Gui Bing was shocked. "Who are you?"
Lu Yin frowned, as this person was far weaker than Autumnfrost Qing. However, even in the Innerverse, he was still in the top twenty of the Top 100 Rankings. If one factored in the various suppressions, then this person could at least enter the top fifteen.
The Sixth Mainland's overall strength was much higher than the Fifth Mainland's.
There was a crack as Lu Yin exerted more force and broke Gui Bing's wrist. Gui Bing was dragged along like a corpse, gritting his teeth as beads of sweat formed on his forehead.
The young master was shocked. This powerhouse that he had thought was undefeatable was actually being trampled on like this. It was unbelievable.
The Sixth Mainland's natural suppression was ineffective against Lu Yin. As for imprints and martial seals, they were unable to close the distance between the two. To Lu Yin, unless it was someone like Autumnfrost Qing, who was a direct descendant of a World Imprinter family, who had some fun fighting, the rest were not even enough to warm up.
"Do you know who I am?
My master is Grandma Sly from the Tong family, and she's an Imprinter. There aren't many powerhouses like her in the Fifth Mainland. Do you dare to kill me? "Gui Bing threatened in a shrill voice.
Lu Yin was cold and arrogant. "Sorry, but even if your master was here, I would still kill her." He then saw that Gui Bing was about to retrieve something from his cosmic ring. Lu Yin decisively sent his strength through his arm and shattered Gui Bing's heart.
Gui Bing had not expected Lu Yin to be so decisive. His eyes went slack, and he finally lost all signs of life.
The young master stared blankly. Clean and efficient, ruthless, and powerful. He had never seen such a person before.
He tried hard to recall all the titled powerhouses he had heard of, but there was no mention of such a person. Could it be that this person only looked young, but was actually a senior?
The General Appointment Platform's titles were only given to the younger generation. Powerhouses of the older generation would receive all sorts of rewards for their contributions, but they were not given titles. After all, many of the older generation's powerhouses had power levels over 200,000, and they were only suppressing their power levels in battle, so there was no way to judge them. Thus, the General Appointment Platform's titles were reserved for the younger generation.
Lu Yin skillfully used Gui Bing's blood to open the man's cosmic ring. He flipped through the contents, and his eyes lit up. There were quite a few good items, and he knew what this person had been trying to retrieve. It was a needle that was different from the ones that Lu Yin had used before. The rune lines on this needle were clearly on the edge of 200,000, which was the maximum power that could be used in this region.
He wanted to use this needle to launch a sneak attack, but unfortunately, he was the one who got away with it.
Aside from the needle, there were quite a few other things in this person's cosmic ring, including close to 20,000 star essence. To a Cruiser, 20,000 star essence was a lot.
The young master gulped when he saw Lu Yin unceremoniously accept the spoils of war. "Junior Alfonso from Astral Star Mountain greets senior."
It was no wonder that this person looked so familiar. Back when he had been training on the Shenwu Continent, he had forced this person to sign a treaty in the Tower of Resonating Light. When he had returned to the Great Yu Empire, he had used this person to force the Ross Empire to retreat.
"Elephant Star Mountain?
The one from Chaos Flowzone? "Lu Yin asked.
"Senior, you've heard of Elephant Star Mountain?" Alfonso's eyes lit up as he asked expectantly.
Lu Yin grunted. "You can say that. Why are you so miserable?"
Alfonso said bitterly, "This junior was careless and was discovered by the people from the Sixth Mainland. I even implicated the elders of my sect. If it weren't for senior's intervention, this junior would have died."
Lu Yin feigned curiosity. "What's the Sixth Mainland?"
Alfonso was stunned. "Senior, you don't know about the Sixth Mainland?"
Lu Yin shook his head.
Behind them, Hai Qiqi curled her lips and rolled her eyes in disdain.
"I went into seclusion for a hundred years. I just came out," Lu Yin explained.
Alfonso was puzzled. Seclusion for a hundred years?
More than a year ago, the Martial Progenitors had invaded, and there was still someone who could go into seclusion during that earth-shattering battle?
Although he did not believe it, Lu Yin had still saved him and had even killed a disciple of the Sixth Mainland's Imprinter. He had to be one of their own.
"Since senior doesn't understand the current situation, I'll explain it to you." Alfonso spent half an hour explaining everything he knew about the Innerverse.
It was only then that Lu Yin realized that the situation in the Innerverse was worse than he had imagined.
When the Sixth Mainland had first invaded, the Starfall Sea had been unable to retaliate. They had even broken through the Astral River Flowzone's energy barrier and attacked Chaos Flowzone.
The Innerverse's various powers had been forcefully recruited by the Hall of Honor to resist the Sixth Mainland's invasion, but it had been useless. The entire Innerverse had been slowly eroded by the Sixth Mainland until the experts from the Cosmic Sea and Neoverse joined the fray. With the addition of the various powers' powerhouses, the Innerverse's collapse had been halted. The war had been intense, and it had eventually led to a spiritual force battle between the Sixth Mainland's Martial Ancestors and the Fifth Mainland's Progenitors.
Even though the great battle between the Progenitors had caused the energy to surge, and attacks with power levels exceeding 200,000 were not allowed to be unleashed from the same source, there was still an endless stream of powerhouses on the Sixth Mainland with power levels below 200,000. Among the younger generation, the Daosource Three Skies and the Realmlings were at the top, and those who were second only to them were the heirs of the Cosmic Imprinter family, the World Imprinter family, and the Imprinter family. Aside from the younger generation, there were also many Enlighters on the Sixth Mainland. These powerhouses suppressed their power levels below 200,000, but the power they could display was even more terrifying than the younger generation. After all, they were existences that had surpassed the Enlighter realm.
