Lu Yin did not plan to take any actions against Deng Pu before he was confident of dealing with Ku Wei. Otherwise, if took care of Deng Pu too early, he himself would not be able to win, which would be suffering for nothing.
Deng Pu was finally able to relax. These two freaks were just Explorers, but they were much stronger than he was, and their forcefields had completely suppressed him.
Although Deng Pu had not been blasted off of the altar, he still was not able to peacefully lockbreak, as the trio mutually restricted one another. Whoever was faster would be dealt with by the other two. Thus, nobody needed to think of finishing unlocking their sourcebox first.
Finally, the trio spent a total of nineteen hours before they all completed their lockbreaking simultaneously.
Lu Yin obtained a piece of metal from his sourcebox, which neither he nor the Ghost Monkey were able to recognize.
Deng Pu’s sourcebox contained nothing.
Ku Wei obtained a broken weapon from his sourcebox, but it disintegrated into ash the moment it came into contact with the air.
Out of the sixteen competitors, only three of them had managed to succeed, though a huge portion of them had been chased away by Lu Yin and Ku Wei working together.
Lu Yin had actually wanted to win himself, but he was not confident that he could overcome Ku Wei by himself. With the cumulative results from each stage, the final champion was definitely Deng Pu because he had successfully unlocked seven sourceboxes during the first stage.
Lu Yin felt that it was alright, as he could still accept this outcome.
Deng Pu relaxed, as this was fortunate for him.
Ku Wei was in a bad mood. If not for Lu Yin, he definitely would have won.
Saul completely relaxed. Although this Lockbreaker Competition had been full of twists and turns, the outcome was still good, and he beamed at the sky. “I, Saul, as the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society’s Vice President, hereby declare that, out of the three rounds of this competition, the overall champion is Deng Pu. The champion of this season’s Lockbreaker Competition is thus Deng Pu.”
Many on Sourcepeak Planet cheered, as Deng Pu resided on Sourcepeak Planet most of the time, and so, he could be considered as one of them.
Deng Pu was excited, and he gleefully glanced over at Lu Yin and Ku Wei before looking expectantly towards Saul.
Fiend Li and the others had no objections to the announcement.
In the Wei family’s manor, Wei Rong stood up, his expression grave. “Prepare to move out.”
At the Forest Hotel, Angie gave the same order, “Prepare to move out.”
Sourcepeak Planet’s space station suddenly was locked down, and the people there lost contact with the Lockbreaker Society.
At the same time, all of the screens outside of Sourcepeak Planet failed, as the signal had been blocked off.
Saul did not know about any of this, and he excitedly stood at the center of the altar. He then did something that caused a piece of stone to rise up from the ground. There was a box within the stone, and Saul excitedly looked in as he slowly opened it, causing his figure to be illuminated by a golden radiance that shone out from inside the box.
He then raised the box into the air. “In this are three pages of the True Insight. It’s the reward for this season’s Lockbreaker Competition champion. And now, I will bestow this to Deng Pu. Deng Pu, come up.”
Deng Pu breathed heavily, and he slowly walked over towards Saul, looking as though he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Saul had a similar look of anticipation, as he had long since wanted to obtain True Insight.
Lu Yin stood silently below the altar and watched the scene with Xi Qi beside him.
“So the prize is just True Insight. What a huge fuss,” the fish said in disdain.
Lu Yin was astonished, and he looked at the fish. “You’ve seen it before?”
The fish responded arrogantly, “Of course, two-legged beast. If you wish, you can become Lord Fish’s mount, and then Lord Fish can then teach you.”
Xi Qi immediately apologized to Lu Yin. “Brother Lu, please don’t listen to it. It’s lying to you.”
The fish was angered. “When does Lord Fish ever lie? Stop spouting nonsense and preventing Lord Fish from collecting mounts.”
Xi Qi mumbled, “You bluffed me just like this, saying that you even knew the entire True Insight. However, you can’t even recite a little bit of it.”
“Of course it can’t be recited! True Insight’s words can only be comprehended—they cannot be recited, written, or even passed down. Otherwise, the older generation of Lockbreakers would have already distributed True Insight throughout the universe. You two-legged beast, you don’t know anything!” the fish retorted.
Xi Qi softly answered, “How can there be words that can’t be recited? You’re lying.”
Lu Yin looked at the fish, “You really know True Insight?”
“Of course! So how about it, two-legged beast? Become a mount for Lord Fish, and Lord Fish will not treat you unfairly.” It was pleased by the attention.
The Ghost Monkey shouted in Lu Yin’s brain, “Seventh Bro, don’t trust it! It must be lying! That swindler, this monkey will stew it!”
Lu Yin was getting a headache from the monkey’s commotion, and he was about to screen it off when Felynn’s voice transmitted to him again. “Lu Yin, it’s your turn. Execute the plan.”
“Two-legged beast, how about it? Be a mount for Lord Fish.”
“Seventh Bro, this monkey is going to stew it.”
“Lu Yin, it’s your turn.”
“Sorry, Brother Lu. This fish is lying to you.”
At that moment, Lu Yin heard all sorts of voices, and he frowned as he could not take it anymore.
“Lu Yin, hurry up and carry out the plan, or you won’t be able to obtain True Insight either,” Felynn urged as she stared at Lu Yin from a distance.
On the altar, Deng Pu reached out with his hand as Saul smiled and slowly gave True Insight to his disciple, nodding in satisfaction.
Felynn frowned, and she incessantly transmitted her voice to Lu Yin, but he remained indifferent.
Felynn’s gaze grew cold, and she took several steps back. It looked like she then sent a message to someone through her gadget.
In the distance, Wei Rong glanced at his gadget. “Unreliable, as expected. Begin the operation.”
“Deng Pu, receiving True Insight means that you will be able to enter the Lockbreaker Society’s Neoverse headquarters in the future. There will be a day when the connection between the Innerverse and Outerverse is restored, and I hope that you won’t betray the expectations of your seniors,” Saul spoke gently even as he stared fervently at the box in Deng Pu’s hands.
Deng Pu hurriedly nodded and acknowledged his master.
Suddenly, the screens in the sky that had been broadcasting live suddenly changed, and images of different Lockbreakers appeared on the displays, including Mr. Jun, Deng Pu, and Saul.