Lu Yin's consciousness dissipated, and he seemed to have transformed into rune lines that swam through the heavens, covering the entire area.
He saw a tall and imposing person who, with a wave of his hand, caused the heavens to be replaced by boundless rune lines.
He saw a civilization that used strange technology to achieve communication, teleportation, and battle.
He saw a battlefield where countless people were moving against the flow of a large river.
He …
…
His eyes changed, and star energy filled them as his pupils transformed into a complex rune.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Yin's vision returned to normal. The sky was still dusky and seemingly endless. It was filled with boundless rune lines that suppressed everyone.
Hong Ying had fainted all around him, and Hai Qiqi stared at him with wide eyes.
Lu Yin's eyes changed, and he subconsciously rubbed them. "How long has it been?"
"Five days," Hai Qiqi replied.
Lu Yin nodded and closed his eyes to rest.
Hai Qiqi could not hold back any longer. "What did you see?
You've been looking at it for five days. Did you comprehend something? "
Lu Yin waved a hand. "Let me rest for a bit."
Hai Qiqi was very curious. She had heard from her father that some people with extraordinary innate gifts might experience strange situations such as sudden epiphanies. Lu Yin's appearance during those five days was very similar to that.
Fortunately, that old woman from the Sixth Mainland had not been monitoring him, or else he might have been exposed.
Lu Yin closed his eyes, which were somewhat sore. This feeling was exactly the same as when he had reached the top of the Sky Platform. At that time, he had not known what had happened; he had only known that his eyes had been filled with star energy and that he had been able to see rune lines. Now, he knew.
The Sky Platform was indeed a legacy of the Rune Technology, and it had only one use: to open one's eyes.
The Rune Technology had been created by the Rune Progenitor for a short period of time, but it had been incomparably resplendent. He had even led the Fifth Mainland to attack the Sixth Mainland, and that resplendent but short period of time had caused the Sixth Mainland to suffer heavy losses. Lu Yin did not know what the final outcome had been, but in the past five days, he had received the second part of the legacy due to the astronomical phenomenon.
At the same time, he had also learned about the supreme technique created by the Rune Progenitor: the True Scripture of Eon Evolution.
The Sky Platform could open one's eyes and allow one to see rune lines, while the Sky Platform allowed one to use rune lines.
The battle of the Rune Technology was terrifying and mysterious. Just like the Sky Platform and Astronomical Suppression, it could directly erase a person's existence. What it erased was not one's life but one's rune lines.
A person's influence on the universe was determined by the number of rune lines they would produce. The Eon Evolution True Scripture allowed the person who learned it to erase the other person's rune lines. The reduction in rune lines also meant that the other person's power would be reduced. This was both an erasure and a restriction.
This was the Symbol Ancestor's creation that had shocked both continents, and it could even be said that history did not dare to record it — the Universe Evolution True Scripture.
Lu Yin did not know how many Progenitors had appeared in the Fifth Mainland, but he knew that Progenitor Chen was an existence that the Sixth Mainland did not dare to record in its history. It was the same for the Talisman Progenitor, or perhaps even more so. This was because there were people in the Sixth Mainland who had heard of Progenitor Chen's rumors, but no one had ever mentioned the Talisman Progenitor's existence. Only a few people from the Fifth Mainland knew about the existence of Rune Technology.
The civilization that the Talisman Progenitor had created had reached its peak, but it had also ended the fastest, as if it could no longer exist in the universe.
Lu Yin recalled that the monkey had once mentioned that Rune Technology was like a piece of heaven covering another piece of heaven. He now understood that this universe had once been covered by the Talisman Progenitor, and the rune lines that he had seen had all been left behind by the Talisman Progenitor after he had covered this piece of heaven. This also meant that the entire Cosmic Sea contained remnants of the Talisman Progenitor's power.
Unless the Talisman Progenitor's power completely disappeared, then the rune lines would also cease to exist.
Lu Yin took a deep breath. Just how talented was the Talisman Progenitor to be able to create such a terrifying civilization? The Talisman Progenitor himself was equivalent to a universe that had replaced the original universe.
Not long after, Lu Yin opened his eyes and looked at a corner. According to Tong Chou's memories, that spacecraft would appear in that corner.
Granny Sly and the others would definitely not allow him to discover the spacecraft, but unfortunately, he already knew where it was.
Lu Yin looked up again. He wanted to continue comprehending the Eon Evolution True Scripture, but it was unlikely that he would succeed. He could only receive Ling Ming's inheritance, and if he wanted to take another step forward, he would need other opportunities.
Someone like the Talisman Progenitor would definitely have left behind an inheritance on the Fifth Mainland, so he would have to pay more attention to the Rune Technology's legacy in the future.
Right, since the Sky Platform belonged to the Astral Combat Academy, the Astral Combat Academy might know something about it.
Another day passed, and Hong Ying woke up. She turned to look at Lu Yin and met his gaze. "You're awake?"
Lu Yin smiled. "We're leaving."
Hong Ying was puzzled. "Leaving?"
Lu Yin grabbed Hong Ying and leaped out with Hai Qiqi, flying towards a corner of the Sea King's Dome.
Many of the Sixth Mainland's cultivators were shocked, and the Enlighter elder immediately blocked their path. "Junior, you can't escape." He then raised a hand to slap Lu Yin, both of his hands flickering with black light.
Lu Yin shouted, "You don't want this woman's life anymore?"
The elder subconsciously stopped.
Lu Yin raised a hand and took out a bottle of Elder Wu's poison.
The elder's face changed. "Dodge!" He was the first to flee.
Poison was a terrifying thing, and no one knew what kind of poison it was. No matter who it was, once they came into contact with poison, they would subconsciously try to avoid it.
