Chapter 999: Separation
Chapter 999: Separation
It had just been a random thought, but the more Gu Xiao’er thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. He became incomparably excited, and he felt as if he had just discovered a new line of thought—if the Champions’ Stage was taken away, then he just needed to forge a replacement. Could those hypocrites from the Hall of Honor expose such a thing even if they knew about it? That was impossible, as they also had to give face. If they did not expose the fraud, then everyone’s prestige would be maintained. Even if, in the end, the secret was revealed, they could simply push the blame onto him and claim that they had not known about it. In any case, those old folk would not take the initiative to expose such a thing.
After thinking about it, Gu Xiao’er left the battlefield. He had no intention of fighting any longer, as this battle was essentially done. Instead, he needed to go forge something.
The fate of the five people who had attempted to join the fight on the Champions’ Stage made sure that no one else had the courage to even get close. Lu Yin’s example could not be followed by just anyone; if they did not have the strength of someone who could receive the title of King or Queen, then it was impossible for them to step onto the stage. It should also be known that the battlefield between the Realmlings and the Ten Arbiters took up more than just the Champions’ Stage; it also included all of the surrounding area.
After one day passed, the balance of the battlefield still hadn’t changed. At this time, the miniature mainland had already passed through the entrance to the Starfall Sea, and it was currently headed towards the Mara River. Their destination was not only where the Mara River was located, but it was also where the Astral River separated the Innerverse from the Technocracy. It was a point of convergence for three different places.
The people from the Fifth Mainland began to grow anxious, and many of them made plans to leave as more and more Sixth Mainland cultivators who wanted to leave the Fifth Mainland began to show up in this area.
On top of the Champions’ Stage, while Bu Kong was busy fighting with Nightking Zhenwu and the others, the Daosource Three Skies member had a nagging feeling that he had forgotten about something. His eyes swept through the area, and he saw a bit of sword qi fly off into the distance from where Liu Tianmu and Zhi Yi were fighting. He also saw Xing Kai suddenly grow big and small as well as the Undying Bird releasing a cry. He saw straight lines of attacks that tore through the void that came from Shu Jing. His expression suddenly changed. That’s right, where is that woman?
Back on the battlefield in the Whitecliff Region, Bu Kong had used a sourcebox array to instantly shift the balance of the battle. However, he had not had a smooth time setting up the sourcebox array, as there had been a woman present who was also a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker. When the battle on the miniature mainland had started, that same woman had stopped Bu Kong from using a sourcebox array with all sorts of lockbreaking attempts. However, at this moment, she was missing.
Bu Kong forced Nightking Zhenwu’s trio back and then approached the edge of the Champions’ Stage. As soon as he arrived, he saw Qiu Shi. Coincidentally, Qiu Shi looked up at that very moment, and the two exchanged glances. Bu Kong’s eyes grew incomparably sharp, as seven sourceboxes had been arranged around the Champions’ Stage, and it was impossible to tell how long they had been there for.
Bu Kong’s expression changed, as the situation was looking bad. This was a sourcebox array, and he charged towards Qiu Shi as fast as he could.
The next moment, a danger zone spread out, coming from the various sourceboxes as their danger zones overlapped. It created a strange scene, but it caused the Champions’ Stage to quiver. Actually, it was not the Champions’ Stage that was quivering, but rather the miniature mainland that was carrying the Champions’ Stage. Then, due to the multiple danger zones layering upon each other, the Champions’ Stage slowly floated up. At the same time, the formless danger of the sourceboxes tore through the void, spreading out to affect everything within a hundred kilometers.
No matter if it was Bu Kong, Tai Yishen, Lu Yin, or those who were a bit further away like Xing Kai, everyone was enveloped within the sourceboxes’ danger zone.
Xing Kai and the others immediately retreated, as a sourcebox array was absolutely terrifying.
The might of the sourceboxes erupted, and Bu Kong’s figure flashed as he raised a hand while working to dissolve the formless danger zones.
Lu Yin was similarly surrounded by the sourceboxes’ danger zones, but he was able to clearly see their rune lines. The might of the danger zones were right at the cusp of a power level of 200,000 without surpassing it. Still, they were not any weaker than a power level of 200,000, so the danger zones were a hazard to everyone here.
Tai Yishen cursed, “Stupid woman, here we go again!”
He then looked over at Lu Yin. “Hurry up and leave—that lunatic will do anything!”
At that moment, a small section of the miniature mainland broke off and began to float up as it separated from the rest of the mainland. The sourcebox array was pushing the segment up and off into outer space.
