Lu Yin was lucky that he had been able to grab the Voidsoul Umbrella, as without it, his bodysuit armor most likely would not have been enough to completely protect him from the Progenitor of Combat’s martial print. If it had been the limit of what Jiu Han could endure, then the martial print had probably been an attack that exceeded a power level of 900,000. This was more than what he could withstand, but the Voidsoul Umbrella was a treasure from Progenitor Ku’s Voidsoul Palace, which meant that it was also something from a Progenitor.
“There are plenty of things that you’ll never be able to understand, but let me see if you have another martial print!” Lu Yin shouted as his spiritual force swept towards Jiu Han once again.
The Envoy’s expression changed drastically, and she waved a hand in an attempt to pull the water out of Lu Yin’s body, but Lu Yin was holding the Voidsoul Umbrella, and it was able to block all of her attacks. She was instantly lost in the illusion once again.
Daynight Praises caused Jiu Han to suffer unimaginable pain. The Progenitor of Combat’s martial print had been able to protect her once, but a second time was impossible. Within the illusion, the Progenitor of Combat’s palm finally fell upon her.
Jiu Han spat out blood, and her forehead fractured. She stared at Lu Yin and started wailing, “I’m the Progenitor of Combat’s descendant! Lu Yin, do you really dare to kill me?”
Lu Yin’s eyes suddenly flared. “So what if you’re the Progenitor of Combat’s descendant? This is the Fifth Mainland, and your background means nothing here.”
Jiu Han screamed and pulled out numerous power vessels from her cosmic ring in an attempt to save herself. One of the defensive items had a shape that was similar to a martial print, and it wrapped around her entire body before carrying her far away. “You little beast! I’ll remember this! You’ll pay for this with your life! Your Great Eastern Alliance can forget about surviving in the Outerverse!”
Lu Yin’s eyes turned cold, and his expression firmed. “Did you actually think that you could escape?”
An astral chessboard appeared beneath his feet even as he spoke, and he moved.
Jiu Han tore into the true universe in order to escape, but Lu Yin followed her there. He raised his hand, and his Champions’ Stage appeared. “With my name, I summon a champion.”
Lu Yin’s death energy suddenly dropped as it formed Cang Zhou’s body. The champion targeted Jiu Han and flames erupted. Cang Zhou had been an expert with a power level of over 700,000, and a single attack from him caused the water ripples that protected Jiu Han’s body to distort, terrifying the woman. “Lu Yin, stop! Do you want to start a war with my Sixth Mainland? Do you want to start a fight with the Progenitor of Combat?”
Lu Yin remained unfazed as he bombarded her with Vacuum Palms.
It took less than ten seconds for all of Jiu Han’s defensive power vessels to shatter, which horrified her. “Lu Yin, I’m one of the Progenitor of Combat’s descendants! There are many powerhouses in my family, and if you dare to kill me, you will absolutely die in the future! The Progenitor of Combat will never let you go for this!”
Lu Yin took out the weapon fragment that he had picked up and casually waved it towards Jiu Han. The weapon fragment pierced the woman’s neck, and a thin, blood-red line became clearly visible.
Shang Qing stared blankly as Jiu Han’s body fell and struck the ground some distance away. The Envoy’s eyes were still wide open, displaying her resentment and frustrations even in death.
Lu Yin emerged from the true universe. He looked absolutely exhausted.
Jiu Han had not been an easy opponent even if her spiritual force had been quite weak. She had also been protected by the martial print that she had received from the Progenitor of Combat himself.
Given her status as one of the Progenitor of Combat’s descendants, she had access to many treasures, but fortunately, Lu Yin had proven more capable.
The ground trembled. The wandering corpse of the massive astral beast had been unaffected by the battle, and it was still plodding forward and carrying the palace on its back.
Lu Yin approached Jiu Han’s body and quietly stared at it.
Killing one of the Progenitor of Combat’s descendants would certainly incite an enmity that could not be resolved, though Lu Yin also had no desire to even try. There was already an inerasable hatred between the Fifth and Sixth Mainlands.
