Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 819 - 814: Advancing Four

Chapter 819: Chapter 814: Advancing Four

"Origin?"

Suddenly, Meltdown Taoist Lord seemed to understand something. His face changed drastically.

"You... you actually can grasp..."

"Yes... this is the Origin Blade, also known as the Returning Blade."

Fang Yu smiled and lifted the short knife in his hand.

The knife was just an ordinary weapon, but at this moment, under his strength, no matter how ordinary, it transformed into a terrifying weapon capable of slaughtering gods and demons.

"You actually grasped the Origin Dao Intent!!?"

The wound on Meltdown Taoist Lord’s chest was now completely healed, but due to the sudden attack, he was still somewhat weak.

But compared to the physical pain, the shock to his spirit was even more terrifying.

"No... still a bit more..." Fang Yu smiled, "But at this level, it’s enough to deal with you."

He disappeared from the spot once again.

An overwhelming sense of extreme danger surged from Meltdown Taoist Lord’s heart.

"Jintie Nine Cups Dao!"

He opened his arms wide, roaring out loud.

Buzz!!!

A colossal black metal sphere’s shadow appeared behind him, surrounded instantly by an incomparably massive gravitational force.

As soon as that force emerged, it formed a massive gravitational storm, drawing countless objects from all directions in the surrounding environment.

In mid-air, Meltdown Taoist Lord seemed to transform into a black sun, crazily attracting innumerable objects towards him.

"Slash, collect!"

Fang Yu remained expressionless, teleporting to less than a meter behind Meltdown Taoist Lord, gently waving the short knife at his back.

Swish!

Everything disappeared.

Just like the previous twin Heavenly Venerables, Meltdown Taoist Lord, along with the giant metal sphere he summoned, completely vanished.

The surroundings instantly went silent.

"That resolves it."

Fang Yu glanced around, a large number of mobs were disoriented and couldn’t stand steadily due to the gravitational pull of the metal sphere, now reorganizing their formations.

A few Heavenly Alliance cultivators controlling the army were hiding fearfully among the Dao soldiers.

He couldn’t be bothered with them.

He raised the short knife and carefully examined the patterns on its blade.

The patterns, at some unknown point, had gained illustrations of two women and a metal sphere.

"No matter who it is, they cannot escape the judgment of the Origin Blade..."

He muttered, turning to fly back the way he came.

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"You can never defeat the Saint Master! Hahaha! Never! The Saint Master is invincible!!"

Within less than a thousand miles from the headquarters of Shadow City.

Lin Xin sat cross-legged on a small hill, watching the crazy old woman struggling and trying to escape in front of him with a calm expression.

"No one can kill me."

Lin Xin gazed at the sky, where tiny energy vortices were gathering.

"Just like no one can break the Abyss’ limit."

The Abyss has sixty-six layers, and the sixty-sixth layer, is the terrifying cosmic depth that no one has ever broken through.

Neither Heavenly Venerables nor Taoist Ancestors could do it.

"Arrogant!"

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng screamed. If she hadn’t been caught off guard, she wouldn’t have been so easily subdued by Lin Xin.

Her entire strength was barely holding on in front of Lin Xin’s immense gravitational force to avoid being devoured.

The black hole in Lin Xin’s chest was currently exerting its force exclusively on her. The terrifying pull made her body ache all over, exuding a profound sense of helplessness.

She felt as if she were a fish facing the tide, knowing that the opponent could easily crush her yet still hoping that the tide would come gently.

"What kind of monster are you!!?"

She screamed.

Such power shouldn’t fall within the grasp of an Earth Immortal. Even among Heavenly Venerables, she couldn’t imagine anyone having such terrifying strength.

The star phantom summoned by the Star Annihilator was swallowed in an instant by that black hole.

That was the mass of a star!!!

"Monster?"

Lin Xin gazed far into the headquarters of Shadow City.

"Compared to me, your Saint Master is the real monster."

He narrowed his eyes. Even now, he could sense the terrifying aura in Shadow City, continuously expanding and growing.

That aura, as if the entire Shadow Realm couldn’t contain it, made even him shudder.

"Enough, Dragon Queen of Yicheng. You have always been responsible for the harvesting of the Underworld. Now, tell me, how can one escape from the Underworld?"

Shaking off his thoughts, Lin Xin looked directly at the Dragon Queen of Yicheng, asking the question he had long wanted to ask.

As of now, his attribute average had already broken a million.

His body was seven meters tall, with four arms moving freely as if it was their natural state.

Just sitting cross-legged, everything around him fell silent, the massive distortion even halting the flow of time in the surrounding area.

"The Underworld?"

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng was momentarily dazed.

"I only manage resource harvesting, I know nothing else. That damned place, I never want to go back again!"

"Do you know Red Leaf?"

Lin Xin asked suddenly.

Red Leaf?

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng was puzzled, she felt as if she had heard the name somewhere.

But, where had she heard it?

She couldn’t remember.

"Red Leaf... Red Leaf..."

As a prominent figure among planetary-level Heavenly Venerables, her memory shouldn’t fail. Everything she saw should be imprinted in her mind.

But at this moment, for some reason, her mind was blank, with only a faint sense of familiarity.

