Xia De replied, "I can agree to let you take your people to the Astral Tree Domain and avoid this disaster."
"What about the others from the Fifth Mainland?"
Lu Yin asked.
Xia De sighed. "As humans, we want to save them as well, but we can't. It's already good enough that we can protect the Astral Tree Domain. You should know that there were six continents in human history, but now, only the Fifth Mainland remains. Now, the Fifth Mainland is about to disappear as well. Humans are no match for the Eternals, so we can't help you."
Lu Yin snapped, "So many people call you Hero Xia, but you're more cowardly than anyone else."
Xia De laughed. "I can die to protect the Astral Tree Domain, but I won't die for this wasteland. Lu Xiaoxuan, you're too naive if you think you can use those people to threaten us. Every few decades, or at most a few centuries, each family produces a new descendant. They're not that precious. Letting you escape to the Astral Tree Domain is already our bottom line. Don't even think about dragging us into this war."
"The Astral Tree Domain is humanity's last line of defense. Why did the Hui Ancestor set up a limitless kinetic sourcebox array there?
Why didn't he set it up in the Fifth Mainland?
Because he knew that the Fifth Mainland would be destroyed sooner or later. "
Lu Yin raised his head. "Nonsense. The Hui Ancestor didn't set it up in the Astral Tree Domain, but behind the Mother Tree. You guys were the ones who dragged the Mother Tree away."
Xia De replied, "That's the Lu family's problem. It's your problem, not ours."
"Fine, you agreed to let a group of people from the Fifth Mainland hide in the Astral Tree Domain." Lu Yin did not argue further. The Lu family had dominated the Fifth Mainland in the past, and only the Lu family could decide who was right and who was wrong.
Xia De nodded. "Alright, I can make the decision to let a group of people from the Fifth Mainland follow us to the Astral Tree Domain. You can go as well."
Lu Yin laughed. "I'll die if I go."
"You'll die if you stay here." Xia De did not deny it, but he also could not promise not to cause trouble for Lu Yin on behalf of the Four Way Scales. In the end, the people that Lu Yin had captured were not as valuable as Xia De himself.
Lu Yin sighed. "In the end, I still have to die."
Not long after, Lu Yin left for the Innerverse with a heavy heart.
The Eternals had invaded, and the Astral Source Universe had been devoured. The human cultivators' power had's power, and they would not be able to defend themselves....
However, he would not go there from the Heaven Founding Courtyard, but from Jupiter.
Kill Lu Yin?
How could it be that easy?
He wanted to hide in the Starry Sky of Trees with the Great Eastern Alliance and find a way to make a comeback.
Elder Chan and the others could only go to the Sky Genesis Court. They hoped that as many people as possible could escape and preserve the seeds of the Fifth Mainland.
However, before that happened, a fierce battle was unavoidable. Elder Chan and the others could not possibly run away before the battle. Running away was the final step. The Fifth Mainland would do everything it could to resist this calamity, and so would Elder Chan. Even if he knew that he would lose and that he would have to pay with his life, he could not possibly run away before the battle.
"You don't want the Second Nightking anymore?"
Kui Luo's voice rang out beside Lu Yin's ear. Kui Luo had been the one to receive Lu Yin after he left the Technocracy.
Before this, Lu Yin had already informed Kui Luo of his location in the Technocracy through the wireless Gu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get here so quickly.
The reason why Lu Yin had dared to negotiate with Xia De was not only because he did not fear Xia De and could escape at any time, but also because of Kui Luo. Otherwise, even if he escaped to the Daosource Sect's ruins, he would still be in the same place a month later, and he would still be guarded by the four Half-Progenitors of the Cosmic Tree Realm.
Lu Yin sighed.
"The Second Nightking wasn't really loyal to me in the first place. He was just being controlled by the Cage Technique. Now that he's come into contact with the Bai family, he might be controlled by them again. I'm worried."
Kui Luo thought about it and agreed.
"Besides …" Lu Yin frowned. "Back in Shamrock's headquarters, he was disloyal, so I wanted to find someone to replace him."
"That's right. He's disloyal, so you can't use him. You need to find someone to replace him." Kui Luo sighed, but then he felt that something was amiss. He looked at Lu Yin with an unfriendly gaze. "What do you mean?
You're not asking me to replace the Second Nightking, are you? "
Lu Yin felt wronged. "No, why would you think that?
You're a senior that I respect. "
Kui Luo sized Lu Yin up and then rolled his eyes. "Kid, don't try that. When this old man was playing with the Four Cardinal Scales, you were still drinking milk. You're still acting? Let me tell you, don't think that I'll replace the Second Nightking to protect you. That's impossible."
Lu Yin sighed. "Senior, you're overthinking things."
"Hmph." Kui Luo snorted.
Lu Yin was speechless. This old man was really smart, but it was his own fault for saying too much.
The more powerful a bodyguard was, the better. After all, he couldn't go back to being a normal bodyguard. The Flying Willow Flower was the Second Nightking, and next would be a half-ancestor. However, this old man was too shrewd, so Lu Yin had to find someone less shrewd.
"Where are we going now?"
Kui Luo's tone was unpleasant, as he felt that Lu Yin was treating him like a bodyguard. Even when the Lu family was at its peak, Kui Luo had never been Lu Xiaoxuan's bodyguard, let alone the current Lu Yin. At most, Kui Luo would protect Lu Yin from time to time.
Lu Yin looked towards the south. "Neoverse. I need to pick someone up."
