This attack was one of Everlasting Island's seven battle techniques. Although it was powerful, it couldn't possibly injure a Half-Progenitor so severely. In the end, it was still that needle that had broken through Wang Si's inner world, which was where her astral vortex had been when she had been an Emissary.
The Heavenly Master hadn't expected that needle to be so powerful that it had pierced through Wang Si's body.
Wang Si hadn't expected the Heavenly Master to be able to find her inner world and break through it, which was why she had been so severely injured.
Ni Huang hurried to Wang Si's side while Xia De and Old Whiteghost moved over at the same time, blocking three different directions. They looked at the Heavenly Master warily, especially at the needle in his hand.
There were too few treasures and external items that could threaten a Half-Progenitor, which was why they hadn't used them. They hadn't expected the Heavenly Master to have one.
Wang Si coughed up blood with great difficulty, and she glared at the Heavenly Master with a pale face. "How did you find my inner world?"
The Heavenly Master didn't answer.
"I found it," Lu Yin said.
Wang Si and the rest looked over in shock. "It was you?"
Lu Yin growled. "You didn't expect this, did you, old bitch? I found your inner world, and that needle is also mine."
"Impossible! How could you possibly find my inner world?" Wang Si was flustered, and she spat out another mouthful of blood. She looked even more defeated. Her injuries were too severe, and she might be crippled for the rest of her life. Her hatred for Lu Yin grew even more intense.
"You've been watching us all this time?"
Ni Huang looked at Lu Yin and asked slowly. If one had been watching a battle from start to finish, then it was possible to find an opening, especially since Emissaries would subconsciously protect their astral vortexes.
Lu Yin looked at Ni Huang. "You are enemies."
Ni Huang laughed in self-mockery. "We've lived for so long, but we've been fooled by a junior like you. We schemed against you, but you schemed against us as well. You've been watching us from the moment we stepped onto this battlefield, right? You've been analyzing our battles to find the location of our inner worlds. If I'm not wrong, you've seen through the three of us as well."
Xia De stared at Lu Yin in shock. If what Ni Huang said was true, then Lu Yin was too terrifying. His ability to foresee the future was terrifying.
Even Jue Yi became much more serious.
Lu Yin sighed. "There's nothing I can do. I'm just a puny Emissary, and I can't compare to you in terms of strength. All I can do is use my brain. You guys came to this region of space to kill me, and if you want to protect yourself, then you have to be more hardworking than others."
Ni Huang smiled bitterly. "We're both facing the threat of the Eternals, and we're on the brink of death. Yet, you still have the time to observe us?"
"Most of the time, I didn't participate in the battles. I'm not qualified to do so."
Old Whiteghost said coldly, "Little bastard from the Lu Clan, you're too despicable."
Kui Luo shouted, "This is called battle wisdom. You want to use a hostage to force him into a corner? Isn't that despicable?
The way you deal with the Lu Clan is ten thousand times more despicable than that old bitch Wang Si. "
Wang Si glared at Lu Yin. She was a dignified Half-Ancestor, but she had actually been schemed against by this junior that she hated the most. She could not accept this.
Lu Yin looked at Lu Buzheng. "Capture Wang Si. We'll talk about the other three later." Wang Si was heavily injured, and she could not use her inner world even if she wanted to. There was no way for her to hide in the mind net, but Ni Huang and the other two were different. They could escape or fight to the death, and if they could not win, they could hide in the mind net.
The mind net could not be maintained for very long, and it would eventually disappear.
Lu Buzheng looked at Lu Yin with a complicated gaze. From what he knew, the Lu family did not lack intelligent and strategic experts. However, there were very few people like Lu Yin who could successfully scheme against a Half-Martial Ancestor at the First Origin Tribulation Realm. Even in the Lu family, he was an exception.
Most people in the Lu Clan did not rely on their brains to make a living.
"Attack!" Kui Luo shouted, his spiritual force blasting towards Ni Huang and the other two.
Lu Buzheng visualized the Acalanatha King's Elephant once more and punched out.
The Elysium Heavenly Master also appeared at the same time.
Originally, only Ni Huang and the other three had been able to deal with Lu Buzheng's group, but now that Wang Si was gone, they were at a disadvantage. What was more troublesome was that they still had to protect Wang Si. Furthermore, compared to Lu Buzheng and Kui Luo, they were able to use their astral sources more often.
Lu Buzheng relied on the Acalanatha King's Elephant and possessed terrifying strength. Kui Luo directly used his spiritual force, but they could not find any other source of power to resist. Astral source battle techniques could only be maintained for a short period of time, and if they were exhausted, they would definitely lose.
In the face of Lu Buzheng's group's attacks, even Ni Huang wanted to retreat.
At that moment, Jue Yi attacked, his deathly qi transforming into chains that flew towards Lu Buzheng. "Lu Buzheng, your opponent is me."
Lu Buzheng looked at Jue Yi and avoided the deathly qi chains. "Don't you hate playing tricks?"
Jue Yi was indifferent. "Just because I hate playing tricks doesn't mean that I'm stupid. Without the three of them, how am I supposed to clean up the mess?"
Ni Huang and the others relaxed. Fortunately, this Jue Yi was not too stubborn.
Jue Yi had attacked Lu Buzheng, and the situation had reversed. Jue Yi had replaced Wang Si, which was the best outcome for Ni Huang and the others. However, the situation quickly changed again. Lan Xian and the Medicine Immortal had returned and ambushed Jue Yi.
No one had expected someone from the Sixth Mainland to suddenly appear and help Lu Yin.
