Star Odyssey

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This was the message that Wang Wen had just sent to everyone stationed at Seasons Fort.

Lu Yin had no time to question why Seasons Fort had any pyrolyte, but the only thing on his mind at the moment was to rush back to the fortress as quickly as possible.
There was no way that the higher-ups would use only a small amount of pyrolyte in this battle. 

He had been taken into outer space by the spider-like beast, and he was still some distance away from the fort.
Even with the monkey’s help, it would not be very realistic for him to return to the stronghold in less than a minute.
Fortunately, there was still the Hunter nearby, and the man grabbed Lu Yin and tore through the void. 

One minute later, space itself was warped as rune lines that surpassed an Enlighter erupted above the stronghold.
It was rather stunning.

Lu Yin stood inside the fort and stared past the sky.
Quickly, violent winds swept through the fortress, and the various planets and mainlands that formed the stronghold began quivering.
Tsunamis struck the coasts as volcanoes erupted. 

There was a terrifying explosion unfolding before their eyes, and yet they heard nothing.

Lu Yin only knew that everything he saw was warped, but he had no way of knowing how widespread this effect was.

After a while, everything returned to normal.
This battle had also ended.

Lu Yin crouched down and held both knees with his hands as he hyperventilated.

This battle had been incredibly difficult for him.
First, he had been chased around by Enlighter beasts.
Then, if not for Elder Wu ’s poison, he would have been captured and taken back to the Astral Beast Domain, which would have been a truly desperate situation.
He could not imagine what he would experience in that place. 

One battle had ended, but what about the next? Lu Yin would still be a person that the Astral Beast Domain needed to eliminate.

Not good—what about Huo Qingshan? Lu Yin’s face changed, and he charged to where he had seen Huo Qingshan fall. 

When he saw the heavily injured Huo Qingshan, Lu Yin immediately moved to help the Hunter apply some of Shamrock Enterprises’ special medications before taking the older man back to a treatment room.

Seasons Fort had no lack of medical facilities, and Huo Qingshan had only suffered from having his arm torn off.
With the state of modern medicine, it would be rather easy to reattach it since Lu Yin had been lucky enough to find the arm. 

Aden also appeared in the treatment area, and he heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Lu Yin was fine.
“I’m sorry.
I was caught up with an Enlighter beast.” 

Lu Yin nodded.
“It’s not easy for you to hold off an Enlighter beast.
It’s fine so long as you survive.”

Out of everyone who had traveled from the Great Yu Empire to reinforce Fort Seasons, only the three of them had survived.
Lu Yin had not been able to protect the rest of them.

It was no wonder why Lohar had used the Hall of Honor’s authority to force all of the weaves to send reinforcements.
Otherwise, no one would have come.
This weave was a blackhole of death where Explorers, Cruisers, and sometimes even Hunters were unable to protect themselves. 

“Featherking is dead,” Aden said in a deep tone.

Lu Yin’s heart trembled, and he felt his mood drop.
Featherking, who was Nightking Feather, had been a powerhouse of the Nightking clan.
He had defended Ironblood Fort for many years and never left the place.

Although Lu Yin did not care for the Nightking clan, Featherking still deserved his respect.

An Enlighter had died so casually, and now, his name would be removed from the Ironblood Rankings.

“It was precisely because of Featherking’s death that Liu Qiuyu and the others weren’t able to withstand the assault anymore.
Hence, Wang Wen had Wen Qichen blow up some extremely volatile material called pyrolyte, 50 grams to be exact, and blast away countless beasts.
Unfortunately, not a single Enlighter beast had died in the explosion since they all were too quick to escape,” Aden explained.

It was no wonder why Wen Qichen had not stopped the spider-like beast, as he had gone to ignite the pyrolyte.
Lu Yin felt that something was strange.
“Why is there pyrolyte here?”

Aden was shocked.
“You know about pyrolyte?”

Aden had been in self-imprisonment this whole time, so he had not heard anything regarding the universe’s major events.
He had not even known about Undying Yushan’s passing since no one had bothered to tell him about it.

Lu Yin gave a simple overview of the events that had occurred with pyrolyte, and Aden commented, “From what you’re telling me, the various great powers of the Innerverse have never given up on searching for more pyrolyte.
It’s been more than half a year since the Sea King stole it from them, so it’s not surprising that they were able to find some more.”

Lu Yin suddenly thought of something, and he immediately checked the ranking list.
He saw that Wen Qichen’s Ironblood Points had increased and jumped to seventh place on the rankings.
From this, Lu Yin was able to guess that the pyrolyte had belonged to the Wen family and that Wen Qichen had been left with no alternative but to donate the pyrolyte to the defense of the stronghold. 

Since Wen Qichen had evidently obtained some pyrolyte, the Sword Sect should have some too.
It was simply a question of whether they would use it all up during this war to hold back the Astral Beast Domain invasion or if they would still have some to bring back.

This made Lu Yin want to get his hands on some pyrolyte and try to upgrade it a bit.

The pyrolyte explosion had not killed any of the Enlighter realm astral beasts, but it had been tremendously destructive against the weaker beasts since it had been an explosion with a power level in the several hundreds of thousands.
This led to four days of peace for Seasons Fort.

Huo Qingshan had his arm connected after just a day, and he was able to recover from a significant amount from his injuries with the remaining time.

The special medications in Lu Yin’s cosmic ring had all been taken from Enlighters, so their efficacy was better than normal. 

During these few quiet days, Lu Yin kept an eye on the rankings list and saw that Wendy Yushan’s name never disappeared.
He knew that she was at least alive.

He had no other way to confirm her status since the battles in Ironblood Weave were just too intense.
He also wasn’t able to contact her through his gadget since their signals were being intercepted by the astral beasts.
Aside from the battle system rankings that were accessible from anywhere in the weave, anything else that required a network connection had been cut off.

The astral beasts did not stop the various strongholds from looking at the Ironblood Points rankings, as the rankings were a double-edged sword.
If the humans dominated in a battle, then the list could be used to improve morale.
If they fell to a disadvantage, then the list would cause the other forts to fall even further into despair.
At this moment, it was clear that the astral beasts were dominating all of the battlefields.
Thus, they wanted all of the humans to pay attention to the rankings list and give in to despair.
The intelligence of the astral beasts was not to be underestimated.