Chapter 418: Eyes Closed, Eyes Open (1/2)

Unfortunately, Lu Yin was destined to be disappointed. Mister Mu merely took out a piece of jade and passed it to Lu Yin. “If you find yourself in an emergency, all you need to do is break this, and you’ll be able to contact me. However, you will only receive such an opportunity one time. As you are only a nominal disciple, I will only help you out once. Do what you will with this information.”

Lu Yin had a feeling that Mister Mu was about to send him out, and he hastily spoke up after putting the piece of jade away. “What might I do to become your official disciple, sir? Is destiny the only method?”

Mister Mu gazed out at the forest beneath the high mountains. “Not necessarily. There’s a war spirit here that is from a Limiteer. If you defeat that spirit, I’ll make you my official disciple.”

Lu Yin’s eyes lit up, and he looked ready for a fight. There was no one that he feared among Limiteers. “Please arrange it for me, master.”

Mister Mu waved his hand. The scenery around Lu Yin shifted, and he next found himself back within the forest.

Climbing from the golden ocean to the peak of the mountain had taken Lu Yin a whole month, but he had been teleported back to the forest in less than an instant.

Not too far away, a war spirit stood with its back to Lu Yin. After noticing the human, the war spirit slowly turned around.

Since Mister Mu had given him this test, Lu Yin knew that this Limiteer war spirit definitely would not be easy to handle. He filled his eyes with star energy and focused on the war spirit. However, his pupils quickly constricted. Where were the runes? Why were there so few?

What appeared before Lu Yin’s eyes was just a small number of runes, similar to what a regular person would possess. The runes were scattered all over the place and couldn’t even compare to a Scout’s—no, not even a Seeker’s. However, it was a fact that this war spirit was a Limiteer. How was this possible?

The war spirit turned to face Lu Yin. The spirit’s eyes were completely closed, and instead of mindlessly rushing forward to attack like most war spirits, this one quietly stood in place, almost as if it was waiting for something.

Lu Yin frowned, feeling a bit uneasy. This war spirit was acting very strangely. In addition, there was a sensation like he was being seen through. It was similar to when he was in someone else’s domain… Yes! This was a domain.

However, before he even had the time to react, his domain collapsed. It had been completely dismantled.

He had been crushed by a Limiteer?! While it was merely his domain that had been crushed apart, the crushing force was something that Lu Yin could not even contest. It felt as if the very ground had collapsed from out under him.

Compared to the war spirit’s domain, Lu Yin’s own domain seemed to be as fragile as an eggshell. Right before his eyes, the war spirit disappeared without any warning. Lu Yin reflexively used Flash to move away, but while he was midair, his stomach was struck. Lu Yin was shocked and quickly used his battle force to counterattack against the war spirit. However, his attack was easily dodged while Lu Yin himself was smashed into the ground with a huge crash.

From the time he had first started cultivating, Lu Yin had rarely ever met such a situation. They were both Limiteers, and there didn’t seem to be much of a gap between their strengths. However, Lu Yin was completely helpless in front of this war spirit. More importantly, he had used both the Cosmic Art as well as his mutated eyes, but he still hadn’t been able to dodge the war spirit’s attack. He didn’t have a clue as to what had just happened.

Lu Yin believed that it had to be a lucky attack. He carefully eyed the war spirit before using Flash to vanish. He struck out with a Skybeast Claw while closely observing the war spirit.

The war spirit easily dodged the attack without any excessive movements. Even though Lu Yin had abruptly changed the direction of his attack midway, it had still avoided his attack. After that, the war spirit aimed both of its palms at Lu Yin, who kept a close eye on them. When the war spirit’s two palms entered the range of Lu Yin’s Cosmic Art, their speed slowed down considerably. Lu Yin was able to see through all of the possible changes of the attacks, and he immediately retreated, confident that he would be able to evade this attack.

In the end, however, he was still struck. It wasn’t because the war spirit was quick, but rather because the war spirit had attacked along the path that Lu Yin had retreated in. It was almost as if it could see the future.

This sort of attack reminded Lu Yin of Starsibyl. Could this war spirit have been birthed from one of the Starsibyls?

Thankfully, the war spirit’s attacks weren't very strong, so it did not pose much of a threat to Lu Yin. Although being suppressed was quite annoying, Lu Yin was confident that he would not be defeated. Of course, he wouldn’t be able to win, either.

Ever since Lu Yin had reached his current strength, this was the first time a Limiteer had caused him to feel so helpless. He was certain that, even if he bumped into those who were just as famous as him, such as Ye Xingchen or Mu Rong, he would still hold an absolute advantage over them. However, this war spirit was single-handedly crushing him because he could neither land an attack nor dodge its attacks.

Lu Yin took out the Giant Emperor’s third eye and held it with his left hand, wanting to use the Secret Sidestep to avoid the war spirit’s attacks. However, nothing changed. The war spirit’s attacks were always directed exactly at where he was retreating to, and he would always be attacked before he could move out of the way. It didn’t matter how quick he was unless he could move faster than time itself. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to dodge these attacks.

The feeling of being crushed was something that Lu Yin found unbearable.

Lu Yin could do nothing more than dodge to the best of his abilities and try to discover the war spirit’s attack pattern in a desperate attempt at finding a way out of his current predicament.

Lu Yin had extensive battle experience, so even though his every movement was being seen through, he could still manage to instinctively dodge some attacks without using the Cosmic Art or his mutated vision. He was also holding the Giant Emperor’s third eye in his hand. Every time the war spirit attacked, Lu Yin would pick a random direction to dodge in, and it didn’t matter if the direction actually made sense. That had actually helped him evade a few attacks.

However, he was still unwilling to accept such a result. What Mister Mu wanted was for Lu Yin to win, not to not lose.

In the end, he chose to repeat what he had done against Tian Hou during the Tournament of the Strongest: mutual destruction. He stopped any attempts at dodging the war spirit’s attacks so that, the moment Lu Yin was struck, he grabbed a hold of the war spirits’ hands while using his Overlaying Stacks force.