Chapter 4379: One More To Go

At that moment, Lu Yin suddenly understood. The Plume Immortals, with their teleportation, were planning to exploit a gap in timing.

His eyes flickered. The greatest advantage that teleportation offered was the ability to ignore distance. How had he forgotten that?

When the Nest civilization had attacked humanity, the bugs had relied on the advantage of being able to ignore distance. As soon as enough distance opened up on the battlefield, humanity would inevitably lose. Their countermeasure had been to lure the Nest civilization into fighting a decisive battle within a fixed range.

The Plume Immortals were currently planning to take advantage of that same strategy. They intended to destroy every gate and then gather together to exploit their advantage of being able to ignore distance.

Obscura had ways to retreat almost instantly, but using a gate still required time. Even a single second was enough for a Plume Immortal to strike. One Plume Immortal meant one attack. What about ten?

Lu Yin stared into the distance. This had to be their strategy. He took a deep breath. If he could think of it, then Ba Se and the others certainly could as well. He had never considered himself to be the smartest.

Obscura had a far greater understanding of the Plume Immortals than Lu Yin. There was no way they would have failed to see what was happening.

Unfortunately, Obscura had no solution. Teleportation itself was an absolute means. Even if Obscura saw through the Plume Immortals’ intentions, how could a counter-strategy be prepared?

The only thing that Obscura could do was to establish the battlefield as the Plume Immortals’ great tree from the very beginning of the war. This tree was the birds’ nest, and they could not abandon it.

The battlefield that the Plume Immortals wanted to shift to should be inside Vestigium. That was Obscura’s nest that could also not be abandoned.

Both sides were striking at each other’s weak points. The entire structure of the war had become clear. Lu Yin retreated. He had already completed one mission, so as long as Ba Se did not force him to action, Lu Yin would just hide for the moment. At worst, he could claim to be injured.

What came next would be brutal.

Just as Lu Yin had predicted, as soon as all the gates were destroyed, a vast and terrifying aura shook the cosmos within a seemingly endless range. Even from his location, he felt an indescribable pressure settle upon him. It was an oppressive force at the level of Ancestor Shan’s.

Some being who resonated with three cosmic laws was taking action, but were they from the Plume Immortals or from Obscura?

Lu Yin peered into the distance. Regardless of which was true, he was not getting any closer.

Far away, around the Plume Immortals’ tree, the strange birds soared through the sky, attacking Second Furball, Old Man Hehe, and Obscura’s Black.

Three more Plume Immortals arrived. They had been fighting elsewhere on the battlefield, and they returned in an instant to join the current assault.

Second Furball fled in a panic. Against creatures who could teleport, they could only endure.

Old Man Hehe was driven away immediately.

The absolute darkness that surrounded Black was pierced through, like a cave shattering.

A moment later, another gate appeared, and Furball and You Che charged out of it. The Plume Immortals’ great tree had just become the only battlefield.

The intensity of the fighting made Lu Yin completely unwilling to get involved. He saw the main stream of the River of Aeons being drawn out as Old Man Hehe reappeared.

Surging divine energy boiled through the cosmos. That had to be Furball’s power.

From the Plume Immortals, Godplume Spears repeatedly pierced space. The cosmos seemed like a flat surface that was being repeatedly punctured, which made the entire Aevum Inch appear tiny.

Lu Yin retreated even farther back. Ba Se had no time to deal with him at this moment.

In truth, he wanted to get closer to the battlefield so that he could observe it. Given the intensity of the fighting, it was likely that he could get a better understanding of certain things, such as You Che’s true strength, the form of Obscura’s Black, or even Ba Se’s true form. It was possible that even Ba Se had joined the battle.

But Lu Yin could not go. In a war of this level, a single mistake would mean death.

The battle raged in the distance while Lu Yin endured the tense wait.

Suddenly, all of the pressure simply vanished. He stared into the distance. What was happening?

All of the Plume Immortals had vanished from the distant battlefield, leaving only the members of Obscura, the great tree, and the suppressed Gao Tian.

