Ling Gong glared at Ling Que. “If you have the guts to make trouble like this again in the future, I’ll lock you up until you become an Enlighter.”
Ling Que’s expression instantly grew bitter. “Sister, I’m not like you.”
He had actually wanted to say, “a freak like you,” but he did not have the courage to voice such thoughts under Ling Gong’s fierce glare. He could only suffer in silence.
Several people soon entered the room in the spacecraft, including a rock, which was actually Little Mountain God.
“Senior Mountain God didn’t come?” Ling Gong asked the Little Mountain God.
Little Mountain God replied, “Senior Ling Qiu also didn’t come.”
“What are Senior Mountain God’s plans?” Ling Gong asked.
Little Mountain God was floating in the air, and he swayed slightly. “We intend to observe the situation for now. Mostly, we want to evaluate Qing Shaohuang’s attitude.”
“What is Qing Shaohuang going to do? Attack Lu Yin directly? That’s highly unlikely,” Ling Gong retorted.
Ling Que rolled his eyes. What nonsense—it was simply impossible. It did not even matter if such an attempt would succeed or not. Even if it did, the powerhouses who supported Lu Yin could easily eliminate the Divine Venom Dynasty, and Qing Shaohuang was no fool.
Ling Que observed Ling Gong for a moment; had his sister gone stupid?
Little Mountain God replied, “Most likely, poison will be involved, as that is how the Divine Venom Dynasty usually handles things.
“The Great Eastern Alliance has completely moved into the Innerverse, which has put too much pressure on us. Tell Senior Ling Qiu that they must cooperate with us, or else the Innerverse will really end up belonging to Lu Yin.”
“There’s no need to say that.” Ling Gong’s voice was cold. The relationship between the Lingling clan and Beast Tamers Flowzone was not a good one. If not for the fact that they needed to deal with the Great Eastern Alliance, the two would never willingly cooperate.
“Your Lingling clan has remained silent since the beginning, and we still don’t know the reason for this,” Little Mountain God spoke indifferently, but he looked like he was about to leave.
Suddenly, he froze, slowly turned around, and stared at a corner of the room. He was utterly dumbfounded.
“What?” Ling Gong asked as she stared at Little Mountain God. She frowned when she noticed that he had entered a daze and was staring at a corner of the room, so she followed his gaze, only to be startled. She had no idea when, but a person had entered the room and was standing in a corner. Was that Lu Yin?
Ling Que also looked over, and his mouth fell open. “Lu Yin?”
Everyone was staring at the corner. None of them could believe that Lu Yin was actually in the room with them, and he seemed to have been there for a long time. This- this-
This was extremely embarrassing! They had been discussing how to deal with Lu Yin in his absence, and they had never considered that he would somehow be in the room. This was the first time any of them had ever experienced such a thing in their entire lives, so none of them knew how to react.
Lu Yin just smiled at them. “This isn’t a coincidence. After all, we’re all headed to Venom Flowzone, so it’s perfectly normal for us to meet up with each other.”
“How long have you been standing there for?” Ling Gong gritted her teeth as she spoke to Lu Yin with clear disdain.
Lu Yin put on a pondering expression. “I got here just before the cheerleaders left.”
“So you were eavesdropping on us just now?”
Lu Yin casually replied, “How can it be eavesdropping when I didn’t even bother to hide myself? It’s not my fault that you didn’t look over here or see me. Well, actually, Little Mountain God did see me, so I guess his eyes are just fine.”
“How is this a problem with our eyes? You were just eavesdropping on us!” Little Mountain God angrily retorted. He still remembered almost dying in Blazing Mist Flowzone to powerhouses from the Great Eastern Alliance. That assassination attempt had been unforgettable, as he had come incredibly close to death.
Lu Yin frowned and then suddenly appeared right behind Little Mountain God with a raised hand stretched out to grab the rock. The two people from Beast Tamers Flowzone who always accompanied Little Mountain God moved to stop Lu Yin, but they were both only Enlighters. Still, one of them had an impressive strength that exceeded a power level of 400,000, but the expert was still nothing more than a child to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin easily pushed the two Enlighters back, and he set a hand on top of Little Mountain God’s head. Well, it should be his head… After all, Little Mountain God was just a rock.
