There was no time for Lu Yin to even think. The arrow’s speed grew faster and faster as it tore through the void, and its speed even overtook that of a radiant-grade Aurora. Before long, a spacecraft appeared up ahead that was heading to the east.
There was no emblem on the spacecraft, and its origins were unknown.
The tiny arrow broke free of Lu Yin’s grasp and shot into the spacecraft, and it did not reappear.
Lu Yin entered the vessel at the same time as the arrow, sneakily infiltrating the spacecraft. He quickly noticed a delighted Peach holding the tiny arrow, and she had been locked up inside a dimly lit cage.
Peach was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of the arrow, and she looked around as if searching for something.
When Lu Yin stepped forward, he smiled at her.
“Your Highness, you’ve come!” Peach was ecstatic.
Lu Yin was thrilled to discover that Peach was still alive. He enjoyed the pleasant surprise of regaining a friend after losing them, and he roughly ruffled Peach’s hair.
Peach was sullen at such treatment. “Your Highness, that hurts.”
“What’s the matter? Tell me about what happened,” Lu Yin said.
Peach passed the tiny arrow to Lu Yin. “First, put this away.”
Lu Yin retrieved it. “This must be one of the three arrows.”
Peach nodded.
“And you’re just going to hand it over to me just like that?” Lu Yin was puzzled.
Peach replied in a matter-of-fact manner, “Didn’t it come in handy?”
Lu Yin pinched her chin. “Little brat, you’re pretty smart. You knew that some people were scheming to steal that arrow, and so you intentionally left it with me. If anything happened to you, you must have known that you would be able to summon this arrow and that it would bring me to free you. Good.”
Peach looked embarrassed and positively adorable as she looked at Lu Yin. “Your Highness is so smart—you were able to figure it out right away.”
Lu Yin grudgingly replied, “I never thought that I, who always plotted against others, would be so predictable to you.”
Peach tried to butter up Lu Yin by moving behind him and massaging his shoulders. “Your Highness, aren’t I allowed to be afraid? Those people with Master Bei won’t give up, and the sect leader often goes into seclusion. So just what am I supposed to do if something happens to me? Your Highness is fearless, so I’ll be safe as long as Your Highness comes to save me.”
“There’s no need to butter me up. Tell me, what happened on the battlefield?” Lu Yin pressed.
Peach stuck out her tongue. “Gong Ke and the others were drawn away by others, and I was captured by a Shadowsword Sect expert. When I woke up, I found myself on this spacecraft. The guard happened to go do something else, which gave me the time I needed to use my technique to call the arrow and guide Your Highness to me. Fortunately, you weren’t too far away, or else my technique might not have actually worked.”
Lu Yin asked, “Were Gong Ke and the others lured away by enemies?”
Peach shook her head and solemnly answered, “One of the Neo-Vestige Sect disciples. A Hunter who came with the reinforcements.”
Lu Yin’s tone turned chilly. “It looks like someone is colluding with Neo-Vestige Sect. They wanted to send you back as a gift while also causing me to be hated by the Neo-Vestige Sect. A good plan, since if we faced off against both Neo-Vestige Sect and the Dark Phoenix family at the same time, we would undoubtedly be defeated.”
“Your Highness, are you talking about Wei Rong?” Peach asked.
“Who else?” Lu Yin commented. “But, the Neo-Vestige Sect expert who he colluded with will need to be looked into.”
“Does it? He has to be working with Master Bei.” Peach rolled her eyes.
“We’re certain it’s him, but we still need evidence,” Lu Yin replied.
At this point, his expression changed. “Someone’s coming. Keep acting like you were before, and I’ll hide for now.”
Peach nodded, as it was meaningless for her to be saved at this time. They would have to wait until the very last moment to see who she would be given to. As she thought about it, Peach laid down and went to sleep.
From outside her cell, someone glanced in to check on her, but they did not notice anything amiss, so they continued to calmly keep watch.
On the battlefield in Armament Weave, Liuying Zishan and the others were notified by Lu Yin and ordered to not restart the battle.
The spacecraft that was transporting Peach had no emblem on its hull, but its journey proceeded unhindered, and it effortlessly entered Mordo Weave. However, it did not head towards Neo-Vestige Sect. Rather, it headed in another direction.
