Another person pointed at the Star Toad with one hand, and the void shrank as he controlled space.
The three were all experts. Although they were not Sequence Law Realm powerhouses, they were not weak in the Progenitor realm.
However, they were still far from the Star Toad.
The Star Toad merely swung its lotus leaves and destroyed their attacks. An unparalleled power slammed into them, sending them flying and causing them to cough up blood.
Their hearts sank, knowing that they had encountered an expert. Even Sequence Law Realm powerhouses might not be able to easily injure them, but the Star Toad could. This made them think that it was above the Sequence Law Realm.
They had never seen such a creature in the previous two wars. A toad?
The three fell to the ground, unable to move. They could only look at the Star Toad in fear.
The Star Toad returned to its original size and held a lotus leaf in its hand. The copper coin on its neck made a crisp sound as it grinned and stared at the three. "How dare you trespass in my territory? Are you courting death?"
A quarter of an hour later, the Star Toad was dumbfounded.
How could this be? How could this be?
That bastard Lu Yin was truly a troublemaker.
These three were all spiritualized cultivators. After the battle at the border of the Tian Yuan Universe, they had seen Palace Mistress Yao get captured and the president and Bao Qi flee, so they had fled as well.
The three had joined forces, but they were not too eye-catching powerhouses. Furthermore, there had been people around to block some attacks for them. They had successfully escaped and arrived at the Deep Swamp Spacetime, where they had discovered the Star Toad's lair.
They were unlucky to have chosen to hide in the Star Toad's lair.
The woman had discovered the Star Toad not because of her strength, but because the Star Toad belonged to this universe. Its aura was too sensitive to them, and they would have been discovered if they had approached it.
The moment they had discovered the Star Toad, they might have been able to escape. The Star Toad had been cautious and had approached them secretly because it was afraid that the three belonged to the Above Heavens. It might not have dared to attack them directly.
However, the woman had attacked, so the Star Toad had no choice but to attack and suppress the three.
The three's hearts turned cold. They had been caught by a toad.
The Star Toad's heart was even colder than theirs.
The Eternals were gone, and the Above Heavens — no, the Tian Yuan Universe's enemy had become a spiritualized universe.
The Star Toad had finally understood the Tian Yuan Universe's current situation.
It finally understood why Lu Yin had not allowed it to stay in the mirage domain. The Tian Yuan Universe was facing an unprecedented crisis, and that bastard Lu Yin wanted it to help.
If it had known that this would happen, it would never have left the Mirage Domain. Wasn't that just courting death?
The Star Toad was a creature that was adept at avoiding disasters. It could move between the Eternals and the humans without offending anyone. It wanted to do business with different creatures.
Secretly, it would help whoever was in a weaker position.
Whether it was the One True God or the Grand Empyrean, none of them had noticed. It was simply too cautious.
He hadn't expected to be played by Lu Yin one day.
It was vexed; it should have been more careful. Lu Yin's attitude towards it was clearly different from before. If there were no external enemies, why would he let it go so easily?
He did not even want to settle Mr. Daheng's debt.
"Senior?" asked the woman from the group of three.
The Star Toad glared at him. "What?"
The woman was fearful, afraid that she would be swallowed by the Star Toad. "The strength of our spiritualized universe far surpasses that of the Heaven Origin Universe. We have the Upper Extreme and Lower Heaven Beyond Heaven, the supreme techniques of the ten base sequences, the God Governing Mountain, the Gate of Various Techniques, and so on.
This is a place where countless experts gather. "
The Star Toad suddenly moved in front of the woman. Its large face was filled with malevolence, and its body was multicolored. Its ferocious aura soared into the sky, and it was filled with bloodthirst and rage. "Are you threatening me?"
The woman was terrified. "I wouldn't dare to threaten you, senior. It's just that our spiritualized universe likes to accept experts like you. Even our mortal enemy, the Consciousness Universe, has lifeforms. If you are willing to join our spiritualized universe, with your strength, you can compete for the position of Sang Tian. You will become an existence second only to the Upper Extreme and Lower God Governing Mountain."
The Star Toad stared at the woman and did not speak.
Beside the woman, a man swallowed. "Sang Tian's position in our spiritualized universe is unimaginable. Countless people compete for it. As long as the Supreme Extreme does not appear, Sang Tian is the ruler. Sang Tian is only below one person and above countless others."
"Our God Governing Mountain has experts who have crossed the Bitter Adversity to compete for the position of Sang Tian. With your strength, you can definitely compete for it. As for the Heaven Origin Universe, regardless of whether you help or not, it will definitely be reactivated. The difference between the Heaven Origin Universe and our spiritualized universe is too great," the woman continued.
The Star Toad's eyes moved and swept across the three people.
The three were terrified, and a chill ran down their spines.
After a while, the Star Toad exhaled, and the stench almost made the three vomit.
It grinned. "You three are really stupid. If the spiritualized universe is really that strong, why would the three of you try to recruit me?
You even said that I can compete for the position of Sang Tian?
If the three of you can see that I can compete for the position of Sang Tian, then it's fine if you don't join this spiritualized universe. But if it's just your words, then you don't have the qualifications. "
After saying that, the lotus leaf swept across the three people, and their faces paled. Their vision darkened, and they lost consciousness.
After an unknown amount of time, the three people opened their eyes one after another, and they saw black gas everywhere. This was the aura of death. The Star Toad had sent them to the Above Heaven Sect.
