Star Odyssey

Chapter 3037: Attacking Corpse God

There were only three individuals in the entire civilization who were able to move at this moment. The first was the middle-aged man. The second was Lord Xu, who had been walking around up until this moment. The third was actually the child, who was still cheerfully doing his homework. His lamp was the only source of illumination in the entire civilization. The child was completely oblivious to the world outside his room, and he was focused solely on finishing his homework so that he could see his uncle’s magic trick.

Lord Xu walked up to the middle-aged man. “Corpse God, I never thought that you’d be hiding here.”

The middle-aged man was indeed Corpse God, and he stared at Lord Xu. “You’ve just ruined a child’s beautiful dream.”

Lord Xu chuckled. “You are the one destroying his dream, not me. You should have never entered his dreams. Just what exactly are you doing here?”

Hui Wu had only learned of where Corpse God was hiding, but as for what exactly the Skygod was doing, Hui Wu had not known, and he also had not dared to ask.

Lu Yin and the others were all confident that Corpse God was recuperating, but when Lord Xu touched the tablet in the planet, he had discovered an illusory civilization. The entire thing was a false world. On top of that, Corpse God was playing a role within the false world, which was simply bizarre. Corpse God, who was a corpse king, was playing a role to maintain the illusion of this false world. No one would believe such a thing if they heard it.

The more bizarre the situation, the more cautious a person needed to be. For Corpse God to be doing such a thing, he clearly had some particular purpose.

The child was the creator of the illusory world, and he was also the one responsible for creating Giants' Purgatory itself.

Voidforce energy churned across the world, and an overwhelming amount slammed down towards Corpse God. As the energy moved, the civilization’s skyscrapers were crushed and reduced to rubble, while the lakes and oceans were pushed back. The world was facing a true apocalypse.

The fragments of his turtle shell protected the Voidlord from the front, but those shards were instantly pushed back towards the man by Corpse God’s punch. Lord Xu’s eyes went wide in astonishment as he was blasted away.

Lord Xu spun his body around in the air to dissipate some of the punch’s force, but as he did so, Corpse God simply reappeared in front of man and threw another punch.

None of the Seven Skygods were more straightforward in their attacks than Corpse God. Both when Aeternus had attacked the Great Sovereign’s Tea Ceremony and during the crusade to conquer the Endless Frontier, Corpse God had always been very blunt and straightforward with his attacks. However, the simpler the attack, the more pure and unstoppable it became.

Lord Xu tried to weaken Corpse God’s punch with a blast of voidforce energy, but the corpse king simply pierced straight through the voidforce energy with a single punch and then swiftly closed in on Lord Xu.

There was a gust of wind. The punch shattered the world around the two men, destroying everything. The only place that remained intact was the farmhouse where the child was still working on his homework. That was the only quiet corner of the illusory world.

Lord Xu moved down. He had fought against Corpse God in the past, and he had always felt as though he lacked the necessary force to match up to the Skygod. Before, the turtle shell had still been whole, and it had been able to block some of Corpse God’s attacks, but after losing it, Lord Xu no longer had anything that could withstand Corpse God’s blows without being crushed.

Where were his reinforcements?

Corpse God leaped down while throwing another punch. He did not need much in the way of speed. As long as he targeted a large enough area, it would be good enough.

His body, which had originally been incomparably large, was currently only the size of a normal human’s. However, his punches were still able to cover the same area, and they were also still too fast to dodge.

Lord Xu cursed under his breath as he raced towards the farmhouse.

Corpse God froze and just stared at Lord Xu.

Lord Xu stood with the farmhouse behind him, and he stared at Corpse God. “While I have no idea what you’re trying to do here, this place must be important to you, right?”

Corpse God slowly raised an arm. “It doesn’t matter.”

He then released another punch.

Lord Xu quickly dodged, and the punch swept through where the man had just been standing. The void exploded, but the damage did not have any effect on the farmhouse. Corpse God’s control over his attacks was incredibly precise.

Unless Lord Xu hid inside the farmhouse itself, Corpse God would not be worried. Everything else in the illusory world had already been destroyed.

