Star Odyssey

Chapter 3204: Not A Person

Above the black Mother Tree, True God remained as calm as ever.

Could it really be that easy to kill Arrow God? No, it was extremely difficult.

There were several other members of the Three Pillars and Six Skies who were much easier to kill than Arrow God. She had been born in a universe known as the Li Universe, and that place had had a very peculiar feature; its people’s innate gift.

Not everyone in the Li Universe received the innate gift, but it would occasionally awaken in certain individuals.

The innate gift was called Li, just like the universe. It was a rather simple innate gift, as it let all who awakened to cover themselves in a shell once their cultivation reached a certain level. This shell would be a body exactly like their own, but without any consciousness. The shell could not be sent away from the body or serve as a clone. The sole purpose of the shell was to serve as a substitute for the true body, in the case of death.

Anyone who awakened the Li innate gift would be extremely difficult to kill, because it was impossible for their opponents to know just how many shell layers the person might have.

These shells were invisible to others, but when the person suffered a fatal attack, their shell would take the damage instead of the true body. Only after all the shells were destroyed could the true body finally die.

True God had discovered the Li Universe by chance, and he had visited it personally. He had happened to encounter Arrow God, who had awakened the Li innate gift. In order to consolidate his power, the ruler of the universe would gather anyone who awakened the universe’s innate gift, kill their parents and all their loved ones, and then ensure that the person lost all of their memories of those people. That way, their loyalty would remain solely with the ruler of the universe.

Since the Li innate gift could only awaken at a young age, before a person’s memories were fully formed, there were no risks to the ruler’s actions.

In fact, this method had allowed that person to continue ruling over the Li Universe for countless years.

However, True God's intervention had introduced a change. He had secretly enabled Arrow God to witness her family’s executions, and he had also allowed her to clearly retain the memories. However, True God had not stopped Arrow God from being taken by the ruler of her universe and trained. The ruler had believed Arrow God to be completely loyal, and he had spared no effort in training her.

More than five people in the Li Universe had awakened the universe’s innate gift during that era. In order to ensure that the strongest of them rose up, the ruler of the universe had forced the five of them to kill each other. Ultimately, Arrow God alone had survived. Unexpectedly, she then turned against the ruler and wiped out his entire family line. It was at that moment that True God had appeared and taken the woman to Aeternus.

How could a person with the Li innate gift be killed? Not even True God himself knew how many shells Arrow God had. Three? Five? Ten? Even more?

Inside Evernight’s pocket dimension, Lu Yin and Arrow God were engaged in a fierce battle. He used Infinity to stop the woman’s Chaotic Arrows, Dark Palace to burn her, and his landmass to crush her. Arrow God was constantly at a disadvantage, especially with Dark Palace, which was the Primeval card’s ability that was as powerful as an Ortuser. On top of that, it was impossible to access sequence particles in Evernight, which meant that Arrow God was constantly being overpowered by Lu Yin.

She even ended up exhausting her divine energy. There were places where the dark energy exposed her pale skin, which Lu Yin found rather dazzling.

The woman was beautiful, but she also radiated a cold bloodlust. It was impossible to resist such a wildness, as it begged to be conquered.

Furthermore, Arrow God had no intention of covering herself, and she fought against Lu Yin naked, offering him a clear view.

He could not help getting distracted. Frustrated, he opened up a bit of distance and tried to overpower Arrow God with his landmass, using the Wordless Heavenly Book to grant the land vitality while also using the Dark Palace. With this, he managed to kill Arrow God again.

As he looked at Arrow God drifting in Evernight’s space with blood leaking from her skin and her lifeless body looking like a sleeping beauty, Lu Yin did not lower his guard at all. What’s more, he even attacked again. The next moment, the woman’s skin tore apart, and another figure emerged. She was still as stunningly beautiful as ever, with the same pale skin. There was yet another Arrow God.

Lu Yin’s heart sank. This was an innate gift. It could not be anything else, but the question remained. Just how many times could this woman resurrect herself?

Lu Yin’s current strength meant that working with others to kill Shaman God, Undying God, or even Corpse God would not be too difficult. On the other hand, he felt nervous while fighting against Arrow God, as there was a feeling that it was impossible to kill her.

Arrow God stared at Lu Yin with a frigid expression. “Have you seen enough yet?”

Lu Yin had been contemplating how to kill the woman, so he had been staring intently at Arrow God, who still had not put on any clothes.

“Your innate gift is quite odd.”

Arrow God’s expression remained cold. “You can occupy the Fifth Scourge. I won’t stop you. However, you are not allowed to enter the palace.”

Lu Yin pressed, “Just what exactly is your innate gift?

“Also, please put on some clothes.”

Arrow God continued to stare at Lu Yin. “My innate gift allows me to revive myself dozens of times. You can’t kill me.”

Lu Yin remained unfazed. “Dozens of times? Then I guess I’ll have to kill you dozens of times.”

Arrows appeared around Arrow God, concealing her as though they were clothes. “I can leave this card’s space.”

Lu Yin retorted, “But you can’t escape the Fifth Scourge.”

“That palace is the imperial palace of the Li Universe. I keep it because of my hatred. Everything in that room was made for me by my parents. It’s a room from my memories, which allows me to feel my parents’ lingering presence. It holds no value for you,” Arrow God slowly explained.

Lu Yin was taken aback. “You’ve kept the symbol of your love for your parents inside your hatred for your enemies?”

Arrow God never looked away from Lu Yin. “I’ll share something important with you, but I have a condition.”

Lu Yin shook his head. “I’m not letting you go.”

“Whether I live or die is for me to decide. My condition is that you don’t enter that room,” Arrow God stated.

