The strange flow of time made Lu Yin feel dizzy.
He stared blankly as the old man and Li Luochen played around with time. He didn't understand many of the uses of time, but these two were fighting each other.
Even Redhero and Ji didn't participate in their battle.
"Purple, I'll definitely drag you away with the River of Time." Li Luochen's deathly power spread out like mist, merging into the gray time.
The old man didn't seem to care. "Try it, haha."
"I don't understand. How did you scheme against me all these years? When was the first time I was targeted by the River of Time?"
"Just a small trick."
"We're both ferrymen of the River of Time. If you can do it, so can I."
"Haha, in the previous battle, you used a hundred tributaries of the River of Time to help you deceive everyone. Your real goal was to lure me out and make me fall into the River of Time. Was that your idea or someone else's?"
Within the Clear Sky Lock Array, Lu Yin listened to their conversation. Was this old man a ferryman of the River of Time?
No wonder he could draw the River of Time and use time so terrifyingly.
Had he wanted to help Li Luochen deceive everyone and release his limits for the sake of the old man?
Who else knew about this?
He had clearly been translating the words of the Thousand Trickeries.
Or perhaps even the Thousand Trickeries didn't know about this.
Then who was controlling everything behind the scenes?
"You can only be defeated if I make you fall into the River of Time. Otherwise, even the Ocean of Death might not be able to defeat you. Although Rou Shi Xun died in that battle, it was worth it," Li Luochen said.
The old man laughed. "Rou Shi Xun's death wasn't your fault.
It was within our expectations. I didn't expect that toad to be able to kill an Abyss expert. Haha, but so what if you make me fall into the River of Time? Do you have the ability to defeat me now? "
As he spoke, a purple sword appeared in the sky. Divine power coiled around it, shining brightly. Sword Plant.
The purple sword slashed at Li Luochen.
Li Luochen's power of death and stillness gushed out. He directly used the Time of the End. Two points of time flew towards the purple sword. The purple sword slashed at the Time of the End. The two points of time continued to cycle endlessly. The purple sword shattered. The boundless power of death and stillness dispersed the grey power of time and suppressed the purple power.
Hehe, the old man's body shook. Shortly after, many purple swords appeared and slashed towards Sui of the End like raindrops.
How had it done that?
The number of swords planted was determined by the trajectory of the previous slash. In other words, if the sword was not used before, the swords planted would be meaningless. At most, it would only be the one strike.
But hehe, the old man clearly hadn't used a sword before, yet he had so many purple swords at this moment.
This was not sword planting.
Lu Yin stared at the purple swords. Every single one of them seemed to be surrounded by the grey power of time. This was the old man using his own methods on the purple swords. They looked like Plant Swords, but they weren't Plant Swords.
Many purple swords slashed towards Li Luochen, and a rain of swords rained down. Even the Time of the End could not withstand it. The two points of time were completely destroyed, and because the purple swords were surrounded by the grey power of time, the surroundings were distorted, forming a vacuum of time.
Li Luochen's power of death and stillness surged out of his body. It turned into a black light that pierced through the rain of purple swords and headed towards the old man.
Hehe, the old man.
Purple power surged out of his body at the same time, colliding with the power of death and stillness.
The clash of purple and black completely scattered all traces of the universe's destruction.
The rain of purple swords pierced through Li Luochen's body.
Lu Yin watched this scene. This was the old man's purple swords, and each one of them contained an absolute destructive power. Although Li Luochen was strong, it would not be easy to take a direct hit.
But after the rain of swords passed, Li Luochen was unharmed. There were no traces of him being hit at all.
Lu Yin's eyes widened. None of these absolute powerhouses were easy to deal with. Fighting against them was a battle of strength and also a battle of wits.
How had it done that?
Lu Yin wanted to find some clues.
"Hehe, it's been many years since we last met. Your Time Realm has become more and more powerful.
There are no traces at all. "Li Luochen spoke up." You conform to the laws of the universe. One of them is the horizontal line of time. Within this line, your attacks can be repeated infinitely. That rain of purple swords looked like countless swords, but in reality, there was only one. It was just that you could attack infinitely at the same time. "
"You understand me, and I understand you. The only thing I don't understand is how you managed to scheme against me. I thought that I hid it very carefully and would not be discovered by the River of Time, but you exposed me."
The old man's body swayed. "The more curious you are, the less I want to talk about it."
Lu Yin raised his brows. This old man was always asking for a beating.
Li Luochen sneered. "You schemed against me, and you succeeded. I'll definitely be pulled away by the River of Time, but you won't be able to escape either." With that, the stillness in front of him gradually curved to form a bow.
"Momentum is the technique, time is the bowstring, and time is the arrow. There is no turning back."
"You haven't forgotten this move, have you?"
The old man smiled. "You haven't forgotten either. This move has never defeated me."
"Let's try it again."
Li Luochen shot out an arrow. It seemed very slow, but at this moment, time, space, and all other obstructions did not exist. Only that arrow seemed to have hit its target the moment it was shot. It had nothing to do with the process or result. It was a kind of natural progression, a necessity.
