Chapter 4035: Suffocating Oppression

Another half day passed when the droplet creature’s antennae twitched. The rivers that surrounded it abruptly dispersed, only to reform into a slender stream that shot forward.

The solitary stream plunged into the album of time, reemerging on the bug’s right. The stream continued to flow, from in front of the bug to endlessly piercing through the album of time without breaking.

The album of time was neither an offensive nor a defensive technique. It simply shifted time about within its range, but it was not capable of severing the stream.

You scattered time to form this album, but I will create a thread to bind this album back together.

An ordinary thread would be useless. Only a line that was reinforced with Immortal matter and wielded by an Immortal could stitch the fragmented shards of time back together.

Zhao Ran’s expression changed. “Not good! Cut that stream apart! Hurry!”

Jiang Feng stepped off the small boat and slashed at the stream. His blade clearly passed through it, but the flowing droplets never broke.

He tried again, hacking at the stream again and again.

It was as though the stream did not even exist.

He closed his eyes, surrounding himself with darkness as clusters of flame appeared. A golden glow covered the man’s body. He refused to believe that the stream could not be cut. He had ripped open a wound on the Immortal bug itself. He would not lose to a mere stream.

Suddenly, his eyes snapped back open before he spat out blood and collapsed. At some point in time, the void had been filled with the bug’s Immortal matter. Unseen, it had fused with some droplets that had struck Jiang Feng.

Powerless, he watched as a stream dropped down upon him from above like a spike, aiming to pierce his body.

At the last moment, the small boat appeared and whisked the man away.

The Immortal’s antennae twitched. It had managed to find the end of its thread. It had already known that the ferryman of the River of Aeons would reveal herself. Without her, it would be impossible to find the end of the thread, though binding the album of time fully with the stream would take time.

The ferryman herself could not break the stream, which was why she had to force that human to take action. That was the opening that the droplet creature had been waiting for.

In the Aevum Inch, Lu Yin’s heart dropped. They had taken the bug’s bait.

Uncle Jiang had attacked because he had been lured out by the bug, which had exposed Zhao Ran. However, they had had no other choice. Even if Jiang Feng had not attacked, the stream would have eventually bound the fragments of time back together.

The most important detail was that no one knew how long it would take the Immortal bug to complete the binding. They could not afford to gamble.

In the Tianyuan, the droplet creature replaced Zhao Ran as the end of the thread. The stream abruptly tightened, and at that same instant, the universe shook. The once shattered time snapped back to normal, and almost simultaneously, the stream shot towards Zhao Ran’s small boat.

Die, puny ferryman of the River of Aeons!

Zhao Ran watched the stream surge towards her, her face growing ashen.

Jiang Feng clenched his jaw and prepared to strike, only for a long red sword to suddenly appear in the void. It stabbed into the stream, split it from the center, and scattered the droplets before slicing at the Immortal bug.

Startled, the creature moved from its spot for the very first time. The red sword sliced through the void and vanished.

Everything was over in the blink of an eye, from the sword’s appearance to its disappearance.

Shan Xiao even thought that the entire series of events must have been an illusion.

And yet there was no denying that the Immortal bug had moved. An attack had just appeared that had threatened an Immortal.

In the Aevum Inch, Lu Yin sprang to his feet. That red sword had just attacked. What did that mean? He was almost completely certain that there was a member of Obscura hiding in the Tianyuan, but why would they help humanity?

In the Tianyuan, the Immortal stared at the place where the red sword had just vanished.

That aura... Is it

that

civilization?

Has that civilization actually made contact with humanity as well?

But why would they help this megaverse?

The creature continued to stare into the distance in a daze. For a moment, it did not move at all.

Zhao Ran let out a breath of relief and hurried to use her album of time again. While the Immortal bug had found a way to counter the technique, she had no choice but to use it again. Even the smallest delay was worthwhile.

Far away from the battlefield, Skydog stared into the distance in terror. The aura of an Immortal was too horrifying.

Wang Xiaoyu’s expression was also grave.

Why help them?

Beside her, Forgotten Ruins God raised a hand to catch the red sword. She chuckled. “How should I put it? Since we still haven’t left yet, if the people of this megaverse are exterminated, we won’t be able to escape from under an Immortal’s nose.”

Wang Xiaoyu stared at the red sword, lost in thought.

The battle fell into a stalemate. The Tianyuan’s humans were greatly outnumbered by the attacking insects, and yet the average strength of the humans was greater.

Luo Chan remained locked down by Lu Yin, who was constantly keeping the bug in check with small rings of karmic walls.

Shan Xiao had stopped attacking. She was waiting for the Immortal to finish off Jiang Feng.

However, the droplet creature had not made a single move since the red sword’s appearance. It remained trapped within the album of time.

Another day passed.

Shan Xiao could not help but speak up. “Master.”

The creature’s antennae twitched, and it turned to look about the album of time.

Whatever that civilization intends to do, this megaverse is already doomed.

“I must admit that your megaverse has some skill. You continue to counter the pressure I put on you with new techniques, but this is the end.” Blue light flared across the bug’s body as its voice swept across the megaverse. “Humans, you lack a proper understanding of Immortals. After days of struggling, you have even begun to harbor a laughable delusion of victory.

“I will now completely erase that delusion for you. I will show you the truth regarding Immortals.”

Lu Yuan, Ancient God, and others grew grim. Was the Immortal finally going to get serious?

