Chapter 414 – Fusion Technique – [Astral Fire Divine Weapon]

“Why didn’t they harvest them all?

The growth potential of the Blood Sprout Mech should have far from reached its limit, right?”

Outside the secret realm, in front of a massive light vortex.

The white-haired middle-aged man standing on the moon-white platform watched the real-time feedback on the screen with a slight frown.

The handsome youth controlling the movements of the Blood Sprout Mech shook his head at the comment and explained, “It’s unnecessary.

The Blood Sprout Mech only requires a certain substance from biological flesh for perfect activation at the initial start-up. Afterwards, the main energy source for growth doesn’t heavily rely on that.

Moreover, these people have special identities; they belong to the same organization as the Immortal Bloodline Holder.

If she finds out afterwards, it might lead to unnecessary trouble…”

The white-haired middle-aged man nodded and didn’t speak further.

The bespectacled old man stood beside them with a teacup in hand, watching the conversation with a half-smile. Among the three, he seemed the least concerned about the matter.

The images in the void shifted rapidly, indicating that the Blood Sprout Mech was moving quickly within the secret realm.

During this time, the handsome youth was controlling the mech’s movements while also collecting, processing, analyzing, and evaluating various data. His expression grew more strained and serious.

After a relatively “long” journey.

The image before the three finally changed.

As the image zoomed in rapidly, both the handsome youth and the white-haired middle-aged man immediately focused on a figure within the frame.

“Got you.”

The handsome youth muttered softly, a strong sense of relief in his voice.

He was about to make a direct move when the bespectacled old man next to him interrupted.

“Hold on.”

“Hold on for what?”

The handsome youth instinctively retorted.

The bespectacled old man glanced at him, responding calmly, “The secret realm exit still needs time to fully open. Even if you save them now, there’s nowhere to go.

And besides…”

The bespectacled old man pointed to the screen, where a large and a small figure both clad in silver armor appeared, one ornate and the other simple. Squinting his eyes, he said in a low voice, “The Tulan Family’s top-tier Malignant Vine Mech prototype…

Are you sure the Blood Sprout Mech at this stage of growth can withstand it?”

“The Tulan Family?!”

The pupils of both the handsome youth and the white-haired middle-aged man contracted upon hearing those three words. They then noticed the iconography associated with the “instigators” of the current event.

The intertwined vine-like armor was characteristic of only one family’s legacy mechs in this part of the Starry Sky.

And that family… was an enormous entity that their Bai Family could not afford to provoke.

“To have received the Core Legacy of the Silver Malignant Vine in the star spirit realm, and even having attendants…

It seems like this is a noble direct descendant of the current generation of the Tulan Family.”

The bespectacled old man lowered his head and lightly blew on nonexistent tea froth in his cup, sighing softly in a voice only he could hear, “It seems this issue won’t be easily resolved…”

“A noble direct descendant of the Tulan Family…”

The handsome youth’s expression turned rather unsightly.

The Blood Sprout Mech he controlled, which had been moving at high speed, also came to a halt.

His expression was in turmoil, his eyes flickering with light as if he were reporting to someone.

After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, “The Council of Elders instructed us to maintain stability for now… Damn it, what does maintaining stability even mean?”

“Then just maintain stability.”

The bespectacled old man set down his teacup, speaking calmly, “For now, do nothing.

Allow the Blood Sprout Mech to absorb more energy and grow for a while.

Act when there’s no other choice.

In the current situation, the longer you delay, the more advantageous it is for you.

After all… the ones who should be truly anxious aren’t you.

Don’t you agree?”

The handsome youth’s eyes flickered for a few seconds before he took a deep breath, gradually calming down.

“You’re right.”

…

“One big, one small.

One elite monster, one minion…”

Lu Yuan focused on the two opponents in front of him, who were clearly on the same team, with one distinctly more “advanced” than the other. He turned to Yuwen Tong beside him and asked, “Which one do you want?”

Yuwen Tong looked at Lu Yuan as if truly seeing him for the first time. It was only after Lu Yuan had been staring at her for a while that she seemed to snap out of her surprise at his “sudden appearance.”

Yuwen Tong didn’t say anything like asking Lu Yuan to leave immediately. Instead, she smiled, combing her loose hair neatly with a graceful gesture. The poise and aura of Lord Tong once again radiated from her.

She glanced at Lu Yuan, lightly swung her short blade, and said nonchalantly, “What do you think?”

With that, she ignored him, single-handedly dragging her sword as she ascended step by step into the void.

