Star Odyssey

ground, seeping into the forest.

The biggest difference between this place and the trial zones was that if someone died here, they would truly die, unlike the trial zones, where you would simply vanish.

Lu Yin casually eliminated a war spirit and looked at the corpse on the ground.
This person was only a Melder, and he had not died that long ago.
A corpse normally would not be enough to attract Lu Yin’s attention, but this person was from the small spacecraft that he had fought with right before being sucked into the storm.

Lu Yin could still remember some unique characteristics of these people’s clothes, which meant that it must have been specially made for their organization.
If this person had appeared here, then it meant that the others from their vessel could not be too far away.

Bloodlust filled Lu Yin’s eyes.
If not for those two Cruisers, he would not have been stranded here.
He had to take revenge for this.

Anyone who fell into this forest would start heading towards the golden light, so Lu Yin believed that these people were no exception.

As he continued on towards the light, he met more war spirits, but unfortunately, he still did not meet any living people.

Along the way, Lu Yin eliminated more than twenty war spirits.
This was only possible for him because of his fighting strength that rivaled a Cruiser, but death was a common fate for the majority of people who could not do the same.

Before too long, Lu Yin saw smoke in the distance before it was quickly dispersed.
His eyes gleamed, as this meant that there was someone else there.
He charged ahead.

In the distance, a small gathering of trees had been chopped down to make an open space where more than ten people had gathered.

“What are you doing? There are so many ghosts here, so what are we gonna do if they all get drawn over here?” someone admonished in a low and gloomy tone.

The others around him all angrily glared at a youth.

The youth fearfully answered, “So-sorry.”

“Alright, less bullshit.
Let’s get moving just in case,” someone suggested.

A bystander was unhappy.
“It was difficult enough to clear out this space, and now we have to leave already?”

“Then just stay behind and say hello to the ghosts.”

“Two of us should head back to the spacecraft and bring over the supplies.
Who knows how much longer we’ll be stuck in this damned place for.”

“It’s rumored that only a few people can leave this storm alive, and those who did were all good people.”

“Bullshit! There’s still good people in the universe? Don’t be so naive.”

…

The group quickly fled the clearing.

After they left, multiple war spirits appeared.
They were smart to leave, but they had no luck and ended up running into another war spirit just a kilometer away, and this one was at the Cruiser realm.

The group was overcome with shock, and they all scattered, trying to escape in separate directions.

But against this Cruiser-level war spirit, these people could only dream of escaping.
Just when the war spirit was about to eliminate them all, two figures appeared from different directions and attacked it.

Boom!

Bang!

There were just two loud sounds, and then the war spirit ceased to exist.

The two figures retreated several meters and looked at each other.

Lu Yin looked at the other person who had attacked the Cruiser war spirit, and his face changed.
“It’s you.”

That person in front of him also looked at Lu Yin, and his face similarly changed.
He was the Cruiser who Lu Yin had stunned with Progenitor Wushang’s hide before then being thrown into the storm.
“It’s you!”

The Cruiser was excited to see Lu Yin, and a fierce bloodlust lit up within his eyes.
“Alright! I never thought that I would be able to run into you here.
The heavens themselves must be allowing me to get revenge for my brother.”

Lu Yin squinted, and he trembled with bloodlust as well.
“You people tried to sacrifice others to pave the way for your escape.
No matter if it’s your brother or you, death cannot atone for your crimes.”

“It’s your turn to die!” the Cruiser bellowed, and his body changed as it became an incomparably firm stone.

Lu Yin was stunned, as this change was actually an innate gift.
This Cruiser had actually been concealing his strength.

Against a Cruiser with an innate gift, Lu Yin had no plans of fighting him head-on, and Progenitor Wushang’s hide once again appeared in his hand.
This thing was a great killing tool.

Abruptly, an earth-shattering pressure swept across both of them, causing Lu Yin and the Cruiser to exchange shocked glances.
It was that Hunter level war spirit again, and the two cultivators charged straight at the golden light without hesitation.
Any personal grudges were immediately thrown to the back of their minds.

Lu Yin wanted to conceal himself with the Invisible Aura Technique, but he knew that the Cruiser would not allow him to hide himself that easily.
Thus, he could only escape into the distance with the older man.

The pressure grew even greater, and a chill ran down Lu Yin’s spine.
He could sense the war spirit’s aura, and the number of rune lines congregating behind him was increasing as well.
The war spirit was about to act, but Lu Yin gritted his teeth as he gripped Progenitor Wushang’s hide.
He was in a dilemma, but he was hesitating about whether or not he should throw this thing out.

He didn’t have much time to think, but then, the Hunter realm war spirit suddenly changed directions and headed for the Cruiser.

Lu Yin was stunned; why had it not attacked him? What could be the reason? Could it possibly be Progenitor Wushang’s hide?

Based on what the monkey had said, Progenitor Wushang and the Rune Progenitor had both reached the Progenitor realm.
Perhaps at that level, cultivators had an innate reaction towards the strength that they had left behind, and that might have been what had helped Lu Yin to avoid this crisis.

No matter the reason, Lu Yin could relax as long as he was not targeted.

When the Cruiser saw the war spirit turn to pursue him, his soul left his body.
He was not a Realmbreaker like his elder brother, so he could not challenge a Hunter.
He desperately tried to increase his speed in order to escape again.

Lu Yin’s eyes gleamed, and he did not leave the area.
Instead, he maintained some distance from them and followed behind the Cruiser and the war spirit.

Within the forest, a terrifying aura swept across and caused many trees to fall down.
In front of the pressure, the Cruiser desperately fled for his life as a war spirit relentlessly chased after him.
Even further behind them was Lu Yin.

The space in this location was strangely firm, and not a single one of the three could move by tearing through the void, which caused the speed of all three people to be about the same.

High above them, the golden radiance became even more dazzling.