Lu Yin contacted Dino and told him that he wanted to speak directly with one of the development team's captains, as Dino only knew one of the captains.
"Alliance Master Lu, I heard that you were looking for me." A low voice came from one of the captains of the development team, Yang Hai.
Lu Yin politely asked, "What does Captain Yang think of the Great Eastern Alliance?"
Yang Hai was silent for a moment. "That has nothing to do with me."
Lu Yin continued, "It must be very dangerous to explore an unknown route. Dino participated in an auction on the mainland before, so he must be here to purchase something for Captain Yang. What does Captain Yang need?"
Yang Hai replied, "If you have something to say, just say it."
"Alright, I want to purchase the new route that Captain Yang has."
Yang Hai was not surprised, as this was the only reason Lu Yin had contacted him. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but all of the new routes that the development team discovers must be handed over to headquarters. If you wish to purchase them, you can directly contact headquarters."
Lu Yin replied, "Captain Yang, there's no need to be in such a hurry to reject me. Endless Borders is not a purely profit-making organization, and its main purpose is to provide convenience for everyone when it comes to adventuring. The most important thing about adventuring is finding life-saving items. I have natural treasures that can help one avoid danger, poisons that can threaten Enlighters, lockbreaking tools, and many other things that you might need but are difficult to obtain."
Yang Hai did not say anything, but he was clearly very tempted. Their development team did not have a death quota because no one knew how many people would die during an exploration. These people all loved exploration and adventure, and they were all cultivators who shared the same goal. Yang Hai did not feel good whenever he saw someone die, so Lu Yin's conditions were very tempting.
Although Endless Borders' headquarters also had many life-saving items, most of them were given to the development team in the Astral Wilderness because those places were more dangerous, and they could not obtain many.
"I'm sorry, Alliance Master Lu, but I can't agree to your request for now."
Lu Yin smiled. "It's fine, there's no rush. Captain Yang, you can consider it carefully. Of course, the new route that you have must be useful to me, or else I won't have any value in purchasing it, right?"
Yang Hai raised his voice. "The new route that I have is definitely something that you need."
"Alright, I'll look forward to your answer. I hope that the next time we contact each other will be when we make a deal." Lu Yin then hung up.
The battle in the distance was still in full swing, and casualties were constantly being reported.
This was how war was, especially when it came to battles in outer space. If one was not an Explorer, they would not be able to protect themselves. A single attack could easily destroy a spacecraft and kill thousands of soldiers, and not a single one would be able to escape.
The war had been going on for a month. Logically speaking, the experts of the Dark Phoenix Race should be arriving soon.
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. Wei Rong had definitely made his preparations the moment the war had begun.
If not for the help of Endless Shipping, the alliance army would have been able to reach the Wei family's ancestral planet in a month's time. Unfortunately, they had failed to finish off the Wei family quickly.
In the distance, dozens of battleships lined up in a row, their light beams sweeping across everything.
The reinforcements from the Wei Family, the Umbral Butterfly Tribe, the Ghost Shadow Sword Sect, and many others were destroyed by the beam of light. More than a hundred thousand soldiers were obliterated.
Wei Rong hadn't come to the front lines, but he had been giving orders all along. When he saw that they couldn't hold on any longer, he immediately ordered a retreat and pushed the defensive line to the rear.
Liuying Zishan gave the order to pursue.
Armament Weave's defensive line crumbled bit by bit. Their reinforcements weren't fast enough, and each wave of attacks from the alliance army was more intense than the last.
"Release the battle footage," Wei Rong suddenly ordered with a solemn expression. This battle had fully demonstrated the might of the Great Eastern Alliance's allied forces. If not for the reinforcements from the various weaves, the Wei family would have already collapsed. Any weave that faced the Great Eastern Alliance's allied forces alone would quickly crumble.
He wanted the central weaves, and even the western weaves, to see that this was the Great Eastern Alliance that they didn't care about.
The Great Eastern Alliance was already a colossus in the Outerverse. Compared to Tai Mo Temple, Wan Qiancheng, and the Dark Phoenix Race, it lacked decisive power. However, in terms of influence, it far surpassed those three powers.
A new battle line crumbled, and the war continued for a month and a half. The allied forces were now less than five regions away from the Wei family's ancestral planet. If everything went smoothly, they would be able to cross this distance in half a month at most.
Countless members of the Wei family were terrified, and many requested the family head to contact the Great Eastern Alliance to find a way to end the war.
The Wei family had ruled Armament Weave for too long, and they could no longer remember the last time they had faced such a crisis. They had always been the ones scheming against others, and it had been a long time since someone had come knocking on their door.
Wei Baichuan continued to observe the war, and it was not over yet. The Lockbreakers had not joined the battle, and neither had Yi Feng. The Wei family had not reached its final moments yet.
Frostwave Weave, Planet Hydrotink. Wei Xin'er pleaded with Felynn to stop the war, but Felynn mercilessly refused.
Felynn did not want her escape route to be cut off, but was there any point in pleading now?
Would Lu Yin listen to her?
What a joke! At a time like this, anyone who dared to stop Lu Yin would be an enemy, and she did not want to die.
Although she was the acting president of the Lockbreaker Society, she believed that Lu Yin would still have a way to deal with her if he wanted to.
The various powers were paying attention to this war, and their attitudes varied. Some were sorrowful, some were mocking, and some were rejoicing in the Wei family's misfortune. However, the majority did not care. The Great Eastern Alliance had not done anything wrong in this war, and the Wei family had indeed planted troops in Frostwave Weave. This was an undeniable fact, and the Wei family had deserved it.
