Chapter 4386: A Fight To The Death

Lu Yin teleported away. When up against an opponent who could teleport, one could never stay passive. The Plume Immortals had attacked their human civilization, but their true target was Lu Yin himself. Since that was the case, he would serve as bait and draw them all to himself.

In the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, a massive branch crashed down, crushing the land and stirring the oceans. It was a branch of the Mother Tree, instantly severed when a Plume Immortal had swept past it.

Awe Gate held Awecloud, a gate faintly flickering behind her.

The moment a Plume Immortal appeared, the gate ceased to be illusory and grew solid. Blood Tower held the hilt of his Blood Blade and instantly attacked. In response, the Plume Immortal swept its talons forward. The Blood Blade shattered, forcing Blood Tower to retreat multiple steps back. He spun around, slashing at the void. Gray streams flowed like threads attaching to the Plume Immortal.

This bird was named Si Qin. It was also a two-law Immortal, and it was about comparable to Ming Yu. Blood Tower was no match for the Plume Immortal, and given Awe Gate’s severe injuries from before, even when working together, the two could barely hold the bird back.

Si Qin spread its wings, and Godplume Spears shot out at both Blood Tower and Awe Gate, who hurriedly dodged.

As Si Qin flapped its wings, the entire universe was suppressed. Both human Immortals spat out blood simultaneously. Galewinds blasted downwards to ravage the land, evaporating rivers and shattering cities. Cries of misery filled the megaverse.

Blood Tower spat blood onto his Blood Blade. "Buy me a bit of time."

Awe Gate thrust her spear forward. Cloud Manifest erupted as miniature gates twined around Awecloud as it stabbed at Si Qin.

The bird sneered contemptuously. Pathetic humans.

Raising a wing, Lifeforce surged out and merged with Immortal matter in the sky, forming enormous wings that swept downward. This attack would not only eliminate Awe Gate, but also shatter the entire universe.

The woman’s face grew deathly pale. Clenching her teeth tightly, she pushed upward against the crushing pressure. Within her body, Mi Jin’s spirit seed that had merged with her own Nirvana Tree Path trembled. Blood streamed from the corners of her mouth. Old hatred and present fury surged as one. Even if she died, she refused to allow these freakish birds to succeed.

Blood Tower clenched his Blood Blade. His eyes had turned crimson. Along the spine of his blade, the gray fuller slowly turned red. Once it was completely filled, he would be able to unleash the strongest strike of his life. He would risk everything on this.

High above, the wings of Lifeforce and Immortal matter swept downwards. It first struck Cloud Manifest. Awe Gate's pupils shrank as she fully released her heartrift power, a rift pushing upward as she ignored the risk of death. Hold! Hold!

With a thunderous boom, the space shattered.

The Frightened Sparrow Terrace shook and broke apart. Qing Yun’s mouth opened wide, her eyes flushing red. Mother!

Crimson bloomed in the void. It was an umbrella. Beneath that umbrella stood Awe Gate and Chu Songyun.

Chu Songyun had opened Jiu Wen's umbrella to block the attack that would have killed Awe Gate. A crimson aura spread outward, moving to envelop Si Qin.

Seeing the red umbrella, hatred filled Si Qin's eyes. It thought of Hong Xia, the human who had dared to betray the Plume Immortals. Though Si Qin had not been a part of the war against the Nine Ramparts, betrayal was intolerable to all Plume Immortals. Hong Xia was guilty, though that insect was even worse.

Teleportation naturally countered the Path of Dispassion, and it was a joke for someone to use the Path of Dispassion’s red umbrellas against a Plume Immortal.

Suddenly, a chill ran down Si Qin’s back. Looking up, it saw Lu Yin looming overhead. From his fingertip, a red thread pierced the void to merge with the ribs of the umbrella.

Si Qin was startled. This was the technique that Hong Xia had previously used against the Plume Immortals. When he had chosen Obscura, betraying the Plume Immortals, they had made several assassination attempts, but he had repelled each one with this technique. If not for the fact that he wished to avoid creating a death feud, his technique could have allowed him to kill one or two Plume Immortals.

