Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. "The pyrolyte's destructive power is too great."
"We've thought about that as well," Qiong Xi 'er said. "We'll focus our forces on a counterattack and attack the Technocracy. We'll detonate the pyrolyte there."
Lu Yin fell into deep thought, as it wouldn't be that easy to counterattack.
"Actually, it's very easy to counterattack." Wei Rong smiled confidently. "We just need to let the Sixth Mainland know that we're thinking of counterattacking."
"The most troublesome part is how to safely return Ancestor Arrow Mountain while detonating the pyrolyte. There's also how to avoid Ancestor Mo Jiang's interference. That's the most troublesome part."
Lu Yin knew what the two were thinking. "I'll let the Hall of Honor and Ancestor Arrow Mountain know."
Not long after, Wei Rong and the others left.
Zhu San glared fiercely at Lu Yin before he left.
Lu Yin fell into deep thought. The plan that they had come up with wasn't particularly brilliant, and if it had been a normal war, it would have been easy for others to think of it. However, this was a border war that involved countless people from the Outerverse. Even the Hall of Honor wouldn't dare to suffer any losses. They might not have even thought of counterattacking since they couldn't bear the consequences of failure.
If the counterattack failed, the losses would be immense, and the person who had suggested this idea could be condemned for eternity. Thus, even if most people thought of counterattacking, they didn't dare to voice it out.
Only people like Wei Rong and the others, who had their own ideas but had very little experience in border wars, would be so impatient to suggest it.
There was no perfect plan in this world, and any plan could fail. It all depended on whether or not one could bear the consequences of failure.
Lu Yin took a deep breath. It was time to seek an audience with Master Yuan.
However, before that, he still needed to upgrade his poisons. If he could use them in conjunction with the counterattack, the results would be even better.
Lu Yin returned to his hiding spot and raised his hand to restore his die. On Enhance, a new innate gift had appeared: a pair of hands. This was Qiong Xi 'er's innate gift, and it was said to be a deduction. It was similar to Huan Sha's analysis, but it was also different.
Lu Yin didn't mind and tapped out. This time, he had learned his lesson and placed his cosmic ring to the side. Even if he rolled Enhance, he wouldn't enter that space. Even if he rolled Enhance, he would still have time to pick up his cosmic ring.
This time, the die rolled to a point, and a sword fell out. He used a bit of force, but it broke with a snap. What a useless thing! He threw the broken sword away in annoyance and picked up the die again. This was the last time, and he hoped that he would succeed.
Lu Yin's luck was pretty good this time, and he immediately rolled three pips. He was delighted and took out Elder Wu's poisons from his cosmic ring.
Now that he had come into contact with higher levels, Elder Wu's poison wasn't that scary anymore. Especially on this battlefield, these poisons weren't enough to do anything. The Imprinter could get rid of them with a wave of his hand. If he wanted to threaten the Imprinter, he had to at least raise the level of his poison to near 400,000 rune lines.
He placed the poison on the screen and then began to frantically toss out star essence.
He still had twelve vials of Elder Wu's poison left, and he had upgraded the first one eight times. He had consumed 600,000 star essence to increase the poison's effects to a terrifying level. It was so terrifying that Lu Yin didn't even want to touch it.
He didn't know how effective this bottle of poison was, but he guessed that it was terrifying.
600,000 star essence was a sum that even a Hunter might not be able to see in their entire lifetime, and it had been spent on this bottle of poison.
Originally, he had planned to upgrade a few more bottles, but after thinking about it, he decided to slow down and test the effects first.
However, he couldn't waste his die's Enhance, so he took out ten natural treasures.
These ten natural treasures had come from Shamrock Enterprises, and they had been a congratulatory gift to him when he had become the leader of the Great Eastern Alliance. They had been around for ten thousand years, but they were far from enough to avoid danger.
Each plant only required a hundred star essence to upgrade to the point where they could avoid danger, which was too easy.
He flipped through his cosmic ring and took out five grams of pyrolyte. This thing couldn't be upgraded, so it was useless. He then took out the Owl Arrow, which had already been upgraded to a power level of 250,000. He wanted to upgrade it even more and give it to Ancestor Arrow Mountain, but the arrow had come from the Tai Mo Palace's Arrow Mountain. If he gave it to Ancestor Arrow Mountain, he would definitely be discovered, and Lu Yin didn't want to take the risk.
There wasn't anything else worth upgrading.
Suddenly, Lu Yin's eyes trembled as he saw something else. It was also a poison, but this one came from the Neohuman Alliance. It was called Shang Ninety-One Poison of Life.
Elder Wu's poison could be cured since he was just an ordinary Enlighter. However, there was no cure for this poison, and even Mister Mu couldn't do anything about it. This was a terrifying poison that could directly cause one's vitality to disappear. When Ming Yan had been poisoned, Mister Mu had used a secret technique to save her. Even so, she had split into two personalities.
Lu Yin looked at the Poison of Life in the bottle and thought for a moment before upgrading it.
He placed the Poison of Life on the screen and then frantically tossed in more star essence. 10,000 star essence, and the bottle had already reached a tenth of its original position.
Lu Yin was horrified. It couldn't be, right? Was it that exaggerated?
Each upgrade required almost 100,000 star essence. How could it be so expensive?
There weren't that many rune lines.
The upgrade had already begun, and Lu Yin didn't want to give up. He took a deep breath and tossed in 100,000 star essence. The bottle was still a bit away from the lower layer of the screen.
Finally, the upgrade was completed, and it consumed 120,000 star essence.
