Star Odyssey

Chapter 1646: Lord Of Blazing Mist Flowzone

Ling Qiu grew increasingly excited, "In that case, what about Lu Yin himself?"

Elder Yuan Shou stayed silent for a while. "In the end, the child has too many people supporting him. While Eversky Island and the Hall of Honor will not say anything regarding the destruction of the Great Eastern Alliance, nothing can be done to Lu Yin himself. Don’t touch him. Make sure you remember that he can not be touched"

"I understand. In that case, I'll wait for good news from the Cosmic Sect," Ling Qiu replied. Seeing Elder Yuan Shou's reaction to her question about Lu Yin had given her a great deal of reassurance, as it would be decidedly odd if the elder had simply said that Lu Yin needed to be eliminated.

"We will cross the Cosmic Sea as soon as possible, so Matriarch Ling can relax as she waits," Elder Yuan Shou ended the call.

Ling Qiu took a deep breath and stared towards the south. She had not expected the Cosmic Sect would be unable to stand on the sidelines at this time, but after thinking things through a bit more, she felt it made sense. The Great Eastern Alliance had stirred up too many waves. If they managed to defeat the Innerverse’s eight great flowzones, they would next target the Neoverse.

Leon's Armada practically ruled the Cosmic Sea and saw Lu Yin as family, not to mention Lu yin’s relationship with Eversky Island and the Hall of Honor. It really should not have been any surprise that the Cosmic Sect was leery of Lu Yin’s Great Eastern Alliance.

Still, it was unexpected for even the Cosmic Sect to be afraid. When Ling Qiu had visited the Cosmic Sect after becoming an Envoy, she had seen multiple sect elders who were also Envoys, and she had even seen the unfathomable Elder Jiu Shen who had a power level of over a million. If Elder Jiu Shen moved out, he alone would be able to erase the Great Eastern Alliance, and even begging for Yuan Shi’s help would be useless.

In fact, with the Cosmic Sect’s support, Ling Qiu no longer needed to bother working together with the Sword Sect and Beast Tamers Flowzone. Not only was trying to cooperate with the two very difficult, it also felt useless, as there was no guarantee that they would be able to actually deal with Lu Yin. However, with this development, Ling Qiu merely needed to keep hidden the involvement of the Cosmic Sect’s disciples, which would not be much effort at all.

At this thought, Ling Qiu quickly sent out orders to subtly refuse to cooperate with the Sword Sect and Beast Tamers Flowzone. After all, cooperating with them was difficult, and Lu Yin feared a united Innerverse, and so he had no hesitation to send out assassins against them. As soon as the Cosmic Sect’s forces arrived, the Great Eastern Alliance would cease to exist.

On the other side of the call, Elder Yuan Shou’s expression twisted after hanging up, and he turned to look at Sect Master Yuan Qiong, but the sect master just shrugged.

"Sect Master, Lu Yin is going too far! He is actually pushing us to work with him to toy with the Lingling clan. Once word of this matter spreads, our Cosmic Sect will have no face left," Elder Yuan Shou angrily complained.

Yuan Qiong coughed. "You did not speak any lie to her. You told Ling Qiu that we intend to ask the Soldier Crew to ferry us across the Cosmic Sea. However, if the Soldier Crew denies our request, we cannot go to Leon’s Armada, as that would just be absurd."

Elder Yuan Shou ground his teeth. "I hate being used by that brat."

Yuan Qiong had been left with no choice in this matter, as Lu Yin's position within the Cosmic Sect was just too unique. Even though Lu Yin officially was only the head of the sect’s outer disciples, he possessed the Cosmic Sect’s greatest inheritance on the sole of his foot. That pattern was something that involved Semi-Progenitors like Elder Gong and Xia Ji, who had plotted to take the Skystar Jade Wall, only to gain nothing. Lu Yin’s status and connections surpassed things like age and cultivation strength.

Put bluntly, if the Cosmic Sect was asked to choose between Yuan Qiong and Lu Yin, the sect master would have to give himself up. Agreeing to put on an act was truly nothing.

"But Sect Master, will Lu Yin really target the Neoverse?" Elder Yuan Shou suddenly asked as he stared at Yuan Qiong.

Yuan Qiong actually grew pale. "Let him try, but those of the Neoverse are not easy to deal with. Even if the Innerverse truly becomes unified, they will only be able to try to grab a place in the Neoverse. It takes more than mere ambition to enter this place."

