The beam slammed into the corpse's body and smashed it into the planet. Progenitor Wushang's hide shifted slightly and no longer blocked the corpse's eyes. In other words, the corpse was no longer intimidated by the beam.
High up in the sky, beams of light descended and bombarded the corpse.
The desiccated corpse looked up, its eyes without a single ray of light causing one to feel a chill. It rushed into the starry sky and broke through the light beam alone, shattering a warship. Immediately after, the warships in the surrounding Darkstar Gorge were all destroyed, and no one inside survived.
Everyone in Darkstar Gorge who had attacked Lu Yin had died, and only the corpse remained in space. Progenitor Wushang's hide was still covering its head, making it look rather ridiculous.
"Bloodline of the Ancients. Escape. Kill." The mummy's mechanical voice rang out as it walked step by step through space towards Lu Yin's location.
In the darkness of outer space, Lu Yin sat in his spacecraft and panted heavily. The monkey tattoo on his arm also panted in a comical manner. The corpse's existence made them feel like they had seen a ghost. This thing was much more terrifying than a Corpse King, even if the latter looked disgusting.
"Seventh Bro, can you stop provoking such a thing? Look at what you've provoked in the past. A Corpse King that can transform into a Corpse King, an island that screams like a vengeful ghost, and this time, a corpse. I was wondering why you always provoked such strange things," the monkey grumbled.
Lu Yin barked, "Shut up. Did I provoke it?
That thing ran out on its own. "
"Either way, it definitely has something to do with you. I just have this feeling."
Lu Yin couldn't be bothered with the monkey. He looked back and relaxed, as no one had chased after him. He was lucky to have found this fast spacecraft, or else he would have died there.
"Right, Progenitor Wushang's hide! Seventh Bro, give it back to me!" the monkey suddenly remembered and shouted.
Lu Yin rolled his eyes and directly blocked the monkey. It was the monkey's turn to feel heartache. Progenitor Wushang's hide had been his spoils of war, and it had helped him a lot. Now that it had been lost, he felt more heartache than anyone else. The only consolation was that there was an even bigger one.
As for the Progenitor Wushang's inheritance that the monkey had mentioned, Lu Yin didn't care. That sort of inheritance was in the Astral Beast Domain, and he would be courting death if he went there.
Although his heart ached, it was worth it to trade a piece of Progenitor Wushang's hide for his life.
Lu Yin sighed as he looked at the dark sky. The universe was too vast, and any random planet in the Outerverse could produce such a creature. This creature was definitely much stronger than an ordinary Enlighter, and the Outerverse was in trouble.
Fortunately, the Outerverse was vast, so this thing would not be able to find him.
The coordinates that he had agreed upon with Wendy Yushan were at the edge of Darkmist Weave. Lu Yin looked at the distance and realized that he was already at the edge of Darkmist Weave, so it would take him at most half a day to reach his destination. He closed his eyes and decided to rest for a while.
He hadn't had a good rest during this period.
Right, Elder Wu's cosmic ring. Lu Yin suddenly thought of his spoils of war, and he couldn't wait to check it out. However, the spacecraft was too small, and he couldn't fit anything into it. He would have to wait until they met up.
After an unknown amount of time, his gadget beeped, waking him up.
Lu Yin rubbed his head and checked his position. He was less than an hour away from meeting up with Wendy. He looked at his gadget, and his eyes flashed. It was Liu Shaoge.
"Brother Lu, congratulations on resolving the situation," Liu Shaoge's voice sounded from the gadget.
Lu Yin smiled. "I still have to thank you for your help. Without you, I might not have been able to escape."
"There's a saying that goes, 'the heavens help the worthy.' Brother Lu is not a short-lived person. Even without me, you would have been able to avoid the situation," Liu Shaoge said with a smile.
Lu Yin's lips curled up. Wendy Yushan had told him that she had set Liu Shaoge up before she left, and he admired her actions. Liu Shaoge had not told him about Puyu's plot for Lu Yin's sake, but rather because he wanted to use Lu Yin to fight against Darkstar Gorge. It would be best if he could eliminate Puyu so that he could control San Dios. Liu Shaoge's ambitions had never been hidden.
To Liu Shaoge, it didn't matter if Darkstar Gorge's alliance with Scholar Newmoon failed or if Lu Yin failed. All he wanted was to sit back and watch.
Unfortunately, Wendy Yushan's words had dragged him into the tiger's den, and he was now hated by Puyu. This helped Lu Yin vent his anger. Some people thought that they were smart and could control the fates of others, but in the end, they would only end up getting caught in their own trap. Lu Yin had suffered such a loss before, and now, it was Liu Shaoge's turn.
"Brother Liu's luck isn't bad to be able to gain Nightking Zhenwu's recognition. Back when you were taken away by Qingyu, I thought that we would never meet again." Lu Yin smiled.
Liu Shaoge sighed. "That's right. The Innerverse's Daynight Flowzone and the Outerverse's border weaves are too far apart, but Brother Lu still managed to walk out of that place. Brother Lu, I have to admire you."
Lu Yin smiled but did not say anything. He was waiting for Liu Shaoge to start the conversation.
"But Brother Lu, there are some things that you did not do properly. I kindly reminded you of the situation, but you sold me out in the end. Now, Puyu is looking at me like he wants to bite me." Liu Shaoge's smile faded.
