The Corpse King did not have emotions, but that did not mean that it did not have intelligence. The First Allied Army had sealed off the Bason Flowzone's tributaries, so the Corpse King naturally wanted to eliminate the commander first.
Ian was one of those commanders.
Although Ian was the commander of the First Allied Army, second only to Liuying Zishan, and he was also a general. However, his personal strength was not enough, and he had relied on his excellent military training to stay in his position.
He did not have the ability to resist a Cruiser realm Corpse King.
The Corpse King raised a hand and grabbed at Ian. Ian could not even see the Corpse King's movements, let alone dodge. Fortunately, the command center was protected by Hunters all year round.
The First Allied Army had a total of six Hunters. Two were protecting Liuying Zishan, one was protecting Ian, and the remaining three could fight.
A middle-aged Hunter wielded a strange blade-like weapon and slashed at the Corpse King. The Corpse King raised a hand, and its arm turned black. It shattered the blade-like weapon with a clang, and its other hand swatted at the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man kicked the Corpse King and sent it flying.
Ian heaved a sigh of relief and looked back at the screen. "Six-two, retreat. Nine-five, nine-one, make up for it. Don't let any of the Corpse Kings escape."
The spacecraft continued to tremble as the middle-aged Hunter and the Corpse King battled fiercely. When the Corpse King used its Corpse King Transformation, the middle-aged Hunter could no longer withstand its green eyes and was heavily injured. The Corpse King's arm was also cut off, and it attacked Ian again.
Ian raised a hand and faced the Corpse King. A Money Bomb appeared in his hand.
There was a loud bang, and Ian stepped into another warship with the heavily injured middle-aged Hunter beside him. The warship and the Corpse King had turned into a sea of flames.
"Thank goodness for His Highness's Money Bomb. Otherwise, we would have been finished today," Ian muttered to himself as he looked in another direction. "The commander should be in danger as well."
Ian had only encountered a Cruiser realm Corpse King, while Liuying Zishan had encountered a Hunter realm Corpse King. However, as the commander of the First Allied Army, his status was extremely high. Besides two Hunters protecting him, he also had an Enlighter protecting him in secret.
Liuying Zishan watched the Enlighter and the Hunter realm Corpse King battle fiercely, and she heaved a sigh of relief. A Cruiser realm Corpse King could challenge a Hunter realm powerhouse, but a Hunter realm Corpse King would find it difficult to challenge an Enlighter realm.
This Enlighter was famous for being cautious, and with his protection, Liuying Zishan was safe.
More and more snowflakes appeared in the Bassoon Flowzone, and aside from the Bassoon Flowzone itself, the First Allied Army suffered the heaviest losses. Nearly a hundred of their battleships had been destroyed, and even if they had engaged in an intense battle with the Crimson Moon Empire's fleet, they would not have suffered so many losses.
Lu Yin didn't have the time to care about Master Yuan's battle. He killed the Envoy-level Corpse King and went deep into the ground to release the Corpse King that could be fused with. He then entered a blind spot and placed the camera on the ground. He was only five meters away from the Corpse King, and he fused with it.
Lu Yin controlled the Corpse King's body to stand up and move a little. When he looked up, he saw Lu Xuanjun kill a Corpse King with his white smoke. He then lowered his head and took out a scarlet eye that allowed him to communicate with other Corpse Kings. "Return to the Genesis Court."
After saying these words, the Corpse King leaped up.
Five meters away from Lu Yin, the Corpse King suddenly regained consciousness. It turned around, only to be greeted by an empty palm. Its body was sent flying, and it was completely dead.
Lu Yin walked out, picked up the camera, and disappeared.
In the end, Master Yuan wasn't able to kill the Corpse King.
The Corpse King, which had a power level of a million, fled into a tributary of the Astral River and disappeared.
