Lu Yin thought for a moment. "I fought against Unbroken Time, but honestly, I couldn’t see through it. While I maintained the upper hand, I was always rather passive in that fight."
"I am very proactive." The Great Master pointed to the oar strapped to her back. "None who I wish to strike can escape. Ask them."
Lu Yin reflexively turned to look at Qing Xing and Dan Jin.
Qing Xing offered a wry smile. “Trust her. She’s called the one who cannot be struck, yet whose strikes never miss.”
"What does that mean?" Lu Yin grew puzzled. Cannot be struck? He had met several others with that particular trait. Nightking Zhenwu had been able to transfer all the damage that he received, while the Great Sovereign’s disciple Chu Jian and the Autumnspring Slip’s Qian Shu had both claimed to be untouchable. Despite that, Lu Yin had beaten all of them quite badly.
He seemed to be able to counter such people rather naturally.
There was no such thing as a being who could truly not be touched. Not even Immortals could claim such a thing.
Also, what did "strikes never miss" mean?
"It’s exactly what it sounds like. You’ll understand when I attack." The Great Master looked rather fragile, yet she sounded fiercer than anyone else. Her expression was wooden, though her eyes blazed with a desire to do battle.
Lu Yin had not decided which of the Insect Lords to kill, but since the Great Master favored targeting Unbroken Time and seemed quite confident, that would be their target.
Behind them, a sky-high gate opened up, and Greater Sancte Awe Gate stepped through it. Without a word, she waved a hand and released something.
Lu Yin was surprised. Immortal matter?
Immortal matter was not something that everyone could see. In the past, he had to use the frenzied mental state induced by the creature in the meteorite to perceive it, but ever since his Wielder - God battle force had evolved into Lifeforce, he no longer needed to use the madness.
Is this for me?
Lu Yin was overthinking. The Great Master stepped forward and grabbed some of the Immortal matter. She was also able to see it without aid.
Next, streams of energy swirled around Qing Xing’s body. It was the Chaotic Ancient Qi Art, which had been developed by Greater Sancte Mi Jin.
The energy swirled around the man’s hand as he grasped some of the Immortal matter, seizing a portion.
After that, Dan Jin raised a hand. What looked like two pills collided and then vanished. With that, she also grabbed some of the Immortal matter.
Lu Yin was astonished. All three of them can use it?
Peak Dukkhans were able to perceive Immortal matter when a megaverse was reset, though only where universes overlapped. They could then use it to experience the cycle of creation and destruction, which was used to seek Lifeforce within their own bodies. However, perceiving Immortal matter did not necessarily mean being able to actually use it.
It was necessary to either possess Lifeforce or have mastered an Immortal battle technique. Without one of those, possessing Immortal matter was useless.
Gu Duanke had told Lu Yin that those who witnessed a megaverse’s reset were not allowed to keep the Immortal matter that they gathered. Upon returning to the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, everything was turned over to the Greater Sancti. However, the truth of the matter was that most people were incapable of using Immortal matter, even if they had it.
And yet, the three people before Lu Yin were all able to actually use Immortal matter.
This once again exceeded Lu Yin’s expectations.
Given that Qing Xing had been Greater Sancte Mi Jin’s disciple, it was no surprise that he had learned an Immortal battle technique. The Great Master ruled Deathmound, which was technically under the oversight of Blood Tower. However, she was also the eldest of the Seven Fairies, which meant that she was one of Greater Sancte Green Lotus’s nominal disciples. It was not impossible for her to have learned an Immortal battle technique as well. But what about Dan Jin? Aside from her alchemy, Lu Yin had never heard of the woman using any battle techniques at all.
Could she use Immortal matter in alchemy?
“Do you not want what’s left? Are you giving it to me?” the Great Master asked with a glance at Lu Yin.
He unceremoniously collected the remaining Immortal matter. It was quite a lot, with at least several hundred bits. It was enough for him to use for a while.
No one was surprised to see that Lu Yin was able to use Immortal matter. They had a fairly good understanding of each other. As for Lu Yin, it was nearly a universal consensus that Lu Yin was the most powerful person below the Immortal realm. Not even the Great Master had ever disputed this claim.
Still, no one could understand how Lu Yin cultivated.
“I will leave everything regarding this next battle to all of you,” Greater Sancte Awe Gate solemnly declared. “If it proves impossible to achieve your goal, simply retreat.”
The Great Master replied, “If we four are unable to kill a single Insect Lord even when working together, things are much worse than we feared.”
Qing Xing tossed his wine bottle aside. “Should that prove to be the case, we can consider fleeing. After all, even my master once considered such an option.”
Greater Sancte Awe Gate looked at the man. “It’s not time for that yet. This Nest civilization hasn’t driven us to flee.”
Lu Yin exhaled. “Let’s go.”
...
A green lotus leaf disappeared into the distance.
“Divide the tasks. Qing Xing and Dan Jin will create a battlefield that no one can interfere with. We cannot give Unbroken Time any chance of escaping. Lu Yin and I will lead the attack itself,” the Great Master announced.
Neither Qing Xing nor Dan Jin refused their assignments.
The Great Master then looked at Lu Yin. “Tell us what Unbroken Time used against you.”
Lu Yin slowly explained his battle, though his words caused Qing Xing and Dan Jin’s expressions to grow grim.
Time. Each individual who comprehended the power might utilize it differently. Accelerating time or freezing time were the most ordinary usages, but Unbroken Time’s abilities opened their eyes to a new realm.
Especially the ninth mark, which could throw a person into a River of Aeons, never to be seen again. Just hearing about such a banishment was chilling.
“I haven’t figured out exactly what the ability of the fifth mark is yet. At that time, I injured it with karma,” Lu Yin said.
“Returning Time,” the Great Master gravely stated.
Lu Yin was surprised. “Returning Time?”
The Great Master explained, “Everything that you have experienced is time, and once time has flowed by, it can never return. That thing returned the time that you’ve already lived through back to you. In other words, the you of the present was forced to bear the time of your past, which compressed your body due to the temporal paradox.
“If your body had been any weaker, you would have been crushed to nothing.”
Lu Yin understood. This explained everything.
Qing Xing was astonished. “Time can be played with like that?”