"That's impossible. Astral beasts below the Explorer realm wouldn't be able to capture him that easily. He's someone who's able to take on Zi Tie head-on, so he's qualified to be a war drummer. Where's his gadget?
You can't find their location? "
"Planet Conan has been embroiled in a series of battles, and all sorts of energies are mixed together. Gadgets are temporarily unusable."
Shui Chuanxiao stared at the screen helplessly.
After a while, Yao Gu left. He did not fight with Wen Sansi.
The female adjutant heaved a sigh of relief. Although Yao Gu and Wen Sansi were both of the younger generation, their strength was too terrifying. Once they started fighting, the border defenses would be in trouble. If a few Skymender's List powerhouses and the Ten Arbiters were involved as well, the border defenses would be even more difficult to defend. It was even possible that the previous defenses would be destroyed.
"Focus all of your efforts on finding Lu Yin. Also, don't let down your guard against those who are being controlled. I must find the location of that strange beast," Shui Chuanxiao said solemnly.
"Yes, Commander."
Lu Yin's guess had not been wrong; he was indeed still on Planet Conan, but he was too far away from his previous location.
The Void Wanderer had been about to tear open a spatial crack that would lead to the Astral Beast Domain, but it had been interrupted by Lu Yin. Although it had only been for an instant, it had still moved the Void Wanderer much further away from its original position.
Planet Conan was thousands of times larger than Earth to begin with. Even if it was just a slight deviation, the distance between them would still be far greater than the diameter of Earth.
Lu Yin walked through the desolate land, and there was not a single trace of green to be seen. Yellow sand filled the sky.
From time to time, strange beasts would run past. Lu Yin did not know if they were native to Planet Conan or if they had been brought here by the Void Wanderers.
He looked at his gadget. The signal had not been restored yet, so it was difficult for him to determine his location.
After an unknown amount of time, a spacecraft slowly traveled through the sky. Lu Yin was overjoyed, and just as he was about to take to the skies, a furious roar rang out. A giant beast leapt up from the ground and bit down on the spacecraft, tearing it apart at the waist. There was a violent explosion, and many people inside died instantly.
Lu Yin was infuriated, and he raised a hand to slap the beast. The beast's body was huge, but it was only a Limiteer, so it was instantly killed. Unfortunately, the spacecraft had been completely destroyed, and there were no survivors inside.
This was just a patrolling spaceship. It was small in size and had few people. Once it was attacked, it would be hard for it to survive.
Lu Yin searched for a long time but still couldn't find a way to contact him. His luck was really bad, as the spacecraft had been severely damaged.
Although they could not find the human base, the appearance of such a spaceship proved that the base was not far away. The surrounding area was within the detection range of the base, and the army would soon arrive to investigate.
Lu Yin had no intention of leaving, so he decided to wait by the wreckage.
A day passed by quickly, and Lu Yin found it strange. Logically speaking, if this place was within the detection range of the base, then the army should have detected him long ago. However, there was still no news. He looked around and remembered that the spacecraft had been heading west. He decided to try his luck.
Not long after, he smelled the stench of blood. His expression changed, and he immediately used Flash to flash across the void, reappearing hundreds of kilometers away. Looking around, he saw that the ground was covered in the corpses of exotic beasts and human soldiers, but most of them were badly mutilated.
His expression was ugly. A battle had just taken place here, and the human army had been completely annihilated. The remaining mutated beasts had taken away some of the humans as food, while the footprints continued to head west.
Intelligent mutated beasts wouldn't eat humans, while unintelligent mutated beasts would only eat the living. They wouldn't touch the dead. If someone was really taken away as food, those people would definitely still be alive.
Lu Yin didn't hesitate and chased after the footprints. He wasn't a good person, but he couldn't just watch as his fellow humans were eaten by mutated beasts. If possible, he would save them.
The messy footprints continued to head west. Many mutated beasts wouldn't leave after a fierce battle with the humans, as the humans would immediately destroy the Void Wanderers. Even if the beasts came, they wouldn't be able to escape. Only a few powerful mutated beasts could carry Void Wanderers with them and escape. The rest of the mutated beasts would wander around Planet Conan and continue fighting with the humans.
There were many mutated beasts roaming around Planet Conan, and some of them had even banded together to attack the humans. The entire planet was a battlefield, and the original lifeforms had long since been wiped out.
The messy footprints continued until they reached the bottom of a yellow mountain. Lu Yin investigated and confirmed that the mutated beasts had left through the ground. Just as he was about to enter the tunnel, the yellow mountain in front of him suddenly swayed. He turned around and saw a gigantic mutated beast that towered into the clouds. On the other side of this beast was a horde of countless mutated beasts, all of whom were staring at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's hair stood on end, and he felt a chill run down his spine as countless mutated beasts stared at him.
The gigantic beast that towered into the clouds swiped a claw at Lu Yin.
This mutated beast was very large, and although it was only a Limiteer, it was definitely not much easier to deal with than Zi Tie. Lu Yin's attacks had only dealt limited damage to it, and no matter how large the range of his attacks was, they had only scratched the beast's skin.
Boom!
The earth trembled as the beast roared. The sound waves shook the void, and the yellow earth distorted as countless amounts of soil condensed into a giant claw that swiped at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth and covered himself with five-lined battle force, causing a dark gold color to sweep through the sky. He used Flash to appear in front of the beast and viciously struck out with a Nine Stacks, Seventeenfold Shockwave Palm. This was one of his strongest attacks, and the combination of Nine Stacks and Seventeenfold Shockwave Palm was terrifying. Although the beast was huge, its defenses weren't that terrifying, and Lu Yin's palm pierced right through its body. Strangely, this mutated beast didn't have any blood, and its body was completely formed from soil. Wait, soil … Lu Yin suddenly thought of something and looked towards the horde of mutated beasts.