Lu Yin was horrified. The more precious an item was, the more star essence it required to upgrade it. Lu Yin had never used so much star essence to upgrade something before. Even when he had upgraded his universal armor to the point where it could withstand an attack with a power level of more than 300,000, it had only consumed 15,000 star essence at most.
This was on a completely different level.
But when he thought about it, he realized that this was a poison that even Mister Mu couldn't do anything about.
Shang Ninety-One. Ming Yan had swallowed Shang Ninety-Eight, and the higher the number, the stronger the poison. If even Shang Ninety-One required so many star essence to upgrade, then what about Shang Ninety-One?
Lu Yin didn't dare to imagine. Would that poison be something that even a powerhouse with a power level of a million could not withstand?
The second upgrade cost 300,000 star essence.
Lu Yin didn't want to upgrade it anymore, as he would run out of money.
Lu Yin held onto the Poison of Life and hesitated over whether or not he should give it to Ancestor Arrow Mountain, as it might be useful. Of course, he wasn't going to give it away for free.
In outer space, dark clouds loomed over the city as countless androids descended along with beams of light and bombarded the Damuyan District. War had begun once again.
Wei Rong, Qiong Xi'er, and Zhu San immediately looked for a place to hide. They actually wanted to follow Lu Yin, but they discovered that the weakest of Lu Yin's opponents were Hunters. This made things awkward, as they couldn't withstand the shockwaves from such a battle.
Helpless, the three could only find another place to hide.
Lu Yin was attacked by two Hunters, but there were more than two. He seemed to have fallen into a nest of androids, as there were androids all around him. Unfortunately, no matter how many of them there were, they couldn't harm him.
He had originally planned to deal with these androids first, but the unfavorable situation in outer space forced him to take action. Ahk was heavily injured and close to death, and he was surrounded by two Enlighters from the Sixth Mainland.
There were also Enlighters attacking the Damuyan District. Fortunately, Wan Qiancheng was there, and he occasionally fired an energy cannon that caused outer space to tremble.
Lu Yin took action and tossed Ahk towards the Blackfire Boulder Continent, where he blocked the two Enlighters by himself.
He couldn't defeat them in a fight, but he had no problem holding on. With his current abilities, he wasn't afraid of being captured by Enlighters.
In the distance, Yan Cheng stood tall in outer space and looked at the Damuyan District. They had received news that the Damuyan District was planning to counterattack and join forces to destroy the Technocracy's forces in order to buy some time to catch their breath.
This news was an opportunity for Yan Cheng, and he was waiting for the moment when the Fifth Mainland would counterattack.
Half a month quickly passed, and during this time, the battle had practically never stopped. Many of the reinforcements were unable to endure it.
Lu Yin was already used to it, as it had been the same during Ironblood Weave's war. This was the border battlefield, and it was the cruelest battlefield for humans.
After a period of recuperation, Yan Cheng's injuries had recovered significantly. This time, he took action, and everyone could see the sky shattering as if the heavens were descending.
Ancestor Arrow Mountain took action, and his star energy transformed into an arrow that shot into outer space and pierced through the three joined palms that covered the entire Damuyan District.
When a powerhouse with a power level above 500,000 took action, no one else could do anything.
Everyone could only watch in a daze.
Even an Enlighter would not be able to withstand any of the battle's shockwaves.
The Sixth Mainland had assumed that they would still have the advantage in this battle as usual, but the sudden appearance of the black flames had completely reversed the situation. Phineas Yan had appeared in the Damuyan District and cooperated with Ancestor Arrow Mountain to attack Yan Cheng.
Yan Cheng was shocked and hurriedly retreated, but he was surrounded by the black flames. Not only did he have to endure the pain of being burned alive, but he also had to endure an arrow from Ancestor Arrow Mountain and an energy cannon from Myriad City. Everyone saw blood splatter across outer space, and they saw Yan Cheng's sorry state.
The Sixth Mainland's cultivators hurriedly retreated.
Ancestor Arrow Mountain shouted, "Damuyan District, counterattack!"
Following Ancestor Arrow Mountain's command, tens of thousands of disciples from Taimo Temple roared, and space-exploring powerhouses leaped into the Technocracy's spacecraft and headed towards the Technocracy.
Ancestor Arrow Mountain was the fastest, and he chased after Yan Cheng into the Technocracy.
This region of space had originally belonged to the Endless Weave, but now, half of the Endless Weave had been covered by the Technocracy, and even space itself had changed.
The moment Ancestor Arrow Mountain entered, he was met with countless attacks. Countless androids were like moths to a flame as they tried to push Ancestor Arrow Mountain away.
Ancestor Arrow Mountain shouted, "Imprinter, don't run!"
Yan Cheng spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked back and unwillingly said, "You natives of the Fifth Mainland will be slaughtered by us sooner or later. I'll destroy your cultivation civilization and send everyone from the Fifth Mainland back to the primitive era."
Ancestor Arrow Mountain was furious. "I'll kill you!" His star energy transformed into an arrow that pierced through space and tore through the void, revealing an even darker space. The arrow disappeared into space and then reappeared behind Yan Cheng's back.
Yan Cheng hurriedly dodged, but he was still struck in the back by the arrow, and his imprint weakened significantly.
"You natives will die without a grave!" Yan Cheng bellowed as he quickly fled.
Ancestor Arrow Mountain hurriedly chased after him.
In the Damuyan District, Lu Yin's eyes narrowed as he waited for a certain moment.