Lu Yin looked at the arrow. It had to hit, not because he wished for it, but because he was certain that it would hit. No matter who saw it, they would be certain of it.
Li Luochen's arrow had to be shot, and it defied common sense. It was just as its edge represented — there was no turning back.
What was no turning back?
Lu Yin wanted to know, and he desperately wanted to learn this arrow. This arrow was tailor-made for him, and whether it was time or space, he had dabbled in both. Li Luochen used no turning back as his edge and time as his arrow. He wanted to use divine force and the power of stillness as his arrow, and coil as his edge. If he succeeded, he would definitely be able to surprise everyone.
As the arrow neared the old man, a gray color swirled in front of him, as if time itself was moving.
Lu Yin stared fixedly at the scene. This arrow should not have been blocked, but it had been blocked by the old man. Furthermore, the old man had said that Li Luochen's arrow had never been able to defeat him before. So how was he going to deal with it?
It was not an arrow or a battle technique that was being countered, but an attempt. It was inevitable.
The arrow stopped, and the arrowhead continued to spin and tremble.
Something had happened to that arrow.
It was as if two versions of himself had appeared in a normal person's world. Common sense had been broken.
Li Luochen shot out another arrow, as if he knew that the first arrow would be stopped. The second arrow would arrive in an instant.
Then came the third, the fourth, and so on. One arrow after another shot out, finally breaking through the old man's defenses.
The old man had already been submerged, and Lu Yin could not see his figure from his angle. A strange change had occurred in front of him, and it should have come from another law of the universe.
"Time can change the enemy's attack, but how much can you change?"
Li Luochen shouted as he continued to shoot out arrow after arrow. "Time is irreversible, but you're constantly changing it. You should be dragged away by the river of time."
"Haha, you gathered the power of the Death Universe to push me down from the river of time, but you still can't defeat me. Li Luochen, it's time for you to leave."
"You're the one who should leave." Li Luochen suddenly stared at the Clear Sky Lock Formation. "Leku Withered, why aren't you making a move?"
The heavens were silent.
Everyone looked at the Clear Sky Lock Formation.
Red Hero was shocked; this was the Death Universe's backup plan. Li Luochen had delayed Violet while Leku Withered used the Clear Sky Lock Formation to attack.
This was the Clear Sky Lock Formation, and they could not fight here.
Within the Clear Sky Lock Formation, Lu Yin stood up. Was it his turn now?
He looked up and glanced at the old man before staring at Li Luochen. He activated the Clear Sky Lock Formation.
Suddenly, the mountain shook as the Clear Sky Lock Formation expanded.
Lu Yin still could not control the Clear Sky Lock Formation, but he had no problem expanding or shrinking it. What he meant by "not being able to control" referred to the various transformations within the Clear Sky Lock Formation that had been completed by the Taiqing Lockbreaking Technique. That was the true essence of the Taiqing Sourcebox Array, and if he had not learned it, he would not have been able to understand it.
This included the sourcebox array that he had learned on the Ancestral Butterfly Continent.
That was the first layer of transformations.
However, that was enough.
The Clear Sky Lock Formation expanded.
The old man retreated.
Even so, Li Luochen continued to shoot out arrow after arrow, forcing the old man to remain motionless. The moment he moved, he would be hit.
Li Luochen was very strong, and he was from the Abyss of the Death Universe. With his control of the Dao of Time, his various battle techniques, and his boundless power of death, he could dominate those who were compatible with two universal laws. However, compared to the old man, who was capable of facing off against Ni Bielan, who was compatible with three universal laws, Li Luochen was naturally weaker. Even though the old man had been knocked down from the river of time, he was still lacking in terms of absolute power.
The Clear Sky Lock Formation was the backup plan.
With the Warbow of Time, Lu Yin had forced the old man into a corner.
The Clear Sky Lock Formation covered the area, and in an instant, the clear sky transformed into a myriad of techniques.
A figure rushed out from below.
The gray power of time spread out, along with his divine power. At the same time, the power of death spread out.
The old man was stunned.
Li Luochen was equally stunned. His power of death spread out, and the Warbow of Time also spread out. This was because it originated from the power of time. Why?
Whoosh.
In the distance, Redhero stared blankly at Li Luochen's body being pierced through by a figure. Although he could not see the figure's appearance clearly, it was definitely a human, and his battle prowess was not low. However, if he was not an Eternal Realm cultivator, then was he a scoundrel?
Lu Yin passed through Li Luochen's body, bringing with him a stream of black energy. With a single palm strike, it was as if there was nothing there.
He turned around and sent out another palm strike.
Li Luochen retreated, and Lu Yin's palm strike missed. He chased after Li Luochen, and his life force soared into the sky. In an instant, all of Li Luochen's life force was sucked away, forming a technique that encompassed the void. As soon as this technique was unleashed, a white light flashed and covered the sky. It was as if a black light had flashed and destroyed the world.
This was Lu Yin.
Yin had used all of his divine power clone's life force to unleash this attack.