News that Lu Yin had been captured by the Neohuman Alliance spread, but it didn't cause much of a stir in the Neoverse. After all, this was Lu Yin's first time in the Neoverse.
Only the Long Sky Island and the Sirius Sect were affected.
However, when this news spread to Universe Ocean, it was bound to cause a stir.
In a room in the brothel, Young Master Tian was lying down comfortably with a charming woman serving him.
As he listened to Hua Niang's report, Tian Shao suppressed his anger, but then, he suddenly thought of something. "The Outerverse, the Outerverse. Since he's gone, then there's no one in the Outerverse who cares about the Outerverse.
Hahahaha, the heavens are helping me! I really have to thank the Neohuman Alliance! Hahahaha! "
Hearing this, Hua Niang's face turned pale. Once this kind of words spread out, even if it was just a joke, it was enough to implicate her.
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Beneath the Eternal Kingdom, Lu Yin's body trembled as he absorbed the first strand of death qi. He stopped reciting the Stonewall Scriptures and looked at his hands with a dazed expression.
Then, he continued to absorb the aura of death.
Not long after, he stopped again. His eyes were still blank, but there was a strange and expectant look in them.
As if to verify something, he continued to absorb the aura of death.
In the distance, the Corpse King roared as its white eyes stared at Lu Yin. It was getting closer and closer to Lu Yin, and even though it was far away, Lu Yin could hear its rapid breathing.
Lu Yin opened his eyes and looked over, meeting Bai Yunfei's gaze.
The white eyes came from a Corpse King. No, it could be someone who absorbed death energy, or someone who transformed into a Corpse King after absorbing death energy. In any case, it wasn't strange for anything to appear here.
Lu Yin's gaze caused the pair of white eyes to retreat. They could sense how terrifying Lu Yin was, and they didn't dare to approach him.
Lu Yin could also sense that the owner of those eyes was at least a Hunter.
For a Hunter to be able to reach this place meant that he or she had been successfully transformed by the death energy and then transformed by a Corpse King. He or she was one of the more successful experimental subjects that Silver had mentioned, and only such experimental subjects could reach this place.
The white eyes disappeared into the distance.
Lu Yin continued to absorb the aura of death.
Every once in a while, he would open his eyes. His gaze changed from the initial confusion to anticipation, and then to apprehension and uneasiness. The complex emotions were vividly reflected in his eyes.
This uneasiness didn't stop until a new member joined.
Silver arrived with a new experimental subject, which was a man who had reached the Hunter realm.
The man had come willingly, and he excitedly looked at the aura of death. Lu Yin had overheard their conversation, and he knew that the man had come from the Cosmic Sea and was a member of a battle group. He had been abandoned by that battle group, and he had unintentionally encountered the Neohuman Alliance. The man had willingly joined the Neohuman Alliance in an attempt to obtain great power to take revenge on that battle group.
Death Qi seemed to be a shortcut for the man to increase his strength. He could not wait to absorb the Death Qi.
Silver looked at Lu Yin and smiled. "Captain, there's no need to stall for time. Nobody can save you." With that, he left.
Lu Yin narrowed his eyes and looked at the man who was absorbing the death energy.
The man absorbed the aura of death very quickly, without stopping for even a moment. In just half a day, his entire person changed. He became crazy, filled with the desire to vent and fight. His hands clawed at his skin, and his pupils turned from normal to half-white. He roared and screamed as if he had gone mad. Finally, with a bang, he self-destructed, his flesh and blood splattering all over the ground.
He had failed.
. "Silver quickly arrived." What a pity. A good chess piece for the Cosmic Sea is gone, just like that. "He then looked at Lu Yin." I hope you succeed, Captain. "
After Silver left, Lu Yin's expression turned strange. Even though that man had been absorbing the aura of death at a rapid pace, he hadn't absorbed as much as Lu Yin had.
Silver had assumed that he had been absorbing the aura of death bit by bit, which was why there hadn't been any changes.
Why hadn't Lu Yin changed at all? No, there had been a change. That was because the aura of death had entered his body. It was similar to star energy, and it was replacing star energy.
This was strange. Could death energy and star energy be replaced by two different types of energy?
The Specter Clan also relied on absorbing death energy to cultivate. Then, was Lu Yin one of them?
Otherwise, how could he explain why there hadn't been any changes after the aura of death had entered his body?
Death energy should have been very tyrannical to normal people, and it should have been similar to poison. However, it was very gentle when it entered Lu Yin's body, and it even made him feel very comfortable. It was as if he had found the source of his strength.
Lu Yin's expression turned strange. Again.
This time, Lu Yin's absorption of the aura of death had increased significantly, and he had even attracted the aura of death around him.
However, when the aura of death entered his body, he still felt very comfortable, so comfortable that he started to panic.
The aura of death entering his body made him feel pain, but he could still accept it since it was normal. However, it was very comfortable. This was strange, and it made his hair stand on end. He even suspected that he wasn't human. No, the Specter Clan was also human, but their cultivation methods were different. What was going on with him?
He recalled everything that had happened in the past, and he recalled how he had suppressed Faceless at the Sea King's Dome, causing Faceless to think that he was a high-ranking member of the Specter Clan. Not only could he suppress the aura of death, but he could also absorb it?
Lu Yin was at a loss, as he didn't know what was going on with his body. The only explanation was the Arcane Art of Life and Death.
