A few days later, Lu Yin and Xi Yue stood by the window of a spacecraft and looked out. They had already left the Astral River's shore and were heading towards the First Flowzone of the Innerverse. Their destination was Sword Mountain.
Once upon a time, Sword Mountain had belonged to the Sword Sect. Twenty years ago, when the Sword Sect had fought against the Eternals, the Sword Sect had followed the Great Eastern Alliance to hide in the Outerverse. After that, because of the constant battles with the Eternals, all of the cultivators needed the protection of a half-step ancestor, and the Sword Sect had never been able to return to the First Flowzone.
If they returned, they would no longer be protected by the Half Martial Ancestor.
Helpless, they could only continue to follow the Great Eastern Alliance and remain in the Outerverse, which was the current Lu Tianmen Sect.
Today, the First Flowzone's Sword Mountain had become the training ground for Team Yi's subsidiary battle squads. The battle between the Eternals and the humans had been pushed to the west, and the First Flowzone was no longer as dangerous as it had been in the past. The Sword Sect had tried to return several times, but Lu Buzheng had stopped them each time. Once the Sword Sect left, it would be equivalent to joining the Three Ultimates Heaven's Gate. They wanted to return to their ancestral land, but they had betrayed the Lu Heavenly Gate. Lu Buzheng was no fool, and there was no way he would agree.
Just like this, Sword Mountain had already been under the control of the Three Absolutes Heavenly Gate for more than ten years.
"She used a blackhole-grade Aurora just to transport the two of us. She must have a lot of resources," Lu Yin sighed.
Xi Yue whispered, "Twenty years ago, because of the Hall of Honor's restrictions, many things could be done according to the rules. Now, there are no such rules, and the strong can kill the weak. Even the extermination of the Tu family is common. The order of the universe is getting more and more out of control."
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "That's not necessarily the case. The human order has always been one where the strong prey on the weak, and the rules are also set by the strong. If the Elysian Gates rebuild the Heaven's Sect, then the Heaven's Sect will fulfill its former role as the Hall of Honor. Right now, it's just a chaotic era."
"You like these chaotic times, don't you?" Xi Yue asked.
Lu Yin didn't admit it, but neither did he deny it.
He was very sure of this. It was much more convenient to deal with some matters now than it was twenty years ago.
A few days later, Lu Yin frowned as he looked at the sword mountain in front of him. It had changed. In the past, the sword mountain had been filled with boundless sword qi, and he had been able to sense it as soon as he entered the First Flowzone. Now, however, the mountain had decayed and become more and more ordinary.
Lu Yin's pupils turned into runes as he looked at JIan Shan.
The one with the highest number of rune lines on Sword Mountain was only comparable to a first-stage Calamity Origin Emissary.
Suddenly, a wave of rune lines rushed towards the spacecraft at an incredible speed. The rune lines had a power level of over 10,000, which was a power level that surpassed an Explorer's attack.
This kind of attack power didn't even seem like an attack to Lu Yin, but Xia Sheng had told him that this was probably the test for Team Yi's subsidiary battle team.
Boom
The spacecraft exploded and shockwaves swept out. Lu Yin and Xi Yue both released their four-lined battle force and leapt down from the sky. They were in a rather sorry state, but they had managed to block the explosion.
Lu Yin looked down and saw someone slowly lower his hand, revealing a gun in his hand. The attack had come from this gun.
This was a weapon created by Rhesus, and it was the most common weapon. Even a normal person could unleash the destructive power of an Explorer if they used it.
According to Xia Sheng, the most powerful man-made weapon was the combination of microarray technology and pyrolyte. Microarray technology could seal an Enlighter's battle technique, and at the moment of explosion, the pyrolyte would be pushed forward. When the two weapons exploded at the same time, their combined destructive power could exceed 300,000 or even 400,000, depending on how much pyrolyte was used.
Back then, the Sea King had used Ancestor Chen's blood cloak to wrap the pyrolyte and blast open the Upper Three Gates. The value of pyrolyte was immeasurable.
Lu Yin and Xi Yue safely landed.
The man who had attacked the spacecraft looked at them coldly. "Follow me."
Two
They followed the man into the Sword Mountain.
From time to time, there would be Sword Qi rising from the bottom of his feet. This was a characteristic of the Sword Mountain.
After walking for half a day, the two arrived at the Sword Array Plaza.
It was the Sword Array Plaza again; Lu Yin had been here three times already.
At this moment, there were no less than a hundred people in the plaza, both young and old. There was also a circle of people around them.
Lu Yin was surprised. Team Yi's subsidiary battle teams should have cultivators who cultivated battle force, domain, or spiritual force. If there were so many people in this small team, then how many people were there in Team Yi's subsidiary battle teams?
Twenty years ago, there weren't many cultivators in the Fifth Mainland who cultivated battle force, domain, or spiritual force. Even in the Astral Combat Academy, those who could cultivate battle force and domain were few and far between. In the Sixth Mainland, these two powers were considered hopeless, and no one was willing to cultivate them.
Who would have thought that these powers would become mainstream and could even be popularized?
It hadn't been easy for him to cultivate battle force back then, but there would be a day when it could be popularized.
"Join the team!" the person who had brought them here shouted.
Lu Yin and Xi Yue walked to the back of the hundred people.
The people looked at Xi Yue curiously; she was wrapped in black cloth and was very conspicuous.
Not long after, Lu Yin looked up and saw a figure fall from the sky and crash into the ground, causing the ground to shake. Violent battle force swept out, and many people were sent flying.
The newcomer was Xing Kai, and his battle force had reached nine lines.
