The Startoad gritted its teeth after hearing Hongyan Mavis' words. It thought for a moment and then looked at the people under the Endless Blades, but it still refused, "Don't try to tempt me. I'm definitely good friends with the Four Protectors, the kind that can even be sworn brothers. We don't even know how to do business, so why would I help you?
What a joke. "
Hongyan Mavis sneered, "Then you can look for it yourself. There are forbidden areas in the Mirage Domain, and even our master doesn't dare to step in. If you step in, you will either die or be crippled. If you want to explore them one by one, I guarantee that you will be a dead toad before you find the path to immortality."
The Startoad was furious, "You're the toad."
"Just a toad," Lu Yin mocked, using the Grand Empyrean's words.
These words completely enraged the Star Toad. It recalled how it was trampled under the feet of a Grand Empyrean in the Second Calamity Region, how it had participated in the battle with Lu Yuan and the others. Just thinking about this made it feel sullen and angry.
It couldn't wait to break through to the Eternal Realm. At that time, it would kill all of these fellows.
Hold on, it smiled slyly, "You humans will allow me to break through to the Eternal Realm?
What a joke, aren't you afraid that I'll break through? "
Hongyan Mavis said, "There are limits to the Eternal Realm. Although you're invincible, you won't be able to attack us easily. Of course, we won't attack you either. There are no absolute limits in the universe."
The Startoad fell into deep thought; it made sense.
Lu Yin felt strange; these were the words of the Primogenitor, but Hongyan Mavis was very good at using them. She had said them to him before, and now she was saying them to the Startoad.
The higher one's realm was, the more they would believe such words.
Tianfa's voice suddenly rang out, "Even if you're on the right path, we'll make sure that you have nowhere else to go."
The Startoad was horrified; Tianfa's threat made its entire body turn cold. Right, so what if it found the path to eternal life? The Four Protectors would attack it, and it would be killed before it could reach eternal life.
It shook its leaf and glared angrily at Lu Yin and Hongyan Mavis. "Lu Yin, Kai Hong, don't even think about tempting me! I'm the best friend of the Four Protectors, and I'm firmly on their side to protect the universe. I'm the future Fifth Protector."
Second Meng and Second Purple looked at each other and saw the strange look in each other's eyes. They were also trying their best to hold back their laughter. They saw a toad jumping around and squawking. It was even swinging its lotus leaves. That scene actually diluted their fear of this unknown place.
Only Second Kindness looked at the toad with fear in his eyes. This toad was terrifying.
Lu Yin sighed, "Star Toad, do you really think that Sky Law can leave this place alive?
The Protectors of the Four Directions can also die. "
"Shut up! You are not allowed to insult my friend!" The Star Toad roared.
The Star Toad shouted fiercely, but it had no intention of attacking at all. It simply allowed Tianfa and Lu Yin's group to exhaust each other. The Star Toad only wanted to stay as far away as possible. It didn't want to help Lu Yin's group, but it also didn't want to help Tianfa.
Lu Yin shook his head, "If even eternal life can't move you, then what about this?"
As he spoke, Lu Yin stepped backwards and dodged the blade. He then took out a pitchfork from his cosmic ring and threw it to the ground.
The pitchfork stabbed into the ground and waved in front of the Star Toad.
The Star Toad looked at the pitchfork with confusion, but then its eyes turned red. It finally roared in anger, "Where did you get my discarded weapon?!"
Lu Yin sneered, "Do you really think that we can't find your nest? Da Heng gave you a stone, right? Why do you think I gave it to him?"
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The Star Toad glared at Da Heng.
Da Heng was stunned. What did this have to do with him?
Lu Yin had schemed against Da Heng and sent him to the Endless Battlefield. That incident had nothing to do with the Star Toad, but he had schemed against both Luo Shan and Da Heng. In the end, he had given Da Heng a stone to appease him.
This was because Lu Yin had given Da Heng a stone of his own, and it didn't matter since the stones needed to be pieced together to find the way to the mirage domain.
However, Lu Yin had learned the real way to enter the mirage domain from Hei Wushen. He wanted to drag the Star Toad in to deal with Tianfa, but he also needed to think of a way to force the Star Toad to help him deal with Tianfa. At this time, he thought of the stone fragment that he had given Da Heng.
Stones were naturally formed in the universe, and because they had been broken, every stone had a different shape.
Lu Yin used the compass to think of the stone that he had given Da Heng and found the Star Toad's nest. He was lucky that Da Heng had given the stone to the Star Toad, or else he wouldn't have been able to find it.
This was the most important step in his scheme against the Star Toad.
The Star Toad was too cunning, and after living for so long, it knew everything. Lu Yin knew from the way it had treated Tianen the Butterfly in the First Calamity Domain that he couldn't force it to do anything. Now, he wanted to destroy its nest and take all of its treasures. This was the most important step in forcing the Star Toad to help him. Of course, there was no guarantee that he would succeed. It all depended on how much the Star Toad cared about its treasures.
Even if he failed, it didn't matter. He could just leave the mirage and think of another way to deal with the Guardians.
The Guardians were like mountains that couldn't be bypassed. If he didn't deal with them, he would never be able to deal with the Eternals. Even if he had to face both the Guardians and the Eternals at the same time, Lu Yin didn't hesitate to take a gamble. This was the only way to deal with Tianfa.
