Boom!
Lu Yin felt as though he had just struck an immovable object, and it felt as though his arm was about to shatter. He was forced back, just like Mu Ke.
There was no time to consider what had happened, so Lu Yin immediately pulled out the slipper and swung it.
With a snap, the slipper attacked. Lu Yin could see that it caused the sequence particles to ripple, which made Corpse God wary. He pulled his arm back.
Both Lu Yin and Mu Ke had been forced back, and they both spat out blood.
This was terrifying, but it was the power of Corpse God’s punch.
While Mu Ke's saber was truly powerful, he was not able to endure Corpse God’s punch if his blade missed.
Corpse God stared at Lu Yin. "Hand me your cosmic ring."
As he spoke, the Skygod’s hand fell again, covered with a rising number of sequence particles. This attack was even more overwhelming than the last punch.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth. What a monstrous opponent.
"Pull back." Mu Ke pulled Lu Yin backwards, then spun around and stabbed at Corpse God.
Xu Wuwei, Mr. Daheng, Bureau Director Gan, and the other peak powerhouses all attacked Corpse God at the same time, enduring the incoming attacks of the Progenitor-level corpse kings. Corpse God was the greatest threat, and if he was allowed to roam free, he would kill everyone, one by one.
Lu Yin gasped.
How much time had passed since True God Wei Yi first appeared? Already, Lu Yin had almost died twice. Forgotten Ruins God had been absolutely right; this was indeed the highest stage. Lu Yin’s various abilities and tools, such as the Investiture of the Gods and the slipper, barely allowed him to stand on the same level as a peak powerhouse. However, he was still a very, very long way away from being able to truly participate at this level. He had a very long way to go still.
"Something’s not right." Despite Mu ke’s blindfold, he seemed fully capable of seeing.
Lu Yin let out a long breath. "You are my senior disciple brother, aren’t you?"
Mu Ke frowned. "The True God Guard is here, but their captains are not."
Lu Yin was very confused.
Battles had erupted in every direction. The fights that involved Lord Xu, Great Elder Shan Gu, and other peak powerhouses all involved sequence particles. And right in front of Lu Yin, a large number of peak powerhouses were attacking Corpse God, only for all of them to still be overpowered by the lone Aeternal.
"Senior Brother, Senior Xu Wuwei and the others aren’t able to hold on any longer," Lu Yin said.
Xu Wuwei had also reached the level of controlling sequence particles, but his mastery was far inferior to Corpse God’s. His Spiral Domain was completely unable to hurt Corpse God at all.
He finally understood why Xu Wuwei had been so reluctant to go to the Endless Frontier. It was possible that even Xu Wuwei might not be able to survive a confrontation against one of the Seven Skygods. If not for the tea ceremony suddenly being attacked, the Void Suprema might have fled long ago.
Mu Ke clenched the hilt of his saber. "Observe the battlefield and think about how to alter the balance. There is a meaning for everyone’s existence, and there is a purpose for every battle.
"This massive battle was launched too abruptly, and if the captains of the True God Guard are not here, then something must be wrong."
Lu Yin suppressed his first impulses. "What is the True God Guard?"
Mu Ke slowly lifted his saber, looking as though he was contemplating where to strike. "Ten corpse kings form a team, while a hundred corpse kings form a full battalion. This is the True God Guard. There’s a captain for every ten corpse kings. They are able to fight at my level with the help of divine energy, making them second only to the Seven Skygods. However, while the True God Guard is here, none of its captains are. That is a problem, and this may not be the only place that has been attacked at this moment."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Ke disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already behind Corpse God, unleashing a direct attack.
Corpse God bent his left arm and slammed it down with an incredible amount of force. His flesh was sliced away, revealing his bones, but Mu Ke’s blade also shattered during the attack.
Lu Yin stood where he was, dazed. Forgotten Ruins God’s words kept echoing in his mind. “What of it? You’ve lost your stage!”
You’ve lost your stage!
You’ve lost your stage!
Lu Yin felt increasingly uneasy. Suddenly, he noticed that someone was staring at him. He instinctively turned to look and found that it was Sovereign Shao Yin.
The man was fighting against a Progenitor-level corpse king, and yet his eyes were fixed on Lu Yin.
At this moment, Lu Yin did not see determination in the Sovereign’s eyes, nor focus on the battle at hand, but rather ridicule and pride. What was Sovereign Shao Yin so proud of at this time?
Sovereign Shao Yin had not expected Lu Yin to have the ability to pay attention to him during the battle, so he sneered as he continued to fight against the corpse king.
Lu Yin continued to stare at Sovereign Shao Yin, even as Forgotten Ruins God’s words echoed in his mind. Additionally, some of the information regarding the Lu family’s exile that Xia Shenji’s clone had revealed to him when he replaced the main body occurred to Lu Yin.
Wang Fan had used Wang Si to instigate the four ruling powers into banishing the Lu family, while at the same time, Sovereign Shao Yin had made a terrible mistake. To compensate for that error, the Sovereign had suggested to the Great Sovereign that the Lu family be forced to take responsibility for the ancient Heavens Sect’s crimes.
Both of the two had taken action at almost precisely the same time.
After that, the four ruling powers had cooperated with the Great Sovereign to exile the Lu family by force.
Even if Wang Fan insisted that he had no connection to Sovereign Shao Yin, Lu Yin would never believe it in a million years.
In a sense, the two men were solely responsible for the Lu family’s exile. Without either one of the two, the scheme would have never worked.
Without the four ruling powers, in order for the Great Sovereign to banish the Lu family, she would have had to wage a war against the entire Origin Universe. The Lu family could have then awakened Ancestor Lu Yuan, which would have been enough to stop the Sixverse Association’s efforts.
Without the Great Sovereign, the ruling powers would have never been able to block off Ancestor Lu Yuan. Without that ancient powerhouse’s perception being blocked, not even the Python Ancestor moving would have been guaranteed to banish the Lu family.
Both parts were completely indispensable, and it was only the perfect combination of the two that had led to the Lu family’s exile.
In that case, just what was the motivation behind the Lu family’s exile?
The jealousy of the four ruling powers? Sovereign Shao Yin hoping to compensate for his mistakes? That was too simple to be believed.
As soon as Lu Yin heard the story from Xia Shenji, he had postulated a wild suspicion that either Sovereign Shao Yin or Wang Fan might be a spy, possibly even both. After all, the Lu family’s exile benefited Aeternus more than anyone else. Only after that could the benefits reaped by Sovereign Shao Yin and the four ruling powers be considered.
After forming his suspicion, Lu Yin had ordered people to investigate the Cyclic Universe so that he could learn as much about Sovereign Shao Yin as possible.
After becoming a peak powerhouse, Sovereign Shao Yin had occasionally made mistakes, some of which had infuriated the Great Sovereign. However, the Sovereign had also managed to make amends for each mistake, all of which was predicated on the idea of harming others, such as the Lu family or the Lost Clan. This was a major reason why Sovereign Shao Yin was almost universally despised by the entire Sixverse Association.
However, if the man was actually a spy, then everything fit together surprisingly well.