"You're a monster!" He Mavis exclaimed, looking at Lu Yin warily. She could tell that he hadn't been using his full strength, and that he was even more dangerous than Chu Yuan.
This era couldn't compare to their era, so why was there such a monster here?
Chu Yuan could tell as well, and he stared at Lu Yin, "You're Lu Yin?"
Lu Yin looked at him, "Don't you already know?"
Chu Yuan took a deep breath, "It's an honor to meet you."
He Mavis was astonished; Chu Yuan's arrogance had been well-known in his era, and he didn't care even if they were both Dao Children. This was the first time he had said such a thing to someone of the same generation. Wait, this person looked younger than them.
"It's an honor to meet you as well, Lu Yin. I've underestimated you before," He Mavis said. She didn't plan on teaming up with Lu Yin, as this person was even more powerful than Chu Yuan. Even if they could defeat Chu Yuan together, she wasn't confident in facing him.
When the three of them fought, it was always the two weaker ones working together to deal with the strongest one. Even she couldn't tell who was the strongest.
In the previous battles, this person had used the power of this era, and he seemed to have death qi as well. He also had the power of the Above Heavens era. She hadn't paid much attention to him before, but now it seemed that he had hidden his strength deeply. It was no wonder why he had dared to boast about defeating them in five moves.
Chu Yuan thought about how his body had suddenly weakened, and he looked at Lu Yin with even more fear. Just how much was this person hiding?
That wasn't astral source power.
After a while, the four cyclones in Lu Yin's body were completely exhausted.
He sighed; it was finally over.
The others sighed as well, as he was finally done.
Not long after Lu Yin's astral source was absorbed, Lan Xian finished as well. She had a limited amount of time compared to Lu Yin.
This fact shocked Chu Yuan and the others once again, as Lan Xian was a half-step Ancestor. The amount of astral source in a half-step Ancestor was terrifying, and they had never thought of comparing themselves to her. Even with Chu Yuan's arrogance, he didn't think that he could compare to a half-step Ancestor under five tribulations. Even if he was a half-step Ancestor who hadn't broken through the third stage and didn't have an origin item, Lu Yin was close to that at the first tribulation.
When he saw Chu Yuan and He Luo Mavis' gazes, Lu Yin couldn't take it anymore. "Don't look at me like that. She's been through multiple battles, and she's lost a lot of astral source, and she hasn't had the time to replenish it either. No matter how exaggerated it is, I'm just a cultivator who's undergone one Origin Tribulation, so there's no way I can have as much astral source as a Half-Progenitor."
Chu Yuan and Su Yu looked at each other and thought that it made sense.
"I've replenished quite a bit of astral source, and I'm not too far away from the total amount of astral source," Lan Xian said as she looked at Lu Yin with a bright and crafty gaze.
Lu Yin was speechless. What did she mean by that?
Chu Yuan and Lu Yin's gazes changed again; this guy was still planning on hiding?
She was almost fooled by him.
This time, Lu Yin didn't bother to explain himself. It was pointless.
He glared at Lan Xian. "Why do you need someone else's blood?"
Jiu Yao also looked at Lan Xian. He had asked this question before, and Lan Xian had only said that it was related to cultivation techniques. However, what kind of cultivation technique required the blood of others?
In particular, she did not even care about the blood of a Half-Martial Ancestor like him. Instead, she wanted the blood of the Lu Clan or the blood of an Ancient Daoist.
Lan Xian hugged Sanxian and stood quietly in a corner of the main hall. In response to Lu Yin's question, she slowly replied, "Won't you know once you give it to me?"
"Ask them first." Lu Yin pointed at Chu Yuan. "Especially him. He's the Above Heaven Sect's Daoist Navigator, and he's the only one who's been accepted by the Ancestor.
He has the greatest bloodline of that era. "
Chu Yuan raised his brows. "I'm just an ordinary person. I don't have any great bloodline."
Lu Yin replied seriously, "Even an ordinary person would become extraordinary if they could meet the Ancestor. Hold on." Suddenly, Lu Yin thought of something and sized Chu Yuan up. "What's your relationship with the Ancestor?
You're not his descendant, are you? "
Chu Yuan's eyes widened. "Brother Lu, don't make irresponsible remarks. I'm not the only one who met the Ancestor during that era."
"But you're the only one in the younger generation, right, He Luo Mavis?" Lu Yin turned around.
He Luo Mavis nodded. "Of the younger generation, only Chu Yuan has met the Ancestor."
Chu Yuan frowned and gave Lu Yin a deep look. This person had purposely mixed the concepts of meeting the Ancestor and bloodline, using He Luo Mavis' words to prove the greatness of his bloodline. This was a way to attract Lan Xian's attention. At the same time, he had purposely mentioned He Luo Mavis' name to attract Lan Xian's attention.
"Chu Yuan, I heard that this name also came from the Ancestor?"
Lu Yin asked curiously.
He Luo Mavis nodded again, but she suddenly felt that something was off. She had unknowingly teamed up with Lu Yin again, and she immediately became vigilant. She didn't want to team up with Lu Yin right now. One was Chu Yuan, and the other was Lu Yin. Who knew which one was the real monster?
Chu Yuan stared at Lu Yin. "Brother Lu, I originally thought that you were crafty, flexible, and cared more about power than cultivation. But now, it seems that your total astral source is comparable to a Half-Ancestor's, and you have endless battle techniques. We were wrong about you. If this had happened in our era, the one who would have met the Ancestor might not have been me, but you."
Lu Yin raised his brows. "Brother Chu, you're exaggerating. Perhaps it's because I'm too far away from the statue that it's absorbing the astral source in my body at a much slower rate than the three of you."