Lu Yin was surprised. "What? Did something happen?"
"Brother Lu, you don't know?"
"I've always been in the Darkmist Weave, so I don't know what happened in San Dios."
"If that's the case, then I've blamed the wrong person," Liu Shaoge said helplessly.
Lu Yin smiled. "Brother Liu, Wendy can be a little too straightforward at times. I hope that Brother Liu doesn't mind."
Liu Shaoge's tone became relaxed again. "As long as Brother Lu didn't deliberately scheme against me, then it's fine. But Brother Lu, there's a saying that you should have heard before: the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. You killed three Enlighters, which is a disgrace to them. You might have been able to resolve the situation this time, but if three Enlighters attack you next time, will you still be able to resolve it?"
Lu Yin's expression turned serious, as Liu Shaoge's words were exactly what he was worried about. However, his worries were just worries, and he would not worry too much about things that had yet to happen. This time, he had met up with Wendy to let those Enlighters know that if they worked together, they could take down any powerhouse with them.
"Thank you for the reminder, Brother Liu," Lu Yin replied.
Soon after, the call ended. Lu Yin looked at his watch and saw that they were about to arrive.
The rendezvous point with Wendy was only three filaments away from Shenwu Continent, and with his spacecraft's speed, they arrived in half a day.
It would take Wendy about two days to travel from Adonis Weave to Darkmist Weave. Lu Yin checked the situation at the rendezvous point and was shocked to see that it had actually become a training ground.
Planet Woodrock was a very ordinary planet, and its civilization was still in the ancient era. The reason that he had chosen this planet to meet up with Wendy was actually a coincidence. He had randomly chosen a random location, but he had never expected that it would become a training ground in less than ten hours.
Lu Yin was too lazy to change it, and so be it. There were very few places in the Outerverse that he could not set foot in. Even if he was discovered by the organizations behind the trialtakers, so what? Even the strongest person in Darkmist Weave, Topmist, did not dare to face him.
Of course, things like dried corpses were an exception. Such things did exist, but there were not many of them. Occasionally running into one was already considered heaven-defying luck.
On the mainland of Planet Woodrock, a huge ancient city was ablaze. This was the capital of a country, and at this moment, the city was filled with zombies. Only a small number of people had gathered together to resist the zombie attacks.
Compared to the early days of Earth's apocalypse, ancient societies were much more efficient in dealing with the zombies. This was because ancient societies revered martial prowess, and even the bodies of ordinary people were much stronger than those of Earth's soldiers. Furthermore, their weapons were swords and clubs, which were very easy to obtain. This was unlike Earth's apocalypse, where everyone wanted to find guns but could not find any.
The flames spread throughout the capital, and within the palace, even the emperor had been turned into a zombie. He was surrounded in the palace and burned to nothingness. Many palace guards, palace maids, eunuchs, and ministers trembled as they hid among the guards. Their expressions were filled with despair, as they had no idea what was happening. In an instant, everyone had changed, and many people had turned into monsters, including the emperor.
To these people, the emperor's transformation into a monster was equivalent to the sky collapsing.
High up in the sky, streaks of fiery red smashed into the ground.
One of the streaks smashed into the palace, causing the ground to shatter. A violent shockwave crushed half of the palace into smithereens.
Countless zombies were crushed to ashes.
The guards continued to slaughter the zombies as they approached.
"It's a divine stone! It must be a divine stone! God has come to help us!" one of the ministers shouted.
Around him, many of the ministers knelt down and kowtowed towards the personal spacecraft in the crater.
The surrounding guards were also angrily shouted at by the ministers, and they had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow.
Creak. The door of the spacecraft opened, and outside the crater, all the guards and ministers looked up in shock. They saw a young man wearing strange clothes walk out of the divine stone. One of the ministers frantically shouted, "God, please save us!"
"Please save us, God!" Many of them knelt down and kowtowed.
Lu Yin looked at these people and lowered his head to activate his gadget. His brows rose; there was actually a Melder with a power level close to 5,000, and there was more than one Melder further away. As expected of an ancient society that revered martial prowess. Although it was far from comparable to the Shenwu Continent, it was still much stronger than Earth's. After all, even the Seven Sages of China had only been Sentinels.
Lu Yin looked up and saw another streak of fiery red flying towards him.
Lu Yin narrowed his eyes and pressed down on the spacecraft with one hand. He then exerted some force, causing the spacecraft to sink into the ground. With a casual wave of his hand, he buried the area with rubble and disappeared from everyone's sight.
When the ministers and guards looked up again, they could no longer see Lu Yin.
Another corner of the palace was crushed by a violent shockwave, and many zombies were reduced to ashes. Another personal spacecraft appeared on the ground. This time, it was a trialtaker from the Darkmist Weave.
The ministers and guards hurriedly ran over to the corner and saw the personal spacecraft again. There was also an open hatch, but no one inside could be seen. The trialtaker had immediately left.
Lu Yin stood on the roof of the palace and looked at the corner in astonishment. Under his domain, nothing could be hidden. The person inside the spacecraft had quickly left the moment the hatch had opened and hid in the shadows. His movements were extremely smooth, and it was obvious that he had received training in this area.
This feeling, coupled with the fact that he was in the Darkmist Weave, reminded Lu Yin of a certain profession: an assassin.