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The change that overcame Forgotten Ruins God lasted but a moment. The instance that Progenitor Smoke felt fear, Forgotten Ruins God smiled again, and the coldness vanished like an illusion. "Time to go. Let's talk more next time we meet. You’ll definitely join Aeternus, haha."
With that, her body simply vanished.
Progenitor Smoke stared blankly at the place where Forgotten Ruins God had disappeared from. The woman’s face flushed brightly. Had she actually been frightened? How could she have been scared? She was Progenitor Smoke! Little girl? How dare some traitor call her a little girl!
Anger bubbled up within the woman’s heart, and Progenitor Smoke clenched her fists tightly. She wanted to chase after the Aeternal.
Aside from Progenitor Smoke herself, no one else heard what Forgotten Ruins God had just said, not even Lu Yin.
He stepped into the sky between the array bases and approached Progenitor Smoke. "Senior, thank you for saving me."
Progenitor Smoke glared at him. "What senior? Scurry along."
The woman returned to the Dominion Realm in a huff, leaving Lu Yin stunned. Had he somehow offended Progenitor Smoke?
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Almost no time passed between the moment Forgotten Ruins God had first appeared, to the end of her attack when she had left. There had barely been enough time for anyone from the Dominion Realm to even react, and the rear battlefield suffered no damage, aside from Lu Yin and Kuang Yan being injured. Well, the jiao had been struck twice as well.
After everything was done, the people on the three array bases that had been affected fell into confusion for a short time.
The sudden appearance of the landmass beneath the three array bases had not only confused the humans, but also the corpse kings, which was very fortunate. If the corpse kings had not also been stunned, then the human forces on the three array bases would have suffered catastrophic losses.
Lu Yin calmly went to check on the seriously injured Kuang Yan. The man was still alive, but his injuries were so severe that he would need months to heal and recuperate. In fact, the man had not even regained consciousness yet.
If Lu Yin had not blocked a portion of Forgotten Ruins God’s attack with Truesight, Kuang Yan would have died without question.
"I honestly can’t decide if that man is lucky or unlucky. He actually managed to survive a strike from one of the Seven Skygods at such close range," Arch-Elder Zen commented.
Lu Yin was staring at Kuang Yan, but his mind was on other matters.
It was clear that he had severely underestimated the Seven Skygods.
Lu Yin had actually believed that, since he was capable of defeating both Xia Shenji and Bai Sheng with his abilities, that it meant that he could also stand up to the Seven Skygods. However, in reality, Lu Yin had not even been able to force Forgotten Ruins God to bring out her Progenitor’s world. The landmass that had appeared was the pinnacle of the Wang family’s Sit and Forget. It was not even the woman’s Progenitor’s world.
Even with Forgotten Ruins God holding so much of her strength back, it was impossible for Lu Yin to overcome any of her attacks with the Progenitor-level runes that he had access to from Lu Jian’s Champions’ Stage. The gap between Lu Yin and Forgotten Ruins God was simply too vast.
He had always dealt with the Seven Skygods’ Semi-Progenitor avatars before this. Even if Ancient God had once revealed the power of a Progenitor with his Semi-Progenitor avatar, he had only exerted the most basic physical might of a Progenitor. What he had revealed back then was incomparable to the true strength of one of the Seven Skygods.
Lu Yin had just witnessed the true strength of the Seven Skygods.
Just as Forgotten Ruins God had said, Lu Yin’s level of strength was average, but nothing more than that.
Xia Shenji had not revealed his full strength when fighting against Lu Yin, and even Bai Sheng had likely kept some things hidden. The two Progenitors might have felt intimidated by Lu Yin’s strength and not wanted to risk death fighting him. However, if a true death match had been fought, then Lu Yin might have found it impossible to pull out a victory even after utilizing everything available to him, including the power that Progenitor Chen had left for the Fifth Mainland.
What actually made the four ruling powers afraid was his threat against Bai Xian'er.
Lu Yin let out a long breath. He felt that he should thank Forgotten Ruins God. If not for her, he would have likely grown a bit arrogant. He had truly believed himself equal to the four ruling powers’ Progenitors, but the Skygod had shown Lu Yin that he was still far behind.
