Chapter 949: Abrupt Change

“Captain Feng, do you know the cultivation of Meng Yuanxiu of the Azure Oddity World?” Shang Xia didn’t seem to notice, or even if he did, he didn’t care about the tears streaming down Captain Feng’s face. He asked with extreme sincerity, and there wasn’t a shred of disrespect in his voice.

Even though Captain Feng wanted nothing more than to tear Shang Xia to shreds at that point, her rationality told her that she couldn’t lose her demeanor as a captain of the Star Origin Guards. “True Immortal Meng Yuanxiu is one of two Martial Void Realm True Immortals of the Azure Oddity World. Even though he’s only at the first tier of the Martial Void Realm, he’s one of the only known rank six Formation Grandmasters in our Star Origin City!”

“Rank Six Formation Grandmaster?!” Shang Xia gasped.

Captain Feng could guess what Shang Xia was thinking and she muttered, “That is why the moment he arrived, the outcome of the battle was set. Even if he hasn’t truly made his move, there is no way for your world to obtain victory.”

A frown appeared on Shang Xia’s face. “Why is that the case? Is it just because he’s a rank six Formation Grandmaster?”

“Of course.” Captain Feng grunted with certainty before throwing out a question of her own. “Do you even know what a rank six Formation Grandmaster represents?”

Sucking in a long breath, Shang Xia asked, “Captain Feng, please enlighten me...”

Shang Xia’s attitude made Captain Feng feel a lot better and she started to explain patiently, “The Azure Oddity World might only have 2 Martial Void Realm True Immortals, but they hadn’t submitted to any Spirit Worlds or great powers... Even so, they dared to open up a spatial tunnel to our Spirit Origin City. They aren’t afraid of their position being located. Do you know why?”

Shang Xia felt his thoughts stirring as he learned a bit more about the power structure in the vast sea of stars. It seemed as though only Spirit Worlds would have the qualifications to actually form a fixed spatial tunnel with the Star Origin City. Azure Worlds would have to be sufficiently powerful or they would already have submitted to some great powers. According to Captain Feng, the Azure Oddity World was truly a special existence to be able to maintain their independence...

He also learned something about Captain Feng from her attitude towards him. It seemed as though she liked to teach others and liked to ask the other party questions until they slowly got to the answer themselves.

Shang Xia patiently continued his line of questioning in order to learn more. “Seems like it’s because of True Immortal Meng Yuanxiu... How is it actually possible though?”

Captain Feng turned her head in his direction as her eyes slowly opened. A light flashed in them and she muttered, “True Immortal Meng’s achievements in the art of Formations are extraordinary and he managed to create a powerful grand formation that connected the world origin source between continents of the Azure Oddity World. The moment an invasion happens, he would be able to draw on the power of half the world to obtain combat strength in the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm!”

“Fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm?!” Shang Xia couldn’t help but gasp.

He might not have ventured around the Land of Star Origin for long, and neither did he have too many interactions with the experts in the city. However, he understood the differences in the different tiers of cultivation among Martial Void Realm experts.

What did combat strength at the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm represent?!

Since the establishment of the Star Origin City, there was only a single expert in the Star Origin Guards who reached that level! He was Guard Commander Zhuge Xiang!

Shang Xia had once taken part in the battle to suppress Dugu Yuanshan, an expert in the third tier of the Martial Void Realm. He was clear how powerful an existence like that truly was. Back then, they even had the help of the World’s Will! Even when the other party was completely suppressed and unable to fight back, it took him 3 whole years to wear down the other party’s soul with the special properties of his Five Element Dipper Qi!

If an expert in the third tier of the Martial Void Realm was so difficult to deal with, what about someone at a level higher than that?!

Shang Xia was afraid that even if every single Martial Void Realm expert in the Spirit Luxuriant World joined hands, they wouldn’t be able to fight back against an expert at that level!

No matter how hard it was to believe that an existence with such powerful combat strength could appear in a small Azure World, from the resolute look in Captain Feng’s eyes, Shang Xia felt that she wasn’t lying. She had no reason to either.

“How did he do it...” Shang XIa couldn’t help but ask.

Captain Feng shook her head and muttered, “When True Immortal Meng is facing his opponents, the blessing of his World’s Will will allow him to possess combat power in the second tier of the Martial Void Realm. When he draws on the world origin of half the Azure Oddity World, he would be able to grow even stronger! Even Commander Xian once said that even though his cultivation level was at the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm, he would be suppressed by the World’s Will if he tried to go over to the Azure Oddity World. Due to the suppression, he wasn’t confident of beating True Immortal Meng...”

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

With an expert at Zhuge Xiang’s level admitting it, there was no doubt about it. True Immortal Meng’s strength was proven to be too damn overwhelming.

Shang Xia couldn’t help but sigh, “He’s actually so disgusting...”

“Of course, it’s not as though there are no drawbacks from using that much power...” Captain Feng said suddenly.

