Star Odyssey

Chapter 2960: Winning Over

As soon as Da Hei finished speaking, he raised a hand, causing his cloth to fly towards Old Mo.

Stone Ghost stepped forward to stabilize the sourcebox array.

At the same time, Lu Yin took action.

The sight of the approaching cloth caught Old Mo by surprise. What was it? He was a cautious person, so even if his opponent was not a sequence powerhouse, Old Mo would still be careful. That habit only became more exaggerated when he encountered something as odd as this cloth.

Old Mo instantly fell back, though the cloth pursued him closely.

It looked like the cloth had the upper hand and that Old Mo was afraid of it. This gave Da Hei a bit of confidence, and he pushed the cloth further in an attempt to capture Old Mo.

Old Mo frowned. The more he looked at the cloth, the less sequence particles he saw. In fact, this strange thing did not appear to be all that powerful.

His hand rose, and he used a finger to release a sword technique.

Sword qi surged and tore right through the cloth. Darkness sequence particles followed right behind, enveloping Da Hei.

Da Hei's voice suddenly changed. "We can’t defeat this sequence powerhouse. Ye Bo, hurry up and capture Qing Ping."

As Da Hei spoke, divine energy surged out and merged with the cloth.

Old Mo was startled. "Aeternals?"

It was at this moment that Qing Ping charged away. He did not try to tear through the void, and instead used pure speed to try to get away.

Qing Ping’s combat strength could not compare to any of the True God Guard Captains, but it was different when it came to speed. Right when ‘Ye Bo’ and Stone Ghost were about to capture the Chief Justice, he used a visualization method to manifest the Divine Eagle. The bird screeched at the sky, and Qing Ping started moving much faster. He broke away from Lu Yin and Stone Ghost.

Stone Ghost lost his temper. "Why didn’t he try to tear through the void to escape?"

His sourcebox array had been set up for nothing.

Upon seeing Qing Ping escape, Old Mo let out a snort of derision. "Darkest Sky."

Endless Darkness Sequence Particles spread across the entire universe. Countless people stared in a daze as everything grew dark and disappeared. Fear struck as all fighting stopped.

Beneath the Darkest Sky, only one could stand tall. This was a trick that Old Mo had mastered with his sequence particles, and it allowed him to send an entire universe into darkness.

Qing Ping was unable to escape from the darkness that shrouded the entire Meter Universe, and Da Hei and the others from Aeternus were also swallowed. They could only resist with their divine energy.

Lu Yin clenched a fist. Old Mo was clearly determined to capture Qing Ping. Lu Yin shouted, "This person wants to kill Qing Ping! We need to capture him alive! Use your divine energy."

Da Hei and Stone Ghost had no time to consider the situation, so they followed Ye Bo’s lead. Divine energy erupted from their bodies and merged high above, creating a sun of divine energy that drove the darkness back.

This sun of divine energy was much larger than what the Chiliagonist could create on his own.

Old Mo had been very cautious all along, so the sight of the sun of divine energy spurred him to use Inverse Step to chase after Qing Ping. Fighting could wait for after the Semi-Progenitor was captured.

Lu Yin stared at Old Mo and then shot forward. He pierced the sun of divine energy while observing the spatial lines, and then used them to pursue Old Mo.

As far as anyone else could see, the sun of divine energy inexplicably connected to a distant location and then moved in a manner that defied any concept of speed. The movement sundered the entire universe.

Old Mo whipped around to stare at Lu Yin. Was this the power of space?

The divine energy merged with the spatial lines, allowing Lu Yin to warp space. At the same time, Old Mo’s Inverse Step also produced a field of chaotic time and space, and the two distortions collided, instantly shattering the void. The divine energy countered the sequence particles, and Old Mo instantly retreated. He kept a wary eye on Lu Yin before racing after Qing Ping once more.

Qing Ping was also quite quick, and he had already reached the edge of the encirclement formed by the twenty-five Progenitor-level corpse kings. A corpse king was right in front of the man was, and it attacked Qing Ping.

However, Qing Ping used Old Mo’s darkness to use Skyless, borrowing the Sequence Progenitor’s strength to eliminate the Progenitor-level corpse king.

Old Mo's eyes lit up. "How clever! Come with me."

