Now that he had the bracers, he could double his strength, and a single punch would be enough to blow apart a peak Hunter. His upper limit should be around 300,000 Enlighters' physical strength. Lu Yin wondered if he could destroy Aden's thunder shield with a single punch. He was really looking forward to it!
With over 50,000 star essence left, Lu Yin took out a box without hesitation. Within the box was a transparent bead that was about the size of a palm. He did not know what this thing was called, but it was also from Old Gu De's collection. It was a power vessel.
Old Gu De did not care much about it, as this bead's function was to absorb an opponent's strength and then reflect it back. Unfortunately, it could only absorb the strength of an Explorer at most. To Old Gu De, it was useless to him, but it would be a waste to discard it. This was why he had not mentioned it to Lu Yin back then.
Fortunately, Lu Yin had noticed this bead when he had people clean up Old Gu De's belongings.
It was useless to Old Gu De, but it was very useful to Lu Yin. It could absorb attacks and then reflect them back, which was a wonderful use.
He named the bead the Rebound Bead, which was simple and straightforward, and then he began to rapidly upgrade it.
He liked this bead more than the bracers or the pike. If he used it well, he could beat his enemies until they started to doubt themselves. Thus, Lu Yin did not hesitate to upgrade it eleven times, which cost him 35,000 star essence. If he wanted to upgrade it again, he would need another 20,000 star essence. He only had 20,000 left, so he could not upgrade it any further.
However, the Rebound Bead that had been upgraded eleven times should be able to reflect 200,000 Enlighters' attacks. Even if he upgraded it again, he would only be able to absorb 20,000 power levels at most, which would not make much of a difference. Once he had enough money, he could upgrade the Rebound Bead to the point where it could absorb 300,000 power levels. At that point, he would be able to move unhindered in the Outerverse.
Lu Yin decided to leave it at that for now, as there was still one more good item that he needed to upgrade.
Super Flash Accelerator
Lu Yin looked at the teardrop bomb in his hand, as this was the item that he urgently needed to upgrade.
Super Flash Accelerator
Teardrop bombs were generally weapons used by ordinary people, and no matter how effective they were, they were useless against cultivators. However, when they had been clearing out an Aegis base, the allied forces had suffered losses. Aegis base had gone crazy and forcefully upgraded their flash bombs to the point where they could temporarily blind even Explorers. A single attack had caused the allied forces to lose several Explorers.
This incident had attracted Lu Yin's attention, and he felt that this idea was very good. He then had Ban Jiu use polarium essence as the raw material for the Super Flash Accelerator.
Teardrop bombs were used to save one's life, and because they were ordinary weapons, they did not require too many star essences.
Lu Yin began to improve.
Although these flashbangs weren't power vessels and didn't require a lot of star essence to upgrade them, they still needed to be upgraded many times in order to be effective against Hunters or even Enlighters.
Lu Yin upgraded a single stun grenade twenty-two times, which cost him a total of 6,000 star essence. From what he could tell, this stun grenade's effects were enough to temporarily blind a peak Hunter or even cause him to cry. He only had enough money left to upgrade two more stun grenades, which meant that he had upgraded a total of three stun grenades.
There weren't many tear bombs, but they could play a miraculous role at critical moments.
He was out of money again.
Lu Yin looked at his cosmic ring, which was now completely empty. At his peak, he had nearly 200,000 star essence, but he had used up more than half of his die's six pips. Now, he only had around 2,000 star essence left.
He couldn't help but want to collect his debt from the Great Yu Empire, as the empire still owed him 80,000 star essence.
He sighed, as he still had two days left in the Time Stop space. He rested for a while and silently circulated his Sirius to absorb star energy.
In Sourcepeak Weave, a giant spacecraft floated in outer space. Five screens appeared in front of Wei Rong, and five figures appeared on each of the screens. There were both men and women, and although they were all humans, there were still some subtle differences.
These five people each represented one of the central weaves, and five of the weaves were at the helm of the central weaves.
Even with Wei Rong's arrogant attitude, he did not dare to be too impudent in front of these five people. The arrogance in his eyes vanished, replaced by humility and indignation.
"Are you saying that the Great Eastern Alliance is targeting one of our weaves?" one of them asked in a low voice.
Wei Rong nodded and angrily replied, "You should know about Lu Yin. He's always been arrogant and conceited, and he even dared to provoke the Daynight clan in the Innerverse. Now, he's formed the Great Eastern Alliance with the goal of unifying the Outerverse, and one of our weaves is his next target."
Someone sneered. "Unify the Outerverse?
What a joke. Even an enormous power like the Daynight clan in the Innerverse can't do that, let alone Lu Yin. You overestimate him. In the end, he's still a young man who thinks too much. Hehe. "
Wei Rong replied, "What if he has the support of the Hall of Honor?"
The group's expressions changed. "He has the support of the Hall of Honor?"
"I'm not sure at the moment, but during the formation of the Great Eastern Alliance, this person was taken care of by the Hall of Honor many times. The Hall of Honor's attitude towards him could not be more obvious. Perhaps unifying the Outerverse is also the Hall of Honor's intention," Wei Rong said.
The group fell silent.
"So what if it's the Hall of Honor? Now that the Innerverse and Outerverse have been separated, the Hall of Honor's strength is not as terrifying as imagined. Furthermore, the Great Eastern Alliance is currently facing Aegis, and the eastern weaves are remote. They might not know much about Aegis, but how can we not?
Aegis' strength is extraordinary, "someone said.
"That's right. We'll see if the Great Eastern Alliance can stop Aegis, but I don't think so."
"Aegis has Enlighters."
