The white magma's body protruded like a hedgehog, but it couldn't be pierced. The next moment, the needles bounced off and scattered in all directions.
Crystal Fall, ineffective.
Light sprinkled down, reflecting the weapons.
Ineffective.
The royal ship released all kinds of attacks, some of which weren't even qualified to be used on the battlefield against an Eternal, but they were still released. They had no choice but to look for the white magma's weakness.
However, the white magma seemed to have no weakness. No matter how they attacked, they couldn't break it, tear it apart, shake it back, or kill it.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed as he recalled the scene he had seen in the Devouring Universe. Another Eternal had been surrounded by the white magma and couldn't escape. In terms of defense, the white magma was much more powerful than it looked, and its speed was also abnormally fast. It was as if it was capturing creatures.
What the hell was this?
During the chase, a civilization appeared in Lu Yin's field of vision. The oval light directly entered that civilization's universe and then shuttled out, not caring about the damage its attacks would cause to that universe.
Suddenly, the white magma disappeared.
Lu Yin's eyelids twitched. Impossible! He had been staring at the white magma, and it couldn't have disappeared unless it had teleported.
The next moment, the white magma reappeared on the other side of that universe, in front of the oval light.
No one had expected it to appear so suddenly, and its speed was no different from teleportation.
Lu Yin's eyes flickered as he stared at the scene. How could this be?
Only Xian Ling and the Lu family knew how to teleport. How could the white magma know how to do it as well?
But if it wasn't teleportation, how could it explain what had just happened?
Lu Feiyang was stunned. "Ancestor, this …?"
Lu Yin frowned. The white magma was about to come into contact with him.
At the same time, alarms kept ringing in the royal ship. The sudden appearance of the white magma was unexpected. Crystal Fall was released immediately, but other than piercing the white magma into a hedgehog, it had no effect.
Finally, the white magma passed through all kinds of attacks and arrived in front of the oval light. It adhered, grew, and devoured it.
The light dimmed and was covered by white. The universe seemed to darken.
It was over.
Lu Feiyang looked into the distance. That technological civilization was finished.
He couldn't help but look at Lu Yin. What kind of monster was this white magma?
It didn't seem easy to deal with. Could the Ancestor deal with it?
Although the white lava had withstood Wandering's attacks, it did not mean that it had won. Some creatures were more adept at attacking or defending, such as Hairy Er.
If he remembered correctly, one of the two Eternal Life Realms who had swallowed the universe had escaped.
The two Eternal Life Realm experts were the most ordinary Eternal Life Realm experts. If one of them could escape, it meant that the white magma's attack power might not be very strong.
The universe dimmed, and the oval-shaped radiance was covered. However, the trajectory didn't change, and it headed straight for the predetermined path. It was just that its speed had decreased.
Within the royal ship, an alarm rang out in the ears of all the lifeforms present. It was the same alarm that had sounded when Lu Yin had used his tri-colored divine power transformation.
"How much longer can our defenses last?" That Highness asked.
"Your Highness, according to this creature's attack power, it should be able to last for a long time."
"How long exactly?"
"As long as the enemy doesn't increase the intensity of their attacks, it should be enough for us to return to the Empire."
That majesty was astonished. He had already given up all hope. Even though they wouldn't die, the destruction of this ship would be a great loss to the empire.
But no.
This white magma wasn't that strong. He had thought that it would be able to withstand Wandering's attacks and destroy the royal ship's defenses, but it seemed that this wasn't the case.
"Of course, it will take a long time to return to the empire. This creature is dragging us in a certain direction. If we have enough resources, we can follow the predetermined path. But if we run out of resources, we can only be dragged by this creature."
"Communicate with it."
"Yes."
A voice came from the royal ship, trying to communicate with the white magma, but it didn't respond at all.
That Highness didn't give up either. In their current situation, they could only communicate with it. Otherwise, their resources would be exhausted before they returned to the empire. Once that happened, they would be finished.
Their only thought was to contact the empire and ask for support.
However, the royal ship couldn't move the white magma. Even if the empire sent reinforcements, it would be useless unless they sent out an imperial ship. The importance of an imperial ship was far greater than that of a royal ship. The empire would rather give up on a royal ship than take the risk of sending one.
The technological civilization tried to communicate with the white magma, and Lu Yin kept an eye on it.
After a while, the royal ship slowly moved away from that civilization.
Lu Yin took the stone golem and Lu Feiyang and teleported to that civilization to investigate. He wanted to know how the white magma had traveled from one end of the civilization to the other. It wasn't as simple as traveling across an entire civilization. It was still quite a distance away, and it should have traveled several years to reach the Eternal Realm. It wasn't simple at all.
Currently, this civilization was very ordinary, and it hadn't even developed cultivation. The creatures inside were living by instinct.
Lu Yin studied it for a while and finally understood.
A tributary of the River of Time.
