Boom!
A single heartbeat suddenly rang out. Lu Yin’s pupils shrank. There was a tremor that was impossible to describe. It caused his scalp to feel as though his head was about to explode. Something was coming. He teleported to the Immortal Lord’s side. “We need to leave now.”
Luo Chan instantly teleported them away. No one knew how far they went, but leaving was their first priority.
At that same instant, the Immortal Lord also felt an indescribable terror. Something was coming.
The moment after Lu Yin and the Immortal Lord vanished, an egg slowly rose from within the Plume Immortals’ great tree. Complex gray patterns covered its surface, and its appearance caused the entire cosmos to tremble. The rain of blood froze while falling. Time itself ground to a halt, and everything in existence froze at that instant.
A talon pierced the eggshell. The cosmos was overturned. The great tree, which had been destroyed, suddenly reformed, as though time were flowing backward.
“Hm? No... Something has changed.” A low voice sounded. The tip of the talon lightly tapped the void, and a Godplume Spear vanished into nothingness.
A fierce battle still raged in Vestigium. It was impossible to say whether Obscura had trapped the Plume Immortals or whether the Plume Immortals had restrained Obscura.
A single Godplume Spear suddenly fell, piercing through the entirety of Vestigium. Old Man Hehe, You Che, and everyone else present instantly stopped fighting and turned to stare at the Godplume Spear at the same time.
At that moment, Hong Xia was standing in front of the Divine Tree, his red umbrella in hand. His face grew deathly pale, and a long-forgotten fear arose from his heart. That old monster is still alive! Obscura deceived me!
Not only the members of Obscura, but even the Plume Immortals themselves also trembled. “Why has Ancestor awakened?”
“This is bad! Something must have happened to the tree! Return!”
One bird after another vanished instantly, teleporting away and returning Vestigium to stillness.
“That feeling? Was that that old monster?”
“I did not expect that old freak to still be alive.”
“Ba Se, you lied to me! It is still alive!” Hong Xia angrily accused.
“Hehe, what a troublesome matter. Is it really alive? It will not be easy to deal with.”
“Hmph! Just an outdated old relic. If it could die once back then, it can die again now.”
“The Nine Ramparts actually failed to kill it? I feel rather sorry for humanity. If that old monster still lives, then not a single human will remain in the Aevum Inch.”
***
In the Aevum Inch, Lu Yin gasped for breath. It took great effort for him to eventually suppress the palpitations in his chest. He looked at the Immortal Lord. “What was that thing?”
The Immortal Lord was also still terrified. “I do not know.”
“It has to be a Plume Immortal, some terrifying being that stayed hidden. You don’t know anything?” Lu Yin did not believe that. What he had felt at that final moment had been no less powerful than Ancestor Shan’s final strike. In fact, what Lu Yin had felt a moment ago had been even more unfathomable, like an abyss that he had never experienced before.
It was too terrifying. To think that the Plume Immortals still had such a horrifying old monster.
The Immortal Lord gave a bitter smile. “I truly do not know. If I had known, I...”
They did not finish their sentence, yet Lu Yin believed them. If the Immortal Lord had known that the Plume Immortals still had such a powerful old monster, then even with Lu Yin holding the Immortal Lord’s life in his hands, they would have never betrayed the strange birds. To do so would be suicide.
At this moment, the one who felt the greatest regret was the Immortal Lord themself. They had betrayed the Plume Immortals and were unquestionably doomed. The Plume Immortals had already proven that they could capture the Immortal Lord.
Luo Chan was also trembling, though it was at least a bit better off than the Immortal Lord. Its cultivation was too low, and it simply had no idea how terrifying that creature truly was.
Lu Yin looked at the Immortal Lord. “Do you regret it?”
The Immortal Lord stayed silent. Regret was insufficient to define their situation.
“If you abandon Luo Chan, will the Plume Immortals still be able to find you?” Lu Yin asked.