A horde of powerhouses charged at Yue Ya, leaving him stunned. Was he actually being ambushed?
Only recently, he had ambushed Lu Yin. How had the tables turned so completely?
The Voidheart Mirror fell, as Yue Ya attempted to control all of his attackers with his manifested thought. Unfortunately, the Voidheart Mirror was stopped by Lu Yin’s consciousness before it could descend. Lu Yin’s eyes blazed brightly. While he could not yet risk devouring Yue Ya’s manifested thought and pursuing the same path as the former Lesser Sancte, that did not prevent Lu Yin from capturing him and keeping him imprisoned in the Champions’ Stage Purgatory to be released when needed.
With that in mind, Lu Yin took a step forward, attacking.
At that moment, a brilliant line cut across the universe, stretching between Yue Ya and the people of Boundless. The High Seraph had just attacked with Everlasting Will.
“Still not leaving?” his voice rang in Yue Ya’s ears.
Yue Ya was unwilling, but he merely glanced at Lu Yin before suddenly dissolving into a cloud of manifested thought that merged with the Voidheart Mirror, which then disappeared.
Lu Yin’s consciousness could block Yue Ya’s manifested thought, but he could not prevent Yue Ya from escaping, especially with the High Seraph’s intervention.
Lu Yin felt a bit of regret, but he had never intended to actually capture Yue Ya. After all, he had been one of the Nine Odysseys Megaverse’s Lesser Sancti. Even if Yue Ya had been repeatedly wounded, he would never be an easy opponent. On top of that, the High Seraph’s appearance had been anticipated.
The High Seraph helped the weaker party in the Consciousness Megaverse to maintain a sense of balance.
There was nothing odd about his attack.
Chu Yi and the others sighed. “What a pity.”
“After all, he’s just a body of manifested thought.”
“All of these peak Dukkhans are too hard to eliminate. Both Yong Heng and the High Seraph are exactly the same. Compared to them, the Thirteen Luminaries are much worse...”
After hearing the experts from Boundless chatting, Chao Yi looked over at Lu Yin. “Was that Mo Shang who just interfered?”
Lu Yin nodded. “Care to come have a chat?”
“There’s no need.” Chao Yi declined.
Lu Yin smiled. “Are you afraid that we’ll go after you?”
Chao Yi shook his head. “Killing me accomplishes nothing for you.”
It was true that Lu Yin had no intention of attacking Chao Yi, but he needed someone to deliver a message to the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. Chao Yi was neither an enemy nor an ally, but he did have the enormous power of Deathmound behind him. He was an ideal candidate.
“Yue Ya won’t be easy to deal with. He’ll be at his most dangerous when he finally casts aside his pride as a former Lesser Sancte and abandons his goal of becoming a Greater Sancte,” Chao Yi coolly informed Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was puzzled. “What do you mean by that?”
Chao Yi stared at Lu Yin. “In the Nine Odysseys, we also have spirit souls.”
Lu Yin’s gaze sharpened. Of course. Cultivators of the Nine Odysseys Megaverse were able to learn unique skills known as spirit souls. These skills drew upon the power of the Greater Sancti. Feng Bo’s Blood Tower and Jiu Xian’s Awe Gate were both examples of spirit souls. However, Yue Ya had never used a spirit soul in any of these battles. He had only ever used his manifested thought, and when pressed, he had revealed his Against the Mortal World.
Chao Yi warned, “Spirit souls use the power of the Greater Sancti. All cultivators from the Nine Odysseys Megaverse possess those skills, and while I myself am not skilled with spirit souls, that does not mean that Yue Ya is the same.
“The Lesser Sancti seek to forge their own system of power. Using spirit souls is nothing less than delivering their pride into the hands of the Greater Sancti. No Lesser Sancte who truly aims to achieve Immortality would do such a thing. However, things change when their own lives are at stake.
“I don’t know how strong Yue Ya might become when using a spirit soul.”
Lu Yin frowned. “Why warn me?”
Chao Yi replied, “Yue Ya is a criminal. He will eventually be punished. My next mission might very well be to execute him.”
“You want to use me to eliminate him.”
“Incidentally.”
“How did you ‘incidentally’ agree to help Yue Ya take me down?”
Chao Yi offered no objection. He did not care about the assistance that he had promised. “You hold the chips, so now it’s time to make your demands.”
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. It was time to play his cards.
...
Elsewhere, a clump of dark-gold manifested thought stretched from the sky down to the ground before Yue Ya slowly materialized into a cloud-like form on a planet.
He was not far from the High Seraph. “Have you been watching all this time?”
The High Seraph observed Yue Ya. “The Consciousness Megaverse might be vast, but it isn’t hard to observe you.”
“Why help me?”
“I wasn’t helping you. I simply don’t wish to see you captured by Lu Yin.”
“He would only try to kill me if I tried to capture him. Capturing me is too risky.”
“Why do you want to capture Lu Yin?”
Yue Ya was taken aback. “Do you really think that Lu Yin can transform his consciousness by merging with my manifested thought? Is that why you’re suggesting that he wants to capture me?”
It was not hard to guess that Yue Ya intended to use Lu Yin’s consciousness to transform his manifested thought. Anyone who knew him could figure out his intentions. He had also never hidden it. Still, he had never considered that Lu Yin might develop the same goal.
The High Seraph replied, “It should be impossible for him, but I can’t guarantee it. After all, he’s accomplished too many impossibilities.”
Yue Ya sneered. “If you’re right, then I’d rather be captured by him. Let’s see if he dares to try to transform with my manifested thought.”
The High Seraph stared at Yue Ya. “It would be best if you did not underestimate Lu Yin. He is young, and he might overlook some small details, but he’s surrounded by ancient powerhouses, one of whom is nearly at our level. That man’s name is Tai Chu. He’s known as the Origin Progenitor of the Tianyuan Megaverses, and he’s the one responsible for creating humanity’s cultivation system in that megaverse. His comprehension is in no way inferior to our own.”
Of course Yue Ya was familiar with the Origin Progenitor. The first time that Lu Yin had been attacked, he had cooperated with the Origin Progenitor. That man’s sequence particles had immediately roused Yue Ya’s killing intent.
No matter how he looked at it, the man was on a path straight to the Immortal realm.
“The first time we fought, Lu Yin was unable to withstand even my manifested thought. Now, he is able to block the full force of my Voidheart Mirror even easier than you can. He is progressing much too quickly. Should we wait any longer, he’ll become uncontrollable. Mo Shang, I don’t know why you’ve helped him so many times, but you should be able to see the results. If we don’t deal with him now, it’s certain that he will kill you,” Yue Ya threatened.