Elder Yuan Shou nodded. "I'm afraid that if our Cosmic Sect continues to be pushed around by him that he’ll be able to pull it off."

Yuan Qiong’s face twisted the moment he heard this comment.

Even if Ling Qiu was beaten to death, she would never imagine that the dignified Cosmic Sect would cooperate with Lu Yin putting on a play for her in order to give her the illusion of foreign aid. Let alone Ling Qiu, not even the Starsibyl Sect would have ever contemplated such a possibility, as it was just too ridiculous. However, it was actually what happened.

Ling Qiu believed that she had the powerful support of the Cosmic Sect behind her, and so she saw no reason to cooperate with the Sword Sect and Beast Tamers Flowzone. The two were left with no choice but to work alone. At the moment, the Lu Elite Troops and the Great Eastern Alliance’s colossal giants were enough to sweep through both Innerverse powers combined. Even the most powerful cultivators could still feel fear, and the alliance of the two Innerverse powers provided no reassurance.

Lu Yin blew out a long breath as he lowered his gadget. The aid from outside forces that had been written on Wang Wen's third card had just been taken care of, which meant that Blazing Mist Flowzone truly belonged to Lu Yin. What was his next step?

Of the Innerverse’s eight great flowzones, Chaos Flowzone and Blazing Mist Flowzone both belonged to Lu Yin, but they were a great distance from each other. The Wen family’s Erudite Flowzone would not move against Lu Yin, while Venom Flowzone and Daynight Flowzone were both isolated at the moment. That left First Flowzone and Beast Tamers Flowzone.

As Lu Yin was contemplating the current situation, he arrived at the Ross Empire’s mobile fortress.

Sister Fei Hua had remained at the capitol, making it impossible for Emperor Luo or the dark beast to escape. The Lu Elite Troops had taken over the entire fortress, rendering the many reinforcements useless.

While the Ross Empire had tens of millions of soldiers, there were actually only about a million cultivators who were strong enough to assist the empire’s mobile fortress. This was because the empire had so many battleships and fleets.

The empire’s forces were dealt with as they arrived, as they were all completely unable to deal with the Lu Elite Troops.

Long Yi landed on the mobile fortress, his massive size startled many people.

Sister Fei Hua was also caught off guard, but only by the dragon’s appearance, as no such beasts existed in the Perennial World. As for the dragon’s strength, the Perennial World did have mounts that were as strong as Envoys, and even Long Kui’s beast was far stronger than Long Yi.

The dark beast was kept immobilized by Fei Hua, while Emperor Luo was still lying on the ground, half-dead.

Emperor Luo’s eyes flashed red before dimming a bit when he saw Long Yi arrive.

Long Yi also saw Emperor Luo, and complicated emotions filled the dragon.

Blazing Mist Flowzone had once been divided into three territories ruled by Leader Hong, Emperor Luo, and Long Yi. The three had kept each other in check, but had been united against the outside world. This was how they had managed to retain control of one of the eight great flowzones. However, one of the three had died, another captured, while the last one had surrendered. Worst of all, a youth had been behind everything.

Seeing Emperor Luo's miserable situation, Long Yi lost all desire to resist, as he was scared of ending up like Emperor Luo.

There were also many other experts from the Ross Empire who had been captured and held within the mobile fortress. Among them were Scholar Newmoon and Duke Blackhawk, who had returned from Ironblood Weave. Also, there was the empire’s most powerful expert after Emperor Luo, who was known as Lightning Axe. It was actually a title that he had received reflecting the respect the people of the Ross Empire held for the man.

At the moment, all of the experts were silently standing in front of Lu Yin, waiting.

Lu Yin was browsing videos on the network. Each one was of Emperor Luo, and specifically of the man’s battles.

Lu Yin had originally had no interest in Emperor Luo, but in the past, when Emperor Luo had attacked by reflex, Lu Yin had felt something off from the man.

Typically, regardless of the person facing a critical situation, they would react with their most powerful attack possible, and yet Emperor Luo had shot out a beam of light from a mechanical arm.

Something was wrong, as Emperor Luo clearly had a technology that allowed for attacks comparable to an Envoy’s, as how else had his mechanical body exerted such force? However, Lu Yin had investigated Emperor Luo before moving against the Ross Empire, and as far as people outside the Ross Empire were aware, Emperor Luo was a cultivator.

This meant that he was both a cyborg and also a cultivator. He was an Envoy, which was a level he had attained through cultivation. As for his technological might, it only served as a support. However, during the fight with the Frost Emperor on the Royal Frost Continent, Emperor Luo had launched a powerful sneak attack, and it had been pure technological power.

