Crown Prince Gui Qian stepped back once more. “What the hell do you want?”
“I already asked you a question. Do you absorb your death energy from somewhere else, or do you make it yourself?” Lu Yin asked coldly.
The prince gritted his teeth. “You have to absorb it. No one can make death energy.”
Lu Yin frowned. “Then where did you absorb it?”
“Specter Abyss,” the prince replied.
“And outside of Specter Abyss? Is there no other place in this universe where you can find death energy?” Lu Yin pressed.
Crown Prince Gui Qian gave Lu Yin a very odd look. “Seeing as how you’re the God of Death’s heir, and since he was the only person who was ever able to produce death energy, why are you asking me this?”
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. Producing death energy? He was not able to do such a thing.
“The God of Death is the source of all death energy. It’s not something that naturally exists in the universe, and my clan just relies on the death energy that already exists. We’re certainly not the masters of the energy,” the prince explained.
Lu Yin remembered the Fifth Mainland’s Specter Clan, and the same was true of them. The Specter Clan could transform ordinary cultivators and allow them to absorb death energy. In theory, anyone could absorb death energy, but they would lose control of themselves. The Specter Clan had been around for eons, and their descendants had grown more and more accustomed to death energy until they became a unique race. The same seemed to be true of the Perennial World’s Specter Abyss.
It was even possible that Specter Abyss was the Specter Clan.
“You should go to Specter Abyss, as you could become the master of Specter Abyss,” the prince suddenly suggested. There was a frenzied look in his eyes that made it look like he had just understood something and was getting more and more excited about it.
Lu Yin sneered. “Do you think that I’m stupid? If I go to Specter Abyss, my life or death will be determined by you.”
The prince quickly responded, “You can’t just obtain the God of Death’s inheritance through cultivation. No one can seize that inheritance from you. Since you are the God of Death’s heir, you are the master of my Specter Abyss. We’re the only ones who can help in your cultivation. In the future, you will become a Progenitor just like the God of Death, who was the from the most ancient era of Progenitors. That person was truly an invincible powerhouse, so my Specter Abyss will do our best to help you.”
Lu Yin did not believe this claim.
“Long Qi, believe me! Specter Abyss will truly help you!” the prince urged.
Lu Yin stared at him. “First, you were wary of me, but now, you’re saying that you’ll do everything possible to help me. Do you really think that I’d believe such a change?”
Crown Prince Gui Qian grew solemn. “I was merely unwilling to see the God of Death’s inheritance that my family has been chasing after for countless years be picked up by an outsider like you. However, the God of Death’s inheritance can’t be stolen. You’re the one who received this chance to become the God of Death’s heir, so there is only one path open to my Specter Abyss: help you become a Progenitor. Once that happens, there will be no one in the entire universe who will be your opponent.”
“I’m a trespasser from the Forsaken Land,” Lu Yin argued.
The prince replied in a loud voice, “My Specter Abyss is feared by everyone in the Perennial World! The four ruling powers suppress us and prevent us from appearing in the open. We are constantly being watched by many Progenitors. Even if we have our own Progenitor, that person is not able to make a move. You’re the only person—the only one!—who can lead us out into the open. What of the Forsaken Land? What does that have to do with us? Actually, to a certain extent, we share a common enemy: the four ruling powers.”
Lu Yin still did not believe Crown Prince Gui Qian, and Lu Yin was actually wondering why this person felt that they could trick him with such an unreliable face.
However, what the prince had said about the God of Death’s inheritance had caused Lu Yin to believe that his God of Death transformation was not truly the God of Death’s inheritance!
If only the God of Death could create death energy, then what about the death energy that Lu Yin had managed to create by himself? Lu Yin did not continue the conversation with the prince, as he wanted to mull over this new information.
Instead, Lu Yin went to see Yuhua Mavis.
Yuhua Mavis looked up at Lu Yin. “Are we back?”
Lu Yin shook his head. “I can’t go back for now since I’m being watched.”
“Were you exposed?” Yuhua Mavis was surprised.
Lu Yin replied, “I don’t know, but basically, I’ve got some strange old man keeping an eye on me.”
Yuhua Mavis gave Lu Yin a strange look. “Why’d you come looking for me?”
Lu Yin smiled. “I’ve broken through and become an Enlighter, and I also opened all three meridian points. I wanted to test things out with you.”
Yuhua Mavis’s eyes narrowed. “You want to fight?”
Lu Yin’s brows rose. “Are you certain?”
Yuhua Mavis snorted derisively, and grass spread out from beneath her feet. It grew quickly and then formed countless fists that fell.
Lu Yin showed a slight smile. “You should take this seriously. Even I don’t know how strong I’ve become.”
He then waved his hand, and a powerful wind swept out. It sliced through the void and shattered all of the grass fists.
In front of Lu Yin, Yuhua Mavis threw out a punch. Her eyes had grown heated, and she actually looked desperate. She was feeling quite offended. Lu Yin had become an Enlighter, and he had therefore sought her out to test his strength. He was using her as a scale to measure himself, which felt like he was looking down upon her. Her reflexive reaction had been to retaliate with her full strength.
Lu Yin raised a hand. He did not use a Vacuum Palm, or even the Overlaying Stacks Path. Rather, he merely responded with pure and simple physical strength.
There was a tremendous boom, and the void twisted as a shockwave spread out. Lu Yin had grabbed a hold of Yuhua’s fist, just as he had done during ZENITH. The difference was that, previously, Lu Yin had also needed to throw Yuhua Mavis after catching her fist, and that was no longer necessary.
He had firmly grabbed her fist, and she was unable to break free of him. She stomped a bare foot against Lu Yin’s chest in an attempt to pull her fist back in vain. Without any other choice, she gritted her teeth, emitted a green light that formed branches and leaves that covered her entire body, and finally, formed a leaf emblem on her forehead. She had used Infinite Power. The image of a tree appeared behind her body.
Yuhua Mavis let out a sigh and stomped a bare foot against Lu Yin’s body once more in another attempt to break free. Lu Yin felt the strength of her kick, and ten lined battle force slowly spread across his arms.
Yuhua Mavis was still unable to break free, and her knee snapped up to strike Lu Yin in the face. He blocked her attack with his left hand and then flicked her knee with a finger. This tiny attack caused Yuhua Mavis’s leg to go numb, and her movements faltered. Lu Yin took advantage of this opportunity to open his hand, and Yuhua Mavis collapsed to the ground.
She stood there, panting heavily as she stared at Lu Yin in shock. When had the gap between them grown so exaggerated?
During ZENITH, Yuhua Mavis had managed to fight off Lu Yin’s 250 Stack Vacuum Palms by using Infinite Power. Lu Yin’s improvement since then had been simply absurd.
Even if Lu Yin had not become an Enlighter or opened his three meridian points, his golden battle force alone was enough to create a distinct gap in their power. His breakthrough had amplified that difference to a frightening degree.
The gap between Lu Yin and Yuhua Mavis had become too wide for her to overcome.
She was no longer able to put up a defense that could resist his punches, and she could not even endure a single strike. If Lu Yin used 350 Stacks, it would shatter Yuhua Mavis to pieces.
“Monster.” This was the only response that even Yuhua Mavis could come up with at this moment.
Lu Yin looked down at his right hand. “You’re really strong.”
Yuhua Mavis frowned. “Are you mocking me?”
Lu Yin smiled dryly. “Admiring.”