Lu Yun’s mind spun at Ah Zhi’s words, his joy at breaking through to Nihil World Sovereign immediately washing away. Yueyi coming for help meant that the situation was so grave that it was beyond salvaging. Just Jian Bu’er alone might not be enough!
He also noticed the Sun Sovereign King’s words in her retelling—the trust of the Boundless Planes.
“Forget the Kunpeng Ocean. We need to go to Mount Astronomia right now! Let’s go!” Lu Yun jumped to his feet and left the World Star.
When he visited last time, he inscribed a spatial mark on the void outside the mountain before he left. Even sequence experts couldn’t detect coordinates created by the Tome of Life and Death. Thus, it was the work of an eyeblink before he arrived at the foot of the mountain through the spatial mark.
A ghastly looking sun quietly floated over Mount Astronomia; the Sun Sovereign King’s golden armor was dyed red with blood. He slumped at the peak of the mountain, listlessly looking down at Jian Bu’er slaughtering bats.
Mount Astronomia was enveloped by darkness. There seemed to be a pair of scarlet eyes peering out from the gloom, silently observing everything happening in the vicinity.
Jian Bu’er wore a pained expression—the power of nine levels of sequence flared from his moves, strength that entirely outmatched what the Sky Sovereign King had once demonstrated. But even so, his right arm was gone and a brilliantly shining longsword waved from his left hand.
He’d kicked the Demonic Vine to parts unknown. He’d almost lost his life numerous times; if she’d stayed here, she would’ve been turned to ash long ago.
Bats teemed in the void, different from ordinary bats in that they could see with their scarlet eyes. Not only that, but they also released a terrifying gaze that pierced through Jian Bu’er’s body.
In the beginning, there were hundreds of millions of Luminary disciples on the mountain. By now, only a few million were left struggling for their lives beneath the dim radiance of the Sun Sovereign King’s sun. Covered with wounds, they were barely holding on.
The Sun Sovereign King’s expression was numb; there were countless hordes of cultivators gathered outside Mount Astronomia. They were standing in full battle array and ready to prevent the Luminaries from escaping!
These people didn’t know what the darkness or land of darkness were. They just knew that the Luminaries were under attack and wanted to kick the faction when it was down!
The Luminaries were notorious throughout the fourth realm. Both feared and hated, many were those who wished for the organization to be doomed beyond salvation. That opportunity was finally here!
When the realm received word that disaster had struck the Luminaries, that it was perishing, everyone sent forces to prevent anyone from surviving.
“Tsk tsk tsk, what a pity. This monumental faction is finally dying out.” A man stood in the void. Dressed in black, his hair was the deepest of night and his skin pale as paper. A slightly derisive curve turned the corners of his lips upward.
It was the Curse King.
Another man with green hair and a similar outfit stood by his side. The man stroked his smooth chin and murmured, “The Luminaries are nothing to be concerned about. Do you think Lu Yun will really come?”
“Yes, he most certainly will. Would I have created this sight and brought out even the Ghost Bats just for the puny Luminaries?” The Curse King chuckled and cast his gaze in a particular direction.
Lu Yun was standing there, his face ashen with anger, not fear.
“Jian Bu’er, you absolute fucking idiot!” he cursed. “Mount Astronomia has been swallowed by the darkness, making it no longer part of the fourth realm. It’s not affected by the fourth realm’s orders anymore, but you’re still fucking around with only nine levels of sequence??
“Do you have a death wish?! You’ve accessed eleven levels!” His shrill voice cut through the void and stabbed into Jian Bu’er’s ears. The man paused.
“Well, why didn’t you fucking say so earlier?!” He stomped a foot in anger and blurred with two afterimages. Two more of him seemed to walk out from the unknown expanses and overlaid with the one fighting the enemy.
His severed right arm regrew and he swung his sword.
An enormous ray of sword light nearly split the void; countless bats shrieked with agony as they were vaporized.
Jian Bu’er turned back and smirked. “Long time no see, Curse King. We can catch up after I take care of these damned bats. How did that mouthful of spit taste, hmm?”
He roared with laughter and plunged into the darkness.
……
“You have to make it back alive first,” the Curse King glowered. The green-haired man looked askance at him; his cheek spasmed a moment later when he understood Jian Bu’er’s words. He repressed his laughter with great effort.
“Poison King, you better forget what you just heard, or I’ll…” the Curse King ground out through his teeth.
“So you really ate a mouthful of his spit?” The Poison King couldn’t hold it in anymore and hooted with laughter.
“AHHHHHH!!” the Curse King howled. “Jian Bu’er, I will end you!!”
“Don’t be brash! The Ghost Bats can’t determine friend from foe when they’re in action. Just you and I won’t be able to withstand a blow from their king!” The Poison King hastily held back his junior brother when the latter nearly raged out of control.
The Curse King heaved for air and glared viciously at Jian Bu’er heroically rushing through the darkness.
……
“So he’s an eleventh level sequence expert.” A trace of light returned to the Sun Sovereign King’s dull gaze; hope seemed to shimmer in front of him.
The beings around Mount Astronomia gasped with shock. An eleventh level sequence expert? They’d all heard Lu Yun’s shriek.
Lu Yun charged into the mountain and arrived at the sovereign king’s side.
“They set up such a massive scheme, but refrained from delivering the final blow. They weren’t doing this only for us.” The Sun Sovereign King understood certain things when he saw the young man.
“It doesn’t matter who they’re here for, nothing can be permitted to happen to Mount Astronomia.” Lu Yun sent a talisman into the sovereign king’s body.
“Save your strength, my life force is gone. I’m hanging on with my last bit of bitterness,” the Sun Sovereign King chuckled. “Now that you’ve come with an eleventh level sequence expert, I can rest in peace.”
His aura dispersed as he closed his eyes and the dull sun in the void slowly extinguished. Mount Astronomia dimmed; dense sorrow crept over the landmass.
“Just one eleventh level sequence expert isn’t enough,” Lu Yun sighed. “Therefore, you need to come back to life.”
The talisman that he’d sent into the Sun Sovereign King’s body flared with vitality. The empty shell of a man, his soul scattered into the void, opened his eyes once more.
etvolare’s Thoughts
Okay, I get that the Luminaries are the big bad guys in the realm and everyone hates them… but to surround them to ensure that all of them die… that’s sick. And I definitely don’t mean that in a good way.
