Lu Yin had less than five days remaining in the Timestop Space when he opened his eyes and let out a long breath. The air that he let out warped the void, as its temperature was simply too high.
His skin had been burnt so badly by the high temperature flames that he was no longer able to feel any pain.
The Skyblaze Stone finally began to cool down, and Lu Yin stored it away.
Despite the number of flames that the stone had absorbed, they were only enough to allow Lu Yin to complete three cycles as a Hunter. Thus, he still had six cycles to go before reaching the apex of the Hunter realm. His seventh breakthrough was not too far away.
As for star essence, he had absorbed the star energy of about seven million star essence. This was a ridiculous amount, but fortunately, Lu Yin still had quite a bit more in reserve.
After resting for a long while, Lu Yin raised a hand and brought his die out to roll.
After being tapped, the die spun around and eventually stop on one pip. Useless.
Lu Yin was in no hurry. He checked his time and saw that he still had four days remaining, which was not enough. His first instinct had been to extend that time, but that would not be cost-effective. Whenever ten days were added, the cost would double. Adding even ten more days would be too much for him to bear.
Since he was in no hurry, Lu Yin began to silently recite the full Stonewall Scripture. He had already made it a habit to recite the scriptures anytime he had nothing else to do. This scripture was absolutely amazing.
As the scenery changed before his eyes, Lu Yin returned to a secure room, where he continued to recite the Stonewall Scriptures.
After three days, he was able to roll the die once again.
This time, Lu Yin did not have good luck. He rolled Pilfer three times in a row and only received useless items. When he rolled the die for a fourth time, he rolled one pip yet again. Speechless, he stared at the trash covering the floor of the room.
There was a magazine with Luo Shen on the cover, who was an acquaintance of Lu Yin’s.
After rolling the die five times, it was necessary to wait at least ten days before rolling it again.
These ten days quickly passed by, after which Lu Yin raised his hand to bring out his die. This time, he needed to roll a four. He tapped the die.
He was always afraid of rolling six pips, so he had set his cosmic ring to the side.
His fears were proven true, as he really did roll a six.
If he had not set his cosmic ring aside, then the star essence he had inside would have already been all consumed.
The second time he rolled the die, he finally got what he wanted: four pips.
Lu Yin entered the Timestop Space once again.
It only took a mere 20,000 star essence for him to extend his time in this space to 240 days. If he had not left the space when he had, then he did not even want to know how much it would have cost to extend his time by another 240 days.
While in the Timestop Space, Lu Yin wanted to roll three pips, but his luck was against him, and he did not get it.
Without anything else to do, Lu Yin made the Root of Intelligence into a tea.
The size of each Root of Intelligence varied. The root that Mister Mu had given him was not as big as the withered one that he had obtained from lockbreaking, and this one was only enough for three sips of tea. The previous root had been enough for five.
As the tea brewed, the pleasant fragrance spread out. Lu Yin felt his mind clear up, and no matter if he focused on the present or the past, all of his memories were exceptionally clear. It was similar to watching a movie and being able to examine all of the details.
His mind had improved dramatically all at once.
This was the magic of tea made from a Root of Intelligence.
Lu Yin had already decided to use the tea made from the Root of Intelligence to deduce more of the Overlaying Stacks Path.
Even when considering all of the techniques that he had learned, Lu Yin’s most effective attack was still his Vacuum Palm, which combined his physical strength with the Overlaying Stacks Path to continuously raise the power of an attack. Lu Yin’s physical strength was constantly and passively increasing, and a Vacuum Palm was enough for him to defeat most of his peers. Given his increased strength, his Vacuum Palm should even be enough to threaten the Mavis family’s inheritor now.
The truth of the matter was that Lu Yin had hoped that he would also have enough tea to comprehend more of Daynight Praises and his various sourcebox arrays, but unfortunately, he was limited to only three mouthfuls of the tea.
After the first sip, Lu Yin’s whole body felt like it was floating. He raised a hand and struck out with a palm. The void twisted and rippled in layers like waves. He stared at the waves and saw palm after palm.
When he had been fighting against Nightking Zhenwu, Lu Yin had managed to deduce up to 170 Stacks, but at this time, he quickly deduced 180 Stacks and then 190.
The Overlaying Stacks Path was based off of one’s physical strength, and Lu Yin’s physical strength had spiked after he broke through to the Hunter realm. The increase was truly rather absurd, and it meant that he could deduce up to 220 Stacks before reaching his limit.
If Lu Yin ever faced Lan Si again, then a single Vacuum Palm with 220 Stacks would be enough to instantly defeat Lan Si.
By Lu Yin’s estimation, even if Lan Si became an Enlighter, the number of stacks that he could unleash would be 200 at best, and it was impossible for the Arbiter to exceed that. As for Yuhua Mavis, he judged that her strength was a bit better. She was definitely capable of using more than 200 Stacks, but not much more.
Of course, 200 Stacks was not Lu Yin’s limit. He had just completed his thirteenth cycle, and his strength continued to rise dramatically with every breakthrough.
After taking another sip of the tea made from the Root of Intelligence, Lu Yin continued to deduce the Overlaying Stacks Path.
The void trembled with a vibration that sounded like the beating of drums echoing down across the long river of time.
250 Stacks. He was able to deduce a full 250 Stacks with the second sip of the tea.
Lu Yin took a deep breath and looked down at his palm. Right now, he even felt terrified of himself. He did not know if even Yuhua Mavis could withstand such an attack, but he really hoped to be able to compare strength with that woman once again.
Next time, he intended to find out just how many stacks she could endure.
With the last sip of Root of Intelligence tea, Lu Yin’s eyes locked onto his heart, and he peered past his fatesand to look at the black and white mist.
This mist was the primary reason why Mister Mu had ordered Lu Yin to take first place in ZENITH. Lu Yin had tried to test the black and white mist when he had been on the Royal Frost Continent, but its power had been beyond him at that time. However, even if it was still beyond his current capabilities, he still had to master this power, as he did not want to be expelled from Mister Mu’s tutelage.
With this thought, Lu Yin downed the last of the tea and directed the black and white mist to exit his body.
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There were less than a hundred days remaining within the Timestop Space when Lu Yin finally returned to himself after drinking the tea made from the Root of Intelligence. His next task was to bring out his die once more, as he needed to roll a three this time!
With this goal in mind, the die slowly came to a stop, revealing five pips. Lu Yin was rendered speechless.
After his luck failed him again, twenty days passed, which meant that he had only eighty days remaining in the Timestop Space. Only then did he finally roll three pips, Enhance.
He heaved a sigh of relief as he stared at the two light screens. It had not been easy to get this roll!
The first thing that Lu Yin intended to upgrade was his formcast model.