This person's temperament was indescribable. There was a hint of wickedness in his elegance, but there was also an indescribable sense of trust in him.
His black hair had a few strands of white, and he held a black scythe that was wrapped in chains. As he walked, the chains clanged against each other.
He was the Umbral Tribunal's head judge.
"My name is Tian Dou." The head judge met Lu Yin's gaze and spoke slowly. His voice was deep, and there was no sense of oppression.
Even so, Lu Yin did not dare to relax. He was the strongest member of the Specter Clan, someone who could easily subdue the Second Nightking.
However, after some thought, he realized that there was no point in being vigilant. He could only blame himself for being careless and coming to the Specter Clan's base alone.
"No one would have thought that the Specter Clan's mortal enemy, the She Family, would actually be the Specter Clan's base. The Seven Courts helped you cover your tracks," Lu Yin sighed.
The head judge smiled. "The more unimaginable something is, the more we need to do it. For example, no one would have thought that the Great Eastern Alliance's Alliance Master has protected countless lives in the Outerverse and is praised by the Fifth Mainland. The Hall of Honor's director is also the master of the Specter Clan."
The Second Nightking's eyes widened, and he looked at Lu Yin in shock. This person was actually the master of the Specter Clan?
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "I didn't admit it."
Tian Dou smiled. "She made it very clear."
"She didn't say that you were in the She Family."
Tian Dou looked at Lu Yin. "Is there something you're unhappy about, Master?"
Lu Yin frowned.
"We didn't tell you because we didn't want to make things difficult for you. My Specter Clan defected to the Neohuman Alliance in order to survive. If you know where we are, shouldn't you tell the Hall of Honor?
If you don't, doesn't that mean that you're betraying humanity? "
Lu Yin asked, "How can you be sure that I won't tell the Hall of Honor?"
"Because you're our master. The Specter Clan needs to be loyal, protected, and served our master for life. Our destruction won't affect you at all, but our existence can help you do things that are inconvenient for the Great Eastern Alliance. You'll know when you use us," Tian Dou said.
Lu Yin did not believe that the Specter Clan would be loyal to him just because he had obtained the Death God's inheritance..... He was more willing to believe that the Specter Clan had intentionally approached him in order to obtain the Death God's inheritance...
He was the only one who had successfully cultivated the Arcane Art of Life and Death. Therefore, the secret only existed in his body.
"If you're afraid of making things difficult for me, then why reveal yourself now?" Lu Yin asked cautiously.
Celestial Dou smiled. "Because our master needs us."
"What do you mean?" Lu Yin raised an eyebrow.
Death aura spread out from beneath Tiandou's feet, and a star chart of the Fifth Mainland appeared in the void. "My Lord currently occupies the Innerverse, and the Cosmic Sea's Leon's Armada is like a family to my Lord. My Lord will either reclaim the Outerverse and chase away the Sixth Mainland, or enter the Neoverse and look at the Hall of Honor from afar. Regardless of which option it is, neither of these are things that the current Great Eastern Alliance can accomplish."
"Only we, the Specter Clan, can help you, Master. With our broken bodies, we will protect Your Majesty's great ambitions. On the surface, the She Family and the Seven Courts can be used at Your Majesty's will. Whether it's to reclaim the Outerverse, enter the Neoverse, drive away the Sixth Mainland, start a war between the mainlands, assimilate the Hall of Honor, or even attack the Astral Beast Domain or the Technocracy, the Specter Clan will obey Your Majesty's orders."
As the head judge of Heaven Dou's Tribunal of Darkness, he could easily subdue the Second Nightking.
His bow to Lu Yin could be said to be very solemn.
From what Lu Yin could see, Tiandou's strength was about the same as Qing Ping's, and he could easily suppress the Second Nightking. Tiandou's strength was terrifying, but Tiandou was still bowing to Lu Yin. Either Tiandou had truly joined the Alliance, or Tiandou's ambitions were so great that he was willing to give up his dignity.
Regardless of the situation, Lu Yin did not dare to fall out with Tiandou.
Lu Yin hurriedly stepped forward and supported Tiandou with both hands. "Senior, please rise."
Tiandou stood up. "I know that it won't be easy to gain Your Majesty's trust. After all, the only way for us to join the Neohuman Alliance is through time. Please trust us, Your Majesty. No matter what, we will never betray Your Majesty, because Your Majesty is the foundation of our survival."
At that moment, the chains around the Second Nightking's body disappeared, and he stood behind Lu Yin, staring at Tiandou warily.
Tiandou looked at him. "The only reason you have your current cultivation is because of the accumulation of time. With your innate gift, you shouldn't have such strength. Still, it's enough to protect Your Majesty."
The Second Nightking was enraged. He had lived longer than anyone else, and he felt aggrieved that he had been easily suppressed by two head judges.
"The Specter Clan lives here?" Lu Yin asked as he looked into the depths of the palace.
Tiandou answered, "Yes."
"What about her?
Is she from the She family? "Lu Yin was asking about Xie Ahua.
Tiandou answered, "The She family is still a member of the She family, but they are under the control of my Specter Clan. They are using their identities to conceal my Specter Clan's movements."
"Aren't you afraid that Xia Ji will find out?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
Tiandou smiled. "The She family has many items that belong to my Specter Clan, including many bones. It's normal for death energy to appear occasionally. No one would have thought that the She family, which they should have defeated, would be controlled by my Specter Clan. After all, my Specter Clan only wanted to protect themselves, which led to us joining the Neohuman Alliance."
