Elder Lohar had a complicated expression. Back then?
No, in his cultivation years, that was just yesterday. A mere dozen years had passed in the blink of an eye, and that youth who could only rely on repairing sourcebox arrays to protect his stronghold had already become a peak figure who could ignore powerhouses with power levels in the millions. A single word from him could decide the fate of Ironblood Weave, and a single word from him could decide the fate of an entire war.
Who could have imagined that back then?
"Alliance Leader, this war should be over for us, right?" Elder Lohar asked.
Lu Yin thought about it. "You can say that."
Elder Lohar nodded, but he did not say anything.
Not long after, Lu Yin received a call from Wang Wen.
"I thought you were dead," Lu Yin joked. He was in a good mood.
Wang Wen replied bitterly, "Half dead."
"What happened?" Lu Yin was curious.
Wang Wen was helpless. "I wanted to kidnap an expert for you to take over the Lu Xuanjun Army, but I almost made a fool of myself. I was ridiculed by that girl, and I was almost skinned by the Sea King."
"Do you really like Qiqi?" Lu Yin was curious.
Wang Wen sighed. "A little, but that girl doesn't like me." He then changed the topic and became much more serious. "I've seen the battle report. Your Highness Chess Piece, you're playing with fire."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed.
"I can roughly guess your goal, and I have to say that there's a chance of success. However, it's very dangerous, very dangerous. If you go overboard, the Great Eastern Alliance will be gone," Wang Wen said solemnly.
Lu Yin grunted. "I know."
"Then, I want to know your true goal in taking over this war. Was it for this plan, or was it really for the sake of those ordinary people's lives?" Wang Wen asked seriously.
Lu Yin was silent for a moment. "Both. I can't give up on those people, but I also can't fight to the death with the Astral Beast Domain in order to help the Sixth Mainland succeed."
"Is that why you came up with this plan?
If we don't handle this properly, we'll be eaten by both sides. Even if we succeed, we'll be stuck in the Outerverse. What about the Cosmic Sea?
What about the Neoverse?
Most importantly, what about that region of space? "Wang Wen asked three questions in a row.
Lu Yin asked, "Answer me. What's the difference between the current Great Eastern Alliance and the one before the war?"
Wang Wen was silent for a moment. "So you can see clearly."
Lu Yin's lips curled up. "This war was a baptism of sorts. The Great Eastern Alliance has always been a pile of loose sand. Without this war, my position as Alliance Leader would have been nothing more than a rallying cry. I can't even fight against an old enemy like the Astral Beast Domain, and I can't even command Liu Qianjue and the other Emissaries. How will I fight against stronger enemies in the future?"
"Now, I can say that the Great Eastern Alliance is a fist, a sharp blade. I can pick it up, and I can also let it go. I can even kill my enemies."
Wang Wen smiled. "Many people say that me, Wei Rong, and Qiong Xi 'er are the three smartest people in the Outerverse, but they're wrong. Your Highness Chesspiece, you're even smarter, and you're able to see further into the future. You've reaped more benefits from this war than anyone could have imagined. Congratulations, you now have the ability to protect yourself."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. "Yes, we have the capital to counterattack."
The war had caused great losses to the Great Eastern Alliance. However, at the same time, the war had also allowed the Great Eastern Alliance to reap many benefits. An army that had never experienced war and an army that had experienced war were two completely different things. Humans were a very mysterious kind of animal. As long as they could command once, they could command a second time.
This was especially true for the Envoys.
However, if Lu Yin could not command them in the face of the Astral Beast Domain's invasion, then how would he be able to use their strength to strengthen the Great Eastern Alliance in the future?
Lu Yin had said that he wanted to join the Great Eastern Alliance, but that was just a perfunctory response.
Lu Yin did not want a perfunctory response. He wanted a truly powerful Great Eastern Alliance that could make everyone tremble, fear, and submit to them.