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Wei Rong did not interrupt and instead quietly listened to their discussion. This was within his expectations, as if alliances were so easy to establish, then the Outerverse's seventy-two weaves would not have been divided for so many years.
Wei Rong felt that the Hall of Honor's words in support of Lu Yin were highly credible, and as long as there was even a sliver of credibility, he would plan for the worst.
The central weaves were not the eastern weaves, as Ironblood Weave's situation was special. The eastern weaves were considered relatively remote in the Outerverse, and the majority of the Outerverse's powers did not dare to enter the eastern weaves for fear of being captured by Ironblood Weave. As a result, they did not know much about the eastern weaves and did not pay attention to the Great Eastern Alliance's situation.
Actually, Wei Rong was the same. When he had traveled the entire Outerverse, he had not visited the eastern weaves. One reason was because he was apprehensive about Ironblood Weave, and another reason was that he did not think much of the eastern weaves. Many experts had left the eastern weaves, either for the Innerverse or the West.
The group in front of him was the same.
Wei Rong did not expect them to be afraid of the Great Eastern Alliance, as this conversation was just to leave an impression. If the Great Eastern Alliance was destroyed by Aegis, then everything could be discussed. If even Aegis could not deal with the Great Eastern Alliance, then their attitudes towards the Great Eastern Alliance would change, which would be beneficial for Wei Rong to unite with the central weaves.
The group discussed for a while before ending the call.
Wei Rong stood in place and stared into the darkness of outer space. Some people believed that the eastern weaves were frogs at the bottom of a well, but in reality, they were the true frogs. He had a feeling that Aegis would not be able to defeat Lu Yin. No one knew what Lu Yin was hiding behind him, and not even the Amethyst Trading Company knew anything about him. Lu Yin was a mystery, and he had hidden too many secrets.
"Young Master, we've arrived at Ike Planet," someone reminded him.
Wei Rong looked at the slowly rotating planet in front of him and adjusted his expression.
The Ike Clan was one of the strongest clans in Sourcepeak Weave, and only by roping in the Ike Clan would he have a chance of winning over Sourcepeak Weave.
Felynn had been in constant contact with the Ike Clan during this time, and Wei Rong knew that she had communicated with Felynn before. He had wanted to threaten her into not taking action against Sourcepeak Weave, but Felynn's attitude had been rather unyielding this time. He did not know what kind of promise Lu Yin had given Felynn to make her so determined to win over Sourcepeak Weave, but Wei Rong would not allow Sourcepeak Weave to be pulled into the Great Eastern Alliance.
For this reason, he had personally come to Sourcepeak Weave, which would only add to his troubles.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and it had been a month since Lu Yin had left the Daosource Sect's ruins. He did not plan on returning so soon. If he ran into one of the Ten Arbiters or Realmlings, then no amount of life-saving treasures would be of any use, and it would be a waste.
He would have to wait for a while!
He did not know where Wendy had gone with Ku Wei, as there was no news of her at all.
However, Hai Qiqi would occasionally send him news that she was safe.
The situation on Shenwu Continent was gradually stabilizing, as Ming Zhaoshu had used his infamous reputation in exchange for a temporary period of peace and stability for Ming Yan. Ming Yan had not let Ming Zhaoshu down, and she had stabilized Shenwu Continent. Perhaps the white-haired Ming Yan had also contributed to this, as Shenwu Continent was now stable.
Lu Yin had originally wanted to send someone to help Ming Yan, but he gave up on that idea after some thought. Ming Yan had not followed him to the Great Yu Empire because she did not want to disappoint Ming Zhaoshu's expectations. If Lu Yin continued to keep an eye on her, then it would only make her feel uncomfortable.
During this time, Lu Yin had also been secretly monitoring Liuying Zishan, but he discovered that the ball of light had not appeared again. He was still worried about that ball of light, and he did not know where it had come from. No one else had noticed this, and it was also possible that the person who had attacked Liuying Zishan was afraid of Lu Yin, which was why they had not appeared again.
Lu Yin had always kept this matter in mind.
However, as time went on, it became increasingly impossible for him to monitor Liuying Zishan. Liuying Zishan was the commander of the allied armies, and it was impossible for her to remain on Zenyu Star.
Now that Liuying Zishan had become the commander of the allied armies, the position of captain of the Thirteenth Imperial Squadron had become vacant.
Lu Yin had thought about Lan Wu from the Nine Stacks Sect, but he was not satisfied. His ideal captain was at least at the level of Huo Qingshan or the Blind Monk. Even if they were not at the level of Aden and the others, they should not be too far off. Lan Wu was just an ordinary Hunter, and she was far from being Huo Qingshan's opponent, let alone Aden and the others.
Aegis had been very quiet during this time, so quiet that it was frightening.
The quieter it was, the more they were plotting something, which made Lu Yin rather uneasy. The information that the bespectacled Mistchild had sent to him had made him constantly vigilant against Aegis, but Aegis had a method to conceal their rune lines, which was the source of Lu Yin's greatest unease. If even he could not detect the traces of Aegis' assassins, then there was no need to mention anyone else.
If one was constantly on guard against assassins, then one's energy would not be able to keep up.
Lu Yin wanted to take the initiative to attack, but he could not think of a way to do so.
He had also visited the Amethyst Trading Company once, but Zi Xianxian had told him that Aegis' remaining bases in the Great Eastern Alliance had all been removed, and the powers that they had cooperated with were gradually moving away. This made it impossible for him to find a target even if he wanted to.
Aegis' complete relocation could only mean that they were preparing for a thunderous attack. This attack would definitely not be comparable to Feng Zi's assassination attempt.