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Star Odyssey (Web Novel) - Chapter 4277: Collection
Chapter 4277: Collection
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“The cosmos is vast and boundless. Even the distance that an Immortal can explore is limited, while to those who are not Immortals, it feels like a truly infinite expanse. Within that range, legends can spread, and even jokes are passed around. I’ve heard that wherever the red-clothed ones go, not even a blade of grass remains behind.”
Lu Yin stared at the water’s surface. “Come out. Let’s talk.”
“Move aside, or don’t blame me for being impolite.”
Lu Yin said, “You’re already being quite polite. If you were another Immortal, they would’ve simply attacked. That’s also why I’m showing you some respect, but don’t force me to act. I’m the one being unreasonable right now, but I have no choice. Don’t push me.”
No further words were spoken. Ripples spread across the water. One paper boat after another emerged from the water’s surface to crash towards Lu Yin. Each boat appeared light, but each one crushed the void, causing space itself to feel unbearably heavy. At the same time, all kinds of strange attacks erupted from within those boats.
Lu Yin casually waved a hand. The boats at the forefront flipped over, but the ones behind them did not even budge.
The paper boats were tiny, yet they carried immense weight as they bore down upon Lu Yin.
The reason why he had not rushed to attack was due to his wariness of an unknown Immortal being. If he could not see through their abilities, it would be hard to capture them.
Additionally, he had indeed been the first one to behave rudely, and he also did not intend to do anything to this Immortal. All he wanted was to learn the location of the Crimson Starshades.
He raised a hand and grabbed.
Ripples spread across the surface of the water. You want to seize one? How arrogant. These are shanshui boats, boats formed from painted landscap—
Before that thought could even finish being processed, Lu Yin captured the paper boats. One by one, he caught them in his hand and crushed them.
He looked up at the sheet of water. Behind him, strands of Tri-Azure Sword Intent appeared. One streak after another, each one with razor-sharp killing intent, sliced at the surface of the water.
Another paper boat appeared from the water, but only one this time. However, the instant this one emerged, it seemed to crush the cosmos, causing the nearby void to sink as if it could no longer bear the load.
Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. He could not even begin to understand how a tiny paper boat could do such a thing.
Strands of Tri-Azure Sword Intent struck the paper boat, but it was not damaged in the slightest. It continued on, barrelling towards Lu Yin.
The closer it came, the greater the pressure he felt. It felt like what was crashing towards him wasn’t a tiny boat, but rather a colossal mass.
What the hell is this? Lu Yin relaxed his hand and then clenched it back into a fist. He threw a palm strike out next. Terrifying power erupted, and the void rose up. With it, the paper boat was also lifted.
The sheet of water retreated at a high speed. How can this creature actually possess such terrifying strength? Damn it.
They would have rather run into an Immortal than such a formidable Aberrant.
Lu Yin grabbed the paper boat. It felt soft, like it was just paper. So what was with that weight and pressure?
Hm? This is…?
From the outside, nothing could be seen, but when he looked within, it was as though he was seeing an entire world.
He unfolded the paper boat. The sheet paper was actually a painting, and it had mountains and rivers, land and waters, birds, beasts, insects, fish, and all manner of creatures. There were even cities and what resembled the foundations of a civilization.
The painting was not large, and yet it contained countless things, like the stars in the sky. Who would paint so much onto a single sheet of paper?
It was as if an entire civilization had been painted onto it.
Wait—civilization?
Lu Yin’s pupils constricted. Weight. Civilization. Weight. Could this be… the weight of a civilization?
He abruptly looked at the sheet of water. “What is this, exactly?”
The voice emerging from the water suddenly sounded wary. “You want to find the Crimson Starshades, so I’ll give you the creature that knows their location. You and I will have nothing to do with each other.”
Lu Yin stared at the water. “I want to know how you did it even more than that. I never imagined that a creature could paint a civilization. Is this your innate gift? Come out.” He vaguely reached for something, his tone growing less polite.
“Human, don’t go too far!”
“Human?” Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. “So you do recognize my species. In that case, I can’t let you leave. Get out!”
He took a step, instantly appearing behind the sheet of water. He lightly tapped it with a fingertip, using his finger to unleash a sword technique.
The void was split open. Behind the sheet of water was something that looked like a black curtain. It was pulled back to reveal something about the size of a palm. Was that cement?
Lu Yin stared blankly. It really was cement, a chunk of cement.
The thing that was moving the sheet of water about was a single piece of cement. The Immortal who had been fighting him was a piece of cement.
Lifeforce erupted from the cement’s surface to violently slam into Lu Yin.
He raised a hand and pressed down to counter the Lifeforce.
He had withstood even the Immortal Lord’s Lifeforce, so he was not worried about what this bit of cement could do to him.
To his surprise, the cement was caught. He caught it with almost no resistance at all.
He instinctively sensed that something was wrong. The weakest Immortal that he had ever encountered was the Immortal monster and the humanoid Verdant Sage, but not even they would have been caught so easily. There was something off about this cement.
Lu Yin immediately let go, but the cement seemed stuck to his hand. It then suddenly expanded, opening like a gaping maw to swallow him.
Lu Yin raised a hand. A scythe appeared and slashed across.
Surging Activeness poured into the cement. The scythe ripped its body apart, splitting into two pieces that fell, only to quickly fuse back together. At the same time, a blank sheet of paper appeared, and upon it, Lu Yin’s image was gradually being drawn.
The more that Lu Yin interacted with the Aevum Inch, the more he understood just how many bizarre abilities existed. Some were truly so strange that they defied imagination.
Some abilities were hard to deal with no matter how powerful someone might be.
