Lu Yin felt his scalp go numb, as Cheng Kong had set his sights on him again. He didn't care about Jiang Qingyue at all, perhaps because he didn't want to provoke the Lightning Lord. As for the Dragon Turtle, he hadn't attacked either, probably because he felt that it was useless. The Dragon Turtle's healing power was too strong, and he definitely had a way to protect himself.
Not only was Cheng Kong watching him, but he also didn't want Lu Yin to attack. Cheng Kong had seen the entire battle with the Corpse King, and he knew that Lu Yin had a way to escape.
"You must die," an overlapping voice rang out in Lu Yin's ears.
It was Cheng Kong's voice.
"Despicable person," the Dragon Turtle roared.
Jiang Qingyue closed her eyes and sensed.
Lu Yin continuously used the power from his heart, and whenever he did so, Cheng Kong would attack, not giving him a chance to tear through the void. The Corpse King's attacks were forceful, but Cheng Kong was all-pervasive. His attacks were faster and more ruthless than the Corpse King's. Against the Corpse King, Lu Yin had a chance to escape, but against Cheng Kong, he had no chance at all.
Lu Yin opened his eyes and looked at the chaotic spatial lines, "Senior Dragon Turtle, how much longer can you hold on?"
The Dragon Turtle was in pain, "The main thing is that the Corpse King is too strong. I can't hold on for much longer."
Lu Yin frowned, as he had to think of a solution as soon as possible.
"Don't listen to him, he can hold on for a long time," Jiang Qingyue suddenly said, "He also knows the Absolute Fusion Haki that covers his shell. Even Father said that it's hard to break through."
"Little Yueyue, just because it's hard doesn't mean it's impossible. What if the Seven Skygods come? Cheng Kong is here, and you know how sinister that guy is."
Lu Yin suddenly moved away from where he was standing. Cheng Kong had been watching him the entire time, not giving him any chance to escape. He had to find a flaw in Cheng Kong's defenses and give him a split second to escape. As long as he could escape, the crisis would naturally be resolved.
"Cheng Kong, do you still remember Tu Shuangshuang?"
No one answered, and Cheng Kong didn't say anything either.
"She's in my hands."
"I was the one who ruined your plan, and I was also the one who exposed Yunwu. I've already found a way to distinguish between illusion and illusion."
Lu Yin suddenly took Tu Shuangshuang out of his cosmic ring and tossed her to one side. He didn't hesitate to use the power from his heart, but danger quickly followed, and he had no choice but to dodge.
Tu Shuangshuang looked around blankly, "Where is this?"
She looked at Lu Yin and saw the bubble as well. She was overjoyed. "Master, is that you, Master? Master!" There was a thump as her head exploded as a formless energy obliterated her.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. This was Cheng Kong's move, and he had not hesitated to kill his own disciple. This was the way of the Eternals.
Jiang Qingyue stabbed out with her sword, but she missed.
"Forget it, Little Yueyue. You can feel Cheng Kong's breathing, but the difference between the two of you is too great. How can you hurt him? Your movements are countless times slower in his eyes," said the Dragon Turtle.
Outside, the mutants continued to ask the Dragon Turtle to take Jiang Qingyue away. This matter had nothing to do with them.
However, the Dragon Turtle's shell remained stuck there for several days.
Jiang Qingyue was right; the tortoise's shell was very tough. The Dragon Tortoise did not even need to use its purplish-black substance to block the attacks from the outside. If not for Cheng Kong's watch, Lu Yin would have left long ago.
"I advise you to scram. The Lightning Lord already knows that we're in danger. When the Lightning Lord comes, no one will be able to save you," the Dragon Turtle threatened.
The mutant was afraid of Lu Yin, so he moved even faster. He had to kill Lu Yin.
Cheng Kong was also determined to kill Lu Yin.
This trap had been set up flawlessly. If not for Jiang Qingyue and the Dragon Turtle, Lu Yin definitely would not have survived. This was a trap that had been set up many years ago, and now that it had succeeded, how could they give up?
Lu Yin continued to stare at it.
Once the spatial lines stabilized, he would try to tear through the void and leave. He could not wait for death here, or else he did not believe that the tortoise shell would be able to withstand one or two of the Seven Skygods.
Eh, what's that?
Lu Yin stared in one direction. He was looking at the spatial lines. His gaze pierced through the tortoise shell and looked into the distance. The spatial lines there were outside the range of the sourcebox array, so they should be stable.
However, he saw the spatial lines sink in, then protrude, then sink, and protrude again. It was as if someone was walking on them.
He immediately became vigilant. If someone was walking on them, then the first person he thought of was the Witch Spirit God. If the Witch Spirit God came, then things would be troublesome.
When he thought of this, he hurriedly walked to the edge of the tortoise shell and looked into the distance. He saw the starry sky above the spatial lines, but what was not visible to others was a large tree. It was the tree that had escaped.
That tree was actually here, and it seemed to be passing by?
Danger descended, and Cheng Kong attacked. Lu Yin dodged once again and had the dragon turtle charge in the direction that the tree was passing by.
The dragon turtle was helpless. "I can't leave. I can only block it. If I could leave, I would have done so long ago."
Lu Yin took out a Lotus Treasure. "Use this."
The dragon turtle was astonished.
Not long after, a Grade Four Lotus Treasure blocked the tortoise shell. The dragon turtle charged in the direction that Lu Yin had pointed out. Inside the tortoise shell, Lu Yin had also given a Lotus Treasure to Jiang Qingyue. Relying on the Grade Four Lotus Treasure, Lu Yin did not care about Cheng Kong's attacks. He just grabbed the tortoise shell and headed in a certain direction while Lu Yin led the way.
