Devouring Starry Sky 2 Origin Continent

Chapter 448, Episode 12: The Initial Ancestor Suffers Minor Injuries
"How to do?"

"Next time, they'll probably target just a few of us again."

The most terrified at this moment are the three who are skilled in soul techniques: the Dragon Mother of Ten Thousand Touches, the Progenitor of Star Luo, and the Dream Weaver!
Mogus is immortal and indestructible, and the Ancestor of Annihilation is also one of the Nine Emperors. However, the physical bodies of the Myriad-Touched Dragon Mother, the Star Luo Ancestor, and the Dream Weaver are much weaker, only slightly stronger than the two who have died.

"Of the eight lords, only two have weaker wills: Lord Jin and Lord Naigu." After two consecutive defeats, Mogus was no longer confident. "This time, we'll deal with the weaker ones."

Previously, he had been overconfident, and Mogus also knew Yuan very well; this was a carefully prepared killing move for Yuan. This move would be relatively less effective against other lords.

The key to the lords' formations lies in Yuan and Luo Feng, which is why they dealt with these two one after the other.

Yuan Huan was also affected and lost the ability to resist. Although he recovered so quickly, Mogus couldn't quite understand it. But Luo Feng... was completely unaffected, which greatly diminished Mogus's confidence.

"Deal with Lord Jin."

The five of them, including Mogus, launched a joint attack.

The soul technique had silently enveloped the Golden Lord.

The eight lords are holding off the overwhelming attack, waiting for Lord Moman to recover before launching the 'Curse Killing Array'.

"Hmm?" Jin's expression suddenly changed, his eyes glowing red, as he had fallen into a vast and enormous illusion.

The nature of gold is different from that of the element.

Yuan had suppressed his true nature for too long, but Jin acted recklessly. In addition, Nightmare and Thousand Eyes had died, and the power of his soul techniques had weakened again.

"Some troublesome fragmented consciousnesses have appeared." Jin, however, remained clear-headed, his red-glowing eyes scanning the surroundings as he transmitted his voice, "Everyone, I need to distract myself to suppress some of these fragmented consciousnesses, which will allow me to exert about 60% of my strength."

"The team led by Mogus is indeed the most threatening." Luo Feng and his group understood this, which is why they tried every means to assassinate them.

"Jin, you rest for now, the four of us will make our move," Yuan immediately transmitted his voice.

Moman, Luo Feng, Xingmang, and Yuan, the four of them, once again unleashed the Curse Killing Array! The absence of 'Gold' didn't seem to significantly weaken its power. But sometimes, to completely annihilate an Ancestor, that's exactly the kind of power that's lacking.

"Om."

The Curse Killing Array fell upon the Myriad-Touched Dragon Mother, who was protected by multiple arrays.

The Ten Thousand Tentacle Dragon Mother sensed the erasure on the timeline, the annihilation of her life core's vitality, and the violent fluctuations within it. Her numerous tentacles twisted in agony, yet she managed to withstand the onslaught.

Its vitality was already stronger than that of Nightmare and Thousand Eyes! The power of the Curse Killing Array was weakened, allowing it to completely withstand this attack.

If it can withstand the attack for even a moment, the massive replenishment of its companion's life force will allow it to quickly recover to its peak condition.

"I've taken it, I've taken it!" The Dragon Mother of Ten Thousand Touches was overjoyed.

The ancestors of Infinite Serpent Ancestor, Ice Peak Ancestor, Sand Boat, and many others breathed a sigh of relief. If they could not kill the 'Ten Thousand Tentacle Dragon Mother' whose body was so weak, then the pressure on those ancestors with even more terrifying physical bodies was much less.

"A killing move that ignores all obstacles is ultimately limited in power." The Infinite Serpent Ancestor transmitted his voice to all sides, "Under the influence of soul techniques, the strength of the cultivators' lords will continue to weaken, and they will eventually be unable to stop us."

"Deal with Naigu!" Mogus's confidence increased, and the soul techniques of Mogus and the other five enveloped them once again.