Lord Xu did not dare to rashly enter the farmhouse. He had no idea what the consequences of destroying the illusory world might be.

He was the Voidlord, the ruler of the Voidforce Universe. He was far from weak, but after losing his most powerful defense—the turtle shell—he was completely passive in the battle against Corpse God. Still, that did not mean that it was easy for Corpse God to put an end to the fight.

Lord Xu might not be capable of unleashing very powerful attacks, but he did possess an incredible amount of voidforce energy, which was his greatest advantage.

Even after several of his punches proved completely ineffective, Corpse God still showed no signs of leaving.

Lord Xu had been told to keep an eye on Corpse God and to prevent him from escaping, but Corpse God seemed to have no intention of leaving.

Finally, the Voidlord’s reinforcements arrived.

An arrow, twined with tri-colored monarch essence, pierced through the distance as it flew at Corpse God.

The Skygod turned and punched, shattering the arrow with the monarch essence. Luo Shan could be seen in the distance.

Lu Yin had sent people to find the Monarch for this battle. Luo Shan was the former ruler of the Three Monarchs Universe, and he could not continue to do nothing while humanity fought against the Aeternals.

Lu Yin had promised to forget all grudges between himself and Luo Shan, but that did not mean that the Monarch could avoid contributing to the Sixverse Association.

Luo Shan did not want to fight, but this battle was not Lu Yin attempting to manipulate the Monarch. There was a genuine shortage of sequence powerhouses. If Lu Yin had wanted to manipulate Luo Shan, the man would have been forced to join the invasion of the Scourge.

The sight of Luo Shan allowed Lord Xu to breathe a sigh of relief. “Let’s do this together. Let’s finish him.”

Many people had looked down on Luo Shan’s strength, but Lord Xu had never done so. Neither had the Lost Clan’s Great Elder or Mu Shen done so. All of them knew that there was no way the Great Sovereign would allow a mere flatterer to receive a commanding position within the Sixverse Association. Luo Shan was undoubtedly strong in his own right.

Luo Shan frowned. Corpse God was a terrifying opponent.

Monarch essence was surrounded by voidforce energy, and the combined energies moved towards Corpse God. Luo Shan immediately started using his sequence particles, and he appeared directly behind Corpse God. He did not move with sheer speed or by controlling space, but rather by manipulating the laws of the universe.

A sword of condensed monarch essence appeared in Luo Shan’s hand, and the blade slashed at Corpse God.

Nothing stopped the sword from striking Corpse God’s back, but he remained completely unharmed by the attack. The surface of his body was covered with sequence particles. He was already using his full strength in this battle, as he was not just facing two sequence powerhouses, but two men who qualified to rule member universes of the Sixverse Association.

The voidforce energy tried to form a Thermometer of Life and trap Corpse God, but a casual wave of the corpse king’s hand dispersed the voidforce energy as Corpse God attacked Luo Shan.

Luo Shan was wary of this attack, and his Monarch’s Domain appeared in front of Corpse God’s hand. It was a solid manifestation of monarch essence, and it was incredibly powerful, but Corpse God’s hand simply contained too much strength, and the Monarch’s Domain shattered. Corpse God’s hand hurled towards Luo Shan.

The Monarch blocked the attack with his sword, resulting in a loud clang. However, Luo Shan was forced back, and he spat out blood, just like how Lord Xu had done before.

While the rulers of the universes of the Sixverse Association were capable of fighting against the Seven Skygods, neither Luo Shan nor Lord Xu specialized in offensive combat. Lord Xu focused on control, while Luo Shan excelled at evasion. Neither one was capable of restraining Corpse God.

At this moment, a wooden lotus suddenly appeared beneath Corpse God’s feet. It had been placed there by Luo Shan.

The only reason why the Monarch had approached Corpse God had been to plant the wooden lotus that he had acquired from Mu Shen.

The wooden lotus blossomed beneath Corpse God’s feet. He tried to crush it, but despite its delicate appearance, it could not be crushed. Layer by layer, it closed back up, pressing upon Corpse God’s legs and shattering his sequence particles. His legs started to bleed.

