Chapter 2099: Eight-Star Garan Innate Gift

"How did you accomplish this?" Jue Yi growled through gritted teeth.

Lu Yin sneered and ignored the man, instead turning to look at Chu Yuan. "Now, give me your best shot."

Chu Yuan was just as startled by Lu Yin’s transformation as Jue Yi. The young man understood the power of the Three Realms Six Dao, especially that of the God of Death, who had managed to single-handedly suppress all of the astral beasts in the entire universe. The God of Death’s name was synonymous with unparalleled combat ability.

Chu Yuan had already known that Lu Yin possessed death energy, but just like everyone else, he had assumed that Lu Yin merely cultivated with death energy. During the Heavens Sect era, there had been countless fanatic worshipers of the God of Death. Many people had been able to use death energy, but the God of Death had been the only true cultivator of his power.

During the final battle of ZENITH, Lu Yin had used his God of Death Transformation to become a peerless existence and sweep away all challengers.

In the Perennial World’s Dominion Realm, he had used the God of Death Transformation to overpower all of the Junior Progenitors at once.

Given the fact that Lu Yin had risen up to become a three-tribulation Envoy, he would naturally be able to overpower even Dao Chosen like Chu Yuan who possessed invincible abilities.

This was also just the God of Death Transformation. With a new source of power in his chest, Lu Yin was capable of far more than just this. Unfortunately, he most likely would not need to use that new strength to deal with Chu Yuan and the others.

As they stared at Lu Yin's God of Death Transformation, everyone left in the plaza felt a fear that welled up from the bottom of their hearts. They had believed that Lu Yin’s greatest advantage was his mastery of Truesight and his reliance on Extremes Must Be Reversed. Just these two abilities combined were already enough to leave them all doubting their ability to defeat Lu Yin, but they had also all kept some of their own hidden aces.

However, after seeing the God of Death Transformation, any possible confidence in their own strength disappeared. At this moment, Lu Yin not only possessed a freakish defense, but also a terrifying attack power.

Finally, Heluo Mavis stepped forward. She no longer had any hesitation, as she had realized that she absolutely had to join hands with Sky Garan and Chu Yuan.

The Dao Chosen from the Heavens Sect era were not used to cooperating with anyone to suppress a single opponent, so they had no experience to rely upon. They had previously intended to all attack together to overwhelm Lu Yin’s Extremes Must Be Reversed, but the situation had changed. Before, they had merely acknowledged that they could not individually overcome Lu Yin’s defenses, but physical might and robust defenses were not enough to achieve victory. They had merely intended to work together to overcome an impressive obstacle, but at this moment, they felt the need to work together because they were genuinely afraid of Lu Yin’s combat strength. At this moment, they saw him as an invincible opponent.

Finally, Lu Buzheng realized what was happening, and a wild excitement blossomed in his eyes. The God of Death… Lu Yin possessed the true power of the God of Death! Even during the Heavens Sect era, the Lu family had to be respectful and wary of the God of Death, as that person was an absolute monster. How surprising was it that, after the passing of so many years, a descendant of the Lu family turned out to be the one to inherit the true power of the God of Death.

Lu Yin had revealed that he possessed the Lu family’s Champions’ Stage, the true power of the God of Death, as well as the strange abilities of Gods’ Origin. Lu Buzheng could not even imagine any of the young man’s peers successfully defeating him. Even Chu Yuan’s inscrutable power to control time would likely not be enough to overcome the difference in strength that Lu Yin had shown.

The God of Death had been someone on the same level as Destiny herself.

"I heard you say that all of you have hidden most of your strength, so let’s see it." Lu Yin raised the spear that he had formed with his new power and suddenly turned to stare at Sky Garan. "You’re first."

The chains that revolved around Lu Yin’s body shot out and wrapped around his target.

Sky Garan's eyes grew large, and he instantly used his innate gift that allowed him to transfer any attack to another person. He had once used this ability to transfer Marquis Wang’s scepter away, and he had claimed that the innate gift could redirect any attack, but he had not used this innate gift during the Dao Chosen selection yet.

His innate gift successfully transferred the approaching chains away, but Sky Garan saw a spear that Lu Yin had hidden right behind the chains.