In the past, Naigu and Jin had suffered losses when faced with mental techniques! Although their mental will was already extremely strong, they were still among the weaker two of the eight lords.

They've been targeted again!
"Cuckoo."

Lord Naigu's eyes turned colder. He slightly twisted his neck, and head after head grew from his neck, until nine new heads appeared.

"Naigu, how are you?" Wulan asked worriedly, and the other lords also looked at Naigu.

"My strength is unaffected," Lord Naigu said calmly. "Fortunately, the death of two progenitors weakened the power of this move, and the awakened alien bloodline wills are not too strong. I can sever them with the Heart-Severing Technique."

"The Heart-Severing Technique?" Yuan's eyes widened.

Luo Feng also frowned.

They had all read the legacy texts of Lord Naigu and knew that the 'Heart-Severing Technique' was to actively sever individual consciousnesses while still maintaining perfect control over them.

This is somewhat similar to 'cluster consciousness', where there is a main consciousness and the others are sub-consciousnesses.

But this path is ultimately not as pure as the sole 'main consciousness'. Lord Naigu's path is the 'Hunyuan Bloodline Path', which allows him to control a portion of the ancestral bloodline. One of the difficulties is the residual bloodline will. Naigu had long ago created the Heart-Severing Technique, but he had never used it before.

This time, the residual bloodline will of the many ancestral bloodlines within him was greatly enhanced, and Naigu could no longer suppress it. He could only use the Heart-Severing Technique to make each of his separate consciousnesses separate.

Naigu appears to be unaffected in terms of strength, but his cultivation path has shifted from a single main consciousness to the path of 'Heart-Severing Technique'. The more subconscious he has, the greater the influence of the resulting cluster of consciousnesses on the 'main consciousness'.

The other seven lords were all helpless.

Jin's situation is much better than Naigu's. He was able to maintain 60% of his strength immediately after being hit, and with more time, he might be able to recover to 80% or 90%! This ordeal might even have strengthened his willpower.

But this change is a fundamental shift in one's cultivation foundation! It may not affect one's current strength, but what about the future?
"This is the price of war," Starlight transmitted telepathically. "Find a way to continue killing Ten Thousand Touches, Star Luo, and Dream Weaver."

"Charge into the formation," Yuan Ye transmitted his voice.

The Curse Killing Array couldn't even kill the Dragon Mother with Ten Thousand Touches, so it naturally had no confidence in dealing with the other progenitors.

The eight lords wasted no time and immediately joined forces to unleash another deadly move, the "Heaven-Slaying Blade Formation".

The Heaven-Slaying Blade Formation utilizes the Blood Shadow Blade's ability to cut through all matter and energy. It is controlled by eight lords working together, with Luo Feng even burning his main battle clone and consuming 30% of his energy reserves to integrate into this move.

His 30% energy reserves are more than the energy that Moman, Jin, and Minghuang burned through their main battle clones.

"boom--"

Luo Feng and his eight companions became one with the Blood Shadow Blade, transforming into an incomparably dazzling blade of light. The blade of light was so dazzling and brilliant that even the ancestors found it somewhat 'blinding'.

The moment the blade appeared, it instilled a deep-seated fear in all the progenitors. "We can't stop it."

"There's no way to stop it!"

All the ancestors had this understanding in some mysterious way.

The blade light was dazzling, as if it were patrolling endless space and time. Wherever it passed, it silently cut through layers of the highest level of power barriers and also cut into the multiple formations of the ancestors! These formations were extremely strong in defense, and were combinations of multiple highest level defensive forces.

Yet, it was still cleaved open by the flash of the blade.

"To deal with the Dark Phoenix." Mogus, Ancestor of Annihilation, Mother of Ten Thousand Touches, Star Luo, and Dream Weaver unleashed another soul technique at top speed.

We dealt with the two weaker lords, 'Naigu and Jin', but the other lords all had very strong wills.

"I am fine."

Despite taking the blow, Minghuang remained expressionless. The few fragments of consciousness that had sprouted within her mind were completely destroyed and annihilated by her terrifying mental will, which manifested as 'golden lightning'!

