Chapter 646: The Star Lord’s Enigma (First Update!)
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign finally breathed a sigh of relief and earnestly advised, "This blade is extremely ominous, forged from the skull of a Throne-level powerhouse. You simply cannot control it. If you can avoid using it, do not use it."
Ling Yuxiu, still shaken, was frantically patting herself all over. Only after confirming her head was still attached did she feel at ease.
Banggongcuo was also patting his own head, and upon finding it still in place, he let out a long sigh of relief.
"What a pity I couldn't take the chance to behead the Great Venerable..."
Qin Mu carefully put away the box and crouched down to examine the corpse of the Fire Crow Deity on the ground. He saw that the deity's head and body were severed, all its blood and energy had vanished without a trace, and not a single drop of blood could be found. It was as if, the moment its head was cut off, all the divine blood within its body had been drained, leaving it as two dried-out husks!
"Indeed, it is an ominous object."
Qin Mu's heart pounded with fear: "If you are struck by this blade, there is no chance of survival! The most terrifying thing is that if the divine blade in this box fails to hit its target, it will most likely go after its owner... But it is also very useful, cutting through enemies like chopping vegetables and slicing melons, instantly killing a deity..."
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign asked, puzzled, "I did not see you cultivate my seal technique, yet you have refined it to such a pure state that you can even instruct me, the creator of this technique?"
Qin Mu stood up, stretched lazily, and said with a smile, "I am the Overlord Body, so of course I learn it as soon as I see it."
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign's expression darkened, and he exuded an air of melancholy.
Qin Mu quickly added, "Although I did not directly cultivate it, I have gone over it thousands of times in my mind. First Ancestor, your seal technique is indeed not bad, but you lack experience in facing battle formations. I believe I can teach you how to charge into battle and break formations at the fastest speed. I learned about breaking formations from my blind grandfather and have also experienced quite a few wars."
Upon hearing this, the First Ancestor felt deeply wounded. "You teach me..."
He looked like a wilted eggplant, dejected and dispirited.
Qin Mu continued, "Breaking a formation requires having no one in your eyes. The Fire Crow Formation just now seemed very formidable, with four thousand eight hundred Fire Crow Deities constantly shifting the formation, attacking the head when you strike the tail, and attacking the tail when you strike the head. When you are trapped in the formation, you will be dazzled and unable to lock onto any single enemy. At that point, you need to treat them as mere numerical symbols. There are a total of four thousand eight hundred numbers. As these numbers move and change positions, you can quickly discern the secrets of the formation."
The First Ancestor became intrigued. He recalled the scene just now, replaying the Fire Crow Formation in his mind, substituting the Fire Crow Deities with numbers. Sure enough, all the mysteries of the Fire Crow Formation were laid bare before him!
In this way, the Fire Crow Formation had a pattern to follow!
"However, the changes in the formation of these Fire Crow Deities are too fast. They have a strange telepathic connection that makes the flaws in their formation flash by in an instant. How does one break it then?" The First Ancestor Human Sovereign quickly noticed the problem and humbly asked for guidance.
Qin Mu patiently guided him, "Which move did I teach you to break the formation?"
"Revolving Heaven and Earth, Unwavering Heart!"
The First Ancestor suddenly understood and laughed, "Heaven and earth spin, space becomes chaotic, the numbers are scrambled, and the formation is broken. So that's it!"
Qin Mu smiled, "Now do you understand?"
"Your disciple underst—"
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign caught himself mid-sentence, quickly shut his mouth, his old face flushing red as he covered it with his sleeve.
Qin Mu's instruction had made him unconsciously feel as if a teacher were diligently guiding him, leading him to almost blurt out "Your disciple understands." Fortunately, he reacted quickly and didn't finish the sentence.
Chixi finished cleaning the tower ship, retrieved the various treasures that had been knocked down, and threw the corpses of the Fire Crow Deities overboard. He walked over and said, "The Fire Crow Deities have a strange telepathic divine ability that allows them to communicate over vast distances. Since these Fire Crow Deities have found us, it means the Great Sun Star Lord is not far behind. The Fire Crow Deities we left behind can't catch up to us, but the Great Sun Star Lord certainly can. We must leave as quickly as possible!"
