Karthika sneered. "So what? You're just a Limiteer. Even if you borrow the strength of a powerhouse, there's still a limit. Do you really think that we're so easily fooled? Today, I'll massacre Zenyu Star and make you pay for your previous actions."
Lu Yin stepped forward. "What if I tell you a secret?"
Karthika shook his head. "Junior, I've lived for so long. Do you think that you can fool me with just a few words?
Aside from secret techniques, I'm not interested in anything else. "
"It's a secret technique!" Lu Yin shouted.
To the side, Wendy Yushan's body trembled, and she looked at Lu Yin. Secret technique inheritances were not like battle techniques that could be recorded without limit. Every secret technique had a specific inheritance method, and only by using a specific method could the secret technique be preserved for the inheritor to learn. For example, Undying Yushan had only been able to create two inheritance chips for the Yu Secret Art, and he was unable to create any more.
The Yōu Secret Art was a secret technique that could only be passed down to a single person.
Wendy Yushan looked at Lu Yin in confusion. Did he have more Yu Secret Art inheritance chips?
Her father had not left behind two, but three?
Karthika's eyes lit up as he stared at Lu Yin. The giant astral beast was less than ten thousand meters away from Lu Yin's group, and to the beast's enormous size, this distance was nothing more than an inch. In Karthika's eyes, Lu Yin's group was nothing more than ants.
Karthika was a cautious person, and he would not give even ants a chance to turn the tables. He thought about it and shouted, "If you hand over the secret technique and all of the Great Yu Empire's resources, I'll let you go and guarantee that the Blaze Realm will not cause trouble for you."
Lu Yin's heart sank. This old man had allied himself with the Blaze Realm, which was troublesome. Even if he could deal with this old man, he would not be able to deal with Huo Houye.
This was Karthika's goal; he wanted Lu Yin to be wary, even if he did not think that Lu Yin had the ability to threaten him.
"Is this a promise from Senior?" Lu Yin asked loudly.
Karthika laughed. "Senior?
Kid, you've only just learned to respect the strong, but it's not too late. Hand over the secret technique, and I'll let bygones be bygones. "
Lu Yin shouted, "Alright, I'll hand over the secret technique!" He then leapt up and charged at Karthika.
Karthika looked at Lu Yin warily. "Kid, don't try anything funny. Otherwise, countless people in the Great Yu Empire will be buried with you."
Lu Yin took out a wrapped chip. "This junior wouldn't dare." He slowly approached Karthika, stopping when he was a thousand meters away. He then tossed the wrapped chip at Karthika.
When Karthika saw that Lu Yin was no longer approaching him, he let down his guard. Even if this brat still had the Sea King's strength, it was impossible for him to instantly kill him without any time to react. Enlighters were not made of clay, and it was only when Lu Yin stopped and tossed the chip out that Karthika completely believed him.
Without the protection of the Sea King's Dome, this brat was just a Limiteer. At this moment, Karthika suddenly felt a sense of appreciation for talent. If he could recruit this kid into the Second Grade Hall, then he would definitely become an absolute powerhouse in the future.
Karthika reached out and grabbed the chip. He then tossed aside all distracting thoughts and eagerly opened the package to look at the chip. The moment the package was completely opened, Karthika's mind trembled, and his mind went blank. Lu Yin suddenly accelerated towards Karthika, raised a hand, and took out a Money Bomb. He aimed it at Karthika and fired. A beam of light exploded from the Money Bomb and pierced through Karthika's head. The remaining power of the bomb didn't diminish at all as it shot into the astral beast's body.
A deafening howl shook the heavens, and Lu Yin was unable to stand still. He looked up and saw Karthika's headless corpse. He grabbed Progenitor Wushang's hide that was wrapped around the chip, but he did not care about it at all. He then leapt up and charged towards Huo Qingshan and the others.
The giant astral beast's howl reverberated throughout the heavens, causing an indescribable shockwave that caused hundreds of nearby planets to explode.
Huo Qingshan and Wendy Yushan immediately acted to block the shockwaves, but how could the shockwaves of an Enlighter's attack be so easily blocked? Huo Qingshan spat out a mouthful of blood, and Wendy Yushan immediately used a secret technique to reverse the attack and attack the astral beast's body.
However, the area in front of them was completely empty as the giant astral beast had disappeared.
Everything had happened too quickly, and Huo Qingshan did not even have time to react before Karthika died. That astral beast had been Karthika's tamed beast, and now that Karthika had died, the astral beast had naturally disappeared as well.
Outer space was silent as Huo Qingshan stared at Lu Yin in shock. A Limiteer had killed an Enlighter.
Wendy Yushan was just as shocked.
On Zenyu Star, Ban Jiu, Xueshan Auna, and the others were all shocked speechless. An Enlighter had died, just like that?
Lu Yin panted heavily, but his eyes were filled with excitement. He had tricked Karthika to death, and he had mainly relied on Progenitor Wushang's hide. He had used the hide to wrap up the chip and toss it to Karthika. No matter who it was, as long as they faced Progenitor Wushang's hide, they would be stunned, but only for an instant. Since they had been a thousand meters away, that instant was more than enough time for Lu Yin to kill Karthika. That Money Bomb had contained rune lines that could rival Huo Houye's, so killing Karthika, who had mostly relied on his tamed beast, would not be a problem.
This was the use of Progenitor Wushang's hide. There was nothing that Progenitor Wushang's hide could not stun, and if there was, then Lu Yin would use two pieces.