Countless people witnessed this development take place, and many of them even leaped up to try to take control of the Champions’ Stage. However, they were all torn to shreds the moment they entered the sourcebox array’s range.
Bu Kong flung out a sourcebox in an attempt to challenge the existing sourcebox array.
Qiu Shi’s face went pale. She had no idea what would happen if a second sourcebox array was superimposed upon the first.
Nightking Zhenwu pressed a hand upon the Champions’ Stage and flew through space. He was determined to be the one to take the Champions’ Stage away.
The power of the sourcebox array’s formless danger zone was not something that ordinary people could resist, and any cultivators whose strength was not at the level of a King or Queen would be instantly torn to shreds the moment they entered the range of the sourcebox arrays. The power of two overlapping sourcebox arrays was simply too terrifying.
A small piece of land flew into space, as Qiu Shi’s intention had been to separate the Champions’ Stage from the miniature mainland so that she could keep it in the Innerverse, or at the very least, stop the Sixth Mainland from taking it away.
A frosty glint appeared in Bu Kong’s eyes, and he wanted to attack Qiu Shi. However, he had to first deal with the sourceboxes’ formless danger.
The small continent was quickly embraced by the vastness of outer space. Aside from Tai Yishen, who had fled due to his fear of the sourcebox array, Xing Kai and the others, including Nightking Zhenwu, Lu Yin, Bu Kong, and Qiu Shi, were all still in the area. Further away, there was also another group of people who had tried to hide from the sourceboxes’ formless danger, but they had simply died one after the other.
Those who did not have the strength to receive a title of King or Queen simply could not survive or flee from the sourcebox array.
Lu Yin observed the rune lines and evaded them whereas Nightking Zhenwu relied entirely on his own strength. He hadn’t expected that even Tai Yishen would flee without the courage to stay behind.
Lu Yin did not want to stay behind either, as the rune lines permeating the small continent were still growing in number, and they were all from the sourcebox arrays. Besides, the Champions’ Stage had already been taken away from the miniature mainland, and with Qiu Shi and Nightking Zhenwu around, Bu Kong would not be able to take it back. Thus, Lu Yin’s current top priority was to retreat to safety.
Lu Yin was afraid of the power of the sourcebox array, but he was also wary of Nightking Zhenwu. The Nightking would not hesitate to take advantage of any opportunity to conveniently deal with Lu Yin, and Lu Yin was not confident in being able to stay alive within the sourcebox array’s danger zone even without the Nightking’s interference.
Lu Yin wanted to leave, but Nightking Zhenwu would not allow him to do so that easily. Off in the distance, a group of people were slaughtered by the sourcebox array, so Nightking Zhenwu was not afraid of there being any witnesses. He looked at Lu Yin with icy cold eyes.
The Arbiter completely hated Lu Yin, as this person had dared to stand up to the Daynight clan in the Astral Combat Academy, and he had even used Nightking Yuanjing to save his own life. Lu Yin had shamed Nightqueen Yanqing, which had challenged Arbiter Zhenwu’s own dignity. He had been forced to send out Liu Shaoge to restrict Lu Yin. Also, in the Daosource Sect’s ruins, Lu Yin had ignored the Nightking’s order and crushed the jade talisman. These were all contributing factors to Nightking Zhenwu’s endless loathing for Lu Yin.
In fact, before the Outerverse was isolated from the Innerverse, when the Nightking had learned that Lu Yin had gone to Planet Pyrolyte, Nightking Zhenwu had wanted to go himself to get rid of Lu Yin. But ever since the Outerverse had been isolated, the matter had been shelved away. However, this person had reappeared once more, and he had even become more powerful. This had caused the Nightking’s bloodlust to surge, and he wanted to kill Lu Yin more than ever at this moment.
Despite the ongoing war between the two mainlands, Nightking Zhenwu’s first priority was still to eliminate Lu Yin.
A chill ran down Lu Yin’s spine, and he locked eyes with Nightking Zhenwu. When he saw the Nighking’s raging murderous intent, Lu Yin’s expression instantly changed, and he quickly moved to flee from the range of the sourcebox array. Although Lu Yin was able to escape, it would take him some time.
Nightking Zhenwu immediately moved towards Lu Yin.
Fortunately, Lu Yin was able to see rune lines, and he was also a Lockbreaker. Thus, he managed to escape from the sourcebox array one step ahead of Nightking Zhenwu.
Nightking Zhenwu realized that Lu Yin was about to get away, so he immediately attacked. The Arbiter’s spiritual force swept across the Champions’ Stage and shot out past it.
Lu Yin’s brain was jostled, but he was alright since his own spiritual force was rather formidable.
