Kui was half-dead, weakened and at the very brink of death. When it saw Lu Yin arrive, its massive eyes betrayed a trace of fear.
No creature did not fear death. Not even those who belonged to fishing civilizations were an exception.
Lu Yin did not waste words, and he simply seized the creature and threw it into a Zenith Mountain. They could talk later.
“Turn over Kui.” Duan appeared, its hooked claws reaching for Lu Yin as plates flickered out to surround the area. Duan intended to imprison Lu Yin.
Lu Yin glanced at the Blacklight creature, but he did not try to fight it. He simply vanished.
The next instant, Old Fourth and Old Fifth charged over. “Die, Duan!”
Streaks of Tri-Azure Sword Intent appeared behind Lu Yin. A casual wave of his hand sent sword slashes slicing out in every direction, felling multiple Blacklight creatures.
At that moment, Blacklight creatures fell across the seven-colored land like rain.
Down on the ground, the hexagonal plates from the Blacklight creatures kept dropping and shattering. Each shattered plate marked another death.
Astral Anura was wild with joy. He could see hope of victory.
But right at that moment, a shudder of dread struck the toad. His eyes snapped over to the final Immortal that had arrived on the battlefield. Ninety-eight plates had appeared around it. The creature had used Life Overreach.
“Master, let’s go!” Lu Yin did not hesitate, and he instantly appeared at Mister Mu’s side, ready to take him away.
But Mister Mu stopped him. “Not yet. Go and try again. See if you can release Ancestor Shan. I’ll keep one of its plates pinned down so that it won’t be able to complete its seal.”
Before them, the Blacklight creature’s surging aura erupted again as though it was a monster. Despite that, one of its plates was still restrained by Mister Mu’s hold.
As for Huo’s plate that Lu Yin had been holding onto, that one slipped free. Huo had also used Life Overreach.
Lu Yin hurried back to Ancestor Shan’s black sphere. No one stopped him this time.
“Senior, I’ve already rescued Old First. If we work together, can we get you out?” Lu Yin asked.
Ancestor Shan replied, “You can’t. Your civilization can’t save me. Go. Leave immediately. Don’t underestimate the Blacklight Civilization.”
Lu Yin did not fear the Blacklight Civilization; he could teleport. Still, if it was impossible to save Ancestor Shan, there was no reason to stay. Even though Lu Yin had killed many Blacklight creatures, many Seven-Treasure Anura had also died. In terms of the entire battlefield, if not for the fact that the Blacklight Civilization’s top combatants were being suppressed, the Seven-Treasure Anuras would be at a complete disadvantage.
One Blacklight creature after another started to use Life Overreach. Huo and Old First burst out of the lake; Huo used Time-Space Annihilation Slash, but Old First opened their mouth and swallowed both the attack and attacker in one gulp. It was as if the toad could devour the cosmos. Lu Yin was dumbfounded. Were the Seven-Treasure Anuras actually capable of such a thing?
He had failed to notice that, ever since the battle started, quite a few of the Blacklight creatures’ Time-Space Annihilation Slash had been swallowed by the Seven-Treasure Anuras. The Blacklight Civilization had an inheritance with multiple ultimate techniques, but so did the Seven-Treasure Anuras. In addition to their Star-Plucking Hands and Anura Eye, there was also Skyeater.
For the Seven-Treasure Anuras, their body part with the strongest defense was not their skin, but rather their mouth. More precisely, it was the inside of their mouth.
If one was swallowed by a Seven-Treasure Anura, it was extremely hard to get back out.
However, that was only for normal creatures.
Across the battlefield, more than one Seven-Treasure Anura’s head had been torn open and their blood splashed across the land. Only at this moment did Lu Yin finally understand where those strange toad corpses had come from.
Old First may have swallowed Huo, but Old First would not be able to endure for long.
Elsewhere, Mister Mu was close to losing control of the black plate. After using Life Overreach, the Immortal Blacklight creature was strong enough to fight against even a truly powerful Immortal who had resonated with two cosmic laws. That was not something that Mister Mu could currently contest. Even with his mirebound artifact, he could only barely hold out for a short time. He was facing someone with more power than what both Lan Meng and Hui had possessed.
It was time to leave.
Lu Yin looked into the sky above a lake and sent a voice transmission to Old First.
Old First’s first response was to glare at the black sphere that imprisoned Ancestor Shan. After that, the toad’s expression turned mournful, and they gave an order to all of the Seven-Treasure Anuras on the battlefield.
Lu Yin watched as one toad after another gathered together. Time. They still needed more time.
Bang! Bang!
Two heavy crashes rang out as Old Fourth and Old Fifth slammed into the ground. Their opponent’s black hexagonal plates whirled towards the two. Lu Yin moved over and snatched a plate with a hand. It was a simple method in principle: as long as even a single plate could be restricted, the Blacklight creatures’ techniques that relied on those plates would be broken. The difficulty was that each and every plate had a power that was equal to the Blacklight creature itself, and they could both attack and defend. If one was unable to defeat the Blacklight creature, it would be too hard to grab one of its plates.
As soon as Lu Yin seized that one plate, the Blacklight creature called Duan changed targets. Every one of its plates swarmed to attack Lu Yin.
Duan was powerful. If not, it could have never fought against both Old Fourth and Old Fifth at the same time, even if it had only dealt with the two toads while they were badly wounded.
The fact that Lu Yin was able to seize control of one of Duan’s plates proved that he possessed enough strength to face Duan.
Remembering Kui’s fate, Duan suddenly faltered.
“Little Seven, let’s go,” Mister Mu called out in a weary voice. He was just about to lose hold on the Blacklight creature’s plate. After using Life Overreach, that creature’s power had surged to the level of an Immortal who resonated with two cosmic laws. Mister Mu did not want to use his mirebound artifact too many times. It was very distinctive and could be easily used to identify them.
Lu Yin nodded. He teleported away with Old Fourth and Old Fifth and then continued on, flickering across the battlefield, collecting one Seven-Treasure Anura after another.
Above the lakes, the shattered peaks crumbled. Old First’s mouth was forcefully torn open, and Huo burst forth, its plates whirling about. Darksky Ninety-Eight Seals: it was trying to imprison Old First once again.
Suddenly, Old First simply disappeared.
Huo looked across the seven-colored land. The Seven-Treasure Anuras that should have been fighting were all disappearing.
Huo immediately sent its plates swirling out to surround the entire seven-colored land, determined to seal the entire place. When using the same amount of power, the larger the range of the sealing technique, the easier it became to break. Still, that did not matter. What was most important was to first imprison the toads. They could not be allowed to escape.
Unfortunately, Huo was a step too slow. As the last Seven-Treasure Anura vanished, the seven-colored land fell silent.
Right after, Huo’s Darksky Ninety-Eight Seals was completed. Unfortunately, there was nothing at all to seal.
It stared blankly into the Aevum Inch. Their enemy had gotten away.
“It’s teleportation. I didn’t think that a creature could actually have such a movement ability.” The Blacklight creature who had fought Mister Mu approached Huo. Its name was Hong, and it was the strongest Blacklight creature after Huo.
Duan also arrived. “Kui didn’t die. They were taken.”
Huo’s huge eyes stared deep into outer space. “That is an absolute means that only a fishing civilization could possibly possess. Their civilization is terrifyingly strong. A mere Aberrant was enough to rescue the Seven-Treasure Anuras.”
“What if that civilization comes after us?” Hong asked while staring down at the black sphere that imprisoned Ancestor Shan.