Naturally, the card that had briefly appeared was the Lost Clan's Hidden Mountain.
Lu Yin grabbed the silver-haired woman, and both of them were dragged into the Hidden Mountain card. The woman turned to stare at Lu Yin, suppressing the pain of her broken arm. "A member of the Lost Clan? Why would you attack me?"
Lu Yin squeezed a bit with his right hand, crushing the woman's arm. She let out a piercing scream that mounted and created an intense pressure that descended upon Lu Yin. It felt as though an endless sea of blood was pressing down on him.
"The strength of your blood sea doesn’t compare to even one percent of E Chi's." As Lu Yin spoke, the woman again tried to stab him with her silver needles again. A hand moved forward, and the moment a needle made contact with the purplish-black substance that covered the hand, the weapon instantly crumbled. Lu Yin pressed a hand onto the woman’s shoulder, slowly but steadily increasing the pressure he exerted.
Suddenly, hundreds of strands of the woman’s silver hair flew from her head. They moved to create a peculiar pattern before shooting at Lu Yin.
Lu Yin raised his left hand to block the attack, and expressed his surprise, "That battle technique is rather similar to a sourcebox array, though it lacks power."
Even as he spoke, another silver needle appeared in the midst of the pattern and shot straight for Lu Yin. He actually felt danger from this weapon, as it was a Progenitor-level power vessel.
Lu Yin casually took out a slipper and smashed the approaching weapon, leaving the elderly woman absolutely stupefied. How was this possible? She had just used an Progenitor level weapon that had been personally crafted by Monarch Mu. It was capable of easily piercing any Demi-Monarch. She had been planning to kill Fenglei Guanqin with the power vessel, but shockingly, it had just been shattered by a slipper.
The silver-haired woman glared at Lu Yin. Both her needles and her monarch essence were useless against this person. In fact, everything she was capable of seemed useless. "Who are you? Why are you attacking me?"
Lu Yin pressed down a bit more firmly with his right hand, forcing the woman down to one knee as her shoulder started to fracture. "What is your relationship with Monarch Mu?"
"What's it to you?" the silver-haired woman retorted.
Crack
Her shoulder shattered. Lu Yin shifted his hand, this time setting it down upon the silver-haired woman's head.
Sensing the terrifying threat to her head, the silver-haired woman screamed, "She’s my sister! My blood sister!"
"What sort of agreement did Monarch Mu and Xia Shenji come to?" Lu Yin asked again.
The silver-haired woman's eyes flickered. Just who was this man? He had trapped her within one of the Lost Clan’s cards, but why would anyone from the Lost Clan target her?
"You won't tell me?" Lu Yin started to squeeze, causing the silver-haired woman's head to throb in pain.
"I don't know! That's a concern of the three Monarchs! I have no idea1"
"I don't believe you. If you don't tell me, you'll die."
"I truly don't know what to tell you!" she replied.
"Then make something up," Lu Yin answered bluntly.
The silver-haired woman stared at Lu Yin in a daze. Make something up? Did she dare even try? Could she get away with that?
"As long as you can convince me, I'll let you go," Lu Yin stated coldly as he looked down upon the woman.
The woman swallowed. She did not want to die. She led the Mu estate, as she was Monarch Mu's sister. In the Three Monarchs Universe, the number of people who held a higher status could be counted on one hand. She was one of the very rare individuals who was not a servant of three Monarchs. She held unquestionable authority in their universe, and she was not at all tired of living.
Seeing Lu Yin's icy stare, the silver-haired woman felt true fear. She could not attempt to tell this man a story, as doing so would kill her.
"Monarch Mu and Xia Shenji agreed to open a passage to the Origin Universe. After that, he would join forces with the three Monarchs to seize total control of that universe, splitting it in half. One half will belong to Xia Shenji, while the other will be given to the three Monarchs," the silver-haired woman blurted. She truly did not want to die.
Lu Yin arched a brow. "The four ruling powers will allow the three Monarchs to take control of the Origin Universe?"
The silver-haired woman grew puzzled. "What are the four ruling powers?"
Lu Yin’s eyes narrowed. He could not discern if this woman truly did not know, or if it was just an act. He had also succeeded in deceiving many people with various lies. This old woman had lived a long life, and could likely do the same. "Do you want to live?"
"Yes," the silver-haired woman answered without hesitation.
"Then buy your own life," said Lu Yin.
The old woman raised a hand, showing Lu Yin a cosmic ring. He casually waved a hand, tearing the woman’s arm off and causing blood to splatter everywhere.
"That was already mine from the very start. I'll give you one chance. If you can’t offer me something valuable enough, you die," Lu Yin slowly spoke each word with a voice so cold that shivers ran down the old woman’s spine.
She quickly considered anything that she could use to buy her life. A few matters occurred to her, though she was not confident that any of them would actually be enough to save her. She had no idea who this person was or what his motives might be. If she died because of some whim, it would cost her everything.
What could possibly save her?
Suddenly, she thought of something. Her eyes flickered. No, she absolutely could not give him that.
Lu Yin’s hand pressed firmly down upon the woman’s head. "Time's up. It’s over."
"Wait, I have something!" the silver-haired woman shrieked in panic.
Lu Yin frowned. "I just told you, it's over."
"Spatial coordinates!" the woman screamed in terror.
Lu Yin eyebrows rose. "What?"
The silver-haired woman gasped for breath. For a split second, she had fully understood the despair of facing death. She had felt that her entire world had gone gray at that moment. It was a feeling she never wanted to experience again.
The more cruel the person, the more they feared death. This was especially true of those who indulged in a life of extreme luxury.
"Monarch Mu left a seal with spatial coordinates here in our Mu estate. It shows the location of the Three Monarchs Universe. I... I can get it for you," the silver-haired woman said fearfully.
Lu Yin felt rather puzzled. "Isn't Monarch Mu from this Three Monarch Dimension?"
The old woman gulped as she shook her head. "The Three Monarch Universe’s previous cultivation civilization was destroyed when it became impossible to cultivate here. All of us are from foreign universes. The Mu family comes from a small parallel universe, while no one knows where Monarch Luo came from. He was the one who cooperated with Monarch Mu and Monarch Xing to create monarch essence, which they used to transform this entire universe. That then gave rise to the current civilization that lives here."
Lu Yin created a Death Seal that he pressed into the woman's body. "This seal allows me to kill you instantly. If you don't believe me, go ahead and ask Monarch Mu to remove it. Of course, you’ll only get a single chance."
The woman was indeed tempted to ask Monarch Mu to remove the seal. Given her relationship with the Monarch, even if the entire incident was revealed, it would not be a big deal. However, it was true that there would only be a single chance, and if the seal was not removed, she would die. Such a risk was unacceptable.
The woman’s mysterious attacker had easily suppressed her. While it was possible he was also a Demi-Monarch, he could also be a Monarch. If that were the case, it was highly unlikely that the seal could be removed by anyone other than him.
"I dare not! I absolutely dare not!" the silver-haired woman stated, a bitter taste in her mouth.