Star Odyssey

ost Monkey proudly declared.

“You’re a Lockbreaker?” Lu Yin was truly taken aback this time.
This monkey was supposed to be a Lockbreaker? What a joke!

The Ghost Monkey sternly replied, “I’ll warn you again.
Don’t look down on us astral beasts.
Never.
Since the dawn of the universe, astral beasts have existed for ages, and our history far surpasses you humans’.
And I’ve also mentioned this before, but humans really are just another species of astral beasts.
From our perspective, all of humanity is just one branch of the beasts.
Naturally, astral beasts can do anything that the humans can, and lockbreaking is no exception.
Many astral beasts have strange innate gifts that far surpass the humans’ as well.” The monkey was boasting again.
“Such as myself, Lord Hou.”

“How do you lockbreak?” Lu Yin asked in a puzzled tone.

The Ghost Monkey was unhappy at the question.
“What do you mean?! My grasp of star energy is extremely advanced, and I almost comprehended a domain! But regardless of all that, Lord Hou was born with special eyes, and I can see the changes in star energy that normal beings cannot.
Based on your human grading of Lockbreakers, I should have reached the standard of a five-star Junior Lockbreaker.”

Lu Yin rolled his eyes, as he did not believe the monkey one bit.
However, he knew that this monkey did indeed have a sharp pair of eyes that could pierce through any disguise.
On second thought, it may actually be possible for the creature to lockbreak.

“So are you saying that we’re trapped in this giant sourcebox, the Tower of Resonating Light?” 

“Of course, the Tower of Resonating Light is not actually a sourcebox.
Rather, it’d be more accurate to say that there are sourceboxes placed all around us that have caused this underground area to develop a strange environment that is concealed by various energies.
This environment has been fundamentally changed, and it has even caused the entire underground area to be sealed, which is very similar to the solid coating of energy that the dust of the universe forms on a sourcebox.”

Lu Yin had a much better understanding of the situation now.
It seemed that Ming Hao was planning on using this method to entrap everyone, but where had he found this many sourceboxes? Did the Shenwu Continent somehow have a vast number of them?

“Can we escape if we’re trapped by these sourceboxes?”

“I’m not sure.
It depends on the intensity of the energy.”

Lu Yin’s eyes flashed.
He then closed his eyes, waiting for the day of the emperor’s birthday celebration to arrive.

Three days later, there was a loud rumbling in the sky.
Fireworks blossomed above Mingdu, and various cities in the different islands throughout the Shenwu Empire also launched fireworks.
The birthday celebration had finally begun.

Reverent King Ming Zhaoshu was dressed splendidly for the occasion as he escorted Ming Yan towards the palace.
High-ranking officials from all over the empire had converged here like tributaries feeding into a single, massive river as numerous experts carefully watched the proceedings.
The soldiers had also sealed the city gates.

The entire empire was celebrating on this day, but only the upper echelons knew that this day was also the day where they would have a decisive battle against the foreigners.

Lu Yin was waiting in the dark, not knowing what was happening outside the Tower of Resonating Light.
All the members of the ambush party were waiting for the possibility of battle to break out.

After an unknown amount of time passed, the ground vibrated as a ray of light burrowed through the ground towards them.
An intense sonic boom soon followed behind it, prompting Li Zimo to unsheathe his sword and move out from his hiding place underground.
Blood soon spread through the earth.

Lu Yin opened his eyes, and he looked up.
The ceiling had been split apart, causing the dust from the floor above them to drift down.
The entire Ming Vanguard stood up and rushed up and out of the seventh level.

At the same time, a happy celebration filled with songs and dance had started in the imperial palace.
Ming Zhaotian had not appeared yet, so Crown Prince Ming Hao was overseeing the event and hosting the celebration.
Ming Zhaoshu occasionally looked into the distance at the direction of the Tower of Resonating Light.

Ming Yan sat behind him with a worried look.

Not far away from them, Bei Qing stared passionately at Ming Yan.
Unfortunately, at that moment, he was interrupted by a middle-aged man who was standing beside him.
This man was the empire’s minister of defence, Bei Hong.

At the other end of the proceedings, finance minister Ming Zhaocai was beaming from ear to ear.
Behind him sat Grandini Mavis under her pseudonym, Ah-Lan.
She intently stared ahead at a woman behind Crown Prince Ming Hao.
She had never imagined in her wildest dreams that Starsibyl would actually be sitting there.
She really was too brazen and determined.

Suddenly, a crack extended across the sky, seemingly splitting it asunder.
A boundless and terrifying aura dropped down upon them.

A cold glint flashed across Ming Hao’s eyes.

The four peaks surrounding the capital emitted a shining radiance that combined to stop the aftershocks shaking the city.
The protecting figures then dashed out of the void and joined the battle.

Aside from these four experts, many other figures shot into the sky from the capital, rushing towards the five sealing planets to participate in a decisive battle against the foreign invaders.

Many powerhouses from various places across the entire Shenwu Continent also headed towards the planets.
This was a rather moving scene to most, as regardless of if they were friend or foe, everyone in the Shenwu Continent was charging up together to fight to the death for their homeland.
It was anyone’s guess as to how many would perish in the heavens this day.

Within the Tower of Resonating Light, dozens of trialtakers charged down with a simple goal: destroy the control node of the five sealing planets that was hidden beneath the tower.
When they broke it, the Darkmist Weave’s powerhouses would be able to enter in full force, and the Shenwu Continent’s independence would finally be ended.

Yue Xianzi frowned in a corner; it should not be like this.
Even if the Darkmist Weave had placed a great deal of pressure on the Shenwu Continent, there shouldn’t be a complete absence of Explorers here.
This was the control node—the most important place on the entire continent—and the trialtakers had made very detailed plans before carrying out their attack.
They had even made preparations for if a Cruiser appeared, so why was there not even a single Explorer here?

Yue Xianzi wasn’t the only one who had a feeling that things were odd; Han Chong and the other hidden members of the Daynight clan held similar thoughts.
But since they had already arrived, there was no longer an option of retreat.

Lu Yin clashed with a trialtaker, but he did not end the fight quickly.
He forced the trialtaker around the area so that he could observe the rest of the battles taking place.

That trialtaker was bewildered by Lu Yin, as he had used all his strength but could not get rid of this brat before him.
This person was even idly looking all around and was obviously not taking the trialtaker seriously.
“Go and die, idiot!”

Lu Yin retreated several steps and frowned at the inexplicably angry male.
“Huh?”