Emperor Slayer stood at the bottom of the cliff, cursing non-stop for five full hours. He only stopped when he ran out of words.
Yong Heng, Old Chief, and the Luminaries did not escape the beast’s wrath; everyone received a thorough verbal beating.
The High Seraph ended up suffering the worst. After Emperor Slayer was done cursing everyone else, he returned to give one final round to the High Seraph, as though offering a conclusion.
The High Seraph looked down at the beast as though staring at a corpse.
Exhausted, Emperor Slayer let out a long breath. “That’s enough for today. I’m stepping out to take a break. When I get back, we’ll continue. And stop looking at me like that! What? You think that I’m scared of you? If I’m scared, then I’m your grandson! Hahaha!”
With that, he left the Willbound Spire.
Go back? Like hell I will! That tirade had been Emperor Slayer’s swan song. He knew that he could no longer stay in either the Consciousness Megaverse or the Spirit Nidus. Staying in either place would only guarantee his death. He had already planned to make his way to the Tianyuan Megaverse.
While that megaverse was ruled by Lu Yin, no one knew if Lu Yin would even be able to return alive. Emperor Slayer had already planned his retreat: he would hide in the Tianyuan Megaverse and wait for it to be reset. After that, he would attempt to enter the Immortal realm. If he failed, then he would die. What of it? That idiot Emperor Wu had died before Emperor Slayer, and success would let him dominate the three megaverses. This would prove to be the greatest turning point in his life.
See you when I’m an Immortal!
Atop the cliff, Lu Yin’s eyes had grown cold. While he had not been cursed as soundly as the High Seraph, Emperor Slayer had still crossed a line.
He was a powerful Dukkhan, and yet he could curse so eloquently. Who could say just how many years the beast had been preparing for this tirade?
“What an amazing talent.” Lan Huifeng could not hold back a sigh.
Xi Wen gave a small smile. While the Luminaries had also been cursed, it had been an odd experience that had felt like a breath of fresh air.
The High Seraph was the most miserable of all, and his calmness was terrifying. If at all possible, he genuinely wanted to go down and kill that beast.
Suddenly, Emperor Slayer reappeared, causing everyone to look down. Back already? So soon?
They quickly realized that something was wrong. Emperor Slayer’s face had gone deathly pale. He looked as if he had just seen something terrifying.
“Hey, why did you come back?” Xi Wen asked.
Emperor Slayer looked up, clearly still in a daze. “Someone even scarier just arrived.”
Everyone grew puzzled. What did that mean?
Lu Yin's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad premonition. If even Emperor Slayer was this afraid, then could Yue Ya have arrived?
He turned to look at the High Seraph, only to see the man’s expression had turned quite grim.
Below the cliff, Emperor Slayer silently counted the seconds. Suddenly his eyes snapped open and grew wide. It was time. He left the Willbound Spire, but before leaving, he glanced up at Lu Yin. “Kill Mo Shang. I believe in you.”
With that, Emperor Slayer vanished.
Everyone atop the cliff was stunned. Just what had the beast seen?
...
Six massive battleships were floating in outer space outside of the Willbound Expanse, hovering like enormous beasts. Upon closer inspection, one of the vessels looked misshapen, as though it had been struck by something powerful.
At this moment, the Origin Progenitor and the other experts from Boundless, as well as Su Shidao, Zi Tianshu, and everyone from the Spirit Nidus, were solemnly staring into the Willbound Expanse.
“Just what is that thing? Its strength is fluctuating, and while it doesn’t resemble a living creature, it also isn’t dead,” the Origin Progenitor commented.
Su Shidao nodded. “It looks like a meteorite, but there’s an eye in it. It’s utterly insane. I couldn’t stop it no matter what I did, and no attack affected it at all. You all were able to see it for yourselves just now.”
Just a short time earlier, the meteorite had suddenly appeared and charged at the battleship that Zi Tianshu had been on. The Origin Progenitor had sensed the attack before it struck and had lashed out first, sending the meteorite flying. The rock had not put up even the slightest bit of resistance. The only noteworthy feature was that the meteorite had not been damaged by the Origin Progenitor’s attack.
This had confused the man, though Su Shidao had already warned everyone that a meteorite had destroyed his battleship.
That was why the Origin Progenitor had immediately attacked as soon as he noticed the meteorite.
The meteorite had not seemed capable of doing anything.
Su Shidao had been just as confused.
Then, the Origin Progenitor had deliberately chased after the meteorite in order to shatter it and learn what it actually was.
At that time, the meteorite had suddenly become terrifyingly powerful, to the point where not even the Origin Progenitor’s attacks had been able to stop it. All of the most powerful experts aboard Boundless, including even Shang Yi, had tried to stop the meteorite, but their efforts had all failed. It ultimately smashed into Zi Tianshu’s battleship before charging straight toward the Willbound Expanse.
Even when the Origin Progenitor attacked the meteorite with his Verdant Arsenal, he had failed to cause any damage. While everything was happening, Emperor Slayer had raced out of the hut, only to come face to face with the meteorite. He had been struck hard and had fled right back from where he had come.
Emperor Slayer’s sudden appearance had diverted the meteorite towards the hut, and it vanished soon after that.
The meteorite had entered the Willbound Spire.
Emperor Slayer had been carefully timing his second exit to ensure that he would not cross paths or be struck by the meteorite a second time.
“We need to warn Little Seven, or else he might suffer if he meets that thing in there,” Lu Tianyi said. “I’ll go right now.”
The Origin Progenitor stopped the other man. “We don’t have any idea what’s going on inside the Willbound Spire. The High Seraph is in there, and if you rashly charge in, you could end up just becoming a vulnerability for Pillar.”
“Send in some wandering corpses then,” Silver suggested, speaking up as he appeared from Boundless’s depths. He had been producing wandering corpses in secret.
The suggestion was tempting, as wandering corpses could be destroyed without much consequence.
“Send me with them,” Second Gu said as he stepped forward. “I’ll lead the wandering corpses inside. As long as Fifth Sister is around, I won’t die.”
The Origin Progenitor took out a few jade slips. “Give one to each wandering corpse. Pillar will recognize them and know what to do. Go, now.”
Second Gu rushed into the Willbound Expanse with more than a dozen other figures, all of whom quickly vanished into the hut.
Su Shidao and the others from the Spirit Nidus had no idea what wandering corpses were, but they had ceased being surprised by the endless tricks that the people aboard Boundless kept hidden.
At that moment, there was a tremendous change within the Willbound Spire.
Shortly after the meteorite entered the Willbound Spire, the cliff started to shake. A pillar of green light shot high into the sky, lighting up the entire area and shining down onto the stunned faces of Lu Yin and the others.