Just as Zhou Wen and the antelope were about to head to Forbidden City to search for treasures, they suddenly felt that something was amiss. It was as though the vibrations of the charred wood had stopped. They felt that something was amiss as a chill ran down their spines. They couldn't help but turn their heads.
Zhou Wen and the antelope's expressions changed drastically. They saw the yellow talisman that was stuck to the wood wobble down.
"Ol 'Antelope, did you forget to apply glue?" Zhou Wen gulped and asked with some difficulty.
"That thing doesn't seem to need glue, right?" The antelope was somewhat unsure. It couldn't figure out why the yellow talisman had fallen. It shouldn't have fallen after being stuck to it.
"Can you stick it on again?" Zhou Wen asked again.
Before the antelope could answer him, a clap of thunder in the sky gave him the answer. Purple lightning descended from the sky and directly reduced the yellow talisman to ashes.
"Don't tell me that talisman of yours is a fake?" As Zhou Wen spoke, he retreated, already in a bid to escape.
"That shouldn't be the case!" The antelope was also retreating.
The man and antelope turned around to run, but the starlight in the sky filled the sky. Thousands of starlight enveloped the entire Forbidden City, as though the starlight had isolated the entire Forbidden City from the mortal world.
Zhou Wen was alarmed to discover that the Singularity Universe's teleportation ability was unable to teleport him out. All he could do was run towards the Forbidden Zone's entrance.
Crack!
He heard the sound of wood cracking behind him. When he turned his head, he saw that the charred wood had split into two. A female Guardian dressed in purple armor and a dark-purple cloak, looking like a monarch, floated in midair. Her eyes seemed to contain the stars of the universe as she glared angrily at Zhou Wen and the antelope.
There were six bullet holes on her armor, and blood was oozing out of them.
However, from the looks of it, the injuries weren't fatal.
With the appearance of Purple Star Lady, the starlight in the sky gathered towards her as though she had become the focus of a spotlight. Everything else turned dim, and only she was the only one with all the starlight.
Amidst the intense starlight, blood spurted out from the bullet holes. At the same time, the bullets, which were spinning like drill bits, were sucked out by the starlight and floated in front of the Purple Star Lord.
Purple Star Lord's eyes narrowed, and thousands of stars fell down, turning into swords of starlight. They slanted down like a river of stars, flying past Purple Star Lord.
The six bullets were instantly sliced into pieces by the Stellar Sword River. As for the countless Stellar Swords, they surged towards Zhou Wen and the antelope at an unbelievable speed, reaching the speed of light.
"The wind is tight, pull …" The antelope shouted and spat out a talisman. The talisman transformed into a cloud that wrapped around its four hooves, causing its speed to increase drastically as it charged towards the gate of Forbidden City.
A string of curses ran through Zhou Wen's mind. An antelope could unleash the speed of a Calamity-grade, so it might be able to compete with Purple Star Lord in speed.
Zhou Wen didn't have that ability, so all he could do was charge forward with all his might.
However, the speed of the Swords of Stellar Swords was in no way slower than a Calamity-grade bullet. How could Zhou Wen outrun them? Soon, a large number of Swords of Stellar Swords stabbed at his back.
Thankfully, his Luck stat and Heavenly Robe's Lucky Dodge came into play. Zhou Wen's Heavenly Robe fluttered as he constantly dodged the rain of swords. Not a single Sword of Stellar Swords could stab him.
Zhou Wen didn't feel any joy. Although he hadn't been stabbed to death, Purple Star Lord looked even more terrifying than the Calamity in the Venus dimensional zone. It wasn't impossible for him to break through Lucky Dodge.
As long as he didn't rush out of Forbidden City, everything was still unknown. It wasn't time to rejoice.
The antelope ran extremely fast and almost instantly arrived in front of Forbidden City's gate. However, Swords of Stellar Swords descended from the sky, transforming into layers of impenetrable sword walls that completely sealed off the exit.
The antelope's body glowed brightly as it opened its mouth and spat out a cloud. The cloud slammed into the sword wall. Although it deflected many Swords of Stellar Swords, it ultimately failed to break through. It was dispersed by the Starlight Sword River.
The endless sword streams that resembled the Milky Way rushed towards the antelope, immediately causing it to fall into layers of sword formations. It charged left and right but failed to rush out.
"Ahem, Star Lord, it's just a joke. There's no need to take it seriously, right?" the antelope said to Purple Star Lord as it blocked the endless sword streams.
"Then continue with your joke." With Purple Star Lord's cold voice, the Starlight Sword River became even more violent. It transformed into a terrifying sword formation that surrounded Zhou Wen and the antelope.
Greed is indeed an original sin. I shouldn't have been greedy and followed the antelope to this godforsaken place. Zhou Wen lamented inwardly.
Although Lucky Dodge could temporarily save Zhou Wen's life, it was only a dodging ability. It was impossible for Zhou Wen to forcefully break through the sword wall and rush out.
However, Zhou Wen was somewhat puzzled. With the antelope's personality, it definitely wouldn't fight a battle it wasn't confident in. Since it was willing to take the risk, it definitely had full confidence.
However, the yellow talisman had fallen. This was a little strange.
Now wasn't the time to consider this. Zhou Wen's mind raced as he thought of a way to escape.
Lucky Dodge could only save his life. It was impossible to crack the Starlight Sword Formation. Furthermore, the swords formed from the starlight had already reached the speed of light. Zhou Wen's own speed couldn't keep up, so it was impossible for him to forcefully crack the sword formation.
Zhou Wen tried his best to use Truth Listener's ability. In the sword formation, there was much less sound information gathered. Most of the sound information was related to the Starlight Sword Formation.
After listening for a while, Zhou Wen suddenly realized that the Starlight Sword Formation seemed very familiar to him.
Isn't this the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansion skill? Zhou Wen immediately realized something.
Back when he was in the Endless Sea of Stars, he had always wanted to obtain two skills. One was Star Stealer, and the other was the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansion skill.
They were the lowest-level skills, but they were abnormally difficult to drop. Up to now, Zhou Wen only had twenty-seven of the twenty-eight skills. He hadn't managed to drop the last one.
The twenty-seven Lunar Mansion skills that Zhou Wen had learned were all defensive skills. They weren't offensive, so Zhou Wen didn't connect the two in the beginning.
Now that he felt something amiss, he realized that although the Starlight Sword Formation was an offensive sword formation, it had the same effect as the Lunar Mansion skill.
If the changes in this sword stance are the same as the Lunar Mansion skill, then wouldn't I be able to predict the future? Even if my speed can't keep up with the speed of the Swords of Starlight, I can still predict their location … However, I'm still lacking a Lunar Mansion skill … As Zhou Wen pondered, he used Truth Listener to secretly observe the sword formation.
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