Right now, the best course of action was to take a step back and hand over Wen Number One to the Wen family so that they could delay the Sword Sect while they rushed to the Cosmic Sea's aid. This was the best decision based on the current situation, but Mr. Liu Ye, Wen Zizai, and even the Sword Sect's Liu Qianjue did not know that the Xia family was behind all of this, and it was very likely that Xia Ji was behind it.
This was a war that the Xia family had instigated, and there were many secrets that no one knew about. How could it be settled so easily? Regardless of whether the Wen family or the Sword Sect acted, this war would escalate until Everlasting Island and the Seven Courts joined the fray.
This was a grand war that had been foreseen long ago.
"Alliance Master Lu, have you thought this through?"
Wen Zizai asked confidently. Any normal person would have agreed, as his Wen family was delaying the Sword Sect. In terms of threat, this was equivalent to exchanging Number One for two powerful Envoys, or even three or four Envoys not attacking Leon's Armada. It was definitely a good deal.
"Senior, if the Wen family wants to take first place in the Literature Competition, then they have to follow my conditions. Stall the Sword Sect, and I won't take the Panorama away. I'll just stay in the Wen family and look at it. Otherwise, the Wen family will never be able to take first place in this lifetime."
Wen Zizai was stunned. What was going on?
He stared blankly at President Han, who was astonished as well. He had not expected Lu Yin to refuse.
"He actually refused!" Wen Zizai was in disbelief.
President Han's eyes narrowed. "He has a backup plan."
Wen Zizai's fingers trembled, and he considered joining forces with the Sword Sect to enter the Cosmic Sea.
"Be careful. Lu Yin has unified the Outerverse, so there's a high chance that he has a backup plan."
"But there's also a possibility that he's just bluffing. He's betting that I won't give up Number One and that I won't dare to act."
President Han looked at Wen Zizai. "Then, do you dare?"
Wen Zizai's face twitched. Dare?
This was a question that no one had asked him in many years. Who could make him hesitate? Who would dare to make a bet with him? But today, a youth had done so.
This was a bet that he could not afford to lose. If he lost, he would become the Wen family's eternal sinner.
Wen Zizai was not afraid of death, but scholars had a unique trait: they were afraid of going down in history in infamy. If he lost this bet, then the Wen family would lose the chance to become the strongest family in the Innerverse, and they would lose the chance to lead the Wen family into the Neoverse. Would he dare to take this gamble?
Upon seeing Wen Zizai's hesitation, President Han shook his head. Hesitation was equivalent to fear. The dignified Wen family, one of the leading families of the Eight Great Flowzones, was being toyed around in the palm of a youth's hand. Was the Wen family lamentable?
Or was that young man too scary?
Lu Yin didn't think too much about it, because he really did have a backup plan. He raised his gadget and contacted Ming Yan.
There were some people in this world who were very pitiful. They knew that they were being used, but they still continued to be used. Lu Yin was such a person.
The Sorcerer Spirit God wanted to use his identity as the successor of the Lu Family to cause the biggest civil war of the human race and consume the strength of the human race. The Sorcerer Spirit God had even told him about this, but he couldn't get rid of it. Even if he didn't want to, the Four Sides Scale wouldn't let the civil war go.
However, the Sorcerer Spirit God had clearly underestimated Lu Yin's methods. Lu Yin was willing to be used, but that was because he had no other choice. Since there was no way to escape, then he had to think of a way: to use each other.
He contacted Ming Yan and asked the Neohuman Alliance for help through the Unaging Elder's gadget.
The Seven Dark Towers of the Eternal Kingdom stood tall for eternity. They represented the supreme Seven Skygods of the Neohuman Alliance, and second only to the Seven Skygods was Mister Feng. Mister Feng was the butler of the Eternal Kingdom, and he was also the representative of the Seven Skygods. He was also part of the Eternal List.
It was Mister Feng who gave orders to the Unaging Elder all year round.
The Neohuman Alliance naturally received news of the great war in the Cosmic Sea immediately, and Mister Feng was also paying attention to it. Suddenly, his gadget rang. He glanced at it and accepted the call.
"Mister Feng," the Unaging Elder's voice answered.
Mister Feng frowned. "Have you forgotten the rules?"
"No, I haven't, but there's something I must report to you."
"Speak."
"Lu Yin contacted me. He wants me to do everything I can to stop the Board from ruling against Leon's Armada and allow the brothels to participate in the war in the Cosmic Sea. I can see that he's very anxious, and he's at the end of his rope."
Mister Feng frowned. "Is it that serious?"
The Unaging Elder was helpless. "Lu Yin even asked me to send people to participate in the war. Leon's Armada is his sharpest sword, and once it's gone, he'll be crippled. It'll be very difficult for him to make a comeback. I received orders to help Lu Yin with all my strength, and I suspect that Lu Yin might be one of us. Thus, I would like to ask Mister Feng what to do."
Mister Feng replied, "I understand. You don't have to worry about it." He then ended the call and headed towards the Witchcraft God's Dark Tower.
Not long after, Mister Feng walked out and gave orders to all the Corpse Kings in and near the Innerverse, the Cosmic Sea, and the Cosmic Sea. They were to join the war in the Cosmic Sea and attack both Leon's Armada and the Pyrolyte Regiment. Chaosgod Mountain and the other powers naturally did not attack Leon's Armada much. Instead, they mainly targeted the Pyrolyte Regiment, the Longevity Legion, and Chaosgod Mountain.
