Lu Yin had assumed that Qiongshanhai wanted to talk to him about what had happened over the past few days, as he had indeed stirred up some trouble.
However, when Lu Yin saw the corpse in the city lord's mansion, his face sank, and his gaze turned icy.
Phantom Sting was dead.
After arriving at Myriad City, Yan Yan had followed Lu Yin while Phantom Sting had secretly scouted for information.
As a Hunter with a unique innate gift, even Lu Yin had to rely on rune lines to find Phantom Sting's whereabouts. Now, his corpse was right in front of him.
"Who did this?" Lu Yin asked in a low voice as he looked at Qiongshanhai.
Qiongshanhai shook his head. "I'm not sure. He was already like this when we found him."
"Where?"
"In the alley outside Jasper Forest."
Lu Yin's first thought was Hugh Phineas. If anyone could easily kill Phantom Sting without causing too much of a commotion, then it had to be an Enlighter.
However, Lu Yin quickly dismissed the idea. Hugh Phineas had never seen Phantom Sting before, so there was no reason for him to have done so. Even if he had, it would have been impossible for him to have done so silently, as the Dark Phoenix Clan's style was too obvious. Besides, Phantom Sting was a veteran assassin, so there was a 90% chance that he had been killed silently by a sneak attack.
Unless Hugh Phineas had the strength to launch a sneak attack and knew that Phantom Sting was working for Lu Yin, the possibility was too low.
"How did the City Lord know that he was working for me?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
Qiongshanhai took out a badge that bore the symbol of the Second Imperial Squadron's captain. "His cosmic ring is intact, and nothing has been taken."
Lu Yin crouched down and examined Phantom Sting's injuries.
"There's no need to look. Only his internal organs have been crushed, and there are no external injuries. The attacker only used one attack," Qiongshanhai said.
Lu Yin frowned. This was Phantom Sting, and although he was not as strong as Aden or Yan Yan, his survival skills were not any worse than Aden's. Yet, he had been killed in one blow. Lu Yin pressed a hand on Phantom Sting's body, and an inexplicably familiar energy appeared. This energy caused Lu Yin's scalp to turn numb; it was death energy.
Phantom Sting's organs had been shattered by death energy, and only the Specter Clan could use it. The Neohuman Alliance had made a move.
Lu Yin's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head so that Qiongshanhai would not notice anything unusual.
He slowly stood up and said to Jasper Mountain Sea, "City Lord, please do your best to find the culprit. He is the captain of the Great Yu Empire's Second Squadron, and he is also my subordinate. I cannot allow him to die for no reason."
Qiong Shanhai nodded. "Don't worry, the Wan Qiancheng City won't allow people to casually kill people. Since this person dared to kill someone, he should be prepared to be punished by the Wan Qiancheng City."
After incinerating Phantom Thorn's corpse, Lu Yin left the city lord's mansion with a heavy heart. The Neohuman Alliance had actually appeared. It would have been fine if it had been a Corpse King, but it was a Specter Clan member.
His first experience with the Specter Clan had allowed him to understand the Specter Clan's status within the Neohuman Alliance. Whenever a Specter Clan member appeared, the Neohuman Alliance would definitely have great plans. It should be known that no Specter Clan member had ever appeared on Sourcepeak Planet, but now, one had actually appeared in Myriad City.
Myriad City definitely had something that the Neohuman Alliance needed.
Nothing good would come out of the Neohuman Alliance's actions, and Wan Qiancheng was in deep trouble.
Lu Yin thought about it and then immediately wrote a letter and paid someone to deliver it to Qiong Xi 'er at Rustling Fragrance Pavilion. He then left Myriad City with Yan Yan and headed to a nearby planet. Otherwise, he felt that it would be too dangerous to expose himself to the Neohuman Alliance.
"Brother Lu, Brother Lu, you have to help me!" Zhu San found Lu Yin and grabbed him. He cried out, "Brother Lu, Xi 'er doesn't want me anymore! You have to think of something!"
Lu Yin hurriedly pushed him away. "I'm sorry, Brother Zhu, but I have to leave Myriad City to attend to some matters. We'll talk when I return."
"No, nothing is more important than Xi 'er. Brother Lu, you have to help me! 100,000! 100,000 crystal essences! Help me come up with an idea!" Zhu San tried to tempt him with money.
However, Lu Yin remained unmoved. There were so many Enlighters in Myriad City, and he was not confident that the Neohuman Alliance would still dare to plot against them. Mister Mu had given him a jade that could defend against Hei Wushen, but Hei Wushen was just a strand of spiritual force. What if he faced an expert from the Neohuman Alliance whose power level exceeded 300,000?
If they dared to plot against Myriad City, then it meant that they had a way to curb the city's power. Myriad City was basically useless, and Lu Yin did not want to stay in such a dangerous place.
As for Phantom Sting, he would definitely get his revenge in the future, as he could not coexist with the Neohuman Alliance.
"Brother Zhu, we'll talk about this later." Lu Yin was getting impatient.
"Brother Lu, don't you want True Insight anymore?"
"Nope, I'll give it to you."
"It was mine in the first place."
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Lu Yin was pestered by Zhu San for a long time, but he was eventually dragged to a teahouse and delayed.
Myriad City suddenly trembled, and a huge explosion rang out from afar. A shockwave surged into the sky and then exploded. Countless people felt an enormous pressure descend upon them, and many buildings were destroyed.
Everyone in Myriad City looked up at the location of the explosion.
Lu Yin's expression changed, and a boundless amount of rune lines shot into the sky and rushed out of Myriad City. These rune lines were no less than the rune lines of an ordinary Enlighter.