The Enlighter elder who had escorted Alfonso to Starfall Mountain had been severely injured by one of the Sixth Mainland's Enlighters.
The Sixth Mainland's Imprinters and even World Imprinters would occasionally take action. They suppressed their power levels to below 200,000, and the strength they could display was absolutely terrifying. It was not something that the average person could imagine.
Although the Innerverse had entered a state of intense war, it was still being slowly invaded by the Sixth Mainland. The Starfall Sea, Chaos Flowzone, Righteous Sun Flowzone, Spirit Seal Flowzone, and so on had all fallen into the Sixth Mainland's hands. More than half of the Innerverse had been taken over by the Sixth Mainland, and many Innerverse cultivators could only hide. The moment they were discovered, they were either killed or captured.
The most terrifying thing was that this surge of energy did not cover the entire universe. It only covered the Innerverse and nearly half of the Cosmic Sea. The other half of the Cosmic Sea and the Neoverse were not covered by this surge of energy, which was why the Sixth Mainland had gathered all of its top powers in an attempt to invade the Neoverse. As long as the Sixth Mainland succeeded in invading the Neoverse, their absolute experts would not be suppressed by the surge of energy and could use their full strength. At that time, the entire Fifth Mainland would become the Sixth Mainland's territory.
The Ten Arbiters and many of the Innerverse's powerhouses had all gone to the Cosmic Sea to resist the Sixth Mainland.
Lu Yin fell into deep thought. He had thought that the situation in the Innerverse would be better, especially after Elder Yu's words and Master Yuan's strength had encouraged him. But now, it seemed that he had been too optimistic. According to Alfonso, the Innerverse had been suppressed from beginning to end.
"The Titled powerhouses at the General Appointment Platform are very powerful, but the Sixth Mainland has even more powerhouses," Alfonso said bleakly. They had never imagined that the Innerverse would be successfully invaded one day.
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed. Only the three filaments were attacking the Innerverse at full strength. Once the Sixth Mainland gathered all of its forces and invaded the Innerverse, the Innerverse, Cosmic Sea, and Neoverse would all be finished unless another Progenitor took action.
"What's the situation in the Cosmic Sea?" Lu Yin could not help but ask, as he was worried about Leon's Armada.
Alfonso shook his head. "I don't know. This information was obtained half a year ago, and it's hard to tell if it's true or false."
Hai Qiqi pouted. "Then why do you make it sound like it's true?"
Lu Yin wanted to hit Alfonso, as he had just lost all hope.
Alfonso felt aggrieved. "Saying that it's hard to tell if it's true or false is just to comfort ourselves. Right now, everywhere we go is under the Sixth Mainland's rule. Every prosperous planet has a statue of the Sixth Mainland's Imprinter, and everyone has to kneel and worship it. It's the same everywhere, so the situation might be even worse than we imagined."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. Kneeling and worshipping a statue of an Imprinter was a forceful violation of the dignity of the Innerverse's cultivators, and it was a stain that they would bear for the rest of their lives. Once they kneeled and worshipped the statue, their hearts would become chaotic, and over time, they would fall into a state of worship towards the Imprinter. What a vicious method.
This was an attempt to enslave the Fifth Mainland.
"You said that the Starfall Sea has also fallen into the hands of the Sixth Mainland. Then, what about the Sea King's Dome?" Hai Qiqi suddenly asked.
Alfonso shook his head. "I'm not sure about the specifics, but the Starfall Sea was the Sixth Mainland's first stop when they invaded the Innerverse. They call it the Mara River, and it's rumored that it's currently in the hands of the Grand Martial Realm's Tong family. The Tong family is a Cosmic Imprinter family, and they have many Imprinters under their command. No one dares to go to the Starfall Sea right now, as that would be courting death.
"We want to go to the Starfall Sea. Do you have any ideas?" Lu Yin asked.
Alfonso looked troubled. "Um, Senior, we really can't go to the Starfall Sea. The Tong family is extremely powerful, and it's rumored that even the Grand Martial Realm's Realmling is there. We can go somewhere else."
"Then go to the Starfall Sea!" Hai Qiqi shouted.
Alfonso looked depressed. "If Senior insists on going to the Starfall Sea, then there's only one way, and that is to blend in with the miners who have been captured. You might be able to avoid detection, but it's too dangerous. Senior, please reconsider."
Alfonso then bowed deeply. "Senior, before you go to the Starfall Sea, can you do this junior a favor?
Starfall Mountain will never forget Senior's kindness. "
"How can you be like this?
We've already saved you, so don't push your luck. "Hai Qiqi was displeased, as she was in a hurry to go to the Starfall Sea.
Alfonso thought about it and then sighed. "It's my fault. I won't say anything else. Please don't blame me, Senior."
Lu Yin did not ask any further, as he did not like to cause trouble for himself. "Do you know where the captured miners are?
It would be best if you could take us there. "
Alfonso looked troubled. "I still have to save the people from Astral-3, so I don't have enough time. However, I can draw up a star chart for Senior. It's not too far away."
Lu Yin's gaze trembled. "What did you just say?
Save the people from Astral-3?
Astral-3? "
Alfonso nodded. "The Sixth Mainland invaded, and Astral-3 happened to be here. It was destroyed by the Sixth Mainland's powerhouses, and more than half of the academy's students died. The headmaster and an Imprinter from the Sixth Mainland perished together. The remaining students and mentors were all captured and are currently being executed. I was about to save them when I was discovered by the soldiers."
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