Luo Shan and Lord Xu attacked in unison. One manifested his Thermometer of Life, while the other used his full strength to fire Monarch Arrows at the immobilized Corpse God.

Rage filled Corpse God’s eyes, and suddenly, his skin tore open. This was not due to any attack, but was rather caused by the corpse king himself. The tears formed a unique pattern.

At that moment, a Monarch Arrow struck Corpse God’s forehead, but the impact produced a metallic ringing. The sound caused the child doing his homework to frown, but he otherwise remained undisturbed as he continued with his homework.

The Thermometer or Life appeared, and Lord Xu gritted his teeth as he raised the temperature.

At that moment, Corpse God’s skin was completely torn apart. The tears formed a pattern that looked like branches, and they released a pale green light that spread out from Corpse God’s upper body and to his legs. When the green light reached his legs, the wooden lotus shattered. At that moment, Corpse God raised a hand and released a punch, shattering the Thermometer or Life from the inside. He had broken free.

Lord Xu staggered, shocked and coughing up blood. “How is this possible?”

Never before had Corpse God revealed such power in any previous battle. The truth was that he had never truly been threatened with death, not even during the crusade to conquer the Endless Frontier. Only at this moment, when he faced life or death, was he playing his final trump card.

The branch-like patterns were unique, and the tears in his skin gave him a paradoxical and eerie aura.

Corpse God and the branches of a tree. One was dead, and the other alive. The two should not coexist.

Mu Shen appeared, and he stared at the branch-like patterns that had opened up across Corpse God’s body. The man gravely commented, “The Mavis family’s Divine Tree.”

Lord Xu and Luo Shan heard the man’s comment, and they whirled around to look at Mu Shen. “What?”

Mu Shen’s expression was more solemn than they had ever been. “If I’m not mistaken, the pattern of branches across his body belongs to the Mavis family from the Heavens Sect era. They were the rulers of the Second Mainland.”

This statement caused Luo Shan and Lord Xu’s hearts to sink. Anything that came from the ancient Heavens Sect era was never simple.

The two men knew of the Mavis family. It was a clan of women with delicate-looking bodies and beautiful faces, but all of them also possessed immense strength. It was a clear contradiction and was highly abnormal. However, what sort of relationship could the Mavis family have with Corpse God?

Corpse God’s legs were still bleeding, which meant that the pattern of branches across his body could not heal him.

What was the Mavis family most renowned for? Brute strength.

Just thinking about that gave the three men headaches. Corpse God was already incredibly powerful on his own.

“How do you have the symbol of the Mavis family’s Divine Tree?” Mu Shen could not stop himself from asking as he stared at Corpse God.

The Skygod looked over Mu Shen. “Both of us possess the strength of wood. Let’s see if you can withstand this.”

Corpse God immediately punched at Mu Shen. The man’s pupils shrank, and he raised a hand. Wood appeared in front of Mu Shen, and the fist struck it with a deafening boom. An overwhelming power pushed the wood down upon Mu Shen, who raced away. This was a problem. Corpse God was completely different from Astral Anura.

Astral Anura used a steel trident to attack, and he had tried to pierce through Mu Shen’s wood. However, his wood was not easily broken, which allowed the man to delay Astral Anura.

Corpse God was completely different. There was no need for the Skygod to break through Mu Shen’s wood, as pushing it to the side or forcing it back would work just as well. Mu Shen’s wood could not stop Corpse God’s strength. The wood could somewhat weaken the attacks, but the remaining power still posed a deadly threat to the three humans.

Given a choice, Mu Shen would rather fight against Astral Anura instead of Corpse God.

Boom!

A powerful blow sent the wood flying, and Corpse God attacked again, his punches targeting both Lord Xu and Luo Shan. The men had no intention of even trying to block the attacks, and they simply fled. They knew that they could not take Corpse God’s punches, and even just a touch could prove catastrophic.

Corpse God threw more and more punches. The torn skin that formed the branch-like pattern on his body eventually started to bleed, and his strength quickly drained away.

OMA's Thoughts

Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA