Lu Yin held the broken needle in one hand while reaching for the one formed from the alternating sun and moon with his other. Unbroken Time frantically tried to escape. Its ability had been broken, which had cost it dearly. It was no longer capable of defending itself against Lu Yin. As for its previous first, fifth, ninth, and twelfth marks, all of that was broken, and there was nothing left.
The second needle was grasped. For the first time, Lu Yin had managed to catch hold of Unbroken Time. Beneath what could be seen of the creature was an invisible frame that felt like metal. It was unseen, yet tangible.
When the Great Master had managed to land blows on Unbroken Time, she had struck this framework.
Lu Yin had just managed to seize it.
Unbroken Time was like a clock spread flat across the void.
“Human, you are not an Immortal! You are not!”
Lu Yin kept a tight hold on Unbroken Time and wasted no effort on words. He was trying to force it into his Champions' Stage Purgatory so that he could somewhat replenish his Karmic Dao.
There was a sudden crack, and Unbroken Time simply shattered.
Cracks spread across the alternating sun and moon and then spread across the entire creature. As Lu Yin watched in disbelief, Unbroken Time shattered into fragments that soon vanished.
Lu Yin stared blankly. Is it dead?
He automatically reached out, and he even released Verdant Eternity as a net, but there was nothing to be found. Unbroken Time was completely gone, having dissipated into wisps of gray. The creature had consisted of time itself.
How could it have died? Was it really just a time-based lifeform?
If Unbroken Time’s last ability had succeeded, Lu Yin would have died. What price it would have paid to accomplish that, Lu Yin did not know. However, since it had lost, the price that it had needed to pay had been time: its own time, absolutely all of it. Rather than saying that Lu Yin’s lifespan had been compared to the Immortal Lord, it was more like he had been compared to Unbroken Time.
The Immortal Lord had merely served as a standard.
Ultimately, it had been such a terrifying ability that the price of using it was more than what even Unbroken Time could bear.
Lu Yin looked at his empty surroundings. There was nothing at all left. After such a grueling battle, there was nothing to be gained. All he had was half of a broken needle.
He felt as if he had fought for nothing.
“Watch out for Luo Chan,” the Great Master warned.
Lu Yin immediately released his consciousness. “Stop.”
Word Manifestation.
Ahead of him, Luo Chan abruptly froze. The bug stared at Lu Yin in astonishment.
He then quickly released a Wheel of Karma, while also slashing down at Luo Chan with the Tri-Azure Sword Intent.
Word Manifestation had succeeded on Luo Chan, forcing it to stop moving. However, actually eliminating the creature was practically impossible. The transparent moth had also been affected by Word Manifestation, and it had still been a very difficult opponent for Lu Yin.
The exact instant that the Wheel of Karma and Tri-Azure Sword Intent made contact with the bug, Luo Chan vanished.
The attacks ended up striking nothing at all.
Lu Yin frowned and looked behind. Far away, Dan Jin spat out blood as she was knocked back. Qing Xing was also struck by the power of the Third Rampart, forced back one step after another.
The Great Master alone remained on the offensive, her oar raised to smash down upon Shan Xiao’s attack.
Behind the power of the Third Rampart, the bug’s expression grew solemn. “Unbroken Time actually died. It was the Immortal Lord’s favorite Verdant Sage.”
Chang roared, “Human, let’s fight to the death!”
Luo Chan appeared far away. “Be careful of the one who killed Unbroken Time. Not only does he control the powers of karma and time, but he also wields a power that I am unable to shake off. It’s some sort of fusion of consciousness and manifested thought. He is at least as much of a threat as an Immortal, so avoid him.”
Shan Xiao gave Lu Yin a hard stare before turning to Luo Chan. “Let’s go. Unbroken Time cannot die in vain. Where it fell must become the battlefield where humanity is annihilated.”
“Go!” Chang growled.
Lu Yin released his consciousness. “Stop.”
It was already too late. Chang and the others were quite far from Lu Yin, and Luo Chan was extremely wary of him. As his consciousness spread out, Luo Chan immediately grabbed Chang and Shan Xiao before vanishing. Even a vast number of the surviving insects disappeared.
The Nest civilization was no longer keeping Luo Chan’s ability a secret. Unbroken Time’s death had forced the Nest civilization to launch the final battle.
This was all a part of Lu Yin’s plan. He wanted to use Unbroken Time’s death to force the Nest civilization to attack the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, so that the fighting would remain within the Night Pillars’ range. Since the battle would start soon, Lu Yin and the others needed to hurry back.
A gate suddenly appeared. Greater Sancte Awe Gate was reaching out. “Go.”
All of the remaining insects abruptly charged at Lu Yin and the other three humans in a suicidal manner, only for their targets to slip through the gate and vanish.
Luo Chan had taken part of the insect swarm away with Chang and Shan Xiao, and they all appeared outside of the Spirit Nidus. The defenders of the thirty-six domains all saw the insect horde arrive. “Attack!”
Lu Sizhan’s expression was grave, and his sword intent shot upwards.
The experts from the Rift of Suffering stayed back to protect the thirty-six domains.
Chang roared, leading the charge from the front. Its terrifying strength crushing universes as it descended upon the experts from the Rift of Suffering.
Ku Ji, Ku Han, Ku Cheng and the others simultaneously used Heartrift. One after another, dark rifts appeared, shooting upwards to thwart Chang’s pressure.
Boom!
Everyone from the Rift of Suffering spat out blood as they plummeted down.
Chang raced downwards. Did these puny humans really believe they could stop it?
At the last moment, it sensed a power that caused even Chang’s heart to tremble. The power shot straight up into the sky, and Chang’s eyes turned to look. Is it him?
Lu Yin threw a punch, unleashing his physical power to slam into Chang.
There was a bang, and the void shattered, the horizontal tear spreading out endlessly. The entire Spirit Nidus trembled, and the thirty-six domains fractured while countless planets shattered entirely. The aftershocks created a storm that swept across multiple universes, visible even to the naked eye.
Countless people watched in horror. What kind of clash of strength was this?