Lu Yin also saw the senior from the Myriad Daos Family that Mister Guo had mentioned take action. His name was Wan Sen, and he was a fourth Tribulation Origin expert.
Zhou Tang had also recovered. Lu Yin hadn't seen him in a while, but at this moment, as the void distorted and boiled, Sengoku's Hundred Mile Sengoku appeared at his peak and was invincible.
Zhou Tang's cultivation wasn't as high as Wan Sen's, and he definitely couldn't compare to Big Sis Rakshasa's. However, Sengoku's aura was the strongest, and his invincible battle force made him the most eye-catching expert on the battlefield. Because of this, he attracted the attacks of several Envoy-level corpse kings. One of them was even at the fifth Tribulation Origin Stage, and it sent Zhou Tang flying with a single attack.
Fortunately, Zhou Tang's battle force was strong enough that he didn't die.
The Corpse King was stopped by Wan Sen. Although Wan Sen's cultivation was slightly weaker than the Corpse King's, his battle techniques were not weak at all. In fact, from what Lu Yin could see, Wan Sen's battle techniques were several times stronger than the Four Cardinal Scales'.
"Hey, are you just going to hide here and not participate?
You only have the ability to beat me up. Come on, whoever's scared is a coward! "Young Tu jumped up and taunted Lu Yin.
Lu Yin frowned and pressed a hand against the ground, causing the cone-shaped sourcebox to rise into the air. Success! He waved his hand, and the cone-shaped sourcebox's might erupted and swept across the Folded Mountain Range battlefield. Countless corpse kings were pierced by it, and even the fifth Tribulation Origin Stage corpse king that Wan Sen was fighting was struck by it and forced back several steps.
Many of the corpse kings looked up and saw Lu Yin controlling the cone-shaped sourcebox.
An Envoy-level corpse king roared and two wings appeared on its back. It flapped once, causing a strange blue flame to descend from the void. This was an innate gift.
Lu Yin tossed Young Tu away and faced the blue flame head-on. He had the Cloud Lattice Robe, so this flame couldn't hurt him at all. He raised a hand and unleashed an empty palm strike.
The Empty Palm strike forced the Envoy-level corpse king back.
Lu Yin leaped up and charged in a certain direction, where there was a red glow. He wanted to activate both sourcebox arrays, and his defensive power would surpass the second base's headquarters.
The winged Emissary Corpse King was extremely fast, catching up to Lu Yin in the blink of an eye and swiping at him with its claws.
Although this Corpse King was not as fast as the fastest Corpse King that Lu Yin had fought before, it was not much slower. Zhou Tang, Mister Guo, and the others could not do anything to it. Even the Emissaries in the remnant army could not catch up to it.
Lu Yin used his Greater Teleportation Array to dodge, but the Winged Corpse King's claws tore through the void and swiped horizontally at him.
He took out the spear that he had obtained from Long Tian, and the body of the spear was wrapped in a gelatinous substance. This was how he had been able to defeat the Corpse King that had been faster than him, and now, he was going to use the same method against this Corpse King.
A huge force came from the side, and Lu Yin was unable to react in time. He was knocked to the ground by the Winged Corpse King, and the Winged Corpse King landed heavily. Lu Yin was surrounded by the earth, and if the Winged Corpse King wanted to attack him, it would usually attack from above. Lu Yin directly raised his spear to block above his head.
Just as he raised his spear, the Winged Corpse King appeared and crushed him into the mountain range.
In the distance, Young Tu was shocked. "Uncle He, save him!"
On the other side, Uncle He was about to act when the green gelatinous substance wrapped around the Winged Corpse King's arm. Lu Yin dragged the Corpse King out, completely unscathed.
Uncle He was shocked, but Young Tu was even more shocked. He recalled what Uncle He had said before; this kid was quite powerful.
The Winged Corpse King was fast, but it did not have much strength. Once it was entangled by the green gelatinous substance, it would not be able to escape. Lu Yin took advantage of this opportunity to drag it back to the source cone.