Along the way, Lu Yin had no other opportunities to speak further with Peach. He had wanted to contact Neo-Vestige Sect’s Sect Leader Gong Ling, but he stopped himself. Could it really be that the only one coveting Peach’s arrow was Master Bei? Was Gong Ling truly that impartial? Lu Yin did not know, but before he could completely ascertain that Gong Ling was harmless, he did not want to risk inadvertently alerting their foe.
Before long, the ship landed on a desolate planet, and Peach was immediately dumped out. The spacecraft did not even stop moving, and it quickly flew back up towards outer space to leave.
Lu Yin quickly took action and caused the spacecraft to suffer a malfunction.
This planet was uninhabited, and if Lu Yin allowed the spacecraft to leave, it would be too easy to notice him, so he had to make sure that the vessel stayed behind.
The spacecraft was just about to leave the atmosphere when it wobbled back down towards the surface, where the maintenance crew began repairing it.
Suddenly, an enormous pressure fell upon the planet and instantly crushed the spacecraft into fragments. Not a single soul survived.
Lu Yin was also blasted underground by the enormous force.
High above, a figure appeared. It was actually Master Bei.
Master Bei had originally wanted to wait for the spacecraft to leave before showing up, but it had malfunctioned. He could not wait any longer, and he had decided that he might as well act and destroy all of the evidence. He did not want anyone to witness what he was about to do.
He stepped towards Peach, who was near where he had appeared. A drop of water landed on Peach’s face, and she lazily woke up and rubbed her eyes, only to see Master Bei standing nearby.
“It’s you?” Peach’s brows slanted as she looked at him in anger.
Master Bei clasped his hands behind his back as he looked down at Peach. “Little Peach, we meet again.”
Peach bellowed, “Why are you here?”
Then, she looked at her surroundings. “Where is this place?”
Master Bei’s expression remained calm. “There’s no need to be concerned about where this place is. Regardless, nobody can save you. Hand over that arrow, and I can let you have a peaceful death. Otherwise…”
“Dream on! The sect leader won’t let you off, and neither will the Great Eastern Alliance!” Peach defiantly refused.
Master Bei sneered. “The Great Eastern Alliance? They’re nothing more than a bunch of wild dogs! As for the sect leader, I will take over his position sooner or later. There’s no need for you to continue wallowing in your delusions. Nobody will know that you died here, and this is quite far from Armament Weave, so no one will discover your corpse even after you die.”
Peach’s face went pale, and she fearfully said, “I was at the battlefield just now, so why am I here?”
Master Bei was growing impatient. “I’m not in the mood to explain everything to you! Hand over that arrow for a painless death, or you will regret ever living!”
Cough cough!
From beneath Master Bei, Lu Yin coughed twice.
Master Bei was surprised. “Who’s that?”
Lu Yin blew open the surface of the ground and shook his head as a layer of ash drifted down. “Master Bei, there’s no need for such heavy-handed methods—you nearly destroyed this planet. I was knocked underground by you.”
Master Bei stared at Lu Yin in disbelief. “Why are you here?”
Peach’s expression changed, and her originally terrified expression suddenly became one of ridicule as she glanced at Master Bei with disdain. She then ran towards Lu Yin to help him brush off the dust.
“Alright, there’s no need for that. It’ll just get dirty again soon,” Lu Yin said.
Master Bei’s eyes narrowed. “Junior, what are you doing here?”
Lu Yin replied, “First tell me this: how did you end up colluding with Wei Rong?”
Master Bei was so furious that he smiled, and his star energy swept out in all directions, even extending past the planet and into outer space.
Peach was puzzled. “Your Highness, did he go nuts?”
Lu Yin seriously answered, “He’s checking to see if there are any others. Peach, you head up into outer space.”
Peach started to get worried. “Your Highness, he’s not an average Enlighter.”
“Relax, at best, he’s at Sall Phoenix’s strength, and I’m not afraid of him either,” Lu Yin replied.
Peach murmured an acknowledgement and flew away from the planet.
“Don’t even think of escaping.” Master Bei immediately took action, and the star energy that he had already released formed a large hand that grabbed at Peach. Lu Yin donned his universal armor and blocked the hand reaching towards Peach as he unleashed his own star energy from within his body.
