Star Odyssey

ple astral beasts shook the altar and a harsh aura appeared.
Everyone looked over to see the phantom image of a strange astral beast that had one body but ten heads.
All ten of its heads rose high to roar. 

Yi Feng immediately appeared on the altar and stretched out a hand.
The phantom image of the beast cried out even louder, but then it dissipated with a thump.
Yi Feng took out another case to seal the sourcebox and then announced that the Lockbreaker had been eliminated before leaving the stage. 

Lu Yin shifted his gaze, as that sourcebox’s danger had not been too strong, roughly reaching the same level as a Cruiser’s attack.
However, that Lockbreaker was just an Explorer, and they also lacked battle experience, which meant that they had been easily eliminated.
If Lu Yin had been the one to open that case, he would have been able to easily dispel that danger.
It was a pity, as that sourcebox was just at the four star Discerning Elementary level, so it was not too difficult. 

Lu Yin looked at the others, and saw that quite a few people had already opened their cases.
Apart from the unlucky fellow to his right, the rest were fine, and there was only one Discerning Elementary Lockbreaker who had encountered a Perceptive Intermediate sourcebox.
Fortunately, there was no danger in that sourcebox, so that person could try lockbreaking it. 

Further away, the man who had drawn the largest sourcebox case hesitated nervously, but then he accepted his fate and opened it.
Countless were drawn to his actions, as his chest was way too large, and it made even the spectators feel nervous for the man. 

Xi Qi also stared at him. 

As the chest opened, the sourcebox was revealed, and many watched on with bated breath.
Surprisingly, they did not see the expected enormous sourcebox, but instead, there was a strange, rock-looking sourcebox that was only the size of one’s palm. 

The crowd was stunned. 

The Lockbreaker was stunned as well. 

What was this? The difference was just too great.
If the crowd did not look carefully, they might not even be able to see the sourcebox, which was just too small! Who would place such a tiny sourcebox in such a huge case? 

In the distance, one Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker indifferently asked, “Are we so lacking in Spiritual Thread cases that we can only pack them like this?” 

Those who heard him had an impulse to beat the man.
They would gladly swap a smaller case for a larger one, as some of the cases were barely able to contain their sourceboxes.
Such a puny sourcebox had been placed inside such a huge case that could contain a few hundred more sourceboxes of the same size. 

That competing Lockbreaker nearly fainted, as he had almost given up, but fortunately, he hadn’t.
At a glance, such a small sourcebox would be easily unlocked, and the rollercoaster ride of emotions that he had just gone through was so intense that he did not carefully observe this sourcebox.
In his ecstasy, he leaped into the case to retrieve the sourcebox, only to be sent flying away by a hurricane that had appeared inside of the case.
Although the range of the hurricane was small, it was intense enough to tear the void apart, and it even surpassed a Hunter’s strength. 

Once again, Yi Feng raised a hand to close the case.
“Eliminated.” 

The crowd was stumped, what had just happened? Many people still had not been able to react.

Lu Yin sympathized with the disqualified Lockbreaker, as that fellow had been toyed with.
That hurricane had the strength of a predecessor, and although that sourcebox was small in size, it was definitely an extremely difficult one to unlock as any sourcebox that carried the strength of the predecessors was not simple. 

The fish atop Xi Qi’s head waved its tail happily.
“Idiot, idiot, hahaha!”

Deng Pu indifferently observed the incident, as that Lockbreaker had just been a piece of trash who could not even recognize a five star Perceptive Intermediate sourcebox.

That fellow had definitely been toyed with, and many looked at him in sympathy, but he had already fainted long ago and even sustained some injuries. 

On the other side of the altar, Tong Mi’er waved his hand to open his case, and the crowd watched him act.
A vast fluctuation swept out across the altar that caused the void to distort, and it even produced an illusion. 

Upon seeing this scene, Tong Mi’er jumped off the altar without any hesitation, as this was a Boundless Advanced sourcebox. 

Fiend Li nodded in satisfaction.
“He was able to discover the level of the sourcebox instantly and made the correct judgement.
Felynn, your disciple is pretty decent.” 

Felynn smiled.
“Thank you for the compliments, Senior.”

Lu Yin looked at the case in front of himself, but he did not rush to open it himself.
Half of the people on the altar had not opened their chests.
It was not because they didn’t dare to, but rather because there was no need to do so.
To these people, it would not take them twenty hours to successfully unlock a sourcebox, and those who did need more than twenty hours would not be able to successfully finish unlocking their sourcebox.
Thus, there was no need to start lockbreaking already.

These people had a clear understanding of their own abilities. 

Of course, there were also those who were in more of a rush, such as Tong Mi’er.
However, Lu Yin felt that the man had done so in order to give up earlier. 

The crowd that had gathered around the altar looked at the sourceboxes.
Four of the finalists had already been eliminated with only twelve remaining.
Of those twelve, five had already started lockbreaking.
The other seven had not started yet and were more calm, though this did not include the fish. 

Xi Qi had not opened her case, and the fish atop her head urged her constantly to do so. 

“There’s no rush—twenty hours is plenty.
I’m tired and I I want to rest,” Xi Qi said.

“Hurry up and open it for Lord Fish! Lord Fish is very curious.”

“No, I want to rest.”

“You can still rest.
You can just open it and not lockbreak it.”

“No, that would be tempting myself.”

“Two-legged beast, you must have not tasted Lord Fish’s awesomeness in a long time.”

“I’m truly tired,” Xi Qi grudgingly responded. 

On the other side of Xi Qi, Ku Wei beamed and beckoned to the fish.
“Hey fish, come over here to Brother Wei.
Brother Wei will open mine for you.” 

The fish glared at him in fury.
“Two-legged beast, just you wait! Lord Fish has not settled things with you yet.
We’re eternal enemies.” 

Ku Wei smiled happily.
“Alright.
Ah, right.
Let me ask you, do you like chilli powder?” 

The fish grew angry, and it swatted its tail around even stronger, which annoyed Xi Qi.
She looked over at Ku Wei with a miserable expression on her face.
“Stop talking.” 

Ku Wei laughed.

In the distance, Deng Pu frowned.
What a bunch of idiots.