"It's completely useless!" The Dragon Mother of Ten Thousand Touches, the Star Luo Ancestor, and the Dream Weaver were all anxious and transmitted their voices, "Eight lords are coming to kill us. We need to hide immediately."

"Don't panic. They need to break through layers of formations. The Primordial Ancestor is right in front of you and can immediately take you into his body," the Ancestor of Annihilation transmitted. "Let's deal with Moman first."

Based on historical experience.

Wu Lan is the lord with the strongest defense; even his mental will is as pure as matter, completely unshakable.

The starlight couldn't be locked; Yuan and Luo Feng had both tried. The relatively weaker Jin and Naigu had also tried.

Only 'Minghuang' and 'Moman' are worth trying again.

"Om."

If it were a soul technique at its peak power, it might pose some threat to Minghuang and Moman. But now, with only 60-70% of its power remaining, Lord Moman withstood it as well. As a being of pure 'Hunyuan Wave Dao', his main consciousness, like a wave, easily crushed all derived sub-consciousnesses.

"Kill!" The eight lords broke through numerous obstacles and arrived at the core, heading straight for the three: the Dragon Mother of Ten Thousand Touches, Xingluo, and the Dream Weaver.

"They're here." The Dragon Mother, Star Luo, and Dream Weaver were no longer willing to fight. They all rushed towards the Primordial Ancestor, who was right in front of them and silently enveloped the three of them.

This caused the three of them to hide inside the original progenitor's body.

Inside a perfect sphere.

Only then did the three progenitors—the Dragon Mother of Ten Thousand Touches, the Star Luo Ancestor, and the Dream Weaver—feel at ease.

"Our physical bodies are too weak; we shouldn't have participated in the war," the Dream Weaver said with some regret. They had joined the war under the combined pressure and lure of resources from the Natural Chaos Faction and the Ice Peak Faction.

But who would have thought that the formation created by the ancestors couldn't stop the eight lords.

"laugh--"

Suddenly, a terrifying blade of light slashed into the interior space of this absolute sphere.

The three progenitors watched in horror as this blade of light appeared. In the instant it appeared, it swept past them, and their corpses were also swept away by the blade of light.

……

"what?"

The progenitors were shocked and furious as they watched this scene unfold.

The terrifying blade light wielded by the eight lords at full power actually cleaved into the body of the Primordial Ancestor! The blade mark was incredibly thin, yet it still managed to penetrate halfway into the body.

"Even with our combined strength, we still couldn't split it in two?" Luo Feng and the other eight lords were also surprised.

Even if the ancestor's body is split in two, the injuries are generally not severe, and the energy consumption is not significant. True annihilation requires complete destruction, even the life core, to be considered a true kill.

It only managed to create a small crack? And the crack only penetrated halfway? That's barely a minor injury; the Primordial Ancestor recovered completely in an instant.

"It took the combined efforts of eight lords to cut this deep. If I were to do it alone, I would only be scratching the surface." Luo Feng realized this.

But the scene before them completely shattered the morale of the progenitor's side.

This injury was only a minor one for the original progenitor.

This means that anyone hiding inside the 'Primordial Ancestor' will be killed.

"There's no way we can win."

"There's no way to fight."

"Let's retreat, let's retreat."

The ancestors were in a state of panic, and more than half of them sent messages requesting a retreat.

Fourteen immortal beings, including the Infinite Serpent Ancestor and the Ice Peak Ancestor, saw that even the Primordial Ancestor had been cleaved in half. Who among those 'non-immortal' beings dared to say they could withstand this blow?
At this moment, all fighting spirit was gone.

At this moment, they all understood that they had completely lost the battle! They would never be able to gather so many ancestors to fight again.

"Withdraw." The Infinite Serpent Ancestor was very unwilling, but he could only transmit his voice.

"Retreat," the Ice Peak Ancestor ordered.

In fact, the fact that Yuan recovered from the deadly attack of the 'Megus team,' on which they placed their greatest hopes, meant that the battle was tilting in favor of the cultivators.

(End of this chapter)