Forcing someone from Obscura to flee was already highly unusual, and never had two members of Obscura used this particular escape method at the same time. Besides, someone from Obscura would never block their own gate. Even if two members of Obscura tried to escape at the same time, they would leave one after another. How could something like blocking the gate ever occur?
And yet that was precisely what was happening.
Obscura’s gates looked small, but the space around them could be expanded or compressed as needed. It was possible for an entire planet to pass through a gate.
Despite that, the red coffin could block the silver one.
Nothing other than the red coffin could have blocked the gate.
Hui was dumbfounded, unsure of what to do. They simply had no experience to draw upon for this situation.
Lu Yin had only made an attempt on a whim, and yet it had worked perfectly.
He looked past the coffins to Mister Mu. Master, it’s on you now.
Far away, Greater Sancte Awe Gate and Kang Tian Immortal stared, stupified. Mr. Lu’s thought process is... unique.
“How long do you plan to block me for? You can’t hurt me!” Hui shouted.
Lu Yin mockingly replied, "If you're so capable, then go ahead and push me out of the way."
“You-!” Hui was furious.
Lu Yin ignored the creature and looked into the distance. Seeing the nine cauldrons circling Mister Mu, he suddenly remembered something. There had once been an exceptionally powerful mirebound artifact in this megaverse. Mu Zhu had called it a Dominion-type mirebound artifact.
It was a cauldron.
Mister Mu and Mu Zhu had only managed to survive and escape because of that mirebound artifact.
Right, why has Hui kept hunting for Master this whole time? Mister Mu was impressively strong, but he wasn’t an Immortal. He shouldn’t have been important enough for one of Obscura’s Immortals to obsess over for so many years. Could it be because of that cauldron?
Lu Yin looked back at Hui. “How did my master offend you to the point where your Hui-Silver Sky Army has searched for him for so many years without ever giving up?”
Hui stared at him. “You know we were searching for them. How? A Thread of Heaven?”
“I’m the one asking. Give me a satisfactory answer, and maybe I’ll stop blocking this gate.”
“Block it if you want. You can block it for trillions of years, and you still won’t be able to hurt me. However, I will warn you: Obscura has periodic meetings. If I fail to appear, they will know that something’s wrong and come looking for me. You won’t be able to escape then.”
“Thanks for your concern, but you’ll already be dead by then, and no one will even know that we did it.”
“You are underestimating Obscura. When any one of us dies, their killer can be found.”
Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. Really? Does that imply that Obscura has someone capable of something like divination?
He did not want to encounter such a being.
Back when he had first stepped onto the path of cultivation, he had dealt with the Starsibyl Sect’s schemes and plots on multiple occasions. Furthermore, from talks with Zhao Ran and others, Lu Yin had learned just how terrifying any power that could peer into the future really was.
If Obscura truly had such a being, they would be an absolute nightmare to deal with and would unquestionably be a top-tier expert. However, if this was true, then how had Qi Xu’s death been kept hidden from Obscura?
Lu Yin looked over at Mister Mu. Hui was also focused in that direction.
Lu Yin could not get a read on the silver creature’s thoughts.
“You’re searching for the Dominion-type mirebound artifact, aren’t you?” Lu Yin suddenly asked.
Hui’s gaze snapped back to Lu Yin, and their eyes locked.
Lu Yin nodded. “So that’s really it. There’s no other reason for you to keep an eye on this megaverse for so many years. You’ve destroyed plenty of megaverses before, and there was no need to fixate on this one.”
“Let me go, human, and I’ll erase all grudges related to this megaverse. I can even help you suppress Lan Meng, ensuring that they never target you again. I can keep you out of Obscura’s sight,” Hui offered in a low voice.
Lu Yin’s lips curved. “Are you trying to bargain with me?”
“You could say that.”
“Do you think that, if we can kill you, we would still be afraid of Lan Meng?”
“Lan Meng isn’t scary. What is scary is if you keep killing members of Obscura, again and again.”
Lu Yin arched a brow while observing Hui.
The silver creature’s voice grew heavy. “Obscura is not as simple as you believe. If we wanted to destroy your human civilization, it would be easy. We haven’t done so for two reasons: first, we prefer to use civilizations to destroy other civilizations, rather than act directly. Second, you have not touched our bottom line yet.
“However, you have already killed Qi Xu, so if I’m also killed, you’ll cross that bottom line. Lan Meng will undoubtedly continue to target you, as that is their task. If Lan Meng dies as well, that will be three members of Obscura dead at your hands. Do you think that we’ll let you off then?
“Your human civilization will be erased by Obscura itself. It will be total destruction. You won’t have a future.”
Lu Yin believed that. At least, he would have before Obscura extended an invitation to him.
How could Obscura possibly spare their human civilization after several of their own Immortals had been killed?
However, a choice had been offered. From his and Wang Wen’s analysis of the situation, even if Hui died, Lu Yin’s invitation would not be revoked. If anything, Obscura would grow more cautious of humanity. In that case, what was there to fear?
“What if Obscura invited me to join them?” Lu Yin countered.
Hui froze. “What did you say?”
Lu Yin smiled. “What I told you earlier wasn’t a lie. Obscura wants me to replace you.”
“Impossible!” Hui shouted. While they had initially believed Lu Yin because the human wielded Obscura’s power and was a strong enough Aberrant to join, Lu Yin was also that man’s disciple. That man’s hatred towards Obscura ran as deep as the sea. How could he ever allow Lu Yin to join?
Humans were different from other species; their emotions were too important to them. That was their weakness.
Lu Yin patted the red floating. “See this? Still think that it’s impossible?”
Hui stared intently at Lu Yin. “That man agrees to you joining Obscura?”