He had once been a dead person, and he had died three times.
He had died once on Driftcharge Planet, a second time after leaving Driftcharge Planet, and a third time in the Technocracy. Was he a dead person, which was why he could absorb death energy?
That seemed to be the only explanation.
Dead people naturally used death energy as their cultivation source, and Lu Yin sensed that death energy was much faster than star energy. He had only broken through to the eighth cycle of becoming a Cruiser back in the Sirius Sect, but during this period of cultivation, he had absorbed hundreds of thousands of star essence. He might be able to use this death energy to break through to the ninth cycle of becoming a Cruiser or even a Hunter.
If his guess was correct, then there was a problem: it was time to act.
He suddenly realized that he had been acting ever since he had entered the Neoverse. He had wanted to act in the Sirius Sect to learn the Sirius Technique, but now that he was here, he had to act as if he had been affected by the aura of death.
Lu Yin gulped as he recalled the scene of that man going berserk. It was time to begin.
Bang!
Bang!
The ground shook.
In the distance, Silver appeared, and beside him was the divine witch spirit doll and the ghost monkey, who had turned into a shadow on the ground.
"The little guy is starting. If he doesn't absorb the aura of death, he'll have to forcefully absorb it." The divine witch spirit doll cackled.
Silver's eyes narrowed as he looked into the distance. Goodbye, Captain.
On the ground, Ghost Monkey looked into the distance with a strange expression. If there was anyone who understood Lu Yin the most, it would not be Ming Yan, Wendy Yushan, or even Big Sis. Ghost Monkey had interacted with Lu Yin for ten years, and he understood Lu Yin's actions all too well. He was absolutely certain that Lu Yin was putting on an act.
Seventh Bro, your acting is too bad.
The monkey panicked, and he was afraid that Lu Yin's act would be discovered. He hurriedly said, "My, my lord, this lowly one would like to pay his respects to the great Eternal Kingdom and your supreme inheritance, the Dark Tower."
The Shaman Spirit Child looked at the monkey and was quite satisfied with his words. The words "great" and "supreme" were exactly what he meant. "Alright, go ahead."
"My lord, this lowly one would like to request that my lord bestow power upon me," the monkey spoke up again, attracting the attention of the divine witch spirit and Silver.
The divine witch spirit doll replied, "You need to absorb blood to increase your strength. You're just a mere Explorer, yet you can absorb the blood of a Progenitor. How mysterious. Let's go and let this god study you."
The monkey was horrified, and he looked at Lu Yin helplessly. Seventh Bro, this is all I can do to help you. Let's just go our separate ways!
"Mighty, supreme Witch Spirit God, you are the symbol of the gods. This lowly one wishes to crawl at your feet and be a shadow so that I can always pay my respects to your glory."
"Almighty, supreme …"
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Silver watched the Witch Spirit God leave and then looked back at Lu Yin. His lips curled up, and he turned to leave as well.
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The Eternal Kingdom's underground was always dark. Lu Yin silently calculated the time. He had been here for a month, and during this time, he had absorbed a boundless amount of death energy. His mind had not been affected, and acting had been rather tiring. However, the most troublesome part was that his eyes could not change.
Absorbing death energy would cause one's eyes to change. That man had only absorbed a little bit of death energy before his eyes turned half-white. This was the unique pupil of the Specter Clan.
Lu Yin had absorbed so much death energy, but his eyes had not changed at all. This was not something that could be faked, but he could not fake it. The Specter Clan's pupils turning white could affect their opponent's mind. He had experienced it before, and it could not be faked.
Then what should he do?
Lu Yin was vexed, and he had even slowed down his absorption of death energy, causing Silver to come again. He had no choice but to continue absorbing death energy.
This absorbed death energy replaced the star energy in his body as it circulated through his body.
Above the Explorer realm, one absorbed star energy for cultivation and to increase one's strength, but also to prevent exhaustion.
He did not know if the death energy could prevent him from exhaustion, but it should be able to!
Right now, he was treating himself like a dead person.
Soon, another month passed.
Lu Yin absorbed a large amount of death energy every day, and one day, he could no longer control it and broke through.
He was helpless, as he did not want to break through. However, with Silver around, and with him pretending to have gone crazy from the death energy, he had to absorb even more of it. This allowed him to break through to become a nine-cycle Cruiser.
He really did not want to break through, but the effects of death energy on his cultivation were much, much better than star energy. They were not of the same quality, and he was able to break through after just two months of absorbing death energy.
Furthermore, he did not feel uncomfortable at all, as the death energy was like air to him.
Sometimes, he wondered if Silver and the other Specter Clan members would be angered to death if they found out about this. He was sure that his absorption of death energy was much faster than theirs, or else Silver would have reached a higher cultivation realm long ago instead of just breaking through to become an Enlighter.
It was a little infuriating if the Specter Clan members found out.
Could he be a Specter Clan member?
Lu Yin was most worried that this guess would be true, as he had lost his memories.
Even if he was a Specter Clan member, he was still their ancestor.
Although breaking through to become a nine-cycle Cruiser did not cause much of a commotion, it still shook the entire Eternal Kingdom.
Most people would first have to undergo a transformation after absorbing death energy, which would take a long time before they could adapt to the death energy. Nobody had broken through in just two months like Lu Yin had.