No one had expected Lu Yin to attack so suddenly, and Ling Gong shouted, “Lu Yin, don’t mess around!”
Little Mountain God did not dare to even try moving. He was completely frozen, and he just stared at Lu Yin in abject terror.
Lu Yin moved closer as a smile spread across his face. “Little guy, didn’t your master tell you to be polite to me? Forget you, I’d even kill your master if he said such a thing.”
Little Mountain God did not dare to move, and he just stared at Lu Yin.
His two protectors also stared at Lu Yin. One of them had a strange bird standing behind him while the other had a ball that was wrapped around his arms. Both of these things were their tamed beasts. “Alliance Leader Lu, the young master did not mean to offend you just now. Please show Senior Mountain God some face and spare the young master.”
“Please show mercy, Alliance Leader Lu.”
Lu Yin gently patted Little Mountain God, and the stone fell to the floor with a light bang.
“I just came to say hello. There’s no need to be so nervous.” Lu Yin gave a small smile as he looked over at Ling Gong. “Let’s chat.”
Ling Gong waved a hand, dismissing everyone from the room. Little Mountain God was carried away, too scared to move on his own.
Ling Que kept himself as innocuous as possible, hoping that Lu Yin would not notice him. After all, Ling Que had slandered Lu Yin quite badly just a few minutes ago, but given Lu Yin’s reaction, he probably had not heard all of it.
“What do you want to say?” Ling Gong remained cold.
Lu Yin frowned. “Is this how you’re going to talk to me?”
“What? Do you want me to serve you some tea?” Ling Gong mocked.
Lu Yin suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already right next to Ling Gong. Her expression changed in an instant, and she reflexively split into three clones and tried to move away from Lu Yin.
However, Lu Yin appeared in front of each of the clones simultaneously. It was not that Lu Yin was able to produce clones as well, but that he was simply too fast.
Ling Gong could only watch as Lu Yin reached out and removed her mask. She did not react at all, aside from the anger that filled her eyes. “You are too egoistic!”
Lu Yin held the mask in his hand while looking at Ling Gong’s delicate features. He smiled at her. “That’s better. It’s only basic manners to speak to someone face-to-face.”
Ling Gong was absolutely furious, and her spear appeared in her hand. She thrust it at Lu Yin, but he easily evaded the attack and grabbed hold of the spear shaft with just two fingers. He then exerted a bit of strength and caused the spear to vibrate. Multiple Overlaying Stacks traveled through the weapon, and Ling Gong could feel a terrifying power spread to her hands from the spear. Her hands almost burst apart, and she had no choice but to release her weapon.
Ling Gong glared at Lu Yin. “You-“
However, before she could finish, she saw Lu Yin’s hand appear right in front of her face, and a finger flicked her forehead between her eyebrows. Her body was sent flying, and she only stopped when she smashed against the wall.
Lu Yin had not used a powerful attack, but Ling Gong had been absolutely powerless to resist.
She had already known that Lu Yin was very powerful, and she had even heard the rumors that claimed he could fight against Envoys, but she had never expected that she could not fight back at all.
Lu Yin stared at Ling Gong’s flushed face and at the red mark that had appeared between her eyebrows from his finger flick. He suddenly felt like he was bullying someone’s little sister.
“Do you want to keep going?” Lu Yin asked with a smile.
Ling Gong was trying to catch her breath. Her entire body felt weak, and her spear was still trembling on the floor nearby. She had not even been able to maintain control of her own weapon. The first time she met Lu Yin had been in the ruins of the Fifth Mainland’s Daosource Sect, and she had been the one in complete control of the situation at that time. How much time had passed since then? Why had the gap between them reversed and even grown so large?
Even during ZENITH, Ling Gong had at least been able to put up a fight against Lu Yin, but at this moment, she was not able to do a single thing at all.
Ling Gong slowly got back up, rubbing her forehead as she stared at Lu Yin. “What do you want to say to me?”
Lu Yin let out a long breath. “The Lingling clan would be welcome to join the Great East Alliance.”