When it came to star energy, Lu Yin was confident that his reserves surpassed that of Hunters. Even if he did not have more than Master Bei, he was confident that he would not have much less.
Master Bei never dreamed that Lu Yin would have such vast reserves of star energy, and he quickly realized that he could not suppress the youth despite the gap of three realms between them. This should be impossible, and the Enlighter turned his palm, causing the star energy to transform into an arrow that shot forward.
Lu Yin had already experienced this attack in the past. Back when he had first arrived at the Neo-Vestige Sect, Master Bei had tried to wipe out Lu Yin’s entire party with one arrow.
Master Bei’s arrow was gigantic.
Lu Yin’s face turned grave, and eight lined battle force covered his body as he equipped his bracer. He punched out, and the giant arrow deviated from its original course. Lu Yin seized this opportunity to throw Peach towards outer space.
Master Bei suddenly appeared behind Lu Yin, and he tapped out with a finger, which instantly took the form of an arrow that sliced through the air towards the back of Lu Yin’s head.
Lu Yin waved a hand and used the Yu Secret Art to shift Master Bei’s finger attack, which pierced through nothing instead. A gale punctured the planet, and the entire globe suddenly trembled.
Lu Yin swatted a hand towards Master Bei. “Thirty Stacks, Hundredfold Shockwave Palm.”
There was a thump, but Master Bei did not move at all. “Junior, you underestimate me! All Neo-Vestige Sect disciples forge bows and arrows, so how could our physical bodies be weak?”
He then placed a single palm against Lu Yin’s chest, and an oppressive pressure descended upon the youth that caused Lu Yin’s palm to fly away.
Lu Yin was not injured by the counterattack, but a trace of the palm strike’s force seeped through the cracks in his universal armor and struck Lu Yin’s body. However, the power was too scattered. It could at most match up to the power of a peak Hunter, which was unable to breach his body’s defenses.
Master Bei’s eyes went wide, and he suddenly retrieved a longbow from his cosmic ring, followed by an arrow. This was an actual arrow, and not one that had been formed from star energy. With Master Bei’s status and strength, his physical arrows were definitely some of the strongest around.
When the arrow was placed in the bow, Lu Yin felt his scalp go numb. An incomparably sharp aura tore through the area, which the surrounding space was unable to endure. The arrowhead was aimed at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin’s universal armor had received an energy cannon’s direct blast that had a power level of 400,000, but cracks had still eventually appeared on it. Still, that had been an energy cannon whereas this was a battle technique. If this arrow struck Lu Yin and pierced through a crack, its power was guaranteed to severely injure him.
This arrow was equivalent to Sall Phoenix’s attack after burning five plumes.
When the arrowhead was revealed, even the void shuddered.
Lu Yin directly pulled out an Ultra Flash Tearbomb and detonated it.
The dazzling radiance burst forth like a star and illuminated the whole galaxy. Every Ultra Flash Tearbomb in Lu Yin’s possession had been upgraded twenty two times, which was enough to even rob peak Hunters of their sight and cause them to tear up. Even Enlighters would be affected and be blinded for a moment.
Lu Yin did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he threw out one of Elder Wu’s poisons right after the flash bomb.
Although Elder Wu had only been an ordinary Enlighter from the Outerverse, his poisons were extremely frightening. Poisons were unrelated to power level, and when used well, they could even kill powerhouses that surpassed their creator.
The flash bomb had caused Master Bei to lose his sight for less than two seconds, but when he regained his sight, he found that Lu Yin was still standing in the same place. He had assumed that this youth would have taken the opportunity to flee.
With a whoosh, the arrow was released, and it instantly vanished. Lu Yin’s scalp turned numb, and as a sense of extreme danger shrouded him, he heard a melodious sound. He instinctively activated the Yu Secret Art, and the void in front of him burst open as the arrowhead emerged. At the same exact moment that it struck Lu Yin’s body, the Yu Secret Art activated. However, it could only be shifted away by a small distance, and it still struck the left side of his abdomen. Coincidentally, it struck one of the armor’s cracks, and the sharp tip passed through the crack to stab into Lu Yin’s body.
