"Senior, how was my advancement this time?" Lu Yin asked.
Thousand Trickery looked at him. "Very impressive."
"Compared to Leku Withered, how was it?
Senior has always said that my potential surpassed Leku Withered. Is that true? "Lu Yin asked again.
Thousand Trickery replied, "It should be considered as surpassing."
Lu Yin had a rough idea; it seemed like Thousand Trickery was unable to determine the limits of his potential. Logically speaking, that shouldn't be the case, but when he thought about how it had inconceivably approached the black sphere and stared at him, he felt like he had done something that it couldn't understand.
It had mentioned movement just now.
Could it be that all living things couldn't move within the black sphere?
Was it because he had moved that it couldn't understand?
He still wanted to ask more questions.
Thousand Trickery raised a hand, and a black dot appeared on the bear's paw. It grew larger and eventually turned into the black sphere.
"Again?"
"Go in and absorb the power of desolation. Let's see how much you can absorb."
Lu Yin looked at the black sphere and then back at Thousand Trickery. "You're not waiting for the Death Shift?"
"My power of desolation is enough."
"Then why did you wait for the Death Shift last time?"
"It's convenient."
Lu Yin stepped into the black sphere. This time, the sphere didn't shrink as he activated Sirius to absorb the power.
"Senior, please expand the sphere's range."
Thousand Trickery wanted to know the limits of the amount of desolation he could absorb and compare it to the previous time.
Lu Yin also wanted to know where his limits were.
Thousand Trickery calmly watched from outside the black sphere as it expanded rapidly. Along with the appearance of the Sirius stars, the black sphere enveloped the entirety of Sirius and eventually the entire abyss of Thousand Trickery.
It was almost the size of Delight City.
Just how much desolation power did Thousand Trickery have?
The Three Deaths Technique had allowed him to store a ridiculous amount of desolation power. Thousand Trickery was definitely even more ridiculous, but that was only relative to the other abysses.
Thousand Trickery was also within the black sphere, and it could clearly feel the desolation power within its Three Deaths Technique being absorbed by Lu Yin. Lu Yin had already reached his limit, and the fact that he could absorb it meant that he had improved. This also meant that the method of reaching his potential limit was effective.
Now, it all depended on how much he could absorb.
Inside the black sphere, dead stars were born one after another. These were the new dead stars of Sirius. In the past, they had reached their limits, but now, they had broken through. This was the power that the white bone clone possessed at this moment.
The power of the white bone doppelganger was actually very pure. It was just its own power, defense, and deathly still power, supplemented with cultivation techniques and battle skills. It was not as complicated as the main body.
Complexity had its advantages, and simplicity had its advantages.
The number of stars continued to increase and expand, but Lu Yin did not control them at all. He just wanted to see how far the black sphere could expand.
However, no matter how much the star expanded, the black sphere would definitely encompass it.
Lu Yin looked at the faraway Thousand Trickery, feeling that it was unfathomable.
It must be known that the source of the increase in stars was the deathly still energy within the black sphere. This meant that the Thousand Trickery Trick was supporting both the Sirius Technique and the black sphere at the same time. The deathly still energy contained within the black sphere was bottomless, and it was far from what Le Gu and Ku Jin could compare to.
At the same time, the Thousand Trickery Trick also wanted to see how many stars Lu Yin could increase.
It had learned the Sirius Technique just by looking at it, and it was very clear how much deathly still energy these stars could contain.
At this moment, both sides were testing each other.
The increase in stars had stopped. It was not that it could not increase, but that it did not want to.
Lu Yin knew that he was testing the Thousand Trickery Trick, and that it was also staring at him. He could not let it see through him.
The current range of the Sirius Technique had greatly exceeded its previous limit, and the next step was the Three Deaths Technique, which had to be controlled.
This sort of sullen feeling was very uncomfortable, but there was no other way.
The Thousand Trickery Trick stared at Lu Yin. Was it over?
It had expanded a lot, but it was not too exaggerated. The true extent of the expansion would depend on how much this person's Three Deaths Technique contained.
Previously, it had been ten times the amount of deathly still energy, but now, it was unknown how many times it would be. If it was ten times, then it would be a rather exaggerated number.
The deathly still energy from each star surged towards the Three Deaths Technique like a tide. The triangle between Lu Yin's palms continued to shrink until it became the center of a black sphere. It grew darker and darker, but the black sphere did not change. Only the range of the Sirius Technique continued to shrink as the stars disappeared one by one. Finally, all of the deathly still energy contained within the Sirius Technique was condensed within the Three Deaths Technique.
Following that, the stars condensed once more, and Lu Yin absorbed them with the Sirius Technique.
The process repeated itself over and over again. The stars appeared and disappeared again, and each time they appeared and disappeared, the amount of deathly still energy that Lu Yin could absorb multiplied. At this point, it had already tripled, and it was still continuing.
Four times.
Five times.
Six times.
The Thousand Trickery Trick's gaze turned solemn. This was too exaggerated; this person's stars had already increased by a lot, and each increase was not so simple. It had already surpassed the limit of the deathly still energy that Lu Yin could absorb when he cultivated the Three Deaths Technique, and he was still absorbing it.
