Sky Garan’s eyes flickered. “In that case, let’s do it, Arbiter Lu.”
Lu Buzheng was not a person prone to hesitation. If anyone other than Lu Yin had offered to take on the scepter, Lu Buzheng would not have said a thing, as his attitude about the matter was the same as Sky Garan: being a cultivator meant being prepared for death. No one was exempt from this truth.
On a Semi-Progenitors’ battlefield, Envoys and ordinary cultivators were nothing more than cannon fodder, but on a Progenitors’ battlefield, everyone was basically trash.
“Attack!” Lu Buzheng yelled as he moved forward. Beside him, Hen Xin, Ni Huang, Xia De, Kui Luo, Highsage Grandmaster, Bai Laogui, and Wang Si all shot off of Ancestor Tortoise and raced towards Forgotten Ruins God and the rest.
The Skygod watched on with cold eyes, though there was a smile on her face. It was an oddly chilling expression.
She stepped forward, and enormous wolf heads shot upwards, one after another. Soon, they covered everything that could be seen above.
The first wolf head opened its gaping maw to devour Lu Buzheng and all the other Semi-Progenitors with a single bite.
Wang Si screamed, “The records say our first ancestor’s Sky-Devouring Nine Wolves is impossibly powerful-!”
Lu Buzheng immediately cut the woman off, “Screw your records! Hold on!”
Hen Xin took action, carving out a section of space and shoving it forward. At the same time, Highsage Grandmaster waved a hand, and sourceboxes flew out one after another to set up a sourcebox array that struck the wolf head. Sharp thorns covered Ni Huang’s entire body, and he revealed the full power of one who was at the cusp of becoming a Progenitor.
Both Ni Huang and Arch-Elder Zen were powerhouses who stood at the very threshold of the Progenitor realm. If the Daosource Sect were still around, then the two of them would have absolutely qualified to be gatemasters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates. This assault was essentially pitting the masters of the Twelve Heavenly Gates from both modern and ancient times against the Wang family’s founding ancestor.
Space completely shattered. Even though these people had been restricted from utilizing the full power of a Semi-Progenitor, the terrifying fluctuations from this collision was still enough to trigger the mental network.
Lu Yin was worried that the Master Brain’s manifested thoughts would capture one of the Semi-Progenitors. While Forgotten Ruins God was able to resist the suppression of the mental network, that feat was most likely beyond the abilities of Lu Buzheng and the others. No, it was absolutely impossible for any of the human powerhouses to endure the mental network. None of them were actual Progenitors.
At this moment, the scepter mysteriously appeared in Hen Xin’s hand, as he was the one closest to Forgotten Ruins God.
Sky Garan’s eyes instantly flared as he stared at Marquis Wang and attempted to transfer the scepter, but the very next moment, Sky Garan’s expression changed. How was this possible; why couldn’t he transfer the scepter?
The scepter shattered and became a stream of light that pierced through Hen Xin’s body. Fortunately, the man had already prepared himself and had not placed all his faith in Sky Garan’s abilities. If he had, the scepter would have done far more damage.
Even so, Hen Xin was seriously injured.
“What happened?” Lu Yin shouted sharply as he stared at Sky Garan.
There was an ugly expression on the young man’s face. “I was one step behind. As soon as the scepter appeared, it was already stuck to Gate Master Hen Xin’s hand!. Unless I can determine where the scepter will appear before it actually manifests, I won’t be able to transfer it.”
“If I knew where it would appear, then why would I need you to transfer it to me?” Lu Yin shouted angrily.
Sky Garan was incredibly frustrated, and he turned to stare at Lu Yin. While Sky Garan wanted to argue, there was nothing that he could say. The primary reason why he had failed was that he did not understand Marquis Wang’s innate gift. The Dao Chosen had thought that there were no powerhouses left in the current era. If it had been Forgotten Ruins God’s innate gift instead of Marquis Wang’s, Sky Garan would not have been nearly that overconfident in his own abilities.
Lu Yin glanced over at the various Semi-Progenitors who were still desperately charging towards the wolf head, hoping to find a way past Forgotten Ruins God. Lu Yin’s eyes then locked onto Marquis Wang. If they were not able to deal with her, all of humanity’s Semi-Progenitors on the scene would be killed one by one. Not even Lu Buzheng could withstand multiple attacks from her scepter.
In a certain manner, Marquis Wang represented an even greater threat than Forgotten Ruins God.
“Wait, so you just need to know where it will pop up before it appears?” Lu Buzheng shouted.
