Chapter 2292: Battling A Semi-Progenitor

As for the people from Virtue Archives, many of the students were still stuck in the revelation that their Prof. Hao Yu was actually Lu Xiaoxuan! When they were struck by the shockwaves from the jiao’s roar, nearly half of the students vomited blood and passed out.

The God of Food turned pale when the strength of a Progenitor was released. The legends were actually true; the imprisoned jiao really did have the power of a Progenitor.

Progenitor Smoke looked up from below to examine the chained jiao. "That’s going to be tough to deal with."

The jiao remained bound by the broken saber and the various chains, but it could still move about within the bounds of Shenwu’s Sky.

Enormous claws stretched down, shattered multiple layers of space. Progenitor Smoke sighed. "Kid, I’ll give you a hand, but the best that I can do is stop the chained jiao. Whether you can escape is going to have to be up to you."

The woman then leaped into the sky, and a layer of her white fog spread out and split the area. Within Shenwu’s Sky, Progenitor Smoke and the jiao were cut off from the rest of the people. The barrier formed by the fog essentially split Shenwu's Sky in half.

As soon as the barrier appeared, the pressure of a Progenitor disappeared.

Xia Ziheng and the other Semi-Progenitors all let out sighs of relief before turning to stare at Lu Yin. "You little bastard! You’re certainly cruel enough, pretending to be Yu Hao and capturing the patriarchs of all of the four ruling powers in order to create discord between us! If you hadn’t been exposed so soon, you might have destroyed the entire balance of the Higher Realm! Clearly, you’re the worst Redback alive! Your entire Lu family was nothing but Redbacks!"

Lu Yin was still standing with his back to everyone. Was he calm? Angry? He did not even know himself after realizing he had been deceived by Bai Xian'er. The people who were about to be executed were not the prisoners from Crimson Garden, but merely people who had been chosen to die by Shenwu's Sky.

Seeing that the people were not his family members, Lu Yin should feel more relaxed, but what had happened to everyone who had been imprisoned in Crimson Garden? Where had Bai Xian'er taken them?

"Lu Xiaoxuan, there were other matters involved that made it so that I couldn’t take action on Dragon Mountain a few decades ago, and that’s why you were able to escape, but there’s no escape for you this time!" Mr. Yu declared.

Semi-Progenitor Chai also spoke up, "Every last survivor from the Lu family should be killed! I don't know how you managed to escape the Forsaken Land and return to the Perennial World. ?It’s possible that you even worked with Aeternus to destroy the New Corridor, but it doesn't matter! I will execute you myself soon enough, and the New Corridor will be repaired. Nothing will change!"

Further away, countless people were watching things play out. Some rejoiced, some mourned, and others experienced conflicting emotions. The Lu family had already been exiled, yet a few decades ago, Lu Xiaoxuan had suddenly reappeared and demonstrated a peerless talent. They were about to see such a legendary figure meet his end. It was impossible for anyone to escape from Shenwu's Sky, absolutely impossible.

Lu Xiaoxuan was facing multiple Semi-Progenitors, as well as the full force of Shenwu's Sky.

Lu Yin let out a heavy breath, and then slowly turned around to look at Xia Ziheng and the other three. "You guys are so noisy!"

Xia Ziheng's eyes flared. "Kill the Lu bastard!"

The man shot forward, almost instantly appearing directly in front of Lu Yin. The Semi-Progenitor did not immediately release his inner world, as he felt that doing so would instantly kill the young man. Xia Ziheng wanted to ensure that Lu Xiaoxuan experienced a long and painful death, especially after the hope that he had given Shenwu’s Sky while posing as Yu Hao. Xia Ziheng intended to vent all of his rage onto Lu Xiaoxuan.

The Semi-Progenitor had completely believed Lu Yin’s act while he pretended to be Yu Hao. After everything that had happened, not even Lu Xiaoxuan’s death might be enough to eliminate the dire consequences that Xia Ziheng stood to receive from Progenitor Shenji. If Xia Ziheng needed to pay a price, then he intended to take it out on Lu Xiaoxuan first.

Even without using his inner world, Xia Ziheng still possessed the strength of a peak Envoy, which he believed to be more than enough to utterly crush Lu Yin.

Lu Yin's eyes blazed. He had already dealt with an opponent with this same level of power: Wang Si. At that time, Lu Yin had used the Origin Progenitor’s sword to execute the woman at the opening ceremony of the Heavens Sect. But while Lu Yin had dealt with an opponent with this level of strength before, he could not use the Origin Progenitor’s sword, at least not for the time being.