Cheng Kong did not know what Lu Yin was trying to do, but he did not hesitate to attack. There was definitely something wrong with Lu Yin's sudden change.
The Grade Four Lotus Treasure could only withstand one attack from Cheng Kong. Lu Yin had a total of twelve Lotus Treasures on him, and Jiang Qingyue had already used one, so he still had eleven left. Now, he gave one to Jiang Qingyue, gave six to the dragon turtle, and used four for himself. He could only withstand four of Cheng Kong's attacks while the dragon turtle could withstand the six attacks from the outside.
It was impossible for any of the Lotus Treasures to bring them back to the Hexagon Training Hall. Even they themselves could not find a parallel space-time within the sourcebox array, let alone an inanimate object.
The dragon turtle's body was huge, and each time it moved, it would cover a great distance.
In outer space, the Grade Four Lotus Treasure continued to bloom. Within the tortoise shell, Lu Yin's body also continued to bloom with lotus flowers.
When the dragon turtle moved three times, Lu Yin shouted, "Come out!" He then endured Cheng Kong's fourth attack and charged out of the tortoise shell. He grabbed at the invisible void and grabbed onto a tree branch.
The tree that had been wandering around in space was like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on. It jumped in fright and frantically fled.
Lu Yin grabbed Jiang Qingyue, and the dragon turtle shrank and landed on Jiang Qingyue's shoulder. It was then dragged away by the tree.
The tree was also exposed, and the mutants and the Eternals saw it.
"That's the tree?"
One of the mutants cried out.
The tree shook its branches and fled in a certain direction. Its branches frantically whipped around, trying to throw Lu Yin and the others off.
The mutants roared, "After it!"
Just as they were about to give chase, the tree disappeared again.
Lu Yin did not dare to move about recklessly in the void, but the tree was different. This thing was constantly moving through space and was adept at escaping. It had been fine for so many years, so it should be fine if they were dragged along by it. He was also curious as to where the people that had been taken away by the tree had gone.
The sourcebox array could not stop the tree, and the mutants and the Corpse Kings' attacks were also deflected by the tree's branches.
The tree was fearless in all sorts of battlefields, and it had even been able to take away a few people in a battle where the Seven Skygods had participated.
In the blink of an eye, the tree was gone.
The mutants stared blankly. "Why did that tree appear?"
Not too far away, the two Corpse Kings stood in place. They could not catch up, and they could not even see where the tree was. Even if they did, it would be useless.
"It's fine to be taken away by the tree," Cheng Kong's voice rang out, and it sounded like several voices overlapping each other.
The mutants heard this, but they could not see where Cheng Kong was either. Their eyes flickered.
How could Cheng Kong not be able to kill Lu Yin after staying in the tortoise shell for a few days?
They did not believe it.
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At the same time, in the void, Lu Yin clung tightly to the tree branch. He did not know if Cheng Kong and the rest of the Eternals had caught up, but he did not have the time to check. At the very least, he could not be shaken off by the tree.
However, the tree seemed to have gone mad and wanted to shake them off.
"This is the tree that the old master was looking for," the Dragon Turtle was shocked.
Lu Yin was astonished. "The Lightning Master is looking for it?"
"Capture it and give it to the old master," the Dragon Turtle said excitedly.
When the tree heard this, it became even more frenzied and waved its branches around. At the same time, flames blossomed from the branches like a blooming flower, beautiful yet dangerous.
Lu Yin looked at the slowly blooming flames. What's this?
"Let go," the Dragon Turtle grabbed Lu Yin and quickly retreated. The three of them left the tree, and the tree branch that Lu Yin had just grabbed also blossomed with flames. If he had been one step slower, he would have been touched by the flames.
The burning tree quickly disappeared as it ran away in a rather pathetic manner.
Lu Yin and the other two also fell down and landed on a meteorite.
Lu Yin stared into the distance, but the tree had already disappeared.
"Fortunately, we were one step faster, or else you would have been finished. The old master warned you not to touch those flames." The Dragon Turtle felt a lingering fear. "It's a pity that we couldn't catch it."
"You scared it," Jiang Qingyue understood.
The Dragon Turtle was helpless. "How would I have known that it would be so cowardly? It could have crossed the battlefield and feared no one, but it was abnormally cowardly. What a strange tree."
Lu Yin looked at his hand. Those flames should have been the flames that had burned the Book of Destiny. The book had burned because he had wanted to investigate Immemorial City.
He had thought that those flames had come from Immemorial City, but since they had come from this tree, then this tree must be related to Immemorial City.
He then thought back to what the Undying God had said: Ce Wangtian had tricked the Netherworld Ancestor and gone to Immemorial City.
The tree had also taken Ce Wangtian, the Netherworld Ancestor, and the others away during the Battle of Jiu He in the Third Mainland.
It was not hard to guess that this tree could bring people to Immemorial City.
That also explained why the Lightning Master was looking for it. The Lightning Master also wanted to go to Immemorial City.
What kind of place was Immemorial City?
Mister Mu, the Lightning Master, and the powerhouses of the Above Heaven Sect all wanted to go.
What about the Grand Empyreans?
Did they want to go to Immemorial City?
They should be able to go.
What did the Eternals think of Immemorial City?
The more he understood about this universe, the more doubts he had. It was as if a group of people had covered up the truth.
"This isn't the Sixth Mainland," the Dragon Turtle said. "But it's not dangerous."
Jiang Qingyue looked at Lu Yin. "Sorry."
Lu Yin was puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Jiang Qingyue apologized, "I was the one who led you to the trap."
Lu Yin laughed. "It has nothing to do with you. This is a trap that the Eternals set for me. I would have gone there regardless of whether you were there or not. On the contrary, it's because of you that I'm safe."
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