At that moment, Ce Jiu appeared beside Silver, his forcefield transforming into a giant ruler.
Silver casually waved his hand, shattering the forcefield and forcing Ce Jiu back. The next moment, Xia Jiuyou's first blade intent descended.
Silver's figure flickered as he regrouped with Lu Yin. "Captain, I'll leave them to you."
Lu Yin continued to pretend to be under Xia Jiuyou's control, but when faced with Xia Jiuyou's three blade intents, death aura spread from his body and transformed into a scythe that slashed out.
After becoming a Cruiser, Lu Yin's power had risen once again, and he had absorbed a large amount of death aura. This single strike was enough to break Xia Jiuyou's first blade intent.
Xia Jiuyou was shocked, and the second blade intent descended.
Lu Yin raised his scythe and slashed out again, but suddenly, a bolt of lightning descended from above. It was Ku Lei; Xia Jiuyou had attacked Lu Yin.
Death aura surged from Lu Yin's body, and not only did he block the lightning, but he also clashed head-on with the second blade intent. Xia Jiuyou didn't wait for the second blade intent to finish before he turned around and used the third.
The third blade intent was the strongest of the Xia family's three blade intents, and it was several times stronger than the first. Back in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Lei Nü had been apprehensive of this technique, as it had even severed the Sky Palace of the Spirit Palace.
Although Lu Yin had absorbed death aura and his power had increased greatly, he was still no match for Corpse Ghoul's Third Transformation. Xia Jiuyou's third blade intent posed a threat to him, and his physical defenses couldn't reach Corpse Ghoul's level. Disguise was one thing, but now that he was in Progenitor Chen's tomb, there wasn't much of a need for disguise.
As the third blade intent descended, the death aura in Lu Yin's eyes dissipated, and the Scattered Star Chessboard appeared beneath his feet. He instantly disappeared.
Silver had been staring at Lu Yin the entire time, and his eyes widened when Xia Jiuyou's third blade intent descended.
If Lu Yin had truly been transformed, then even if he couldn't block the third blade intent, he would have still clashed head-on, even if his body would have been cut in half.
When the death aura in Lu Yin's eyes dissipated, Silver felt helpless. Sure enough, Lu Yin was faking it.
Lu Yin's figure vanished, and the third blade intent tore through the void.
Silver slowly turned to look to his right, where Lu Yin had reappeared. his lips curled up. "Captain, welcome out of hell."
Lu Yin looked at Silver. "I have to thank you. Without you, I wouldn't have been able to leave."
Silver narrowed his eyes. "Captain, have you ever wondered why I brought you out even though I guessed that you might be in disguise?"
Lu Yin's expression changed slightly. "Are you confident that you can bring me back?"
"Let's give it a try." Silver's smile was very strange. He swept his gaze over everyone and raised his hand. A doll appeared in his palm.
His scalp went numb the moment he saw Dolly. The Witcher Spirit God?
Perhaps other than Lu Yin, no one present had truly seen the Sorcerer Spirit God, one of the Seven Skygods.
Silver took out the Witch Spirit Divine Doll, and the Tearful Lady streaked across the void, attacking him.
Lu Yin shouted, "Be careful! That's one of the Seven Skygods!"
Before she could even react, the doll in Silver's hand was already facing her. She immediately fell to the ground, and no one knew how Silver had done it. Only Lu Yin knew that her five senses had been thrown into chaos. This was the power of the Witch Spirit God, a power that could not be controlled.
Silver looked at Lu Yin. "Come with me, Captain."
Lu Yin felt a chill run down his spine. He waved his hand, and Silver's body was suddenly thrown away.
Silver had a backup plan, but so did Lu Yin. When Xia Jiuyou had attacked Silver, Silver had dodged and hid behind Lu Yin's back. At that moment, Lu Yin had already used his star energy to set up a teleportation array. This array could not throw Silver very far away, but it would give Lu Yin a chance to catch his breath at a critical moment.
Silver was thrown towards the Giant Emperor.
The Giant Emperor was still chasing after Corpse Ghoul, and out of everyone present, only Corpse Ghoul could cause any physical harm to him. He had his sights set on Corpse Ghoul.
Silver slammed into the Giant Emperor's back, causing the Giant Emperor's body to tremble.
Silver did not move, but Corpse Ghoul leaped up and punched the Giant Emperor's arm, knocking the Giant Emperor's palm aside.
At this moment, in another direction, You Qin was facing Lu Yin and slashing down with her blade. "Spirit Chain Rend."
Lu Yin dodged and glared at her. "Don't hit me. We're on the same side."
"Who's on the same side as you freaks?" You Qin seemed to feel insulted, and she attacked Lu Yin with even more vigor.
Lu Yin did not get annoyed, and 726 stars revolved around his body before exploding. The enormous force forced You Qin back, causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood. Her strength was not even comparable to Ku Lei's, so she was far from being able to face Lu Yin's attack.
Not far away, Ku Lei transformed into a bolt of lightning and attacked Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had held back against You Qin, but against Ku Lei, he used an empty palm strike and sent Ku Lei flying, crashing into the stone fence.
Xia Jiuyou stared at Lu Yin. "Are you being controlled?"
Lu Yin was helpless. "Do I look like I am?"
Xia Jiuyou was not sure, as no one had ever been captured by the Seven Skygods and remained unscathed.
At this moment, the tearful lady returned to normal on the ground. She panted heavily and looked around before finally fixing her gaze on Lu Yin. Her eyes flickered; this person had just warned her. What was going on?
In the distance, a black shadow whizzed over and smashed towards Lu Yin. It was Corpse Ghoul, who had been slapped by the Giant Emperor.
