Chapter 2982: Eight Words
Through Heaven’s Sight, Lu Yin clearly saw that Undying G.o.d’s sequence particles were nearly exhausted. He was also quickly consuming his divine energy and was not far from death.
Lu Yin went straight over, quickly arriving beside the Abyssal Flower, where Undying G.o.d saw him.
"I"m here. Where is Wu Tian?" Lu Yin asked loudly.
Within the blossom, Undying G.o.d stared at Lu Yin. "I have encountered this child from the Lu family many times, but this is probably our first time having a real conversation."
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "What do you want to say?"
"Haha, you"re incredibly impressive, being able to come up with a plot to kill me, but I’m not too bad myself. I"ve been plotting to kill Wu Tian." Undying G.o.d spoke slowly, an incredible chill deep in his eyes.
Lu Yin frowned. "So, is Wu Tian really not dead?"
"No, it"s not that easy to kill him. I’ve done my best, but I’ve unfortunately failed." Undying G.o.d clearly regretted his failure.
Lu Yin stared at Undying G.o.d. "Why do you want to kill Wu Tian?"
Undying G.o.d snorted and then laughed at Lu Yin. "Why? I am one of Aeternus’s Seven SkyG.o.ds! I have cultivated divine energy and respect True G.o.d as the source of my cultivation. Why do you think I want to kill Wu Tian?
"Over the years, I have incurred countless blood debts in the Origin Universe. I was the one who created the desiccated corpses that hunted down those with ancient bloodlines. I wanted to eliminate all of the inheritances of those powerhouses from the Heavens Sect era. Heh, your Lu family is no exception!" With that, Undying G.o.d suddenly disappeared.
Big Sis’ expression changed. "Watch out!"
The SkyG.o.d appeared right before Lu Yin, already holding a blade. However, Mu Ke had kept his eyes trained on Undying G.o.d the entire time, as had the Lightning Lord and Fire Lord.
Despite Undying G.o.d’s close proximity to Lu Yin, it was practically impossible for the SkyG.o.d to touch Lu Yin.
Undying G.o.d used Inverse Step, repeatedly trying to move closer to Lu Yin. Flowers bloomed in front of him, and regardless of whether the man used his Drifting innate gift or Inverse Step, he could not get any closer.
Lu Yin silently stood where he was and watched. He was observing the miraculous usage of Inverse Step. Undying G.o.d used Inverse Step differently from the one that Lu Yin had learned. There was a greater variety, and the technique seemed to do more than simply produce a field of chaotic time and s.p.a.ce.
Undying G.o.d kept using Inverse Step to try to get past Big Sis and the others. Attacks continued to strike the man, and his injuries grew increasingly severe, but he persisted in using Inverse Step.
At that moment, Lu Yin was drawn in by what he was seeing. He clearly observed the steps that Undying G.o.d took while using Inverse Step, as well as the changes he was producing. Lu Yin could see the entirety of Inverse Step.
What is this? Lu Yin’s head snapped up, and he stared at Undying G.o.d. The man was staring back at Lu Yin. A slashing attack appeared at the SkyG.o.d’s side, and his arm flew off. Flames burned his back, and attacks pierced his stomach. Lightning fell, shattering half of his head and taking an eye away. Still, the remaining eye continued to stare at Lu Yin, and it possessed a terrifying calmness.
When Undying G.o.d saw that Lu Yin was staring at him, the man suddenly stopped. He then deliberately raised a foot and took a step forward. As he did so, an illusory shadow appeared.
Lu Yin"s pupils instantly shrank. This was the last change that Inverse Step could produce, and Lu Yin saw it clearly.
Undying G.o.d pa.s.sed through the illusory shadow, and Mu Ke’s arm rose before dropping back down. At that same time, an indistinct shadow appeared and shot towards Undying G.o.d.
Undying G.o.d stepped past the vague shadow that he had emerged from. He skipped time to appear right in front of Lu Yin.
His actions startled Big Sis. "Little Seven!"
Lu Yin confronted Undying G.o.d face to face. Behind the SkyG.o.d was the shadow that Mu Ke had pulled out with Origin Tracer. This image represented a moment before the battle that Undying G.o.d had skipped. It was another moment where he had avoided being seriously injured, and given his current physical state, merging with this moment of time would guarantee his death.
Mu Ke thought that Undying G.o.d had used Inverse Step to skip time and find a chance to recover again. The fact that the SkyG.o.d had used the opportunity to get close to Lu Yin was unexpected.