Lu Yin nodded. This was a misconception. Although Xia Ji was powerful, he could not have seen through everything.
Following that, Lu Yin followed Tiandou into the palace. The palace was also just a cover, as the Specter Clan did not actually live here. Instead, they lived in a forest behind the palace. That forest was in a hidden space, like a mysterious sect.
Lu Yin was shocked when he saw the Specter Clan members living peacefully in the forest. He had thought that the Specter Clan's lives were oppressive and that they only knew how to cultivate. He had even thought that they were part of an assassin organization like Aegis, but he had not expected that the Specter Clan he saw would be completely different.
"There are only a few tens of thousands of Specter Clan members left, and most of them are their family members. The real Specter Clan members are either cultivating or hiding in the outside world. Master, although our numbers are small, we are not any weaker than any of the major powers," Tiandou explained.
Lu Yin laughed. This was more like it. How could the Specter Clan live such a rural life? Cultivation was their foundation.
"What about the death energy?" Lu Yin asked.
Tiandou was helpless. "We originally absorbed the death energy from the Eternal Kingdom, but now that the Eternal Kingdom has been destroyed and the parallel space has disappeared, we can only absorb death energy from Kun's Swamp for our clan members to cultivate."
Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat. The Eternal Kingdom had not disappeared, but he did not say anything about it. The Specter Clan was not worthy of his trust, or rather, they were not worthy of his trust right now. Only when he truly trusted the Specter Clan would he allow them to live in the Eternal Kingdom. Otherwise, he would never reveal the secret of the Eternal Kingdom.
Although the She Clan was the Specter Clan's base, there were not many Specter Clan members who actually cultivated death energy. Tong Yu and Silver were not around, but Lu Yin saw one.
It was Faceless, who had been ranked 72nd on the Top 100 Rankings and had fought with him at the Sea King's Dome.
He had used the Arcane Art of Life and Death to suppress Faceless' death energy, causing Faceless to think that Lu Yin was one of the Specter Clan's upper echelons who would listen to his orders.
At that time, Lu Yin had guessed that the Arcane Art of Life and Death had something to do with the Specter Clan.
It was only now that he knew that the Arcane Art of Life and Death had been released by the Specter Clan, and it had come from the Death God.
Lu Yin followed Celestial Dou around the fields and saw where the Specter Clan members cultivated. He could sense quite a few powerful auras, and there were even two Emissaries.
"Does the Neohuman Alliance know about this place?" Lu Yin asked.
Celestial Dou replied, "I do."
Lu Yin was not surprised. With so many people hiding here, it would be strange if the Neohuman Alliance did not know.
"Because this is the Seven Courts, and because of Xia Ji's existence, the Neohuman Alliance has never come here before. However, before the Eternal Kingdom was destroyed, Tong Yu, I, and most of the Specter Clan's upper echelons lived there. The Neohuman Alliance trusted us very much," Celestial Dou replied.
"Why would they believe that the Specter Clan joined the Neohuman Alliance?" Lu Yin asked.
Celestial Dou replied, "They were the ones who found us. At that time, we were truly at the end of our rope. The only reason we were able to control the She Clan was because of the Neohuman Alliance's help."
"Why were we defeated back then?
Did the She Clan surpass the Specter Clan in strength? "
"Of course not. The ones who truly acted against us were the Hall of Honor. The She Clan also joined forces with the Seven Courts. Otherwise, how could we have lost?"
"What a pity."
Celestial Dou said, "Yes, what a pity. If we had been at our peak, we would have been able to provide much more help to you, Master. We would have even been able to fight the Hall of Honor head-on."
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Lu Yin did not plan on staying in the Bonesea for long, and he did not ask Celestial Dou any questions that were too secretive. Just as Celestial Dou had said, Lu Yin could not bear to exterminate the Specter Clan. Back then, he had dared to challenge the Daynight Clan as a Melder, dancing on the edge of a blade. Now, he was even more confident, and he was not afraid of losing to the Specter Clan.
"If you wish to leave, Master, your subordinate will not stay. Before you leave, would you like to take a look at the battle techniques that my Specter Clan has been researching regarding death qi for many years?" Celestial Dou made a very tempting suggestion.
Lu Yin agreed without any hesitation. Battle techniques were always tempting.
After using the Death God Transformation, Lu Yin's battle style had become more monotonous, and he did not have any battle techniques that were specifically compatible with death qi. He had only learned the Death Mask battle technique when he had absorbed death qi in the Eternal Kingdom, but it had only been a disguise and not a battle technique.
He was also curious as to what battle techniques the Specter Clan had developed.
Wherever Lu Yin went, the Second Nightking would follow him. Celestial Dou was not afraid that the Second Nightking would learn any battle techniques. Without death qi, these battle techniques would be useless and meaningless.
The Specter Clan's battle techniques were recorded in many books, and there was no need to protect them. Everything was based on death qi, and with death qi, one would be a member of the Specter Clan. Without death qi, learning them would be pointless.
Lu Yin flipped through the books and saw battle techniques one after another.
Some of these battle techniques were indeed exquisite, but unfortunately, they were not very useful in battle. This was especially true after he used the Death God Transformation. With a shield in his left hand, a scythe in his right, and chains around his body, these battle techniques were completely useless.
Perhaps these battle techniques would be useful to ordinary members of the Specter Clan, but they were useless to him.
The Specter Clan did not have many battle techniques, only a dozen or so.