Lu Yin was shocked. Nine-lined battle force was the peak twenty years ago, and it was only one step away from reaching Lu Yin's level. This was the result of Xing Kai's years of cultivation.
However, even if battle force was popularized, how could it be compared to astral sources?
Lu Yin had always been curious. Henxin cultivated battle force, domain, and spiritual force, and it was said that he had reached the peak. Then, how did he reach the strength of a half-ancestor?
Even an Enlighter who cultivated to the Warring States Period might not be able to compare to an Emissary who cultivated astral sources, let alone battle force reaching the level of a half-ancestor.
The only explanation was that battle force, domain, spiritual force, and spiritual force could all be cultivated to the same level as cultivators in the Astral Source Universe.
Xing Kai was already a cultivator of nine-lined battle force, so how did he reach the level of an Emissary, a power level of a million, and a half-ancestor?
Lu Yin was very curious.
With Xing Kai's current strength, he might not be able to fight against an ordinary Emissary.
"Those who were overturned will be eliminated," Xing Kai said in a low voice. His three-meter-tall body exerted a huge pressure, and as soon as he finished speaking, the nine-lined battle force on his body faded away, and six-lined battle force covered his entire body.
Lu Yin could not understand this scene.
"Everyone, use one-lined battle force and cover your entire body. Those who can last for five days will stay. Those who can't will be eliminated," Xing Kai announced loudly.
One-third of the participants had been overturned, and only sixty or so remained.
When they heard Xing Kai's words, they hurriedly covered themselves with one-lined battle force.
Lu Yin also covered himself with one-lined battle force, but he was filled with questions. Was this how the Three Ultimates Sky Gate cultivated battle force?
In the past, he had heard people say that one needed to maintain battle force for a longer period of time, but he had not paid much attention to it. No battle required battle force from start to finish, and he had mostly fought with star energy, so he had never considered maintaining battle force for a longer period of time.
Xing Kai had said that it would take five days, and many people who had just started cultivating battle force would not be able to succeed.
They were not the only ones, as Xing Kai himself maintained six-lined battle force and stood in the sword array plaza with everyone else. The cultivators from Team Yi's subsidiary teams also maintained their battle force, but some of them only had three lines, while others had two.
Less than half a day passed.
A few people could not hold on and were eliminated.
One day, two days later, almost half of them were eliminated. On the third day, even more people were eliminated.
They had all been able to cultivate four-lined battle force, which meant that they had some talent in battle force cultivation. However, they still could not maintain their one-lined battle force for too long.
He wanted to be like Xing Kai and see how long his six-lined battle force could last. However, that would be too high profile. Blackie had not even reached four-lined battle force yet. Even an idiot would be able to tell that something was amiss if he suddenly used six-lined battle force.
On the fifth day, there were less than ten people left in the sword array plaza.
Xi Yue persevered. She was already considered a genius, and she had been able to enter the Astral Combat Academy and receive the resources of the Souldream Tribe. Although her battle force had been stuck at four-lined battle force, her realm had steadily increased. Her starting point was much higher than the others here.
After five days, only six people remained. Aside from Lu Yin and Xi Yue, the other four were all youths. They were much younger than Blackie and could be considered part of the younger generation.
Youths were very malleable, and at their age, they did not know much about star energy cultivation. Judging from their clothes, their family backgrounds were not bad either. Perhaps they already knew that they had to pass this test to join Team Yi's subsidiary battle team.
They were not surprised by each other, but they were curious about Lu Yin and Xi Yue.
Xing Kai looked at the six and had someone arrange a place for them to stay. "We'll have to wait for Team Yi's final test before we can stay. Don't try to be clever."
The four youths gathered together to discuss something, and Lu Yin vaguely heard something about illusions and battle force entering one's body.
Lu Yin looked in the direction that Xing Kai had left, and his eyes flashed.
With Blackie's status, even if he joined Team Yi's subsidiary battle team for training, it would take a long time for him to come into contact with higher-level battle force or even the Warring States' cultivation methods. Lu Yin did not have that much time to wait.
The best way was to change his appearance.
After arriving at Sword Mountain, their accommodations were not much better than the wooden huts on the beach.
Lu Yin looked up at the sky. The most troublesome thing right now was the chaotic energy within his body. It had been completely messed up by a single sword, and he did not know how to recover it. It was difficult to control death energy, and his astral source was gone after being used. Even his Fatesand had melted.
Death energy, fate, and astral source were all mixed together.
He sighed and waited for a while. The sky was completely dark, and Lu Yin's figure flashed as he headed towards Xing Kai's location.
There was only one powerhouse with one origin tribulation in Sword Mountain, and this was determined by the number of rune lines. He did not know if that person was truly one, since he did not have an astral source.
That person was rather far away from Xing Kai.
Lu Yin easily arrived at Xing Kai's residence, which was next to the pond where Liu Qianjue liked to fish.
Xing Kai stood quietly in the pond. His height and six-lined battle force made him seem even more oppressive.
Unfortunately, in Lu Yin's eyes, he was not as strong as Wang Su and the others.
With a thump, Xing Kai collapsed. His six-lined battle force could not even defend against Lu Yin's attack.
Even if Xing Kai were to be given 20 more years, the gap between him and Lu Yin would still be insurmountable. Furthermore, he would not be able to train in Astral Source for the next 20 years. To a certain extent, he would not be able to make any progress.
Lu Yin took out Mount Supreme and tossed Xing Kai inside before following in.
Everyone in Mount Supreme watched as Xing Kai fell, and only Liu Shaoge recognized him.
Warlord Xing Kai?
Why did Lu Yin bring him here?