This was especially true in the Western Weaves. Many media outlets reported on this war and mocked it, saying that it was a battle between weaklings and that the Great Eastern Alliance did not care about the Eastern Weaves at all.
Just as many people thought that the Wei family's war was about to end, the Dark Phoenix experts finally arrived at the battlefield. The war had already been going on for nearly two months, and the allied forces were only three filaments away from the Wei family's homeworld.
Lu Yin sighed, as they had still come. Wei Rongzhen was still able to remain calm, and he still had not evacuated the Wei family from the homeworld. Did he really trust the Dark Phoenix Clan that much?
More than ten experts from the Dark Phoenix Clan had arrived, along with an army of nearly ten thousand Dark Phoenix cultivators. As soon as they appeared, black flames began to burn the heavens. If Lu Yin had not been prepared, these flames would have been enough to burn the allied forces to ashes.
The Express Response Team was dispatched, and in addition to the allied forces and the Six-Fingered Tribe's experts, there were a total of seven Hunters participating in the war. The Dark Phoenix Clan had also dispatched five Hunters. The battle between more than ten Hunters repelled the allied forces, causing the heavens to crumble and planets to shatter.
A terrifying pressure descended, and the spacecraft that Lu Yin was on cracked. This was the strength of an Enlighter.
Lu Yin was not surprised, as he had seen Hugh Phinhas's rune lines the moment the Dark Phoenix Clan had arrived.
Aden leapt out, and his thunder shield, reinforced by his nine lined battle force, blocked Hugh Phinhas's black undying bird. Hugh Phinhas was shocked, as a Hunter had actually blocked him. The Great Eastern Alliance actually had such an expert.
Back in Myriad City, Yan Yan had also exchanged blows with Hugh Phinhas, but he had been defeated. Compared to Yan Yan, Aden's defenses were enough to make others feel helpless. However, this only surprised Hugh Phinhas for a moment. Hugh Phinhas's strength surpassed even Lord Egret, and he was not someone that Aden could block.
"Junior, I'll show you the consequences of offending my Dark Phoenix Clan!" Hugh Phinhas barked, and the black undying bird's feathers ignited, just like what had happened back in Myriad City.
Back then, Lu Yin had been forced to shatter the earth, which had caused the other Enlighters to act in order to block the attack. But now, it did not matter.
In outer space, Aden faced the enormous black flames that pressed down on him. He raised a hand, and a rebound bead appeared, which absorbed the black flames.
Hugh Phinhas was shocked. "How is this possible?"
The rebound bead had been upgraded sixteen times by Lu Yin, and it could now absorb and reflect an attack with a power level of 300,000. Hugh Phinhas's power level was infinitely close to 300,000, which happened to be the upper limit of what the rebound bead could absorb.
The black flames swept towards Hugh Phinhas, who gritted his teeth and allowed the flames to descend. He sneered, "My Dark Phoenix Clan's flames can be released, so they can naturally be absorbed. If you can't do anything to me, then die!" He then tried to circle around Aden and attack the spacecraft.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and he donned his universal armor. He walked out of outer space and clenched his right fist, causing the bracer on his wrist to vibrate as he punched out.
Aden immediately moved aside.
Lu Yin punched at Hugh Phinhas, but Hugh Phinhas did not dodge. Instead, the black flames shrieked as he viciously punched out.
There was a thump, and the surrounding space distorted before collapsing horizontally. Countless people were shocked, and their scalps went numb.
The black flames scattered in all directions like shooting stars.
Hugh Phinhas was sent flying back 10,000 meters, and the imprint of a fist could be clearly seen on his chest.
He could not believe it. Back in Myriad City, Lu Yin's punch had indeed sent him flying, but it had not been enough to injure him. Now, however, the power of this person's punch had increased by quite a bit. How was this possible?
Lu Yin moved his right fist. He had completed three cycles, and his star energy had increased. His power level had increased, and his strength had naturally increased as well. He was now different from when he had been in Wan Qiancheng, and the old man was stunned by the punch.
However, he did not have it easy either. There were cracks in his universal armor, and the black flames had injured him. Fortunately, the cracks were not large, and most of the flames had been torn apart by Lu Yin's punch. Otherwise, even a wisp of the black flames would have been enough to make him suffer.
In terms of true power level, Lu Yin was far from being Hugh Phinhas's opponent, and his strength had only been doubled by the bracer.
He knew that it was an external item, but others might not know the same thing. The universal armor could be seen as an external item, but the bracer was not.
Lu Yin's punch had not only stupefied Hugh Phinhas, but it had also stunned countless people on the battlefield.
Who would have thought that a puny Explorer would be able to force back an Enlighter from the Dark Phoenix Clan?
The entire astral battlefield was filled with cheers, and countless people cheered for their Alliance Leader.
Lu Yin raised his head, as this was the effect that he had wanted. War required resources, and blood was spilled. What was needed was momentum. He could not speak words of encouragement, so he could only act.
He had done the right thing, and the entire battlefield's momentum had been completely reversed. The Armament Weave's army, whose confidence had been boosted by the Dark Phoenix Clan's reinforcements, was now dispirited. If they could not even defeat an Enlighter, what hope did they have?
Hugh Phinhas's eyes were bloodshot. "Junior, I'll kill you!" He then charged at Lu Yin, his black flames sweeping out and transforming into a large hand that grabbed at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin's gaze trembled, but he did not move. Behind him, an extremely cold aura appeared as Yan Yan appeared to block the black flames.