If Geoffrey had not been trapped in the Innerverse, then anyone who dared to scheme against him during the battle on Sourcepeak Planet would have been courting death. Regardless of whether it was the Mavis Bank, Aurora Corporation, or Shamrock Enterprises, none of them could compare to the Lockbreaker Society in terms of their foundations.
Geoffrey alone could defeat the entire Outerverse, and his strength might not be much weaker than Master Yuan's.
Of course, this was just Lu Yin's guess.
"Over there." The Ice Empress discovered Geoffrey, and she tore through the void to vanish.
Lu Yin had also discovered Geoffrey. He couldn't sense Geoffrey's movements, but he could see the rune lines. Although the skyrocketing rune lines could easily hurt one's eyes, it was enough to help Lu Yin find Geoffrey's location.
At this moment, Geoffrey was north of Extreme Ice City, and he was looking at the mountains with a solemn expression.
The Ice Empress appeared, followed by Lu Yin.
"What can you see?" Geoffrey asked.
The Ice Empress and Lu Yin looked at the mountains in confusion, but they couldn't see anything.
Geoffrey raised a hand, and his star energy transformed into lines that carved into the ground, cutting through the ice and rivers. Beneath the ground was the seal.
His star energy reached the seal, which was equivalent to cutting through the entire Royal Frost Continent.
The Ice Empress' heart thumped, as she was afraid that the Royal Frost Continent would be cut apart.
When Geoffrey stopped, the Ice Empress and Lu Yin looked at the ground and saw a pattern. Was that a tree root?
The two couldn't understand it, and they looked at Geoffrey in confusion.
Geoffrey's gaze was complicated, and he seemed to be reminiscing about something. "That's the symbol of Progenitor Hui."
These five words caused a storm to rage in the Ice Empress and Lu Yin's minds.
Progenitor Hui was a legend who had reached the peak of human cultivation.
In the past, this was Lu Yin's understanding of the Progenitor realm and Progenitor Hui. However, after the Mountain and Sea Realm's Five Scions of the Stars, his understanding of Progenitor Hui had completely changed.
Progenitor Hui was someone who calculated the passage of time.
His calculations spanned the long river of time, including the Fifth Mainland, the Sixth Mainland, and even the Neohuman Alliance. This person represented wisdom and human civilization.
Lu Yin had never expected to see Progenitor Hui's symbol here.
The Ice Empress was stunned. Progenitor Hui. Did Progenitor Hui leave behind the Royal Frost Continent?
Geoffrey looked at the Ice Empress. "Is there any record of who left the seal behind?"
The Ice Empress shook her head and said bitterly, "No, our ancestors have passed down word by word that the seal must not be broken. Even if everyone in the Royal Frost Continent is destroyed, the seal must not be broken."
Now that he heard these words again, Lu Yin felt completely different.
If the seal was really left behind by Ancestor Hui, and Ancestor Hui said that it couldn't be broken, then it really couldn't be broken. The thing that was sealed could bring unimaginable disaster.
At that moment, Lu Yin was flustered as he stood in the sky above the Royal Frost Continent. He was afraid that he would break the seal if he stepped on the ground.
Geoffrey straightened his hunched back. "You can leave. The seal is only a small crack, and I can't create such a seal with my abilities. However, I can still repair it."
The two of them hurriedly retreated, not daring to delay, for fear that the sealed thing would escape.
They didn't know what was sealed, but it still made them panic.
Geoffrey arrived at the gap in the seal and disappeared. Immediately after, the earth trembled.
Lu Yin and the Ice Empress returned to Arctic City and waited.
If Geoffrey couldn't repair it, then their presence wouldn't make a difference.
When he'd heard that the seal might have been left behind by Ancestor Hui, Lu Yin's first thought had been to contact the Elysian Heavenly Master and ask him to repair it, but that would be looking down on Geoffrey.
He touched his gadget; if Geoffrey couldn't repair it, then he had to immediately contact Eversky Island.
"Seventh Bro, you're fine! That's great!" Ku Wei shouted when he saw Lu Yin.
Lu Yin replied, "You're in a good mental state. You haven't been frozen silly, have you?"
Ku Wei patted his chest. "Of course not, I can still serve Seventh Bro for ten thousand years."
This lackey was unparalleled.
During the time that the two had been gone, the people of Arctic City had been in a state of panic, especially when Master Hong and the other two had joined forces to deal with the Ice Empress. The entire Royal Frost Continent had been shaken, and if not for the Ice Empress, Arctic City would have been destroyed long ago.
The Ice Empress' return calmed the people of Arctic City.
Shao Yangxun bowed to Lu Yin. "Your Highness."
Lu Yin looked at him. "You're Shao Yangxun, so you can't call me Your Highness. You're Yan Yan, so you can call me Your Highness."
Shao Yangxun had a complicated expression.
The Ice Empress saw this and said, "Alliance Leader Lu has helped the Royal Frost Continent a lot. You can continue to be Yan Yan and work for Alliance Leader Lu to the best of your ability."
Shao Yangxun respectfully replied, "Yes, City Lord." He then bowed to Lu Yin. "Yan Yan is guilty."
Lu Yin was furious that he had been betrayed, but this was also a blessing in disguise. Yan Yan had his own standpoint, and the two of them were not friends. Yan Yan was just a captain of the Great Yu Empire's Thirteen Imperial Squadrons and a subordinate.
When he thought about this, Lu Yin looked at the Ice Empress. "Senior, don't forget what you promised me."
The Ice Empress replied, "Don't worry. As long as the seal is successfully repaired, you'll be handsomely rewarded."
