Chapter 240: War Drummer (2/2)
Lu Yin was surprised. “You’re awake?”
“Stop spouting nonsense and escape! That’s a Void Thunderbeast! Any mature Void Thunderbeast is at least at the Explorer realm. This one’s already very close to maturity, so don’t fight it,” the Ghost Monkey desperately urged.
But it was already too late, as that Void Thunderbeast was barreling straight at Lu Yin after destroying the command center. It was still a great distance away when it clawed at him, but its attack seemed to pass through the void to appear directly in front of Lu Yin.
Lu Yin’s expression changed; such a strong attack was definitely no weaker than a full strength blow from one of the Astral Combat Academy’s student leaders.
Bang!
Powerful shockwaves undulated in all directions as everything within a thousand meters of Lu Yin was crushed, and all living things were blown away. This created an empty and desolate arena where Lu Yin confronted the Void Thunderbeast as the void collapsed all around them.
“Why is there a Void Thunderbeast here? There aren’t even 10,000 of these top tier astral beasts in the entire Astral Beast Domain, but one just had to appear here. Could this be related to Yao Gu?” the Ghost Monkey murmured strangely.
Lu Yin’s heart jolted. “What did you say? Yao Gu?”
“Yeah, Yao Gu. He’s on our Star Domain’s Skymender List and is a super powerhouse of the younger generation who is able to rival you human’s Ten Arbiters.”
Lu Yin’s gaze shifted as he thought to himself, Yao Gu, Yao Gu. He then recalled the time he had rolled Pilfer and obtained a black Mavis Bank card with the name Yao Gu carved on it. Could it be the same beast?
The Void Thunderbeast snarled fiercely. It seemed that it had locked onto Lu Yin as its prey as its enormous body suddenly vanished, shuttling directly through the void to attack him again.
The Ghost Monkey panickedly shrieked, “Why has it targeted you?! Hurry up and run! There’s no use trying to fight it! You won’t be able to kill it even if you win, and if you lose, you’re dead. There’s no reason to even try to fight this thing.”
Lu Yin frowned. Could this Void Thunderbeast be targeting him because of that bank card? But he had no time to look into this now. As he watched the Void Thunderbeast claw its way over again, Lu Yin indignantly covered his body with five-lined battle force, distorting the void. He then activated his Cosmic Palm and stars appeared above his palm before exploding, the resulting vibrations causing the void to tremble. The Void Thunderbeast howled in grief; its claws had been directly snapped off by that Cosmic Palm.
Lu Yin leapt up and appeared on top of the Void Thunderbeast. He then slammed another hand down as he tried to kill the beast.
“Human, I’ll remember you. You carry our clan’s aura,” the beast snarled before piercing through the void by spitting out a clap of thunder. Its entire body then vanished.
Lu Yin’s palm met nothing, crushing only the ground.
“What’s going on?” Lu Yin was shocked. How could that beast vanish with merely a thought?
“That’s the ability of a Void Thunderbeast, ranked third on the Heavenly Beast Rankings. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you. A Limiteer realm Void Thunderbeast is difficult for even a human Hunter to capture,” the Ghost Monkey said with an envious tone.
Lu Yin wanted to ask some more questions about Yao Gu, but then he saw the command center’s outer wall collapse as a tall platform appeared. Above the platform, he could see one side of a war drum along with two giant war hammers, one black and the other grey.
“Planet Conan’s war drummer, Lu Yin,” a loud voice reverberated throughout the battlefield.
Lu Yin was stunned; he was the war drummer for Planet Conan?
“Lu Yin, follow your orders.”
Lu Yin did not hesitate and used Flash to appear next to the war drum. He could feel the iron blood and the steel willpower of his ancestors as he gripped the black war hammer with one hand. It was heavy and just gripping it caused an unusual energy to seep into his brain. It felt similar to when he faced Liu Shaoqiu’s Third Sword or Qu Ao’s voice. It was an energy that could rip apart spiritual force.
Dong dong dong dong…
As the war drumbeats resonated across the various protected planets of the Human Domain’s border, they merged together to form an extended sound wave that swept across the enormous stretch of space. Not only did the sound influence the astral beasts fighting on the planets, but also those in outer space.
Out in space, not far from Planet Conan, Yao Gu and Wen Sansi were facing each other. The sky was torn to shreds around them, and a set of peculiar words had formed a chain that seemed to imprison Yao Gu to one area. Yao Gu waved out with a hand, causing an extremely dark black spatial crack to extend outwards, break apart the chain of words, and then directly descend upon Wen Sansi.
Wen Sansi sighed. “What’s the point?” A moment later, the dark spatial crack vanished.
Yao Gu frowned as he remarked, “You’re even more detestable than that undying bird.”
Wen Sansi smiled. “Brother Yao Gu, please reconsider your actions. This decisive battle is not beneficial for either of us.”
“It’s of no matter, as this can also be considered as training the army. If I can defeat one of the Ten Arbiters today, then I wonder how much that would influence your Human Domain?” Yao Gu then raised his head and began to transform. He forcefully undid his current humanoid shape and returned to his original form of a Void Thunderbeast. He then raised his head and snarled fiercely.
Wen Sansi sighed again and his previously soft gaze became imposing, “The Wen family has continued on, from generation to generation since the ancient times. Let me show you my Wen family’s battle technique that has inherited the strength of the ancient scholars’ character. I’ll bury you in the heavens. Literary Prison.”