Big Sis also had not even considered such a possibility.
Neither person had expected Undying G.o.d to use Inverse Step to skip time. After all, doing so was suicide.
Big Sis screamed.
Lu Yin calmly looked at Undying G.o.d.
Half of the man’s head was missing, his abdomen had been pierced, and his arms were ruined. The shadow was quickly approaching from behind, and its arrival would be Undying G.o.d’s moment of death.
Even so, the man just stared at Lu Yin and opened his mouth. "Be careful of Wei Nu and the Third Scourge."
He only managed to speak eight words before the shadow caught up from behind, merging into Undying G.o.d’s body. Cracks appeared all across his body, and blood spurted out from each one, splattering into outer s.p.a.ce. The man’s already seriously injured body suffered grievous wounds once again, as the injuries that he had avoided by skipping time had been returned to him. Undying G.o.d’s body was completely destroyed.
He secretly smiled at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stared at him in a daze.
"I want Wu Tian to die. Wu Tian must die.
"I don"t regret all that I’ve done to the Origin Universe. It’s not my universe. I don"t regret joining Aeternus or becoming one of the Seven SkyG.o.ds. I"m no traitor. I"m not from the Origin Universe, and that place’s survival has nothing to do with me. All I want is for Wu Tian to die..."
A shrill voice echoed across the universe as Undying G.o.d’s body broke apart and slowly disappeared.
Throughout everything, Lu Yin never even moved. Undying G.o.d had never had any intention of attacking Lu Yin. He had only moved closer to speak those eight words.
The lightning disappeared, and the flames extinguished. The Abyssal Flowers vanished.
Big Sis hurried over to Lu Yin. "Little Seven, are you alright?"
Lu Yin stared into the void, Undying G.o.d’s voice still ringing in his ears.
Another SkyG.o.d had just died, but Lu Yin could not relax at all.
Undying G.o.d had certainly deserved to die. No matter what he might have said at the end, there was nothing that he could do to compensate for all of his sins.
Undying G.o.d had done more harm to the Origin Universe than any of the other Seven SkyG.o.ds, severing multiple ancient bloodlines. He deserved his death.
The man had never cared about the life and death of the humans in the Origin Universe; he had only ever cared about Wu Tian. However, why did Undying G.o.d insist that Wu Tian had to die?
The Third Scourge. That was where Wu Tian should be.
Lu Yin felt a heavy burden settle onto him. Could Wu Tian have also betrayed the Heavens Sect? Aeternus had the Three Pillars and Six Skies; could one of them be Wu Tian?
However, even if Wu Tian had betrayed the Heavens Sect, why would that concern Undying G.o.d? He had never cared about the Origin Universe, and he was also a traitor.
Lu Yin could not understand the situation, but he knew that the answer was in the Third Scourge.
He needed to find a way to get to the Third Scourge.
The Aeternals had six Scourges, the Three Pillars and Six Skies, the Ossis Ark, and True G.o.d. Lu Yin needed to clearly understand all of these things. He could not abandon his alias as Ye Bo.
"Dao Monarch Lu, this sword belonged to that Undying G.o.d." The Lightning Lord brought over the withered sword.
Lu Yin took it. This had been Undying G.o.d’s sword. The withered yellow color that covered the surface of the blade had come from Undying G.o.d"s very own Progenitor’s world. After the man died, the yellow color was starting to dissipate.
Hmmm? As the yellow color faded, a sharp blade was revealed, as well as a few words written on the sword: can kill Mo Shang!
Lu Yin was taken aback. Could this blade kill Old Mo?
"Why would Wu Xing leave this to you?" Big Sis felt quite puzzled.
Mu Ke frowned. The Seven SkyG.o.ds were humanity’s greatest enemies, and killing one was perfectly understandable. However, Undying G.o.d had never tried to even attack Lu Yin before he died. On top of that, Undying G.o.d had left Lu Yin a sword that could kill a dangerous enemy. This was very strange. They had not killed the wrong person, right?
Big Sis was also thinking about the situation, and an odd expression covered her face. "Little Seven, this was Wu Xing’s."
Lu Yin replied, "There’s no doubt that Wu Xing betrayed mankind. The damage he caused us as a SkyG.o.d, destroying multiple Mainlands, and ending the ancient bloodlines—all of those things truly happened."
"Then why did he help you?" Big Sis asked in confusion.
Lu Yin put away the sword. "He wasn’t trying to help me. He simply wants Mo Shang to die. There’s no contradiction to this."