A cone-shaped sourcebox swept out and slammed into the Winged Corpse King's back. The Corpse King roared, and its scarlet eyes were less than three meters away from Lu Yin. The deathly stillness was chilling.
Finally, there was a thump as the cone-shaped sourcebox pierced through the Corpse King's chest and tore it apart.
Lu Yin put away his spear and continued towards the red light.
Not long after, the red light swept across the other side of the mountain range and slaughtered the Corpse King.
The two sourcebox arrays completely suppressed the Corpse King's attack.
Even Xiang Hou's attention was drawn, and he was enraged. "Is that kid new?"
Across from him, Half-Ancestor Ji Feng and Half-Ancestor Flowflower stared warily at Xiang Hou. Although they were all half-ancestors, there was still a difference in strength between them. The two of them had not even cultivated for a fraction of the time that Xiang Hou had. The Eternals' twelve Marquises had cultivated for roughly the same amount of time as Progenitors. In particular, Corpse Kings had an advantage against humans of the same level.
"You've just started a huge battle, and now you're attacking my Folded Mountain Range. Xiang Hou, you really do have energy," Half-Ancestor Ji Feng said.
Xiang Hou sneered. "We don't need energy, but you humans do. That's why you lost. Energy, time, pain, emotions — all of these are the reasons why you lost."
"Which eye of yours saw us lose? If it weren't for the fact that you monsters had greatly increased in numbers a few years ago, our battle would have been about the same. You wouldn't have been able to boast so shamelessly," Half-Ancestor Flowflower mocked.
Xiang Hou glanced at the two of them, "The two of you are fighting me alone. What's there to be proud of? It won't be long before I break through your inner worlds. Do you want to stay here or run back to the Starry Sky of Trees like those cowards from before?
Eh?
Hahahaha. "
Half-Ancestor Ji Feng and Flowflower looked at each other, and their eyes grew even more vigilant.
"How about this? Why don't I bring you two back and reform you. That way, we'll have two more experts." Xiang Hou suddenly changed the topic and then raised his head. "Come on out. What are you waiting for?"
Half-Ancestor Ji Feng and Flowflower were stunned. The top of their heads tore open as green bamboo fell from the sky, from the ground, and from nothingness. In the blink of an eye, nearly a million people had been killed, and rivers of blood had formed.
Atop the Folded Mountain Range, Lu Yin was shaken. Marquis Green Bamboo?
Why had he appeared?
Only the two Half-Ancestors could deal with Xiang Hou in the Folded Mountain Range. Now that Marquis Green Bamboo had appeared, the situation had instantly reversed.
Big Sis Rakshasa's face paled as she looked at Marquis Green Bamboo. This kind of expert was not someone she could deal with.
Uncle He, Zhou Tang, and the others could only watch.
Marquis Green Bamboo's gaze swept across the Folded Mountain Range, pausing on Lu Yin for a moment. Then, he attacked Yuan Zhui, causing a giant green bamboo to appear in the void and fall straight down.
With the power of a Half-Ancestor, it would be too easy for him to destroy a sourcebox array. Yuan Zhui's attacks could not even make him move.
The moment the giant green bamboo fell, a hand reached out from the ground and grabbed the bamboo. It exerted a great amount of force, causing the bamboo to split apart.
Everyone was shocked. There was someone underground?
Marquis Green Bamboo's gaze turned cold, and he pressed down with one hand. The green bamboo glowed and instantly recovered, continuing to press down.
However, that hand still firmly held onto the green bamboo. "Marquis Green Bamboo, we haven't seen each other in so many years. How come you're still so weak?"
The voice was grand and filled with vicissitudes of life. It sounded like an old man speaking, but his tone was filled with confidence and arrogance.
When he heard this voice, Marquis Green Bamboo was shocked, but then he laughed. "After the Lu family was exiled, I was guessing where my old friends were. I never thought that you would be here. Wan Zhiyi."
Within the Folded Mountain Range.
Mister, Zhou Tang, and the others were shocked. Wan Zhiyi?
That was the name of the Myriad Daos Clan's great elder.
