He had thought that these butterflies would be wary of the Clear Sky Civilization's sourcebox array, but this tenth butterfly had clearly recognized the sourcebox array and still dared to charge at him. Did this mean that the sourcebox array was not a threat to it?
Or was it not a killing sourcebox array?
Lu Yin did not have time to think too much about it. The butterfly descended, and a monstrous pressure accompanied by an aura of vitality slammed into Lu Yin. "You come from that dark cosmic civilization. Why have you come to my Progenitor Butterfly Continent?
Why can you release the Clear Sky Civilization's sourcebox array? "
This was the first time that the Progenitor Butterfly Continent's butterfly had spoken to Lu Yin. Both sides had been fighting with their lives on the line, and the butterflies had no intention of letting Lu Yin live. Lu Yin had no intention of wasting his breath on these butterflies either, as there was no such thing as communication in the universe.
But now, they had a common understanding as they fought.
Lu Yin withstood the pressure and looked at the butterfly. "I'm looking for everything about this civilization. Give it to me, and I'll leave."
The butterfly shrieked, "You want to come into contact with this civilization?"
Lu Yin shook his head. "I just want everything about them."
The butterfly flapped its wings and fell silent for a moment before suddenly attacking.
At this moment, Lu Yin finally understood the sourcebox array's purpose: isolation. It isolated his world, including the rainbow butterfly in front of him, from the outside world. Even the Eternal Realm butterflies were isolated from the outside world. Even if they surrounded the area, they would not be able to enter.
A deathly stillness took the form of the sourcebox array and shot into the sky, isolating the entire Progenitor Butterfly Continent.
In other words, Lu Yin and the butterfly were the only ones inside this sourcebox array.
Bang!
There was a loud bang as Lu Yin withstood the force of the butterfly's attack. However, his body merely trembled for a moment before he charged out and punched the butterfly.
A myriad of golden qi condensed in front of the butterfly and blocked Lu Yin's punch.
There was a loud boom as the golden qi shattered. The butterfly was about to attack again, but it seemed to have forgotten something and stopped in its tracks.
Lu Yin knew that this was the effect of Yama's First Needle, which had damaged the butterfly's mind and damaged its consciousness. However, Lu Yin was not in a good state either, as the butterfly's flower continued to absorb his consciousness, causing his movements to become sluggish. He was no longer as fierce as he had been during the previous battle.
The two sluggish creatures clashed within the sourcebox array. The butterfly did not dare to let Lu Yin get close to it, and it constantly used its Flower Dance of the Butterflies to widen the distance between them. Lu Yin forcefully endured the butterfly's attacks without being injured, and he would occasionally use Never Forget in the World. As long as he found an opportunity, he would be able to tear the butterfly apart.
What he lacked was an opportunity to get close to the butterfly. Did it really think that it could use Butterfly's Dance to increase the distance between them? It was useless, and Lu Yin's current skeletal body was more than capable of withstanding it. What he lacked was the ability to find a way for the butterfly to dodge his attack.
If it could avoid the first attack, then it could do so a second time. Lu Yin wanted to see through its methods.
This colorful butterfly should have broken through to the Eternal Life Realm on its own. Its compatibility with the laws of the universe and the invisible world was definitely not weak.
Outside the sourcebox array, the seven multicolored butterflies danced in the air. Within the array, Lu Yin was locked in a fierce battle with the tenth butterfly. This was the fifth time that Lu Yin had gotten close to this butterfly, but it had managed to evade his attacks each time. Every time that Lu Yin managed to grab hold of it, the butterfly was doomed.
But five times, he didn't manage to catch a single one.
The Butterfly Flower in front of Lu Yin's chest continued to bombard him with attacks, but the other two flowers did not attack him. This sourcebox array was able to conceal the Butterfly Flower.
Bang! Bang!
Soft sounds continuously rang out from Lu Yin's chest.
Lu Yin's skeletal clone had been tempered by the Myriad Metal Qi and could withstand the butterfly's attacks, but after such a long battle where the butterfly's attacks were all focused on the same spot, he could not take it anymore. Cracks had already begun to appear on the skeleton's chest.
Never forget one's achievements.
The butterfly dodged and danced.
Yama's First Needle.
Myriad Metal Qi.
The Myriad Metal Qi did not attack Lu Yin, but rather the Yama's First Needle.
The Yama's First Needle was invisible and extremely difficult to detect. However, the butterfly was adept at swallowing Myriad Metal Qi, and the Yama's First Needle was also formed from Myriad Metal Qi, so it was naturally easy to detect.
In the end, the butterfly used the Myriad Metal Qi to counteract the Yama's First Needle.
Lu Yin immediately changed his strategy. He did not use Myriad Metal Qi to launch the Yama's First Needle; instead, he used an ordinary stream of qi.
However, this stream of qi was unable to penetrate the butterfly's body.
The Yama's First Needle was very powerful, but it was not perfect. It also depended on the strength of the first needle.
Without Myriad Metal Qi as the First Needle, it would be difficult to penetrate the butterfly's body.
He was getting closer again. Lu Yin endured the dizziness and reached out to grab the butterfly.
He missed again.
Four directions.
Lu Yin noticed that every time he missed, the butterfly didn't go far away. Instead, it would appear in a nearby location. It was always to his right, left, behind, or in front of him. This had already happened six times, and there were no exceptions.
It was a direction.
When the butterfly faced danger, it could choose a direction to dodge in, and it was difficult to detect it in advance.
There was a bang. Lu Yin was still thinking about this when his body was sent flying. In front of him, Myriad Metal Qi and Life Qi descended. Lu Yin looked at the boundless Life Qi. Right, Life Qi could also become the Yama's First Needle.