Seven times.
Eight times.
Nine times.
The Thousand Trickery Trick slowly raised his head and stared at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin could feel it, but he did not dare to look at the Thousand Trickery Trick. If he did, he would only be discovered.
The Thousand Trickery Trick's gaze changed, which meant that it had reached its limit. Or rather, it had surpassed the Thousand Trickery Trick's understanding.
It had to be known that the Sirius Technique had not reached its limit before, and now, the Three Deaths Technique had not reached its limit either. However, it could not increase it any further. The Thousand Trickery Trick could tolerate an absolute genius that could reach the Abyss, but it could not tolerate a genius that it could not even imagine, especially when Lu Yin was a human.
The Death Universe's attitude towards humans was different.
The Thousand Trickery Trick did not show it, but it did not care and believed that it could control the situation. If Lu Yin was in its shoes, it would definitely kill the human without hesitation.
Ten times.
Lu Yin lowered his arm. "Senior, I've reached my limit."
The Thousand Trickery Trick stared at Lu Yin in shock. Ten times, it really was ten times. When he had first learned the Three Deaths Technique, it had been ten times the deathly still energy of the stars. Could it be that the Three Deaths Technique corresponded to the stars' power by ten times?
That was possible.
However, ten times the limit of the deathly still energy was quite exaggerated.
Lu Yin looked around. This black sphere had absorbed such a boundless amount of deathly still energy without any signs of exhaustion. It was too terrifying.
The difference between the Abyss and the Abyss was just as great.
In the unknown world, the difference between Lan Meng and Wang Wen was like the difference between heaven and earth. In the Death Universe, the Abyss and the Abyss might be similar.
The black sphere slowly shrank until it finally condensed into a single point and was swallowed by the Thousand Trickery Trick.
Lu Yin stood in front of the Thousand Trickery Trick. "Senior, how is this junior?"
The Thousand Trickery Trick gave him a thumbs up. "Amazing."
It was the same sentence again. Lu Yin asked, "What about the specifics?
Junior's absorption of deathly still energy, what level does it reach in the Death Universe? "
The Thousand Trickery Trick exclaimed, "More than half of the Abyss, including Ol 'Six and Le Ku's Withered."
Lu Yin was shocked; he had revealed too much. "You can actually surpass Le Ku's Withered?"
The Thousand Trickery Trick exclaimed, "I already said that your innate gift is higher than Le Ku's Withered, but I didn't expect it to be that much higher. With your current boundless deathly still energy, even Le Ku's Bonesword would be useless against you. In the entire Death Universe, only the Ocean of Death's underworld pressure can suppress your Bonesword. As for the rest …" It shook its head.
"Senior can do it as well," Lu Yin said respectfully.
The Thousand Trickery Trick grinned. "I'm good at literature, not martial arts. Just because I have a lot of deathly still energy doesn't mean that I'm powerful. You're different, and I can tell that you're good at fighting. That's why the Butterfly Progenitor Continent is counting on you. No matter what, it's closest to my Abyss.
Lu Yin was helpless. "Why do you have to help Li Luodun?
The toad was right. It's not worth it. "
The Thousand Trickery Trick spread its paws. "I have to."
"Why?"
"Li Luodun is a ferryman of the Death Universe's River of Time. Its existence allows the Death Universe to communicate with the Master River of Time and not be too passive, even though most of this communication is ineffective."
"The Master Dao's River of Time?"
"The Master Dao's power is not limited to just the River of Time. That is the origin of all power within the Core Dao. You'll understand once you reach the Abyss. Once Li Luodun is lost, we'll completely lose the initiative in the Master Dao's River of Time."
Lu Yin suddenly thought of the old man. Initiative?
That old man often drew down the Master River of Time. However, if Li Luodun was part of his plan, then he might not have been drawing down the Master River of Time. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to scheme against Li Luodun.
That was the power of the Master Dao.
Or, could the old man also be a ferryman of the River of Time?
Lu Yin suddenly thought of this possibility.
He had never thought of it before, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
The Thousand Trickery Trick's voice rang out. "If you want to become the Abyss' Li Luodun, then don't get your hopes up. We've always believed that we can't help it. That's just us, but it doesn't represent the entire Death Universe."
Lu Yin was stunned. "What do you mean?"
The Thousand Trickery Trick smiled. "Nothing. Go to the Butterfly Progenitor Continent in peace. At this rate, you'll definitely become the Abyss. That's what I said."
"That'll still take a very, very long time."
"If you can't wait, then slaughter an Abyss yourself."
Lu Yin was speechless.
…
The dark, deep Core Dao was filled with countless possibilities. There were universes, mother trees, and all sorts of strange creatures.
In the distance, a gigantic landmass that resembled a butterfly slowly approached. Every once in a while, the landmass would flap left and right. It was not a landmass, but rather a butterfly. That was the Butterfly Progenitor Continent.
That gigantic landmass that resembled a universe was the Butterfly Progenitor.
Lu Yin stood within the Core Dao and looked into the distance. His mission this time was to enter the Butterfly Progenitor Continent and search for everything related to the Taiqing Civilization, especially the materials for the Origin Codex, and then destroy the Butterfly Progenitor Continent.