Lu Yin wanted to stop Jiang Feng, but then he realized that Si Qin did not seem to have noticed the man at all. He was clearly walking straight towards the bird, and yet it was as if Si Qin could not see Jiang Feng at all.
This was the complete opposite of Heaven's Sight. Heaven's Sight allowed Lu Yin to see everything, while Jiang Feng seemed to have vanished completely.
The cauldron kept taking strikes as beads of sweat rolled down Mister Mu's forehead. Fighting against such a terrifying powerhouse put more pressure on him than an entire universe. This was a battle of life and death.
Lu Yin ignored everything else as he released his inner universe. The silver line fused with the blue lines, and he underwent a dual-colored divine energy transformation. Terrifying divine energy erupted, shooting straight into the sky. Nan Ling looked over at Lu Yin in surprise. Can this boy actually go this far? He cannot be allowed to live.
Just as the bird was about to strike, Green Lotus arrived in front of it and pointed at it with one finger: Thousand Faces of Karma, Karmic Heavenwheel.
Nan Ling casually retaliated with a Godplume Spear. The Karmic Heavenwheel was shattered in an instant, taking no effort at all.
Green Lotus dodged the Godplume Spear. From behind the bird, divine energy shot forward, aiming straight at Nan Ling, but it just casually waved its talons and blew the divine energy apart.
Nan Ling had done so with far greater ease than Ming Yu, especially given that Lu Yin had recently massively improved his physical body, which meant that he could handle even more divine energy than before. While his current dual-colored divine energy transformation was still not at the same level as his tri-colored version, it was not far off. Even so, it still posed no threat whatsoever to Nan Ling.
The bird’s eyes grew incomparably cold. It instantly appeared close to Lu Yin, and its talons fell, striking to kill.
Lu Yin neither dodged nor retreated. Heaven's Sight locked onto Nan Ling. The bird reflexively shut its eyes, and Lu Yin raised his hands and pressed his palms together. At that moment, divine energy surged into his arms. His recent physical transformation allowed him to endure the full power of this dual-colored divine energy without his reason being suppressed. Confronted with Nan Ling's attack, Lu Yin compressed all of the dual-colored divine energy that he had, bending it to just one purpose: blocking these talons.
The talons stabbed into the divine energy in his hands. The bird’s attack slowed, but it did not stop.
Nan Ling's eyes radiated pure ridicule. "Human, you have greatly underestimated the gap between us."
The talons slowly drew nearer to Lu Yin's chest. At that moment, not even teleportation would be enough for him to avoid this attack, as Nan Ling would inevitably move with him. Feathers exploded from all around Nan Ling's body. It refused to budge, no matter how Green Lotus attacked. It intended to drive its talons into Lu Yin's heart, inch by inch so that it could tear this human apart.
Lu Yin raised his head to face Nan Ling, the corners of his mouth lifting. "No, you're the one underestimating me. How could a mongrel bird like you ever comprehend human wisdom?" As he spoke, the clothes over his chest were torn open, revealing a black armor plate.
The talons met the plate of black armor, which did not move in the slightest.
Nan Ling's pupils shrank sharply. How is this possible? He’s actually blocked my attack?
Lu Yin suddenly used a great deal of strength with both of his hands, seizing Nan Ling. "Senior!"
Green Lotus, who had been unable to do anything to Nan Ling thus far, suddenly had a change in aura. As he stood in outer space, more Karmic Heavenwheels appeared around him. There was not just one finger, but rather a thousand. Every single Karmic Heavenwheel was condensed from the Thousand Faces of Karma. The 1,000 Karmic Heavenwheels was actually condensed from the entire Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm. From afar, they looked like a lotus blooming. Thousand-Petaled Lotus Hand - Karmic Heavenwheel: Lotus Cannon!
Green Lotus’s eyes opened as he pointed one finger at Nan Ling.
The Plume Immortal was horrified. This human had actually been concealing his combat strength throughout the entire battle. This solitary finger made Nan Ling’s entire body grow cold. This was dangerous. It had to evade it.
The bird’s aura surged violently. Cracks split open across Lu Yin's arms, and his blood sprayed everywhere. Despite that, he persisted, using divine energy to hold his arms together as he held Nan Ling in place, refusing to let go.
Nan Ling tried to escape by teleporting, but Lu Yin teleported as well. He vanished for an instant, but before disappearing, Lu Yin exchanged glances with Green Lotus. A moment later, Lu Yin reappeared.
Nan Ling could not erase what Lu Yin saw in that instant. Since it moved first, Lu Yin was able to follow it and drag the bird back to its original location.
As a result, although the two kept moving around, they only shifted around Green Lotus.
