High up in the sky, another Enlighter realm astral beast appeared.
Lu Yin's performance in the previous battle had been too dazzling, and he was also the strongest human Limiteer on the Celestial Vanquisher's List. The Astral Beast Domain wanted to kill him, and they wanted to kill him even more than they wanted to kill Liu Qiuyu.
Lu Yin was blasted into the ground, but he had the universal armor's protection. Aside from feeling a little dizzy, he was completely fine.
The Enlighter realm astral beast stared at Lu Yin in disbelief. It had never thought that a Limiteer would be able to withstand its attack. Even a Hunter should not have been able to do so.
Lu Yin looked up and met the astral beast's gaze. He was panting heavily.
"Seventh Bro, it's over. You've been targeted, and there will definitely be Enlighter realm astral beasts attacking you in future battles. It's over!" the monkey wailed.
With a bang, the Enlighter realm astral beast that had attacked Lu Yin was sent flying by a giant thunder shield. Aden appeared and looked at Lu Yin. He relaxed when he saw that Lu Yin was fine, and he stared into the distance before disappearing.
Two more Enlighter realm astral beasts from the Astral Beast Domain were attacking Seasons Fort. One of them was targeting Wang Wen, while the other was targeting Lu Yin.
The Enlighter realm astral beasts could not do anything to Wang Wen, as that guy would hide in his coffin whenever he encountered any danger. No, as long as a battle broke out, that guy would hide in his coffin and would only appear after the battle ended. Furthermore, there were too many people protecting him, and even more disgusting was that he would disappear most of the time, and no one could find him.
Thus, Lu Yin had become a live target, and he had attracted the attention of two Enlighter realm astral beasts.
For several hours, Lu Yin was continuously chased down. The two Enlighters took turns attacking him, and even Wen Qichen could not withstand their attacks.
Lu Yin cursed inwardly. After this battle, he wanted to apply for a transfer to one of the lower five strongholds so that he would not be targeted like this.
He had barely managed to avoid the attacks of the two Enlighters, but now, a Hunter realm astral beast had appeared in front of him.
Fortunately, Huo Qingshan had arrived in time to rescue him. Otherwise, even if the astral beast could not defeat him, that Hunter realm astral beast would have tried to drag him away.
Lu Yin finally understood why Wang Wen had disappeared without a trace. The astral beast could not defeat him, but it could still take him away.
With Huo Qingshan's protection, Lu Yin did not have to worry about the Hunter realm astral beasts attacking him. He looked up into space, and his pupils shrank. He saw an Enlighter realm astral beast's rune lines continuously dissipating at a rapid rate. before long, the rune lines had completely disappeared..
An Enlighter had died.
Lu Yin didn't know who it was. Perhaps it was a human, or perhaps it was a beast.
"Not good, it's coming again! Your Highness, run!" A day later, in a corner of the battlefield, Huo Qingshan tossed Lu Yin away. In the distance, the spider monster tore through the void and severed Huo Qingshan's right arm before attacking Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's expression changed as he watched Huo Qingshan fall into the ground, his fate unknown. He wanted to flee, but with his speed, it was impossible for him to escape an Enlighter's attack. The threads instantly bound his right arm, and if not for his universal armor, his arm would have been torn apart just like Huo Qingshan's.
A huge force pulled him back, and he scanned his surroundings. There were no Enlighters around, but where was Wen Qichen?
Where's Aden?
No one could save him. He gritted his teeth and took out his pistol to aim at the spider monster. The spider monster bared its fangs, and its huge body suddenly became illusory. It was in between reality and illusion, and could escape into the void at any time.
Lu Yin was helpless, as he could not deal with it. It seemed that he would have to wait until it was close enough to use the large piece of Progenitor Wushang's hide to stun it.
"Seventh Bro, poison! Elder Wu's poison!" the monkey cried out.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed, and he retrieved a bottle of Elder Wu's poison from his cosmic ring.
The threads quickly pulled him towards the spider monster. Along the way, the threads continuously cut through his universal armor, but he remained unscathed. The spider monster was astonished. "Human, your armor isn't bad. Take it off, and I'll spare your life."
Lu Yin sneered. "Do you think I'm an idiot?"
The spider monster let out an ear-piercing laugh. "Then I'll trap you under my belly forever and let you watch as I eat people and spit out their remains."
Lu Yin's face paled. If that was really the case, then he might as well die.
The spider monster did as it said, and the threads bound Lu Yin under its round belly. His hands, in particular, were wrapped in layers of threads, making it impossible for him to retrieve his gun.
Lu Yin's gaze turned vicious, and he crushed the bottle with a bang. The poison flowed through the armor and into the threads, and then into the spider monster's body.
The spider monster did not notice the poison at first, and it leapt into the void to attack a Hunter. However, suddenly, a howl filled the heavens, and the spider monster retracted its threads and released Lu Yin. A large portion of the poison under its round belly had already disappeared.
Lu Yin was horrified by what he saw, as there were several bottles of poison that had rune lines close to Karthika's. The bottle that he had just taken out was one of them.
The spider monster was a newly advanced Enlighter, and its rune lines were lower than Karthika's. Once the poison entered its body, it would suffer a fate worse than death.
"Human, what did you put on my body?" the spider monster howled in rage as it tumbled through the heavens.
Lu Yin did not answer. He raised his gun and aimed at the spider monster, but it suddenly vanished.
Lu Yin felt that it was a pity that he had not been able to kill it.
In the distance, the Hunter looked at Lu Yin in shock. A Limiteer had actually defeated an Enlighter, and in such a miserable manner at that. This completely overturned his understanding of the world.
Beep beep beep beep!
His gadget beeped, and Lu Yin looked at it. His expression changed, and he immediately rushed towards the stronghold.
