Chapter 605: Chapter 580 Entering the Trap
When Lu Yan was killing three Tianjiaos of the Origin Continent, outside of the True Meteor Realm, among the strongest above, a mirror was floating.
This mirror was none other than the Supreme Treasure, the Heaven Stealing Mirror.
On the Heaven Stealing Mirror, the images of Lu Yan’s killings of the Tianjiaos from the Origin Continent just now were emerging.
Seeing three Tianjiaos consecutively killed by Lu Yan, the countenances of the strongest from the Origin Continent were extremely somber.
Especially those of the Immortal Clan, and the two strongest from the Ancestral Soul Clan and the Light Clan, their faces looked even grimmer, with strands of murderous intent emanating from their bodies, chilling to the extreme.
"This Zhang Wei, what is his background? Isn’t he ranked second in the starry sky? But the combat power he just displayed is simply stronger than Chen Xuanhuang, the Primordial Quadra Entity. Since when did such a monster appear in the starry sky?"
The Immortal Ancestor spoke, with a voice cold as ice.
"What a pity, the True Meteor Realm was formed by the fall of two supremes, obscuring the secrets of heaven, isolated from the world. Even with the use of the Heaven Stealing Mirror, it’s very difficult to see the details of their actions clearly, not to mention their methods."
The Emperor of the Nine Worlds sighed.
"Judging from the way they just acted, that Zhang Wei used a soul attack technique, ever-changing, and seems to be the Soul Heaven Calming Chaos Skill of the Soul Heaven Hall."
Another supreme from the Origin Continent spoke.
"You aren’t mistaken, it is indeed the Soul Heaven Calming Chaos Skill of our hall."
The Master of Soul Heaven Hall, stroking his long beard, appeared quite pleased with himself.
Lu Ming looked at the Heaven Stealing Mirror, expressionless, but inside, he felt much relieved.
"This True Meteor Realm can block the mechanisms of fate, not bad at all. In this way, the chances of Lu Yan being exposed are much smaller, sparing me a lot of trouble."
Lu Ming mused internally.
The True Meteor Realm, blocking the mechanisms of fate, they could only make out the images vaguely through the Heaven Stealing Mirror, but they could not discern the details of the actions.
Moreover, with the Formation covering given by Lu Ming, others couldn’t detect it even more so.
"Lu Ming, where is the Lu Yan of your Dragon Alliance? With his exceptional talent, why is he not participating in this showdown?"
The Immortal Ancestor suddenly turned around to look at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming frowned slightly and said, "Nine-Headed Insect, you’ve asked for the second time already. Our alliance’s Lu Yan is still weak in cultivation level. He risked advancing his cultivation to participate in this confrontation, but ended up injuring his core. He’s currently healing, with his cultivation still at the Tao Fifth Layer. How could he participate?"
"What? You don’t think that Zhang Wei is Lu Yan, do you? Do you believe Lu Yan could be that strong?"
Lu Ming retorted.
The Immortal Ancestor frowned, staring intently at Lu Ming, as if trying to read something from his expression.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t discern anything.
Judging from the performance at the Origin Battle, the disparity between Lu Yan and the current Zhang Wei was too great.
It was hard to associate the two together.
Yuan Tiandao has the Origin Dynasty as a backing and possessed a talent that was peerless through the ages, enabling him to elevate his cultivation level to the Tao Seventh Layer Peak in a mere few centuries.
Lu Yan did not have such talent.
The Dragon Alliance also lacked the profound depth of the Origin Dynasty.
"Don’t worry, no matter how strong that Zhang Wei is, once he encounters Yuan Tiandao, the outcome will be the same."
A voice rose, coming from the current sovereign of the Origin Dynasty.
The others didn’t say anything more.
Indeed, although Zhang Wei had for the moment gained some points, as soon as he met Yuan Tiandao, the outcome would be the same.
These points would eventually fall into Yuan Tiandao’s hands.
They firmly believed that Yuan Tiandao was invincible.
Without the Origin-Ancestor Body appearing, the All-Origin Body was unbeatable.
And the Origin-Ancestor Body, for countless years and across the recorded history of over a dozen cycles of cultivation, had only appeared twice.
True Meteor Realm.
Lu Yan and Zhang Xinru, after shaking off the Battle Spirit, found a place to rest.
Zhang Xinru seized the time to heal her injuries.
Lu Yan took out three Sumi Mustard Seed Bags to inspect, and soon, three Token Pieces appeared in his hands.
Two of them were worth five points each.
The third one had the number ’twenty’ inscribed on it.
"The Token Piece carrying twenty points from the Immortal Clan’s Tertiary Initial Body, indeed."
Lu Yan revealed a smile.
With this, he had already acquired thirty-five points.
After a while, as Zhang Xinru’s injuries stabilized, they set off again, looking for the marks left by those from their side of the boundless starry sky, to meet up with them.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
Following the marks, Lu Yan and his group found four more people.
In total, there were now six of them.
Not far from where Lu Yan and the others were, a figure was flickering through the forest, moving with stealth.
This was a Tianjiao from the infinite starry sky, named Zhong Huan.
Perhaps it was bad luck, but since he entered the True Meteor Realm, he had not encountered any companions from the boundless starry sky. Instead, he once crossed paths with a Tianjiao from the Origin Continent, and after trading blows without either emerging victoriously, they both retreated.
Not long ago, he had seen a specific secret mark of the starry sky and followed the marks all the way here.
"Eh, the marks end here, so the person must be nearby."
Zhong Huan murmured, carefully exploring the area.
Suddenly, around him, Formation Patterns emerged, forming a Formation.
"This is..."
