Star Odyssey

Chapter 3023: Powerful Weapon

Chapter 3023: Powerful Weapon

“Also, this woman is incredibly powerful. Is she Whiteless God?”

Lu Yin replied, “Her name is Progenitor Xi. She isn’t Whiteless God.”

Lord Xu’s voice betrayed his wariness. “The full depth of Aeternus’s strength is indeed profound. Anyone they send out is a formidable opponent.”

Lu Yin was equally wary. He did not know Progenitor Xi’s history or level of strength. While the First Scourge had been attacked multiple times in the past, Progenitor Xi had never really done much to defend the place. Even so, Lu Yin distinctly remembered how Astral Anura had formally greeted the woman, and how she had referred to the Great Sovereign as Tai Hong. It was clear that Progenitor Xi was no ordinary figure.

The fact that she was familiar with both Astral Anura and the Great Sovereign meant that the woman’s simple appearance belied more.

When the Purple Emperor saw Progenitor Xi appear at the entrance to the Scourge, he heaved a sigh of relief. This woman’s presence showed that Aeternus would not allow its allies to die.

Progenitor Xi walked towards Shao Yin. She slowly and deliberately took each step, as though unaware that she was on a battlefield.

Shao Yin was staring at the ground. He was drenched in his own sweat and breathing heavily.

“How do you feel?” Progenitor Xi asked, her voice soft and gentle.

Shao Yin clenched his fists and rose to his feet. He looked over at Lord Xu with a great deal of caution filling his eyes. “I didn’t expect Xu Jiea to have such an ability.”

Progenitor Xi glanced at the gathered humans. “Never underestimate anyone. Anyone who is able to become the ruler of one of the Sixverse Association’s member universes is not simple, and that even includes Dao Monarch Lu.”

Shao Yin stared intently at Lord Xu for a moment before turning to Progenitor Xi and giving the woman a slight bow. “Thank you, Progenitor Xi, for rescuing me.”

While submerged beneath the lake of divine energy, Shao Yin had succeeded in merging Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang, and he had broken free from the lake with his own power. At that moment, he had shaken the entire Scourge, and he had also greatly resented Progenitor Xi for punishing him. His pride in his new strength had made him arrogant enough to look down on the woman.

Progenitor Xi had not taken that to heart. Aeternus needed powerful individuals who could support them, and she had tacitly approved of Shao Yin’s escape from the lake of divine energy. She had even implicitly accepted him as a new member of the Seven Skygods.

However, the most recent battle had just crushed Shao Yin’s arrogance, while also revealing some of Progenitor Xi’s power to him. Seeing it destroyed his confidence, as he did not believe that he could force back Lord Xu on his own.

With Whiteless God above and Progenitor Xi in front, as well as Shao Yin and the True God Guard Captains, it looked like it would not be possible for Lu Yin and the others to eliminate the Purple Emperor and the being of pure energy.

Seeing Shao Yin’s respectful attitude towards her, Progenitor Xi ignored the man, and her gaze drifted to Aeternus’s opponents. “Xu Jiea, have you recovered?”

“Thanks to being left alone and given a period of peace. You know me?” Progenitor Xi had never left the Scourge, so not even Lord Xu knew who the woman was. Despite that, she recognized the Voidlord.

Progenitor Xi’s expression remained calm. “Of course I know the ruler of the Voidforce Universe.”

“And yet I don’t know you,” Lord Xu retorted.

Lu Yin’s interest was piqued. He only knew of the woman as Progenitor Xi and knew absolutely nothing about her past or her abilities.

Progenitor Xi did not continue the conversation and instead looked over at Sovereign Dou Sheng. “This battle has taken quite a toll on you.”

Sovereign Dou Sheng was still breathing heavily. “Three losers thought that they could ambush me. If you hadn’t intervened, I would have left them without so much as an intact corpse.”

The Purple Emperor’s eyebrows rose. “If you hadn’t received reinforcements, you would’ve died.”

Progenitor Xi drily commented, “He’s right. If we had not come to rescue you, you would have all died and your corpses destroyed.”

The Purple Emperor felt puzzled, as he could not understand Progenitor Xi’s comment.

Lu Yin and the other humans were similarly confused, including even Lord Xu.

Sovereign Dou Sheng appeared to be on the verge of death, so how could he possess the strength to kill both the Purple Emperor and the being of pure energy?

Of the Cyclic Universe’s Three Sovereigns, Dou Sheng was unquestionably acknowledged as the most powerful of all, and he was seen as second only to the Great Sovereign herself. Still, even his impressive level of strength had limits, and the Purple Emperor had cooperated with two other outsider powerhouses to ambush the Sovereign. Such an attack should have been enough to kill the man. Was it really possible that he had kept some of his strength hidden?

