Stellar Transformation-Chapter 519: Episode 15 - 28 Surprising Discovery (Vote for monthly tickets~~)
Qin Yu, standing with his hands clasped behind his back, was in the center of the canyon, while Mei Ji had collapsed beside the Black Dragon Pond. Even Daoist Liu Xu, who had sustained serious injuries, had used a great deal of Heavenly God Power to heal himself and flew beside Mei Ji, where he slumped to the ground.
Silence, oppression!
The hundreds of thousands of onlookers in the canyon held their breath, not daring to even draw a single breath of air.
The situation had shifted instantly. Just moments ago, it was Xiong Hei and his two companions who were attempting to kill Qin Yu. But the fallen Qin Yu suddenly launched a counterattack. Before many divine beings could react, Qin Yu had killed Xiong Hei and seriously wounded Daoist Liu Xu—all in the blink of an eye.
"Mei Ji, when I was lying on the ground just now, I heard you mention ’Poison Soul Hook’ to Xiong Hei. Was that small hook you attacked me with the Poison Soul Hook?" Qin Yu walked towards Mei Ji with a light smile, stopping about ten meters away from her.
Mei Ji sat paralyzed on the ground, but she simply nodded, her voice filled with doubt. "You were hit by my Poison Soul Hook. How could you wake up so quickly?"
Mei Ji was well aware of the attack power of the Poison Soul Hook.
Mei Ji herself didn’t have many formidable attacks, save for the unusual and special Poison Soul Hook. If her adversaries were well-prepared, then Mei Ji would be considered particularly weak.
"Wake up so quickly?" Qin Yu laughed.
What did she mean by waking up so quickly? Qin Yu was quite clear that being hit by that Poison Soul Hook merely caused a slight vibration in his Soul Golden Core, with no real impact. The Meteor Tear had emitted a green glow and neutralized the attack before he had felt any effect.
The fall just then had been nothing more than an act.
Suddenly, Qin Yu saw Mei Ji and Liu Xu’s expressions becoming peculiar, giving off a ’strange’ vibe. He couldn’t help but smile lightly and said, "Mei Ji, Liu Xu, what’s with those expressions on your faces?"
Mei Ji and Liu Xu exchanged glances and shared a faint smile.
A sense of trepidation surged within Qin Yu, and his gaze immediately turned towards the lake behind Mei Ji and Liu Xu—the Black Dragon Pond. Qin Yu was well aware that it was this lake, sprawling over a hundred miles, that was the true Black Dragon Pond. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
The surface of Black Dragon Pond had always been tranquil as a mirror, profound and mysterious, invoking a spiritual awe in those who beheld it.
But now, that mirror-like calmness had begun to ripple and tremble, and an eerie aura rose from it. Qin Yu’s first instinct was to move and retreat swiftly.
He retreated ten miles in one breath, coming to the outside of the Formation he had set up. This fire attribute Killing Array, once activated, would release an endless tide of White Pure Fire to incinerate all. Qin Yu thought that should the situation take a turn for the worse, he would directly enter this great array.
The White Pure Fire was a threat to others, but it posed no danger to Qin Yu.
"What is in the Black Dragon Pond?" Qin Yu had a distinct sense of crisis. "Could it be...the leader of Black Dragon Pond, the legendary Black Dragon that disappeared?"
Lord Black Dragon had been absent for many years without a trace.
"Buzz buzz~~" The Black Dragon Pond started to vibrate.
In the middle of the lake, the water began to boil and roll as if it was truly boiling, becoming more and more intense. Suddenly, quite abruptly, a figure emerged from the heart of the bubbling spring, rising from the lake’s depths.
This person was nearly 1.7 meters tall, with streamlined muscles and a dark complexion that made him appear lean and sturdy.
His short scarlet hair stood up like steel needles, and those red eyebrows, sharp as swords, framed a pair of sinister and deadly eyes beneath them.
"We pay our respects to Lord Black Dragon!"
Mei Ji and Liu Xu knelt on one knee very respectfully, bowing their heads as they spoke.
The surrounding hundreds of thousands of spectators were silent at first, but after a brief moment, all the onlookers, amounting to hundreds of thousands, knelt on one knee as well, with utmost veneration they said in unison, "We pay our respects to Lord Black Dragon!"
Tens of thousands of voices soared through the clouds!
Lord Black Dragon, standing merely about 1.7 meters tall and appearing rather young, had a pair of gloomy eyes filled with murderous aura that made it impossible for anyone to believe he was a youth.
Qin Yu observed Lord Black Dragon closely.
"The Battle Armor on him is quite distinctive." Qin Yu couldn’t help but reveal a hint of a smile on his face. Divine Artifact Battle Clothes could change their appearance; as long as one could imagine it, they could transform accordingly.
The Battle Armor of Lord Black Dragon protected most of his vital parts.
However, his thighs and arms were completely exposed, showing his dark, beautifully muscular skin. The fiery red short hair and red sword brows were also rather uncommon. Just one glance from Lord Black Dragon gave Qin Yu a sense of oppression.
