Chapter 1979: Comparing Strength

As Lu Yin stared at the image of Jin Mie that had appeared on his Champions’ Stage, he started considering his champions. He had anointed quite a few now, including seven Envoys. The most powerful of his generals should be Leaf King and Jin Mie, but neither of the two had a reliable form of strength.

The Leaf King that Lu Yin summoned was one without the body that had absorbed that mysterious substance from the Mother Tree. While the man had learned many battle techniques, there was no way for the champion to possess the same level of strength that had allowed the man to fight against Lu Yin.

As for Jin Mie, the man had mostly cultivated Truesight, which was a cultivation system that could not be used in many locations, such as Perennial World.

It would be wonderful if Lu Yin could anoint a top powerhouse as a champion, such as Xia Ji.

Of course, that was nothing more than a dream. Given the fact that Xia Ji was a Semi-Progenitor, even if the man was dead, Lu Yin had no idea if he would be able to anoint the man as a champion.

Jin Mie’s death had unraveled an old knot in Big Sis’s heart, and the man had even been dealt with by Lu Yin, which eased the woman’s feelings even more. As for the man’s corpse, Gods’ Origin might make some sort of fuss about it, but that was none of Lu Yin’s business.

He said to God of Mirrors, "I'll give you Jin Mie's body, but your Gods’ Origin owes me another favor."

God of Mirrors had already recovered enough to respond. "Alliance Leader Lu, you just said that the location of the statue that you originally gave me was false. Can you tell me where it really is?"

Lu Yin had wanted to leave Gods’ Origin hanging on for a bit longer, but after considering the situation, Lu Yin had already used God of Mirrors to force God of Magenta to expose himself, and Lu Yin had even taken away that candle that might be God of Flames. Lu Yin felt embarrassed by the idea of toying with God of Mirrors any longer.

"I can do that, but that simply settles one matter. I’ll tell you the location to make up for lying to you about it before, but what about the fact that I just saved your Gods’ Origin or helped you deal with Jin Mie?" Lu Yin said.

God of Mirrors felt frustrated by Lu Yin’s attitude and was about to reply, but Lu Yin quickly continued. "Actually forget that. I have a good relationship with Gods’ Origin, so let’s just treat this whole matter as friends helping each other out."

God of Mirrors swallowed the words that he had been about to say. As for the candle, the man felt that it would be too awkward to ask for it.

"The statue is in Burial Garden," Lu Yin stated.

God of Mirrors was surprised. "Burial Garden?"

Lu Yin nodded. "Whenever Burial Garden reopens, you can send someone in to look for the statue, but I should warn you that there’s a true powerhouse trapped there. He’s at least as strong as the Second Nightking, and he might even be a Semi-Progenitor. He was forced to kneel in worship and was transformed into a statue worshiping the main statue, so you’ll need to be very careful."

God of Mirrors gave a wry smile. The statue was in Burial Garden? When would they even be able to see it, let alone move it to Gods’ Origin?

Lu Yin might as well have not said anything at all.

A battle had been fought in the main hall of Gods' Origin, and all of the mirrors in Gods’ Origin had been shattered. There was no way that the people outside the hall would not notice the commotion, but no one had been able to enter the main hall.

After Lu Yin and the Second Nightking left Gods’ Origin for the second time, God Taiyi and the other disciples were finally able to enter the main hall. When they saw Jin Mie's body on the floor, all of the disciples were shocked. "God of Mirrors, is that traitor Jin Mie?"

God of Mirrors nodded. His face was still a little pale. Behind him stood God of Wind with her head hung low. She had only managed to avoid execution because Gods' Origin could not afford to lose two Envoys at the same time. If such a drop in strength became public, they would likely be targeted by their enemies.

"Why is Jin Mie here?" God Xiaobai was terrified to see the man’s corpse.

The other Gods' Origin disciples who had entered the main hall all looked at God of Mirrors as well, and the man gave a brusque answer. "I don't know how the traitor managed to sneak in, but he tried to ambush me. I killed him, and we will hang his body outside Gods' Origin. Any traitor to my Gods’ Origin will be treated as an enemy, and we will never let them go!"

"Yes!" All of the Gods’ Origin disciples became excited at the explanation that they were given.

God of Mirrors let out a long breath as he watched the excited disciples stream out of the main hall. Lu Yin had left, but he had also taken the candle with him. It was critical for them to retrieve the candle, but what could be done about it?

