Lu Yin slowly looked up while holding the stone monster’s arm in place with one hand. “I don’t think that I’ve offended you.”
The stone monster stared at Lu Yin in disbelief. How was this possible? How had its arm been caught while it was making such a powerful attack? This creature was clearly not an Immortal. This should be impossible.
A smirk tugged at the corner of Lu Yin’s mouth. He lashed out with a foot while simultaneously freezing the void.
His foot viciously slammed into the stone monster, but because the void was frozen, the creature was not blasted away by the terrifying force. Instead, cracks spider-webbed across its body. It had taken the full force of the blow head-on.
The stone monster howled. Seeing Lu Yin lift his foot again, it hurriedly begged, “Stop! I won’t fight! I won’t fight!”
Lu Yin sneered. “You say that you won’t fight, and that’s supposed to be the end of it?”
He kicked again, and this time, he nearly shattered the stone monster’s body. The creature let out another howl. “It’s my fault! My fault! Mighty one, I was wrong. Please, stop hitting me!”
Lu Yin let go of the creature’s arm. The stone monster retreated again and again, clutching its cracked body. Pain filled its eyes.
This thing clearly isn’t an Immortal being, so how is he as strong as a monster? The creature’s own strength was useless; not even Lifeforce and Immortal matter were enough for it to block a single kick. What’s going on? Is this some kind of Aberrant? Since when are Aberrants this strong?
The stone monster could not understand its situation. Ever since it had run into that guy, its life had been one long tragedy.
It slowly backed away, only for Lu Yin to call out, “Any further back, and I won’t be polite.”
The stone monster froze. Its eyes curved up as it forced itself to smile at Lu Yin. It made its voice as gentle as possible. “Mighty one, um... that was a misunderstanding just now. I hadn’t regained my senses just yet. Right, you saved me, didn’t you? Thank you, mighty one, thank you.”
Lu Yin appraised the creature. “As an Immortal, it’s really pathetic for you to be this weak.”
This stone monster was roughly equal to the Immortal beast from long ago, and it was likely about as strong as the Immortal from the Seal-Eater Civilization. It was the absolute bottom of the barrel among Immortal beings.
The stone monster was speechless. This was not its original strength, and now it was being looked down upon. If that guy had not shattered its weapon, would some mere Aberrant have had the qualifications to be so arrogant? Its species concentrated all of their power into their weapons.
“Why did you attack me?” Lu Yin asked.
The stone monster cautiously replied, “For a moment, I hadn’t returned to my senses yet.”
Lu Yin smiled. “I can still throw you back in.”
The stone monster was horrified. Even if it were beaten to death, it did not want to go back in. If it went back in and ended up as a stone once more, who knew where it might end up? If it was at the very bottom of a latrine... Just the thought was absolutely terrifying.
“Respected mighty one, please don’t do that. I haven’t offended you. How about this: I am willing to serve you for 10,000 years to repay you for saving me. I’m an Immortal being, after all, which is enough to protect your civilization. Please give me a chance.”
Lu Yin flatly replied, “An Immortal being means nothing to me. I’ll ask questions, and you answer them. Say one wrong word, and I’ll throw you back in. I have my own ways to verify that you are being honest. Don’t ruin yourself.”
“Yes. I’ll speak. I won’t conceal anything.”
“Why did you attack me?”
“Because you look the same as the creatures inside that city. I thought that you were one of them.”
“How did you get in?”
“I was captured.”
“Who captured you?” Lu Yin stared at the stone monster.
The stone monster’s voice grew bitter. “I... I couldn’t see clearly. I just remember a sword that looked like stars linked together.”
The Starforged Sword. Lu Yin instantly thought of that. It was Che’s weapon. It had once chased a meteorite into the Consciousness Megaverse, where it had later been shattered. Che had personally gone to the Consciousness Megaverse just to retrieve his Starforged Sword.
“What did you discover after entering Manifest City?”
“Discover?”
“You weren’t stuck in a latrine the whole time, were you.”
The stone monster fell silent.
Lu Yin frowned. “It looks like you’re useless.”
As he spoke, a spiral of karma coiled around his fingertip before shooting towards the stone monster. The creature was unable to see karma, but it still tried to dodge by instinct.
“Move again and see what happens,” Lu Yin threatened.
The stone monster did not dare to move and allowed the karma to pierce it. It was initially confused, but then it suddenly thought of something and blurted in horror, “This- karma?”
It was possible for some Immortals to not be able to see karma, but it was impossible for them to be completely ignorant of karma.
Lu Yin replied, “I hope that you didn’t lie to me, or else you’ll end up back in that latrine.”
The stone monster hurriedly said, “I didn’t lie.”
“Oh? You still have a chance. Tell me something valuable.”
“I’m the one who coordinated the Night March of a Thousand Forms.”
Lu Yin froze. “What Night March of a Thousand Forms?”
The stone monster was surprised. “You don’t know about that?”
“I don’t.”
The stone monster regretted speaking. If it had known that Lu Yin was ignorant of this matter, it would not have said anything. Unfortunately, having already spoken, there was no room for it to keep matters hidden. Helpless, it slowly began to explain, revealing its greatest value.
It had not been alone when it was captured and sent into Manifest City. Rather, it had been sent in along with its entire civilization. Lu Yin actually already knew about this, as he had seen similar stone monsters among the creatures that he had brought out before. He simply had not paid much attention to them. He did not find it at all surprising that Che would throw an entire civilization into Manifest City.
What was surprising was learning that this Golem Civilization had a unique means of communication. While inside Manifest City, the Immortal golem had not been able to free itself and had been stuck in a latrine, but it had still been able to use that unique method to mobilize all the other creatures from its civilization. As a result, it had initiated the Night March on several occasions.
The so-called Night March was when all kinds of transformed creatures charged at the city gate during the night. Of course, the results tended to be miserable, with all of them being burned to death. This had been the golem’s attempt to free its own kind.
The Night March was not the key piece of information. What was important was that this golem was actually able to use its unique method to contact others of its kind within Manifest City. That was what it considered to be its most valuable trait.