Lu Yin's hand slowly moved down until it settled onto Meng Sang’s shoulder. "The Eightfold Nexus."
The Seraph shook his head. "You're too late. The High Seraph has already collected it."
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed, but he was not surprised. "What is Yong Heng’s reason for having you serve as his mouthpiece here in the Spirit Nidus?"
Meng Sang stared into Lu Yin’s eyes. "If I told you, would you believe me?"
"Yes," Lu Yin affirmed.
The Seraph’s gaze grew more intense. "Just like he said, you really do believe me.
"I know that I am no match for you. You have already killed Bao Qi, and you have defeated one expert after another here in the Spirit Nidus. I cannot match your accomplishments, which proves that his words are true.
"He also said that you would believe what I tell you.
"It’s just like he said: the one who understands him best is you, and the one who understands you best is him."
Lu Yin removed his hand from Meng Sang’s shoulder and silently listened.
Meng Sang continued, "‘The moment I appeared, the battlefield officially moved from the Tianyuan Megaverse to the Spirit Nidus. This is our third battlefield, as well as our final one.’"
Lu Yin's eyes flickered. The third battlefield, huh?
The ancient Heavens Sect had fought against Aeternus and lost. That had been the first battlefield. More recently, Aeternus had lost to the reestablished Heavens Sect and Lu Yin. That had been the second battlefield. At present, they would face off in the Spirit Nidus, and that was the third battlefield.
"We are in the Spirit Nidus, with both the High Seraph and the invincible being. Is Yong Heng really confident that this place will become a battlefield for the two of us?" Lu Yin countered.
Meng Sang frowned. "I had the same doubts, but he said that, so long as you are given enough time, there is nothing that you cannot do. The fact that neither the invincible being nor the High Seraph immediately killed you means that they need something from you. Since they need something, they'll give you time. And once that time passes, it will already be too late for them.
"Those were his exact words."
"What about him? Why does he think that he can challenge me?" Lu Yin's eyes grew sharply and intensely focused.
"Simply because his name is Yong Heng."
Lu Yin stared at Meng Sang for a long time, making no effort to hide his killing intent. He was debating whether or not to kill the Seraph.
Meng Sang just stood there, never moving.
After a long while, Lu Yin finally turned around and simply left. Once he was gone, Meng Sang also vanished.
The Ghostfire Domain was not his home.
...
The battle in the Consciousness Domain continued. As for the Heavencraft Domain, the intimidating Emperor Slayer had arrived.
The Heavencraft Domain had stayed on high alert, ready for Ce Wangtian and Astral Anura to attempt something. The fact that battles were still raging in the Consciousness and Cloudcrane Domains made the people of the Heavencraft Domain certain that the Grandverse Manor would not give up easily.
However, instead of the two that they were expecting, Emperor Slayer arrived instead.
Staring at the massive beast who was hovering just beyond the spirit threads, the dazed old man who led the Heavencraft Domain stared on in wide-eyed shock.
Emperor Slayer snarled viciously as he raised a clawed paw up and slammed it back down. "It’s time to settle our score, you immoral bastards!"
Boom!
The entire Heavencraft Domain trembled violently.
The spirit threads that filled the universe were twisted before they snapped one by one. Each time one broke, waves of black energy smashed through the void. The people of the domain watched as the energy ripped through space like a crashing tsunami.
The old man shouted, "Emperor Slayer, what are you doing?"
The beast’s eyes blazed with fury. "When that fool Emperor Wu fought me, where did he get the spirit threads that he used to bind me? Explain yourselves!"
The old man was completely stunned. The event that Emperor Slayer was bringing up had occurred a long, long time ago. If the old man’s memory served correctly, it had happened when his grandfather had been in power. Since then, not only had his grandfather passed away, but his father was also now gone. How could Emperor Slayer demand an explanation for something from that long ago?
On top of that, it had not been some duel, but rather the megaverse as a whole working together to eliminate Emperor Slayer.
The Ascendant Hall had ordered the hunt, and the Primal Beastland had joined in, with the rest of the thirty-six domains offering assistance. Despite all of those efforts, Emperor Slayer had not been captured. That incident had cemented the beast’s notoriety, as well as eight spirits on the Black Spirit Ranking.
The Heavencraft Domain had played a very minor role in the battle, only succeeding in binding Emperor Slayer with spirit threads for a brief moment. They had almost instantly been torn apart, and their efforts had done nothing at all to Emperor Slayer. The fact that the beast still held a grudge over such a small minor detail in that ancient conflict was a clear sign of his deep hatred.
"That happened long ago and is in the distant past," the old man said, "In the years since then, my Heavencraft Domain has had no dealings with you. If you attack us now, the Ascendant Hall will not stand idly by."
Emperor Slayer sneered at the threat. He then opened his mouth, revealing a twisting black light within.
The old man was horrified by the sight. "Emperor Slayer, stop!"
A beam of black light shot out, striking the spirit threads that filled the universe and blasting a hole through them. The beam struck the ground of the Heavencraft Domain, piercing through the earth.
A chubby young man in the Heavencraft Domain barely managed to dodge. He had almost been completely obliterated by the devastating force of the terrifying attack.
Far away, Ce Wangtian gasped in awe. This level of power defied belief.
From his perspective, it was as though the entire Heavencraft Domain had been pierced by the black beam that contained unimaginable destructive power.
Astral Anura gaped. Only by seeing such power in person was it possible to appreciate just how impressive Emperor Slayer was.
Lu Yin had defeated Emperor Slayer in a direct fight, and he had even traumatized the beast. That brat was the real monster.
A massive hole was ripped open in the Heavencraft Domain.
The old man blankly stared on. He had never imagined that such a thing would happen to his domain.
Tian Ya and Hu Wu grew serious after seeing the destruction. This was the true power of an eight-spirit criminal. If they had received the attack themselves, they would not have fared much better than the domain. However, it was not easy to land such a powerful attack strike on an opponent in battle. Still, there were a few people in the entire Spirit Nidus who were capable of enduring such an attack.
During the battle at the Umbral Deep, the Third Boss had avoided Emperor Slayer’s black beam attack, but there was no doubt that he would have survived even if he had not dodged.