He believed that at this moment, the entire universe recognized the Great Eastern Alliance for what it was.
Lu Yin's guess was correct. The Great Eastern Alliance had directly faced off against the Astral Beast Domain. They had more than a dozen Envoys, and there were even a few powerhouses with power levels of over a million. This strength shocked even the behemoths in the Neoverse. This was a strength that only the Hall of Honor possessed. At this moment, the Great Eastern Alliance truly struck fear into everyone's hearts.
Intelligent people like Wang Wen and Wei Rong still could not clearly see the benefits that this war had brought to Lu Yin. The Medicine Immortal had contacted Elder Chan, but the old man had not contacted Lu Yin. Lu Yin did not care about the pressure that the Sixth Mainland had exerted on him, as the Hall of Honor had accepted it.
This was a subtle change that Lu Yin was not aware of. This change in attitude meant that Lu Xiaoxuan's identity was no longer an obstacle.
Not to mention the fact that he had broken through to the Envoys that had experienced this war.
And now, Lu Yin wanted to reap even greater rewards. Under the Second Nightking's protection, he secretly went to the battlefield between the Astral Beast Domain and the Sixth Mainland.
…
Lu Yin watched the battle in the distant heavens. Corpses littered the ground, and the darkness of space was dyed a dark red.
Lu Yin sighed. "Xu Qing really has gone crazy. This war has lasted for nearly twenty days, and it still hasn't ended. Both sides have suffered far more losses than we did during the war. If Xu Qing had fought against the Great Eastern Alliance in the past like this, then we might not have been able to hold on."
The Second Nightking asked, "What do we do now?
Who do we attack? "
Lu Yin glanced at him. "Nobody. Keep an eye on them and see who dies. I'll go select the generals."
The Second Nightking's brows rose. "You won't attack anyone?"
Lu Yin replied, "Nonsense. Even if the Sixth Mainland is an enemy, they're still humans. How can we attack the humans when they're fighting those beasts? I've already sworn that I won't attack the Astral Beast Domain, so neither side will attack. I'll just select the generals."
The Second Nightking understood, and his heart grew even more fearful. The term "general selection" was unfamiliar in this era, but back when the Fifth Mainland's Daosource Sect was still around, it was synonymous with a nightmare.
The Lu family's direct descendant's General Selection Platform was a nightmare of life and death. It described how one would die if they were selected, but they would also be selected by the enemy to continue fighting. Those who were selected were all experts, and they were unwilling to accept it. Their families and friends were also unwilling to accept it.
Because of the General Selection Platform, the Lu family had many loyal retainers, but they also had many mortal enemies.
Regardless of friend or foe, the General Selection Platform was a taboo. The Second Nightking had thought that he would never encounter this nightmare again, but he had not expected to see it again so soon. He had seen the endless General Selection Platform, and he had seen the unparalleled heroism of a single person fighting for an entire country.
When he thought of this, the Second Nightking felt a chill run down his spine, and his thoughts of rebelling against Lu Yin became even more hazy.
"I've got it." Lu Yin's eyes lit up, and his body disappeared. The Second Nightking hurriedly followed, as his mission was to conceal Lu Yin's tracks so that they would not be discovered by the Astral Beast Domain or the Sixth Mainland.
At the edge of the planet, a giant beast howled as it collapsed to the ground. Half of its body had melted, and the one who had killed it was an Enlighter from the Sixth Mainland. He was also in a miserable state, but he was not on the verge of death.
"Die, wild beast." The Sixth Mainland cultivator raised a hand and smashed the giant beast into the planet's ground. Not too far away, many beasts and humans were still fighting.
Kill! This planet was on the verge of collapse.
Above them, fiery red meteors rained down, and from time to time, corpses would fall to the ground.
The Sixth Mainland cultivator sat down and panted heavily. When he looked up, his eyes were filled with panic. How much longer would this battle last?
Bang!
