Lu Yin looked down at his heart and was pleasantly surprised to find that the remaining Fatesand had completely fused into it, completely blocking out the black and white fog.
He immediately used his Fatesand, which was still in the shape of a clump of dirt, but it was much larger, and its toughness had definitely increased as well.
Lu Yin had not forgotten how he had used his Fatesand to block a Hunter's attack. All this time, his Fatesand had been too small to completely protect him, and his enemies had been too strong, so it had not been very useful. However, things were different now, as the Fatesand could protect half of his body.
However, there were not many places where he could use the Fatesand, as his physical defenses were already extremely strong.
Hmm?
Lu Yin felt strange as he looked at the Fatesand in front of him. This clump of dirt seemed to have a shape.
Mister Mu looked at Lu Yin's Fatesand and said, "It's not very useful to you right now, but it might or might not be useful in the future. It'll depend on your luck."
Lu Yin suddenly thought of something and looked at Mister Mu expectantly. "Master, I'm already a Hunter, but my physical strength hasn't reached the peak of this realm."
Mister Mu knew what Lu Yin wanted to say. "Once you become an Explorer, you can only cultivate on your own. If you borrow the strength of others, it will become a hindrance in the future. You must remember that."
Lu Yin was helpless. "I understand, Master."
Mister Mu raised his hand, and something familiar entered Lu Yin's eyes. Lu Yin's eyes lit up. "Intelligence root?"
Mister Mu took out the familiar intelligence root, but it was not withered. Instead, it was a normal intelligence root, just like the one that Lu Yin had upgraded in the past.
"This is all I can help you with. Borrowing external strength is not the right path, and you will understand in the future. If you want to increase your strength, you can only rely on yourself." He then passed the intelligence root to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin happily accepted it. To him, even if Mister Mu taught him a battle technique or a secret technique, it would not be as useful as this intelligence root. The moment he saw it, he had already thought of how to use it.
"Master-" Lu Yin looked up and was about to speak when everything returned to normal. A spacecraft flew past him, and the ocean surged violently. Bustling noises could be heard all around him once more. Everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion, and if not for the intelligence root in his hand, he would have thought that he was dreaming.
Lu Yin was annoyed that Mister Mu had left too quickly. He still had many questions to ask, and he hadn't even had the time to ask for the jade. Without the jade, he wouldn't be able to take the initiative to contact Mister Mu, which was a pity.
He shook his head and sighed as he thought about what Mister Gangmu had just said. He gripped the root of wisdom, and his eyes lit up. It was time for him to improve once more. His goal in the Supreme Tournament was to become the sole Prime.
At the same time, in the Innerverse, in the Daynight clan's ancestral grounds, Lu Yin's image stood tall and unshakable. Next to him was Zhuo Daynight, and below her was Zhanlong Daynight.
These three names were the ones that the Daynight clan hated the most. The ancestral land's stone tablet had been occupied by their enemies and traitors, which was a disgrace to the entire Daynight clan.
All of the Daynight clan members were diligently cultivating, and none of them were in the mood to care about what was happening outside.
Nightqueen Yanqing was no longer in the ancestral grounds, as she had been taken away by Nightking Dijiang to prepare for the Supreme Tournament. The Daynight clan was one of the strongest clans in the Innerverse, and they could not miss this opportunity.
Nightqueen Yanqing was currently ranked fourth on the ancestral grounds' stone tablet, and all of the Daynight and Nightking clansmen believed that she would definitely replace Zhanlong Daynight and Zhuo Daynight to enter the top three. As for Lu Yin, the Daynight clan members subconsciously ignored him. He was a freak, and unless Nightking Zhenwu was revived, no one would be able to compete with him.
Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "Who's that?
He's rising so quickly! "
Many Daynight clan members opened their eyes and looked in the direction of the exclamation. They saw an image rise from the top ten to fifth place, second only to Nightqueen Yanqing. This image was very unfamiliar to them.
This image not only caused many Daynight clan members to exclaim, but it also attracted the attention of the elders on the ancestral grounds' stone tablet. They hurriedly asked who this person was, but there was no answer. No Nightking clansmen knew who this person was.
At this moment, a Daynight clan member approached the stone tablet elders and stuttered, "I- this junior knows him."
One of the stone tablet elders, Zuocheng Daynight, widened his eyes. "Who is it?"
"Liu, Liu Shaoge," the younger member answered in fear.
Zuocheng Daynight and another stone tablet elder, Duan Daynight, exchanged glances. "Liu Shaoge?
Why does this name sound so familiar? "
Duan Daynight's gaze turned cold as he looked at the inheritance stones. "There are three inheritance stones. One was left behind by Zhenwu and was never returned. The other one mysteriously disappeared after that battle. At the time, we speculated that the person who could have taken it was Nightking Qingyu, but he's long since gone missing."
"The last person to meet him was Liu Shaoge," Zuocheng Daynight blurted out.
Duan Daynight nodded, and his gaze turned solemn as he looked at the top of the stone tablet. "This person is Liu Shaoge. I've investigated him, and it turns out that he was brought back from the Outerverse by Nightking Qingyu. There's nothing special about him, and no one paid much attention to him back then. Who would have thought that such a nobody would be able to steal our Daynight clan's inheritance stone? How detestable."
Liu Shaoge's image appeared on the stone tablet, and it was obvious that he had an inheritance stone by his side. This explained why the other inheritance stone had gone missing back then.
