Highsage Leon and Lu Yin stared at each other for a while. After a bit, the Pirate King grinned. “Good, you’re not speaking to me all stuffy-like! If you ever try to be formal, I’ll kick your ass. Remember, you’ve always been a part of Leon’s Armada, and this place is your family. You never need to be polite to us.”
Lu Yin nodded. “I know. That’s why I’ve never made any plans for the Cosmic Sea.”
“It’s time that you did. I’m not the only one here,” Highsage Leon retorted.
Lu Yin’s heart skipped a beat when he was reminded of this. “I almost forgot about that. What’s the deal with the Soldier Crew? I met one of their ships on the way here, but they completely ignored me.”
“It’s just bullshit. That’s how they treat everyone. They don’t pay any attention to anything, and all they do is patrol their chosen territory. It seems like they’re guarding something.” Highsage Leon pulled up his gadget and shared a map that indicated the Soldier Crew’s territory of the Cosmic Sea. “Anyone who enters that region gets their ass beat.”
“I heard that the Ignition Crew got beat before.”
“Not just them. The same thing happened to the Longevity Brigade, and even some people from the Hall of Honor were kicked out. I don’t actually know what happened with the people from the Hall of Honor, so maybe they learned about something and decided not to do anything about the situation and just leave the Soldier Crew in their little area.”
Lu Yin grew curious. “Just how strong is the Soldier Crew?”
Highsage Leon’s eyes narrowed. “They’re a bit strong. While they don’t have any real powerhouses, they coordinate with each other and launch joint attacks like a military formation. Honestly, all of them act like veterans from a war.”
“Can they stop you?”
“Bullshit! How could they force me back?” Highsage Leon became upset.
Lu Yin stared at the map demarcating the Soldier Crew’s territory. Were they really guarding something?
“Anyway, as long as you don’t enter that region, you’ll be fine. The Soldier Crew has never left that place. Don’t provoke them, and they won’t mess with you. That’s how it works,” Highsage Leon said.
Beep beep beep!
There was a soft sound from Lu Yin’s gadget. He looked down and saw that it was actually a call from First Edition City, so he quickly answered.
“Alliance Leader Lu, the person you asked us to look for has appeared.” Lu Yin heard the voice of the vice city master, Little Bear.
Lu Yin’s gaze turned sharp. “The old woman?”
“Yes. She went to Sky Creation Academy.”
“And then?”
“She disappeared and has yet to be seen since.”
Lu Yin let out a sigh of relief. Wang Si was gone. She should have headed back to the Perennial World. Bai Laogui had already left, so Lu Yin was safe for the moment.
He truly had no ability to protect himself from a Semi-Progenitor. Originally, he had intended to reach out to Kui Luo to ask the old man to be his protector, but with Wang Si gone, Lu Yin no longer needed to look for Kui Luo.
Lu Yin had actually tried to call Kui Luo before he ran into the Arcadian Arrow Crew, but he had not been able to connect to the old man. Lu Yin had no idea what the old man was doing at the moment.
Lu Yin stayed with Leon’s Armada for the next few days, growing more familiar with the Cosmic Sea. He also spent time with Big Sis and discussed his recommendation for her to become an overseer with her, but she refused without any hesitation. In her own words, being an overseer meant losing her freedom, and she preferred to roam about the Cosmic Sea.
Lu Yin verbally agreed with her, but the truth was that the overseers’ council needed to have a full roster of members, but Lu Yin could not think of a single suitable candidate to be the final member aside from Big Sis. Whether or not Big Sis was willing was not something that Lu Yin could afford to consider, as he needed to focus on the bigger picture.
After several days, Leon’s Armada set out and made their way towards the west. They were on their way to drop Lu Yin off at Gaia’s Swamp.
Lu Yin was out of death energy, and he desperately needed to replenish his reserves.
After more than half a month of travel, the warship arrived at a place close to Gaia’s Swamp. Lu Yin then said goodbye to Highsage Leon and Big Sis and continued on to Gaia’s Swamp by himself.
He had spent nearly a month with Leon’s Armada. During that time, he had dealt with daily tongue lashings from Big Sis while Highsage Leon had forced Lu Yin to drink and had beaten up the youth twice. Still, Lu Yin was in a great mood, as that time was spent with the people whom he considered his family.
Outsiders saw how fierce and vicious Leon’s Armada was, as well as the fact that Highsage Leon was the Pirate King. However, Lu Yin found them to be kind and considerate.
During this one month period, countless slashes marred Lu Yin’s body. Every single one of them was from Highsage Leon’s massive saber. Lu Yin had not been allowed to use any sort of medication on his wounds, so he could only wait for them to slowly and naturally recover.
…
Lu Yin stared at Gaia’s Swamp from a few million miles away. This was already his third time visiting the prison.
His first visit had been during the prison riot. The second time was right after Gaia’s Swamp had been attacked. Lu Yin had no idea what this third visit might hold.
This thought actually caused Lu Yin to feel a bit apologetic, as the Warden had most likely already learned that Liu Huang and the Second Nightking were with Lu Yin.
Lu Yin’s assumption was quite accurate, as the Warden was indeed aware of this.
The entire Daynight clan had joined the Great Eastern Alliance while the Second Nightking and Liu Huang were both active powerhouses within the Great Eastern Alliance. When the Warden learned of this, he actually wanted to personally go to the Innerverse, recapture the two prisoners, and drag them back to Gaia’s Swamp.
Unfortunately, that would have to stay as a dream for him, as he was aware of the fact that he could defeat neither of the two powerhouses.
When Lu Yin stepped into the Warden’s castle, the ground was shaking from the sound of the giant’s snoring, and massive jugs crashed to the ground one after another.
Lu Yin pushed a jug away and looked up, but all he could see was the Warden’s toes.
“It’s been some time, Warden.”
The snoring continued.
Lu Yin continued, “There were some unavoidable matters, so I beg Senior’s forgiveness. This junior had no intention of bringing harm to Gaia’s Swamp.”
The snoring continued.
“This is some wine that this junior brought you from the Cosmic Sea. I hope Senior enjoys it.”
The snoring continued.
Lu Yin had said what needed to be said, so he turned around and left. He had only stopped by Gaia’s Swamp in order to absorb some death energy.
After leaving the castle, Lu Yin released his domain. He noticed that Lord Piggy had buried himself in the swamp in order to avoid being seen by Lu Yin. Lu Yin did not go after the pig, and instead went to a random location in Gaia’s Swamp.
Some time later, the death energy in the prison surged as it was absorbed by Lu Yin.
The Warden stood up inside his castle. He rubbed his head and looked out into the swamp with an odd expression on his face. “Is the kid not afraid of killing himself from absorbing so much death energy? Not even the Specter clan can survive that much. I hope he doesn’t end up losing his mind.”