At the moment, Gods’ Origin was far weaker than the Great Eastern Alliance, let alone everything else that was supporting Lu Yin.

"We will speak of your crimes later. What happened today cannot be leaked. Understand?" God of Mirrors asked in a cold voice.

God of Wind dropped to her knees. "I understand."

Lu Yin left Gods' Origin without any delays this time, and he continued straight towards the Cosmic Sea.

He was well aware that Xia Ji had to be absolutely furious at the moment, and the Semi-Progenitor’s hatred and desire to kill Lu Yin must have spiked to entirely new levels. However, this did not phase Lu Yin at all, as Xia Ji could not do anything to him, and the man was also most likely worried that Lu Yin would expose the secret of God of Magenta being another one of Xia Ji’s clones.

At the moment, the most important thing to focus on was the Perennial World’s invasion.

Lu Yin had already made every possible preparation, and his efforts to strengthen the Fifth Mainland were proceeding according to plan. There was nothing critical that Lu Yin had to take care of at this moment, and he simply needed to wait for the Tower of the Fifth’s construction to finish. At that point in time, his name would ring out across the Fifth Mainland and be made known.

Also, while he was waiting for the Tower of the Fifth to finish, he could spend his time rolling his die.

As Lu Yin’s strength had increased, the value of Possession had become more and more noticeable.

The cultivation world was structured like a pyramid, and the higher one climbed, the fewer people there were. Lu Yin’s current strength allowed him to Possess many top experts, which gave him access to many of the universe’s secrets. He felt like he had a good chance of Possessing someone participating in the Perennial World’s invasion, which could provide him with another opportunity to further delay the invasion.

The Second Nightking was capable of incredible speed, and it was not long before they had covered a vast distance and arrived at the Cosmic Sea.

The Tower of the Fifth was being built at the center of the Cosmic Sea in the middle of the Abyss of the Sea

Already, construction on the Tower of the Fifth had started. Despite its massive size, it was being built by cultivators from the Hall of Honor, Leon’s Armada, and the Great Eastern Alliance. It would only take a month, or two at the most, for it to finish.

This was even after considering that the builders were being forced to wait for materials to be delivered. If enough materials were readily available at the construction site, the Tower of the Fifth would be completed even faster.

Powerful cultivators were capable of moving mountains to fill seas and shatter space, so using such power in construction efforts was naturally quite efficient.

There were countless ships anchored around the Abyss of the Sea. As the Tower of the Fifth was being built, many savvy people had started to build artificial islands, docks, and more. The Abyss of the Sea was guaranteed to soon become one of the busiest and most prosperous locations in the universe.

Anyone with a brain would want to start a business in such a place, but everyone who wanted to do so needed to pay a fee to Leon’s Armada. In the end, the Abyss of the Sea was within their region of control. Actually, it was more accurate to say that the entire Cosmic Sea belonged to Leon’s Armada, with the sole exception of the Soldier Crew’s territory.

None of the crews in the Cosmic Sea were allowed to bring people to the Abyss of the Sea, and doing so would earn them the enmity of Leon’s Armada.

This was an ironclad rule that even the most powerful forces of the Neoverse had to follow.

Lu Yin landed on the deck of one of the warships belonging to Leon’s Armada with a bang. Everyone on board grew wary at the sudden sound, but they warmly greeted Lu Yin as soon as they saw who had arrived.

There was a whoosh as a massive war blade flashed out from a cabin.

Lu Yin was left speechless. "Captain, you really don’t need to do this every time we see each other.”

Even as he spoke, Lu Yin grabbed the war blade. Highsage Leon almost instantly appeared, and he also grabbed the war blade as he tried to press it down upon Lu Yin.

Highsage Leon’s power level was comparable to the Sea King’s, and both men were also Realmbreakers who were capable of challenging Envoys with power levels of 800,000 or even 900,000. At this moment, Highsage Leon did not release his full strength, taking the affair rather casually.

While Lu Yin would be able to hold his own against Highsage Leon in an all-out fight, he felt powerless at this moment, as he was being forced to compete in physical strength. Lu Yin’s physique had improved to a level where even old monsters with power levels of a million might not be stronger than him.

However, he also needed to give his captain a bit of face. At this thought, Lu Yin took a step back, his face flushed red. "Captain, I can't hold on any longer."