“Return to Vestigium immediately.” All members of Obscura opened their own gates and went to Vestigium.

Gates could not allow them to move as quickly as teleportation. By the time everyone had returned to Vestigium, the Plume Immortals were already launching a coordinated assault. Nearly half of the countless gates scattered throughout Vestigium had been destroyed. The Plume Immortals circled the Divine Tree, crying triumphantly, “The moment you tried to suppress Gao Tian, you already lost! Some costs that you refuse to pay will only lead to even greater ones.”

Vestigium trembled.

Ba Se responded, “That depends on whether the price is worth it.”

***

Around the Plume Immortals’ great tree, everything grew silent.

Lu Yin teleported several times to get closer to the battlefield, and he stared into the distance. The battlefield was empty. Everyone was gone. The battlefield had shifted in an instant. By this time, all of the fighting should have moved into Vestigium.

When fighting against Plume Immortals, even Obscura was forced onto the defensive.

He was suddenly struck by a thought: since the Plume Immortals were all gone, their nest should be unprotected for the moment. He looked at their great tree. Could there be something valuable there? Perhaps a mirebound artifact?

The idea was tempting, but after thinking things over, Lu Yin chose to continue hiding. Gao Tian was still in the tree’s canopy, and no one knew if that bird might suddenly awaken.

At that moment, a sword suddenly appeared above the great tree. It was completely transparent.

The instant the blade appeared, Lu Yin’s scalp went numb. This sword was both terrifying and familiar. He had seen it before. This was the very sword that had cut apart the Meteor Realm and the Human Trio, nearly killing Awe Gate.

This was the sword of Obscura’s Transparent.

Lu Yin watched in shock as the transparent sword sliced downward. It was clearly targeting the great tree.

Just when he thought that the tree would be chopped apart, heaven-shaking talons appeared, followed by a suffocating pressure. The entire cosmos changed color. Both above and below, there were only those talons and the slowly emerging Plume Immortal.

At that moment, the Aevum Inch truly felt like it was no larger than a square inch, as everything was replaced by this Plume Immortal.

Lu Yin felt like his chest was about to explode. Waves of pressure swept through the region. The birds that had been fighting for the Plume Immortals against Obscura’s civilizations all collapsed, trembling. Even the great tree itself bent slightly beneath the pressure.

It was like a giant stepping into a kingdom of ants. At this moment, the giant had awakened.

“Gao Tian.” An unfamiliar voice spoke. It belonged to Obscura’s transparent member.

Lu Yin was stunned. Was that bird Gao Tian? Had it not been sealed away with the sourcebox array?

“I knew that you would attempt a sneak attack. I have waited a long time for this moment. Come!” The talons grabbed the transparent sword. A crisp sound rang out, which belonged to both the sword breaking and the cosmos itself shattering into countless fragments. The damage stretched far beyond comprehension.

The space before Lu Yin’s eyes shattered as well. He quickly dodged, but even so, a deep gash opened up on his arm.

As a streak of sharpness flashed by, a section of the great tree’s canopy was cut off. Gao Tian and Obscura’s Transparent vanished at the same time.

Lu Yin stood where he was, breathing heavily. When he looked back at the great tree, he saw that the trunk rising through the canopy had been severed. Gao Tian was also gone.

The next moment, the crown of the great tree twisted, and two figures appeared. One was Ming Yu, whom Lu Yin recognized, and the other was the Immortal Lord.

Sure enough, the figure appearing beside Ming Yu was the Immortal Lord.

Beneath them was some strange Immortal bird that remained prostrate. It had been too close to Gao Tian when that Plume Immortal had appeared, and it had been nearly crushed to death.

At that moment a small gate appeared beside Lu Yin. Ba Se was contacting him. “Lu Yin, destroy the Plume Immortals’ tree.”

Lu Yin had not yet recovered from the shock of witnessing Gao Tian’s awakening. Hearing Ba Se’s words, he struggled to suppress his anger. “You knew that Gao Tian had already awakened, didn’t you? And yet you still sent me to seal it. Were you trying to get me killed?”

