Chapter 402: Crossing the Dao of Heaven’s Ocean of Death (2/2)

Coco grunted and then looked at Zora with some concern. “Sister Zora, will you be able to endure this?” The others also looked at Zora.

Everyone’s strength was different, and the strength of their star energy varied as well. Thus, the Ocean of Death’s star energy dissolution rate was also naturally different for each person.

Zora seriously studied her star energy and then her expression turned ugly. “At the most, three days.”

“Alright, we’ll switch to someone else after three days,” Lu Yin said. They then boarded the small boat and headed into the depths of the Ocean of Death.

Many students watched the group from the shore, and quite a few of them soon decided to team up and follow behind Lu Yin.

Wu Da was among them. After he had reported on the Astral Combat Tournament and the Tournament of the Strongest, his newspaper had become very successful. Although he still ended up being chased around on certain occasions, the external funds were pouring in now. Also, quite a few students had joined the newspaper as his subordinates. There were now more than ten of them who had decided to team up and attempt to cross the Ocean of Death.

Aside from Wu Da’s group, there were also a few others that joined hands, as they perhaps felt that there was a greater possibility of them reaching the other side of the Ocean of Death if they followed behind Lu Yin’s group.

Lu Yin’s small group remained silent as they sat on their star energy boat.

Star energy appeared at Lu Yin’s fingertip as he touched the water. He frowned, as what he had been told was not right. This water did not dissolve his star energy. Rather, it would be more accurate to compare it to the Sky Platform, which rejected the star energy from the area.

Star energy converged in Lu Yin’s eyes as he looked far across the water. The entire Ocean of Death was filled with rune lines while the runes that represented Zora’s star energy was just the small boat, like a skiff in an angry ocean that could break down at any moment. The further in they went, the more rune lines Lu Yin saw. He could not even assess how many there were, as the number greatly surpassed the runes that had represented Avery.

This was the Ocean of Death’s true colors. He looked around again; right now, the entire trial zone consisted of rune lines, and he was now able to see that it was not naturally created. The quantities that he was observing were enough to cause him to feel dizzy.

The rune lines formed by a natural environment could never be so numerous.

The Ghost Monkey had said that when the Rune Technology civilization was flourishing, their battle style had been very obscure, as they would directly wipe out their opponent’s rune lines. This was a fundamental erasure of something. If Lu Yin wanted to wipe out the Ocean of Death, then he just had to directly erase the rune lines.

However, Lu Yin did not know how to erase other peoples’ rune lines since he did not understand how to utilize this strength.

He removed the star energy from his eyes, causing everything to return to normal.

The small boat steadily sailed towards the depths of the Ocean of Death with over ten small boats following behind them.

After a day of travel, while they were resting, Coco suddenly cried out, “Ah, if we die in the Ocean of Death, then won’t we reappear here when we return to the Dao of Heaven?”

Kuang Wang was startled by Coco’s exclamation, and he rolled his eyes. “No, the Ocean of Death is unique. If you die here, then when you reenter the Dao of Heaven, you’ll simply reappear at the coast.”

“That’s good.” Coco patted her chest in reassurance.

Lu Yin looked at Zora and saw that she had an ugly expression on her pale face. He filled his eyes with star energy and looked at her again. Zora’s star energy would at most last for another half day.

A day and a half? That was less than half of what she had predicted, which meant that the strength of the Ocean of Death’s star energy rejection had doubled in this location compared to the coast.

Lu Yin looked back and saw that none of the boats were lagging behind and that they were all still following him.

“Be careful!” Feng Shang barked as he released his green domain. He raised a hand and slapped to the left. Everyone looked over and saw a war spirit stabbing at them with a spear.

Feng Shang’s palm struck the war spirit’s spear, and the boat shook. The war spirit’s spear broke, and Feng Shang’s eyes flashed as a ripple of air revolved around his palm. “Cyclone Strike.”

There was a cry as the void shattered along with the war spirit. It was instantly killed by the Cyclone Strike.

Zora relaxed, but Coco cried out in alarm, “There’re war spirits here?”

Kuang Wang nodded and solemnly replied, “That’s right.”

“Why didn’t you say something earlier?” Zora had an ugly expression.

Kuang Wang grudgingly answered, “Forgot.”

They were left speechless.

“A war spirit appearing means that the person who birthed it once sailed across the Ocean of Death. Be careful; if our luck is bad, we could even meet the war spirits of the Ten Arbiters,” Feng Shang said as he licked his lips.

Coco grew afraid. “Senior, don’t try to scare us.”

Feng Shang forced a smile onto his face. “I’m not. It’s just that no one knows how war spirits are formed. You might form a war spirit in the next second as well. Remember the Astral Combat Tournament? In the middle of Brother Lu and Liu Shaoqius battle, their war spirits suddenly materialized and escaped.”

Lu Yin recalled that scene, as war spirits had indeed formed during his battle with Liu Shaoqiu.

“Hehe, I heard that quite a few students have already died to the Thirteen Swords, which should be Liu Shaoqiu’s war spirit. I wonder who’ll have the bad luck of meeting up with Brother Lu’s war spirit.” Kuang Wang rejoiced at the thought of others’ misfortune.

Feng Shang glanced at him. “No matter who it ends up being, they’ll be completely out of luck, even if it turns out to be you.”

Kuang Wang pursed his lips. Feng Shang was right. With the strength that Lu Yin had displayed during the Astral Combat Tournament, his war spirit could easily crush them.

“If we meet the Ten Arbiters’ war spirits, then this trip still won’t have been in vain,” Xia Luo spoke with a bit of excitement.

Lu Yin’s lips curled up, and he looked out at the Ocean of Death. He was hoping to run into the Ten Arbiters’ war spirits so that he could get a sense of their strength from when they were Limiteers. He did not believe that the disparity between him and their past selves was that great.