Sky Garan clenched his fists. “That should be it.”
Lu Buzheng kept retreating until he was right on the top of Ni Huang. A stream of qi suddenly began to swirl around Lu Buzheng’s body. This was the same stream of ancestral qi that was able to summon Destiny. Lu Buzheng wanted to use this qi to capture Marquis Wang’s movements and predict where the scepter would appear.
It was precisely because Lu Buzheng had the ability to summon Destiny that Ancient God had been so determined to crush the man, even at the cost of destroying a Semi-Progenitor avatar. Destiny was able to reverse situations even when things looked grim.
“It’s targeting me again!” Lu Buzheng shouted in an odd tone. He turned his head to yell at Sky Garan. “It’s on me!”
Sky Garan’s eyes instantly flared as he stared at Lu Buzheng’s hands.
The next moment, space twisted around Lu Buzheng’s hands, and his heart skipped a beat. He indistinctly saw Marquis Wang’s scepter about to appear, but it suddenly disappeared, and it instead appeared in Lu Yin’s hand. Sky Garan had succeeded.
Sky Garan heaved a sigh of relief.
Off in the distance, Marquis Wang was shocked. Someone had shifted her innate gift?
Lu Buzheng was anxious as he stared at Lu Yin. Yunying Mavis and several others also stared at the young man.
Only Kui Luo and the others who had been present during their last assault on the Aeternals knew that Lu Yin would be fine.
The scepter would encompass the minds of everyone within a certain distance, and at this moment, the people closest to Lu Yin were the members of the Mavis family. It was impossible for anyone who knew Lu Yin’s background to claim that he did not qualify to be a ruler. He was truly the perfect counter to Marquis Wang’s innate gift.
The scepter suddenly transformed into a beam of light that shot into Lu Yin’s body.
Lu Buzheng carefully watched Lu Yin, but he only saw that the scepter had not shattered, but rather transformed. What did that mean?
Sky Garan was also staring at Lu Yin. How could this person overcome an innate gift that not even Semi-Progenitors could deal with?
However, after seeing Lu Yin remain standing in place without revealing the slightest hint of injury, Sky Garan was left stunned. What had Lu Yin done?
What had Lu Yin done? Nothing at all. He had simply allowed the scepter to transform into an energy that entered his body. This process actually felt very good. Last time, after Lu Yin enjoyed this particular feeling, he had claimed that it felt like he could kill Xia Ji with a single punch. At this moment, he glanced over at Sky Garan. Lu Yin did not need this much strength to eliminate Sky Garan with a single punch.
Sky Garan had finally found a way to participate on a Semi-Progenitors’ battlefield, but when he compared his achievements with Lu Yin’s at this moment, the Dao Chosen felt that he was still trailing a ways behind.
Lu Buzheng laughed wildly. “As expected of a descendant of my Lu family, hahahaha!”
Suddenly, the man’s expression changed, and he pointed a finger. “Him!”
He was indicating towards Ni Huang. After Lu Buzheng fell back, Ni Huang and Hen Xin were the two holding the vanguard, and they had continued charging forward. Out of all the humans’ Semi-Progenitors, Ni Huang was the one with the greatest momentum at this moment, so it was no surprise that Marquis Wang had targeted him.
Sky Garan raced to transfer the scepter again, and it once more appeared in Lu Yin’s hand. He pursed his lips as he allowed the scepter to transform into a beam of light that flowed into his body. This power was a bit too much for him to handle, so after taking the situation into account, he struck out with an attack, targeting Marquis Wang. Using Marquis Wang’s power made this the most powerful that Lu Yin had ever unleashed, and it was not by a small amount.
With Lu Buzheng, Sky Garan, and Lu Yin working together, Marquis Wang’s innate gift had been perfectly neutralized, and she no longer dared to use her scepter.
However, Marquis Wang’s innate gift was so overpowering that everyone had forgotten that it was not the only ability that she possessed. She also knew the Nine Clones Secret Technique and Inverse Step.
Marquis Wang split into two bodies, then three, and then five. All five of the figures shot forward onto the battlefield, and she easily stopped Highsage Grandmaster, Wang Si, and more of the humans’ Semi-Progenitors. However, Forgotten Ruins God let out a contemptuous snort. “You don’t need to do anything. None of these people can get past me!”
Instantly, Marquis Wang’s clones vanished one after another.
“I already told you that you don’t need to do anything.” Forgotten Ruins God was clearly upset as she scolded Marquis Wang while one clone moved past Forgotten Ruins God’s right side.