Long Xian quickly reached the protective ring around Lu Yin. This power vessel was able to withstand an attack from an Envoy who had passed their first tribulation. However, Long Xian had already passed his second tribulation, so he was much more powerful.
Long Xian was taking a gamble. He was hoping that the ring would not be able to withstand his attack and that Long Qi would either not dare to or not have the ability to kill Long Ding. Since Long Qi was still opening his meridian point, the pain that he was suffering should render him barely conscious.
Long Xian was a vicious person, which was how he had managed to become the commander of the Flying Armor Troops. No matter how desperate he might be, he would still make this choice, even if it ended up with the two of them dying together.
If Lu Yin were a normal cultivator or the person that Long Xi believed him to be, then being attacked by an Envoy would have flustered badly. Furthermore, he was still busy opening his first meridian point. However, Lu Yin was not Long Qi; he was Lu Yin. He was the master of the Fifth Mainland’s Outerverse, champion of ZENITH, and the person who had trashed Daynight Flowzone.
Although Long Xian was vicious, Lu Yin was even worse. The moment Long Xian’s spear pierced through the ring’s protective barrier, Lu Yin immediately shoved Long Ding in front of the spear. If Long Xian continued his attack, he would definitely kill his own son.
Long Xian had considered all of Lu Yin’s possible reactions, and he had assumed that the youth would most likely be frozen with fear. He had not expected Lu Yin to decisively force Long Ding towards the spear within the instant that the spear pierced the ring. Long Xian immediately pulled his spear back and stopped his attack.
Lu Yin took this opportunity to push Long Ding towards Long Xian before shooting up and out of the hole in the ground.
Long Xian caught Long Ding as the youth fell. Long Ding spat a mouthful of blood onto Long Xian’s face, but Long Xian ignored the blood and instantly pulled out some pills to treat Long Ding.
Long Ding had been injured heavily, but he still managed to grab Long Xian’s shirt and said, “Father, kill- kill Long Qi! Re- revenge.”
“Alright, I’ll get your revenge! I’ll kill Long Qi.” Long Xian screamed, “Flying Armor Troops! Protect the young master!”
“Yes, Commander.”
Long Tian’s image had disappeared the moment Long Xian had attacked, as the connection between the communication crystals had been lost. At the same time, Long Xi’s call had been lost when Long Kui had been trapped by the Flying Armor Array.
They had both seen Long Xian attack, but they had not seen what had happened right afterwards.
However, Long Kui had witnessed the entire incident. He was shocked, and his impression of Lu Yin changed once again. He had been near certain that Lu Yin would be killed by Long Xian, and he had not thought that Lu Yin would be able to do anything like what he had.
Gui flew towards the ground, its claws grasping for Long Xian.
Countless scales covered Long Xian’s body as he used his spear to stop Gui. The beast forced the Envoy beneath the ground, and the man roared, “Get away!”
He called down the stellular energy in the sky above, which caused visible ripples to spread out that forced Gui back. The stellular energy continued on, sweeping across the entire city and stripping everyone of their control over their star energy, even Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was scared. It was too unrealistic for him to fight against an Envoy when he was not even able to properly control his own star energy. Lu Yin had reached the Worldliness realm of star energy control, but he still was unable to control the star energy within his body.
He moved to hide behind Long Kui while keeping a careful eye on Long Xian.
Long Xian was such a massive threat that Lu Yin even forgot about the pain that he was currently suffering. Long Xian’s killing intent was so strong that it had physically manifested as that surge of stelllular energy.
Lu Yin suddenly felt a chill run down his back and a cold wind envelop his feet. His eyes narrowed; something was wrong. There was an assassin behind him. An Astral Chessboard appeared below his feet, and within his vision, everyone became a chess piece in that moment, including Long Kui, Long Xian, Guo Shan, the Flying Armor Troops, their battle techniques, and even the hidden assassin’s attack.
Lu Yin instantly understood his situation, and he saw that a powerful wind was only a few meters away from him. This wind had come from an average looking old man outside the military headquarters. Although this attack would not be enough to kill Lu Yin, the old man had used stellular energy in this attack, which meant that this assassin was an Envoy.
Realmless kept sending more and more powerful assassins.
Lu Yin immediately used the Ce Secret Art to move the strong wind towards Long Xian.
Long Kui had his back to Lu Yin, so he did not see anything.
However, Long Xian had seen what Lu Yin had done. Was that a secret technique?!
Even in the Perennial World, secret techniques were very rare. Long Xian did not have any, and neither did Long Ding. Long Kui, Liu Lu, and many others also had no secret techniques.
For Long Xian, it was completely unexpected that Lu Yin would know a secret technique.
It was also out of the expectations of the assassin from Realmless.
The strong wind swept right past Lu Yin and Long Kui and headed towards Long Xian.
Long Xian used his spear and blocked the attack out of reflex, but Gui’s attack landed at the same time. Three battle techniques clashed, and a crack appeared in the Flying Armor Array. Coincidentally, a crack spread towards Long Ding’s direction, and it split his body in half.
Long Xian went pale and screamed, “Ding’er—!”
The crack devoured everything nearby, and many of the Flying Armor Troops were shredded.
Guo Shan anxiously moved without stopping as he tried to escape from the crack.
The assassin from Realmless was astonished. Lu Yin had actually learned a secret technique, and it was also one that the assassin had never seen before. This assassination attempt had failed like all the others, so the assassin immediately left.
A crack appeared in the sky, and it caused a fissure to appear in the Flying Armor Array. Long Kui took this chance to escape, grabbing Lu Yin and Guo Shan and putting them on Gui’s back.
