Chapter 2708 – Weird Eye
Cloudflow was shocked by what he was seeing, as were Mr. Zhu and the blonde woman. It was only at this time that they understood why people tried so hard to join the Merchant Exchange. After joining, their status would completely transform, and clearly, they were even able to ignore peak powerhouses.
"Impossible." Cloudflow was stunned. How could a mere ant possibly ignore his attacks?
Zhu Ye laughed wildly. "So what if you are a powerhouse? Cloudflow, right? I will remember you! If you dare to attack the Merchant Exchange, the Merchant Exchange will never let you go! Just wait for me."
The young man turned to leave. He still had not adjusted to the realization that he had a power vessel that allowed him to ignore the attacks of even a peak powerhouse, but the realization was slowly settling in and changing his entire demeanor.
It was as if an ordinary person had suddenly become the emperor. It was difficult to instantly adapt to such a change, and Zhu Ye simply wanted to leave and get away.
"Young Master, take me with you! Young Master!" Mr. Zhu begged.
The blonde woman also started begging. "Master Zhu, please take me with you! Please!"
Zhu Ye had no desire to rescue either of the two people, though he did direct a cold glare at the woman. "This is all your fault, you trash."
He then made to tear through the void and leave.
However, a hand pa.s.sed through his shield to grab hold of Zhu Ye"s shoulder.
The young man’s body went completely stiff, and the cold arrogance that had covered his face faded away. He slowly turned his head to see a face smiling at him sarcastically, and shock filled his eyes.
Is this that person?
Lu Yin had his hand on Zhu Ye"s shoulder and was watching in amus.e.m.e.nt as the man’s expression shifted from happiness and arrogance to fear and despair. "Did I say that you could leave?"
Zhu Ye grew sluggish. This man was touching him, and Zhu Ye actually had to touch himself in disbelief.
He looked at the shield, but it was still there. Despite that, this person’s hand had simply pa.s.sed through the shield to grab Zhu Ye’s shoulder. How was this possible?
"You- you..." Zhu Ye spurted out weakly.
Lu Yin laughed and looked at the shield in surprise. "What an impressive treasure. This isn’t restricted by s.p.a.ce, but is an improved version of a pocket s.p.a.ce. Aside from that big tree, I"ve never seen anything else that can move through s.p.a.ce in this manner."
As Lu Yin spoke, he looked around. After a moment, his eyes fell upon Zhu Ye"s eyebrows. "There it is."
He then reached out and pointed a finger at Zhu Ye"s eyebrows. There was a crack, but no blood leaked out. Instead, only a single eye fell from the young man’s brow. He stared at Lu Yin in terror, like an abandoned pet.
Zhu Ye retreated a few steps as the shield slowly disappeared from around his body. He collapsed to the floor, looking as though he had been cast from heaven to h.e.l.l.
Lu Yin grabbed the eye. "What is this?"
It was indeed an eye, but one that had become an independent, separate lifeform. Tentacles hung down from it.
When Lu Yin grabbed it, the eye tried to escape by wriggling its tentacles, but given Lu Yin"s vision, it was impossible for the eye to escape.
It was able to move through s.p.a.ce, just like the big tree, but so was Lu Yin.
When Lu Yin reached out and plucked the eye from Zhu Ye’s forehead, Cloudflow and the others were unable to see anything at all, as the eye was in a different layer of s.p.a.ce.
Such layers of s.p.a.ce might be beyond the perception abilities of even Progenitors.
Everyone only saw that the shield that had been protecting Zhu Ye disappear.
This was not the time to study the eye. Lu Yin kept a tight hold on it as he looked back at Zhu Ye. Just as Lu Yin was about to say something, his head suddenly turned. There was a powerful individual approaching the bestowal art carrier: a Progenitor-level corpse king.
Fighting had resumed in the Cloudflow Universe, and a Progenitor-level corpse king had appeared to attack the carrier. One of its attacks happened to be aimed at precisely where Lu Yin and the others were standing.
The attack tore through the carrier, and a terrifying power pa.s.sed by in front of Lu Yin. Not only did this attack tear open the bestowal art carrier, but it also released a hint of Cloudflow’s power outside of the small area.
Just as Qiu Zhan was about to make his way into the s.p.a.ce outside of the carrier, he was alerted to the presence of a powerhouse within the bestowal art carrier. He glanced at the reading and saw that this hidden powerhouse had a power level of 5.6 million.
