The sound of the bell was an indiscriminate attack that targeted everyone, causing the entire battlefield to fall silent.
Most of the people staggered and fell into the sea. Their eyes were only filled with fear and despair. It was as if the heavens were collapsing and the earth was caving in.
Captain Ji's spear stopped moving, and he looked at Lu Yin. "The Head Inquisitor's order. You're Lu Yin, right?"
Lu Yin met Captain Ji's gaze. "I know who you are."
Captain Ji was astonished. "Tell me."
Lu Yin continued, "You're the one who caused all of this. I know everything you've done from the time Coquettish brought up the accusation against the Lu surname in the Ten Arbiters Council."
"It looks like I'm not the only one who's directing this battle. You're directing it as well," Captain Ji said indifferently, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield. "The Sword Sect's failure to appear in time, the Wen family's interference, the appearance of the Village of the Gods in Smoke Gulp Mountain Range, and even Leon's Armada's recruitment of so many pirates.
"I have to say that no one has ever done something like this at your age. You dare to face me now because you're certain that I can't kill you, right?"
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed.
Captain Ji sneered. "Since you know who I am, do you really think I won't kill you?"
Lu Yin's pupils shrank, and his hair stood on end. Captain Ji's eyes were filled with killing intent; he really wanted to kill Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had never thought that no one would dare to touch him. So what if he was a future Progenitor? So what if he had a powerful background? If he touched someone's bottom line, they wouldn't care so much. Lu Yin could only hope that the Head Inquisitor's order would save him, as well as Mister Mu.
"Your backing is no threat to me. Since you've guessed my goal, then you should know that I'm fearless and don't care about anyone." Captain Ji raised his spear and stabbed at Lu Yin.
Highsage Leon and the others were shocked. "Stop!"
Lu Yin shook the bell again, and the die appeared in his hand. His face was deathly pale; Mister Mu's jade had been crushed in the Astral Tree, so this was all he could do.
Lu Yin's battle techniques were useless against Captain Ji's spear. He could only hope that his armor and the Head Inquisitor's order would be able to save his life.
Everyone else could only watch; Captain Ji was the strongest person on the battlefield.
Lu Yin finally experienced what Highsage Shen Wei and the others had felt. It was only a single spear, but the tip of the spear had covered the entire sky, covering everything that he could see.
That kind of despair and oppression made him want to explode.
Just as the spear shadow was about to stab him, a hand appeared and grabbed the spear shadow. Then, it was crushed and turned into specks of light.
The hand was very young.
Lu Yin looked ahead in shock and saw a child. "Elder Jiushen?"
The person who had appeared in front of Lu Yin was the Sirius Sect's Elder Jiushen. He looked young, but his seniority was incomparably ancient, and he was even comparable to a Half-Ancestor. His power level far exceeded a million, and he was second only to a Half-Ancestor.
The appearance of Elder Jiu Shen caused Commander Ji's expression to change drastically. He was Xia Ji's clone and his battle prowess was very strong. However, he was far from the level of a Half Martial Ancestor. Although Elder Jiu Shen wasn't a Half Martial Ancestor, he was still extremely terrifying. Although there was a qualitative difference between him and a Half Martial Ancestor, Elder Jiu Shen was enough to deal with Commander Ji.
"Little guy, it seems your information was correct. This person really could be Xia Ji's clone," said Elder Jiu Shen. His words shocked countless people.
Lonely Old Man heard this and looked at Captain Ji in disbelief. Xia Ji's clone?
Who was Xia Ji? He was the protector of the Seven Courts, a Half-Ancestor, and a Half-Ancestor of the Xia family.
That person was actually a Half-Ancestor clone?
No wonder he was so terrifying.
He looked at Lu Yin and gritted his teeth so hard that they almost shattered. This bastard had actually lied to him, saying that this was just a battle between the Cosmic Sea's Four Hegemons, but even a Half-Ancestor was involved. He had even informed the Sirius Sect beforehand. Leon's Armada and Everlasting Sky Island must have known about this, but he had still foolishly rushed in.
He had almost died just now. This bastard!
Lonely Old Man had never been so angry before. Even when Lonely Little Fool had lost the Sirius Art, he had not been so angry.
It was not just Lonely Old Man; even Violet Deity, who was in the Home of the Gods, was stunned. Cang Zhou was as well. Although he had participated in the plan to deal with Leon's Armada, he had only been part of the plan. He had not been qualified to know the entire plan. How could he have known that the Longevity Corps' commander was actually a Half-Ancestor clone?
Wasn't Xia Jiuyou the only person in the Xia family who knew the Nine Clones Technique?
Elder Jiu Shen's words ignited the Cosmic Sea, as well as Da Qiu and the others who had been watching from the sidelines. They had been ordered to come to the battlefield and await further orders, but they had not expected to hear such news.
Lu Yin had not said anything, but Elder Jiu Shen had exposed him.
Commander Ji sighed and exchanged glances with Elder Jiu Shen. "You guys actually know." He then looked at Lu Yin. "Did you tell them?
How did you find out? "
"I guessed," Lu Yin said.
"There's no need to hide it. Elder Gong and Heavenly Master Shangsheng have already headed to the Seven Courts. You've lost."
Commander Ji's face darkened. On the other side, another figure appeared. It was an Invincible Highsage.
Elder Jiu Shen and Invincible Highsage had more than a million people, and they were even more powerful than Heavenly Master Shangsheng. The moment they appeared, it meant that the battle in the Cosmic Sea had ended.
Lu Yin finally relaxed.
He had won this round, and he had protected Leon's Armada while completely exposing Xia Ji.