"His Soul Realm is much higher than mine!" Qin Yu was certain of this.
This Lord Black Dragon was at least a Middle Level Heavenly God.
"You, are you the one who killed my underling Xiong Hei? The Qin Yu who is skilled at setting up Formations?" Black Dragon looked at Qin Yu, his voice carrying a strange metallic quality. With these words, Qin Yu also inferred that Black Dragon had long since received news about him.
"Yes."
Facing Black Dragon, Qin Yu’s long black hair fluttered, and a rare smile appeared on his stern face, "Are you the legendary Black Dragon who has been missing for many years?"
"I am Black Dragon," said Black Dragon with a stern face, "Qin Yu, you have one path to life and one path to death. The path to life is... to submit to me, and I will let go of the matter of killing Xiong Hei. The path to death... is if you do not submit to me; that is the path to death."
"Life, or death, you choose!"
Black Dragon’s fiery red brows twitched, exuding an arrogant and domineering aura.
Qin Yu glanced at Mei Ji and Daoist Liu Xu, then looked up at Black Dragon, "Black Dragon, no one can decide whether I live or die, not even the Divine King, let alone... a mere small-time bandit leader like you!"
Qin Yu pointed his index finger towards Black Dragon, his voice indifferent, his gaze sharp, completely ignoring the oppressive aura from Black Dragon.
With a slight upward curl of his mouth, Black Dragon said, "Then, you shall die!"
Black Dragon extended one hand, and a two-meter-long black staff appeared in his grip. Holding the staff, Black Dragon charged at Qin Yu with extreme speed, not particularly fast yet creating dozens of afterimages.
"Eh? This footwork?" Qin Yu was taken aback by a problem with Black Dragon’s footwork.
Every step Black Dragon ran gave an extremely awkward feeling, nothing at all natural. Yet, there was a sense of a bowstring taut with tension... as if ready to deliver the strongest blow at any moment.
"What is this footwork? No, his momentum is rising." Qin Yu was astonished to discover, in the process of Black Dragon running the ten li towards him, his momentum was continuously climbing.
It wasn’t that he was expending Soul Power to increase his momentum but creating this momentum naturally through his steps and rhythm.
Black Dragon’s gloomy eyes were fixedly staring at Qin Yu, the murderous aura in his eyes no different from when he first appeared until now, as if clashing with Qin Yu wasn’t worth his full effort.
"Allowing him to accumulate momentum like this, his Soul Realm is already higher than mine... this kind of oppression..." Qin Yu felt a constriction in his heart, an anxious feeling. Lord Black Dragon before him was like an unclimbable mountain, and what’s more, this mountain was continually rising.
"Retreat!"
The moment Black Dragon was about to reach him, Qin Yu took a step, directly stepping into the nearby Formation, perfectly timed with the Life Gate.
Black Dragon glanced at the Formation where Qin Yu was, without the slightest hesitation, and also charged into the Killing Array.
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Seeing the Black Dragon enter the formation, a trace of a smile appeared on Qin Yu’s face, "You are indeed powerful, but I really want to see how you fend off this omnipresent White Pure Fire!"
The True Fire within Qin Yu’s body had ascended a level to become White Pure Fire, which significantly increased the power of the formation Qin Yu had set up this time compared to the last. Furthermore, the formation was also perfected.
As soon as the Black Dragon stepped into the Killing Array, numerous strands of White Pure Fire began to emerge throughout, all surging towards the Black Dragon.
The cold and youthful-looking Black Dragon held a black staff in one hand, watching the White Pure Fire with his usual indifferent gaze.
"White Pure Fire? Qin Yu, your mastery of formations is indeed commendable," the Black Dragon’s red brows lifted slightly, and he just stood there, not the least bit concerned about the approaching White Pure Fire.
In Qin Yu’s anticipation, a shocking scene unfolded.
When the White Pure Fire got within a foot of the Black Dragon’s body, it could no longer come any closer. This puzzling scene was so eerie that Qin Yu couldn’t believe it.
...
Inside the Killing Array were Qin Yu and the Black Dragon, but at this moment, those who were watching from outside were completely perplexed.
"What exactly is happening inside?" Daoist Liu Xu asked with a furrowed brow, while Mei Ji shook her head, "I can’t see clearly at all; the White Pure Fire fills the entire formation. Who knows what’s happening inside? But I believe that Lord Black Dragon will surely win."
"I also believe that Lord Black Dragon will win, but it’s such a pity to have such a rare chance to see Lord Black Dragon take action and not be able to witness the scene," Daoist Liu Xu sighed.
He wasn’t the only one sighing; the hundreds of thousands of spectators in the distance were sighing as well.
The Killing Array was inundated with White Pure Fire, just like engulfing fog, leaving no one aware of what was taking place inside!
...
"Qin Yu, you don’t understand even this?" disdain flashed across in the Black Dragon’s eyes, "It seems you know nothing about the fighting methods of Heavenly Gods; I wonder how you managed to kill Xiong Hei."
After saying that, the Black Dragon charged towards Qin Yu like lightning.