This was true, as it seemed that Lu Yin was the furthest away from the statue out of the three of them.
The three Half-Ancestors were even closer to the statue than the two of them. The statue was currently on the first level of the main hall, while they were still on the second level. Lu Yin was the furthest away.
"No matter how far away you are, the absorption shouldn't be that slow. Brother Lu, the time you took to finish is comparable to a Half-Ancestor's," Chu Yuan said.
At this point, the Nine Glories ended, and not long after, Leng Qing finished as well. The statue was still absorbing the surrounding astral source, and it looked even more lifelike than before.
"I already said that the Half-Ancestor used up a lot of astral source. She didn't want to admit it because she didn't want to be looked down upon," Lu Yin said.
Chu Yuan retorted, "It's just a consumption, it's not like it was low in the first place. What's there to not admit?"
The two of them went back and forth, trying to use each other to attract Lan Xian's attention.
Leng Qing suddenly shouted, "Shut up! You don't have the right to spout nonsense in front of the Ancestor's statue."
Lu Yin and Chu Yuan looked at each other and saw the deep meaning in each other's eyes.
He Luo Mavis could also see their intentions, but she was hot-tempered and impulsive. Her words were far inferior to the two of them, so she didn't interrupt.
The statue was becoming more and more lifelike.
A figure suddenly rushed in. The main hall could only be entered, but not exited. This person passed through the Nine Glories and directly rushed towards the statue. At the same time, a visible astral source was being swallowed out of the statue's body and into it.
When he saw who it was, Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "The Forgotten Ruins Deity."
Leng Qing raised her hand and slashed at the Forgotten Ruins Deity, becoming one with her blade.
The Forgotten Ruins Deity raised his hand and struck out with his palm, using the Meditative Forgetting Technique.
The Meditative Forgetting Technique also used astral source, but it was forcefully swallowed by the statue the moment it struck out. The Forgotten Ruins Deity hadn't expected the statue to be so tyrannical in devouring astral source, and he couldn't react in time. His body was struck by Leng Qing's attack, and he crashed heavily into the layer of multicolored light that covered the main hall.
The Forgotten Ruins Deity wasn't injured, and he didn't hesitate at all. His eyes became incomparably deep, and a dark red current descended with a hair-raising chill. Lu Yin had experienced this power before; it was a power that the Eternals had bestowed upon the Forgotten Ruins Deity, and they called it Divine Force.
The Forgotten Ruins Deity didn't say a word and simply raised his hand to strike Leng Qing. He was still using the Meditative Forgetting Technique, but with Divine Force, he wasn't affected by the statue. Leng Qing raised her arms and slashed down with her blade. He no longer had any astral source in his body, but the power of being one with the blade was still considerable. However, it couldn't compare to a Half-Ancestor, and he was sent flying by the Forgotten Ruins Deity's palm.
The Forgotten Ruins Deity rushed towards the statue again, not saying a word from beginning to end. He was completely different from the person Lu Yin had seen before, and he only had eyes for the statue.
Chu Yuan was shocked. "Stop her! Don't let her touch the statue!" He took off his white robe and threw it out in a futile attempt to stop the Forgotten Ruins Deity.
Even though the Forgotten Ruins Deity was wary of the mind net and didn't use his true strength as a Half-Ancestor, he still wasn't someone who could be stopped by a white robe, even if it had the power to resist a peak Envoy.
The Seven Skygods were all monsters, and the only one who could truly fight against a Half-Ancestor's body was the Elysium Sect Master. Even Ni Huang was slightly weaker.
The white robe was torn apart by the Forgotten Ruins Deity, but fortunately, it managed to stop her for a moment. At that moment, Leng Qing attacked again, becoming one with the blade as she slashed towards the Forgotten Ruins Deity.
He Luo Mavis' voice rang out. "Chu Yuan, are you looking for that statue as well?"
Chu Yuan's expression turned ugly.
Lu Yin glanced at him and thought to himself that the Forgotten Ruins Deity was indeed looking for that statue. What was so special about it?
There was a loud bang, and Leng Qing was sent flying again. Without his astral source, he was no match for the Forgotten Ruins Deity, who had used his Divine Force.
The Forgotten Ruins Deity grabbed at the statue.
No one in the main hall could stop him.
Lu Yin stared at the Forgotten Ruins Deity, his palms sweating.
At the same time, at the entrance of the Starfall Sea, the hand that had been blocking the Realm Mountain and the horizontal black hole moved, reaching towards the Fifth Mainland and extending infinitely towards the mental web.
The mental web descended, attempting to trap the hand.
The surface of the hand was entangled by the mental web, but it still crossed the heavens and appeared in the Innerverse, outside the main hall.
At that moment, the hand descended and grabbed at the main hall.
The Forgotten Ruins Deity grabbed at the statue at the same time.
At that moment, whether it was the Fifth Mainland or Lu Yin and the others in the main hall, they all saw the incomparably huge hand pressing down, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing. This was the power of a Progenitor, and it was no ordinary Progenitor's power.
Suddenly, the main hall disappeared.
The hand grabbed nothing but air.
Countless people looked at the heavens and saw that the main hall had suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only the empty hand.
At that moment, no one knew where the main hall had gone or what kind of power had taken it away from the hand, except for those in the main hall.
…
The violent shaking almost caused Lu Yin and the others to fall. He grabbed onto the stone wall beside him and tried his best to look around. The main hall was pitch-black. Had they been taken away by that hand?
Suddenly, a violent energy rushed into his body, replenishing the four Astral Origin Cyclones that had been exhausted.