Chapter 2621 – Charge In
At that moment, a formidable surge of voidforce energy erupted behind the Bureau group, and it filled the entire region. The pressure that they felt from this second powerhouse was no less intimidating than that of the Void Morphora blocking their way.
Everyone’s expressions changed.
"Two Void Morphoras? How is this possible?" Boss Guan was horrified.
Lu Yin frowned. Were both of these people disciples of Sovereign Ninth Lotus? That was truly impossible. Regardless of how many disciples Sovereign Ninth Lotus had, it was not possible for them to mobilize two Void Morphoras so quickly. How would Lord Xu react to such a show of force in his universe? Such brazenness was not something that the Voidforce Universe would allow.
Sovereign Ninth Lotus’s disciples must have employed a different method to mobilize two Void Morphoras.
Old Dian frowned. "We can’t stop two of them."
"Contact the Bureau Director," Ghost Three suggested in a trembling voice.
The others all remained silent. If it were so easy for them to get in touch with Xu Wuji, then their opponents would not have sent just two Void Morphoras. Xu Wuji was absolutely aware of what had happened, but he had decided to stay out of things. It was clear that the Bureau Director was not willing to start a conflict with Sovereign Ninth Lotus.
This was not solely out of fear of Sovereign Ninth Lotus. The Endless Frontier was Xu Wuji’s primary concern. In order to ensure one’s survival on that battlefield, it was important to not antagonize too many human powerhouses. Otherwise, a person could easily find themselves isolated and vulnerable, much like what had happened to Sage Stone.
The Endless Frontier was a meat grinder, even for Progenitors.
The two Void Morphoras were only interested in taking Cheng Feng away and ensuring that whoever had leaked Sage Stone’s whereabouts to him was not exposed. They had no intention of dealing with the Bureau. It was within expectations for Xu Wuji to not show up.
"Save me! You have to take me away! I don"t want to be taken to Sovereign Ninth Lotus!" Cheng Feng"s face grew pale, and he started begging Lu Yin.
Lu Yin looked at the man. "Then tell me who told you where Sage Stone was."
Old Dian and others from the Bureau felt their hearts skip a beat, and they instinctively took a step back. The moment they learned this name, the Bureau would be obligated to directly confront Sovereign Ninth Lotus’s disciples. The disciples would naturally do everything that they could to prevent the name from being revealed to the public, while the Bureau would be obligated to investigate whether that person was a spy. Neither side would be able to just let the matter go, and the Bureau’s team captains had no intention of getting involved in such trouble.
"Acting Bureau Director," Ghost Three pleaded, "Please let this matter go for now."
Boss Guan"s face twitched uncontrollably. How had things end up in this situation? This was supposed to be a glorious accomplishment on their part, but they were being obstructed by two Void Morphora. If anything went wrong, they could easily end up fighting against Sovereign Ninth Lotus’s disciples. If that happened, how would they survive in the Sixverse a.s.sociation?
Cheng Feng"s face contorted. He was facing the greatest dilemma of his life. Should he speak or stay silent?
"Release him," the Void Morphora behind the group commanded sternly as a terrifying amount of voidforce energy overwhelmed the Bureau officials. At the same time, a chain that contained an immense amount of voidforce energy appeared, and it extended across outer s.p.a.ce. This person far surpa.s.sed ordinary Void Morphoras.
Old Dian helplessly said, "Acting Bureau Director, please let him go."
Lu Yin stared at Cheng Feng. "Speak."
"Acting Bureau Director!" Boss Guan could no longer endure the pressure. He wanted to persuade Xuan Qi to abandon what he was trying to do.
"Acting Bureau Director, Sovereign Ninth Lotus will look into this, so why do we need to get involved in the affairs of Sovereign Ninth Lotus"s disciples?" Ghost Three pleaded.
Old Dian added, "Sovereign Ninth Lotus will not allow a spy to remain within her disciples. Acting Bureau Director, this is not something that we can get involved with, and the Bureau Director clearly doesn’t want to get involved either."
Xu Ji and Xu Yue both stared at Lu Yin. The pressure that he was facing was immense.
Various scenarios flashed through Cheng Feng"s mind. Should he speak or stay silent?
Voidforce energy was pressing down on the group from two directions.
Even Old Dian wanted to back down, and everyone else was similarly trying to get Lu Yin to step back.
Suddenly, Lu Yin turned to Old Dian. "Even at the risk of death, keep Cheng Feng here. We are right in front of our own headquarters. If a captive is taken from us right here, how will we be able to continue to operate? The Bureau’s mission is to capture spies. What does that have to do with Sovereign Ninth Lotus? If we hand our captive over to Sovereign Ninth Lotus, the Bureau might as well disband."