“Can’t I just… carry you once?”

Watching Yuwen Tong’s figure enveloped in the increasingly intense purple light, Lu Yuan sighed softly in “disappointment.”

With that said.

“Boom!”

He stomped his foot hard, creating a massive, transparent distortion beneath him.

The immense recoil propelled him, forming a long trail of afterimages in the void, as he followed Yuwen Tong.

“Another one with a death wish?”

Seeing the sudden arrival of Lu Yuan, Anders was mildly surprised.

But noticing that Lu Yuan, this new “helper,” was also nearly in a pure, unequipped state, with nothing unusual about him other than his peculiar energy fluctuation, the surprise quickly faded.

“Attack.”

Anders commanded expressionlessly.

The Black Robe Elder beside him acknowledged the order, and the two almost simultaneously disappeared from their spots.

Like two brilliant silver meteors, they streaked towards the incoming purple light in tandem.

However, just as the trailing silver meteor was about to collide with the purple light, a dazzling platinum light abruptly burst forth from the side.

With a loud “boom,” a violent explosion echoed.

The silver meteor veered off a few degrees, and the shaking form of the Black Robe Elder reappeared in mid-air.

“Your opponent is me.”

Lu Yuan, his entire body enveloped in brilliant platinum flame, stood in front of the Black Robe Elder, a faint grin revealing his stark white teeth.

“Don’t get it twisted.”

“Get lost!”

The Black Robe Elder’s gaze was icy, as if he couldn’t be bothered to even look at Lu Yuan. He lifted his hand to form a blade and made a slicing motion toward him.

The moment the Black Robe Elder lifted his hand, Lu Yuan’s pupils contracted sharply. The Mastery blood pill spinning in his chest gave a fierce throb, driven by an inexplicable unease that instinctively compelled him to veer sharply to the left.

The next second.

“Swish-“

A crescent-shaped silver light flashed briefly in the void.

A few strands of hair floated gently down before his eyes.

Lu Yuan stared in shock at the large chunk of Platinum Fire suddenly missing from the upper right side of his body, as though it had been cut away by an unseen force.

“So fast?”

“Hmm?”

His opponent seemed even more surprised, as if this move shouldn’t have been dodged by Lu Yuan under any circumstances.

The Black Robe Elder lifted his hands again, this time using both.

“Swish! Swish!”

Two more silver lights flashed through the void.

With his blood pill pulsing, Lu Yuan’s figure reappeared at another location.

“Damn, still at the tenth stage? How did this guy become so much stronger than before? It’s like night and day!”

Lu Yuan’s expression grew serious.

The opponent’s attacks just now were not only astonishingly fast but also incredibly deadly.

If not for his four basic attributes having significantly improved, reaching a collective three-time limit break, and his Martial Sense having been elevated to an unprecedented level by the Mastery blood pill, he might have been split in two by the first strike.

“Is it because of that set of armor he’s wearing?”

Lu Yuan had encountered these figures from an advanced civilization once before; they had seemed strong but nowhere near this extreme.

The difference had to lie in the additional armor the opponent was wearing.

It was clear that this was backed by the “cutting-edge technology” of an advanced civilization.

“No need to probe any further…”

Lu Yuan felt that if he continued testing, he might end up in serious trouble.

“The Gathering of Three Flowers at the Apex!”

At the very moment the opponent took his third attack stance, Lu Yuan swiftly activated the secret technique known as the gathering of three flowers at the apex.

With a light touch to his brow, his dark eyes began to shine, and three flowers bloomed in his pupils.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Instantly, it was as if thousands of Thunders roared within Lu Yuan, and the aura surrounding him surged upwards like a rocket, layer by layer, in a frenzy.

With the gathering of three flowers at the apex, Lu Yuan’s vitality, energy, and spirit underwent a monumental transformation.

The Platinum Fire on his body condensed intensely, transitioning from formless to tangible, flowing towards his arm like a stream.

Lu Yuan pointed a finger lightly at the space in front of him.

In an instant, a platinum greatsword, spanning tens of meters, formed at his fingertip.

With a resounding “boom,” it shot fiercely towards the distant Black Robe Elder.

Beneath the silver mask, the Black Robe Elder seemed disdainful of Lu Yuan’s astonishing move.

His eyes arched downward, showing deep contempt.

He didn’t even dodge. Instead, he formed his hands into claws, adopting an extremely wild and domineering stance as he reached out towards Lu Yuan.