It was not that the Star Toad was unwilling to join the spiritualized universe, but whether or not it would join would depend on the spiritualized universe's strength. From the looks of it, the Above Heaven Sect still had the advantage, and even if it joined, these three Progenitors would not be qualified to recruit it. At the very least, they would need a Primordial Realm expert.
Now that it had sent these three to the Above Heaven Sect, it was expressing its stance and telling Lu Yin not to cause trouble for it.
The Star Toad had also thought things through. Find the Only True God?
That was impossible. Even if it could find the Only True God, it would not do so. It understood the Only True God better than anyone else. That guy was as unfathomable as the sea, and the further it was from him, the better. Otherwise, there was no guarantee that it would not fall into that guy's trap.
In the Star Toad's heart, the Only True God was still a greater threat than Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had relied on the help of many people, and the Only True God was invincible.
Elsewhere, Lu Yin had arrived at the border of the Tian Yuan Universe and was looking outside the stone door.
Mister Mu was here as well.
He had to keep an eye on Meng Sang. Firstly, he wanted to learn how to create the springboard. Secondly, he wanted to keep an eye on Meng Sang and prevent her from using it to escape. If he destroyed the springboard while he was at it, then it would not be worth it. Not only would he not be able to avenge the massacre of Astral-10, but he would also be giving Meng Sang a piece of information for nothing.
"Master, how is it?" Lu Yin asked.
Mister Mu looked at Meng Sang outside the stone door. "I can't learn it. He added too many tricks when creating the springboard. After all, he's an expert at Ku Ah's level, so even I can't see through it."
Lu Yin frowned. If even Mister Mu could not learn it, then it would be even more impossible for others, including himself.
Although Mister Mu's strength had greatly decreased, his eyesight was not inferior to anyone's, including Primogenitor Tai Chu.
"It should be done soon. Although I can't learn it, I can roughly see the purpose of this astrological phenomenon. It uses the current universe as a spring to tear apart everything in it.
The stronger one is, the greater the area of the universe that is torn apart, and the greater the force of the spring. "
Lu Yin sighed in admiration. "This is a vision that transcends the universe. We live in the universe, and if we didn't see this astrological phenomenon, we would not have thought of using the universe as a spring."
"Fortunately, this is an astrological phenomenon. If it was man-made, then this person would definitely surpass the universe."
Mister Mu's tone was grave. "It might not be man-made."
Lu Yin was shocked. "What do you mean?"
Mister Mu looked at Lu Yin. "The spiritualized universe is so afraid of the springboard, but it's not just a guess. They must have discovered something, or else they would not be so afraid."
Lu Yin's eyes flashed. "Eternal Life Realm?"
Mister Mu shook his head. "I don't know. It should be that Master Grass who discovered something. At his level, he can skip the universe and look at the world. It's not impossible to use the universe as a spring, but since he was the one who discovered the springboard, there's a high chance that it was created by another powerful creature."
"The spiritualized universe itself has a sense of danger."
Lu Yin looked at Meng Sang. "I hope it's just a sense of danger."
He thought of the Immortal Master behind the hive and the existence that had destroyed Mister Mu's universe. Was it really just a sense of danger?
There was more than one fisherman in this universe. The Immortal Master's bait had already fallen into the Tian Yuan Universe, and Master Grass was the same. Who else could it be?
When one reached the Eternal Life Realm, all common sense would lose its meaning.
When Lu Yin had just started cultivating on Earth, how could he have imagined that a creature that transcended common sense like a hive would one day appear?
It was born with great strength and endless numbers, and it could even give birth to Qing Xian. This was the power of the Eternal Life Realm.
Master Grass had unified the spiritualized universe's cultivation method and created the foundation of the sequence. Was this not a power that transcended common sense?
The Tian Yuan Universe would never have thought that sequence particles could be fixed and used to create foreign objects.
The Eternal Life Realm surpassed the universe, so they could use the universe as a spring. This was a difference in vision and structure. Unless they jumped out of the universe's limits, they would never be able to catch up to the Eternal Life Realm.
"Based on the universe plane involved in the springboard made by Meng Sang and the strength of the spring, I can roughly estimate the distance. Based on the distance that the first wave of people from the spiritualized universe reached the Tian Yuan Universe, his springboard can only jump one-tenth of the distance," Mister Mu said.
Lu Yin nodded. "One-tenth. This means that if he jumps according to the springboard's strongest strength, each jump will take one-tenth of the time, which is about a year. Adding the time needed to make the springboard, it will take three years. That's not right. Bao Qi and the others arrived in ten years. We used the springboard, which means that it will take them 40 years to reach the springboard, not the spiritualized universe."
"Yes, it will take him two years to make the springboard. We can't rule out the possibility that he's trying to confuse us," Mister Mu said.
Lu Yin nodded. "Thirty years. Thirty years to reach the springboard. If he uses it to return to the spiritualized universe, it will take him 40 years. If he doesn't use the springboard and continues to make it himself, it will take him double the time, which is 60 years."
"Meng Sang is cunning. Even if he can depart from here, he might not jump according to the maximum distance. He might land halfway and not let us find him. The time taken will increase. We still have to learn how to make the springboard to be at ease."
Mister Mu laughed. "In order to get past the stone door, he kept looking for people to test it. This kind of person is very cautious. It won't be easy to get the method to make it."
"Then we'll force him." Lu Yin looked outside the stone door and shouted, "Meng Sang."