Lu Yin's tone was calm. "I can’t save them."
"Hehe."
"Can you help me?"
"Hm? Child, is that a joke?"
Lu Yin was very serious. "I’m not joking."
"Hehe. I can help, but I will not."
Lu Yin was not surprised. "Who in Obscura can help me?"
"No one. You pose a greater threat to the Mudwater Dominion than anyone else in Obscura. That means that this trap has been prepared for you, and it will include either Ni Bieluo or some being that is second only to Ni Bieluo. Even if there are Obscura members who can deal with such opponents, doing so is still extremely troublesome. The increase in one’s karmic chain from doing so would be enormous, and you cannot afford that price."
Lu Yin glanced at Lan Meng. "Contact Ba Se."
Lan Meng ended the contact with Old Man Hehe and reached out to Ba Se.
"Ba Se, is a four-star reward enough for me to get some help to rescue the Mountain Sword Sect from the Mudwater Dominion?" Lu Yin asked bluntly. His current strength meant that it was simply impossible for him to save those people. Old Man Hehe was right that the trap laid for Lu Yin would include either Ni Bieluo or some being second only to that creature. Even the weakest such being would be at least equal to Furball.
Teleportation was not omnipotent. In particular, Lu Yin would not even be able to escape if he faced Ni Bieluo.
That creature had already killed a Plume Immortal.
Ba Se replied, "During times of war, you are able to receive much greater rewards than normal while on the battlefield, but the rewards spent are also far greater than usual. Are you sure that you want to exchange your reward for the rescue of the Mountain Sword Sect?"
"Yes."
"A four-star reward is not enough."
Lu Yin's eyes flickered. "Even a four-star reward isn’t enough?"
"Of the Mountain Sword Sect, the sect is still outside, but their ancestor is inside. If you want to completely rescue Mountain Sword Sect, then Ni Ren must die. Ni Ren is second only to Ni Bieluo, and it is as powerful as a two-law Immortal. Killing Ni Ren during this war would grant you a five-star reward. Once this war ends, you will not receive another such chance.
"But on the current battlefield, no one from Obscura is willing to kill Ni Ren. If you want to rescue the Mountain Sword Sect, the only possibility is to offer a five-star reward, and even then, it depends on whether anyone from Obscura is willing to act."
That said, there was simply no one from Obscura who was willing to take action. Lu Yin knew very well what those individuals were thinking. They would rather give such a reward to Lu Yin than accept the increase in their karmic chain.
"Who from Obscura is fighting Ni Ren?"
"No comment."
"Ba Se, if I only want to rescue the Mountain Sword Sect that is outside, is a four-star reward enough?"
"To rescue the sect, yes."
"But I also want to ensure that no one inside the sect is harmed or killed."
"Then it is not enough."
"Then how much is needed?"
"Two four-star rewards. Without that much, it is impossible to ensure the lives of the humans within the sect."
Lu Yin immediately threw Ni Gui out of a Zenith Mountain. After his karma finished increasing, he said, "I hope that you will keep your word and help me rescue everyone within the Mountain Sword Sect."
With that, his sword fell, and Ni Gui died. With Ni Gui and Ni Bai, Lu Yin had earned two four-star rewards. This was the most that he could do at the moment.
Otherwise, even if he killed another elder and obtained a five-star reward, it still would be useless even if no one from Obscura was willing to act.
"Wait." The gate vanished.
Lu Yin closed his eyes. His mind was occupied with the Mountain Sword Sect’s ancestor, the kind senior who had exhausted himself for the legacy of the humans of the Mountain Sword Sect, returning from the battlefield time and again covered with blood. I am sorry, Senior. This junior cannot save you.
Despite having never met the man, Lu Yin could tell that the Mountain Sword Sect’s Immortal was the same kind of person as Arch-Elder Zen and others; he was utterly devoted to humanity.
I am sorry.
At the same time, in another part of the cosmos, there was a vast Mudwater Dominion that looked like a porcupine. All of its civilizational weapons had been formed into blades that stabbed outward in every direction. This was Ni Ren's Mudwater Dominion, and beneath it was the Mountain Sword Sect.
Just like the cement-like creature that had clung to the middle-aged man's head, this Mudwater Dominion was attached to the top of the Mountain Sword Sect. From afar, the peak of the Mountain Sword Sect appeared to be a gray sheet.
A blade suddenly thrust out from the Mudwater Dominion and slashed in a very specific direction.
There was a clang, and a red sword swung up, batting the long paper blade aside. Hong Xia emerged from the void, looking at the Mudwater Dominion. He also saw the Mountain Sword Sect beneath it. Humans?
Ni Ren appeared in the Mudwater Dominion. The two long white blades at its side were both civilizational weapons.
Every last one of the more powerful eight elders in the Mudwater Dominion possessed civilizational weapons that had recorded at least two Immortal powerhouses. This was the result of the Mudwater Dominion's long years of hunting and conquering Immortals.
For the Mudwater Dominion, conquering Immortals did not involve destroying civilizations. Instead, those civilizations were used to strengthen the power of their Immortal civilizational weapons. The more Immortals recorded, the stronger the civilizational weapons became.
Of everyone in the Mudwater Dominion, Ni Bieluo was the strongest because it had recorded three Immortals in its civilizational weapons.
"These are your kin, are they not? Well? Will you come save them?" Ni Ren asked in a cold, dry voice.
In front of the creature, Hong Xia was unfazed. "Where did you find them?"
"On this battlefield."
"Oh?" There was just a single word, then nothing further.
Ni Ren stared at Hong Xia and saw the cold indifference in the man’s eyes. The complete lack of emotions was from truly not caring at all.
It seems that these creatures also do not care about their own kind.
There were far, far too many species throughout the cosmos which did not care about their own kind. It appeared that the Aberrant would not come to save these creatures.