If he wasn't wrong, then this wasn't a mutated beast at all, but soil that had been formed by mutated beasts. Lu Yin had been shocked; how could such a huge mutated beast survive on Planet Conan without being discovered?
The giant mutated beast roared again, and its huge body charged towards Lu Yin.
Lu Yin frowned and used Sirius Palm to open a path, directly piercing through the beast's body. He then used Flash to tear through the void and appear in the sky above the captured soldiers.
The soldiers had already lost all hope, but when they saw Lu Yin appear, they became excited.
Lu Yin charged downwards, not using any battle techniques. Instead, he purely used his five-lined battle force to strengthen his strength. A strong gale swept across the ground and crushed countless mutated beasts.
The ground sank, and Lu Yin's power level was too high. Unless it was a space-exploring astral beast, ordinary mutated beasts weren't his match at all.
Just as Lu Yin was about to successfully rescue these people, he suddenly felt dizzy and his ears went deaf. An indescribably loud sound wave swept past him, coming from a palm-sized beast. At the same time, similar palm-sized beasts appeared from all directions, all of them emitting a strange sound wave at the same time.
This sound wave was much stronger than Liu Yin's attack, and it was extremely penetrative. Blood trickled down from the corner of Lu Yin's mouth, and his eyes turned red. His back had been struck, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Both of his palms struck out in front of him, destroying countless mutated beasts.
Lu Yin fell to the ground and turned around in shock. This group of mutated beasts was not simple, and they were much stronger than the ones that had attacked the two bases. This strange beast that could only injure him had appeared.
He had been one of the top four in the Astral Combat Tournament and was someone who could compete for the championship. With five-lined battle force, even the Ten Arbiters might not have been his match when they had been on the same level. Yet, he had actually been injured by a group of mutated beasts.
Many mutated beasts that Lu Yin had never seen before had appeared around him. There were very few of them, but their innate gifts were very strange. All of the mutated beasts that he had seen before were now trembling in fear.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and he clenched his fists. Sirius circulated around his body, and at that moment, he saw an invisible attack. Or rather, an invisible mutated beast. Its body was small and thin, but the attack that had severely injured him had come from it.
Bang!
Lu Yin's fist collided with the invisible mutated beast's, causing the ground to shatter and the surrounding mutated beasts to retreat. Lu Yin took one step back while the invisible mutated beast retreated seven steps. It stared at Lu Yin in shock, as it had not expected Lu Yin to be able to see it. Or perhaps, it had not expected Lu Yin to be able to block its attack.
What the hell?
Lu Yin was astonished. An invisible astral beast that could block his five-lined battle force and an astral beast that could produce a sound wave that could cause him to faint had actually managed to heavily injure him. How could there be such powerful astral beasts on Planet Conan?
The combination of these two mutated beasts was enough to ambush an Explorer.
With his body injured, Lu Yin immediately took out a set of Melder armor and put it on. He also swallowed some medicine, but the invisible mutated beast had suddenly attacked. It clearly did not want to give Lu Yin a chance to heal himself.
Lu Yin stood in place and did not move. The invisible mutated beast's claw reached into the range of Sirius's Art, and Lu Yin saw its movements clearly. He gently dodged to the side and grabbed the beast's right claw with his right hand while his left pressed against its abdomen. Sirius Palm caused stars to appear as he pressed down with his right hand, causing the invisible beast's entire body to be pressed into the ground while simultaneously withstanding the might of Sirius Palm.
Not everyone could withstand a nine-star Sirius Palm, especially when it had been reinforced with five-lined battle force. Even though the invisible mutated beast's defenses were extremely strong, its abdomen had still been pierced through by the palm. It roared, and the surrounding sound waves appeared once more. Lu Yin endured the intense pain in his head and struck the invisible beast's head again, shattering its skull. He then turned around and rushed into the giant mutated beast's body that had been formed from soil.
There were countless mutated beasts outside, and he was injured. There was no hope for him to save those people. Furthermore, those people had already been killed during his battle with the mutated beasts. These mutated beasts were much more ruthless than he had imagined.
He hid within the giant mutated beast's body and retracted his aura as he prepared to charge out of the beast horde.
At that moment, the giant mutated beast's body melted, and the soil collapsed as it sank into the ground.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and just as he was about to charge out, the sky was torn apart by an invisible attack. He immediately paused, as the sound waves were bombarding the sky one after another. If he charged out, he would definitely be struck by the sound waves, and he wasn't sure if he would be able to escape. This was not an attack that targeted his spiritual force, as the sound waves also affected his physical body and his brain.
What should he do?
Charge out?
Or not?
At that moment, Lu Yin touched something hard that had been exposed by the collapse of the soil. It was a giant carapace that had probably been shed by some mutated beast. Lu Yin's eyes lit up, and he turned around to hide within the carapace. He then retracted his aura, and when the soil had completely fallen to the ground, he took advantage of the rising dust to fling the carapace far away while he charged out in another direction.
The sound waves that could be seen with the naked eye bombarded the void and directly shattered the carapace. Lu Yin then used Flash to hide on the back of a living mutated beast. To be more precise, he hid within the beast's scales. This mutated beast was still alive, and its body emitted an unpleasant smell.