yin’s time in seclusion, Tian En paid the Heavens Sect a visit, but she was driven away by Hongyan Mavis. The butterfly left without even delivering a threat.

Lu Yin spent nearly two months in seclusion when he finally rolled Possession for the third time. The more he rolled his die, the more difficult it became to roll six pips. That was just the way the die worked.

This time, he quickly saw a light, but this ball was not particularly bright, which suggested that it represented someone with the strength of a Progenitor.

Since there was no other option, Lu Yin merged into the orb.

He opened his eyes to see nothing but red filling his vision. Was this... a lake of divine energy? As memories started to pour into his mind, Lu Yin let out a breath. He had not expected to possess this frenzied corpse again.

This frenzied corpse was the one in a lake of divine energy in the First Scourge, and it was not very far away from Hui Wu. Lu Yin had Possessed the frenzied corpse once before, and he had seen Hui Wu at that time. Lu Yin was seeing the same sight as before.

In the lakes of divine energy, True God could sense Lu Yin, so the Possession had to be very short.

He turned to look at Hui Wu, already intending to end the Possession, as there was no real value in Possessing a frenzied corpse.

Suddenly, his expression changed. There was a pair of dark-red eyes staring back at him. They belonged to Hui Wu, but while they should have been murky and devoid of any spark of intelligence, there was unmistakable clarity in the eyes staring at Lu Yin.

These were the eyes of someone fully aware and intelligent.

The eyes served as windows to the soul, and Lu Yin was certain that he saw awareness and intelligence in this pair of eyes.

Hui Wu retained his mind.

Though briefly stunned, Lu Yin quickly returned to the dark space. The large square seal chased him through the mysterious space, trying to crush his consciousness, but he managed to return to his body quickly enough to avoid the attack once again.

As long as Lu Yin reacted quickly enough, not even True God could do anything to him.

Lu Yin lifted his hand to continue rolling the die. He needed to Possess that frenzied corpse again so that he could learn what was going on with Hui Wu. If he could simply Possess Hui Wu himself, that would be even better.

Hui Wu had been given the opportunity to escape from Aeternus, but he had chosen not to. That decision meant that he had been exposed as a human spy when Mu Ji had finally returned to the First Scourge. Hui Wu had then been cast into a lake of divine energy, condemned to become a frenzied corpse.

One time, when the First Scourge had been invaded, Hui Wu had carried Shao Yin to the black Mother Tree, though for the reason why was unknown. After the battle’s conclusion, Hui Wu had been thrown back into the lake of divine energy.

It did not matter if the man was a corpse or not, so long as he was transformed into a frenzied corpse.

However, Lu Yin was absolutely certain that the transformation had not succeeded. Although there were signs of Hui Wu being corrupted by divine energy, his eyes remained incredibly clear. What was the man doing?

Lu Yin recalled what Hui Wu had said when Lu Tianyi and Lu Yin had tried to take the man away from the First Scourge. "This isn’t the right time."

Hui Wu undoubtedly had his own plans.

Lu Yin needed to Possess that frenzied corpse again so that he could speak to Hui Wu and learn exactly what the man was planning.

A month later, Lu Yin finally rolled Possession again. This time, he saw two very bright lights, as well as one dim one. He immediately merged into the dimmer light, for the sole reason of hoping to Possess Hui Wu.

Unfortunately, he instead ended up Possessing a Progenitor-level corpse king in the Second Scourge. Lu Yin instantly forced the corpse king to commit suicide.

Again.

Ten days later, he rolled six pips again, only to find nothing. He failed to find even a single orb of light.

Again.

Time flowed by, and in the blink of an eye, six months had passed. During this time, Lu Yin infrequently rolled Possession, and even when he did, he rarely ever found any balls of light. His greatest success was when he had Possessed Di Qiong, but True God had acted too quickly, forcing Lu Yin to retreat right after he forced Di Qiong to slap himself.

A slap. Just a single slap. Such an attack could not cause enough damage to make any difference. Even Ancient God had already recovered. Since such slaps were pointless, Lu Yin decided to stop performing them.

A slap echoed loudly across the First Scourge. As soon as Lu Yin ended his Possession, Di Qiong let out a roar of rage that resounded across the First Scourge.

The sound caused Forgotten Ruins God to bark out a laugh.

The Aeternals were usually cold and indifferent individuals, but many of them found themselves wanting to laugh at this scene.

Yet even as they wanted to laugh, Lu Yin's tactics also gave them all chills. If he used this method during an actual battle while they were fighting against an enemy, they would not merely suffer humiliation, but death.

Progenitor Xi specifically asked True God if there was any way to counter Lu Yin’s actions, but not even True God had any solution to offer. This was the power of a mirebound artifact.

While the Aeternals were feeling pinned down, Lu Yin was also frustrated.

Six months had passed, and he still had failed to Possess that frenzied corpse again. How was he supposed to meet Hui Wu?

He sighed and rolled the die again. It slowly stopped spinning and showed six pips.

Lu Yin's eyes lit up, as this roll had gone very smoothly.

Once he was in the dark space, Lu Yin saw a dim light far away. He instantly shot towards it, and merged with the light.

He opened his eyes. Was this Chong Gui?

He had Possessed Chong Gui again. There really were not very many Aeternals who had cultivated divine energy, and that led Lu Yin to repeatedly Possess the same people.

Chong Gui was facing Mu Ji, who was sitting across from him. Lu Yin received some memories, but nothing of any value.

True God had ordered everyone in the Scourges to pair up to counter Lu Yin’s ability. With this, even when Lu Yin succeeded in Possessing someone, there was not much that he could do.

On top of that, all the Scourges were filled with divine energy, which was another of True God’s tactics to deal with Lu Yin.

Even so, there was no way to truly stop Lu Yin from acting first. For example, when he had Possessed Di Qiong, he had immediately slapped himself.

Lu Yin looked around at the surrounding divine energy. The last time that he had Possessed Chong Gui, True God had not known about the Possession until after Lu Yin moved. It was possible that, this time, True God would discover the Possession more quickly due to the fact there was divine energy was all around them. True God had prepared for Lu Yin, and there was already a thread of divine energy wrapped around Chong Gui's wrist.

In that case...

Lu Yin moved Chong Gui’s body, raised his head to look over at Mu Ji, and then slapped him across the face.

Mu Ji did not react in time, and the slap connected. Mu Ji was stunned by Chong Gui’s slap and then grew furious. "Lu Yin, it's you!"

In Chong Gui’s body, Lu Yin laughed loudly. "To think that the mighty Aeternals have been forced to resort to these means just to deal with me myself! I, Lu Yin, am truly honored! Hahaha!

"Yong Heng, do you think that you can stop me? I can possess any creature, no matter if they are a corpse king, a frenzied corpse, one of the Seven Skygods, or one of the Three Pillars and Six Skies. You can't stop me!"

With that, the Possession ended.

In the dark space, the massive square seal fiercely crashed down.

Lu Yin was already back in his body, and he let out a breath of relief. That had felt too good.

He had spoken to make sure that Hui Wu heard him. As long as he could possess that frenzied corpse, Hui Wu would know that it was Lu Yin. If the man needed anything from Lu Yin, he would recognize his chance to share it.

However, the problem remained whether Lu Yin could Possess that frenzied corpse again.