Despite the fact that both Mainlands were inhabited by humans and their greatest enemy was actually Aeternus, Progenitor Chen had previously slaughtered the Sixth Mainland’s Progenitors, and the Rune Progenitor had led his entire civilization to fight against the Sixth Mainland. These ancient sacrifices that the Fifth Mainland’s Progenitors had made proved that the Sixth Mainland had to have done something that the Fifth Mainland could never forgive.
If not for Progenitor Hui’s incredible scheme that had spanned the ages and led to the collapse of the Sixth Mainland due to Aeternus’s invasion, the Sixth Mainland would have never agreed to live in peace with the Fifth Mainland. In Lu Yin’s heart, the Sixth Mainland was an enemy that ranked behind only Aeternus and the four ruling powers. If they were killed, so be it.
Still, at the moment, the loot that Lu Yin could gain from Jiu Han’s corpse was the most important thing.
His eyes fell onto the Envoy’s cosmic ring on her finger, and he grabbed it with high expectations.
Shang Qing approached, though he was left speechless by Lu Yin’s actions.
Lu Yin looked over and reluctantly threw the Voidsoul Umbrella back. “That thing’s pretty good.”
Shang Qing took the umbrella and stored it in his cosmic ring. “I picked it up in the Dominion Realm. I’d like to thank you.”
Lu Yin’s mouth twitched to the side. “Then get me some star essence.”
Shang Qing nodded. “Alright. I’ll make some arrangements when I get back.”
Lu Yin did not take the conversation to heart as he was focused on Jiu Han’s cosmic ring. He opened it with her blood, and everything fell out. What he found left him stunned.
In addition to a woman’s personal items, he also found some medicinal pills, but not too many. What about all the power vessels? Cultivation arts? At the very least, there should have been star essence, but there was none at all.
Lu Yin assumed that he must not have completely emptied the cosmic ring, so he focused on pulling everything out, only to realize that there was nothing left within the ring at all.
He gritted his teeth. Despite fighting such a battle, he had not ended up gaining anything at all.
Actually… He summoned the Champions’ Stage once again. “By my name, I anoint a champion.”
Unsurprisingly, Jiu Han’s image appeared on the stage.
This was the first time that Shang Qing had seen Lu Yin anoint a champion, and he was startled by the process.
Lu Yin glanced over and he suddenly remembered the Voidsoul Umbrella. Typically, Lu Yin would never return something that he had taken, especially after saving someone’s life.
Well, he would just forget it this time and pretend to have not seen the Voidsoul Umbrella.
“Keep this to yourself,” Lu Yin commented, referring to his Champions’ Stage. Even though Arch-Elder Zen knew about it, Lu Yin did not want his innate gift to become public knowledge.
Shang Qing was still stunned. “Is that your innate gift?”
“You don’t recognize it?” Lu Yin wondered.
Shang Qing shook his head. “Should I?”
Lu Yin then remembered that everyone in the Perennial World had had any and all memories related to the Lu family sealed, which meant that none of them were able to even think about the Lu family. The Champions’ Stage was essentially the symbol of the Lu family, so naturally, no one in the Perennial World would speak of such a thing, and no records of it existed. Only people like Arch-Elder Zen and other knowledgeable powerhouses would even know about such a matter.
While Shang Qing was second only to Lu Yin within their generation, he was still a young man and did not qualify to be given very much information.
“She was Jiu Han, a descendant of the Sixth Mainland’s Progenitor of Combat,” Shang Qing reported.
Lu Yin replied in a casual tone, “I know. We fought each other before.”
“I heard her mention something about that and assumed that she’d fought with you. There isn’t any other Enlighter who could have gotten away from her.”
Lu Yin glanced over. “Are you complimenting me?”
Shang Qing denied nothing, but he did change the subject. “As soon as her death becomes known, the Progenitor of Combat’s other descendants will definitely start investigating.”