The White Pure Fire couldn’t harm the Black Dragon in the slightest, which surprised Qin Yu, but he immediately calmed his mind. Holding the Red Blood Divine Sword in one hand, he stood motionless, watching the charging Black Dragon.
The Black Dragon’s entire sprint gave off a feeling of sharpness.
"Whoosh!" The Black Dragon thrust out the black staff in his hand fiercely, as if it pierced through space and arrived right in front of Qin Yu. The rotating staff stabbed out like a venomous snake’s swift strike.
Qin Yu likewise thrusted out with the Red Blood Divine Sword in his hand.
This thrust contained the mysteries of the Heaven Shattering Stick, and in Qin Yu’s view, the same principle could be applied to any weapon.
The space power around the Red Blood Divine Sword started to whirl and twist, but the tip of the sword penetrated all obstacles, and a clear clashing sound could be heard.
Staff’s tip against the sword’s point!
Both Qin Yu and the Black Dragon were sent flying backward.
"Hm?" Qin Yu was shocked to discover that the Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact Red Blood Divine Sword, imbued with the special effect of ’sharpness,’ remained undamaged in this hard clash against the staff.
"Your Divine Sword is an Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact?" The Black Dragon’s constantly gloomy eyes suddenly blazed with fervor, staring intently at the Red Blood Divine Sword in Qin Yu’s hand.
"What makes you say that?" Qin Yu also started to feel that something was amiss.
The indifferent Black Dragon actually started to smile, "Because in the short time I’ve been in contact with you, I’ve already determined... your strength is merely that of a Lower Heavenly God. Yet a Lower Heavenly God, relying on a Heavenly Divine Artifact, can match me. My weapon is a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact, and yours, it must not be a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact, but a more formidable Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact."
Only then did Qin Yu realize that the long stick in his opponent’s hand was a Middle Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact.
"Qin Yu, don’t resist, your power is truly weak," the Black Dragon said with a smile on his face, possibly too thrilled about the Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact in Qin Yu’s hand.
Qin Yu snorted coldly.
"You don’t believe it? Killing you would be as easy as lifting a finger," the Black Dragon said, smiling slightly. Suddenly—
All of the White Pure Fire within fifty meters centered on the Black Dragon was avoided, leaving not a trace of White Pure Fire in that area. And Qin Yu, who was only about ten meters away from the Black Dragon, was naturally within this range.
"Why can’t I move?" Qin Yu felt as if an Immobilization Technique had been cast on him, completely unable to move.
A smile played in Black Dragon’s eyes, "An Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact is enough for me to fight an average Upper Heavenly God. Haha... I never expected to obtain an Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact today."
"Black Dragon, what exactly did you do?" Qin Yu furrowed his brows and shouted.
The Black Dragon was briefly taken aback, then laughed, "Qin Yu, I told you that you don’t understand the battles of Heavenly Gods. The most important aspect of a Heavenly God’s battle is the comprehension of space. I... a Middle Level Heavenly God, with my understanding of space, possess a ’Space Domain.’ Within the range of my Space Domain, I can suppress my opponents, and I can completely expel other things, like White Pure Fire."
Qin Yu suddenly understood.
"Lower Heavenly Gods, with their understanding of space, can neutralize the gravitational force of the ground, allowing them to fly. Middle Grade Heavenly Gods, can form a Space Domain. And Upper Heavenly Gods, can destroy a small block of space. Lower Heavenly Gods have no facility to resist Middle Grade Heavenly Gods, and Middle Grade Heavenly Gods are likewise powerless against Upper Heavenly Gods," Black Dragon explained with a light smile, "Are you wondering why I said that with an Upper Grade Heavenly Divine Artifact I could fight an Upper Heavenly God?"
Qin Yu listened carefully, indeed wanting to know.
"Unfortunately, I don’t want to tell you. Now, I grant you, death!" The moment Black Dragon moved, he was in front of Qin Yu, swinging his stick horizontally toward Qin Yu’s head.
A flash of light appeared in Qin Yu’s eyes.
Within the ’Qiankun World’ created by Qin Yu, he himself directly entered the Qiankun World.
The Space Power of the Qiankun World, which was still growing, allowed Qin Yu to control only parts of the Space Power.
Qin Yu used the Space Power of the ’Qiankun World’ to break through the barriers between the ’Qiankun World’ and the ’Divine World’, connecting to the point he had just left (that is, the coordinates).
After the Space Power connected to that point, there was still enough strength to spread out for about a hundred-meter radius.
"Phew!"
Qin Yu reappeared at his original location.
The Black Dragon was still looking around in all directions searching for Qin Yu, and upon seeing Qin Yu suddenly reappear, was startled, "You, how did you vanish? Could it be that you can perform Instantaneous Movement? No, that’s impossible." Even as calm as the Black Dragon was, he was somewhat baffled at this moment.
"Instantaneous Movement?" Qin Yu was slightly taken aback.
He had merely entered the Qiankun World and then returned, but upon hearing the word ’Instantaneous Movement’, a light bulb went off in Qin Yu’s head.
(Four Chapters complete, over seventeen thousand words now~~~)
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