Had a powerful corpse king forced their way into the carrier itself?
Qiu Zhan did not hesitate to use his black energy converter as he raced over.
Lu Yin frowned. "We’ve been noticed. Let’s go."
Cloudflow casually eliminated Zhu Ye and the other two, while Lu Yin placed the women from the Cloudflow Universe into a Zenith Mountain. "Qiu Zhan’s on his way."
As soon as he finished speaking, a blast of black energy arrived.
Cloudflow lifted his head. "Qiu Zhan, it’s been a long time."
The moment that Qiu Zhan heard Cloudflow"s voice, the man’s pupils shrank sharply. "It"s you!"
There was another deafening explosion as more of the carrier was destroyed. Qiu Zhan shouted, "Use the Bestowal Art! Deal with the corpse king with an energy converter!"
Then, the commander raced straight for Cloudflow. "Have you surrendered yourself to Aeternus?”
Cloudflow said nothing to defend himself. Coincidentally, he had been discovered during an Aeternus attack that was being led by an extremely powerful corpse king. Such a thing had not happened in many years, and no one would believe him even if he denied that he had been rescued by the Aeternals.
Elsewhere, Lu Yin rushed into the area that was protected by the hyper-a.n.a.lysis mode, which instantly sounded an alarm across the entire bestowal art carrier.
Qiu Zhan looked around; was there another attacker as well?
"Qiu Zhan, it"s time to collect on an old debt!" Cloudflow shouted. At the same time, cloud constructs shot away from him, tearing through the carrier in every direction. More and more of the bestowal art carrier was broken as many platforms started to go dark. As that happened, more and more of the energy converters that were attacking from the carrier went quiet.
Qiu Zhan was beyond furious. "Cloudflow, you actually turned to the Aeternals?!"
From where Lu Yin was, he quickly sent a message to Cloudflow, asking the man to not completely destroy the bestowal art carrier. Aeternus was attacking, and if the carrier was destroyed, it was very likely that the Aeternals would seize complete control of the Cloudflow Universe.
Cloudflow came to his senses with a start. He had forgotten about the bigger picture.
However, Cloudflow"s merciless attack on the carrier had already convinced Qiu Zhan that the man had joined Aeternus. If not for that, even if the Transcendent Universe was an enemy of the Cloudflow Universe, Cloudflow should not try to destroy a bestowal art carrier, as that would only help the Aeternals.
Cloudflow was beyond enraged, and he had attacked without any real thought. After being reminded by Lu Yin, Cloudflow continued to rampage, but while his attacks looked terrible, they did not cause much real damage. His only purpose was to keep Qiu Zhan distracted.
This allowed Lu Yin to find the rest of the people from the Cloudflow Universe.
As Lu Yin moved along, he was attacked by various white energy converters as people tried to kill Lu Yin, but all such attacks were brushed aside. Lu Yin made a point to not kill any of the attackers. After all, regardless of the enmity between the Cloudflow Universe and the Transcendent Universe, there was no need to help Aeternus take over the Cloudflow Universe.
The Aeternals were enemies of both the Cloudflow Universe and the Transcendent Universe, but only by pitting two enemies against each was it possible to gain some breathing room. Otherwise, things would only get worse and worse for the Cloudflow Universe.
Lu Yin took out a Zenith Mountain, and A-mei emerged from it. "Everyone, quickly follow me! Lord Cloudflow has come to save you!"
A-mei was highly respected by her people and also quite famous. As soon as people heard her, they did not hesitate at all and followed her into the Zenith Mountain.
No one even considered the possibility of a trap, as nothing could be worse than remaining as the Transcendent Universe’s captives.
The carrier shook again, and Lu Yin looked out through a crack. The Progenitor-level corpse king had been trapped by a shrinking attack from an energy converter. This was the same black beam that Lu Yin had witnessed when the corpse king that had identified itself as Nie had attacked.
Lu Yin knew that they could not stall any longer, as it was important to give Qiu Zhan the freedom to deal with the Progenitor-level corpse king. If not, the bestowal art carrier would be completely destroyed.
Lu Yin turned to Qiu Zhan and attacked the man with the black energy converter.
The commander was startled, and he quickly retreated. "Who is it?"
Lu Yin met back up with Cloudflow, though Lu Yin kept his face hidden. "We can"t dally any more, or else Lord Wei will arrive and prevent us from leaving."
The two tore through the void and fled.