Qin Mu walked to the deck and looked back. He saw the Fire Crow Deities that had been flung away by the First Ancestor Human Sovereign still pursuing relentlessly, but this time they couldn't use the sun to accelerate, causing the distance between them and the tower ship to grow ever wider.
"Abandon the ship."
Qin Mu suddenly said, "Fly to a place where the Fire Crow Deities can't see us, then abandon the ship and take another vessel to leave. Leave this ship to distract the Great Sun Star Lord. Do we have another ship?"
Chixi shook his head, and the First Ancestor Human Sovereign also shook his head.
"Senior Chixi, since you knew enemies would be pursuing, why didn't you prepare another ship? For example, when I refine poison, I always prepare an extra dose for emergencies."
Qin Mu shook his head and said, "You two are too immature in your ways."
Banggongcuo quickly took out a small notebook and jotted down Qin Mu's words, thinking to himself, "The more I understand him, the easier it will be to deal with him!"
Chixi said, "My Chiming Divine Dynasty has been destroyed. It's already remarkable that I could preserve a ship like this."
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign pondered, "We can't abandon the ship; we have to fight it out. Although the Great Sun Star Lord is powerful, we are no pushovers either! Only by severely wounding the Great Sun Star Lord can we have a chance to shake him off!"
Chixi hesitated. The First Ancestor Human Sovereign's performance just now clearly showed he had no battlefield experience. When faced with a formation siege, he was at a loss and had even been lectured by Qin Mu.
Of course, Chixi was no battlefield general either and didn't know how to handle battle formations.
If it hadn't been for Qin Mu's experience in battle formation combat and his mastery of the First Ancestor Human Sovereign's techniques and divine abilities, even the Fire Crow Formation alone would have left them battered and humiliated.
The Great Sun Star Lord was a renowned divine being. His long-standing fame and unfathomable power meant that if he caught up, given the strength of the First Ancestor and Chixi, they would likely be unable to withstand him.
Ling Yuxiu suddenly spoke up, "Look at that sun!"
The people on the ship quickly looked over. The sun they had just flown away from was actually changing!
The sun underwent a wondrous transformation. Its surface was collapsing, forming layer upon layer of complex rings that kept folding inward. Upon closer inspection, those rings were made up of incredibly complex runic formations!
Soon, from the sun's surface to its interior, a complex array had formed. The ring patterns contracted, making it look from a distance like a giant eye!
"The Great Sun Star Lord has arrived!" Chixi said, his voice tense and hoarse.
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign took a deep breath, standing at the stern with his feet planted firmly, not in a standard stance, and said in a deep voice, "In a one-on-one fight, we might not be without a chance! Since it's hard to escape the Great Sun Star Lord's tracking and pursuit, we might as well severely wound him so he dares not follow!"
Qin Mu stared at the changing sun, stunned. Suddenly, he quickly took out his Sun Jade Eye, examined the jade eye, then looked back at the sun, and exclaimed, "Is the one coming really the Great Sun Star Lord?"
"It absolutely is the Great Sun Star Lord!"
Chixi tossed the Heaven-Suppressing Tower above the tower ship, dove into the tower, and rushed straight to the thousandth floor. He retrieved the heavy treasure that suppressed the tower and said in a deep voice, "Other than him, no one has the ability to harness the power of the sun!"
Qin Mu's mind felt a bit chaotic. He murmured, "But why is the array structure of the Sun Jade Eye almost identical to the array of this sun... The jade eye is a treasure from the Qu Mountain Temple of the Upper Sovereign Era. The Great Sun Star Lord should have existed since the Dragon Han Era, right? Why would he use an array from the Upper Sovereign Era..."
Ling Yuxiu said, "The Great Sun Star Lord lived through the Upper Sovereign Era and could learn its array techniques and divine abilities. What's so surprising about that?"
"No, that's not right!"