In the distance, Karthika's headless corpse floated in outer space. Lu Yin did not have time to think, and he quickly rushed over and took out Karthika's cosmic ring. He dripped a drop of blood into it and opened it. He then took out everything from the ring, and his eyes lit up with joy.
Karthika's cosmic ring was very large, much larger than Lu Yin's own. There were many things inside, but the most important thing to Lu Yin was the star essence. There were more than 30,000 star essence inside, which meant that Lu Yin had struck it rich.
If an Enlighter wanted to safely survive their waning period, they would need at least 60,000 star essence for each cycle, which was the minimum. If the Second Grade Hall wanted to support an Enlighter like Karthika, they would have to spend an astronomical amount of resources, and this was based on how long it would take for Karthika to complete his cycle. Normal Explorers would take a hundred years, but Karthika had become an Enlighter, which meant that his innate gift was extremely high, and he could complete his cycle in less than a hundred years.
In other words, even if he only completed his cycle once every hundred years, the Second Grade Hall would have to invest at least 60,000 star essence into him.
Now that the Second Grade Hall no longer existed, it would be far too difficult for Karthika to obtain enough star essence to support his cycle.
This was also why the Second Grade Hall was so eager to plunder the resources.
The Outerverse was different from the Innerverse, and star essence rarely appeared in the Outerverse.
As he looked at the star essence that filled the void, Lu Yin hurriedly put it away. Most of the other items were medicine from Shamrock Enterprises, as well as many other items that he did not recognize. As an Enlighter, Karthika did not travel around often, so the items he had brought with him were not too complicated.
Lu Yin had Huo Qingshan send someone to pack up the items before returning to Zenyu Star.
From start to finish, Huo Qingshan was in a state of shock.
In the Outerverse, Enlighters were extremely rare, and there was not even one in Frostwave Weave. Now, one had actually been killed, which was too inconceivable.
After returning to Zenyu Star, Lu Yin said to Wendy Yushan, "I know that you have many questions, but I'll answer them in the future. For now, you just have to trust me."
Wendy Yushan looked at Lu Yin. "Who exactly are you?"
Lu Yin's eyes flashed, but he did not reply.
"That's not an Outerverse weapon. There are no weapons in the Outerverse that can instantly kill Enlighters. You have someone backing you, right?"
Wendy Yushan asked. She had been pondering this question for a long time, ever since she had met Lu Yin in East San Dios.
Lu Yin answered, "It's called a Gold Coin Grenade. It's a weapon that one of Astral-10's mentors sold me."
Wendy Yushan looked into Lu Yin's eyes and then turned around. "You didn't answer me directly." She then left.
Lu Yin watched Wendy Yushan's disappearing figure and fell into deep thought. How was he supposed to answer her?
Was he supposed to tell her that he wasn't a descendant of the Zishan bloodline?
He would think about it in the future. She only suspected that he had someone backing him, but she did not doubt the authenticity of his identity as a descendant of the Zishan bloodline. After all, the blood test from back then had been verified.
Lu Yin would not hide the fact that Karthika had been killed. He had sent someone to spread the news of Karthika's death in order to intimidate the Enlighters. Karthika's death had been caused by the Sea King's strength.
Huo Houye was the first to hear the news, and his first reaction was disbelief. He tried to contact Karthika, but to no avail. When he thought back to Hai Qiqi's strength, he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. Fortunately, he had not gone, or else he would have been the one to die.
The Sea King's strength was unfathomable, and even an Enlighter could be killed in an instant. However, there shouldn't be anyone else!
Huo Houye wasn't sure, and he didn't want to take any risks for the time being. However, even if he didn't go himself, he could still find a Hunter to try.
Not many people had left the Outerverse at the time, and many powerhouses from the various great powers had remained in the Astral Wilderness. One after another, they found out that Karthika had been killed, and they were all shocked by the Great Yu Empire's strength.
Lu Yin's goal had been achieved, and he had joined the pack of wolves to plunder resources instead of being plundered.
The Great Yu Empire had already scouted out the situation in the surrounding weaves. Lu Yin planned to roll his die again and roll Enhance, which would completely increase the gun's power to the point where it could threaten an Enlighter. Twenty shots would be equivalent to twenty Enlighters' destructive power, and at that time, he would have nothing to fear.
Lu Yin decided to roll his die first. A few months ago, he had only rolled it once before running out of money. Now that a few more months had passed, he should be able to roll Enhance again.
The longer the interval, the greater the chance of rolling a rare point. Three Enhance and Six Enhance were the most difficult to roll.
This time, Lu Yin's luck was pretty good, and he rolled Enhance for the fourth time. The first three times, he rolled Enhance for the first time, which resulted in a useless token. The second time, he rolled Enhance, and the third time, he rolled Enhance as well. Strangely, he didn't roll Enhance for the fourth time.
This thing depended on luck.
Two screens appeared. Lu Yin had originally planned to upgrade the gun in one go, but after thinking about it, he decided to play it safe and upgrade a Money Bomb first.
A single Money Bomb was upgraded to the point where it could kill an Enlighter, and it required a total of 3,300 star essence. Lu Yin still had three Money Bombs left, and after upgrading one, he still had 29,000 star essence left, which should be enough to upgrade the gun.
He threw in 5,000 star essence and upgraded the gun twice. The third upgrade got stuck in the middle, and Lu Yin threw in another 2,000 star essence to complete the third upgrade.