Qiu Zhan wanted to stop them, but the powerful corpse king was still just outside the bestowal art carrier. The man could not deal with three opponents at the same time, so he could only watch as two enemies left the battlefield.
However, this also meant that Qiu Zhan was free, and he directed his full strength to fighting back the Progenitor-level corpse king.
The stalemate did not last long, as Lord Wei’s arrival ended the battle.
The moment Lord Wei arrived, he instantly stopped the corpse king with his Thought Manifestation, and then the bestowal art carrier fired a beam of black light that blasted the corpse king into the distance. Lord Wei wanted to continue attacking, but the red color of divine energy appeared on the surface of the corpse king’s body, and the sight of divine energy froze Lord Wei in place.
He could take out Progenitor-level corpse kings, but any corpse king that could use divine energy would be a terrible opponent.
This was also why Lord Wei and the other rulers of the member universes of the Sixverse a.s.sociation did not fight on the frontlines. Whenever they took action, Aeternus would respond accordingly.
If the Sixverse a.s.sociation launched an all out a.s.sault, they would be able to take out many of the Aeternals’ forces through surprise, but Aeternus remained a mysterious abyss, and no one wanted to become cannon fodder.
Lord Wei watched helplessly as the corpse king retreated. As for the forces of Aeternus that stayed behind, Thought Manifestation immediately and easily eliminated all of them.
Qiu Zhan approached Lord Wei and offered a respectful bow. "My lord."
Lord Wei kept his back to Qiu Zhan as he looked out from the bestowal art carrier. The carrier was in bad shape, and Lord Wei’s eyes swept through the construct before focusing on where Lu Yin and Cloudflow had first appeared. "Were others found during this battle?”
Qiu Zhan respectfully replied, "Yes."
Lord Wei observed the area and then commented, "One of the two was Cloudflow, while the other used a black energy converter. Were you able to see who they were?"
Qiu Zhan shook his head. "Your servant is incompetent and was unable to see clearly."
Lord Wei walked through the wreckage, surrounded by countless people from the Transcendent Universe. Everywhere the man went, people bowed and remained frozen in place, not daring to move again.
"Why did they come here?" Lord Wei asked.
Qiu Zhan replied, "Your servant is not sure, but they were searching the place. They were only caught because a powerful attack from that corpse king happened to hit where they were standing, and Cloudflow’s power leaked out. Cloudflow did use a great deal of his strength in this area, but against who and why, it remains unknown.”
"All that can be said is that Cloudflow seems to have joined Aeternus, as there is no way that this was a mere coincidence. The corpse king did not just happen to attack at this time, and Cloudflow held nothing back as he attacked the carrier. There was no fear that he would destroy this carrier and let the Cloudflow Universe fall to Aeternus. This universe has already betrayed humanity to the Aeternals.”
"Don"t jump to conclusions. We need to investigate first," Lord Wei replied.
Qiu Zhan offered another bow and then stepped back.
Elsewhere, Lu Yin and Cloudflow returned to the Aeternus Nation, where Lu Yin released everyone who had been saved from the Cloudflow Universe. These people would continue to live in Aeternus Nation, just like the Fenglei clan. For the time being, neither group could be taken to the Fifth Mainland.
As soon as the people from the Cloudflow Universe emerged from the Zenith Mountain, the first thing they saw was Cloudflow himself.
Everyone was overjoyed, and they bowed low to the man. "Greetings, Lord Cloudflow."
"Greetings, Lord Cloudflow."
"Greetings, Lord Cloudflow."
…
Cloudflow smiled and then let out a heartfelt laugh. He had been imprisoned and tortured for many years, and his people had similarly been tortured. However, he had finally managed to save some of them. They were all people who had been enslaved in the Cloudflow Universe and been forced to fight to the death.
Lu Yin did not disturb Cloudflow’s reunion with his people, instead going underground on his own to meet with Monarch Mu.
The woman saw Lu Yin arrive. "What happened up there? Someone very powerful fought here some time ago."
"It"s nothing. I just brought Cloudflow to this place," Lu Yin replied.
Monarch Mu did not react. "Who?"
Lu Yin calmly replied, "Cloudflow. You should have heard of that name before."
Monarch Mu could not believe what she was hearing. "The same Cloudflow that the Transcendent Universe imprisoned? Cloudflow from the Cloudflow Universe?"
Lu Yin nodded. "Is there another Cloudflow out there?"