Still, Lu Yin appeared calm and unmoved as he faced Xia Ziheng's powerful palm strike. Suddenly, a black and white energy swept over Lu Yin’s body, transforming his entire appearance as he completed the God of Death Transformation. Solid black eyes stared up at Xia Ziheng. Hair grew out until it hung to Lu Yin’s waist, and when his hand rose up, a massive scythe appeared in it, and it slammed into Xia Ziheng’s hand.

The resulting crash created a shockwave that tore through the void as it rippled out in all directions.

Even before transforming, Lu Yin was already powerful enough to stand his ground against old monsters with power levels of a million or more. The God of Death Transformation produced a qualitative change in Lu Yin’s combat strength, which meant that he could directly block Xia Ziheng's hand.

Xia Ziheng's pupils shrank. This was impossible! How could a mere three-tribulation Envoy block a Semi-Progenitor’s attack?

Some distance away, an ugly expression appeared on Xia Shenfei’s face. This was the God of Death’s power. Ever since he had returned from the Dominion Realm and experienced a crushing defeat against Lu Xiaoxuan, Xia Shenfei had been investigating and researching. He had eventually discovered that the black power that he had faced belonged to the God of Death. Last time, Lu Xiaoxuan had needed a cocoon to transform, but this time, the transformation had been completed in an instant. Lu Xiaoxuan’s strength had risen too much.

How had he just managed to stop a Semi-Progenitor with the cultivation of a three-tribulation Envoy?

All of Virtue Archives’ students were completely shocked. What were they seeing?

Nong Siniang's eyes grew feverish. She had liked Prof. Hao Yu because of his stunning face. As she stared at Lu Yin after he underwent the God of Death Transformation, while he was nowhere close to being as handsome as Yu Hao, the incomparable arrogance and overbearing strength were something that also could not be compared to. There was no competition between Lu Yin and Yu Hao, but at this moment, Nong Siniang found Lu Yin to be the far more appealing man.

Bai Weiwei was staring in absolute shock.?Yu Hao is Lu Xiaoxuan? He was actually Lu Xiaoxuan this whole time?

Bai Weiwei could not believe what she was seeing as she watched Lu Yin stand up to Xia Ziheng. He was so young and had even lost his memory and his cultivation, so how had he become so powerful yet again? Was this the level of talent that the Seven Heroes had all possessed?

"How many of this old man’s moves can you block?" Xia Ziheng shouted sharply. He felt utterly humiliated that Lu Xiaoxuan, a mere three-tribulation Envoy, had blocked his attack. Lu Yin’s left arm rose, and the shield formed from the white gas blocked the next attack, though Lu Yin was still struck into the ground.

Xia Ziheng raised his hand again, and a long saber appeared in his grip. The blade fell, shrouded with Divine Martial Aura as the man tried to break through Lu Yin's defenses. However, at some point in time, chains had twined around the old man’s feet, and his body was yanked up and tossed away. Lu Yin replaced his large scythe with a sword formed from stellular energy and released an attack: Thirteenth Sword.

The sword rose and fell, but no attack could be seen. Still, Xia Ziheng spat out blood. This was the power of the Thirteenth Sword: as long as emotion existed, so did a sword.

Liu Que eagerly took a step forward, his gaze fixated onto Lu Yin.?The Thirteen Swords! That's the real one! That’s the Thirteen Swords! Lu Xiaoxuan truly does know the Thirteen Swords!

Xia Ziheng smashed into the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief. He, a mighty Semi-Progenitor, had just been wounded by a puny three-tribulation Envoy! Rage overwhelmed all other emotions, and when he looked down and saw that the chains that were still wrapped around his feet connected to the cloud of energy that swirled behind Lu Xiaoxuan, Xia Ziheng could not restrain himself any longer. He released his inner world, and the saber sliced through the chains, the attack continuing on towards Lu Yin.

Lu Yin frowned. He was truly peerless when he used the God of Death Transformation, and even Chu Yuan and Heluo Mavis had struggled to break a single one of the death energy chains. They needed multiple attacks to do so, but a Semi-Progenitor’s inner world was different. Xia Ziheng instantly sliced through all of Lu Yin’s chains. This was the power of a Semi-Progenitor.

The most important difference between a Semi-Progenitor and an Envoy was the existence of an inner world. Each Semi-Progenitor’s inner world was unique, though Xia Ziheng's was incredibly dangerous.