The rift in the Flying Armor Array only lasted for a brief moment before being repaired by the sourcebox array. Long Xian had a tremendous advantage within Flying Armor Pass, and Lu Yin and Guo Shan were nothing more than burdens to Long Kui. Since Long Ding had died, Long Xian would not think twice about betraying the White Dragon Clan, and nobody knew what he might do.
As Gui flew away from Flying Armor Pass, Lu Yin heard Long Xian’s vengeful scream. It was clear this man had a huge grudge against him.
Long Kui raised a hand. His communication crystal vibrated, and Long Xi’s image appeared. She looked extremely worried, and she sighed in relief when she saw that Lu Yin was fine. “Elder, protect Long Qi while he opens his lower meridian point.”
“I understand. Don’t worry, Princess. What should we do about Long Xian?” Long Kui asked.
Long Xi frostily replied, “He betrayed the White Dragon Clan, so you can deal with him as soon as Long Qi is safe, Elder.”
“I understand.” Long Kui nodded.
Lu Yin finally refocused on the pain that he was still suffering after leaving Flying Armor Pass. Waves of pain and nausea swept over him, but fortunately he had already endured through half of the process.
Long Xi looked at Lu Yin with concern, but her voice remained firm. “You must get through this and successfully open your meridian point. Once you do so, nobody will ever look down on you, and you will become one of my White Dragon Clan’s pillars. You have to get through this.”
Lu Yin growled, “I will.”
Long Xi closed her eyes and disappeared.
Gui sped up, and Lu Yin was taken to a hidden area two hours away. There were no people in this area, and Gui’s aura was enough to prevent random beasts from approaching.
Long Kui and Guo Shan quietly stood some distance away.
Lu Yin continued enduring the pain. Finally, after some more time passed, the pain disappeared. His body had completely adapted to the tribulation crystals, and he had successfully opened his first meridian point.
Opening this point gave Lu Yin an indescribable feeling. He could feel that the star energy flowing through his body had subtly changed, but it was only a slight change. Still, it made him much stronger, and he could now shift the form of his star energy more easily. He casually attempted some attacks and noticed some obvious changes in his techniques. Despite that, the changes to his body were the greatest.
Lu Yin could feel that he had become physically stronger. Before, he had been limited to 250 Stack Vacuum Palms, but he felt that he was now capable of unleashing 300 Stacks. Unfortunately, he didn’t have any Root of Intelligence to make tea, so he would not be able to simulate 300 Stacks for the time being. Regardless, this increase in strength would allow his 250 Stack Vacuum Palms to become stronger.
Given the increase in physical strength, Lu Yin’s speed had also increased, and the flow of star energy within his body had also improved. Lu Yin clenched his fists in excitement. This was a huge improvement to his overall strength. Given his current ability, he would be able to defeat Wang Yi and Wu Taibai, who had been comparable to him during ZENITH. Back then, his attacks had just barely reached the limit that they could endure, but now, he easily exceeded that limit. At this time, given Lu Yin’s various abilities, he would be able to easily defeat either of them. However, this increase in strength was still not comparable to the power that he had achieved with the God of Death Transformation.
If he could achieve that level of power, it would be ideal.
Opening the first meridian point had practically doubled Long Ding’s strength, but due to Lu Yin’s greater strength, his power had not doubled. Rather, his power would likely double once he opened the middle meridian point, and it might even allow him to reach the same level of strength that he had enjoyed with the God of Death Transformation.
Blood stained the ground beneath his feet. Lu Yin still felt a touch of fear, and he hoped that he would not have to endure so much pain when opening the next two meridian points. This ordeal had truly been excruciating.
The crystal thread was still in his first meridian point, and he would need to slowly absorb it.
Long Ding had been too hasty. If he had waited for the tribulation crystal to be fully absorbed before challenging Lu Yin, then events would have proceeded far differently.
“You’ve succeeded?” Long Kui and Guo Shan looked at Lu Yin with blazing eyes.
Lu Yin nodded and clenched his fists. “I feel like I’ve become much stronger. It feels like my strength has more than doubled! It would be much easier for me to defeat Long Ding now.”
Neither of the older men were at all surprised.
Long Kui smiled. “Long Ding was much stronger than you. The stronger the person is, the less pronounced the results of opening a meridian point. However, your improvements should be even more impressive than his. Congratulations.”
Guo Shan turned to look at Long Kui in shock before gazing at Lu Yin with a clear question in his eyes. It looked like the White Dragon Clan did not know much about Long Qi. How could Long Ding possibly be stronger than this kid? It was the complete opposite!
Lu Yin cleared his throat and glared back at Guo Shan.
“Since you’ve managed to successfully open your lower meridian point, stay here until you fully absorb the tribulation crystal. Don’t repeat Long Ding’s mistakes,” Long Kui said coldly.
Lu Yin already knew what the elder intended to do. Long Xian now held an intense hatred for the White Dragon Clan, and Long Kui had to eliminate such an enemy.
“Gui will stay here and protect you. Conceal your aura and don’t go anywhere until I return.” Long Kui then leaped up and disappeared into the true universe as he made his way back to Flying Armor Pass.
Gui shrank down to the size of a palm and then hopped onto Lu Yin’ shoulder. The beast was Lu Yin’s temporary personal bodyguard.
Lu Yin turned to Guo Shan. “Thank you.”
Guo Shan was taken aback. “For what? I didn’t help you with anything. I only spoke the truth. Don’t randomly thank me, as you’ll get me in trouble.”
Lu Yin smiled. “I know.”