Lu Yin instantly appeared before Sky Garan, and the spear thrust forward. Sky Garan grabbed the weapon with both hands, and his pale blue light erupted in a brilliant glow. However, he felt a mysterious sense of suppression the moment he made contact with the spear. Not only was Sky Garan himself being overpowered, but the unique power of his Garan family was also being completely suppressed.

Sky Garan was startled, but before he could even react, the spear stabbed into his stomach, and his body was lifted into the air with a flip of the spear. Blood dripped down the shaft of the spear.

Jiu Yao and the other powerhouses from the Sixth Mainland were all stunned. This was the Garan family’s Dao Chosen, and yet someone had managed to forcibly pick him up.

Chu Yuan raised his blade and chopped down; the time of its passing was erased. This attack never missed, and Lu Yin had been wounded by it several times already, as he had no way to counter this attack.

That detail still had not changed, as regardless of how overwhelmingly powerful Lu Yin might be, he had no way to recover time that had been erased.

However, was there even a need to do so? No. Chu Yuan’s blade struck the chains that wrapped around Lu Yin’s body, and it stopped a meter away from Lu Yin. It was impossible to force the blade any closer at all.

Chu Yuan stared blankly at the chains formed from death energy that blocked his attack. This was completely different from Lu Yin’s Extremes Must Be Reversed. That earlier technique forced Lu Yin to simply endure all attacks, and an attack simply needed to surpass the limit of what his body could endure in order for Extremes Must Be Reversed to be broken, which the three people felt confident that they could do by working together. However, the chains formed from death energy prevented Chu Yuan from even landing an attack. If Lu Yin also used Extremes Must Be Reversed in conjunction with his God of Death Transformation, then how could anyone defeat him?

Right after Chu Yuan’s blade fell, Heluo Mavis leaped forward and punched the chains. The three young people had been motivated to work together, as Lu Yin was far more of a monster than any of them had initially believed.

Heluo Mavis directly struck the chain, and they formed an impenetrable layer of protection that surrounded Lu Yin. Heluo Mavis was not surprised to see her attack had been stopped, and a massive tree rose up behind her. A fruit grew and dropped into her waiting hands.

Lu Yin looked at the fruit that the young woman was holding. This was the Mavis family’s unique form of power that was comparable to the Garan family’s unique power. Even if the true universe held no stellular energy, the Mavis family would not truly be weakened.

Heluo Mavis ate the fruit, and her strength soared. Aurelian force appeared and burned the void as another punch was thrown at Lu Yin.

This punch managed to put a dent in the chain, which was something that not even Chu Yuan’s full-powered attack had managed to accomplish.

When it came to pure physical strength, not even the Lu family could compare to the Mavis family, especially after someone ate the fruit that Heluo Mavis had just consumed. This was the family’s true Infinite Power.

After being lifted into the air by Lu Yin’s spear, Sky Garan was completely enraged. He shifted his body off of the spear, but he nearly collapsed after landing on the ground. The blue stripes on his back flickered, and nearly half of them grew dark. At the same time, a blue liquid appeared in front of Sky Garan’s face. The light flickered with eight different colors in a beautiful manner.

Everyone’s eyes were drawn to the blue liquid that shimmered like a gem. Not even the eight flickering colors were enough to conceal the brilliant blue color. Instead, those eight colors somehow served to enhance the blueness, making it even more pure and enchanting.

"Eight Star Garan. The Garan family's inherited innate gift," Jiu Yao slowly stated, his face solemn.

Lan Xian felt confused, as she had never heard of the Eight Star Garan.

Across the plaza, Hen Xin straightened up. The Garan family had managed to dominate the entire Sixth Mainland, and in addition to their unique power that was comparable to death energy, they had also relied on their inherited innate gift: Eight Star Garan. This innate gift was something that was only famous within certain elite circles, as the Garan family had always tried to keep this innate gift well hidden. In fact, everyone who had ever seen this innate gift was dead.

This was the first time that the Eight Star Garan innate gift had been openly revealed in public.

Sky Garan had been forced into a corner. He had no choice but to expose this ability.

Everyone was fascinated by the blue liquid that had appeared, and they watched as Sky Garan opened his mouth and swallowed it all in one gulp.

Finally, people were able to return to their senses, and they mostly looked at Sky Garan in an odd manner; that liquid was something to be swallowed?

As Lu Yin observed Sky Garan, his pupils transformed into runes, and Lu Yin watched as Sky Garans runes increased further and further. Soon, a number of runes appeared that should have been impossible for anyone with Sky Garan’s level of strength to reach.