Lu Yin was only a three-tribulation Envoy, but he was not far from triggering his fourth stellular tribulation. He was also confident that, after he became a Semi-Progenitor, he would be able to fight and even defeat Progenitors when they used their full power.
Lu Yin tried not to think about such things, as he was still too far from that level.
Fortunately, while Forgotten Ruins God had shown Lu Yin the gap between himself and truly powerful Progenitors, Lu Yin was not afraid. While he might not be able to defeat such powerhouses, he was not without the means to survive when facing them.
Lu Yin had enough power at his disposal that even Progenitors felt wary of him.
The rear battlefield fell completely silent. After the Forgotten Ruins God left, the countless corpse kings that had been attacking the five array bases also retreated, pulling back like a tide.
The war on the rear battlefield never ceased, but that did not mean that there were no moments of calm.
Bai Chi, Wang Xun, and the other Semi-Progenitors all remained silent.
They had watched as Forgotten Ruins God had attacked the fourth array base, but since they had not been present, they were unaware of the details. All that they had seen was Forgotten Ruins God attacking, the jiao moving out, and then Lu Yin summoning a Progenitor-level champion that attacked Forgotten Ruins God. In just a few moments, they had seen multiple Progenitors take action.
Finally, the Semi-Progenitors on the rear battlefield understood why the four ruling powers had agreed to a truce with Lu Xiaoxuan.
Lu Xiaoxuan was actually able to unleash the power of more than one Progenitor, so it was no wonder the four ruling powers feared him enough that they did not simply attack the young man.
The attitude that all the generals held towards the new defenders of the fourth array base changed in an instant. All thoughts of competing vanished. If Lu Yin left behind even one of those Progenitor level powers, how could any of the other array bases compete with the fourth array base?
Even if Lu Yin did not leave behind some form of a Progenitor’s power for the fourth array base, there were still four Semi-Progenitors stationed there. That was essentially the same as any other two array bases combined. Adding in the combat techniques and technology employed by the Fifth Mainland cultivators, the fourth array base was well on its way to establishing itself as standing above all the other array bases.
Forgotten Ruins God's attack on the fourth array base had startled many people, but the base’s instant reaction had been terrifying.
The most unfortunate person was Kuang Yan, while the most terrifying was Lu Yin. Also, the jiao had proven itself to be the most durable.
Lu Yin had not expected the jiao to possess such impressive defenses, though he did remember that, when both Xia Shenji and Bai Sheng had tried to attack him, the jiao had proven itself to be quite durable as well. All this time, it had never suffered any injuries at all.
Forgotten Ruins God had held nothing back when attacking the jiao, but she had not left even the slightest hint of injury.
Lu Yin looked over at the jiao in the distance. The beast was still flashing its fangs and claws. Lu Yin could not help but wonder just who could have left such a vicious wound on the jiao’s head that, even now, there was still lightning damaging the beast’s brain and leaving it stupid. Was that something that Xia Shenji was capable of doing?
Suddenly, the jiao lowered its head to look at Lu Yin. The enormous eyes took on a threatening look.
Lu Yin reached out for the Champions’ Stage and pulled out its Progenitor-level runes to fill the area around him. After a moment, he looked in a specific direction, and then Bai Wangyuan stepped out.
"Do you intend to attack the fourth array base, Progenitor Bai?" Lu Yin asked coldly while warily staring at Bai Wangyuan.
Bai Wangyuan replied, "I'm here to talk to you about Virtue Archives."
Lu Yin’s voice remained cold. "Coming here without giving any warning and surprising me like this is something that I consider to be a show of hostility."
Bai Wangyuan completely ignored Lu Yin’s irritation. "Lu Xiaoxuan, we've already agreed to a truce with you, so there’s no need to be so cautious of us. We won’t make ourselves liars, and even if we did, your vigilance would mean nothing."
"I'm just afraid that I might accidentally hurt you, Progenitor Bai," Lu Yin retorted.