The roar sent shockwaves rippling past the stars. The pressure slammed down upon everyone from the Spirit Nidus cultivators, leaving them breathless.
The people looked confused. Is Qing Cao really the invincible being? Also, even though Lu Yin knows about the invincible being, how does he still dare to challenge him? On what basis? Is he really confident that he can hold the Skyward Gate by himself?
“The grudge between the Spirit Nidus and the Tianyuan has nothing to do with the Nine Odysseys Megaverse! Lu Yin, even if you intend to represent the Tianyuan and come after us, this is neither the time nor the place! You’re clearly helping the Nine Odysseys Megaverse,” Lan shouted her harsh accusations.
Lu Yin just sneered. “You’re right, I’m helping the Nine Odysseys Megaverse. So what? If you’re able to, then come and take me.”
Lan was speechless. Lu Yin had readily admitted what he was doing. He was not even trying to hide his motives.
Such confidence made everyone feel even more powerless. Could they fight their way past Lu Yin? Were they capable of that?
He stood there with his hands clasped behind his back, looking at everyone from the Spirit Nidus. “If Qing Cao won’t come out, then what about Yong Heng?”
Most of the people present looked bewildered. Yong Heng?
Lan’s expression changed. “Lu Yin, what will it take for you to step aside? The High Seraph and the Seraphs were the ones who invaded your Tianyuan Megaverse. We had nothing to do with that. We don’t represent the Spirit Nidus.”
Lu Yin laughed. “And yet you are here, precisely claiming to represent the Spirit Nidus, aren’t you?”
As he spoke, he slowly stretched out his right hand, its palm facing upward.
Lan and everyone else instinctively retreated.
The countless cultivators present grew wary. Lu Yin’s strength far surpassed all others in the Spirit Nidus. If he attacked, it would be like the sky falling. However, who would he strike? The entire Spirit Nidus?
Lu Yin showed a faint smile and then flicked his index finger upward, causing the sky to grow dark. A vast and endless power swept through all of Heavenspire, and even those inside the Skyward Gate felt it. It was an irresistibly powerful consciousness.
At that moment, the universe itself was replaced. It became a universe of pure consciousness.
Lan’s body drifted up, completely outside of her control. Alarmed, she panicked and lashed out, but nothing that she did could stop her body from moving upwards.
As she rose, two others behind her who were close to the front of the crowd also drifted up into the sky, followed by more and more throughout the crowd of people from the Spirit Nidus.
At the very back of the crowd, Feng Bo tore the void open and attempted to escape, only to find that he had also lost control of his own body. He helplessly drifted upwards.
He was horrified. In the end, he had been discovered. “Lu Yin! I have something to say! Listen to me!
“Lu Yin, you-”
There was a smile on Lu Yin’s face, but it was ice-cold. “Yong Heng has already entered the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, hasn’t he? I don’t know what his goal is, but I’ll catch him one day, just as I’ve just captured you.”
With that, he snapped his fingers.
Bang.
Everyone who had been captured, with the sole exception of Feng Bo, was instantly crushed. Feng Bo was thrown into the Champions’ Stage Purgatory.
There was no blood or gore, just utter annihilation. There were no remains at all.
No matter if the cultivators were weak or Dukkhans like Lan, everyone who had cultivated divine energy was instantly eliminated.
Yong Heng had already entered the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, but some of his people had been left outside of the Skyward Gate. Clearly, they had been abandoned. Lu Yin had just given Yong Heng a greeting.
At the same time, he had sent a message to the entire Spirit Nidus.
Everyone from the Spirit Nidus who was still alive stared at Lu Yin in stupefaction. Just a snap of his fingers had utterly erased so many powerhouses who had been completely out of reach of so many others. Such power defied understanding.
Many of the people present had been captured by Lu Yin once before in the Consciousness Megaverse, but because of that, they were even more amazed by Lu Yin’s increased strength.
No one present dared to say a word.
Lu Yin lowered his hand, his composure restored. “If anyone here believes that they can get past me and face the Nine Odysseys Megaverse, step forward.”
All of Yong Heng’s people had just been dealt with, which meant that only the people who were truly loyal to the Spirit Nidus remained. While there were surely some present who followed Lan, it did not matter if they knew about Yong Heng or not.
Eliminating Lan and her ilk was just the beginning. The root of the upheaval in the Spirit Nidus lay in the fact that the Nine Odysseys Megaverse was farming the Spirit Nidus. Learning that had shattered the Spirit Nidus’s faith. The next step would be his true task.
Of those who remained, the one with the highest prestige was Zi Tianshu. Many turned to look at him.
Zi Tianshu gathered his bearings and took a step forward to face Lu Yin. “May I ask, how should we address you?”
Lu Yin replied, “However you wish.”