The elder had made the right decision to dodge, as Elder Wu's poison had close to 200,000 rune lines, which was enough to make him unlucky.
While everyone else was trying to avoid the poison, Lu Yin dragged Hai Qiqi across the shore and grabbed Elder Wu's corpse before tossing it into his cosmic ring. He then rushed towards a corner where a spacecraft was docked.
The spacecraft had just arrived, and it was preparing to take Granny Sly, Hong Ying, and the rest to the Grayweed Continent.
Lu Yin was less than a hundred meters away from the spacecraft, and when he looked up, he saw that the Sixth Mainland's cultivators were all around him.
Granny Sly sneered. You want to escape?
Impossible.
Lu Yin raised a hand, and a needle appeared in his hand. He then shot it in all directions.
Granny Sly was shocked. Not good! Shadowless Crafty Needles!
The needles were smeared with poison as they shot out in all directions. Their penetrative power was extremely strong, and more importantly, they contained a strange effect. More than a dozen Hunters and dozens of Sixth Mainland cultivators were struck by the needles, and their faces immediately turned black as they died.
Granny Sly was furious, and she finally appeared. She crossed the void and grabbed at Lu Yin. "Junior, you're courting death!"
Lu Yin blocked Hong Ying in front of him. "Old hag, if you come any closer, I'll strip her."
Granny Sly roared, but she did not stop. Instead, she sped up and appeared in front of Lu Yin, reaching out with her palm. Lu Yin's brows jumped, as this was his first time facing an Imprinter. Even though she had suppressed her power level to below 200,000, an Imprinter was still an Imprinter, and he did not dare to be careless. He condensed star energy in his right hand, "First Sun."
The scorching sun collided with Granny Sly, but she did not dodge. Instead, she pressed down on the sun with one hand. Lu Yin was left in disbelief as his First Sun dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye. The entire process took less than a second.
Before he could even react, Granny Sly had already struck out with her palm at Lu Yin.
Hai Qiqi hurriedly threw out a small blue shield, and Lu Yin's Fatesand appeared behind the shield.
Granny Sly's palm struck the shield, causing it to shatter into pieces. Her palm did not lose momentum as it continued to strike the Fatesand. Fortunately, her power level was suppressed below 200,000, so she did not immediately shatter the Fatesand. Even so, the force of her palm still managed to pass through the Fatesand and cause Lu Yin to spit out blood.
Lu Yin hurriedly scattered more poison in an attempt to force Granny Sly back. He spat out another mouthful of blood, but Granny Sly was not afraid of the poison. She struck out again with a thin needle. "Junior, your ancestors weren't even born when I was playing with poison."
Lu Yin's scalp went numb, and he activated the Yu Secret Art. The needle disappeared and shot towards Granny Sly instead.
Granny Sly sneered and allowed the needle to enter her body. She then struck out with a palm. "Secret techniques are useless."
Lu Yin's eyes narrowed, and he struck out with a palm as well. This time, he did not use any star energy battle techniques and relied purely on his physical strength. "Thirty Stacks — 150 Times — Shockwave Palm."
There was a loud bang, and the ground cracked open. Lu Yin grabbed Hai Qiqi and Hong Ying with his left hand, but he was sent flying into the spacecraft and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Even if an Imprinter did not cultivate their physical body, their physical body was still not something that an Explorer like Lu Yin could compare to. They were not on the same level.
No one believed that Lu Yin could resist Granny Sly.
However, when Granny Sly appeared, everyone was shocked.
Granny Sly's right palm was bent, and she even took a few steps back.
How was this possible?
Even Hai Qiqi was in disbelief, let alone the people from the Sixth Mainland.
Even if an Imprinter suppressed their power level to below 200,000, they were still not someone that an Explorer could deal with. They were not on the same level at all. Lu Yin had previously found it difficult to deal with Enlighters, so how could he possibly have the ability to resist Granny Sly?
Granny Sly's heart was in turmoil. Something was wrong. Something was definitely wrong. When their palms had clashed, her strength seemed to have rapidly declined.
Before anyone could think any further, Lu Yin grabbed Hong Ying's shoulder and tore it apart. Hong Ying's right sleeve was instantly torn apart, revealing a large patch of white.
At that moment, Granny Sly froze, as did everyone from the Sixth Mainland.
Hong Ying screamed, "Stop!"
Blood flowed from the corner of Lu Yin's mouth, and he panted heavily. "Shut up!" He had only torn apart Hong Ying's right sleeve, and it was not a big deal since it was just one arm. However, to Hong Ying and the cultivators from the Sixth Mainland, this was shocking. If he could tear apart one arm, then he could tear apart her entire sleeve.
No one dared to make a move.
Lu Yin appeared to be in a sorry state, and his eyes were bloodshot as he glared at everyone, especially Granny Sly. "If you dare to make a move, I'll tear her apart. Since I'm going to die anyway, I'll make sure that all of you die with me."
All of the cultivators from the Sixth Mainland had ugly expressions, and they did not dare to make a move. The men even turned around.
Granny Sly did not dare to make a move either. Although the Tong family was tyrannical and could pay any price to disregard Hong Ying's life, if Hong Ying was torn apart, then the Galloping Horse Villa would lose a lot of face. This was not something that could be exchanged for benefits, and it might even affect the unity of the three regions when they attacked the Fifth Mainland. After all, the Sixth Mainland often had internal conflicts, and it had not been easy for the three regions to unite. Although she was an Imprinter, she did not dare to make a move on her own, or else she would become a sinner.
"What do you want?" Granny Sly shouted.
Lu Yin panted heavily. "I want to go to the Grayweed Continent.