Guo Shan was left speechless by Lu Yin’s words. Their mission had already ended, and Long Xian had even been cleared of all suspicions. Despite that, Lu Yin had still levied such an accusation against the man. However, there was one thing that was irrefutable: Lu Yin was from the Fourteenth Gate.
Because of this, Guo Shan shouted, “Long Xian, you are suspected of being a spy! Humility’s Gate is currently investigating you, so put down your weapons and surrender now!”
Guo Shan felt strange saying such a thing, as Humility’s Gate had never before asked anyone to surrender. They either captured people or simply killed them. Also, Long Xian was not even holding a weapon at the moment.
Long Xian was outraged, and he immediately attacked Lu Yin. Long Kui instantly stopped the attack, forcing Long Xian backwards. His silhouette started to flicker as he traveled between the true universe and the visible universe.
Lu Yin immediately began absorbing the thread of tribulation crystal.
Long Ding shouted, “Long Qi, how dare you!”
Long Xian was also furious. “Long Kui, you’re going too far! This is Flying Armor Pass! Activate the Flying Armor Array!”
The city began to tremble after Long Xian delivered this command.
Gui leaped off of Long Kui’s shoulder as its size increased. It bellowed angrily as its two heads looked around the area.
The Flying Armor Troops were immediately intimidated. They were not capable of defeating an Envoy.
At this same time, beams of light began to appear around Flying Armor Pass. The beams formed a light cube that quickly surrounded Gui and shrank down, trapping the beast.
Gui banged against the cube, but it was unable to destroy the cage. All the beast could do was make all of Flying Armor Pass shake.
Many people tried to flee, but nobody was able to enter or leave Flying Armor Pass after the Flying Armor Array was activated. Thus, they could only watch as Gui tried to escape from the cage of light.
Inside the military headquarters, Long Xian lifted a hand, causing multiple cubes of light to form and surround Long Kui. The elder looked grim. Flying Armor Pass’s defenses were extremely robust. When Long Xian’s abilities were coupled with the Flying Armor Array, the commander was able to stand up to Long Kui and possibly even defeat him.
Long Kui and Long Xian both used the White Dragon Transformation at the same time. Their bodies were covered in far more dragon scales than what Long Ding had shown, and both Envoys’ pupils became slitted.
As soon as the cube of light from the Flying Armor Array appeared, a battle technique with five tokens surrounded Long Xian. It was White Dragon Surveying the Sky.
“Long Kui, are you really going to help that child? I promise that I won’t touch Long Qi at all if you stop fighting, and I’ll even send both of you safely away from Flying Armor Pass. We can all just pretend that nothing ever happened,” Long Xian anxiously offered. With the Flying Armor Array activated, nobody was able to leave the area, not even Envoys.
A spear appeared in Long Kui’s hand. There was no way that he would allow Long Xian to attack Lu Yin, even if Long Xian had no intentions of hurting the youth. As an elder from the main family, Long Kui would be humiliated if he did not do anything while Long Xian attacked the main family’s son-in-law.
“Long Xian, you started this fight! Why didn’t you stop Long Ding from attacking Long Qi so viciously? You caused all of this!” Long Kui retorted loudly.
Long Xian gritted his teeth. “Fine! In that case, don’t blame me for not bothering to protect you. Neither of you will be able to escape from Flying Armor Pass, and even if he really does manage to absorb the crystal thread, he will still have to return it!”
A spear also appeared in Long Xian’s hand, and he shattered the White Dragon Surveying the Sky as he thrust the spear at Long Kui.
Long Kui used his own spear to block the attack.
The power of the two Envoys clashed above Flying Armor Pass. Since Envoys were able to use stellular energy, their stellular energy-based attacks clashed and caused the nearby star energy to surge. Countless people lost control of their own body’s star energy.
Guo Shan looked up. Why have things turned out like this? Weren’t we just invited to watch a ceremony? Wasn’t this just supposed to be a casual spar?
