Shui Chuanxia moved away to inspect the Lu Elite Troops and the Giants’ Army.
Ku Wei’s heart fell. “Master, where are seniors Liu Ye and Fei Hua?’
“They left. They won’t be with me any longer,” Lu Yin replied calmly.
Ku Wei instantly grew anxious. “Master, how could you let them go? Without them, how will we be able to defend against Liu Qianjue and the others? We’re doomed! Master, let’s hide with the giants.”
“Noisy,” the Second Nightking spat out coldly as he shot Ku Wei a vicious glare.
Ku Wei instantly felt threatened, and he reflexively took a step back.
Lu Yin glanced over at the Second Nightking, and the man looked away from Ku Wei.
Ku Wei hesitantly asked, “Master? Who’s this senior?”
“That’s none of your business. Just know that even without Liu Ye and Fei Hua here, these two are able to keep me safe,” Lu Yin answered.
Ku Wei nodded and looked back at the Second Nightking and Liu Huang. He only peeked at the Second Nightking, as the old man had scared him; Ku Wei felt like the old man could end him on a whim. He looked at Liu Huang more openly, as the man appeared friendlier.
“Young man, you mentioned Liu Qianjue just now. Is he the sect master of the Sword Sect?” Liu Huang asked with a smile.
Ku Wei gulped and nodded. “Yes, he is.”
“What did he do to scare you so badly?” Liu Huang continued.
Ku Wei glanced at Lu Yin, but Lu Yin revealed nothing.
Ku Wei replied softly, “He killed the leader of the sylvan dragons, Long Yi, who was my master’s mount. His goal is to kill all of the Envoys that are a part of the Great Eastern Alliance.”
Liu Huang nodded. “The masters of the Sword Sect have grown even more vicious and greedy.”
The Second Nightking stated coldly, “It’s the same as it was in the past.”
“The Sword Sect was established to pass down the Thirteen Swords. We were forced to become ruthless, and the Daynight clan was one of the driving factors behind that change,” Liu Huang calmly retorted.
“If not for the Neoverse, the Daynight clan would have long since become the master of the Innerverse. The Sword Sect wouldn’t even exist.” The Second Nightking’s voice remained as cold as ever.
Liu Huang continued the argument, saying, “If not for the Hall of Honor, the Sword Sect would have already entered the Neoverse. The Fourteenth Sword alone is enough to destroy the Daynight clan.”
“Really? Why don’t you give it a try?” the Second Nightking glared at Liu Huang.
The two men rarely spoke to each other, and Lu Yin had forgotten that one of them came from the Daynight clan and the other from the Sword Sect. If not for the Great Eastern Alliance, the two would be mutual enemies who had both been wronged by the Hall of Honor.
“This isn’t your battlefield,” Lu Yin said icily.
The Second Nightking ignored Lu Yin. While it was impossible for Liu Huang to defeat the Second Nightking, the ancient powerhouse was still interested in seeing the Fourteenth Sword.
Liu Huang did not know just how powerful the Second Nightking truly was. His understanding of the Second Nightking’s strength was still based in the past when the First Nightking had been the Daynight clan’s strongest powerhouse.The First Nightking’s power level had never exceeded a million, even at his peak, while Liu Huang had already surpassed that level.
If the First Nightking returned, he could be Liu Huang’s opponent, but the swordsman felt that it was impossible for the Second Nightking.
One of them was suffering from heavy injuries while the other was suffering from poison. Neither knew of the other’s true strength, and only Lu Yin was aware of that.
Ku Wei did not dare to speak again, as the auras given off by both the Second Nightking and Liu Huang’s auras were too powerful for him.
Ying Daynight, who was a part of the Lu Elite Troops, carefully looked at the Second Nightking. Even though the Second Nightking had changed his appearance, Ying Daynight had still recognized the man from his expression and aura.
The only person from the Daynight clan who qualified to stand next to Lu Yin was the Second Nightking. This was also because Lu Yin had just returned from Gaia’s Swamp, and the Second Nightking was known to be on the loose.
The Second Nightking’s gaze swept over the gathered soldiers, and he focused on Ying Daynight.
Ying Daynight dropped his eyes and did not dare to meet the Second Nightking’s gaze.
The Second Nightking looked away. He felt disgust towards the Daykings, as they had been forced to rely on Lu Yin.
The Lu Elite Troops and the Giants’ Army soon left.
Shui Chuanxiao voiced his admiration. “Even if the most elite cultivators from the border were gathered, it still wouldn’t be able to reach the standard of your Lu Elite Troops or the Giants’ Army. Alliance Leader Lu, you’ve given me quite the pleasant surprise.”
Lu Yin replied, “I’ve spent a great amount of effort to gather these people. Commander, do you want to return to the battlefield once again after being absent for so long?”
Shui Chuanxiao’s eyes blazed. “What’s your target?”
Lu Yin opened his star chart and chased Ku Wei away. Then, he pointed at a small flowzone: Basong Flowzone.
According to Lǜ Yan, the Neohuman Alliance’s headquarters for the Innerverse and Outerverse was located in Basong Flowzone.
“The Neohuman Alliance’s headquarters for the Innerverse and Outerverse?” Shui Chuanxiao was shocked.
Throughout history, the Neohuman Alliance had always been the Hall of Honor’s greatest enemy. It was considered one of the Three Dark Hands, but that was merely an excuse put forth by the Hall of Honor to rally people within the Fifth Mainland to oppose the Neohuman Alliance. The Neohuman Alliance was actually the enemy of all of humanity.
No matter where a person was, everyone had the shared responsibility of destroying the Neohuman Alliance’s corpse kings whenever they were encountered, even on a battlefield.