Qin Mu shook his head and said, "Divine abilities depend on Dao and techniques. Once one's own techniques are established, they basically continue along their own path. Learning other people's divine abilities and techniques will never reach the pinnacle. The Great Venerable is an example."
Banggongcuo was furious and shouted, "Hey, Qin! Can you please consider others' feelings when giving examples? At least we're on the same boat now!"
"The Great Venerable originally cultivated shamanic arts and was one of the few great masters of shamanic divine abilities in the world. His attainments in souls and primordial spirits are still rare even today. However, he became distracted and went on to learn the Dao Sect's Dao Sword, the Great Thunderclap Monastery's Buddhist teachings, the Heavenly Saint Cult's techniques, and the Little Jade Capital's techniques, which made his skills mediocre."
Qin Mu analyzed on his own, "If I were the Great Sun Star Lord, I would learn the arrays of the Upper Sovereign Era, but I would modify them to best suit myself. However, the Great Sun Star Lord made almost no changes. That doesn't make sense. Moreover, from what Senior Chixi and the First Ancestor say, he is a divine being born from the sun, which makes it even more impossible for him to learn the divine abilities of the Upper Sovereign Era. Because he simply couldn't learn them!"
Ling Yuxiu was puzzled and asked, "Why couldn't he learn them?"
"He was born from the sun, so the Dao within his body is already fixed. Reform begins with changing divine abilities—changing divine abilities leads to changing techniques, and changing techniques leads to changing the Dao. When Dao, techniques, and divine abilities change, the Dao itself changes accordingly."
Qin Mu explained, "If the Dao within the Great Sun Star Lord's body remains unchanged, he cannot learn the changed Dao, techniques, and divine abilities. It's like the Earth Lord. The Earth Lord is also a primordial divine being. He should not be able to learn the Dao, techniques, and divine abilities of the King of Hell."
In the distance, the sun's array had already formed. Suddenly, an incredibly thick beam of light broke through the constraints of space and shone toward the tower ship!
That beam of light passed by a star, and in an instant, the star was pierced through, leaving a huge hole!
This power was countless times stronger than that of the Sun Jade Eye!
At the stern, the First Ancestor Human Sovereign and Chixi were extremely tense, while Qin Mu paced back and forth, stroking his thick beard, deep in thought. "If my guess is correct, then there is one possibility: this Great Sun Star Lord might not be the original Great Sun Star Lord, but a deity from the Upper Sovereign Era. If this guess is true, then where did the real Great Sun Star Lord go... First Ancestor, can you get a bit of the Great Sun Star Lord's blood for me to study?"
Chixi said angrily, "It'll be a miracle if we even survive!"
The First Ancestor Human Sovereign shouted loudly, "Hurry into the tower and take cover!"
Qin Mu dashed toward the building. Ling Yuxiu stood at the entrance, and Banggongcuo intended to close the door and lock Qin Mu out, but Ling Yuxiu grabbed him by the neck with one hand and slammed him heavily to the ground.
Qin Mu rushed into the tower at lightning speed. No sooner had they closed the door than a deafening boom rang out, followed by a violent shockwave that sent the three inside the tower flying, crashing into each other!
At the stern, the First Ancestor Human Sovereign drew his waist sword, channeled all his power, and slashed at the beam of light. The Jade Bright Sword expanded, cutting through the incredibly intense divine light, but it was instantly scorched red!
The First Ancestor was pushed back by the terrifying force. Chixi activated the heavy treasure that suppressed the tower—six divine swords—and also slashed at the beam of light. His strength was insufficient, but the power of these six divine swords was immense, forcibly elevating his abilities by a large margin.
The two joined forces and finally managed to block the power of the Sun Divine Eye. The extremely intense firelight and divine light were split in two by them, roaring past the edge of the tower ship, leaving two long, bright trails in the starry cosmos.
Just then, the tower ship suddenly shuddered violently. A divine being with a bird's head, a human body, two wings, and three legs had already ridden the divine light and landed at the stern. It was the Great Sun Star Lord!
Inside the tower, Qin Mu shouted, "First Ancestor, remember to get some of his blood!"
"Shut up!" the First Ancestor Human Sovereign roared in frustration.
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