"I'm ashamed of the Hall of Honor and the Fifth Mainland for not being able to kill the Corpse King," Master Yuan said guiltily as he returned Progenitor Wushang's hide to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin replied, "Senior, there's no need to blame yourself. It was this junior's fault for not thinking things through. Senior's power level was similar to that Corpse King's, and with the Corpse King's characteristics, it would have been difficult for Senior to kill it even with Progenitor Wushang's hide. This junior should have contacted the Interstellar Tribunal and asked for the Head Inquisitor's help."
Master Yuan sighed. "Who would have thought that there would be such a powerful Corpse King here?"
This time, Lu Yin had indeed not thought things through. He had thought that with Progenitor Wushang's hide and the Head Inquisitor's warrant, Master Yuan would be able to kill the Corpse King that was on the same level as him. In the end, however, the Corpse King had still managed to escape. It wasn't that he didn't want to contact the Interstellar Tribunal, but if the Head Inquisitor came, then his plan might not be able to proceed smoothly. It would be the same even if the other experts from the Hall of Honor came.
Only one powerhouse could delay the Corpse King and allow Lu Yin's plan to proceed smoothly, and the most suitable person for that task was Master Yuan.
However, it did not matter. The Neohuman Alliance would not be able to hide for long, and Lu Yin would eventually have a way to find them. If there was no other way, he could just roll Possession and find some clues.
Lu Yin lowered his head and looked down. He had been so focused on his plan that he had not explored the underground. This was the Neohuman Alliance's headquarters in the Innerverse and Outerverse, and he would not believe that there was nothing important here. The war had only lasted for a short time, and the Neohuman Alliance might not have had the time to destroy or take everything away.
Lu Yin said, "Senior, there's no need to blame yourself. There might be clues about the Neohuman Alliance here." He then leaped down.
Master Yuan's eyes lit up, and he followed suit.
The Neohuman Alliance's headquarters in the Innerverse and Outerverse were located beneath the Crimson Moon Empire. Rather than calling it underground, it was more accurate to call it the planet's core.
On the surface of the planet was the Crimson Moon Empire, which ruled over the Bason Flowzone and flourished for a time. However, at the core of the planet, there was a deathly stillness that resembled the Eternal Kingdom. There were walking corpses everywhere, and there were even some very weak Corpse Kings. There were even cities built here.
Lu Yin had been to the Eternal Kingdom before, so he was not surprised, but rather disgusted.
Master Yuan frowned. "The entire planet should be destroyed."
"Let's search for clues about the Neohuman Alliance before we destroy it," Lu Yin said.
The planet's core was very large, and Lu Yin released his domain to sweep through every inch of land. Master Yuan also used his astral source to sweep through the area, but in the end, they did not find any clues about the Neohuman Alliance. It was obvious that they had either been taken away or destroyed. They could only find some resources.
Lu Yin did not need the Neohuman Alliance's resources, as they were not of much value to him. What surprised him was that there was a scarlet vertical eye left behind in the planet's core.
Similar to the scarlet vertical eyes that he had obtained from Silver and Wu Shang, this thing could be used to contact the Neohuman Alliance. Lu Yin had not known about this at first, but he had learned about it later. Otherwise, it would have been meaningless for the redbacks in the Astral Tree Domain to have left those eyes behind.
He looked at the scarlet vertical eye in his hand and wondered who it could be used to contact.
Master Yuan left, as he had an important mission: to guard the border between the Outerverse's Sixth Mainland and the Great Eastern Alliance to prevent the Sixth Mainland from suddenly attacking the Great Eastern Alliance.
With Master Yuan's strength, it was impossible for him to stop the Sixth Mainland, but he could still send a message to Lu Yin.
Above his head, the surface of the planet cracked open. Lu Yin evacuated Lu Xuanjun and took away all of the ordinary people from the Crimson Moon Empire. The planet could be considered to be abandoned.
Lu Yin also obtained the resources of the Crimson Moon Empire, which were a total of 300 million cubes of star energy.
Star essence.