As soon as the other Semi-Progenitors saw that Xia Ziheng had used his inner world, they all relaxed. Lu Xiaoxuan was already finished. While there did exist Realmbreaker Envoys who could challenge Semi-Progenitors, it was impossible for anyone who had only passed through three stellular tribulations to stand up to a Semi-Progenitor.

The fact that a three-tribulation Envoy was able to challenge six-tribulation powerhouses was already something that defied belief, but Lu Yin had shown that he had the strength to challenge an eight-tribulation Envoy. This accomplishment deserved to be recorded down in history. Unfortunately, it was completely impossible for him to be able to challenge a Semi-Progenitor again, as the man had released his inner world.

Lu Yin had already known that it would be incredibly difficult for him to defeat a Semi-Progenitor, especially by relying on just his own strength. However, he had far more than his own, individual, strength.

Countless blades struck out as Xia Ziheng unleashed a fierce attack. The birdcage that was formed from countless blades was about to slice Lu Yin to pieces.

The God of Food clenched his fists. He wanted to intervene, but they were in Shenwu's Sky. If he did anything at all, not only would he still be unable to save Lu Yin, but he would also suffer himself. He was not yet ready to challenge the Progenitor breakthrough.

"Xia Ziheng, don’t kill him!" Semi-Progenitor Chai could not stop from calling out.

Xia Ziheng's eyes were completely red and filled with cruelty as he glared at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin was surrounded on all sides by blades. Not even a void god level of a domain could escape from an inner world, nor could the Ce Secret Art help Lu Yin. This was the overbearing nature of inner worlds.

A figurine abruptly appeared on Lu Yin’s shoulder. It was God of Flames. "This place hasn’t lost your history. You need to remember the power of the Rune Progenitor!"

He looked up and watched the saber fall: Truesight, the Knowing level.

A deafening sound echoed out, and a birdcage made of blades appeared right where Lu Yin was standing, shrunken down to the size of a person. Xia Ziheng did not intend to actually kill Lu Yin, but simply remove the young man’s limbs and start torturing him. This single attack would end all of the youth’s struggles.

Nong Siniang’s eyes reflexively closed, and her heart dropped.

Who could remain safe within a Semi-Progenitor's inner world? Only other Semi-Progenitors.

Mr. Tang sighed. Lu Xiaoxuan was truly extraordinarily talented, peerlessly so. Losing him could only be considered a true pity.

Xia Ziheng patted the dust from his body. He had been injured by a three-tribulation child! It was an embarrassment that would stay with him for the rest of his life, but he would make Lu Xiaoxuan pay for the humiliation a thousand times over.

Huh??Xia Ziheng turned back to stare at the cage of blades. He waved a hand, parting the blades and exposing what was inside.

Lu Yin was still safe and sound.

Everyone went bug-eyed at the revelation. No one could believe what they were seeing. How had Lu Xiaoxuan survived a Semi-Progenitor’s attack?

Wu Yao was even more stunned than others, as he himself had just fought against Xia Ziheng, which had provided Wu Yao with an excellent understanding of just how powerful the blades that formed the cage were. How could Lu Xiaoxuan be fine? It was impossible.

However, Lu Yin was not completely fine. His clothes had been shredded by the blades, and his God of Death Transformation had been canceled as well. When the cage had opened, only an ordinary looking human could be seen. The chains, scythe, and shield that came with the God of Death Transformation had all been destroyed by the blades.

No matter how impossible the power of the God of Death might be, it could never make up for the gap in strength between Lu Yin and a Semi-Progenitor. This was also something that he had fully expected.

Lu Yin had used Truesight while relying on God of Flames’ power. Even though the man’s cultivation of Truesight had transformed him into a candle, his runes were still comparable to those of a Semi-Progenitor. Using those runes with the Knowing level of Truesight had been enough to protect Lu Yin.

Still, it had destroyed a vast number of runes and greatly depleted God of Flames’ power, so Lu Yin could not replicate the feat again.

No one had expected to see Lu Yin emerge safe and unharmed.

All of the blood drained from Xia Ziheng's face, and he instantly attacked again. "You little bastard! You think that you can use some sort of treasure to stop my inner world? How many times will you be able to stop me?"

This time, Lu Yin reacted even faster than Xia Ziheng. He disappeared, and when Lu Yin reappeared, not only had he not tried to flee from Xia Ziheng, but Lu Yin had also passed right by the old man while walking backwards.