Oh right, how’s Long Qi? Guo Shan turned to look.
Lu Yin was still inside the protective ring. He was trembling while absorbing the crystal thread. At the moment, he was experiencing the same agony that Long Ding had recently been forced to endure. However, Lu Yin’s pain was far worse than what Long Ding had suffered, as Lu Yin was much stronger than Long Ding. This level of pain was something that Lu Yin rarely ever encountered since he had started cultivating, and he immediately vomited blood.
Guo Shan looked up; would Long Kui be able to withstand Long Xian’s attacks? If Long Kui was defeated, then the crystal thread would be forced out of Long Qi. Had the kid even considered that outcome? Was there any chance of Long Qi succeeding?
Lu Yin actually had not considered the possibility of failure. Even if Long Kui was defeated, Lu Yin would still successfully absorb the crystal thread, even if it meant revealing the walnut-shaped power vessel that he had received from Yuan Shi or using the Desolate Array that he had received from Highsage Grandmaster. Lu Yin did not care about anything else at this moment aside from opening his first meridian point.
Long Xian and his son both held grudges towards the clan’s main family. Despite that, Long Tian’s attitude towards the two had become much better after he had learned that Long Ding was about to break through. In other words, Long Tian only cared about who could help him, and he was completely unconcerned about who actually broke through. Since Lu Yin wanted to go to the Dominion Realm, this was actually a precious opportunity for him, and Long Ding could only blame himself for starting a fight with Long Qi.
The crystal thread entered Lu Yin’s body and touched his lower abdomen where his star energy was stored. Lu Yin had never paid attention to that particular location before, and he had not known that this was where his lower meridian point was located. The crystal thread stopped at that point, and then he felt an excruciating pain spread out from that point in this body. It felt as if his body was being torn apart.
Sweat beaded out from his forehead as his body started cracking apart like Long Ding’s. Blood pooled around his feet as he was forced to suffer the pain while also being wary of Long Xian.
At this moment, the Flying Armor Troops’ powerhouses all showed up, and they started attacking him. Even though there were no Envoys present, there were still numerous attackers.
Despite that, all of the attacks were blocked by the protective ring. Lu Yin felt extremely grateful towards Long Xi at this moment.
The battle between Long Xian and Long Kui heated up, and their power caused Flying Armor Pass to shake. Gui roared nonstop, still trapped by the Flying Armor Array.
Lu Yin’s eyes flashed. The pain was almost enough to cause him to faint. He knew that he had to stay conscious, as Long Kui might not be able to endure against the Flying Armor Array. If the elder was trapped by the array, then Long Xian would be able to freely attack. Lu Yin preferred to reveal as little of his items as possible, as most of them could only be used once.
“Long Qi, give me back the crystal thread!” Long Ding thrust his spear at Lu Yin, but the attack was easily blocked by the ring. Numerous powerhouses from the Flying Armor Troops were still surrounding the protective ring.
Lu Yin glanced over at Long Ding. Blood dripped down from the corner of Lu Yin’s mouth. Suddenly, he reached out and pulled Long Ding into the ring. Long Ding’s strength had already returned to its previous level, and he was completely unable to oppose Lu Yin. The Flying Armor Troops’ powerhouses shouted when they saw Lu Yin drag Long Ding into the protective circle, but Lu Yin just ignored them. He looked up and took a deep breath. “Long Xian, take a look at your precious son!”
His powerful shout actually helped to slightly alleviate Lu Yin’s pain.
High in the sky, Long Xian was still controlling the Flying Armor Array and trying to trap Long Kui while Long Kui retaliated with White Dragon Surveying the Sky. Lu Yin’s yell had drawn both of their attention, and they looked down to see Long Ding being strangled by Lu Yin.
Long Xian’s face went pale, and he immediately dropped to the ground. He glared at Lu Yin. “Long Qi, don’t you dare!”
