Chapter 757: Chaotic Battle (1/2)

The assassin’s strands of hair were thin and delicate, so nobody noticed them, which meant that nearly 10,000 people had been caught by the hair. They lost all of their life force in an instant and were reduced to corpses. These people had just been commoners, not even as strong as the weakest sort of cultivator. Thus, they had no way to stop the Magistrate from absorbing their life force.

Lu Yin’s eyes went wide. “You dare!”

The Magistrate had sunk into the ice seal and absorbed the life force of nearly 10,000 people with his hair. He watched as Lu Yin’s hand sneaked out, and he also raised a hand to counter Lu Yin’s attack. There was another thump as the Magistrate was once again smashed into the ice by Lu Yin, causing the ice to fracture. But Lu Yin did not come out of the exchange unscathed either, and he was forced back several steps. His Thirty Stacks, Hundredfold Shockwave Palm had actually been reflected back at him, which had rendered his right arm momentarily powerless.

He looked up, astonished. He saw that the Magistrate had been embedded into the ice seal, but the assassin’s body was now shrouded with a purple-red battle force lined with red stripes. This was nine lined battle force.

The Magistrate had absorbed the vitality of 10,000 people, and he had also managed to improve his battle force to nine lines.

Lu Yin’s scalp turned numb as the Magistrate gave him a cold smile before his figure flashed away. When he reappeared, he was already right in front of Lu Yin, his hair stabbing forth. The assassin’s nine lined battle force stunned Lu Yin, but he still activated the Yu Secret Art to quickly divert the hair attack. However, the Magistrate would not fall for the same move twice. Countless strands of hair shot out of the void and stabbed at Lu Yin, each one of them reinforced by nine lined battle force.

Lu Yin was struck by countless strands of hair, and his body was flung back into the ground.

The Magistrate dashed forward again, his hair piercing through the void and stabbing into the ground. Suddenly, the direction of the hair changed as the radiance from a blade slash tore through the area, signalling an approaching attack.

The hair blocked the bladelight, causing a dazzling cascade of sparks to burst forth. The Magistrate was forced back repeatedly by the surging bladelight until the radiance shattered with a bang. However, a second wave of bladelight appeared from Zi Rong right after. A sinister look entered the Magistrate’s eyes, and his body suddenly flashed and disappeared.

Zi Rong’s bladelight sliced cleanly into the ice seal and caused it to quiver as a solid chunk of ice was shaved off. Still, the attack did not break through it.

Zi Rong was stunned to discover that there was a fellow Hunter in the Great Yu Empire who could actually block his bladelight.

Outside the ice layer, Yan Yan was also surprised by the blade attack. The bladelight had nearly gone through his ice seal, which showed that the attacker was an exceptional powerhouse. As he thought about it, Yan Yan continued to build up the ice, as he definitely would not allow anyone to escape from the battle.

Underground, Lu Yin was panting heavily as waves of pain emanated out from a point in his c.h.e.s.t. If not for his universal armor, he would have been killed by that earlier attack since nine lined battle force could easily penetrate his body.

He looked at the bladelight that had shot across the ground, and Lu Yin leaped up to look for the Magistrate.

However, he could not find the Magistrate, though he saw a large number of rune lines approaching Zi Xue and Luo Shen from underground. Zi Rong was busy fending off some other threat, his face solemn. It appeared that he had not noticed the sneak attack yet.

Unfortunately, he had forgotten that he was actually the primary target of the assassins. As soon as Lu Yin moved out, the underground killer knew that he had been exposed, and he struck at Luo Shen without hesitation as a blade flickering with a cold light slashed out. It was Feng Zi.

Zi Rong turned around and barked, “Stop!”

