Lu Yin had not expected to discover that Stone Ghost was an Array Master, and actually an Array Grandmaster at that. It seemed impossible for a piece of stone to be an Array Grandmaster.
It was no wonder why Progenitor Xi had sent Stone Ghost along on this mission. His task was to prevent Qing Ping from escaping by tearing through the void.
The Aeternals were truly well prepared, but regardless of their preparations, they could not outwit a traitor.
Once Lu Yin moved away from Da Hei and Stone Ghost, he immediately sent a message to Qing Ping with a wireless jincan. However, even after sending multiple messages, there was no response.
It was possible that Qing Ping was cultivating.
While searching through the universe, Lu Yin deliberately allowed his aura to leak a bit, even as he continued to send messages with his wireless jincan.
Trying to find a single person in a universe as large as the Meter Universe was little different from looking for a needle in a haystack. The Meter Universe was quite large, and it was at least as large as the Outerverse. While Progenitor-level cultivators could move quickly, that did not mean that they could also find people quickly. On top of that, if any of the Aeternals released their aura, they were afraid that Qing Ping would be startled into instantly escaping.
A few days later, the wireless jincan trembled, causing Lu Yin's eyes to light up with joy. His senior brother was contacting him.
"Why are you here?" the message came through with the vibrations of the wireless jincan.
Lu Yin sent back, "Aeternus has sent three True God Guard Captains to capture you. Hurry up and leave."
"I can't. There’s someone watching me."
Lu Yin's heart dropped. "Who’s watching you? Someone from Aeternus?"
"I don't know. I've felt eyes on me for several months, and the feeling has been growing stronger and stronger. I have a premonition that I wouldn’t be able to escape even if I wanted to."
"Have you contacted Senior Brother?"
Qing Ping stayed silent for a moment. "That might be what the person watching me wants."
Lu Yin understood what Senior Brother Qing Ping meant. The man was worried that he was being used as bait. How could someone who could make Qing Ping feel that escape was impossible accidentally reveal their presence? It was clearly a trap.
"Where are you?"
"I don’t want you to come over here."
"I won't, but I can lure the Aeternals over."
"What does that mean?"
"Senior Brother, just tell me where you are."
Qing Ping again fell silent for a moment before he shared his location.
Lu Yin sent one of his Progenitor-level corpse kings forward, acting as though it was just a random sweep of the area.
There was still a bit of fighting taking place within the Meter Universe. After all, it was still part of the Endless Frontier, though the most powerful combatants were only as strong as Semi-Progenitors.
Because of the level of the battlefield in the Meter Universe, Lu Yin sent one of his corpse kings over towards Qing Ping to draw the attention of whoever was watching Qing Ping. Lu Yin’s senior brother was being used as bait, which meant that whoever was targeting him was not from Aeternus, and most likely not from the Sixverse Association either. The only possibility was that this person was targeting the Origin Universe and people who were close to Lu Yin.
Such a person would never allow a Progenitor-level corpse king to wander about the Meter Universe, as they would not want to alert Proximity to what was happening in the Meter Universe.
Just as Lu Yin expected, he lost contact with the corpse king, and it vanished shortly after it arrived close to where Qing Ping was hiding.
Lu Yin had been keeping his aura restrained while watching from a distance with Heaven’s Sight. He saw a deep darkness swallow the corpse king. It was Old Mo.
Old Mo was actually targeting Lu Yin’s senior brother, Qing Ping.
Lu Yin's expression fell. While the Aeternals might be going after Qing Ping because of the Immemorial Citadel and Mister Mu, Old Mo could only be doing so because of Lu Yin. That old monster kept making trouble at the worst moments.
After thinking about the current situation, Lu Yin sent a message to Proximity while simultaneously sending his own Progenitor-level corpse kings over to capture Qing Ping. At the same time, Lu Yin also sent a message to Da Hei and Stong Ghost. "I’ve found Qing Ping."
Da Hei and Stone Ghost hurried over. To avoid making too much of a commotion, the other twenty-five corpse kings scattered in every direction to surround the entire area.
"Where is Qing Ping?" Stone Ghost asked.
Lu Yin pointed up ahead. "In that area."
Stone Ghost immediately started setting up the sourcebox array.
Given their distance, it was very unlikely that Old Mo would find them, not unless he was deliberately looking for them.
However, as the sourcebox array was being set up, Old Mo discovered it.
Old Mo suddenly looked up from the planet that he had been hiding on. After staring into the distance, he tried to take a step forward, but the void that should have casually torn through continued to warp. The sourcebox array had already been completed.
At this exact same time, Stone Ghost was startled. "Watch out! There’s a true expert here."
‘Ye Bo’ was taken aback. "Why would there be an expert here?"
Da Hei quietly replied, "I knew that this mission wouldn't be easy. This person might be Qing Ping's protector. We need to kill them."