Despite being hit by the Giant Emperor's attack, Corpse Ghoul did not suffer any serious injuries. It turned around and punched at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin waved his left hand and activated the Yu Secret Art. He diverted the wind from his fist and used an empty palm strike on Corpse Ghoul's body. The empty palm strike was a great threat to others, but it could not harm Corpse Ghoul at all. At most, it paused for a moment before attacking Lu Yin again.
Lu Yin did not want to fight against Corpse Ghoul.
At this moment, the Giant Emperor leaped into the sky and slammed down, sending a punch in Corpse Ghoul's direction. Lu Yin, Xia Jiuyou, the tearful lady, Ku Lei, and the rest were shocked. Given the Giant Emperor's size, this punch was enough to cover them all.
Everyone hurriedly dodged, and the Star Chessboard appeared beneath Lu Yin's feet to escape. However, he suddenly noticed that Ce Jiu had not used the Plan Secret Art to escape. His heart sank.
Boom!
There was a loud explosion as the Giant Emperor's fist slammed into the ground. The wind from the punch swept out in all directions. Lu Yin had used the Plan Secret Art to turn everyone into chess pieces, including the Giant Emperor. However, the secret art was not invincible, and the Giant Emperor's strength surpassed that of a chess piece. Lu Yin wanted to move, but the entire Star Chessboard was destroyed by the Giant Emperor's punch.
Everyone else had used their speed to escape, but Lu Yin had tried to use the Plan Secret Art to escape. However, the Plan Secret Art had been destroyed by the Giant Emperor's brute force, making him the closest person to the Giant Emperor.
The Giant Emperor's eyes widened in anger as the wind from the punch tore through the void, shattering it into black cracks that spread out in all directions.
Lu Yin felt his chest tighten, and he could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood. His entire body was sent flying by the wind, and he landed in the blood pool with a plop.
No matter how intense the battle was, the Giant Emperor's eyes never left the blood pool. He would not give anyone the chance to get close to it. However, when the Giant Emperor's fist had landed, Silver had also attacked from afar. Silver had been worried that the Giant Emperor's punch would destroy the ghoul, so he had used the Shaman Spirit Doll to confuse the Giant Emperor's five senses.
That was the power of the Shaman Spirit Doll, which was equivalent to a power vessel. The Giant Emperor could not block it no matter what he did. After the punch, his five senses were in chaos, and he slowly fell to the ground.
The timing was just right before Lu Yin fell into the blood pool, so the Giant Emperor did not realize that Lu Yin had fallen.
Everyone else had been sent flying by the Giant Emperor's punch, and similarly, they did not notice that Lu Yin had fallen into the blood pool.
Only one person, Silver, had not neglected Lu Yin. In his eyes, Lu Yin was far more important than the ghoul, and he had seen Lu Yin fall into the blood pool.
There was an earth-shattering explosion as dust filled the air. Lu Yin had fallen into the blood pool, while everyone else had been injured. Silver leapt towards the blood pool, intending to pull Lu Yin out.
However, the Giant Emperor regained consciousness in the next moment. Silver was in disbelief; how could Lu Yin have gotten rid of his five senses so quickly?
The Giant Emperor watched as Silver approached the blood pool, and it was enraged. It swatted out with a palm strike, and Silver was unable to withstand it and was sent flying.
No one could approach the blood pool, as it was the Giant Emperor's forbidden area.
Silver retreated a thousand meters and looked at the blood pool with dissatisfaction. Progenitor Chen's blood was there. Forget it, this was fine. If Lu Yin could bring Progenitor Chen's blood out, then he could take it with him. He was confident that with the Shaman Spirit Doll, he would be invincible in Progenitor Chen's tomb.
However, Silver had underestimated the Seven Courts' successor. He had a power vessel, but so did the others.
Lu Yin was the only one who had withstood the Giant Emperor's punch. Everyone else had used their power vessels at the critical moment, such as You Qin, who had used a stream of water the moment the Giant Emperor's punch landed and fled dozens of kilometers away. There was also Ku Lei, who had been enveloped by Time Withering Wood after withstanding Lu Yin's Hollow Palm.
Lu Yin's cosmic ring had been taken away outside the Mountain and Sea Realm, and everyone else's cosmic rings had been returned. In terms of power vessels, the Seven Courts' successors were not lacking. Of course, they could not compare to the Seven Gods' Heavenly Shaman Spirit Doll.
Lu Yin did not know what was happening in the outside world. He had been directly struck by the Giant Emperor's punch, and the strange black and white fog that had formed from the confrontation between the death energy and the Daynight Restoration Technique trembled. It seemed to break some sort of balance, and the death energy flowed into his meridians through his heart and circulated along with his star energy.
To others, death energy was a poison that could cause them to lose their minds, but to Lu Yin, it was a type of energy that could replace star energy for cultivation.
The large amount of death energy that he had absorbed from the pit beneath the Eternal Kingdom had been concentrated in his heart. Now, it was being released to replace his star energy circulation. In an instant, a terrifying amount of death energy had completed its ninth cycle.
Lu Yin opened his eyes, and the corner of his mouth was still stained with blood from the Giant Emperor's punch. However, he was not in the mood to care about that. He was about to break through. The ninth cycle had been completed, and as his formcast model melted, he had to break through.
He had originally planned to upgrade his formcast model by another level and then break through to the Hunter realm, but the situation had not been under his control.
Who would have thought that he could use death energy to replace star energy? The sudden surge of death energy had pushed him to the brink of a breakthrough. At this moment, he could either break through or fail.
Lu Yin did not have a third option. He gritted his teeth, and his gaze became resolute. He had to break through.