The old man did not use any battle techniques, just the pure power of a Sequence Progenitor, to cross through the void. The spatial lines that had merged with divine energy were unable to stop Old Mo, as he had used his sequence particles to push through.

Lu Yin grew anxious. Old Mo was clearly determined to capture Senior Brother Qing Ping. Unless Lu Yin revealed his true combat strength, it would be very difficult to stop the old man.

Already, Lu Yin had exposed his mastery of the power of space. He could not afford to reveal anything more.

Two more Progenitor-level corpse kings rushed after Qing Ping, one from the left and another from the right. They were closely followed by Old Mo, who was constantly closing the distance. Darkness Sequence Particles permeated the entire universe, and while some of the sequence particles had been driven back by divine energy, it was still impossible for anyone to tear through the void to leave. Old Mo could instantly stop any such attempt.

The only escape was through the cosmic door.

No matter what happened, Lu Yin could not allow his senior brother to be caught.

Lu Yin's eyes blazed. There was no choice but to expose himself.

At this moment, a gray mist suddenly appeared, and it surrounded Qing Ping before spreading out to envelop the approaching Progenitor-level corpse kings and Old Mo.

Old Mo wanted to disperse the fog, but he discovered that he was unable to do so immediately.

The old man attacked again, finally dispersing the fog, only to discover that Qing Ping was already far away.

Next to him stood a woman. It was clear that she was Xi Wei.

Lu Yin had sent a message to Proximity before anything took place, but he had not expected them to send Progenitor Smoke over.

While Progenitor Smoke was not nearly as powerful as Ancestor Tianyi or the others, she was still one of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, and she was certainly capable of stalling someone like Old Mo for a brief moment with her smoke. A single moment was all that someone with the strength of a Progenitor needed to reach one of the spatial portals.

Old Mo glared at Progenitor Smoke and Qing Ping. So what if they were already at the spatial portal? They were so close, yet also so far away.

Darkness engulfed the spatial passage. In order to leave the universe, it was necessary to pass through the Darkness Sequence Particles. Neither Xi Wei nor anyone else present dared to make that attempt.

However, the next moment, a red light pierced the void, penetrating the darkness at Xi Wei and Qing Ping's sides, opening a path to the spatial passage for them.

Xi Wei and Qing Ping shot forward, escaping from the Meter Universe.

Old Mo turned back to glare at Ye Bo. Behind him, Da Hei and Stone Ghost quickly caught up. At the same time, all of the Progenitor-level corpse kings were in the area, as well as the sun of red divine energy overhead.

This was not a situation that Old Mo wanted to fight in, so he simply left.

Lu Yin and the others had no intention of chasing after Old Mo. They were incapable of holding back a sequence powerhouse who wanted to leave, and Old Mo was not at all weak among sequence powerhouses.

"Don't blame me. The only option was to help them escape. If that old man had captured them, we would have gained nothing at all," Lu Yin commented.

Stone Ghost replied, "Progenitor Xi made it clear that Qing Ping needs to be captured alive, not dead. You did well, though our mission is a failure. On top of that, we exposed our intentions of capturing Qing Ping."

Lu Yin shook his head. "That’s not the case. We were actually attacking that sequence powerhouse the entire time. As for Qing Ping, I helped him twice. There’s no way he’ll ever think that Aeternus is also trying to capture him after that."

Da Hei retracted his cloth. "Let’s return to the Scourge."

Lu Yin refused, "No, let's go to the Origin Universe. Our mission isn’t over yet."

Stone Ghost stepped back. "I'm not going to the Origin Universe with you."

Da Hei softly joined in, "I’m not going either."

Lu Yin looked at the two. "If you want to complete this mission, then we need to chase them to the Origin Universe. By now, Qing Ping must be feeling quite safe, which means that this is the best time for us to attack. You both know how important this mission is to Progenitor Xi."

Da Hei stared at Lu Yin through his black cloth. "That's not enough of a reason to die. Chong Gui was captured in that universe, Ju Ji was killed, and Yu Huo was beaten into his original form, nearly dying. All of that happened in the Origin Universe. Aeternus doesn’t want to make any trouble in the Origin Universe right now, so we need to return to the Scourge and wait for our next orders from Progenitor Xi."