Life Qi condensed at his fingertips and shot out.
White.
His bone clone and main body were both Lu Yin, and they both had his spirit. It was not difficult for them to transform their battle force from the Palm Realm to Life Qi.
The Yama's First Needle pierced through the butterfly, causing it to be stunned again.
Lu Yin took advantage of this opportunity to launch four Seals of Life and Death, attacking the butterfly in four different directions.
Three missed, while the last one hit.
The Seals of Life and Death slammed into the butterfly's body, pushing it towards the ground.
Cai Die regained consciousness and screeched. Her Butterfly Dance continuously bombarded Lu Yin's chest bones, causing them to crack. Lu Yin remained unfazed and unleashed another four Seals of Life and Death. At the same time, Cai Die appeared behind him and was struck again.
These butterflies lacked killing techniques, which was their greatest weakness.
Even though Lu Yin had the Butterfly Loves Flowers and Passing Butterfly Flowers, which could not be avoided, as long as he could withstand these two attacks, these butterflies were nothing to be afraid of.
Lu Yin rejoiced that he had tempered his body with Myriad Metal Qi. Otherwise, his body would have been pierced through by this butterfly.
Outside the sourcebox array, the seven butterflies grew anxious, and their voices continuously threatened Lu Yin.
Lu Yin did not care, and he fiercely pressed the tenth butterfly into the ground. The Seals of Life and Death descended once more, and suddenly, the world around him shrank as his entire body was enveloped in a grayish-white light.
Where was this?
Lu Yin looked up and saw that there was a glossy grayish-white space above him that was like a wall. It was neither tall nor short, and it gave him a contradictory feeling that it was far away yet close at the same time.
He raised his hand and punched upwards.
The grayish-white world trembled and then shattered. The fragments fell to the ground, revealing another grayish-white world behind them.
Lu Yin punched out once more, and this time, the world shattered once more.
However, the world behind it was still grayish-white.
What was that?
Within the sourcebox array, the tenth butterfly fluttered out of the ground in a sorry state. It wobbled and struggled to stabilize itself before lying down beside the hole.
Outside, the butterflies asked, "How was it?"
"Did you finally use the turbid treasure that the Ancestor bestowed upon you?"
The tenth butterfly's voice was weak. "This creature is very strong. My attacks couldn't do anything to it, so this was the only way."
"That's strange. It clearly couldn't withstand our Passing Butterfly Flowers, and it should have been defeated quickly by you. Why did you fight for so long?"
"This creature is improving."
"It improved so much in such a short time. How terrifying."
"No wonder the Ancestor told us not to get close to that dark civilization."
"What do we do now?"
"Once the sourcebox array's power disappears, we'll gather all of our butterflies' power and use the flowers on it to crush it."
"No matter how strong it is, its spiritual force won't be able to withstand eight flowers. It won't be able to resist at all, let alone our Passing Butterfly Flowers. It's dead for sure."
The voices faded away.
The ground fell silent.
All of the butterflies were waiting for the sourcebox array's power to disappear.
At this moment, Lu Yin was also constantly shattering the grayish-white world.
But no matter how many times he shattered it, the grayish-white world behind it was still endless.
He could not wait any longer. If the sourcebox array's power disappeared, then he would be possessed by the eight flowers the moment he appeared. At that time, he would have to summon his main body, or else this white bone clone would definitely die.
Once his main body appeared, not to mention how he would deal with the Progenitor of Butterflies, just the Thousand Trickeries might be able to detect him.
Lu Yin stared at the grayish-white world.
In the sky, this world's defenses were not strong at all. What was strong was that it was limitless. Lu Yin wanted to see if this limitless world could withstand his peak attack.
With that thought in mind, Lu Yin released his astral powers and revolved around it. The entire Sirius's power of deathly stillness was completely condensed. One hand was still, while the other was alive. The Seal of Life and Death enveloped Lu Yin's entire body in a black-and-white glow. The Seal of Life and Death slowly rotated and condensed.
In battle, his enemies would not give him the time to condense.
But here, he could.
Once all of the power of deathly stillness was distributed to the Seal of Life and Death, Lu Yin leapt up and attacked the grayish-white world.
The black-and-white light pierced through the sky and appeared amidst the fluttering butterflies.
The tenth butterfly lying on the ground stared at the ground in disbelief. Impossible! How could he break through the turbid treasure and escape?
What kind of power was this?
How did he still have so much?
From the very beginning, it had wanted to use the turbid treasure to seal Lu Yin and wait for the sourcebox array's power of deathly stillness to disappear before killing Lu Yin in one fell swoop. This was the simplest method.
The reason why it had not immediately used the turbid treasure during the fierce battle was because it was afraid that Lu Yin's power of deathly stillness would be able to break through the turbid treasure and escape. Thus, it had been constantly using up Lu Yin's power of deathly stillness.
Previously, when Lu Yin had seen through the laws of the universe and the invisible world, it had been forced to use the turbid treasure. At that time, it had felt that it was enough, but it had not expected Lu Yin to still have so much power of deathly stillness.
Part of the power of deathly stillness had awakened the sourcebox array while the rest of it had been used to fight against it. This was especially so after Lu Yin had seen through its rules and continuously unleashed four Seals of Life and Death. The consumption of the power of deathly stillness had increased fourfold, and it had been consumed at an extremely fast rate. It should have been almost completely exhausted by now, but it had never imagined that Lu Yin still had so much power left.
Outside.
The butterflies knew that Lu Yin's power of deathly stillness was unfathomable, but they could not change the situation within the sourcebox array. Thus, they could only use the turbid treasure.
In the end, they had lost.