"Everyone in front of the stronghold, retreat immediately. Pyrolyte will be detonated in one minute. Everyone in front of the stronghold, retreat immediately. Pyrolyte will be detonated in one minute …"
This was a message that Wang Wen had sent out to everyone in Seasons Fort.
Lu Yin did not have time to think about how Seasons Fort had pyrolyte. He just wanted to return to the stronghold as quickly as possible. There would definitely be a lot of pyrolyte detonated at this time.
He had been brought into outer space by the spider monster, and there was still some distance between him and the stronghold. Even with the monkey's help, it was not realistic for him to reach the stronghold in less than a minute. Fortunately, there was a Hunter beside him, who grabbed him and tore through the void.
A minute later, the heavens were distorted as rune lines that far surpassed an Enlighter's erupted in outer space. It was a shocking sight.
Lu Yin stood within the stronghold and stared at outer space. Soon, a berserk gale assaulted him, and the many planets and continents that made up the stronghold trembled. Tsunamis erupted, and volcanoes rumbled.
He could clearly see the terrifying explosions, but he could not hear anything.
All he knew was that everything around him had been distorted, and Lu Yin did not know how large the area was.
After a while, everything returned to normal.
The battle had ended.
Lu Yin bent over and supported his knees with his hands as he panted heavily.
This battle had been extremely difficult for him, as he had been chased by an Enlighter realm astral beast. In the end, if not for Elder Wu's poison, he would have been captured and sent to the Astral Beast Domain. That was a truly desperate situation, and he could not imagine what he would have gone through.
This battle was over, but what about the next one?
He would still become a must-kill in the Astral Beast Domain.
Not good. Huo Qingshan! Lu Yin's expression changed, and he rushed over to where Huo Qingshan had fallen.
When he saw the heavily injured Huo Qingshan, Lu Yin hurriedly applied some of Shamrock Enterprises' special medicine on him and then brought him to a treatment warehouse.
Seasons Fort did not lack medical treatment, and Huo Qingshan's arm had only been torn off. With the current medical technology, it would be easy to reattach it. Fortunately, Lu Yin had found the arm.
Aden arrived, and he only relaxed when he saw that Lu Yin was fine. "Sorry, I was entangled by an Enlighter realm astral beast."
Lu Yin nodded. "It wasn't easy for you to withstand an Enlighter realm astral beast's attack. It's good that you survived."
Of all the people from the Great Yu Empire who had come to reinforce Seasons Fort, only the three of them had survived. Lu Yin had not been able to protect the others.
It was no wonder why Lohar had used his status as a member of the Hall of Honor to force the various weaves to send reinforcements. Otherwise, no one would have come. This was a black hole of death, and even Explorers and Cruisers could not protect themselves, including Hunters.
"Featherking is dead," Aden said in a low voice.
Lu Yin's heart trembled, and his heart sank. Featherking was Night Featherking, and he was a powerhouse from the Nightking clan. He had been guarding Ironblood Fort for many years and had never left.
Although Lu Yin did not like the Daynight clan, Featherking was worthy of respect.
An Enlighter had died just like that, and his name would disappear from the Ironblood Rankings.
"It's precisely because of Featherking's death that Liu Qiuyu and the others couldn't hold on any longer. Wang Wen had Wen Qichen detonate an extremely compressed substance called pyrolyte. There were more than fifty grams of it, and it killed countless astral beasts. Unfortunately, none of the Enlighter realm astral beasts died, and they fled too quickly," Aden explained.
It was no wonder why Wen Qichen had not stopped the spider monster. He had gone to detonate the pyrolyte. Lu Yin was puzzled. "Why is there pyrolyte here?"
Aden was astonished. "You know?"
He had been locked up in his own prison all this time, and he was not aware of what had happened in the outside world. He did not even know about Undying Yushan's death, and no one had told him about it.
Lu Yin briefly explained the pyrolyte situation, and Aden replied, "According to what you've said, the Innerverse's great powers haven't given up on searching for pyrolyte. It's been more than half a year since the Sea King snatched pyrolyte, so it's normal for them to have found some."
Lu Yin suddenly thought of something and immediately checked the rankings. He saw that Wen Qichen's Ironblood Points had jumped to seventh place, and he guessed that the pyrolyte had probably belonged to the Wen family and had been forced to contribute it.
Since Wen Qichen had pyrolyte, then the Sword Sect should have some as well. Either they had used it all in this battle, or they still had some left.
This gave Lu Yin some confidence, and he began to think about how he could obtain some pyrolyte to upgrade himself.
Although the pyrolyte explosion had not killed the Enlighter realm astral beast, it had still caused great damage to the other astral beasts. After all, it had been an explosion with a power level in the hundreds of thousands. Thus, there were no battles for the next four days.
Huo Qingshan reconnected his severed arm on the second day, and his injuries had recovered significantly.
The special medicines in Lu Yin's cosmic ring had all been stolen from Enlighters, and their effects were far better than the average ones.
Over the next few days, Lu Yin had been constantly looking at the rankings, and only when he saw that Wendy Yushan's name was on the list did he know that she was fine.
It could not be helped, as the battle in Ironblood Weave had been too intense, and there was no way to communicate with her through gadgets. Their signals had been cut off by the astral beasts, and aside from the battle system's rankings, which could be updated at any time, everything else that required communication had been cut off.
The astral beasts did not stop the various strongholds from looking at the Ironblood Points rankings, as it was a double-edged sword. If the humans held the advantage, then the rankings would boost their morale, but if the humans were at a disadvantage, then the rankings would only cause the other strongholds to feel even more despair. It was obvious that the astral beasts held the advantage, and they wanted everyone to stare at the rankings. The more they looked at it, the more despair they would feel. Their intelligence could not be underestimated.