Shang Xia didn’t have to press for an answer as she added, “Even though the Azure Oddity World is merely an Azure World, gathering the world origin from half the world would definitely place a massive burden on True Immortal Meng’s body. The only reason he laid down the forbidden formation was because he had faced world annihilation before and had no other choice. Due to the massive influx of world origin, his Void Origin was seriously damaged and he would no longer be able to grow stronger. He is stuck in the first tier of the Martial Void Realm. He wouldn’t be able to maintain his combat capabilities at the fourth tier of the Martial Void Realm forever, but no one knows how long he would be able to last...”

Only then did Shang Xia heave a sigh of relief. Even so, Meng Yuanxiu’s achievements were terrifying enough. It was no wonder everyone reacted that way when he joined the battle.

“Wait... Something isn’t right. According to Captain Feng, he would only possess such power in the Azure Oddity World. We’re in the Star Origin City at the moment and True Immortal Meng should only possess the combat strength of someone in the first tier of the Martial Void Realm, right?” Shang Xia soon realized the situation they were in.

Captain Feng seemed to expect Shang Xia’s question and her eyes were already closed after opening them to look at him earlier. She pressed her lips together and raised her chin to gesture to the fight above. “If I’m not mistaken, True Immortal Meng probably sent over a large pearl, right?”

Shang Xia nodded. However, he was afraid that she couldn’t see his actions and he decided to speak out loud instead. “Indeed...”

“That’s called the Azure Oddity Pearl, and it’s also dubbed the World Pearl. It’s the divine weapon True Immortal Meng refined for himself with his knowledge in the dao of formations. It’s an important treasure he uses to control the world origin in half his world. The weapon is too important and he rarely brings it out. Many people heard of the World Pearl, but they had never seen it for themselves. Now that it appeared... Sigh... Did your Spirit Luxuriant World offend someone you shouldn’t have?” Captain Feng explained.

Actually, Captain Feng didn’t need to remind them. Shang Xia could also feel the undercurrents flowing during the ‘simple exchange’ between the True Immortals of various worlds.

Every single world seemed to be trying to suppress them in all sorts of ways!

Shang Xia thought for a moment and muttered, “I don’t know if we offended anyone, but I wish to know how True Immortal Meng plans on making use of his World Pearl. Is he planning to lay down a formation?”

Throughout their conversation, Shang Xia discovered that Captain Feng knew quite a lot about Meng Yuanxiu. He didn’t know if it was because she was interested in the Azure Oddity World and did her own research or if the Star Origin Guards kept information about the True Immortals of various worlds.

He was inclined to believe that the Star Origin Guards had been keeping tabs on the True Immortals of the various worlds connected to them, but he felt that Captain Feng had also done her own research.

According to Shang Xia, a captain of the Star Origin Guards might not be able to gain access to too much information even if the Star Origin Guards had their own information network. Unless Captain Feng possessed extraordinary capabilities or a powerful background, she shouldn’t know so much.

... The next moment, Captain Feng snorted, “Of course he’s laying down a formation. However, it’s not any sort of formation. It should be some sort of battle formation!”

Their conversation seemed to take a very long time, but in actuality, they had been speaking to each other through their divine wills. Only a moment had passed since Shang Xia arrived beside her.

In the skies above the Star Relay, when Meng Yuanxiu appeared with his World Pearl, everyone seemed to have already reached some sort of agreement. The experts of the various worlds pushed their opponents away as they gathered towards the pearl.

The experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World might not know the capabilities of True Immortal Meng’s pearl, but with their vast battle experience, they knew that the other side was plotting something.

With all of the opponents gathering together, all they had to do was attempt to stop them!

The Hidden Frost Sword and the Jade Tortoise were the first to react. They tried to stop both Xiao Yugang and True Immortal Yuliang.

Yang Taihe, Li Jidao, and Liu Jingsheng reacted a split second later as they attempted to stop their opponents.

True Immortal Yuliang seemed to already expect Zhang Xuansheng’s move and his ball of Lightning Starch started to return to his Rounded Jug. The next moment, lightning poured out from it and turned into a Lightning Web that attempted to stop the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World for a moment.

A moment was all they needed.

The moment they gathered around the pearl, their combat abilities seemed to be fused together by the World Pearl and a majestic aura descended. Zhang Xuansheng’s Jade Tortoise was sent flying away instantly.

Even though it had been surrounded by the Lightning Starch earlier, the Jade Tortoise didn’t suffer any injuries. However, when a powerful ray of light emerged when the experts of the various worlds gathered around the World Pearl and smashed into the Jade Tortoise, a deep crack appeared on its shell.

“Get back!” The Hidden Frost Sword slashed at the void behind them and carved out a region of space between them and their opponents.

Unfortunately, another ray of light emerged from the World Pearl and restored the torn space.

Kou Chongxue managed to buy a little bit of time for them as the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World regrouped and stood side by side.

Zhuge Xiang, who was in charge of overseeing the battle, was deciding to announce the end of the battle and stop the fight. However, the World Pearl acted before he could do anything. It seemed to pass through space itself to appear close to the experts of the Spirit Luxuriant World. A beam of concentrated orange light shot straight for Kou Chongxue’s Hidden Frost Sword!