Within the album of time, Zhao Ran and Jiang Feng stared at the creature. What was it going to do?

At this moment, not even being in the album of time felt safe.

Wei Nu’s voice reached Zhao Ran from the River of Aeons. “Return now. If that Immortal truly attacks, you will die.”

Zhao Ran pretended to not hear anything, and she continued to stare at the Immortal.

Wei Nu grew anxious. “Come back! There is no need for you to die for the people of this era. Even if you care about them, that emotion comes from Lu Yin, who is not even here. These people are not worth it. Come back.”

Zhao Ran frowned and looked at the River of Aeons. “Shut up.”

Wei Nu grew furious. “You dare to defy me?”

Zhao Ran’s eyes turned cold. “Do you still believe that we are the same person?”

Wei Nu clenched her fists. “You are nothing more than a stray thought! Without me, you do not exist! You should obey me!”

Zhao Ran sneered. “Fool.”

Wei Nu fumed, yet she could do nothing. She gritted her teeth so tightly that she nearly shattered them.

That despicable Ku Jie, and that detestable Lu Yin!

At that moment, countless hearts were struck by a feeling of unease.

Jiang Feng, Zhao Ran, Lu Yuan, Wu Tian, and Su Shidao all stared into the album of time. They did not know what the Immortal bug was going to do, but they were all certain that whatever came next would be an earth shattering blow.

Could they stop it?

No one could confidently claim to block an Immortal’s attack, unless they were also an Immortal.

In the Mirari Realm, on the bank of the River of Aeons, Wei Nu glared downwards. “You still refuse to return? How shameless, making me put myself at risk for you!”

There was no movement down below.

Helpless, Wei Nu could only stare out at the Tianyuan.

Within the album of time, the streams of water gathered above the droplet creature’s head and then rose upwards.

The entire surrounding region of the universe was affected by the album of time. The Immortal had taken action before, but its attack had been affected by the power of time.

This time, as more and more water from the streams gathered, an indescribable weight pressed down upon everyone’s heart.

That pressure affected space, time, and the entire megaverse. It took everyone’s breath away.

The streams gathered to form a gigantic droplet that drifted upward until it made contact with the album of time.

Cracks appeared and spread out in every direction. The album of time twitched, as though a spinning gear had been jammed. Everything started to warp and twist.

Zhao Ran’s boat was flung to the side. She only barely managed to stay on her feet.

Jiang Feng stared up at the colossal droplet. From it, he sensed an unprecedented amount of that power that was unique to Immortals. That droplet could not be touched. Any contact would lead to death.

This was an Immortal’s killing attack.

The droplet creature’s voice rang out, “Humans, you should be proud. Despite none of you being Immortals, you have still forced me to use this move. This will cost me greatly. In repayment, you will all die.”

With that, the droplet burst through the album of time, dropping down towards Jiang Feng and Zhao Ran.

The droplet was massive, and yet it seemed to target a tiny area relative to Jiang Feng and Zhao Ran.

A single step would be enough for them to escape.

However, neither of them could move at all. There was an invisible pressure holding them in place. No matter what Jiang Feng tried to do, even the attack that he had used to wound the Immortal bug, nothing allowed him to even budge. The universe had been pinned down by the weight of that descending droplet and the invisible power of an Immortal.

The droplet creature calmly watched on. This was the end. No matter what tricks these two might have, they could not escape this attack.

What kept the two from moving was not only the unseen pressure and Immortal matter in the droplet, but also the water within their own bodies.

Human bodies contained water, and that water could then control them.

Both of the people down below were already carrying the bug’s Immortal matter within them.

The war was completely over.

Unless that mysterious Immortal intervened again, but would they? Blocking this attack would cost that Immortal as much as releasing this attack cost the droplet creature. Interfering would be a loss.

The droplet fell, ready to crush Jiang Feng and Zhao Ran. All across the entire battlefield, the pressure crushed countless people, suffocating them and forcing them to spit out blood.

Lu Yuan and the others glared at the droplet with bloodshot eyes.

When it finished falling, all would end.

It was not only Jiang Feng and Zhao Ran’s lives on the line, but also the Tianyuan’s human civilization.

This was the end of everything.

Everything fell silent.

“This is the moment that will alter the history of this entire megaverse. Humanity will exit the stage of history, and this megaverse will be destroyed. What creatures will appear here in the ages to come? I am quite curious.” Luo Chan’s mocking voice echoed in everyone’s ears.

Shan Xiao smiled. When an Immortal released a true attack, how could anything stop it?

Still, this attack came at great cost. She could even feel her master’s aura growing weaker.

This megaverse had the right to be proud of themselves.

On the battlefield, Su Shidao let out a heavy sigh. “From the Spirit Nidus to the Tianyuan, I never thought that this would be my ending.

“Our Spirit Nidus is truly the most tragic of the three megaverses. We have the Nine Odysseys Megaverse pressing down on us from above, plundering us, while the Tianyuan contends with us from below. Even as we die, we can only do so here in the Tianyuan.

“Ah, I really want to see home one last time.”

Nearby, Emperor Slayer’s eye twitched. After Su Shidao and the others arrived in the Tianyuan, Emperor Slayer had learned the truth regarding the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. Honestly, it was a suffocating revelation, and yet he was helpless. As he listened to Su Shidao’s words, the beast could not help but wonder, did they really need to die in the Tianyuan?