‘Ye Bo’ was unwilling to give up. "Believe me, this is really the best time to capture Qing Ping. I am very familiar with the Origin Universe, and nothing will happen to us there."

However, the other two made a point of deliberately ignoring Ye Bo as they pulled out their cosmic doors and returned to the Scourge.

Lu Yin had no choice but to do the same.

Lu Yin’s urging of the two other captains was not sincere. He had simply wanted to provide a reasonable excuse for why he had helped Qing Ping twice.

In the Scourge, Lu Yin shared all that happened and was entirely truthful. He even admitted to helping Qing Ping twice so that he could escape.

Da Hei and Stone Ghost never interrupted.

Progenitor Xi took a moment to consider the matter. "Who was it that helped Qing Ping escape?"

Lu Yin lifted his head. "One of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas, Progenitor Smoke."

Progenitor Xi's eyes flashed. "Xi Wei?"

Lu Yin was surprised, as this reaction indicated that Progenitor Xi and Xi Wei knew each other. How? That simply did not seem possible. There was no denying that the two had similar names, and Lu Yin had actually first thought of Progenitor Smoke after hearing Progenitor Xi’s name.

While Progenitor Xi did not show much concern for anything else that happened during the mission, she was very interested in Xi Wei's actions.

"Senior Progenitor Xi, I wish to go to the Origin Universe and complete this failed mission," Lu Yin stated.

Progenitor Xi looked at him. "While your mission failed, our goal was not revealed, and you prevented Qing Pin from being captured by that sequence powerhouse. This is not a complete failure.

"There is no need to go to the Origin Universe. Right now, we cannot take any overt actions against the Sixverse Association. Silence is key right now."

Lu Yin frowned. The more insistent that the Aeternals were about not targeting the Origin Universe and the Sixverse Association, the more nervous he became. It was clear that there was a much bigger plan in play. The Ossis Ark would destroy humanity as soon as the True God emerged from seclusion, and the Sixverse Association would naturally be doomed. This was all that Lu Yin could think about.

"That sequence powerhouse who used the Law of Darkness should be Mo Shang. He was originally someone from the Origin Universe’s ancient Heavens Sect, and he was even one of the masters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates. His position regarding us is unknown, but there is no denying his strength.

“Ye Bo, I’m assigning you another task: win over Old Mo," Progenitor Xi ordered.

Da Hei and Stone Ghost both left, as neither of them were needed for this next mission.

Lu Yin was caught off guard. "Win him over?"

Progenitor Xi appeared lost in thought. "I’m rather familiar with Old Mo. During the Heavens Sect era, he betrayed Wu Da. He is timid and terrified of dying. He has no morals, but is both talented and cautious. He can be brought over to our side, and recruiting him will serve our master well."

"Do you want him to become the missing Skygod?" Lu Yin asked.

Progenitor Xi did not answer the question. "Take the Chiliagonist with you. He’s fought Mo Shang before."

Half a month later, the Chiliagonist returned to the Scourge, and he quickly headed towards the Endless Frontier with Ye Bo.

The Aeternals had already found traces of Old Mo. He was actually still in the Meter Universe.

Lu Yin was quite curious about this. "How did Aeternus manage to track down a sequence powerhouse?"

The Chiliagonist smiled. "That is the power of us Aeternals. We can find anyone we want to."

"For example?"

"Anyone at all."

"Where is Dao Monarch Lu of the Heavens Sect?"

The Chiliagonist froze for a moment. "How should I know? There’s no way anyone would tell me something like that. If you want to know that, go ask Progenitor Xi.

“Wait, do you want to try to assassinate Dao Monarch Lu? Don't go try to kill yourself."

Lu Yin made a point of being upset. "Everyone from the Lu family needs to die! Dao Master Lu only relies on a number of external powers, but he isn’t even a Progenitor himself. With divine energy, I think that I can kill him."

The Chiliagonist just shook his head. "Stop dreaming. Even if you fought him one on one without anyone else helping him, you don’t stand a chance. That man is an absolute freak. Amongst both the humans and us Aeternals, monsters at his level are not our True God Guard’s business. That man is the Seven Skygods’ target. All we need to do is complete a few missions."

"You seem quite familiar with him," Lu Yin commented in surprise.