Highsage Leon suddenly whipped his war blade up and slammed it down onto the deck of the warship with enough force to cause the entire Abyss to tremble. "Little Seven, since when did you become such a hypocrite? You’ve already surpassed me."

Everyone who heard this statement was shocked, and they all turned to stare at Lu Yin in disbelief. How old was Lu Yin, and yet had he already surpassed their captain?

Further away, countless people who had gathered outside of the Abyss of the Sea were staring at the warship, and they saw an intimidating man three meters tall standing on the deck, as well as the comparatively tiny Lu Yin. That little Lu Yin had already stepped past Highsage Leon to become one of the most powerful figures in the Fifth Mainland.

Liu Shaoqiu was among those outside the Abyss of the Sea at this time, and he stared at the warship within Leon’s Armada with complicated emotions. Long ago, he had competed with Lu Yin, but that was no longer a possibility. There could be no competition whatsoever.

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Liu Shaoqiu was only present for the sake of the Sword Sect and to try to take the inheritance of the Thirteen Swords away from the Tower of the Fifth.

Ling Gong was also present, but she kept herself hidden. She let out a cold snort as she stared across the sea at Lu Yin. She had made the trip here to learn more about battle force. She had a great interest in the power, as it matched with her spear skills extremely well.

Wen Sansi, Wen Qian'er, and many others from the Wen family had arrived in the Cosmic Sea as well. They hoped to take away the Literary Prison inheritance.

The Tower of the Fifth had announced far too many inheritances, and there were countless people, both famous and unknown, who had gathered in the Cosmic Sea from the Innerverse, Outerverse, and even the Neoverse. All of them were waiting for the Tower of the Fifth to open.

Lu Yin had arrived at the Abyss of the Sea to the sight of the massive gathering. This was exactly what he had been hoping for.

If the Perennial World did not force him to use this last resort, the Tower of the Fifth would be the greatest contribution that he could offer to the Fifth Mainland. As Xuan Jiu had said, offering training to the entire universe might alter Lu Yin’s future.

Everyone considered doing good deeds, but too few actually followed through on those thoughts. Only after doing so could one understand just how wonderful the feeling was.

The Tower of the Fifth was still in its construction phase, but Lu Yin was already enjoying that feeling. He merely hoped that he would not be forced to use his final card.

Everyone was selfish. Lu Yin could offer his abilities to the entire universe, but he also did not want to be abandoned by them.

Lu Yin’s arrival caused Leon’s Armada to grow quite rowdy, and the leaders of the various regiments started to gather.

"Captain, we haven't thanked Little Seven for what he did during that Cosmic Sea war yet. If not for him, I wouldn’t be here any longer, and Leon’s Armada wouldn’t be ruling the entire Cosmic Sea! Little Seven, here’s a toast to you!" In a cabin, the captain of the Merman Regiment, Brother Hao, stood and spoke.

Lu Yin quickly responded, "I'm also a member of Leon’s Armada, so it was only right for me to do that."

"Little Seven, your sister here has to offer you a toast as well. I also would have died during that war if you hadn’t saved me." Sister Fei also stood, her beautiful face flushed, as she expressed her gratitude to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin answered her as well. "It's just a pity that Elephant King and Rocky couldn't be saved."

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He could still remember the simple and honest Elephant King whose birth had been accompanied by a phenomena, as well as the man who had been covered with stone. Both of them had died during that war.

"Life and death are both a matter of fate, and that was their fate," Ghost Doc said in his hoarse voice. His back was as hunched as ever, but he gazed at Lu Yin in a very approving manner. “Picking you up back then was the right choice."

"That damn girl Qingqing ran away in a huff back then, and she even dragged you away with her after losing her temper. She almost wasn’t able to make it back to us," Sister Fei complained angrily.

Kidney just smiled. "Speaking of Qingqing, I heard that she’s been having a great time on Mt. Microcosms."

Highsage Leon slammed his glass onto the table with a bang. "That damn girl! Don’t make me worry and just stay where I can see you! She better not make trouble on Mt. Microcosms and get tossed out."

Sister Fei snorted derisively. "I’d like to see who has the guts to do that."

Lu Yin was surrounded by everyone's cheerful banter. He loved this sort of atmosphere.

Before too long, Highsage Leon waved everyone out of the cabin, but Lu Yin spoke up. "Wait a minute."

Everyone looked at him in a questioning manner, but he summoned his Champions’ Stage. "With my name, I summon a champion."