Chapter 1400: Star's Embrace

“Have you heard of the Embrace of the Stars? In our world, there was once a legend that when all the starlight embraces a single person, that individual is destined to become eternal.

Given your influence and standing among the human race, along with your current unparalleled personal strength, you are certainly qualified to be crowned with the Embrace of the Stars.

In other words, not all opponents are worthy of the special honor of the Embrace of the Stars, but I am now 100% certain that you are.

And I will dedicate the most perfect Embrace of the Stars I have ever performed to help you achieve eternity in this manner.

You should know better than I that there is no true eternity in this world. The only way to approach it infinitely is to fall in glorious defeat.

For you to perish on this battlefield, in my opinion, would be the greatest honor you could ever achieve in your life.”

The Third Star Venerable carried himself with immense arrogance, seeing Xu Yang at that moment as nothing more than meat on a chopping block, his life and death controlled by a mere thought.

Of course, from Xu Yang's perspective, the Third Star Venerable was likely viewed in a similar light.

A smile once again spread across Xu Yang's face as he calmly gazed at the Third Star Venerable before him.

“Since you've already laid out such a grand plan for me, it would be a shame if I didn't experience this so-called Embrace of the Stars and see what kind of energy it truly is. Wouldn't that be a disservice to your kind intentions?

My only concern is, what if your 'highest honor' — the Embrace of the Stars — fails to defeat me? Wouldn't that be quite embarrassing for you, as the third-ranked among the Twelve Star Venerables?”

The Third Star Venerable burst into laughter. “You don't need to make such assumptions, because you still don't understand what the Embrace of the Stars truly signifies.

Soon, you will personally experience the shock this move brings. And as a sign of my complete respect for you, I will unleash this spectacle across the heavens.

Let hundreds of thousands of human cultivators throughout the Treasure Mountain battlefield witness the very moment you ultimately transform into eternity.”

The Third Star Venerable spoke with immense confidence, but Xu Yang understood that for this individual to boast so brazenly, he must indeed possess matching strength.

However, he had still underestimated Xu Yang's true potential.

“Alright, then let's begin. Don't waste any more time. Unleash your proudest Embrace of the Stars upon me, and let's see if I can achieve your 'eternity' right before you. Everyone must be waiting in anticipation.”

As soon as Xu Yang finished speaking, the Third Star Venerable began to gather his mighty stellar power, forming a brilliant celestial curtain of starlight.

As the dark blue light of this celestial curtain rapidly converged and continuously expanded in the void above his head,

Soon, the spiritual projections of both the Third Star Venerable and Xu Yang appeared within this celestial curtain above, visible to everyone across every section of the entire battlefield.

“Oh my god, look! Is our leader really going to have a peak showdown with the Third Star Venerable?

It's hard to imagine that this Third Star Venerable's combat power can already rival Emperor Yunlong. This truly is a genuine catastrophe.

The third-ranked among the Twelve Star Venerables can reach the level of Emperor Yunlong after nightfall. This is why our leader personally came.

Otherwise, if it were anyone else, even achieving a one-on-one victory against this guy would be unimaginable.”

The Dragon Rider Combat Group, Guglas, and the warriors behind them all stared wide-eyed at the scene unfolding within the celestial curtain.

Everyone was pondering what kind of astonishing and unimaginable outcome this confrontation would bring.

To allow the Third Star Venerable ample space to act, Xu Yang smiled and beckoned with a finger.

“Since you're so confident, I'll let you make the first move.

Unleash the perfect formation of your 'Embrace of the Stars,' so you can end this battle without any regrets.”

Hearing Xu Yang's words, the smile on the hulking Third Star Venerable's face grew a few degrees colder.

“You truly are a stubborn one, aren't you? Then I'll show you what a true disparity in strength feels like. The power of the Embrace of the Stars will be the greatest gift you receive in this lifetime.”

Without further ado, the Third Star Venerable raised his hand and swiftly began to gather incredibly powerful stellar energy, right before the eyes of all onlookers.

As expected, after nightfall, more and more brilliant points of starlight began to emerge in the void above.

Under the terrifying gravitational pull of the Third Star Venerable's cultivation technique, these points of light transformed into vast waves of stars, surging down from the edge of the sky. They frantically converged towards the tip of the Third Star Venerable's finger.

This point was the energy nexus through which he drew stellar power. As expected, more and more stellar energy gathered, guided by this single point.

Then, the Third Star Venerable suddenly directed this stream of light onto the outline of Xu Yang's illusory body.

In the next instant, an endless torrent of stellar energy rapidly surged forth, engulfing the surface of Xu Yang's illusory body. Starting from his feet, it slowly ascended, completely covering every detail of Xu Yang's form with this immense stellar power.

Everyone understood that such a technique could effectively isolate a complete living being from the surrounding world in an extremely short time, using the power of the stars.

This would completely cut off external energy supply and entirely suppress their own cultivation techniques.

There would be no possibility of resistance whatsoever.

However, the Third Star Venerable had not anticipated that Xu Yang's most powerful primordial energy cultivation system did not require his body to connect with external energy.

His physical body was the greatest source of energy.

“Hehehe, it seems you don't quite understand my cultivation technique.

While this method might have an unexpected suppressive effect on others, its efficacy will be greatly reduced when applied to me.”

The moment Xu Yang uttered these words, his primordial energy cultivation system activated within him.

He began to circulate the qi vortexes within his body. Simultaneously, colors—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—began to continuously appear around Xu Yang's body. Each change in color signified the activation of a qi vortex within him.

The instant the final black qi vortex activated, Xu Yang seemed to perfectly merge with the star-embraced night.

In that moment, only his luminous gaze remained, seemingly radiating light that could penetrate all, firmly locking onto the Third Star Venerable's body.

The instant his gaze met the Third Star Venerable's, it unexpectedly brought forth an unimaginable soul-shaking deterrent effect on the latter.

It was so potent that it forced the Third Star Venerable to briefly lose focus, making him violently shake his head.

Only then did the Third Star Venerable recover from his dazed state.

He then continued to unleash the ultimate power of his subsequent cultivation techniques.