Big Sis thought back to Wu Xing’s final moments. The man had done his best to get close to Lu Yin, despite suffering increasingly serious injuries. Even so, he had continued to use Inverse Step to approach Lu Yin. Even at the moment of his death, Undying G.o.d had not attacked Lu Yin. Just what had he said to Lu Yin?
Mu Ke did not ask any further questions, and he simply returned to the Arboreal Realm.
Lu Yin thanked the Lightning Lord and Fire Lord, and they also returned to their own universes.
Finally, Lu Yin and Big Sis returned to the Heavens Sect.
After returning to the Heavens Sect, they received word that Forgotten Ruins G.o.d had never been found. She had fled in advance.
Lu Yin was not surprised. They had successfully killed Undying G.o.d, and Lu Yin would have been shocked if they had eliminated two SkyG.o.ds at the same time.
While Forgotten Ruins G.o.d was not the strongest SkyG.o.d, she was certainly the most cunning. It would not be easy to surround and kill her.
After returning to the Heavens Sect, the first thing that Lu Yin did was announce an order to capture Bai Xian"er.
There was no need to be concerned with where she was in the Cyclic Universe. Lu Yin no longer needed to care about such things.
His order instantly created a commotion in the Cyclic Universe. Bai Xian"er had been accepted as a disciple of the Great Sovereign herself, and yet the Heavens Sect wanted to arrest her. Without a specific reason, this matter would lead to war.
Sovereign Ninth Lotus and Chu Jian both went to the Heavens Sect to meet with Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was staring at a list in a trance.
It was a list that he had been given by Sovereign Dou Sheng. It listed details regarding all the outsider powerhouses who had been called to the Scourge by the Aeternals. At the top of the list was Astral Anura.
As long as these outsider powerhouses were not dealt with, Aeternus would always be able to fight back.
Sovereign Dou Sheng had given Lu Yin this list for a very clear reason; he was hoping that Lu Yin could find a way to deal with these powerful enemies.
The Great Sovereign was focused on overcoming Dukkha, and she was unwilling to fight Aeternus to the death. She believed that doing so was pointless, so it made sense for Sovereign Dou Sheng to pa.s.s this matter on to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin stared at "Astral Anura," which was written at the top of the list. The toad really needed to be dealt with. He was the one who had first driven the Lord of Lightning out of the Scourge. Astral Anura was powerful enough to confront the Great Sovereign, which suggested that he was also overcoming Dukkha. This was a very difficult opponent.
In order to deal with Astral Anura, there was no avoiding using Mr. Daheng.
"Dao Monarch Lu, the Cyclic Universe’s Sovereign Lotus and Chu Jian are seeking an audience with you."
"Let them in," Lu Yin answered indifferently as he continued to stare at the list.
The two were quickly escorted to the main hall. "Lord Lu."
"Lord Lu."
Despite their extreme reluctance, both Sovereign Lotus and Chu Jian needed to show an adequate amount of respect towards Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had been taken away by the Great Sovereign, and yet he had returned alive. The Great Sovereign had gone back into seclusion, which meant that there was no one in the entire Cyclic Universe who could influence Lu Yin.
On top of that, the Heavens Sect had just eliminated another one of the Seven SkyG.o.ds, which was an incredible boost of morale throughout the entire Sixverse a.s.sociation. Given the current circ.u.mstances, Lu Yin"s status had risen to an entirely different level, and even the Cyclic Universe’s Sovereigns had to bow to him.
"What"s wrong?" Lu Yin asked calmly without even looking up.
Chu Jian asked, "May I ask why Lord Lu wants to capture my senior disciple sister?"
"Bai Xian"er?"
"Yes."
"If I catch her, I"ll give you an answer."
Chu Jian choked at this answer. "Lord Lu, Bai Xian"er is my senior disciple sister. She is also a disciple of the Great Sovereign."
Lu Yin finally looked up. "So what?"
Chu Jian frowned. "Lord Lu, before issuing your order to capture a disciple of the Great Sovereign, have you considered the Cyclic Universe?"
Lu Yin stared at the man. "I don’t need to consider it."
Sovereign Lotus spoke up. "While the Aeternals have suffered a grave setback, they have not been wiped out yet, and they still have many outsiders who will reinforce them. It won’t be easy to completely eliminate Aeternus. Given the circ.u.mstances, why do you insist on creating a conflict with my Cyclic Universe, Lord Lu? The Sixverse a.s.sociation needs to be united to fight against the Aeternals."