Lu Yin had already scanned the room but found nothing of any value. It really was just a little girl’s room. It held absolutely no value for Lu Yin, but it served as a spiritual refuge for Arrow God. “Tell me.”

“Do you agree to my condition?” Arrow God demanded.

Lu Yin nodded. “Sure.”

Arrow God stated, “Progenitor Xi is not a person.”

Lu Yin arched a brow. “What does that even mean?”

“I’ve already said what I need to. I won’t betray Aeternus, but Progenitor Xi doesn’t belong to Aeternus. I won’t say anything more, and whether or not you understand is up to you.”

With that, she tore the void open with a slash of an arrow and left Evernight’s pocket dimension, reappearing in the Scourge.

The moment that Arrow God reappeared, Ye Wu and the Abandoned simultaneously attacked. However, she had no intention of fighting against the two men. A wave of her hand caused countless arrows to pierce the void, and they spread out without any end in sight.

Lu Yin emerged from Evernight as well, and he threw a punch. Arrow God was surrounded by her sequence particles, and the Law of Disarray dispersed the power of Lu Yin’s punch. His landmass instantly reappeared, and it dropped down upon her.

Arrow God allowed the landmass to press down, and she even allowed Supreme’s sword to slash at her. Attacks from the Abandoned and Ye Wu seemed to not even be noticed, as Arrow God simply endured each attack launched at her as she forced her way through a spatial tear.

It was hard to pin down anyone at the level of the Seven Skygods when they were willing to risk death to escape.

Arrow God could revive, which meant that she was not afraid of death. Such a person was the most challenging to kill.

“She should be dead now, right?” The Abandoned looked at Lu Yin.

The injuries that Arrow God had suffered as she fled should have been enough to kill her.

However, they had seen her die earlier in the battle, only to resurrect and be completely unharmed. It was bizarre.

Lu Yin frowned. Did the woman really need to be killed dozens of times? Arrow God was quite the tricky opponent. In the future, it might be best to leave her to Sovereign Dou Sheng.

Lu Yin turned around. He glanced at the palace, but while his eyes flashed, his attention instead turned to the black Mother Tree, which he started approaching.

He continued searching for a way to get beneath the tree.

As for the palace, he had no intention of revisiting it. It was of no importance whatsoever.

It might be possible to use the pink room to lure Arrow God back, but doing so might also antagonize her and prompt her to start slaughtering humans. It was not worth the risk.

Besides, Lu Yin considered himself to be a man of his word.

The most frustrated person was the Abandoned. He had dreamed of killing Arrow God, but such a perfect opportunity had slipped away. After seeing the woman resurrect from the dead, the Abandoned had realized that he had absolutely no hope of killing Arrow God on his own.

Only by continuing to work with the Heavens Sect could he hope to have a chance of killing Arrow God.

Any resentment the man had harbored towards Lu Yin for forcing him to join the Heavens Sect had completely vanished.

This was the way of things for cultivators. The Abandon’s civilization had similarly forced others to follow them, so the man regarded Lu Yin’s actions as only natural. It was simply the way of the world for cultivators.

Lu Yin stood outside the Six Paths of Reincarnation Realm. He was disappointed that the Fifth Scourge also did not have a path that led beneath the black Mother Tree.

“What do you keep coming here for?” the Great Sovereign asked.

Lu Yin replied calmly, “I’m searching for a way to destroy this black Mother Tree.”

The Great Sovereign was taken aback, as she had not expected Lu Yin to have such a goal.

True God overheard Lu Yin’s statement from the top of the black Mother Tree. Finally, Lu Yin’s actions had an explanation.

Aeternus wanted to destroy the Origin Universe’s Mother Tree, and apparently, Lu Yin wanted to destroy the black Mother Tree.

Lu Yin was curious about something. “Just what is the connection between the black Mother Tree and the Mother Tree?”

The Great Sovereign replied, “The Mother Tree has been around since ancient times, but for anything regarding the black Mother Tree, you’ll have to ask Yong Heng.”

There was no way that Lu Yin would ask, and there was also no chance of True God answering.

All that Lu Yin knew for certain was that the six Scourges were different from the Origin Universe’s six Mainlands. Those six Mainlands had been a part of the Origin Progenitor’s power, and they could have even been regarded as his weapons. On the other hand, the six Scourges had been created by Aeternus as a counterpart to the Heavens Sect and the Origin Universe. However, the black Mother Tree was not that simple. The tree could not simply have grown on its own.

It was possible that Sapling might one day reach the same size as the Mother Tree, but how had the black Mother Tree come about?

After studying the tree for a while, Lu Yin finally left. His next goal was the Fourth Scourge.

As he made his way to his destination, he mulled over Arrow God’s words. ‘Progenitor Xi is not just a person.’ What did that even mean? Did it mean that she was not human, or that she was not a single individual? Either interpretation seemed possible.

If she was not human, then it implied that Progenitor Xi was some other species.

If she was not a single individual, then it meant that she either had additional powerful allies, or-

Lu Yin suddenly remembered what he had seen on the day the Lu family had been exiled.

Bai Xian'er had laid on a bed, and several figures had emerged from her body, including Professor Wei. That scene had been etched into Lu Yin’s memory.

Could there be a connection?

Not just one person... Bai Xian'er, Wei Nu, and Progenitor Xi?

Lu Yin kept going over the possibilities as he entered the Fourth Scourge.

The Fourth Scourge was essentially the weakest of the six Scourges. It had once had Kong Ji, but after Lu Yin killed him, this Scourge had lost all its true powerhouses. None of the Fourth Scourge’s representatives had passed even the first round of the Divine Selection, and Ye Wu had been capable of challenging the entire Fourth Scourge on his own.

It was overseen by Blackless God.