It was as if he intended to shatter Lu Yuan’s platinum greatsword with his bare hands!

He certainly had the arrogance to back it up.

This attack, launched after the gathering of three flowers at the apex, was powerful enough to crush any ordinary tenth stage opponent.

As the massive sword tip collided with the small silver palms, it emitted an ear-piercing sound like metal grinding against metal.

Soon, a crack appeared at the sword’s tip.

This crack rapidly expanded, quickly spreading across the entire blade of the greatsword.

“Weak and pathetic trick!”

The Black Robe Elder chuckled coldly beneath his mask, a fierce gleam in his eyes, and exerted strength with his hands.

“Boom!”

In the next second, the awe-inspiring platinum greatsword was shattered to pieces by his grasp.

Amidst the countless shards of the shattered Platinum Fire, the Black Robe Elder, clad in silver armor, stepped forward towards Lu Yuan, one step at a time in the void.

His eyes, sharp like a hawk’s, remained locked onto Lu Yuan, as if the next target to be torn apart was his very being.

However, he hadn’t taken more than two steps when…

Suddenly…

The Black Robe Elder’s head jerked violently backward.

It was as though someone had punched him hard in the head.

His figure froze in mid-air for half a second…

In the next instant, a chaotic and painful wave of consciousness swept out like a Hurricane, accompanied by a hysterical scream.

The previously domineering Black Robe Elder suddenly clutched his head and twisted about in the air as if in extreme agony, his body convulsing violently.

And just as he writhed in torment, a figure appeared before him as if emerging from the shadows.

Lu Yuan’s eyes burned intensely, yet his gaze was frighteningly cold.

A killing intent poured from him like a glacial torrent, surging toward the Black Robe Elder.

“Stunned, aren’t you?”

Lu Yuan moved swiftly in front of the Black Robe Elder, his body emanating torrents of elusive fire.

From the flames around him, blood and flesh-like networks formed, materializing into an enormous entity resembling an elephant man with four heads and eight arms, forged of platinum.

“My Astral Fire conceals a weapon!”

“Within the Astral Fire lies the Divine Weapon. This move is called…a fusion technique-Astral Fire Divine Weapon!”

The massive platinum Dharma Body of the elephant deity roared and raised its eight arms, each bearing a radiant platinum great sun.

All eight great suns converged at a single point.

And that point…was the Black Robe Elder’s head!

“Dharma Body. Eight Elephants Devouring Dragons!”

In the void, the deity with eight great suns lifted high, brought its eight arms together.

The eight platinum great suns collided and merged with a resounding “boom,” engulfing the silver-armored figure who had barely recovered from his torment and attempted to defend himself.

Almost simultaneously,

A larger explosion erupted from the side.

Lu Yuan turned abruptly, just in time to witness a blinding silver light unfold.

A translucent silver mushroom cloud rose swiftly in the void.

A figure staggered backward, and droplets of crimson blood spattered into the sky.

Lu Yuan’s pupils constricted sharply as he witnessed this scene.

“Lord Tong!”

“Hmm?!”

On the platform, witnessing a figure being injured and flying through the screen, both the handsome youth and the white-haired middle-aged man’s eyelids twitched violently.

The former couldn’t help but clench his fists tightly, producing a cracking sound.

“Don’t rush.”

A calm voice beside them interrupted the handsome youth’s impulse to immediately control the Blood Sprout Mech and charge forward.

Turning his head, he saw the bespectacled old man remaining as composed as ever.

“The Immortal Bloodline Holder isn’t so easy to kill. Plus…”

The bespectacled old man glanced at the screen and said nonchalantly, “This lad from the Tulan Family is here for the Immortal Bloodline. There’s no way he’d go for a kill. At this moment, he treasures the life of the Immortal Bloodline Holder more than any of us do.

You still have plenty of time.”

The handsome youth’s eyes flickered for a moment. He nodded and slowly relaxed his clenched fists.

At this moment, the bespectacled old man, observing a battle group in a corner position on the screen, said softly with a gleam in his eyes, “Now, I’m more interested in this young man.

For an ordinary tenth stage star spirit realm, to be able to heavily injure the Tulan Family’s elite clad in silver malignant vine?

Tsk tsk, his methods are indeed intriguing and entertaining…”

Upon hearing the bespectacled old man’s remarks, both the handsome youth and the white-haired middle-aged man turned their attention to the other battle group.

When they clearly saw the situation in that battle group, both of them were slightly taken aback.