Luo Shen helplessly watched on as the tip of the blade closed in on her, but then, a layer of blue ice suddenly appeared in front of her. It was Zi Xue, and although the knife easily shattered the blue ice when it struck it, the ice had slowed down the attack enough that Lu Yin was able to arrive. He grabbed Luo Shen for the second time and tossed her away from danger before striking the ground with a loud bang. He ruthlessly unleashed an Overlaying Stacks attack without any restraint and shattered the ground, though there was absolutely no trace of Feng Zi to be seen.

These assassins were very skilled at hiding and disguising themselves, and they also had power vessels that could cause their rune lines to vanish. Even Lu Yin found it difficult to deal with these people, and it was clear that Aegis had made ample preparations for this attack. Even the combined forces of all cultivators on Zenyu Star and Zi Rong couldn’t avoid being drawn into a bitter battle.

In outer space, above the planet, Aden was sent flying away once again with another thump. He had blocked Lord Egret’s attacks quite a few times now, and his thunder shield was no longer as robust as before. Blocking this Enlighter’s attacks was not any easier than defending against the attacks of the Enlighter realm astral beasts back in Ironblood Weave.

Lord Egret’s current mood was not great, as he had encountered a Hunter who could actually block him. He felt like he would never be able to beat this person to death, and he couldn’t even break through the defense of this thunder shield. Where had such a freak come from, and why had he joined the Great Yu Empire? This man was actually able to block an Enlighter like Lord Egret.

Within the sealed mall, many assassins seemed to sense that they would not be able to deal with Lu Yin, especially The Magistrate. He had not shown any mercy in his last attack against Lu Yin, which should have been strong enough to kill even a Hunter. However, Lu Yin was still dashing about in the battlefield. The kid’s defensive items were too absurd, and not even the Magistrate could deal with him. They would have to go with their second plan.

The Magistrate’s body flashed, and he suddenly appeared below the ice seal with a growl. He then struck at the ice seal with his nine lined battle force reinforcing his hair at full force. Even if Lu Yin did not die here, Aegis still wanted to destroy Zenyu Star and let the entire Outerverse know the costs of offending Aegis.

The ice seal shattered bit by bit, and outside, Yan Yan’s expression turned solemn as he continuously reinforced the seal. The two quickly entered a deadlock.

When Lu Yin saw that the blind monk had arrived, he let out a sigh of relief. If this person had arrived, then it meant that the chaos on the rest of Zenyu Star had already stabilized.

Fortunately, to defend against Aegis’s impending attack, Lu Yin had kept all the Hunter realm captains of the Thirteen Imperial Squadrons close by. Otherwise, they would not have managed to quell the chaos on Zenyu Star in such a short time, as ordinary cultivators would not have been able to defeat the assassins.

Another beam of bladelight sliced out, and Zi Rong arrived beside Zi Xue and Luo Shen. His eyes were cold, and his expression remained vigilant.

Lu Yin surveyed the area. Screams were coming from all directions, and he could tell that there had already been thousands of casualties. There were still quite a few assassins hiding out there, but the most important ones were Poisonmaster, the Magistrate, and Feng Zi. These assassins definitely would not let Lu Yin go free.

Assassins generally followed the pattern that, if their first attack missed, they would retreat a thousand miles away. But right now, Aegis’s assassins were determined to demonstrate their superiority, and they did not intend to give Lu Yin a single moment of respite.

Feng Zi appeared behind Lu Yin again, and the Royal Regent quickly turned around to swat out with a Skybeast Claw. The claw shattered the approaching blade, but even more cold blades appeared from all directions, surrounding him.

Lu Yin felt like something was off. The Magistrate’s full powered attack had not been able to kill him, and Feng Zi should be aware of Lu Yin’s defensive capabilities. If that was the case, then why would he still take action? That is, unless there were other assassins lying in wait nearby.

As he thought about this, Lu Yin’s awareness grew hazy, and the scene he saw changed before his eyes. He was suddenly sitting in a spacecraft in space, and there were shouts echoing through the area. He saw a familiar scene; this was the edge of the Astral River, and the Astral River Ark was still inside the Astral River, not coming out. It was late.