To deal with the cement’s attack, as well as its attempt to draw his picture, Lu Yin slashed down with Aberrant. Whatever this thing was trying to do, he would stop it first.
The drawing was ripped apart by his scythe, but his movements also stalled. Lu Yin’s body was wrapped in an endless amount of some sort of invisible matter, which made it hard to move.
Inside his body, every corner felt like it was about to explode. This was an Immortal’s unique world.
As this was happening, the cement began to draw Lu Yin’s image again.
He frowned and opened Heaven’s Sight, releasing the pressure of his sight power.
A violet-colored pressure fell with a boom that shook the nearby cosmos. The pressure was enough to suppress the average Immortal, and even the cement was crushed for an instant before it realized what was happening. The substance that trapped Lu Yin was also pressed down. He instantly appeared right beside the cement. His sight power’s Manifestation Beyond the Pupil appeared, sealing the area.
The cement tried to break out.
Lu Yin’s Manifestation Beyond the Pupil was not strong. To deal with a true expert, he needed to fuse with at least twelve of the black armor plates. Without that, he could not seal off all directions.
However, the cement was not a true expert. At most, it had some bizarre means available. It did not have much direct attack power, and it would not escape.
Inside the seal, the cement slammed into the barriers again and again, yet it could not break free.
Lu Yin glanced at the nearby drawing. He had no idea what might happen when the drawing was finished, but he was certain that it was the cement’s killing move.
“Stop struggling. I haven’t even bothered using half of my strength against you yet,” Lu Yin said coldly.
The cement replied, “Impossible. No Aberrant is that strong.”
Lu Yin sneered. Golden light bloomed behind him as his Investiture of the Gods appeared. Following that, strand after strand of Tri-Azure Sword Intent emerged, and they all moved to encircle the seal, creating a second layer to the seal. Once again, the cement was completely trapped, but this time, it was sealed within a layer of deadly sword intent.
At any moment, Lu Yin could unleash 10,000 sword attacks, tearing the cement to shreds.
All of these strands of Tri-Azure Sword Intent were from the Investiture of the Gods. They had been prepared and stored over the years by Lu Yin whenever he had spare time. This was the Tri-Azure Sword Intent: Hidden Blade.
The cement stopped moving. It could sense that this sword intent was completely different from before. This was a terrifying sword intent that could undoubtedly hurt it. Why were there so many?
It felt like an ordinary person who was surrounded by countless blades. It was a feeling that one could be shredded at any moment, and it was enough to drive anyone to despair.
“Believe me now?”
The cement was shaken. “How can an Aberrant be this strong? Aren’t you only supposed to be a match for the weakest Immortals at best? You shouldn’t be my opponent, so how are you…”
It could not come up with any sort of reasonable explanation, because there was no denying that Lu Yin really was not an Immortal.
Lu Yin did not know how to explain his situation either, as he was indeed a unique exception.
“Human… you win.” The cement deflated and stopped struggling.
Lu Yin did not retract the Investiture of the Gods. Bathed in golden light, he looked like some sort of divinity. With the threat of 10,000 strands of sword intent, the cement could not even tell who was the Aberrant and who was the Immortal being.
“I’m very good at interrogations, and it’s because I’m lazy and don’t like scheming. I’ll only ask you once, and if your answer doesn’t satisfy me, you can just die.”
The cement fell silent.
“By the way, I’ve also comprehended karma.”
The cement was shocked. “What? Karma?”
Lu Yin smiled. A spiral of karma twined around his fingertips. “See this?”
The cement sounded confused. “See what?”
He flicked his hand, sending the spiral of karma towards the cement.
There were some Immortals who could see karma, and others who could not. It was unclear if this had anything to do with strength.
Most likely, it did not. After all, Qing Cao could see karma.
The spiral of karma shot towards the cement. It instinctively wanted to dodge, but there was nowhere for it to go. If it moved too much, it was afraid that it would slice itself apart on the sword intent.
The karma pierced the cement, and at that same moment, it felt as if its entire being had been seen through.
The cement was shaken. “Is this karma?”
“It seems that you’ve never come into contact with karma before. Well, let me take a look.” Lu Yin had been calm, but as he read through the cement’s past, his expression gradually darkened. “So you really are fishing.”
This cement had created the Thread of Heaven, a place that provided an opportunity for creatures from weak civilizations to communicate with each other. That was the purpose of a Thread of Heaven. Any being who created a Thread of Heaven was, in fact, worthy of respect.
However, some fishing civilizations used Threads of Heaven as bait, as a way of luring creatures in, and as a means of locating the civilizations behind them.
Lu Yin had thought that the cement was sincere in creating this Thread of Heaven. It had not attacked Lu Yin immediately but instead warned him first. That had actually earned the creature a sliver of Lu Yin’s respect.
He had not expected the thing to be fishing, but when Lu Yin had grabbed the painted paper that had been folded into the paper boat, he had already started to develop some vague suspicions.
This was not a fishing civilization that destroyed other civilizations, but one that… collected civilizations.
Looking through the cement’s karmic past, Lu Yin understood how the paintings on the paper boats had come to be. It was exactly as he had guessed: entire civilizations had been painted onto the paper. That was the truth behind the paper boats, and it was also why they were so heavy.
Lu Yin did not care about that. It was normal for civilizations to be destroyed, let alone be recorded within a painting.
What he had not expected was that the cement used the Thread of Heaven as fishing bait. Any creature that entered the Thread of Heaven would be traced along its path back to its civilization, which would then be collected and painted, becoming another part of the cement’s methods.
Was it not afraid of increasing its karmic chain?