Old Dian replied in a bitter voice, "But even the Bureau Director…"
"I don’t care what the Bureau Director is thinking. As long as I, Xuan Qi, am the acting Bureau Director, then I am the one who will decide the actions of this Bureau branch. Cheng Feng will only be taken away from my dead body. I alone will face whatever consequences may come from this. If anyone takes Cheng Feng from me by force, I promise that they will suffer the same fate as a spy" Lu Yin remained unswayed.
He needed the Bureau so that he would be able to perform certain tasks. How would that be possible if the Bureau lost Cheng Feng? How would Lu Yin even be able to move about the Sixverse a.s.sociation if he lost the Bureau’s authority?
He did not believe that the current standoff in front of the Bureau’s headquarters would last for very long. There were countless eyes watching events unfold in real time. The two Void Morphoras trying to take Cheng Feng away did not dare to reveal their true ident.i.ties. "Old Dian, use your life-bound voidforce puppet."
A life-bound voidforce puppet carried a distinct significance compared to normal voidforce puppets. The two experts trying to take Cheng Feng away were trying to keep their ident.i.ties hidden, and for that reason, they would not use their life-bound voidforce puppets. The moment Old Dian released his own, the boost of voidforce energy would give him the strength to get the Bureau’s people into the Red Zone. Once they were within their headquarters, things would be different.
Not even Xu Wuji would allow anyone to take a captive spy out of the Red Zone.
Old Dian held his tongue, understanding that Xuan Qi was an impulsive youth. The acting Bureau Director was doing nothing less than challenging Sovereign Ninth Lotus’s disciples. This was clearly the best moment to release Cheng Feng, as doing so might even earn them some good will with Sovereign Ninth Lotus"s disciples. What on earth was going through the acting Bureau Director’s mind?
The two Void Morphoras were staring at Lu Yin, their expressions changing. Was this child an idiot? Even Xu Wuji was deliberately not getting involved, and yet this youth dared to push forward. Where was his courage coming from?
The two Void Morphora had believed that they would succeed without any issues, but they had not expected to encounter such a stubborn person. This made things very difficult for the Void Morphora as well.
Old Dian did not want to reveal his life-bound voidforce puppet, and the two opposing Void Morphoras did not wish to expose their ident.i.ties either. The two sides were at a standstill right in front of the Red Zone.
Suddenly, an odd fluctuation rippled through outer s.p.a.ce.
Lu Yin looked over. What was he feeling?
Old Dian turned to look, completely shocked. "Someone is about to become a Void Suprema!"
Void Suprema?
Everyone turned to look in the same direction, including the two unknown Void Morphora. Was someone about to become a Void Suprema?
The greatest hope of all Void Morphoras was to become a Void Suprema. Only Void Suprema were regarded as true powerhouses, and it was very unexpected for anyone to face this final breakthrough at this moment. Who could it be?
…
Far away, in the Void Yang and Void Yin clans’ territories, everyone from both clans looked up to stare at the same point in outer s.p.a.ce. Xu Heng and Xu Leng were standing there, holding hands, and the Yin Yang Sword floated before them.
"I didn"t expect for us to both become Void Supremas during our seclusion," Xu Heng exclaimed.
Xu Leng held Xu Heng"s hand, and she answered in a gentle voice, "We have long since had the strength needed for this breakthrough, but we were missing the Yin Yang Sword. With the sword returned to us, our breakthrough was nothing more than the next step.”
Xu Heng laughed. "Brother Xuan Qi is truly our lucky star."
Xu Leng nodded.
At this moment, endless voidforce energy was surging all around them.
Even when transitioning from Void Morphora to Void Suprema, the Voidforce Universe’s cultivators did not face a tribulation like the Fifth Mainland’s stellular tribulations. On top of that, the universe’s voidforce energy would try to elevate the cultivator to the Void Suprema level, though the rate of success was pitifully low. Becoming a Void Suprema required a vast amount of voidforce energy to instantly enter a cultivator’s body. Only if the person did not explode from the process would they succeed. Naturally, those who failed exploded and died.
While becoming a Progenitor in the Fifth Mainland required a cultivator to use various methods, opportunities, forms of energy, and more, the heights to which the Voidforce Universe’s people could cultivate to depended solely on their innate talent.
This was precisely why Xu Xiangyin had seen Xuan Qi as so important to the Voidforce Universe. Given the talent that Lu Yin had revealed when controlling a voidforce puppet with twenty times more energy than himself and later triggering a voidforce tide, he would absolutely become a Void Suprema, barring any major complications. As for most people in the Voidforce universe, they could only rely on luck to successfully breakthrough.
