《Star Odyssey》Chapter 698: Era Of Great Changes
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Outside the Hall of Insight, countless people across Sourcepeak Planet watched as it collapsed, all of them with sorrowful expressions.
The Hall of Insight was Sourcepeak Planet’s holy land, and it also formed the core of their beliefs. It had allowed Sourcepeak Planet to become famous throughout the universe, and the Lockbreaker Society had also relied upon it. The Hall of Insight represented the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society, but now, it had completely disappeared.
The collapse of the Hall of Insight signified the end of an era; the end of these enormous organizations monopolizing the universe’s power. What would follow was a cleansing of the Outerverse, which was Wei Rong’s true goal. Only by obliterating the original structure would they be able to build a new one upon its ashes.
The people all watched on as the Hall of Insight was completely reduced to nothing more than ruins that crumpled into the mountain range below.
Wei Rong smiled brightly. “This is the first, but not the last to fall. Let’s go.” He then leaped up towards outer space.
The others followed Wei Rong away from the planet.
With the collapse of the Hall of Insight, many Lockbreakers went crazy. They were also afraid of being implicated in this matter. Due to the people behind the scenes, they would face injustice and death if they ended up being affected by this event.
As the Hall of Insight’s ruins crashed down into the mountain range below, Twin Daemons decided to seize this opportunity to sneak attack Lu Yin and the others once again. They had learned their lesson; this time, the twins no longer used just two swords, but rather four. Lu Yin might have a way to block one sword and divert another, but he could not possibly block four swords. After all, he was just an Explorer, and such an absolute difference in strength could not be overcome.
Lu Yin had not planned on letting the Hall of Insight be destroyed, but he felt a surge of liberation as he witnessed its collapse. He then raised a hand, and a pike appeared in it that released a spiritual force attack that wantonly swept out in all directions. The various people who had not reacted to the collapse of the Hall of Insight yet hurriedly tried to retreat, and the independent cultivators were instantly knocked unconscious by the spiritual force.
The Lockbreakers were still alright, as their spiritual force was stronger than the average cultivator’s.
The worst off were the mercenaries, who had tough physical bodies to deal with environments where star energy was sparse, which meant that their resistance towards spiritual force attacks was practically zero.
When the pike was pulled out, the mercenaries were finished.
Twin Daemons were also overwhelmed, and they backed away as fast as they could. Their resistance to spiritual force was also very poor, and it might not be much stronger than the mercenaries’ as they were conjoined twins that shared one heart. This was equivalent to one person’s spiritual force resistance being spread out between two individuals. Even as a Hunter, their resistance to spiritual force was only about equivalent to a Cruiser’s.
Lu Yin held the pike tightly as his majestic aura spread out, accompanied by the unrestrained pressure of the pike’s spiritual force. Everyone who saw this felt a sense of awe.
With a whoosh, the pike stabbed straight towards Twin Daemons.
Twin Daemons was shocked; they had hidden themselves within the void, so how had Lu Yin found them?
Spiritual force swept through the void, and Twin Daemons dodged aside once again.
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Lu Yin had discovered that this person seemed to be very afraid of spiritual force attacks, so he thrust the pike forward once again. This time, he did not target Twin Daemons, but rather a cultivator from the Umbral Butterfly Tribe. As the pike neared them, the cultivator couldn’t even react as her body was pierced through. Her cosmic ring vanished from her finger along with a drop of fresh blood, both falling into Lu Yin’s hands. The next moment, Lu Yin changed targets; all of the cultivators and mercenaries who had invaded the Hall of Insight died one after another while Lu Yin kept collecting their blood and cosmic rings.
He did not know who had taken what from the Lockbreaker Society’s treasury or whether the attackers had already transported it out. He did not need to know, as he just had to kill all of them.
Twin Daemons no longer dared to approach Lu Yin any longer, and the rest of the mercenaries were even less of a match for Lu Yin.
Wei Rong quickly learned of the circumstances in the Hall of Insight’s ruins as he had already returned to one of Endless Borders’ vessels. He looked at a screen with an unsightly expression.
Angie frowned as well, and she closely watched a screen as Lu Yin massacred everyone who came near him. Since their last meeting, this person had become even more terrifying.