Even Lu Yin himself had not expected this. In the current situation, everyone only wanted to protect their own astral sources. Fighting would only deplete their astral sources.
Lan Xian wanted Lu Yin's blood, which might be very important. Lu Yin understood that, so she had been keeping an eye on him. But what about the Medicine Immortal?
What was he after?
Three strings played, and Lan Xian's melodious voice rang out. She glanced at Lu Yin. "You owe me a drop of blood."
Although Lan Xian and the Medicine Immortal were much weaker than Kui Luo and the others, without using their inner worlds, the difference was not that great. Even if the two of them could not hold Jue Yi back, they could at least deal with Old Whiteghost or Xia De and free up Kui Luo.
With Kui Luo's strength, he could hold Ni Huang back.
The chaotic battle between Half-Ancestors caused the countless Corpse Kings at the entrance to the Starfall Sea to be forgotten. Not long after, countless Corpse Kings began to scatter in all directions.
The Ghost Monkey had been allowed onto the Ancestral Tortoise's back by Lu Yin, and the moment he entered, he began to flatter Lu Yin incessantly.
"How many experts are there among those Corpse Kings?"
Lu Yin asked sternly.
The monkey shrank back. "Many. There are no less than fifty Envoys. I don't know where the Eternals found so many monsters. If they all scatter, it will be a disaster for the Fifth Mainland."
Lu Yin frowned, as this was not the greatest disaster. He looked at the entrance to the Starfall Sea, where there was still a palm that could allow the Eternals to travel back and forth.
He suddenly thought of something and looked at Cloud Shadow Mavis. "Senior, protecting the Fifth Mainland is our shared responsibility, and the Mavis Family is no exception, right?"
Cloud Shadow Mavis grew wary. "What do you mean?"
Lu Yin replied, "Have the Ancestral Tortoise block that gap."
"Impossible," Cloud Shadow rejected. She then seemed to realize that her tone had been inappropriate and added, "It's not that we don't want to, but that the Ancestral Tortoise doesn't want to. It won't go near the Corpse God, you should know that."
"Let's try. If we can block that gap, the Mavis Family will be the greatest contributor to the Fifth Mainland," Lu Yin said.
Cloud Shadow was helpless, and she could only try to get the Ancestral Tortoise to approach the entrance to the Starfall Sea. Along the way, Lu Yin would attack any Corpse King that they encountered. His headache continued. Lu Buzheng had said that the backlash from his innate gift would last for a period of time, and Lu Yin could feel it now.
Every time he attacked, his headache would intensify, and he had to find a place to enter the Time Stop Space to rest.
Up ahead, a pair of scarlet vertical eyes flashed past before disappearing into the distance.
Lu Yin's heart sank. A Corpse King with a power level of a million wasn't something that he could deal with. If these Corpse Kings spread to the Fifth Mainland, who knew what kind of disaster they would cause?
Suddenly, a scale appeared beneath the Corpse King's feet, and its body shattered.
Lu Yin was delighted. This was the trial, and the head inquisitors had finally arrived.
The next moment, Elder Chan, Chief Inquisitor Qing Ping, and Xia Ji arrived at the same time. They saw the battle between the Half-Ancestors in the distance and the countless Corpse Kings fleeing.
Elder Chan and the rest didn't attack, as they had the same thoughts as Nine Luminaries. If they attacked now, they would exhaust their astral sources. If the Eternals invaded again, they would be in trouble.
Lu Yin naturally knew this as well, as he had only used the Overlaying Stacks Path and not his astral source.
The Eternals had left so many Corpse Kings behind in order to exhaust their strength. Only cultivators below the Half-Ancestor level could deal with these Corpse Kings.
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and help!" Kui Luo shouted at Elder Chan and the rest.
Old Whiteghost threatened, "The Skygenesis Court's New Void Corridor will be repaired soon. When that happens, my Astral Tree Domain will be reconnected to your Abandoned Land. If you dare attack us, you'll be punished by the Four Way Scales."
Lu Yin sneered, "Who can punish us?
Your Progenitors?
Do you really think we're stupid enough to believe that the Four Way Scales won't attack us because they're afraid of the Progenitors behind me?
This is the Fifth Mainland's ancestral land. The Sixth Mainland's Martial Progenitor invaded and was heavily injured. Secret Progenitor betrayed us and attacked Burial Garden, but was also heavily injured. Once a Progenitor appears, they won't be able to act recklessly here. Otherwise, any random Progenitor from the Eternals would be able to take down this place. Why would they spend so much effort setting this up? "
He had only figured this out recently. He had assumed that the Four Way Libra was truly afraid of the Progenitor behind him and was afraid that a battle between Progenitors would break out on the Fifth Mainland, which was why no Progenitors had taken action. However, even the Eternals had not sent any Progenitors, which was strange.
The Seven Skygods were all peerlessly powerful, and there were Daolords and esteemed ancestors of their families. They were all powerhouses from the most ancient era, and Hei Wushen was no exception. So why was Hei Wushen being blocked by the Martial Progenitor and the Blood Progenitor?
There were strong Half-Ancestors and weak Progenitors, and it was the same for Progenitors. Lu Yin didn't believe that the Martial Progenitor and the Blood Progenitor could fight against Hei Wushen. No matter how weak Hei Wushen was, he should be on the same level as Progenitor Chen, who could challenge multiple Progenitors by himself.
It wouldn't be difficult for Hei Wushen to enter if he wanted to, but he never did. The Corpse God was the same, and she would rather block the entrance to the Starfall Sea than enter. There had to be something in the Fifth Mainland that they were afraid of.
If the Eternals were afraid, then so would the Four Way Scales.
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