Seeing her expression, Lin Xin vaguely understood that she might have also been influenced by the Underworld.

He himself had been controlled by the Underworld for a long time and understood how it could impose varying levels of hallucinations on those who entered.

But for it to affect a Heavenly Venerable, this made his heart sink.

Even minor memory alterations in a Heavenly Venerable indicated extraordinary power.

"According to Green Lake Mountain’s formula, considering my physical constitution, a casual strike from me has twice the potency of a peak planetary-level Heavenly Venerable.

The Great Freedom Glazed Square Inch Mirror Heart Core in my chest, when activated, equates to a full-force strike from a planetary-level Heavenly Venerable.

Although its range is broad.

The truly formidable asset is the terrifying power accumulated in the Sword of Joy. As well as the Sword of Rage."

Mulling over his current strength, Lin Xin estimated and found that, with the accumulated power, the Sword of Joy held at least three times his own might.

Which meant that he now had the power of a stellar-level entity.

This was about the peak state he could maintain.

At the stellar level, the Sword of Joy could continue to gather strength.

But Lin Xin’s soul felt its limit once again...

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng fell into madness before him.

Lin Xin, however, carefully felt the swelling, brimful sensation within himself, as though his soul was a cup overflowing.

"It seems the world’s origin is my greatest treasure after all..."

Lin Xin sighed internally. Absorbing just part of one world’s origin had brought him to this terrifying soul limit.

If he absorbed a few more, wouldn’t he almost reach the level of the Taoist Ancestor?

He did not aspire to becoming a Taoist Ancestor.

The gap between a galaxy and a solar system couldn’t be bridged by a few orders of magnitude.

A galaxy contains roughly a thousand billion solar systems. Even though in the void, because Taoist Ancestors and Heavenly Venerables are not naturally born entities, the comparison stands.

One Taoist Ancestor is equivalent to several hundred billion Heavenly Venerables, give or take.

"Have you thought of it?"

Lin Xin returned to his senses, looking at the now almost insane Dragon Queen of Yicheng.

"If you want to rescue someone from the Underworld, I indeed know the way, but why should I tell you?" The Dragon Queen of Yicheng laughed shrilly.

"You can kill me if you have the ability, my true body is in the Abyss, losing a projection is nothing!"

Lin Xin understood her words.

Indeed, without Fang Yu’s superior capabilities, defeating a Heavenly Venerable was easy, but complete annihilation required a long-term effort.

"Shall we make a deal?"

He spoke calmly.

"Though I cannot kill you, I can cost you part of your divine soul. Tell me how to save someone from the Underworld and I will let you go."

The gap between stellar and planetary levels was insurmountable. Fleeing was out of the question.

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng sensed from Lin Xin’s divine sense fluctuations that he was not lying.

"Do you mean it!?" she screeched.

"Of course."

Lin Xin’s expression was composed.

"By both our true names, let us swear."

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng hesitated briefly, countless thoughts flickering through her mind, but externally, it was just a moment.

"Fine, I’ll tell you!"

She agreed directly.

Stellar-level Heavenly Venerables were frightfully intimidating.

In all of Green Lake Mountain’s history, only a few stellar-level beings had ever emerged. Combining other forces, it simply matches Green Lake Mountain.

These beings hung high in the Star Domain, avoiding the great tribulation to not attract trouble. Typically, they were never encountered.

They mostly focused on advancing to the Taoist Ancestor level, understanding the operation of the great Dao Lotus.

Even the Taoist Ancestor couldn’t command them.

Such entities never partook in the great tribulation.

They had resolved all their karmic ties, only seeking the great Dao.

But now, another stellar-level being had appeared.

With countless thoughts swirling, the Dragon Queen of Yicheng’s lips moved slightly, a heavily encrypted divine sense message directly reached Lin Xin’s ear.

"Find Lion’s Plain. If you can find the Primordial Shadow before being corrupted, you can use it to exchange for someone’s freedom from the Underworld."

"Primordial Shadow?" Lin Xin felt a stir in his heart.

"The souls initially shackled by the Underworld are all imprisoned in Lion’s Plain. They are undying; even if killed, they will revive automatically after a time.

These souls are called the Despairing."

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng answered cooperatively.

"The Primordial Shadow is the shadow of those souls captured by the Underworld. Only by finding it can you use it to exchange for one person’s freedom from the Underworld."

She laughed sharply twice.

"But it’s difficult. The City Lord of You Time attempted it twice, but to no avail. No item was brought out from there. The Underworld won’t easily compromise."

"It doesn’t matter."

Lin Xin could sense from the Dragon Queen of Yicheng’s soul waves that she likely wasn’t lying.

"Swear by your true name."

"I swear by my true name, everything I said about the Underworld is true!"

The Dragon Queen of Yicheng quickly followed up.

"Why ask her about the Underworld?"

Suddenly, a deep voice echoed from deep within Shadow City.

"Ask me directly, I will tell you..."

BOOM!!!!

The ground of the enormous fortress city, Shadow City, erupted as a giant figure burst forth.

Amidst the collapsing buildings, Fang Yu’s thousand-meter-tall colossal body slowly stood upright, his eyes fixed straight on Lin Xin, resembling two swirling star rivers.