Where was Emperor Luo's technology that allowed his cyborg body to have a power level of an Envoy? Long ago, some tribes of giants had pursued technology and reached a level of mastery that had induced fear from the Hall of Honor, and the Expeditionary Forces had been sent out to destroy the giants’ technology. This had motivated Emperor Luo to always keep his best technology completely hidden.

Lu Yin had once heard a rumor that the Ross Empire’s technology had originally come from a ancient technology that had been sealed within a sourcebox. However, after witnessing so many things for himself, Lu Yin knew that the Hall of Honor would never have ignored the Ross Empire if they had acquired such technology. However, it turned out that Emperor Luo himself had been keeping the heights of the empire’s technology a secret.

Lu Yin found many videos of Emperor Luo fighting, but he fought everyone using his cultivation and only using technological means as a support. The man was deliberately hiding things.

After closing a video, Lu Yin looked over at Emperor Luo, who was still on the ground. The cyborg’s body had been severely damaged, and it was a challenge for the emperor to even stand.

"Scholar Newmoon, could you please tell me how powerful the weapons are that the Ross Empire can produce?" Lu Yin asked as he turned to Scholar Newmoon.

Scholar Newmoon instantly panicked. The man was terrified of death, and even Wendy Yushan had once bluffed the man at East San Dios. At the moment, Scholar Newmoon was facing Lu Yin, and he had absolutely no intention of hiding anything. "At best, we can produce weapons capable of attacks with a power level of a bit more than 200,000. While this matches the strength of an Enlighter, due to limited materials, it is incredibly difficult to produce these particular weapons, and they have only been used a few times during our war with the sylvan dragons, though we did kill an Enlighter dragon."

Long Yi stared at Scholar Newmoon from behind Lu Yin. The sylvan dragon clan’s top experts aside from him were only Enlighters.

Lu Yin then turned to look at Lightning Axe. Emperor Luo had been severely injured by Lu Yin's Vacuum Palm, while Lightning Axe had not possessed the courage to even attack Lu Yin. This was an indication that the man feared death as much as Scholar Newmoon. "You tell me."

Lightning Axe answered in a respectful manner, "Scholar Newmoon is correct; that is indeed the best our Ross Empire’s technology is capable of."

"Then tell me, why does Emperor Luo possess the attack power of an Envoy?" Lu Yin asked as he stared Emperor Luo laying on the ground.

Scholar Newmoon quickly replied, "Your Highness, Emperor Luo is a cultivator. If you look only at the power of his technologically-based attacks, none of them surpass the power of an Enlighter."

Lu Yin waved a hand, dismissing everyone. He then approached Emperor Luo, one step at a time. Emperor Luo watched Lu Yin’s approach with mechanical eyes, so Lu Yin had no idea what the man was able to see.

"I’m quite curious; tell me, when backed into a corner, there have been a few times when you’ve used technologically-based attacks that match the power of an Envoy. This is not a level of technology that should be possessed by an Innerverse power," Lu Yin spoke casually.

Emperor Luo's eyes flashed red, and the frequency of flashing grew faster and faster.

Lu Yin frowned. "Die if you’re not going to talk."

He lifted his hand, and used the Overlaying Stacks Path, causing the void to tremor, and even the true universe became vaguely visible. At the same time, traces of his golden battle force appeared.

Emperor Luo finally said, "The technology is from lockbreaking."

"Really?" Lu Yin did not believe this at all.

Emperor Luo continued, "I obtained the technology in the Technocracy."

Lu Yin raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

The red light in Emperor Luo's eyes started to flicker faster and faster, and Lu Yin grew wary. Finally, the red light shot out, creating a screen of light in the air. It was a recording taken from a person’s perspective.

'What is this?’ The first thing seen in the recording was a woman. There were visible traces of cybernetic technology around her ears that made it clear that this was merely an android in the form of a human.

‘I just received this technology. Look, this is unprecedented! This will allow attacks with power of more than 500,000!’' The woman was speaking excitedly as she held a crystal cube in her hand that was about the size of her palm. It was beautiful.action

‘Is this real?’ Suddenly, a hand appeared from behind the female-shaped android. It pierced her body and seized the crystal. At the same time, the person who had taken the recording also attacked to grab the crystal.

'Let go.'

The person behind the recording said nothing, but instead merely raised a hand and shot out a beam. Everything in the recording exploded, and the video ended.