With the strength of a small flowzone like the Pine Flowzone, it was already quite good that it had managed to accumulate 300 million star essence. The next step was to eliminate the remaining evils, whether it was the cultivators from the Crimson Moon Empire or the Corpse Kings. They would either be eliminated or captured, especially the cultivators from the Crimson Moon Empire. There would definitely be people who knew that there were Corpse Kings hidden here, but they had not reported it. This was equivalent to colluding with the Neohuman Alliance, and such people were even more detestable than the Corpse Kings.
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The Great Eastern Alliance had eliminated the Pine Flowzone's Crimson Moon Empire and the Neohuman Alliance. This news had shaken the Fifth Mainland, and the moment the news had spread, the Hall of Honor had immediately sent an expeditionary force over. However, the war had ended before the expeditionary force had even arrived.
The war had ended, and the Great Eastern Alliance was only responsible for cleaning up the Pine Flowzone. The expeditionary force was responsible for the Corpse Kings that had escaped from the Pine Flowzone.
Shui Chuanxiao had initially suggested opening up a few gaps, but he had not actually done so. He had only done so on the surface, and he had purposely spread the news that many Corpse Kings had escaped so that he could borrow the Hall of Honor's strength. In reality, not many Corpse Kings had escaped, and the ones that were still hidden within the Pine Flowzone would be cleaned up by the First Allied Army.
Liuying Zishan was currently conversing with Xigu, the commander of the expeditionary force.
"What?
Many Corpse Kings escaped?
Didn't your Great Eastern Alliance encircle the Pine Flowzone?
Why are there still Corpse Kings escaping?
In this vast universe, where do you expect our expeditionary force to find them? "
Xigu's tone was unpleasant, and he glared at Liuying Zishan. This woman was only a Cruiser and was completely unremarkable. If she had been placed in the expeditionary force, she would not even have had the right to speak to him.
Liuying Zishan's expression was cold. "The Great Eastern Alliance's First Allied Army has limited military strength, and it is impossible for us to seal off the entire Pine Flowzone. We will give you a list of names, and you can search for them yourselves."
"What's with your attitude?
You want Lu Yin to talk to me? "Xigu was furious.
Liuying Zishan did not care. "You don't have the right to speak to the Alliance Master."
Xigu was furious.
Liuying Zishan calmly replied, "I've already sent you a list of names and their locations. Whether you find them or not is up to you. The Alliance Master will directly negotiate with the Board of Directors and the Interstellar Arbitration Office. The Crimson Moon Empire has already been executed for colluding with the Neohuman Alliance, and I don't know who else is colluding with the Neohuman Alliance. The most likely ones" — Liuying Zishan stared at Xigu — "are those who know where the Corpse Kings are but don't look for them."
Xigu's eyes narrowed. "Are you threatening me?"
Liuying Zishan immediately cut the call.
The expeditionary force?
What was the point of that?
The Giants were enough to deal with them. The reason why Lu Yin had contacted them was because he wanted to borrow the expeditionary force's name to deal with the Great Eastern Alliance.
Lu Yin had asked Liuying Zishan to give Xigu a list of those Flowzones, and the locations of the gaps in the Pine Flowzone were also those Flowzones.
No Corpse Kings had escaped from the Pine Flowzone, but whether or not there were any was up to Lu Yin. If he said that there were, then there were. Wherever he said that the Corpse Kings had escaped, that was where they had escaped.
The North Seal Flowzone, Ragger Flowzone, Coil Flowzone, and other small Flowzones had responded to the call of the Sword Sect and the Lingling clan. They had sealed the tributary arks and isolated the Blazing Mist Flowzone. Now, the Corpse Kings had escaped to these small Flowzones.
Xigu quickly received the list from Liuying Zishan, and he immediately recognized the relationship between these small Flowzones and the Great Eastern Alliance.
Ever since he had agreed to help Cong Ying eliminate the Giants and failed, he had been paying attention to the Great Eastern Alliance's situation. These small Flowzones had clearly responded to the call of the Innerverse's eight great Flowzones to resist the Blazing Mist Flowzone's border powers.