Ling Gong’s eyes instantly narrowed. “Do you think that just saying that is going to convince us?”
“I’m not trying to convince you—this is a threat.” Lu Yin did not beat around the bush. “If you don’t join us, there’s no reason for the Lingling clan to remain.”
Determination flashed aross Ling Gong’s eyes. “My Lingling clan doesn’t fear death!”
“But that is all on the premise that one’s death is not in vain. When we first met, the Innerverse was an untouchable force in my eyes, but now I’ve destroyed the Daynight clan and have united several flowzones. Meanwhile, you’ve been reduced to the point where you’re being forced to cooperate with other flowzones. Have you even considered the purpose in your actions? Is this really just to deal with me?” Lu Yin said.
“Isn’t that enough? You’re too ambitious,” Ling Gong retorted.
“The Great Eastern Alliance is simply a united collective. I have not ever directly intervened in any organization’s internal affairs. On the other hand, if not for the Great Eastern Alliance, the Outerverse would have never been able to mount any sort of resistance against the Sixth Mainland’s invasion. In the future, humanity’s enemies will only continue to grow stronger. A divided Innerverse is much weaker than what a united force can accomplish,” Lu Yin stated solemnly.
Ling Gong instead sneered. “How absurd! The Innerverse hasn’t witnessed any sort of crisis for countless years, and yet you claim that one exists?”
Lu Yin shook his head. “That’s because you haven’t reached a high enough status yet. Go back and ask Ling Qiu what sort of threat Aeternus is.”
“There’s no reason for you to be speaking to me.” Ling Gong remained completely cold towards Lu Yin.
Lu Yin nodded. “True, but we happened to run into each other, and you’re a future powerhouse of the Lingling clan. I don’t want the Lingling clan to disappear, but anyone who blocks my way is an enemy. More importantly-” At this moment, Lu Yin stared at Ling Gong in a much more serious manner than before. “You’re a friend I think I can get along with, and you’re also Wendy’s friend.”
Friend? Ling Gong’s eyes relaxed a bit. What did that word mean?
She stared at Lu Yin. For many years, Ling Gong had had no friends, so this was a completely foreign word to her.
Lu Yin left. His conversation with Ling Gong had been nothing more than a chance encounter, but he honestly did not want to be enemies with the Lingling clan. However, if they insisted on working against him, he would not show them any mercy.
Soon, Lu Yin’s vessel entered Venom Flowzone.
This flowzone was full of poisonous gases, and there were poisonous creatures roaming about in outer space from time to time. These creatures did not actually have the strength of an Explorer, but they were still able to roam the universe. The universe gave birth to many bizarre lifeforms. There were creatures that were immortal, and others that were born to live in outer space. Such things were quite normal.
Needing the strength of an Explorer to wander the universe was a limitation that only applied to humans.
After talking with Liu Qianjue and learning about Venom Flowzone’s internal situation, Lu Yin was no longer a complete stranger to the place, but he felt quite different after actually entering the flowzone.
Venom Flowzone could be thought of as a cave that was full of poisonous gas. It was home to all kinds of poisonous insects and monsters, and it boasted a truly strange ecosystem as almost all the lifeforms in the flowzone were poisonous. It was even possible that poison in this flowzone was like oxygen to humans: absolutely necessary for life.
The Second Nightking parted ways with Lu Yin. He followed Lu Yin’s orders and reached out to contact the Divine Venom Dynasty.
For his trip to the Divine Venom Dynasty, Lu Yin had only brought along the Second Nightking. Liu Huang had returned to the Sword Sect, and all the other Envoys under his command had their own tasks.
As one of the Innerverse’s eight great flowzones, Venom Flowzone was far from small.
Lu Yin set a course for the coordinates that he had been given, and his spaceship headed for the core of the Divine Venom Dynasty: the Divine Venom Continent.
Ling Gong and the others avoided using the same route as Lu Yin, instead using a different path to make their way towards the Divine Venom Continent.
One day later, Lu Yin stopped his vessel. He stared up ahead in true amazement. There was an old man in space. He was carrying a bamboo basket on his back while he walked through a poisonous green gas that filled a large area of space. There were also strange flowers that were blooming within the poisonous gas.
