Lu Yin had not encountered Ji Luo, Shao Yin, or any of the other participants of the Divine Selection, as they had all hidden themselves.
Even for someone as powerful as Ji Luo, death could come at any moment on the current battlefield.
Also, the participants of the Divine Selection were undoubtedly targets for the Immemorial Citadel’s powerhouses. Even if the Ossis Ark contained many powerful experts, not all of them could rival the Seven Skygods, whereas the participants of the Divine Selection were quite close to that level.
It was time for Lu Yin to move again. He had stayed in the same place for two hours, and he could not linger any longer.
Just as he was about to leave, a sense of danger fell upon him. This feeling had become all too familiar to Lu Yin after he arrived at the Immemorial Citadel’s battlefield. Every attack that approached him gave him this sensation.
He scanned the area with Heaven’s Sight, and he immediately noticed a pair of eyes staring at him from the distance. They belonged to an old man. He looked weathered and quite frail, to the point where he looked like he might collapse at any moment. However, when the old man stared at Lu Yin, his gaze brought about a sense of imminent danger.
Lu Yin did not hesitate, and he simply fled. He had no intention of fighting against any of the powerhouses from the Immemorial Citadel. All of them were the most powerful experts of their generation from the multiple eras of human civilization.
The old man sighed. "You joined the Divine Selection, and yet you don't even want to fight? You are too cautious."
Lu Yin ignored the man and instead picked up his speed.
The old man's eyes flashed. "A peak powerhouse who’s mastered a comprehension technique? You can't be allowed to live."
With that, the old man’s hand rose up, and he pinched his fingers together as though he was grabbing something.
Lu Yin suddenly froze when he was trying to escape, and his face contorted with pain. He clutched at his chest. He was suffering from an indescribable agony that felt like his heart was being burnt by the sun. He could not see any sign of an attack. There was no battle technique, no sequence particles, no Progenitor’s world. There was nothing.
How was he being attacked?
He turned around to look at the old man.
The old man was also staring at Lu Yin, his hand stretched out in Lu Yin's direction.
Realization suddenly struck Lu Yin. This was a comprehension technique. The old man was attacking with a comprehension technique. That was why Heaven’s Sight could not see anything.
The old man's technique targeted Lu YIn’s heart, though that was not quite right. It was much like how Lu Yin’s Setting Sun seemed to burn his enemies, but they were not actually being burnt.
Lu Yin quickly raised his hand, and he mirrored the old man's position as he used Setting Sun.
Once again, the darkness of outer space was illuminated by a beautiful, warm sunset. The old man found the sight beautiful, but also terrifying.
"You can still attack while under my Burning Heart’s effects?" the old man exclaimed as he tried to evade Setting Sun. However, there was no escape from the sunset. As Setting Sun disappeared, the horizon was illuminated by the afterglow.
When Setting Sun disappeared, the old man grew pale, and he involuntarily took several steps back as blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Lu Yin also coughed up blood, but he also used Inverse Step to escape as quickly as possible.
The old man wanted to attack again, but Lu Yin had already disappeared.
The man was stunned. What was with that cloaked figure’s speed? No, he had used a movement technique that not even the old man could see through. Aeternus had gained another difficult expert, and realizing this ruined the old man’s mood.
Lu Yin was similarly frustrated. A peak powerhouse who had mastered a comprehension technique was chasing after him. It appeared that Lu Yin was being targeted precisely because of his own comprehension technique.
Comprehension techniques were difficult to find, as they could not be taught to another, and they were not easy to learn. However, once they were mastered, they made a person both powerful and unpredictable in battle.
The Immemorial Citadel greatly valued comprehension techniques as well.
There was no doubt in Lu Yin’s mind that the old man was still pursuing him. In fact, it was possible that even more people had been sent after Lu Yin.
Lu Yin decided that he would not hide any longer. Given the current situation, no one from Aeternus would still be observing him, and if he continued to hide his strength, the slightest mistake could result in his death.
Over the next few days, Lu Yin used Inverse Step to evade conflicts, while also using Heaven's Sight to move to locations with the fewest number of sequence particles. Always, he remained as far away from the Immemorial Citadel as possible.
The old man remained in pursuit of Lu Yin, but he could never catch up.
There were still two weeks left of the Divine Selection, and if Lu Yin continued to hide, he just might be able to survive.
However, this could not be all that there was to the Divine Selection.
One day, a dark red light glow appeared on Lu Yin’s chest. It came from the slitted crimson eye that Di Qiong had given him before the start of the Divine Selection, though he had not received any explanation about its functions.
Lu Yin pulled out the crimson eye. This particular item was not just the symbol of Aeternus, as it was also a communication device, much like the Origin Universe’s wireless jincans and communication crystals.
"All remaining participants of the Divine Selection are to attack the southeast corner of the Immemorial Citadel. Failure to appear there will mean forfeiting the assessment."
Lu Yin was not surprised. If the participants of the Divine Selection were allowed to hide until the end, the assessment would lose all meaning. On top of that, the number of people who had passed the previous Divine Selections would not be so small.
He looked at the majestic Immemorial Citadel that stood in the distance. The southeast corner?
Given Lu Yin’s current position, he would soon arrive at the specified location by going straight towards the citadel. However, he instead turned and went in another direction.
Only a fool would attack the Immemorial Citadel. Even if Lu Yin was not a human, attacking was suicide.
This was the real challenge of the Divine Selection. The first half of the month had been for the participants to adapt to the battlefield, but even that had caused half of them to be eliminated.
At the moment, only four participants remained: Shao Yin, Wang Fan, Ji Luo, and the disguised Lu Yin. He wondered if the others would attack the Immemorial Citadel.
Lu Yin decided to go elsewhere. In fact, he intended to go as far from the citadel’s southeast corner as possible.
He had no thought of actually trying to pass the Divine Selection, as he did not want to face True God.
Lu Yin continued moving around the battlefield for several more days, and he unwittingly arrived at the Immemorial Citadel’s northwest corner, which was the furthest point from the southeast corner.
Just one day ago, a fierce battle had broken out at the southeast corner. Through Heaven’s Sight, Lu Yin had seen Ji Luo's sword flicker about, as well as Shao Yin's sequence particles. However, Lu Yin had only caught a fleeting glimpse of the battle before it was obscured by countless sequence particles.
There were simply too many sequence particles around the Immemorial Citadel.
In contrast, the northwest corner of the Immemorial Citadel was very quiet. There were still sequence particles continuously gathering to the southeast corner, which suggested that more combatants were being sent there. Thus, the northwest corner was relatively peaceful.
Lu Yin rested for two days while occasionally glancing at the distant battle. As he looked around the area, he spotted a familiar sight: Wang Fan.
The Progenitor had also not gone to the southeast corner, instead moving away from it just like Lu Yin.