At that moment, Qiu Shi and Bu Kong’s sourcebox arrays began to grow frenzied for unknown reasons. The two had originally been overlapping, but at this moment, it was as if the strength of the two arrays had multiplied.
Lu Yin could see an endless amount of rune lines filling the entire small continent, and the rate at which they appeared had sped even further. He felt that something was amiss.
Unfortunately, he was still one step too late. The sourcebox arrays’ formless danger fully erupted and swept out without rhyme or reason. Qiu Shi had been outside the sourcebox array, so she was able to leave by just taking a single step back. Bu Kong had been rather close to Qiu Shi, and when he saw that the sourcebox arrays had gone out of control, he similarly did not dare to dally behind, also escaping.
Lu Yin and Nightking Zhenwu both had the exact same intentions. A sourcebox array was already quite mysterious, and nobody wanted to try to deal with a berserk sourcebox array.
The ground of the continent began to break apart, and the sourcebox array’s formless danger zone tore through the void without any sort of pattern. Everything that it touched was destroyed.
Nightking Zhenwu was in no mood to chase after Lu Yin at this moment, as even Bu Kong and Qiu Shi had fled. Lu Yin intended to make his escape as well.
However, just as he was about to escape from the continent, a familiar figure appeared nearby, desperately struggling to stay alive. She had long, black-and-white hair that flew about with blood dripping from the long strands. Her body was hunched over, her hand was clutching a red sword, and her entire body looked extremely feeble. This was none other than Zhuo Daynight.
Lu Yin had not expected to bump into Zhuo Daynight here. Scenes from the past flooded through his mind, but all he could currently see with his eyes were the rune lines filling the sky that were about to press down upon her. He immediately moved to help her, using his Skybeast Claw to pull Zhuo Daynight over. She was astonished by the attack, and she instinctively resisted, but she did not have the ability to resist Lu Yin. In this desperate situation, she was right about to give up on everything and use Night’s End, Daybreak when she suddenly saw that Lu Yin was the one who had pulled her over.
Lu Yin grabbed Zhuo Daynight and leaped away from the continent.
The next moment, the formless danger zone that had gone berserk unleashed lines of force that destroyed the entire continent without any discernible pattern. The Champions’ Stage was thrown far away by an unseen power, and it coincidentally flew towards where Lu Yin was fleeing with Zhuo Daynight.
Lu Yin saw the Champions’ Stage rocketing towards him, and he was left speechless. Everyone had been fighting over this thing, but at the very last moment, it had chosen to fly towards him.
He quickly dodged the stage before grabbing onto it with one hand. It dragged him off into the distance while he kept his other arm wrapped around Zhuo Daynight.
Zhuo Daynight really was too weak at this moment, as this battlefield had been too cruel to her. Even if someone had reached the Explorer realm, a cultivator at that level of strength did not belong on this battlefield. They would only be able to rely on their luck to survive here.
Zhuo Daynight could be considered one of the Daynight clan’s elites, but the Daynight clan was only comparable to one of the Sixth Mainland’s Imprinter families, and at best, a Cosmic Imprinter family. On this battlefield, there were too many youths who were heirs of such families.
Lu Yin kept a firm grip on the Champions’ Stage, and he evaded the odd sourcebox array fluctuation while clutching Zhuo Daynight tightly with his other arm.
She coughed, and looked up to see Lu Yin. There was a trace of red to her pale face, and she looked down at where Lu Yin’s hand was completely holding her chest. She pursed her lips and said nothing.
More than half an hour later, the Champions’ Stage finally slowed down, as the formless danger zone from the sourcebox arrays that had been propelling the stage had finally started dissipating.
Lu Yin heaved a sigh of relief, and he hugged Zhuo Daynight as he moved on top of the Champions’ Stage. When he looked down at her, he saw that she had fallen unconscious.
His right hand twitched, and Lu Yin blinked. He silently removed his hand, as he had been touching something that he should not have.
“Seventh Bro, this Monkey finds that there are some problems with your character,” the Ghost Monkey commented.
Lu Yin angrily shot back, “Shut up!”
“Each and every time, without fail, you are able to grab that particular area of a girl’s. Can you teach me how to do that? You must have had some special practice,” the Ghost Monkey sniggered.
Lu Yin ignored the beast. His mood was actually pretty good at the moment, as he was basically in control of the Champions’ Stage.
He slowly set Zhuo Daynight down flat and muttered, “There seems to be some sort of fate between us. I get to save you every time.”
“Thank you.” Zhuo Daynight opened her eyes and calmly looked up at Lu Yin.