Si Qin did not feel the same sort of pressure from Lu Yin as from Hong Xia, but the bird still had no intention of taking any risks. It would first leave the range of the red umbrella.

Yet its body suddenly froze in place. What is happening?

Its eyes locked onto Lu Yin's forehead. Around him, irregular black lines flickered through space. What is that?

Some of the Plume Immortals were able to recognize the power of the Ten-Eyed Divine Crow, but not all of the birds possessed the same knowledge. The Divine Crow had died long, long ago, and it was no longer something that the Plume Immortals feared. For that reason, there was no need for all of them to know about it.

Lu Yin stepped forward, charging straight at Si Qin. His body suddenly withered, yet it also recovered with every step that he took. After more than ten steps, Extremes Must Be Reversed had accumulated as much power as Lu Yin could handle. He threw a punch downwards to smash at the bird with a fist. This blow exceeded all previous attacks that he had ever released in his normal state, because his body had only just transformed, growing several times stronger than before.

At this moment, Si Qin felt threatened by the approaching attack.

At the same time, Blood Tower appeared behind Si Qin. His Blood Blade radiated a crimson light as it swung upwards.

Just as Lu Yin and Blood Tower's attacks were about to connect, two Godplume Spears appeared from the side, shooting at each man. If they persisted with their attacks, there was no doubt that they would hit Si Qin, but they would also be struck by the Godplume Spears.

Nan Ling had attacked.

"Watch out!" Awe Gate shouted.

Lu Yin saw the Godplume Spears, as well as the nervousness and wariness in Si Qin's nearby eyes. He shifted his punch into a palm strike and then teleported. He moved past Si Qin, grabbed the Blood Blade in Blood Tower's hand, and then hurled the man away.

Blood Tower was flung aside. One of the two Godplume Spears missed, piercing the void, passing through the Mother Tree, and leaving the Nine Odysseys Megaverse entirely. The other grazed Lu Yin, opening a bleeding wound in his flesh.

Blood Tower had clearly had no intention of dodging at all. He had chosen to take the Godplume Spear head-on, so long as his Blood Blade could strike Si Qin. Lu Yin had no doubt about that. He had seen the resolve in the Greater Sancte’s eyes.

That was precisely why Lu Yin had thrown him aside. If not, Blood Tower would almost certainly have died.

A single blow from the Blood Blade was not enough to kill Si Qin, nor even seriously injure the bird. The gap between it and Blood Tower was too vast. On the other hand, a Godplume Spear could certainly kill Blood Tower. It was simply not a worthwhile exchange.

Nan Ling appeared and looked down. One Godplume Spear after another shot at Lu Yin as the Plume Immortal roared, "The Ten-Eyed Divine Crow? You actually possess the power of the Ten-Eyed Divine Crow?"

Lu Yin retreated with Chu Songyun, teleporting away.

Up above Nan Ling, the Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm descended, forming what looked like a funnel as it crashed down upon the bird.

Nan Ling kicked Si Qin aside with a foot and then instantly disappeared. Si Qin also instinctively teleported away.

Green Lotus landed where the two birds had just stood. There was an ugly expression on the man’s face. Fighting against teleporters was beyond infuriating.

He looked to the side. Blood Tower was breathing heavily. His hand that held his Blood Blade was covered with wounds.

"This is not the time to fight to the death," Green Lotus stated before looking at Awe Gate in the distance. "Regroup. Staying alive is your first priority."

At that moment, the red umbrella opened in one direction, only to expand continuously, as though it wanted to envelop the entire Nine Odysseys Megaverse.

Chu Songyun closed his eyes, refusing to look at the Plume Immortals as he focused solely on releasing the red umbrella.

Nan Ling and Si Qin teleported outside of the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. "That hateful Hong Xia! If he had never created this technique, we wouldn’t have to fear it!"

Nan Ling spoke in a low voice. "I never expected that human to have also obtained the power of the Ten-Eyed Divine Crow. He must die."

Si Qin sounded puzzled. "The Ten-Eyed Divine Crow? That sounds familiar."