There was a limit to even a Dao Chosen’s combat power. Sky Garan might be a three-tribulation Envoy, but he was as strong as a five-tribulation Envoy. This already made him an impressive Realmbreaker, but when he used the Garan family’s innate gift, his runes had increased to more than what a six-tribulation Envoy possessed, and it approached what could be observed on a seven-tribulation powerhouse.

As far as the current era was concerned, a Realmbreaker was a genius, and being able to cross two minor cultivation realms was amazing. An example of such geniuses were the Ten Arbiters, who had been able to challenge Enlighters while only being Hunters themselves. On top of that, the Ten Arbiters had been able to fight against Enlighters with power levels of over 300,000 while only being Hunters.

As for the Perennial World’s Junior Progenitors, they were on another level, as they had been capable of fighting against Envoys while only being Enlighters.

When Lu Yin had been in the Starfall Sea, he had noticed that Bu Kong had also reached such a level of strength.

However, even for those elite geniuses, it would be impossible to fight against someone who had survived six stellular tribulations as a mere three-tribulation Envoy. Such an expert surpassed a power level of a million, which was entering a new threshold.

This meant that, at this moment, Sky Garan was capable of easily defeating even Yuan Shi. Lu Yin saw a terrifying level of strength that approached a power level of 1.1 million.

Sky Garan’s head snapped up, and he stared at Lu Yin. At this moment, the only thing that Sky Garan saw was Lu Yin.

The unique power of the Garan family condensed to form a long blue blade that Sky Garan raised high before swinging it down in a vicious slash.

The attack looked almost identical to Chu Yuan’s attacks. Lu Yin frowned, and the blade instantly struck the chains of death energy with a mighty clang.

Lu Buzheng and everyone else watching the battle play out felt numbed by this sight; the power of time?

Everyone was startled, as Sky Garan's attack had clearly just utilized the power of time. In the exact same manner as Chu Yuan, a bit of time had been erased from the attack, which made it impossible for Lu Yin to avoid the attack.

Sky Garan’s attack had perfectly mirrored Chu Yuan's slash, but the power behind it was even stronger. This was because Sky Garan’s attack was being supported by the Garan family’s unique power.

Chu Yuan had been acknowledged by the Origin Progenitor due to his ability to control time, but he did not possess any other ability or power that surpassed what Sky Garan and Heluo Mavis possessed. As Chu Yuan had said himself, he was a person of common birth, not someone from a great family like the Lu or Garan families. Even with his innate gift boosting the power of his attacks, Chu Yuan’s attacks were not as powerful as Sky Garan.

If Sky Garan managed to remove Chu Yuan’s advantage of being able to control time, Chu Yuan would not be Sky Garan’s opponent.

Chu Yuan’s success was entirely dependent on his ability to control time, but his defeat hinged on the same thing.

However, there was no one paying any attention to Chu Yuan at this moment, as they were all staring at Sky Garan. Why was he also able to control time?

Lu Yin was truly stunned. Was it that easy to comprehend and master time? Of course not! Just what was it that Sky Garan was using? For some reason, Lu Yin felt a hint of familiarity…

"How long can your death energy last?" Sky Garan’s blade fell again. The power of the Garan family supported the attack as it fell onto the chain a second time, and the chain was nearly severed.

Yuhua Mavis and everyone else stared blankly as the battle unfolded. As soon as they had seen the God of Death Transformation appear, everyone had assumed that the battle was as good as over, especially those with the personal experience of facing this version of Lu Yin. This was the ability that had let Lu Yin fight against all of his peers at once and still come out on top. Not even the Perennial World’s Junior Progenitors had been able to overcome the invincibility of this transformation.

No one had ever before witnessed an opponent who could even damage the powers that manifested during the God of Death Transformation, but Sky Garan had accomplished just that. The blade fell for a third time, and Sky Garan became the first of Lu Yin’s peers to slice through one of the death energy chains.

Lu Yin had previously been wounded while using the God of Death Transformation, both from Bai Shaohong's innate gift of a mental attack, as well as an odd attack that the Junior Progenitor had used. However, only Lu Yin himself had ever been injured, as his chains and the shield on his left arm had never shown even the slightest hint of damage. Sky Garan was the first to overpower Lu Yin’s chains with a direct attack.

However, that was all that Sky Garan had accomplished.