“The Neohuman Alliance is worse than we believed. We must find their headquarters and destroy it,” Lu Yin stated firmly.
Shui Chuanxiao looked at Lu Yin with a meaningful expression. “I thought that you were more interested in conquering the Innerverse.”
Lu Yin smiled. “Of course I am, but they are a cancer. I won’t feel right if I don’t remove it.”
After seeing the war in the Perennial World and the spies and Redbacks there, how could Lu Yin remain focused on internal disputes? His primary motivation for uniting the Fifth Mainland was actually to fight back against the four ruling powers of the Perennial World and Aeternus.
A disjointed Fifth Mainland would never be able to defeat Aeternus.
Shaman God had set up a scheme that would allow Lu Yin to unite the Fifth Mainland, but Lu Yin did not intend to follow Shaman God’s path. Lu Yin was going to drag the Neohuman Alliance into the mess and destroy them before moving against the four ruling powers.
Investigating Basong Flowzone was the first mission that Lu Yin gave Shui Chuanxiao, and it was also the man’s first mission after becoming the commander of the Great Eastern Alliance’s military.
Two days later, Shui Chuanxiao delivered a proposal to Lu Yin.
Lu Yin had believed that Shui Chuanxiao only excelled at militaristic warfare, but after seeing the man’s proposal, Lu Yin realized that Shui Chuanxiao’s foresight was quite similar to Wang Wen’s. In this case, the commander’s tactics were even better than what Wang Wen had come up with.
“His excuse to send the Allied Forces because of how Fennel Flowzone has been isolated is exactly the same as yours,” Lu Yin smiled.
Wang Wen replied, “He’s done my job for me.”
“Not just yours—he’s finished Wei Rong’s job, too.” Lu Yin glanced back at Shui Chuanxiao’s proposal.
Wang Wen frowned. “He could have completely destroyed Basong Flowzone and left no survivors, but he’s intentionally left some paths open to Venom Flowzone, Soulseal Flowzone, and First Flowzone. He’s setting the board up to unite the Innerverse. He really is very experienced.”
“Just wait. He’s using his own methods to infiltrate Basong Flowzone, and he’ll need at least a month. I’ll use this month to cultivate,” Lu Yin paused before continuing, saying, “Just keep a low profile for now.”
The people who were familiar with Lu Yin knew that he always tried to keep a low profile before taking any big actions.
The quieter the Great Eastern Alliance became, the more likely something major was about to occur.
Lu Yin secluded himself and began cultivating.
He had decided to do this because he had too much money.
After taking control of Blazing Mist Flowzone, the resources of the Ross Empire and the sylvan dragons had all become Lu Yin’s.
With the Blaze Realm as an example, Lu Yin had not had any real hopes for the Ross Empire or the sylvan dragons. The more powerful the force was, the greater their expenditures, which meant that they would have fewer liquid assets. The Blaze Realm was a perfect example of this.
However, the Ross Empire had given Lu Yin a small surprise while the sylvan dragons had given Lu Yin a huge surprise.
The Ross Empire had had 700 million star essence, which was not a massive amount, though still better than the Blaze Realm. As for the sylvan dragons, Lu Yin had been shocked.
There were rumors that certain creatures liked to collect shiny objects, and while Lu Yin was not certain those rumors were referring to the sylvan dragons, he knew that he had hit the jackpot when he saw their treasury. The sylvan dragons had a total of 3.5 billion star essence.
How much was that? 3.5 billion was even more than the stores of Chaos Flowzone’s Chaosgod Mountain.
Lu Yin had even thought that there had been a miscount when he first received the report, but sure enough, they had confiscated 3.5 billion.
He had asked the elder sylvan dragons about the matter and had then learned that the sylvan dragons had no use for star essence aside from cultivating. On top of that, sylvan dragons cultivated at a much slower speed than humans, which meant that they had accumulated an enormous amount of star essence.
Humans used their money to enjoy life, conduct business, and for gifts. However, the sylvan dragons did none of that, and they merely hoarded their wealth.
Although the sylvan dragons only took up a third of Blazing Mist Flowzone, they had gathered a staggering amount of resources over the years. If not for the Sixth Mainland’s invasion that had cost the dragons half of their resources, Lu Yin would have received far more than 3.5 billion star essence.
Lu Yin became upset at that thought. He would never forget that the Sixth Mainland had stolen such a large amount of money from him.
Oh, right; some of the star essence on the transportation continent had definitely come from the sylvan dragons.
Lu Yin took a deep breath to calm himself. Otherwise, he would become more and more agitated the more he thought of the matter.
Although the Daynight clan had not possessed as many resources as the sylvan dragons, Lu Yin had still gained about 1.7 billion star essence from them.
Given the Daynight clan’s position in the Innerverse, this could only be considered a small amount, and it was mainly due to Lu Yin’s previous assault on Daynight Flowzone, as the clan had to use vast resources to recover from the damage that he had caused back then.
The resources of the Ross Empire, the sylvan dragons, and the Daynight clan amounted to 5.9 billion star essence in total. When added to Lu Yin’s previous funds, he had 6.7 billion star essence. He was rich, truly rich.
Lu Yin’s breathing started to grow ragged as he looked in the direction of First Flowzone with greedy eyes. He wondered how many resources he would be able to gain if he took over the Sword Sect and Beast Tamers Flowzone. Every time he gained a large amount of money, he could improve his abilities by a tremendous amount.
Lu Yin forced himself to calm down as he lifted a hand. His die appeared, and he rolled it.
OMA’s Thoughts
Translated By: WQ
Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox
TLC’ed By: OMA