"The Divine Crow was an extremely terrifying creature with ten eyes, whose innate gifts surpassed comprehension. It was able to counter many of the absolute means of fishing civilizations throughout the Aevum Inch, and it specialized in killing Plume Immortals," Nan Ling explained in a deep voice.

Si Qin exclaimed, "I remember now! Yue Ting mentioned it once."

Even though Si Qin was more powerful, Yue Ting had lived far longer.

Nan Ling said, "You must be careful with that human. Do not meet his gaze. If you are immobilized, it will be difficult to escape. As for the red umbrella technique, it is not a true threat. Kill the other human Immortals first. Kill them all."

"Understood." Si Qin vanished.

Nan Ling glanced back at the Nine Odysseys Megaverse before disappearing as well.

Lu Yin had kept an eye on Nan Ling and Si Qin the entire time. He was their target, but they wanted to destroy the entire human civilization. A single moment’s carelessness could lead to endless casualties.

The moment he saw the birds vanish, Lu Yin directly teleported to the Tianyuan.

At this moment, there were three Plume Immortals attacking the human civilization: Nan Ling, Si Qin, and Chang Dou. All of them were two-law Immortals, but Nan Ling was the strongest, approaching the level of resonating with a third cosmic law. Next came Si Qin, and Chang Dou was the weakest.

Chang Dou was currently fighting against Ku Deng, Master Qing Cao, Kang Tian, and Ba Yue, attempting to dismantle the humans’ defenses. Although the bird was far stronger than the four Immortals and had them suppressed, it was not easy to defeat four Immortals who were cooperating with each other and protecting each other.

If Nan Ling and Si Qin were to strike, their ideal targets would be Mister Mu and Jiang Feng in the Tianyuan. The two men were not facing any opponents at the moment, but they remained wary and on guard. The moment Lu Yin appeared, Nan Ling and Si Qin did as well.

Lu Yin's heart sank. He had expected the two Plume Immortals to attack the Tianyuan, but he had not expected them to strike together.

"Master, be careful!" Lu Yin shouted.

Mister Mu's eyes snapped open. One hand moved in front of his chest with a casual wave. Gray streams flowed, revealing one scene after another. If one looked closely, they would see that the scenes were identical to the surrounding environment, and they even mirrored the various changes, as though they were copies of the region.

Within each image was a cauldron.

Nan Ling and Si Qin attacked as one. The pressure nearly caused the Heavens Sect to collapse. This was not something that Lu Yin, Mister Mu, or Jiang Feng could withstand. It was enough force to crush everything.

Fortunately, Green Lotus’s Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm swept through, pouring into the karmic wall that had once surrounded the Tianyuan, reformed it, and raised it tall.

With a thunderous boom, the karmic wall shattered.

Back in the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, Green Lotus coughed up blood. Si Qin was one thing, but Nan Ling was a top-tier powerhouse.

In the Tianyuan, Lu Yin locked onto Si Qin with Heaven's Sight’s: Crow Immobilization.

Si Qin did not even look over, having immediately closed its eyes. Godplume Spears rained down, one after another. Nan Ling's Godplume Spears also appeared. The birds intended to eradicate Lu Yin, the entire Heavens Sect, and even the Tianyuan itself.

At that moment, the cauldron trembled and emerged from the various scenes.

Nan Ling stared at the cauldron. Is that...? "Careful! That is the Ninth Rampart's guardian mirebound artifact. I did not expect it to still exist."

Upon hearing the warning, Si Qin instantly teleported to avoid the threat.

It was not that the bird was unable to withstand the cauldron's attack; rather, its glory as a guardian mirebound artifact was intimidating enough. During the war against the Nine Ramparts, each guardian mirebound artifact had revealed terrifying power, which had led to the Plume Immortals being incredibly wary of them.

They moved away from their original position by teleporting, yet the cauldron was everywhere. Lu Yin was astonished. Is that Album of Time?

When had his master learned Zhao Ran's time-based battle technique?

Mister Mu's expression remained somber. Beside him, Jiang Feng slowly let out a breath. His entire body vanished into nothingness. He was clearly there, yet he could not be seen. Everything Begins from Nothing. The cosmos itself had once been empty.

He picked up a foot and stepped toward Si Qin.

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