There was a loud explosion as the Sixth Mainland cultivator's head shattered. It was the Yin Guai. In outer space, three swords descended and stabbed towards the Yin Guai. Not too far away, the Yin Guai released a soundwave that restrained the three swords. It was the Sound Guai, one of the Astral Beast Domain's Twin Freaks.
Lu Yin arrived at the planet's interior and found the giant beast that had been killed. He raised a hand, and a General Appointment Platform appeared. "With my blood, I appoint a general." As soon as he spoke, an invisible wind blew past, and the image of the giant beast was imprinted on the platform. This beast had the power of an Enlighter, which was meaningless to Lu Yin. However, there were too many of them, which was the true purpose of the General Appointment Platform.
After appointing the beasts, Lu Yin immediately went to the planet's surface and distorted the void to appoint the Sixth Mainland cultivator who had been killed. In one go, he had appointed two Enlighters.
Following that, Lu Yin moved around the battlefield and continuously appointed generals, all of whom were at least Enlighters.
In just a few days, he had appointed more than twenty Enlighters. Most of them were beasts, and a small portion were Sixth Mainland cultivators.
In a corner of the battlefield, Lu Yin's face was slightly pale. Appointing generals required blood, and he had used up quite a bit of blood over the past few days. It was time to replenish it.
The Second Nightking looked at Lu Yin with even more fear. If he had died, then he would have been appointed as well. The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became.
Lu Yin suddenly turned to look at the Second Nightking. "What are you thinking about?"
The Second Nightking looked away. "I'm looking for an Enlighter who's on the verge of death."
Lu Yin asked, "In your memory, what's the situation with the Lu family's strongest General Appointment Platform?"
The Second Nightking thought about it. "I've never seen it before. Back then, my Daynight clan was just a slave of the Bai family of the Frigid Immortal Sect. When the Fifth Mainland and the Sixth Mainland fought, the Frigid Immortal Sect left the Fifth Mainland. That's when we gradually rose to prominence. Before then, we weren't even qualified to meet with the Lu family."
"You've never heard of it before?" Lu Yin asked.
The Second Nightking shook his head. "The Bai family is very strict with us, and they frequently use the Cage Technique to kill us. That's why we don't dare to listen to many things, especially when it comes to the Lu family. The Bai family has never spoken of this to outsiders, but I can sense that they view the Lu family as an enemy."
Lu Yin frowned. It seemed that the Frigid Immortal Sect's rebellious intentions had existed since the Daosource Sect's era. The head of the Lu family had been careless, or perhaps too confident. He had not expected the Four Cardinal Scales to join forces against them. Otherwise, with the Lu family's strength, they would have been able to suppress the Frigid Immortal Sect.
The Four Cardinal Scales had only been able to banish the Lu family because of the White Dragon's reversal, not because of their true strength.
Lu Yin looked up into space. Did the Lu family still exist?
They probably did.
"An Emissary has died," the Second Nightking reminded him.
Lu Yin followed the Second Nightking's gaze and saw an amethyst beast's head explode from an arrow. The attacker was someone Lu Yin was familiar with: Brute Force.
Brute Force was an Emissary from the Eastern Region's Arrow Sect. He had been tasked with guarding the Nine Cauldrons' space and had been knocked unconscious by Lu Yin. Lu Yin had never expected to see him again on the battlefield.
The Arrow Sect's sect master was the Savage Archer God, a Heavenly Imprinter who had forced the Taimo Temple into submission. He should have been Lu Yin's greatest enemy, but who would have thought that the Savage Archer God was actually the Corpse God of the Neohuman Alliance's Seven Skygods? He had been killed by the Sixth Mainland, and the Arrow Sect had fallen into decline.
This was especially so after Mystery Progenitor had betrayed the humans, and the entire Arrow Sect had been dragged into the battlefield, including Brute Force. If they wanted to live, they had to fight, and no one would care if they died.