Seven Star Mantis stopped the instant it neared Lu Yin at top speed, then headed in another direction. Lu Yin hurried after it, only for Seven Star Mantis to change course again, leaving him completely baffled.
After several turns, Lu Yin realized that Seven Star Mantis had left seven points in the starry sky, with him surrounded in their center.
"Seven Star Slash." Seven Star Mantis brought down its blade-like forelimbs. Lu Yin hurried to break out of the seven points' encirclement, but it was already too late. The point nearest him unleashed a slash. Then the seven points attacked in succession: the first unleashed one slash, the second two, the third four, and so on, until the seventh unleashed thirty-two slashes.
Lu Yin casually smashed the first slash with his slippers. Its power was formidable, enough to kill an Ancestral realm expert, but it posed no threat to him.
The real problem was the sheer number of slashes.
The seventh point unleashed a full thirty-two slashes, each as powerful as the first. That meant he had to withstand thirty-two of Seven Star Mantis's slashes.
It might have been a killing move against others, but it still posed no threat to Lu Yin. He had faced similar techniques more than once; the most recent had been Moon Immortal of the Three Month Alliance and her Moonlight Slashes. Each slash had the same power, overwhelming the opponent with sheer numbers. Unfortunately, numbers were useless against him.
Lu Yin used his slippers to smash the slashes one after another. Seven Star Mantis couldn't move far away while unleashing them, as it had to control the seven points.
Seeing that its slashes had no effect on Lu Yin, Seven Star Mantis glared at him savagely. "Seven Stars as One!" The seven points appeared