Even though Commander Ji could not defeat Elder Jiu Shen or any of the other Invincible Highsages, they would still have to go through a bitter battle to defeat him. After all, he was Xia Ji's clone, a half-ancestor clone. He would not be easy to defeat.
Xia Meng also took the opportunity to leave with Xia Yi, as there was no need to continue fighting. Nightking Dijiang also left.
Shen Wei and Lonely Old Man were both injured and could not stop them.
Annihilation also fled, but he was pursued by the Violet Deity. The Home of the Gods would not let him off so easily.
Cang Zhou wanted to escape, but he was stopped by Feihua.
A war that affected the entire Fifth Mainland gradually came to an end as Xia Meng and the others fled. Chaosgod Mountain, the Mastiff Regiment, and the Eternal Legion were all defeated, especially the Mastiff Regiment and the Eternal Legion.
Cang Zhou coughed up blood and glared at Feihua. Sword qi flashed past him from Liu Feng.
The battle had reached its end, and Liu Feng no longer insisted on fighting him alone. Instead, she teamed up with Feihua to beat Cang Zhou into a miserable state.
Cang Zhou's hair was disheveled, and his eyes were bloodshot. "I can't accept this! I've planned this for decades! How can I lose? I can't accept this!" He roared and charged at Lu Yin. Even if he had to die, he would take Lu Yin down with him.
Liu Feng hurriedly tried to stop him.
The Star Chessboard appeared beneath Lu Yin's feet, and he appeared in front of Cang Zhou to face him. Cang Zhou roared, and his hands ignited with explosive pressure as he charged at Lu Yin. Lu Yin stopped Liu Feng and Feihua from attacking. Cang Zhou was currently heavily injured, and he was even worse off than when he had been at Chaosgod Mountain. At most, he could unleash a power level of 500,000, which was only slightly stronger than Zhu Hongzhu's.
Inside.
Lu Yin raised a hand, and golden battle force imprinted on it. Emptiness Palm pierced through the explosive energy and sent Cang Zhou crashing to the bottom of the sea. Cang Zhou spat out blood and pulled out a power vessel from his cosmic ring, but before he could use it, Lu Yin had used the Yu Secret Art to teleport it away.
Lu Yin's footsteps were light, and he quickly arrived in front of Cang Zhou. He unleashed a series of Emptiness Palm strikes that left palm imprints all over Cang Zhou's body. Finally, a palm imprint pierced through Cang Zhou's body and sent him crashing to the bottom of the sea.
Blood gushed out from the surface of the sea.
Lu Yin pressed a hand on Cang Zhou's head. "It's over." He then exerted some force, causing Cang Zhou's brain to be shaken. Cang Zhou's eyes turned crazed and bloodshot before they dimmed and fell lifelessly to the ground.
A platform appeared in front of Lu Yin. "With my blood, I appoint a general."
Cang Zhou's image appeared on the platform. This was the third person to be appointed, and he was also the strongest.
With Cang Zhou's strength, the amount of star energy Lu Yin had to use to summon a general was unimaginable. No, perhaps star energy wasn't enough to summon a general, and he might need to use an astral source.
Lu Yin sighed as he watched Cang Zhou's corpse sink into the sea. The leader of one of the Eight Great Flowzones had died just like that. Cang Zhou was a powerhouse whose power level exceeded 700,000, and he had once been an unimaginable figure. Now, even he had died at Lu Yin's hands. One day, Lu Yin would definitely be able to kill a Half-Ancestor or even a Progenitor with his own hands.
Lu Yin leaped out of the sea and chased after the Longevity Squadron. Some of the Nightmare Squadron's members had already surrendered, and Lu Yin saw Little Stutterer, whom he had met before, surrender. Through his domain, he also saw Zijun's corpse floating in the sea. She had participated in the Tournament of the Strongest, but she had now vanished into thin air.
Lu Yin didn't know whether or not this war had any meaning.
Had it started because Lu Yin had discovered the truth, or had Xia Ji started this war all along? Lu Yin didn't know.
Why had Xia Ji used Leon's Armada to deal with the Elysian Celestial Master? This was Lu Yin's biggest question. Currently, there was also a fierce battle in the Neoverse between Xia Ji, the Elysian Celestial Master, and Elder Gong. They would have to wait for the end of this war, and they would know the reason.
Could the Elysian Celestial Master be Xia Ji's clone?
Just like Xia Luo and Xia Jiuyou, or could it be that Eternal Sky Island was suppressing Xia Ji's clone?
Or perhaps …
While Lu Yin was making idle guesses, in the distance, Commander Ji's body sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving behind a trail of blood that tore through the void. Elder Jiushen's stars covered the entire Cosmic Sea, and he was invincible as a Highsage. When they worked together, Commander Ji couldn't even escape.
Xia Ji might have been directing this war for a long time, but he had never imagined that his interference would cause the war to become so complicated. So many experts had joined the fray, and even his own clone couldn't escape.
Only three people were fighting in the Cosmic Sea, and everyone else could only watch.
Lu Yin supported Highsage Leon, who grinned. "Get out of the way. I'm not so miserable that I can't even stand."
"What are you talking about? We almost died. If Little Yin hadn't recruited so many helpers, we wouldn't even know how we died," Big Sis said with lingering fear as she glared at Highsage Leon.
Not too far away, Lonely Old Man heard this, and his face twitched. What could he say?
Had he been tricked into coming?
That was impossible. He might as well pretend that he had come on purpose and return the favor.
Gu Xiao 'er cried out, "Dad, you already knew about this?
Why didn't I know? "
Lonely Old Man slapped him. "My business is none of your business."
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