When they had both been in the Astral Combat Academy, Lu Yin had just broken through to the Limiteer realm, and he had relied on just that strength to act lawlessly. No, even when he had been just a Melder, he had dared to provoke an Area Master. Afterwards, he suppressed the Daynight clan and offended many of the Innerverse’s powers that belonged to the eight great Flowzones.
Lu Yin had even become more famous after leaving the Astral Combat Academy with his results at the Sea King’s Son Selection within the Starfall Sea. He had defeated Mu Rong, Ling Que, and had then become the indisputable top Limiteer in the universe.
During the battles on Planet Pyrolyte, he had relied almost entirely on himself to seize control of the greatest pyrolyte mine. After the Innerverse and Outerverse had been cut off from each other, Lu Yin had flown to yet greater heights, killing Enlighters while being no more than a Limiteer and shocking the universe.
Due to the changes that had come with the Outerverse being isolated from the Innerverse, the central weaves had found it difficult to get news of the Eastern Weaves, but Angie had never stopped looking for news related to Lu Yin, as this person gave her a feeling that he was practically the son of heaven.
And now, Lu Yin had become even more terrifying. Without relying on any external items, he had actually blocked Twin Daemons’ assault and even counterattacked. He was just an Explorer, so how had he been able to do it?
If Wei Rong gave Angie the impression that his intelligence was inhuman, then Lu Yin’s battle power gave her the same impression.
“Our objective has been achieved. Everyone, withdraw. Do not bother with Lu Yin,” Wei Rong ordered. He had realized that Lu Yin could be a serious annoyance as he watched more and more of Lu Yin’s trump cards be revealed. Wei Rong dared to guarantee that Lu Yin still had other hidden abilities, as he was an Explorer who dared to step foot on a battlefield with Enlighters. At this time, Lu Yin had not put on his universal armor, nor had he taken out any of his other external objects. It would simply be asking for trouble to tangle with such a person.
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Angie sighed, as even Wei Rong did not dare to provoke Lu Yin. This person truly stood at the peak.
Ah Mu stared at the screen showing Lu Yin and slightly relaxed. Seventh Bro was indeed worthy of being Seventh Bro, and he was still amazingly powerful. Wei Rong had been able to force even Saul into a difficult position, but he could not deal with Seventh Bro.
After hearing Wei Rong’s orders, Twin Daemons were the first to retreat, and the others quickly dispersed and withdrew as well.
There were too many cultivators who had invaded the Hall of Insight, as there were thousands of them. Even with Lu Yin’s pike and the assistance of the other Lockbreakers, he was not able to block everyone’s retreat. They were only able to keep a portion of the attackers from escaping.
Lu Yin noticed Twin Daemons’ rune lines moving away, but he did not give chase as doing so would be pointless.
The space around the planet constantly trembled as star energy abnormally converged in a certain region. It was Saul and Lord Egret’s battlefield.
Fiend Li had been severely injured by Saul and had crashed down onto the planet as a result of his injuries. He had only awakened when the Hall of Insight started collapsing, but it was already too late. He stared into the distance at where the Hall of Insight had once stood, and he grieved.
Over the course of so many years, ever since the Lockbreaker Society had first been established, it had never suffered such an intense shame. Now, the Hall of Insight had been destroyed, and its treasury was empty. The impact that this would have on the remaining Lockbreakers would be considerable.
“I have let Geoffrey down, as well as all Lockbreakers,” Fiend Li sighed as he looked up.
Beneath the altar, Mr. Jun tried to escape, and Felynn clenched her fists in anger. The Wei family, the Umbral Butterfly Tribe, the Shadowsword Sect, Aegis, and Endless Borders—all of these people had betrayed her. She had wanted to seize the president’s seat, not destroy the Society. What had they done?
She clearly knew that everything had been done by them, but she could not expose them. The sullenness and indignation currently raging within her heart could not be explained.
No, there could not be any greater losses. True Insight—as long as they still had True Insight, the heart of the Lockbreaker Society would not be lost. As for the Hall of Insight, she could simply rebuild it after becoming the president. The roots of those four trees had not been damaged, and the sourcebox array still stood strong. Those were the most important things.