The Greater Sancte’s finger strike would ultimately hit its target.
Thousand Feathers, Thousand Changes. Nan Ling used its life-saving battle technique, splitting into a thousand different images that flew in every direction. Only one of them was real, but not even Nan Ling itself knew which one. Only by leaving even themselves ignorant could the birds avoid leaving any hints for their opponents to exploit.
The Lotus Cannon spread out at that same time. Why a thousand fingers? It was precisely to counter the Thousand Feathers, Thousand Changes.
At that moment, all 1,000 Nan Lings were struck by the 1,000 Karmic Heavenwheels at the same time. While it only took an instant to use the escape technique, Nan Ling was already at its limit just by using Thousand Feathers, Thousand Changes. It was impossible for all of the copies to vanish by teleporting at the same moment. This single instant was precisely Green Lotus’s goal.
One Nan Ling after another was stabbed through by a finger. Only one blocked a Karmic Heavenwheel, and yet there was only one Karmic Heavenwheel aimed at each bird. These attacks could not pose any real threat, and the bird was merely knocked back a single step.
Taking advantage of that, Lu Yin teleported to Nan Ling's side and grabbed hold of the bird again.
The Lotus Cannon had already been broken. Nan Ling glared at Green Lotus, whose finger had just struck it, and then turned its talons towards Lu Yin. This human was still the greater threat.
Lu Yin looked up, and plates of black armor shielded him from above, taking another blow from the talons. At that exact moment, Nan Ling suddenly sensed that something was wrong. The Karmic Heavenwheels that had stabbed the copies created by the Thousand Feathers, Thousand Changes had not disappeared. Green Lotus's expression was still calm. Since he understood the Plume Immortals' abilities, how could he possibly have not prepared for Thousand Feathers, Thousand Changes?
All long, Lotus Cannon had never targeted Nan Ling before it used Thousand Feathers, Thousand Changes, but rather the Nan Ling in this precise moment. As long as both Green Lotus and Lu Yin could touch Nan Ling at the same time, that was enough.
Nan Ling slowly turned its head to stare at Greater Sancte Green Lotus. This is bad!
All of the Karmic Heavenwheels transformed back into karma and merged together, instantly gathering upon the finger that had already struck Nan Ling. At Green Lotus's fingertip, a lotus bloomed. A thousand Karmic Heavenwheels reappeared: Lotus Cannon.
Bang!
A tremendous blast erupted, and Nan Ling spat out blood as it was hurled backward. Its body had been pierced through, and white ripples spread out from the Plume Immortal as it shot into the distance like a meteor.
Seizing the opportunity, Lu Yin teleported forward. From within him, the red line merged with the silver and blue ones. Tri-colored divine energy transformation.
Back in the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, the red line that had merged with the red umbrella had been a fake.
Well, it had initially been real, but after Lu Yin teleported away from the megaverse to chase after Nan Ling and Si Qin, he had switched out the red line. The entire goal had been to mislead the Plume Immortals.
Lu Yin’s tri-colored divine energy transformation had enabled him to crush Ni Ren, and later, he had also defeated Ming Yu at the Plume Immortals' great tree. Obscura knew about this, and given the presence of that terrifying old freak in the birds’ tree, Lu Yin was not sure whether the Plume Immortals were aware of this ability as well. For that reason, he had acted on the assumption that the birds did know, and therefore he had revealed the red line first, in order to lower their guard. Only now was it time to unleash his true strike.
With the tri-colored divine energy transformation, the instant the surging divine energy erupted, Lu Yin raised a hand and viciously slammed it down at Nan Ling.
Green Lotus pressed both of his hands downward as well, releasing his Heavenly Karmic Macrocosm, which transformed into a karmic shockwave that slammed into Nan Ling from another direction. The bird was given no chance to catch its breath.
The Lotus Cannon was a technique that Green Lotus had kept hidden all along, having prepared it specifically for Hong Xia. However, he had been forced to reveal it at this moment.
Nan Ling was no less of a threat than Hong Xia. There was simply no other choice.
In the distance, Si Qin was stunned. Had Nan Ling actually been wounded? How could that be?
Throughout the Aevum Inch, only a handful of beings were capable of injuring Nan Ling, and all of them were either old monsters or resonated with three cosmic laws. Without that advantage, it was nearly impossible to wound Nan Ling. Even if this human civilization possessed the raw power to harm Nan Ling, none of their attacks should have ever been able to land. What had happened?
Suddenly, Si Qing also felt an intense chill. Before its eyes, a sword blade fell, accompanied by the roar of thunder.
Si Qin stared at a human before it. When did he arrive?
It had not noticed the man at all.