Sovereign Dou Sheng stared at Progenitor Xi for a long moment. This woman was not simple.

Finally, Progenitor Xi’s gaze fell to Lu Yin. Her eyes filled with both admiration and a bit of surprise. “Dao Monarch Lu, it’s been a while.”

The smell reached Shao Yin as well, and he stared at the item in Lu Yin’s hand. It was so disgusting.

Woof! Skydog’s reaction was the most intense, and he instantly vomited.

From his cosmic ring, Lu Yin had taken out the strange fruit that he had obtained from lockbreaking. The thing gave off the worst stench imaginable.

When the Sixth Mainland had invaded the Fifth Mainland, Lu Yin had used this fruit to disgust many people, and at this moment, he had taken it out again, hoping to confound Skydog’s sense of smell. If the dog wanted to smell something, then Lu Yin would give him something special.

An intense, foul stench spread across the Scourge.

No matter if they were allies or enemies, everyone pulled away from Lu Yin as they stared at him in shock. Where had such a foul smell come from?

The stench of the fruit was something that Lu Yin knew not even Envoys could shield themselves from, but it was nothing more than a nuisance. Lu Yin had used the fruit to chase away anyone at the Enlighter realm and below, including even Zhi Yi and Bu Kong. Not even their secret techniques had been able to protect them from the smell of the fruit. However, Lu Yin had been against such weak opponents at that time that there had been no reason to expect the foul fruit to also be effective against even peak powerhouses.

It was only at this moment that Lu Yin understood how wrong he had been. Everyone around him was a peak powerhouse or a sequence powerhouse, but none of them could shield themselves from the smell of the fruit. How was that possible?

Even Lu Yin was taken aback. Could even Progenitors not block the smell?

Cough, cough!

Sovereign Dou Sheng coughed violently.

Lu Yin blinked.

Lord Xu could not help but speak up, “Hurry up and put that thing away! If you’re not careful, we won’t be killed by our enemies, but rather die of disgust instead.”

Lu Yin asked in shock, “You can’t block it?”

“Obviously not.”

“With your sequence particles?”

“They can’t stop it.”

Lu Yin’s expression changed. It was clear that something was wrong. How could sequence particles not block the smell of the fruit? That should not be possible.

It was also clearly not only the Voidlord who was unable to block the smell of the fruit, as it was obvious that the same was true of the more distant Sovereign Lotus, and even Progenitor Xi. The smell affected Shao Yin, the Purple Emperor, and everyone else present as it spread across the battlefield. No one could stop the smell.

Everyone stared at the nasty fruit as they wondered what it was. Even sequence particles could not block its smell!

Lu Yin was also suffering. Truthfully, it was a struggle for him to endure. He could understand why this fruit had driven Bu Kong, Zhi Yi, and others crazy when he had used it in the past. However, he had no choice but to endure for the moment. The fruit was the only thing that could confuse Skydog’s sense of smell. It was clear that the dog’s nose was extremely sensitive.

Woof! Skydog tucked his tail between his legs and fled back into the Scourge, vomiting as he ran.

Progenitor Xi’s expression grew solemn. No matter who Aeternus faced, no one could kill Skydog. The dog had never fled from a battlefield with his tail between his legs.

Sovereign Dou Sheng’s eyes went wide in surprise. The unkillable mutt had actually run away. When the Sovereign had pushed his way into the Scourge, he had been unable to kill the dog no matter what he did. It was clear that Skydog had unexpectedly met his nemesis, which was an unexpected benefit. Suddenly, Dou Sheng felt a sense of fondness for the foul stench.

“Put it away now!” Lord Xu urged.

Since Skydog had run away, Lu Yin quickly stored the fruit back in his cosmic ring. He was also unable to endure the smell any longer.

As the smell dissipated, everyone eventually recovered.

Lord Xu was amazed. “Kid, just what is that thing? Even sequence particles can’t block its stench. That defies the laws of the universe.”

Lu Yin pursed his lips. “I got it from lockbreaking.”

Lord Xu nodded. “I see. Anything that is sealed in a sourcebox is not simple. Unfortunately, most sourceboxes are empty when opened and are therefore usually more useful in sourcebox arrays. When you have a chance, let me borrow that thing.”

Lu Yin readily agreed, as he was also quite curious about the fruit. If not even sequence particles could stop the fruit’s smell, what would happen if it was Enhanced with his die? It could become a very powerful weapon.