"Who dares to attack my Zhu family?!" Angry shouts resounded throughout Myriad City, and numerous figures rushed out in pursuit of the intruders. Among them were several Hunters. The Zhu family was second only to the Qiong family, and there were many Hunters in the family. They even had an Enlighter ancestor.
"It's my family! My family exploded!" Zhu San shouted.
Lu Yin watched as the rune lines that had attacked the Zhu family left. Along the way, golden light flickered, and star essence sprinkled down from the sky.
"True Insight isn't something that your Zhu family can possess. I'm taking it with me," a cold voice resounded through the sky.
"Thief, how dare you!" Zhu Jie roared as he chased after Lu Yin, but he soon disappeared into the sky above Myriad City.
Following that, Auffman, the Flame Engineer, Saul, Yuehua Mavis, and the others all appeared in the sky as if they were searching for something. Before long, they were all about to chase after Lu Yin, but they were stopped by Qiong Xi'er. At the same time, a protective barrier appeared around Myriad City.
"Qiong Xi'er, what's the meaning of this?" Auffman had a bad temper and directly questioned her.
Saul snorted and charged into outer space, but he was stopped by the protective barrier. He pressed a hand against the barrier and tried to break it down.
"Don't waste your energy. This is a barrier that Myriad City can use to defend against powerhouses with power levels above 300,000. Unless a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker intervenes, it won't be broken down in a short period of time," Qiong Xi'er explained.
Hugh Phinhas coldly asked, "What's the meaning of Myriad City?
You're not allowing us to leave? "
Qiong Xi'er glanced at the Enlighters in front of her and apologized, "I'm sorry, seniors. My father was just attacked and was heavily injured, and the Zhu family was also invaded. In all of Myriad City, only you seniors can do such a thing. Please wait in Myriad City for a moment. Once this matter has been investigated, the Qiong family will give you all an explanation."
Yuehua Mavis looked up. "The people who attacked the Zhu family took True Insight and left Myriad City. We know that, but we didn't sense any experts attacking the City Lord."
Qiong Xi'er angrily replied, "That's the most terrifying thing. Only an Enlighter can do such a thing. Senior Yuehua is wise and farsighted, so I'm sure you can understand."
Auffman frowned. "We didn't do it. Let us go. We want to help the Zhu family recover True Insight."
"I'm sorry, seniors. My father was attacked, and we must investigate this matter thoroughly. Please remain calm," Qiong Xi'er apologized.
No matter who questioned her, she refused to let them leave. No one dared to act rashly against her in Myriad City, as they all knew something about Myriad City's current status, and they were all rather apprehensive.
Lu Yin, Starfox, Wei Rong, and the others all arrived, and they all looked at each other.
"Something's not right. Brother Lu just left the city lord's mansion, and he was able to injure City Lord Qiong in such a short time without causing any commotion. Even the Enlighters present would find it difficult to do such a thing. After all, City Lord Qiong is an Enlighter, and the Qiong family's foundation isn't something that one or two Enlighters can deal with. Qiong Xi'er is deliberately keeping us here," Wei Rong said calmly before looking at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's expression was calm, but he was very anxious.
It was obvious that the people who had attacked the Zhu family had intentionally lured these Enlighters away from Myriad City. Otherwise, they would not have exposed True Insight. There was a 90% chance that they had come from the Neohuman Alliance. They were about to act against Myriad City, but they were worried that the Enlighters would join forces. Thus, they wanted to lure these Enlighters away. Qiong Xi'er had noticed this, and she had done everything she could to keep these powerhouses here so that they could face this crisis together with Myriad City.
Qiong Xi'er had noticed this so quickly because of the note that he had given her.
He had mentioned that Phantom Sting might have died at the hands of a Neohuman Alliance Corpse King. With Qiong Xi'er's intelligence and the fact that she had attacked the Zhu family, she had immediately made the most favorable judgment for Myriad City.
Lu Yin secretly regretted telling Qiong Xi'er about this so quickly. At the very least, he had waited until after he had left. The Neohuman Alliance was humanity's greatest enemy, and Lu Yin had been unable to maintain his rationality in the face of such darkness.
Everything had happened too coincidentally, and there was nothing that could be done about it.
The Neohuman Alliance's scheme could have succeeded, and they could have easily lured all the Enlighters away from Myriad City. However, they had failed because of Lu Yin, and unfortunately, he had been trapped as well.
Fortunately, the Neohuman Alliance wanted to transfer so many Enlighters away, which proved that they were not confident in being able to deal with Lu Yin. This was their only chance of survival.
"Brother Lu, what do you think?" Wei Rong asked as he sized Lu Yin up.
Lu Yin nodded. "You're right."
Wei Rong's brows rose. "Am I right?"
Lu Yin was stumped, and he was confused. "What did you just say?"
Wei Rong smiled. "I said, is the Qiong family trying to make you a live-in son-in-law?"
Lu Yin was about to deny it when Myriad City trembled once again. This time, it was in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion. Everyone looked over and heard a muffled roar that was accompanied by a sinister aura that caused everyone's scalps to turn numb.
Lu Yin's expression changed; it really was a Corpse King.
Everyone else's expressions changed as well. Those who had cultivated to the Enlighter realm were all very experienced, and it was easy to recognize the Neohuman Alliance's aura. As long as they did not hide it, they would be able to recognize it.
In the distance, in the sky above the City Lord's Mansion, Qiong Shanhai spat out a mouthful of blood as his body was sent flying by an enormous force. The shockwave turned into a sharp blade that slashed into the mansion, splitting it in two.
"It's the Neohuman Alliance's Corpse King! Attack!" Yuehua Mavis barked as she vanished.
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