It wasn't just them; even Wan Sen, who had been exiled to the remnant army, did not know that his clan's great elder was underground. His entire body trembled, and his anger reached its peak.
The Myriad Daos Clan's great elder was extremely respected. When the Lu family had still been around, even the Four Cardinal Scales' ancestor had to give him face, and he could freely enter and leave the Lu family's residence. Now, however, he had been suppressed underground in the Folded Mountain Range and was being stepped on by everyone. How humiliating was this?
Young Master Tu's eyes reddened. The Myriad Daos Clan and the Qiming Clan had a close relationship. He muttered to himself, "Grandpa Zhi?
Grandpa Zhi?
Is that you? "
Up in the void, Half-Ancestor Ji Feng and Half-Ancestor Liu Hua did not know who the person underground was. When they had been arranged to stay in this mountain range, the Lu family had still been at its peak and had not been exiled. Then, when the Lu family had been exiled, they had received news that someone had been assigned to oversee the remnant army. However, they had not seen this person for many years, and they had never thought that this person would actually be the Myriad Daos Clan's great elder, Wan Zhiyi, an old senior whose name had spread throughout the Tree Galaxy.
"I really don't understand. What's the point of you old officials being left alive? The Lu family will never return. It's already been exterminated, and you should have followed the main family to the afterlife," Marquis Green Bamboo said, his voice spreading throughout the Folded Mountain Range.
Lu Yin's gaze was cold as he stared at Marquis Green Bamboo.
"The main family won't die so easily, and they'll return sooner or later. Now, get the hell out of here." The hand that had reached out from underground opened up and struck out at Marquis Green Bamboo. The might of this strike was indescribable; it was clearly just a single strike, but in that instant, anyone who saw it felt as if they had seen ten thousand strikes.
One figure after another stepped through the void, stepping on the flow of time as they formed palm imprints that slammed towards Marquis Green Bamboo. A single strike could be equivalent to ten thousand strikes. This was the Myriad Daos Clan's unparalleled technique, the Myriad Heavens Palm Technique that could traverse the Tree Galaxy.
Marquis Green Bamboo's scarlet eyes changed, and his body turned into a green bamboo that glistened with a dazzling radiance as he withstood the ten thousand strikes.
The next moment, the sky split open, and everyone felt as if their heads had been shattered. The void no longer existed, and an enormous pressure swept out in all directions, sweeping past the mountain range and Xiang City. Countless people spat out blood and fainted.
Even Lu Yin was forced to the ground by the force of the collision. He could not control the star energy within his body, and he barely managed to raise his head. He saw a crack appear on the green bamboo before it retreated. Soon after, Xiang Hou retreated as well. Countless Corpse Kings retreated, leaving the Folded Mountain Range and returning to Xiang City.
As far as the eye could see, more than half of the people in the Folded Mountain Range had fainted.
Half-Ancestor Ji Feng and Half-Ancestor Liu Hua landed and bowed towards the ground. "Thank you for your assistance, senior."
Wan Zhiyi did not speak. From beginning to end, he had only extended a single palm, but he had still managed to force Marquis Green Bamboo back.
Half-Ancestor Ji Feng was shocked, and he thought back to the Myriad Daos Clan's past glory. They had been qualified to join the Lu family and exist in the Top Realm. If not for the lack of Progenitors, the Myriad Daos Clan would have been able to stand side by side with the Four Cardinal Scales.
In the entire Myriad Daos Clan, the person closest to becoming a Progenitor was this great elder. In the past, it had been rumored that Wan Zhiyi might have broken through to the Progenitor Realm, but he had met with a sudden change. He had been a powerhouse who had broken through three stages in his youth.
Now, this person had been trapped in the Folded Mountain Range, and his fate was lamentable.
Wan Sen, Mister Guo, and the other disciples of the Myriad Daos Clan who had been exiled to the Folded Mountain Range all knelt down. "Greetings, Great Elder."
"Greetings, Great Elder."
"Junior Wan Sen requests an audience with Great Elder."
…
No one responded. It was as if Wan Zhiyi was asleep, and no matter how much Wan Sen shouted, he did not respond.