"No, it's too dangerous. Whether it's the Neoverse, the Cosmic Sea, or the Innerverse, there are half-ancestors fighting in the Fifth Mainland. I need to take you to the Astral Tree and preserve the Lu family's seed. Although Xia De's words weren't pleasant, they're true. We can't protect this region of space," Kui Luo said.
Lu Yin raised his head. "I still have to go. I need to pick up my woman."
Kui Luo's brows raised. "Lan Xian?
Isn't she in the Outerverse?
Right, hurry up and pick her up. Don't let the Seven Skygods destroy her. "
"It's not Lan Xian. I'm not interested in her. It's my real wife, Ming Yan. She's in the Neoverse."
"Wife?
You're married? "
"Not yet, but soon."
"Then what about Lan Xian?"
"Don't mention Lan Xian when you see Ming Yan. Don't even mention her. I've never had anything to do with her. We've only met once."
Kui Luo felt strange and muttered to himself, "You're just like your father, always looking at the pot. I remember him saying something similar back then."
Lu Yin was helpless. Kui Luo's mouth was especially unreliable. If possible, Lu Yin would definitely not want Kui Luo to bring him to pick up Ming Yan. Kui Luo would definitely say something, but there was no one else around.
As a half-ancestor, Kui Luo's speed was much faster than the Second Nightking's. They arrived at Chaos Flowzone in the blink of an eye and passed by Chaosgod Mountain.
The mountain was now in ruins. It was too close to the Starfall Sea, and it had also been a battlefield.
Lu Yin stared at the collapsed mountain and wondered how Qian Yan was doing. He had Qian Yan keep an eye on Chaosgod Mountain, hoping that Qian Yan would be able to escape.
All of the Corpse Kings that the Neohuman Alliance had hidden in the Fifth Mainland had erupted, causing the Fifth Mainland to descend into chaos. However, that was all there was to it.
The Neohuman Alliance would have been destroyed sooner or later, but things were different now. The Neohuman Alliance's power was depleting the Fifth Mainland's cultivators' star energy and astral sources. The longer the battle dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for the humans.
After passing by Chaosgod Mountain, Kui Luo brought Lu Yin into the Cosmic Sea and headed towards the Neoverse.
As they headed towards the Neoverse, Lu Yin tried to contact Ming Yan, but to no avail. His heart sank, and he began to panic.
"Quick, Senior, quick, quick, quick," Lu Yin urged.
Kui Luo did not understand. "What's wrong?"
"I can't contact Ming Yan. She's in the black street, and there's a battle between half-ancestors there."
Kui Luo was shocked. "A half-ancestor?
That's troublesome. The shockwaves from a half-ancestor battle are too widespread. "He then gritted his teeth and crossed the Cosmic Sea as quickly as he could, heading towards the black street.
In the Eastern Boundary of the New Universe, a boundless pile of cosmic trash was strewn all over the place. A sharp blade slashed through the heavens, splitting the universe apart. It seemed as if the entire Neoverse was about to be severed.
In the distance, the Undying God looked up with a lazy expression on his face. His body did not move as the blade slashed down at him, and the blade brushed past him without causing him any harm.
"Your blade technique isn't bad. It has some of Xia Shang's shadow." The Undying God walked around casually, showing no intention of attacking. However, he did not retreat either.
Across from him, Xia Ji gripped the hilt of his blade tightly. He knew that the Seven Skygods would be difficult to deal with. These old monsters were all characters from ancient times, and even now, Xia Ji did not know what kind of techniques they had. However, he had never thought that they would be so difficult to deal with.
As he thought about this, the heavens turned upside down as an incomparably large blade covered the stars and ruthlessly slashed down.
The Undying God was helpless. "What's the point? Even Xia Shang's blade technique is useless against me, let alone you. If he was still alive, he would definitely tell you not to use weapons against me."
Xia Ji's inner world combined with the three forms of blade intent had shaken the Eastern Boundary, but he still could not do anything to the Undying God.
Outside the Eastern Boundary, Kui Luo waved his hand to disperse the blade intent. "What a fierce attack."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. If this attack had been unleashed in the Black Street, how could it have been blocked?
"Quick, enter the Black Street," Lu Yin urged.
Kui Luo's expression was solemn as he tried his best to conceal himself. He entered the Eastern Boundary and headed towards the Black Street.
Countless blades continued to slash down; Xia Ji was determined to deal with the Undying God.
Lu Yin was led to Black Street by Kui Luo, and he immediately saw that what had once been Black Street had been torn apart. The skies were filled with blade qi, and countless cracks in the void had been torn open and closed repeatedly. There was no way to restore them.
Above his head, the drop of liquid was constantly absorbing astral sources.
Lu Yin's face was pale as his domain dispersed. He suddenly turned around and saw a brothel. It was a brothel that had been destroyed.
He hurriedly rushed over and saw Ming Yu lying outside, heavily injured and on the verge of death. There were corpses all around her, and the entire Black Street had been destroyed.
Lu Yin paused, not daring to approach for fear of seeing Ming Yan's corpse.
Kui Luo waved his hand and the brothel was torn open, revealing scarlet bloodstains and a pale, bloodless face. It was Ming Yan.
Lu Yin's pupils shrank, and he quickly appeared in front of Ming Yan. He crouched down and slowly hugged her. She was cold to the touch, like a corpse. She was clearly very light, but she was as heavy as a mountain.
At this moment, Lu Yin's mind was blank. He only knew how to look at Ming Yan, not knowing what to do or what to say. Was she dead?