The white magma's movement path was connected to a tributary of the River of Time. It didn't move by mere inches, but rather by this tributary of the universe's River of Time. It used the flow of time to instantly travel from one end of the civilization to the other. As long as it was within the range of this tributary, it could move at will.
This wasn't the power of time, but rather the power of space. It used space to locate time, which was somewhat similar to Lu Yin's use of space to chase after time. However, one focused more on the movement of space, while the other focused more on the flow of time.
After understanding this, Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief.
As long as it wasn't teleportation, it was fine.
However, this method of movement was quite impressive. The white unknown could open a portal in the main stream of the River of Time, and this white magma could move along the tributary. Could there be some connection between the two?
The white unknown and the white magma, in terms of strength, were obviously impossible, but there was no guarantee that there was some connection between the two.
Lu Yin looked into the distance, growing even more curious.
Following that, he chased after the technological civilization and the white magma. Their speed became very slow, and both sides were dragging each other back and forth. However, in the end, the technological civilization couldn't outlast the white magma. After all, their resources were limited.
Now, it was up to them to see how they could escape from the white magma.
Suddenly, the two entangled parties changed directions and headed in another direction, which was the direction the white magma had been dragging them along.
Lu Yin was shocked. What did this mean?
Giving up so quickly?
Did they run out of resources?
Since the oval light wasn't dragging them along, the white magma moved at an extremely fast speed in the direction it wanted to go.
"Ancestor, the technological civilization has lost," Lu Feiyang said.
The stone golem couldn't see them at all. They were too far away, and Lu Yin didn't want to be discovered by the white magma.
Lu Yin looked at the two entangled parties. Had they lost?
Impossible. He hadn't forgotten that the oval light that was one size smaller than this one had been able to shoot out.
It had shot out a few batches of drifters. How many times had it shot out?
The resources couldn't be gone. If they had been entangled for hundreds or even thousands of years, he could still believe it. But now, it was absolutely impossible.
What was this technological civilization trying to do?
He continued to chase.
Inside the royal ship, the prince stared at the screen. "Are you sure?"
"Your Highness, the royal ship's analysis is absolutely certain. The fish's path and speed are in this position."
"The white monster is moving in a direction that deviates from the fish's direction."
"This deviation will require us to contribute. The royal ship will analyze it well and will definitely send us in the direction of the fish."
"Calculate the time of contact."
"Calculation complete."
"Alright, I want to see if this white monster or that fish is stronger."
"Your Highness is wise. Since it's already like this, we'll just die together."
Half a year passed quickly, and Lu Feiyang looked into the distance and whispered, "Ancestor, this technological civilization won't be dragged away by the white lava, right?"
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Not necessarily. They definitely have a trick up their sleeve, but I don't know where it is. Continue to keep an eye on them and contact me if anything strange happens."
He didn't know how long this situation would last, so it was better to let Lu Feiyang keep an eye on them. He had his own matters to attend to.
However, this wasn't Xiang City. It would take some time to enter and leave, and it would be easy to delay things. He had to return to the three universes to oversee things.
Lu Yin teleported back to the three universes and continued to build his mental walls. Actually, in Xiang City, using willpower to see everyone could also help him build his mental walls, but the process was slower. Xiang City was only so big, and even if everyone's experiences were different, their knowledge was still limited.
It wasn't as vast as the three universes.
Furthermore, he still had to deduce the Mirroring Technique, so he had to enter the mirage domain. Otherwise, it would take too much time.
He had thought that he would have to settle down for a long time, but he hadn't expected Lu Feiyang to come looking for him in just over a year.
Lu Yin and Lu Feiyang teleported again and again, and they saw the technological civilization's royal ship and the white lava. They also saw an incomparably ferocious fish in the distance.
Lu Yin was stunned. Eternal life?
Lu Feiyang was a little alarmed. "A few months ago, that technological civilization suddenly made a move and changed their direction while trying to drag the white lava. At that time, I felt that something was wrong. Since they had the strength to spare, why did they wait until now to act?
"That's why I looked in their direction and happened to see that fish. Ancestor, that's Eternal life, right?"
Lu Yin nodded. "It is indeed Eternal life."
Although the fish was huge, it was too small in the face of the Square Meter. Lu Feiyang and Lu Feiyang had used their Mirroring Technique to look at it repeatedly, but they still couldn't see it. It could only be said that Lu Feiyang's luck was pretty good, as he had discovered the fish before the two entangled parties had even encountered it.
However, it had definitely been discovered by the technological civilization.
That, combined with the fact that the technological civilization had changed their direction.
So that was how it was.
The technological civilization had discovered this fish long ago, which was why they had changed their direction once. If not for that change, they would not have encountered the white lava. Now, they had dragged the white lava over in order to fight that fish.
The three were competing to see who would be the last one standing.
"Well done, Feiyang," Lu Yin praised.
Lu Feiyang was excited and encouraged. "Thank you for your praise, Ancestor."
Lu Yin patted him on the shoulder and glanced at the entangled parties before looking at the fish again.
It wouldn't be long before the two parties would meet. Interesting.