Star Odyssey

ly left him injured.
Even with the Cloudguard Robes’ protection, the force from striking the corpse king’s hand had extraordinarily been painful.
The corpse king was not just physically tough, as it had also used an innate gift or some strange battle technique that was definitely not a corpse king transformation.

Across from Lu Yin, the corpse king did not seem to be in no hurry to make a move.
Instead, it stood in place, as though considering something.

All corpse kings had some degree of intelligence, but humans tended to forget that fact because they would be distracted by the corpse kings’ fearlessness and their disregard for death.
The word “intelligence” could be seen in every corner of the battlefield behind the Mother Tree.
It was not only left behind to remind humans to fight smartly, but also as a reminder that their enemies were intelligent creatures as well and that it would never do to underestimate such creatures.

Lu Yin himself had certainly never underestimated corpse kings, as he found their means of raising Redbacks something truly mysterious.

After a while, the corpse king’s hand suddenly rose, which caused Lu Yin to instantly grow wary.

The corpse king spread its hand open, and a dark gold light flashed out right under Lu Yin’s eyes.
Somehow, the corpse king’s palm attacks were being transformed into a metallic material of some kind, and everyone was able to clearly see the lines in the creature’s palms that it threw at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin’s face twitched a bit.
It was no wonder why that corpse king’s first attack had been able to injure him; the creature had an innate gift.
However, why had the corpse king openly demonstrated its innate gift for Lu Yin to see?

There was a whoosh as the corpse king made a move.
It once again attacked with both hands at the same time.
The full force of its metallic palms stirred up a wave of panic in everyone watching Lu Yin from behind.
Aside from Zhou Tang, no one else present could face such a powerful attack head on.

Golden battle force wrapped around Lu Yin’s body as he also lifted his hand to release a full 350 Stacks Vacuum Palm.

Bang!

Bang!!

Bang!!!

The two opponents’ hands clashed multiple times, creating a deafening noise and powerful sound waves each time that caused many of the people underground to spit out blood.
Lu Yin, who was the one physically clashing against the corpse king, felt a terrible amount of pressure as well.
He felt like he was trying to hold up the collapsing sky for everyone else.
Fortunately, he had already opened his upper meridian point, so even if the vibrations injured him, he was able to quickly heal up.

However, he was still coming out on the losing end of each exchange.

There was another loud bang, as the corpse king had exerted even more force in its attack, and Lu Yin had not been able to keep up with the strength of his Vacuum Palm.
This gave the corpse king an opportunity to hit Lu Yin in the chest before he could mount any sort of a defense.
His chest trembled under the Cloudguard Robes, and he coughed up blood, giving him the appearance of a fallen warrior as he gritted his teeth.
Clearly, directly countering the corpse king’s attacks was not going to work in Lu Yin’s favor.
Corpse kings already had innately robust bodies, and they were also unable to feel any pain.

While Lu Yin was considering his situation, he quickly set up a Channeling Diagram, which diverted the power of the corpse king’s strikes away in all directions, blasting the nearby region.
Each channel of force tore the void open, as each bit of diverted force could compare to a normal Envoy’s attack.
One of the channels diverting the power of the corpse king’s attacks shot straight into the underground crevice, and Che Zhan had to quickly take action and use his sword to mitigate the channeled force.
The channel was cut apart, but the sword also cracked.
Che Zhan was forced back multiple steps from the force of the impact, and he turned pale.

Che Zhan was an Envoy himself, and yet he had been forced so far back.
The others were not able to even imagine what sort of insane damage Lu Yin was facing aboveground.

The Channeling Diagram was unable to endure forever, and a palm strike eventually shattered the sourcebox array.
Lu Yin then stepped forward and used the Teleportation Formation to appear behind the corpse king, where the youth slammed a palm into the back of the creature’s head.

The corpse king’s body disappeared, as it had entered the true universe.
At the same time, Lu Yin quickly stepped into the true universe himself, and all the colors around him shifted.
Only Mr.
Guo and the other Envoys were able to observe Lu Yin and his opponent, and none of the others could see anything.

Within the true universe, the star energy within Lu Yin’s body was completely suppressed.
There was no longer any way for him to use the Teleportation Formation, the Channeling Diagram, or even the Cosmic Art.
Any attacks that used star energy were also completely useless here.
However, for the corpse king, the advantage that its innate gift provided became even more pronounced.

Lu Yin was helpless.
He formed a scythe with his star energy and slashed at the corpse king from an odd angle. 

He had received an inheritance from the Sword Monument that allowed him to defeat tens of thousands of opponents.
With a scythe in hand, Lu Yin was naturally shrouded with an aura of invincibility. 

From where he was standing underground, Mr.
Guo was taken aback.
A scythe? It was rare to encounter someone who used such a weapon, but he felt like he had heard of such a thing before.

As he held the scythe, Lu Yin’s golden battle force surged, and he slashed at the corpse king’s chest, tearing open a long wound.
Unbothered, the creature retaliated with a palm strike at Lu Yin’s head.
Lu Yin calmly spun the scythe around and used it to defend himself from the attack.
He then used the scythe to push the corpse king’s hand away as he spun the blade back towards the corpse king, slashing at it in a circular motion.
The corpse king’s neck was sliced open by the constantly spinning blade.

The corpse king stepped forward, fearless of the scythe.
This time, it attacked with both hands, aiming straight at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin stepped back and left the true universe.
An astral chessboard appeared beneath his feet, but the corpse king suddenly appeared before him as well.
Lu Yin’s expression froze, and he used the Ce Secret Art’s astral chessboard to move away.

Lu Yin appeared right behind the corpse king once again, which caused the corpse king’s two-handed strike to miss.
The void parted like a curtain before the corpse king’s fists, and Lu Yin seized the opportunity to slice his scythe across the corpse king’s neck once again.
However, this time, Lu Yin heard a crisp metallic clang as his blade landed.
A bronze sheen shone from the back of the corpse king’s neck, and Lu Yin’s pupils shrank as he tried to think of some means to counter the corpse king’s innate gift, but he failed to come up with anything.

The corpse king spun around and kicked out, sending Lu Yin flying.
He also lost his grip on his scythe as he smashed into the ground with tremendous force.

The wound that Lu Yin had left on the corpse king’s chest earlier was gradually recovering, which was due to the incredible physiques enjoyed by the corpse kings.

Lu Yin propped himself up from the ground with an arm and struggled to pick himself up as he wiped away some blood that leaked out from a corner of his mouth.
If not for the protection of the Cloudguard Robes, he would have already been terribly injured by this corpse king.

The sprout of a tree that nestled in Lu Yin’s upper meridian point constantly released endless vitality from its leaves, accelerating Lu Yin’s recovery.

His mind raced as he mentally went over all of the abilities that he possessed.
Domain? Useless.
Runes? They did not even exist in the Perennial World.
The Nightking’s Sky Breaker? Trying to attack a corpse king with spiritual force attack was a joke.
The Ninesuns Cauldron Transformation? This things had the power of an Envoy, so Lu Yin wasn’t even sure if this technique was capable of unleashing a threatening attack.
The Champions’ Stage? Neither the summonable Giant Emperor nor Bai Shaohong were a match for this corpse king.
In that case, Lu Yin’s only option was the God of Death Transformation.

But would the God of Death Transformation be enough to defeat this corpse king? It was possible, but Lu Yin did not have much death energy remaining.

He would need help from his items in order to unleash that technique.