Felynn began to search for Deng Pu, but Deng Pu had long since vanished. Lu Yin had also searched for him when Saul and Fiend Li’s fight had first started, but he had not been able to find him either.
Fiend Li leaped up and away from the planet, as those murderers who had destroyed the Hall of Insight were still nearby. He could not accept this outcome. The Hall of Insight might have already been destroyed, and there was nothing he could do about it now, but the items from the treasury had to be reclaimed.
In outer space, within an Endless Borders’ spacecraft, the news of Fiend Li chasing after them was received, though Wei Rong just simply smiled. “As expected, that old fart is looking to die.”
Fiend Li raised a hand and swatted at the vessel, but at that moment, the void suddenly fluctuated as Twin Daemons appeared. They used their sword technique that could cross realms and rival Enlighters to leave several sword scars on Fiend Li’s body. After receiving a vicious blow, Fiend Li collapsed back onto the surface of Sourcepeak Planet.
“These old bastards still think that it’s their era. They don’t even know that the times have changed.” Wei Rong smiled.
Angie commented, “It changed when the Outerverse was cut off from the Innerverse.”
“Wrong.” Wei Rong gave Angie a serious look. “It changed when the Ten Arbiters were born. From that moment on, the universe has moved in the direction of the younger generation.”
Angie did not understand what he meant.
Wei Rong turned back to look at the screen, and Lu Yin’s figure suddenly reappeared as the scene shifted. “The Ten Arbiters are the result of this era’s great changes, as are Lu Yin and I myself. I don’t know who will ultimately stand as the trailblazer of this era, but I will work hard to pave the way for the newer generation to steer through these troublesome times. It just depends on if these people are willing to hop onto my ship.”
Angie heard Wei Rong muttering to himself, but she could not understand a single bit of what he was saying.
However, Ah Mu, who was standing behind her, fell deep into thought.
“Tell Lord Egret not to play around with Saul any longer. Let Saul’s fate be decided by the Lockbreaker Society. It’ll give them some trouble and prevent them from looking for us,” Wei Rong ordered.
On Sourcepeak Planet, beside the ruins of the Hall of Insight, Lu Yin stopped, completely exhausted. There were Lockbreakers surrounding him, and Aden approached Lu Yin to say, “The enemies have been taken care of.”
Lu Yin nodded, but then he suddenly thought of something. “Did you grab their cosmic rings?”
Aden was stumped. “Their cosmic rings?”
“Of course. These people stole the treasures that were accumulated by the Society through countless years, which means that there must be untold treasures in their cosmic rings! Of course we must take them back,” Lu Yin stated matter-of-factly.
“Take them? And then what? Hand them over to the Society?” Aden asked in a gruff voice.
Lu Yin rolled his eyes.
“Seventh Bro, this fellow has become stupid from his time in prison. His brain no longer works as fast,” the Ghost Monkey ridiculed.
Lu Yin did not bother answering Aden, as it would not be too suitable for the Hunter to do such things. However, there were so many cosmic rings laying about, as well as so many eyes watching. Lu Yin could not brazenly take anything, which was such a pity.
The sky trembled, and Lu Yin looked up. He saw the boundless rune lines that represented the Enlighter move away, leaving Saul’s rune lines as the only ones above the planet. The battle was ending.
Nobody had expected that the magnificent Outerverse Lockbreaker Society, a colossal giant of the universe, would actually be the victim of a plot by a few Outerverse weaves and corporations, not to mention how the event had unfolded. Wei Rong’s methods had been simple yet clean, and he had taken advantage of many people within the society. So many had ultimately become his pawns, including even Fiend Li and Felynn. But what was this youth’s final objective?
“With Wei Rong’s personality, he would not offend the Lockbreaker Society this badly just for some treasures. That’s not his style.” Wang Wen also felt that things were strange. He was extraordinarily intelligent, but even he could not see through Wei Rong’s motives. The two young men were similar creatures, and they both had methods to bury their schemes extremely deeply.
No matter what Wei Rong’s objectives were, Sourcepeak Planet was currently a disaster.
Saul returned to Sourcepeak Planet, and he quickly noticed that the Hall of Insight was in ruins, as well as countless indignant looks that were directed towards him.
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