There was only one chance to surround and kill Tianfa.
There were many times when cultivators needed to take risks, and Lu Yin was no exception. Every level had its own dangers, and the Guardians had to be dealt with.
They were dissatisfied with the humans, and they had plotted against the Progenitors, killed the Desolate Ancestor, and forced the humans to stop the war. Lu Yin couldn't forgive them for their actions.
This was an encirclement, and Lu Yin was prepared for an all-out war with the Guardians.
Lu Yuan and the others were also prepared. The humans would face many difficulties, but they would eventually overcome them.
The Star Toad went crazy when it saw the pitchfork. Its nostrils flared, and its body turned multicolored. With the pitchfork in its hand and the skull around its neck, it leapt towards Lu Yin, "You thief!"
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed as he stared at the Star Toad, "I'm going to sell your collection for cheap. This is the worst deal you've ever made in your life."
"I want you dead!" The Star Toad's body suddenly expanded, and it gripped its pitchfork tightly as it stabbed towards Lu Yin.
Hongyan Mavis clenched her fist, and the trees on the ground grew rapidly to block the Star Toad's path. The Star Toad's pitchfork pierced through the trees and stabbed towards Lu Yin.
"You failed. Retreat!" Hongyan Mavis shouted.
Lu Yin stared at the Star Toad, and the Star Toad stared back at him. Its eyes were unprecedentedly fierce and emotionless; it was clearly a wild beast that had gone berserk.
The pitchfork brushed past Lu Yin's scalp, drawing a line of blood.
Elder Shan Gu was shocked, "Headmaster!"
Lu Yin could feel the chilling murderous intent from the pitchfork, but it wasn't aimed at him. It was aimed at the endless blades behind him — Tianfa.
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The Star Toad was finally convinced. Or rather, in its stubbornness, its collection was more important than the path to immortality.
Lu Yin had made the right bet. The Star Toad was trying to survive Bitter Adversity. Bitter Adversity was the toad's stubbornness towards its business gains. It would never give up no matter what happened, and this was the Star Toad's greatest obstacle.
The Grand Empyrean wanted to kill the only True God in Bitter Adversity.
The Startoad had to complete every single transaction perfectly in order to survive this ordeal. It had been willing to give up on Lu Yin's last-minute price increases to deal with the Eternals rather than betray the integrity of its business. This was its ordeal, and it had been trying to survive it all this time.
Compared to the illusory path to immortality, surviving Bitter Adversity on its own was more realistic.
It had been through this Bitter Adversity for far, far too many years. Even if all of the Protectors were here and Lu Yin was holding them hostage, it would still take action, let alone Tianfa.
This was a creature's instinct.
The multicolored Star Toad raised its pitchfork and stabbed at Tianfa. This was something that even Tianfa hadn't expected.
Despite the endless blades blocking its path, the pitchfork still managed to pierce through the blood-red liquid, tearing through the void and shattering everything in its path.
The other end of the pitchfork emerged from the blood-red liquid. Lu Yin, Hongyan Mavis, Elder Dan Gu, and Second Anima were all watching.
A spear of heaven appeared in front of Tianfa and stabbed towards the Star Toad, "You're courting death!"
The Star Toad's eyes turned sinister, "Friend, don't blame me. I have no other choice."
It slapped the end of the pitchfork, causing it to sweep forward and break the spear of heaven. The Star Toad quickly retreated, but found that it couldn't move. Tianfa had used Time Chains to imprison it.
The Star Toad was horrified. What the hell?
Hongyan Mavis stepped on the Star Toad's head and punched at Tianfa. The terrifying punch landed outside the blood-red liquid, but it was still ineffective.
The spear of heaven and the blade of earth appeared at the same time. The spear and blade intersected and overlapped, forming something that resembled both a spear and a blade as it stabbed towards Hongyan Mavis, the Star Toad, and Lu Yin.
The void around Hongyan Mavis distorted as a large tree rose from the ground to block her front. It was the Mavis Divine Tree, and the imprint on it glowed brightly.
The overlapping spear and blade stabbed into the Mavis Divine Tree in an attempt to penetrate it.
Blood flowed from the corner of Hongyan Mavis' mouth as she forcefully used the Divine Tree to suppress the spear and blade.
The light in the sky dimmed as the land pressed down. Lu Yin had taken action to suppress Tianfa.
"Do you really think you can reverse Tianfa?"
Tianfa's voice was low as it allowed the land to fall. In the end, it landed on top of Tianfa, but it didn't harm it at all.
"It's a sequence law. It's in the Primordial realm, so the laws can't get close to it. However, the sequence law it controls is extremely powerful." Hongyan Mavis gritted her teeth.
Their attacks had all been nullified by Tianfa's sequence law. Even now, they still didn't know what kind of sequence law Tianfa possessed.
With a thump, the Star Toad finally broke free from the Time Chains. It was only because the spear and blade had been trapped by the Mavis Divine Tree that it would have been unable to break free.
With a strange cry, the Star Toad raised its hand, and the pitchfork returned to its hand. It then viciously charged at Tianfa and stabbed down, causing the void to tremble. The shockwave spread out and turned into a sharp aura that seemed like the end of the world.
The Second Bone's group was shocked, and they hurriedly blocked the attack.
Da Heng was bitter; he was getting closer and closer to death in such a battlefield.