In the distance, a man looked at Lu Yin with a complicated expression. His name was Che Han, and he had once been an expert on the Top 100 Rankings who had fought with Lu Yin at the Sea King's Dome.
At that time, the difference between the two of them had not been that great. Even though Lu Yin had surpassed him, the gap between them had not been so large as it was now.
He still owed Lu Yin a favor, as it was Lu Yin who had allowed him to retrieve the Sea King's Trident. Unfortunately, Che Han had not been able to retrieve it himself. Back then, he had participated in the Sea King's son-in-law selection in order to ask the Sea King to help the Royal Frost Continent as external aid. This had been the reason why Che Han had left to explore the continent.
Now that he thought about it, it felt like a lifetime had passed.
His favor was now useless to this person!
After seeing the Innerverse, the Cosmic Sea, and the Neoverse, Lu Yin was no longer as curious as he had been in the beginning.
He quietly waited in the city lord's mansion, waiting for Geoffrey's results.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye, but Geoffrey did not show any signs of repairing the seal. It was as if he had done nothing at all.
The Ice Empress was curious and wanted to go take a look, but she was stopped by Lu Yin every time.
She patiently waited for two more days.
On this day, Ku Wei looked up at the sky strangely. Why did it seem like the temperature was not that low anymore?
He was not the only one, as Lu Yin had noticed it as well.
The Ice Empress appeared and was ecstatic. "Alliance Master Lu, the temperature has risen. This is not due to the power of the flames, but rather the temperature of the entire Royal Frost Continent."
Lu Yin smiled. "It looks like President Geoffrey has succeeded."
The Ice Empress nodded. Ever since there had been a gap in the seal, she had been worried that the Royal Frost Continent would be completely frozen, and she was even more worried that the seal would be completely destroyed. Her ancestor's warning was still fresh in her mind, and it made it difficult for her to calm down and cultivate. She had sent many people out to explore the continent, and on the surface, she wanted them to get to know powerful Lockbreakers and help the Royal Frost Continent. Shao Yangxun was one of them, along with Che Han and many others.
In reality, she knew that the chances of these people being able to invite powerful Lockbreakers were close to zero. She had done this in hopes of leaving a spark for the Royal Frost Continent. After all, the people she had sent out were all elites, and if not for the ancestor's orders, she would have long since moved everyone out of Extreme Ice City.
Actually, if she really wanted to ask for help, she could easily find the Origin Array Master. After all, she was an Envoy.
However, that was the final step. Unless absolutely necessary, she would not leave the Royal Frost Continent. The moment she left, Extreme Ice City would be frozen in the shortest amount of time possible, and she would be restricted to the Royal Frost Continent.
Lu Yin could be considered unlucky. If he had not coincidentally appeared in the Blazing Mist Flowzone, which was very close to the Royal Frost Continent, he would not have been captured.
The Ice Emperor had used a sneak attack to capture Lu Yin because Shao Yangxun had told him that Lu Yin had relied on external items to challenge those who were a Realmbreaker. The Ice Emperor did not want any accidents to happen, or else he would not have been able to ambush a Hunter. This youth had become successful because of external items, but he had also lost because of them. When he thought of this, the Ice Emperor looked at Lu Yin with a strange gaze.
Not long after, Geoffrey's figure silently appeared in the city lord's mansion. His back was even more bent, and he looked exhausted.
The Ice Emperor had the others leave and looked at Geoffrey expectantly.
Geoffrey sighed. "As expected of something left behind by the Hui Ancestor. There's a ninety percent chance that this seal was placed by the Hui Ancestor himself. The array of killing intent contained within is as vast as the ocean, and it's not just a single sourcebox array. There are several or even more than ten sourcebox arrays stacked together. It's impossible for anyone below the level of a Sage to understand it."
Lu Yin's heart sank, and he took out his gadget. It seemed that Geoffrey had failed and had not been able to completely repair the seal. He had to contact Eversky Island!
The Ice Emperor was helpless. "Even Senior can't repair it?"
Geoffrey sighed.
Lu Yin activated his gadget.
"It's been repaired," Geoffrey said.
The Ice Emperor was stunned.
Lu Yin paused and looked at Geoffrey in confusion. "Senior, w-what did you say?
It's been repaired? "
Geoffrey nodded and smiled, a hint of pride appearing on his thin face. "Of course, it's been repaired."
"Didn't you say that anyone below the level of a Sage wouldn't be able to understand it?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
Geoffrey raised his head. "This old man is infinitely close to the level of a Sage."
Lu Yin was speechless. "You understand it?"
"No," Geoffrey replied bluntly.
Lu Yin choked a few times, and he fell silent.
The Ice Emperor asked, "Senior, you don't understand the seal?
Then, has it been repaired? "
Geoffrey sighed. "It's just a crack. It's meaningless if I don't understand it."
The Ice Emperor did not believe him.
Lu Yin did not believe it either. How could a seal be repaired if one did not understand it? What a joke!
Geoffrey saw their expressions and rolled his eyes. "What? Just because the paint on the spacecraft fell off, does patching it up mean that you can repair it?
That crack is at most equivalent to a piece of paint falling off the spacecraft. You just need to reapply it, and there's no need to change anything. "
With that, the two of them understood.
Lu Yin blushed with shame. He was a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker, but he could not even fix the paint on the spacecraft.
This also proved that the path of lockbreaking was broad and profound, and he was still far from it.
After Geoffrey fixed the crack, the Ice Emperor hurriedly ordered for the best wine to be served.
To Geoffrey, there was nothing in the Royal Frost Continent that could move him, so the Ice Emperor could only entertain him with wine.
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