Lu Yin looked into the distance as he could vaguely sense the aura of a great war. This war involved many powers, and it was second only to the clash between the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands. If they were not careful, they would lose everything. The Unaging Elder was right about one thing: if Leon's Armada was destroyed, then all of Lu Yin's plans for the Innerverse, the Cosmic Sea, and even the Neoverse would have to be shelved.
The Fifth Mainland was currently bustling with activity. The Ross Empire of the Blazing Mist Flowzone was at war with the Dragon Tribe of the Great Ruins. In the Cosmic Sea, several powers were embroiled in a chaotic battle. The Giant Financial Group had also welcomed an expeditionary army.
The expeditionary army was not stationary; they were the Hall of Honor's sword of restraint over the entire Fifth Mainland. When Cong Ying contacted the expeditionary army, they had just arrived in the Innerverse.
When Lu Yin contacted Ming Yan, the expeditionary army had already arrived at the Giant Financial Group.
No one had expected the expeditionary army to suddenly appear and launch a surprise attack on the Giant Financial Group. The flames of war engulfed all of the planets under the Giant Financial Group's control. This time, not all of the expeditionary army had participated in the extermination of the Giant Financial Group. Only half of the expeditionary army had participated in the extermination of the Giant Financial Group, but it was still a very powerful force. There were more than 1,500 Explorers, 20 Hunters, and two Enlighters among them.
The giants' bloodline could easily deal with all of the expeditionary army's cultivators except for Xi Gu. However, just Xi Gu alone was enough to make everyone feel helpless.
The planet exploded, and Qing Kong gritted his teeth. "Fire!"
As soon as he gave the order, many of the planets around the Giant Financial Group shot out beams of light, forming a net of firepower that covered the heavens and attacked the expeditionary army.
At the same time, one giant after another stepped into outer space and began fighting with the expeditionary army's cultivators.
The expeditionary army was caught off guard, as they had not expected so many powerful giants to appear. They suffered heavy losses as soon as they clashed, and Chen Jian alone was enough to suppress everyone in the expeditionary army except for Xi Gu.
Xi Gu walked out of the Astral Source Universe and looked at Chen Jian. He raised a hand, and a grayish-white speck appeared on his palm. He then struck out, and the speck pierced through the void and landed on Chen Jian's body. Chen Jian was confused, and before he could understand what was going on, the speck suddenly became extremely hot and pierced through his body.
Chen Jian howled in pain as his giant body fell towards the planet.
Behind Xi Gu, Chen Ling punched out. His power level was over 400,000, and he was second only to Elder Chen Huang. He was qualified to fight against ordinary Emissaries, but that was only against ordinary Emissaries.
Xi Gu was the commander of the Hall of Honor's expeditionary army, so how could he be an ordinary Emissary? He had been like this since he was young, and after becoming a commander, he had gone on expeditions all over the world. Although he was not very famous, that was the Hall of Honor's intention. He had experienced countless battles, and he had plenty of power vessels.
An Emissary's power level was enough to suppress Chen Ling, but he did not plan on fighting head-on. He took out a power vessel from his cosmic ring and knocked Chen Ling out of the sky. Around them, dozens of giants covered the sky and pressed down on Xi Gu.
Xi Gu looked around. "Director Cong Ying's worries are correct. With so many giants hiding, it will be a disaster sooner or later." He then took out another power vessel, and one giant after another was slaughtered. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of giant corpses floated in space. The expeditionary army's losses were even worse, as hundreds of cultivators had died. Many of the Giant Financial Group's planets had collapsed, and Qing Kong's technological giants had also suffered hundreds of casualties.
"Expeditionary army, fall back," Xi Gu ordered. He clenched his fists as he looked at the corpses of the expeditionary army cultivators. He had been careless this time, as he had thought that he would be able to easily destroy the Giant Financial Group. Who would have thought that these giants would be so powerful? If he had known this would happen, he would not have attacked like this. The expeditionary army had its own methods.
"Let me destroy all of these giants by myself," Xi Gu said with a cold expression.
Suddenly, the surrounding void distorted, and a vortex appeared above his head, emitting a terrifying aura.
Xi Gu looked up, and his pupils shrank. Was this Origin Tribulation?
Against an Emissary like Xi Gu, no one in the Giant Financial Group could stop them. Their only hope was Chen Huang.
Chen Huang was confident that he could fight an ordinary Emissary because he was a giant. However, he was not confident that he could bring the giant bloodline away unscathed, and he was even less confident that he could kill Xi Gu. Xi Gu was definitely not an ordinary Emissary, so he had no choice but to fuse with Ku Wei's bloodline to increase his strength and break through the limits of his bloodline.
Even Xi Gu could only back down in the face of the Origin Tribulation, or he would also have to endure it.
Chen Huang's Origin Tribulation was terrifying. After all, he was a giant, so his Origin Tribulation was much larger than an ordinary person's. It covered the entire Giant Financial Group and gradually covered the expeditionary army.
The expeditionary army retreated again and again, staring at the Origin Tribulation in shock.
Chen Huang looked up, his expression grave. As the Origin Tribulation formed, a mountain gradually appeared above his head. It was a towering mountain that pressed down on him.
Chen Huang roared in anger. He raised both of his arms and fiercely pushed against the huge mountain. Then, another mountain appeared, overlapping with the first one. The pressure increased sharply. Chen Huang's arms swelled, blue veins popping out. His skin turned blood red, and his pupils bulged out. Then, a third mountain appeared.
Xi Gu saw this from afar and let out a sigh of relief. It was good that they couldn't pass. These giants did not cultivate any battle skills, so how could they pass the Origin Tribulation?
Ku Wei also watched from afar. He stood on Chen Ji's shoulder and shouted, "Pass it! Pass it for me!"
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