"But how could a junior like him steal an inheritance stone from our hands?
He's not even a member of our Daynight clan, so how could he enter the inheritance corridor? "Zuocheng Daynight did not understand.
Duan Daynight answered, "Perhaps Nightking Qingyu worked together with this person."
Zuocheng Daynight nodded. "That's right. If Nightking Qingyu can steal an inheritance stone once, then he can do it again. However, his image has long since disappeared, and he's no longer on the stone tablet. He should be dead."
Duan Daynight did not understand either. "If he's dead, then how could Liu Shaoge steal an inheritance stone from under our noses?
Even Lu Yin can't do that. "
"Unless …" Zuocheng Daynight seemed to have thought of something.
Duan Daynight answered seriously, "Unless this person has an innate gift as mysterious as Nightking Qingyu's, which allows him to ignore space."
Zuocheng Daynight answered, "Liu Shaoge should be in East San Dios in the Outerverse. I'll immediately send someone to capture him."
Duan Daynight nodded. There was irrefutable evidence that Liu Shaoge had stolen the Daynight clan's inheritance stone, so how could they just let the matter rest?
When the inheritance stone had been stolen by Nightking Qingyu, the Daynight clan had not been worried at all. They had been confident that no one in the universe would dare to covet their inheritance stone. Now, however, they needed to send someone to search for it, and they could not do it in the name of Zhang Yang. The Outerverse had already closed its doors to the Daynight clan, and they knew that if news of them sending someone into the Outerverse spread, the Great Eastern Alliance would definitely interfere.
That Lu Yin had long since become their mortal enemy.
The two did not bring this up, and they both pretended not to know anything. They did not want to admit that the Daynight clan had completely declined.
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In the Blaze Realm, after Mister Mu disappeared, Lu Yin began his final seclusion before the Sovereign Tournament. This time, he was really going into seclusion, as the Sovereign Tournament was approaching.
Although he did not pay attention to the Sovereign Tournament, he knew that the outside world was in an uproar. The Sovereign Tournament had shaken both the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands, and he did not know how many experts would be drawn out. He still needed to continue improving himself.
Mister Mu's words were still echoing in his ears. Invisible enemies and invisible opponents? Would they appear in this Sovereign Tournament?
Lu Yin looked up and saw his die appear. He took a deep breath and tapped it, causing it to slowly spin before finally stopping. Five pips: Borrowing an innate gift. This was meaningless, as he would not be able to find anyone with an innate gift within ten seconds. Lu Yin thought about it and rolled the die again. Four pips: Time Stop Space.
After entering, Lu Yin's heart settled down. With his current wealth, he could stay here for a long time. He raised the time limit to 240 days and then took out the Heavenflame Stone.
Although he could not break through to the Enlighter realm, the Heavenflame Stone could absorb high temperatures from the flames and the star essence on his body would allow him to upgrade it a few times.
Currently, the Heavenflame Stone had absorbed the Dark Phoenix Clan's sixteenth level of Black Flames, Eccentric Chi's Great Fire God, Madam Lan's Scorching Sun, and Crimson Lord's Great Fire God. The rest of the flames had already been consumed.
Lu Yin gripped the Heavenflame Stone, and as the high temperature imprinted itself onto his arm, the burning pain of his flesh assaulted him once more. In front of him, the burning star essence quickly transformed into a red barrier that enveloped him.
Master Hong's Fire God was here, and this was the highest temperature that the Heavenflame Stone could absorb, which was about the same as the sixteenth layer of black flames.
The two types of flames that could rival the power of an Emissary burned at high temperatures, and Lu Yin's skin began to crack. The rate at which he absorbed star energy increased as well.
Even though he had mastered a shortcut, not everyone could use it. For example, using the Heavenflame Stone to absorb star energy would cause even an ordinary Enlighter to melt under the high temperatures. Only Lu Yin's physical strength could withstand it, and this shortcut was both painful and enjoyable.
Lu Yin had used death energy to break through to the Hunter realm, and as the death energy had converged into a black and white fog, the star energy in his body had also been depleted, and he needed to constantly replenish it. Furthermore, he had used up a lot of star energy to deal with Master Hong on the Summoning Platform, and he had not been able to complete a full cycle.
To complete a full cycle, he would need about 1.2 million star essence.
Now that he had broken through to the Hunter realm, his star energy replenishment speed was much faster.
The Heavenflame Stone, the Sirius Technique, and his control of star energy had reached the level of a World Realm cultivator, which allowed him to absorb star energy extremely quickly.
In just a few days, he had completely replenished the star energy he needed to break through to the Hunter realm. The next step was to complete the eleventh cycle, which required about 1.45 million star essence. This was much more than other cultivators, but it was just enough to suit his own innate gift of the Summoning Platform.
After several days of burning, Lu Yin had already gotten used to the high temperatures.
He had even become numb.
After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes once more. The eleventh cycle had been completed, and Lu Yin had become a Hunter with eleven cycles. He only needed to complete eight more cycles before he could reach the peak of the Hunter realm. The ninth cycle would allow him to break through to the Enlighter realm.
Breaking through from the Hunter realm to the Enlighter realm seemed to be a hurdle, but Lu Yin was still very far from that step.
As he thought about it, Lu Yin continued to absorb star energy from the Heavenflame Stone.
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