Zhong Huan’s face changed, and he leaped back in an attempt to escape, but it was already too late. The Formation evolved into gigantic chains, interlocking with one another like a vast net, closing off all directions.
Zhong Huan struck with all his might.
Being a Dual Primebody, the overlaying of his dual domains unleashed astonishing attacks, bombarding the chains.
But the chains merely clanged, not a scratch on them.
Around him, several figures appeared.
There were eight people in total, looking at him with cold stares.
Zhong Huan’s complexion went deathly pale in an instant.
All were Tianjiaos from the Origin Continent. He had been lured into a trap set by the Origin Continent, waiting for him to take the bait.
But how did those from the Origin Continent come to know the secret marks of the boundless starry sky?
If it weren’t for the secret codes of the starry sky, he would not have followed all the way here.
There was a traitor.
A thought struck Zhong Huan, and his face grew even uglier.
There was definitely a traitor, clandestinely collaborating with the Origin Continent.
"Who is it, you traitor, you shall not die a good death,"
Zhong Huan roared with fury.
"Sadly, it’s just a small fish,"
a woman from the Origin Continent said, shaking her head in disappointment.
"Even a small fish is meat. Kill this one first and then stay hidden to lure other ’fish’ to bite,"
a young man spoke.
This person was dressed in a purple robe, handsome in appearance, with black hair casually tied with a ribbon.
All these were quite normal, but what was truly unforgettable at a glance were his pupils.
His pupils, at first sight, resembled an archery target, divided into rings upon rings, totaling nine rings, each ring a different color.
He pressed his palm toward the void, and countless runes spread out, the light of the formation surged, evolving into innumerable sword lights and blade glows, assaulting Zhong Huan.
Zhong Huan, unwilling to accept defeat, resisted with all his might.
But the young man with ringed pupils was clearly far superior in strength to those of the Dual Primebody level.
Soon after, Zhong Huan no longer made any sound, and a Sumi Mustard Seed Bag flew out, landing in the hands of the ring-pupiled youth.
Shortly thereafter, a five-point scoring token appeared in his hand.
"Hide for now, let’s try to hook a big fish,"
the ring-pupiled youth said.
He and the other seven young men and women vanished in a flash from where they stood, and the formation, too, went into hiding without a trace.
...
"Hey, there’s a mark over there."
Lu Yan and his party were on their way when suddenly, Zhang Xinru’s eyes lit up, and she teleported to a large stone.
The rock was covered by vines, which Zhang Xinru pushed aside to see a mark engraved on the stone, the very secret code of the boundless starry sky.
"To the north, go."
Lu Yan and his six companions quickly headed north.
Before long, they spotted another mark.
Following the marks, they moved on, finding nine in total, and arrived in a lush forest.
"Wait a moment."
Suddenly, Lu Yan let out a low shout, stopping everyone in their tracks.
"Brother Zhang, what did you find?"
Zhang Xinru asked.
Lu Yan did not respond, but with a flick of his finger, a swooping blade of light burst forth from his fingertip, rapidly enlarging and cutting towards a certain area of empty space.
Suddenly, numerous formation patterns emerged in that vacant space, intertwining into a formation that blocked the blade of light from Lu Yan.
"There’s actually a formation."
"Which brother has laid out this formation?"
Zhang Xinru and the others inquired, thinking it was a trap laid by a Tianjiao skilled in formations from the boundless starry sky, not realising it was a trap set by the Origin Continent.
But a cold light flickered in Lu Yan’s eyes.
Because he sensed that someone was watching them from the shadows.
Though it was covert, it could not escape Lu Yan’s senses.
People from the Origin Continent.
So be it.
Lu Yan, courageous due to his high level of skill, did not lead his people away immediately.
The next instant, his figure flickered, and eight silhouettes appeared before them.
"Didn’t expect your spiritual perception to be so sharp, to actually detect the formation I laid out..."
One of the youths with ringed pupils said.
These eight were the very same Tianjiao from the Origin Continent.
"Zhang Wei..."
The ringed-pupil youth, along with the other seven, stared at Lu Yan with intense fervor.
The strongest from the Origin Continent had informed them that the hundred-point scoring token of the boundless starry sky was on Zhang Wei.
"We’ve truly caught a big fish,"
one of the youths chuckled, his eyes ablaze with excitement and murderous intent.
Zhang Wei might rank second in the boundless starry sky.
But with the ringed-pupil youth there, even if Chen Xuanhuang, the first of the starry sky, were present, they would have no fear.
"You seven set up the Combined Strike Array for an attack, I will break the enemy with the formation,"
the ringed-pupil youth communicated telepathically to the other seven.
Those seven, in perfect sync, moved swiftly and established a Combined Strike Array, their energies woven together to materialize a mighty dragon that lunged towards Lu Yan and his companions.
"Set up the formation."
Lu Yan and his companions, well-prepared, also set up a Combined Strike Formation immediately, conjuring a war blade that cleaved forward with force.
Their formation team, though one person fewer than the opposition, had more strength with Lu Yan present, making their Combined Strike Array even more powerful.
Their blade light sliced the dragon in two.
The enemy’s Combined Strike Formation shook, and the seven who set it up involuntarily stepped back.
"This strong?"
They were taken aback but, thinking of the ringed-pupil youth’s presence, they surged forward with full confidence, pushing their Combined Strike Array to attack Lu Yan and his party once more.
At the same time, the ringed-pupil youth made his move. With a wave of his hand, numerous formation flags flew out, planting themselves into the earth.
He then quickly manipulated a series of symbols, as countless formation patterns spread out from beneath his feet and from his hands, blanketing the ground and the void.
A vast formation emerged into view.