While the universe itself did not try to stop cultivators from becoming Void Supremas, the chances for a cultivator to reach that level were not much better than a Fifth Mainland cultivator’s chances of becoming a Progenitor.
This was simply the way of things. While some people would be blocked and hindered, they would still succeed despite all obstacles. Others, no matter how they were helped and a.s.sisted, would still fail.
Xu Heng and Xu Leng had been able to attempt their final breakthrough to become Void Supremas long before, but without the Yin Yang Sword, they knew that they were lacking the final and most crucial component of Venerable Xuyi"s power. Without that final detail, it would have been impossible for either of them to become a Void Suprema. As soon as that final component appeared, breaking through became an inevitability.
Endless voidforce energy surged into both Xu Heng and Xu Leng.
With two people experiencing a breakthrough at the same time, the amount of voidforce energy that swept towards them was far greater than what would happen when a single person became a Void Suprema.
Voidforce energy poured into the two people and then emerged from the Yin Yang Sword, creating a cycle. Without this cycle, the two would never be able to succeed in their breakthrough. Other Void Morphoras similarly required the help of their voidforce puppets to become Void Supremas, as this was simply the Voidforce Universe’s cultivation method.
Just outside the Red Zone, everyone was staring off into the distance, looking increasingly shocked by what they sensed.
"Who is breaking through? They’re drawing such a ma.s.sive amount of voidforce energy," Old Dian exclaimed in shock.
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. This was indeed a ridiculous amount of energy, and he believed that it was no less than the amount that Lord Xu had placed in the bone pike. That amount had been determined by Lu Yin"s exceptional talent for voidforce energy, but whoever was breaking through was receiving the same amount of energy. The Voidforce Universe had no shortage of experts.
Xu Wuwei was an expert so powerful that Lu Yin struggled to even comprehend the man’s strength. After this person completed their breakthrough, they would stand at a similar level.
The two Void Morphora who were trying to take Cheng Feng away had complicated expressions on their faces. They longed for the day when they would also become Void Supremas. While it appeared to be nothing more than a single step, that one step might as well span the width of the heavens.
At the moment, seeing someone else face their final breakthrough left the two experts momentarily stunned.
"Let"s go, quickly!" Lu Yin quietly ordered.
Old Dian quickly carried Lu Yin and Cheng Feng along with him as he moved toward the Red Zone.
The two Void Morphoras were only after Cheng Feng, and they would not harm anyone else.
The Void Morphora blocking the path to the Red Zone recovered, and his movements grew much sharper than before. Behind Old Dian, voidforce energy moved to form a large hand that reached out to grab them.
"Aren"t you going to use your life-bound voidforce puppet?" Lu Yin gave Old Dian a pointed look. He had developed an aura of unquestionable authority during his years as overlord of the Fifth Mainland, and that bearing caused Old Dian to shiver. The old man could not comprehend why he did not dare to meet this youth’s eyes.
Lu Yin had killed more than one Semi-Progenitor before, and not even Old Dian could endure Lu Yin’s killing intent.
With a pained expression, the old man quickly explained, "Acting Bureau Director, it"s not that I don"t want to use it, but I have my own problems."
"I don"t give a s.h.i.t about your problems! If Cheng Feng is captured, you"re dead," Lu Yin threatened.
Old Dian could tell that Xuan Qi was completely serious, so he gritted his teeth. If he was going to suffer the same fate regardless of whether he fought, he might as well fight. "Bureau Director, if anyone comes after me because of this, you must help me stop them."
"Fine," Lu Yin agreed. He was not afraid of things getting out of hand. Instead, he was afraid that things would not spiral out of control far enough.
A strange laugh suddenly rang out, and it left Lu Yin"s scalp numb from a sense of fear. He stared blankly at the voidforce puppet that had mysteriously appeared right next to him. What in the world was this?
The sudden appearance of this puppet would startle anyone. It had huge black circles for eyes, and its mouth was a simple tear that had been haphazardly sewn back up with a bit of thread. The eyes were lifeless, and yet it felt as though they were staring into Lu Yin’s soul. The puppet’s entire body was covered in patches that formed pairs of patterns that looked like eyes. There were threads that connected the puppet to Old Dian"s hand. It swayed about as it released a strange laugh.
This laughter was even more disturbing than Shaman G.o.d"s. It was creeping and nauseating.
Cheng Feng stood frozen, transfixed in horror. The puppet"s unblinking eyes pierced him as it let out another peal of strange laughter.
This was Old Dian’s life-bound voidforce puppet.