Long Kui remained high in the sky, but he was staring at Lu Yin in shock. Was this person really the same Long Qi? The Long Qi who had not even dared to dodge an attack from the Celestial Frost Sect’s Elder Qing Xing? Long Kui had never expected Long Qi to have the courage to threaten Long Xian with the life of his own son.
Lu Yin met Long Xian’s eyes and viciously threatened, “Why would I be scared? If I kill your dear son, what are you going to do with the crystal thread when I return it to you? Do you have another son?”
Long Xian was breathing heavily from his outrage. He was overwhelmed with regret at this moment. He should have been much more cautious of Long Qi. Since Long Qi was daring enough to steal the crystal thread and start a battle inside Flying Armor Pass, there was nothing that he would not be willing to do.
“Release Long Ding and give me that crystal thread, and I promise that I won’t hurt you. I can even promise to fulfill one request from you. The Flying Armor Troops will also fully support you in the future.” Long Xian quickly started making anxious promises.
Lu Yin sneered. “Do you think that I’m an idiot? What use do I have for your support? I’m just the main family’s son-in-law, not the young master.”
Long Xian roared, “What do you want? Tell me what you want!”
Lu Yin turned even paler as his body continued to crack. Blood was still streaming down from his body, and he was enduring an intense pain that made him want to curse.
Long Ding was constantly trying to escape as Lu Yin endured the pain of the process. However, Lu Yin’s domain alone was enough to keep Long Ding trapped.
Lu Yin ignored everything that Long Xian said, as Lu Yin was simply wanting to use the threat against Long Ding’s life to stall for time. As soon as Lu Yin fully absorbed the crystal thread, Long Xian would be unable to do anything to him with Long Kui around.
Long Kui descended to the ground.
Long Xian looked over and raised a hand. His communication crystal vibrated, and Long Tian’s image quickly appeared. The young man smiled. “Commander Long Xian, what’s the matter?”
But once he noticed how disheveled Long Xian was, Long Tian was shocked. The man looked as though he had gone through a war.
Long Xian immediately explained, “Young master, please save Long Ding! Long Qi’s gone insane! He stole Long Ding’s crystal thread and is threatening me with Long Ding’s life!”
Long Tian turned around and saw Lu Yin attempting to open his lower meridian point, and also that he had captured Long Ding. Long Tian was completely stunned despite his status as the clan’s young master. Just what was going on?
“Young master, please save Long Ding! Long Ding purposely suppressed his cultivation to ensure that he would be able to successfully break through and help you during your trip to the Dominion Realm. Please save him and force Long Qi to return the crystal thread. I, Long Xian, swear that Long Ding will definitely be of great help to you when you go to the Dominion Realm. He will even be willing to sacrifice his life for you!” Long Ding pleaded in a rough voice. He sounded truly pitiful.
Long Tian’s gaze flickered as he observed the scene displayed before him. Long Ding? Long Qi? Long Ding? Long Qi? Who should he help here?
Just like Long Kui, Long Tian also secretly hoped for Long Qi to open his meridian point.
“Young Master, Long Qi is only a Hunter, and he won’t be able to become an Enlighter anytime soon. Even if he successfully opens his meridian point, he still won’t be of any help in the Dominion Realm!” Long Xian shouted.
True, this was the most important detail. Long Qi would not be able to help Long Tain no matter how much strength he potentially gained. There was no way he would ever be able to improve faster than Long Tian himself. In the end, Long Tian cared only about himself, and thus, he quickly spoke up. “Long Qi, release Long Ding and return the crystal thread. The White Dragon Clan has its rules, and it is forbidden to steal from fellow clansmen. Do you want to die?”
Long Xian also shouted, “As long as you release Long Ding and return the crystal thread, I can pretend that nothing has happened today.”
Long Tian was quite satisfied with Long Xian’s attitude. Regardless of everything else, Long Qi was still the main family’s son-in-law. Long Tian had promised Long Xi that he would protect Long Qi, and Long Xi was far more important than Long Ding.