“Gao Tian’s target was never you. The outcome of this battle is already determined. Destroy the tree and this war will end, and you will receive a six-star mission reward,” Ba Se said.

Lu Yin’s breathing quickened. A six-star mission reward. He remembered that Obscura’s available information included the locations of human civilizations, one of which was considered a six-star mission reward.

Even when fighting in a war with increased rewards, Lu Yin had no idea when he might complete a six-star mission, considering that even his previous five-star mission had been forced upon him.

A six-star mission reward?

“All of the Plume Immortals have been dragged into Vestigium, and Gao Tian has been lured away. There is no absolute powerhouse there who is capable of killing you. Destroy the tree, and this war will end.” The small gate vanished.

Lu Yin clenched his fists and stared across the distance. Accomplishing his mission was easier said than done. Ming Yu was still present.

Fortunately, the Immortal Lord was also present. Without them, Lu Yin would have no confidence that he could destroy the great tree.

The Plume Immortals were certainly cautious enough. Ming Yu’s presence at the great tree was likely intended to guard against Lu Yin, given that he had not appeared in Vestigium. The birds’ only mistake was bringing the Immortal Lord along.

Far away, above the massive tree, Ming Yu’s gaze turned cold. Where is that human?

They had all gone together to attack Vestigium but had not seen that human there. That meant that he was still nearby.

Even though Ming Yu was confident that it could kill the human, it could not risk their great tree’s safety.

This war had finally created an opportunity for Gao Tian to single-handedly kill Obscura’s Keeper of Balance. The outcome of the overall war was already determined, but for Ming Yu, that was still not enough. Until that human died, it would remain uneasy.

Beside the bird, a green stalk emitted a faint glow. Luo Chan was also still with the Immortal Lord.

The Immortal Lord gazed into the distance. They had been brought to the Plume Immortals’ tree before the war had even begun, but they had appeared at only this moment in order to protect the birds’ tree during the final moments of the war.

They had no desire to participate in this war, but they had no choice. The Immortal Lord could not disobey the Plume Immortals.

“The decisive battlefield is being fought in Vestigium. This place should be safe,” the Immortal Lord commented.

Ming Yu replied in a low voice. “One more remains.”

The Immortal Lord was puzzled. “One more?”

Ming Yu said, “Obscura has a human Aberrant among their members, and he has the ability to teleport. If he is not killed, I will never be at ease.”

Ripples spread through the Immortal Lord’s previously calm mind when they heard Ming Yu’s words. A human Aberrant among Obscura’s members...? That has to be Lu Yin. Is Lu Yin nearby?

For some reason, unease rose within the Immortal Lord at that thought, but why did they feel that way?

When Luo Chan was captured, their Nest civilization had suffered great losses. The Immortal Lord had been forced to escort Lu Yin to the Seven-Treasure Anuras, serving as his guardian. But after that, all grievances between them and that human civilization had been settled. Still, when it came to Lu Yin himself, the Immortal Lord should not feel this nervous or anxious. Why did they?

Wait, a human obtained the ability to teleport? Lu Yin can teleport?

The Immortal Lord was stunned. Their mind raced, reviewing their memories. When had this happened? How could Lu Yin have gained the ability to teleport? Humans should not be able to do that. Teleportation was the Plume Immortals’ absolute means. Luo Chan could do it, but...

Suddenly, the Immortal Lord remembered that Luo Chan had been captured by the humans. Could it have happened at that time? If so, then Lu Yin must have already been able to teleport during his visit to the Seven-Treasure Anuras with the Immortal Lord. That would explain the human’s confidence and fearlessness of the Immortal Lord.

But the feeling of unease did not come from Lu Yin’s ability to teleport, so just where exactly did it originate?

The Immortal Lord had no idea that they had fought Lu Yin once before. The karma of that battle had been severed by Lu Yin’s Dao Sword, causing the Immortal Lord to forget everything related to it.

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