Chapter 615: Leaving (1/2)

One, two, three days passed quietly… Even after five days had passed, Lu Yin still remained trapped within the seal.

Ming Zhaoshu had gathered many people to comb through the imperial library, searching for a way to break the seal, but all of their effort was for naught.

Ming Zhaoshu could not continue to stay by Lu Yin’s side, however, and he left after two full days passed. There were many issues that required his immediate attention from the various departments such as the military, administration, agriculture, and so on. On top of that, the five sealing planets were periodically being attacked as well.

While Ming Zhaoshu had been the one who had contacted the space station and requested that they attack the five sealing planets, he knew that their attack on the five sealing planets was very real. The outsiders wanted to remove the seal and drag Shenwu Continent out into the universe as soon as possible.

However, there was no way that that would happen. Ming Zhaoshu was absolutely confident about that.

Over the span of a few days, Ming Zhaoshu survived seven assassination attempts. All of them were organized and carried out by either Ming Zhaotian’s supporters or cultivators who did not want to cooperate with outside cultivators for one reason or another. Even the survivors of the evil sects had taken part in the assassination attempts.

Most people on Shenwu Continent had no desire to work with the outsider cultivators. They held a deep grudge against the outside universe, and in their eyes, Ming Zhaoshu was a traitor to their continent.

However, killing Ming Zhaoshu was an impossible task. His domain was powerful enough to even envelope the surrounding void, and nothing could escape from his perception.

It took very little time for Ming Yan to find out about the recent turn of events. She was suddenly thrust into a new position as the princess of the Shenwu Empire. However, she was more worried about Lu Yin at the moment. If Ming Zhaoshu had not sent his men to watch over his daughter, then she might have headed out to the capital long ago.

Seven days passed, and during this time, Lu Yin had made several attempts to unlock this seal, but he had only discovered that he had no idea where to even start. He had tried to lockbreak one of the columns, but he had been attacked by the invisible danger zone emitted by the sourcebox within it. While he could perceive the danger, dodging it while simultaneously lockbreaking it wasn’t quite possible for him just yet.

He wasn’t even at the Perceptive Intermediate stage, but he was already attempting to lockbreak something at the Boundless Advanced level. On top of that, even if he managed to succeed, it didn’t necessarily mean that he would be able to comprehend how the array formation worked. There was no way for him to succeed.

“Forget it, I’ll just leave. I’d need to study this for at least a few years before I’d be able to make any sense of it,” Lu Yin mumbled to himself. Then, he protected his head with his arms and charged through the seal and to the outside. There was a massive boom, and a shockwave sent him reeling back, but he did not fight it. Instead, he used this momentum to charge towards the opposite side of the seal, only to be knocked back once again.

He repeated this same routine multiple times, constantly bouncing off of the seal like a rubber ball and pin-balling around the enclosed space. However, every time he was repelled, his momentum increased until, with an explosive speed, he managed to blast a hole in the seal. As everybody outside watched on, utterly confused, he smashed into the ruins of the palace.

Everything hurt. That was the only sensation that Lu Yin was aware of at the moment. The universal armor had blocked the invisible attacks from the sourceboxes, but the shockwaves had still been transmitted through the armor and affected him. While the damage wasn’t too high, he still felt as if he’d been beaten up. His head in particular had been affected, and he felt incredibly sluggish. He couldn’t even remember how many times he’d bounced around the seal.

Bigbeard and a few others hurried over and helped him up. Lu Yin stored his universal armor away and shook his arms. “I finally got out.”

Bigbeard looked at Lu Yin. “The fact that you managed to get out at all is amazing, Lu Yin.”

“Yeah! We all saw how powerful that seal was. It was terrifying! You’re really amazing.”

“Yeah, amazing.”

…

Lu Yin was surprised. “What are you all doing here?”

“We’ve been waiting for you! We came here together, so we need to leave together,” Bigbeard stated matter-of-factly.

Lu Yin raised a brow. It was quite surprising to see this guy’s attitude change so quickly. Beneath that brutish exterior, he seemed to be a rather sensitive person.

“Nightking Changfeng and Beauty Xun are both dead. About fifteen of us died in the battle,” someone mentioned.

Lu Yin nodded. “I understand. It’s an honor to die in a fight against the Neohuman Alliance.”

They were already dead, so he didn’t mind complimenting them.

“Yes, an honor. An honor!” Everybody quickly piped up. They had followed Nightking Changfeng in the past, but now, they would follow Lu Yin.

Lu Yin glanced around. “Where’s Ming Zhaoshu?”

“He left. What an ungrateful person! You helped him take care of things here in the capital, but he didn’t even wait for you to get out!” the bearded man exclaimed in annoyance.

Lu Yin waved a hand. “Enough. You all can head out now. I’m going back to Shanhai City.”

“Let’s go together! We’re leaving too.”

“Yeah, we can…”

Lu Yin was speechless. He was actually planning on visiting the Tower of Resonating Light and investigating what had happened there. “I have some private matters that I need to take care of, and it’ll take me some time to finish. You all can head out first.”

Those people glanced at each other and then left after bidding farewell to Lu Yin.

The biggest secret of Shenwu Continent was the five planets, and the secret of the five planets was likely hidden beneath that tower.

Shenwu Continent had a large number of sourceboxes, and this likely had to do with the bottom of the tower as well.

After Lu Yin managed to escape from everyone, he headed straight towards the tower.

The Tower of Resonating Light had been sealed off and was currently being guarded by a Martial Sovereign. However, if Lu Yin wanted to get inside, then nobody would be able to notice.

With his domain enveloping the entire area, Lu Yin quickly arrived at the bottom of the tower. The lab equipment and corpses left behind by the Neohuman Alliance had all been cleaned up, and even with his domain, Lu Yin could not find any way to continue exploring further underground.

Ming Zhaoshu had said that there was a huge space further underground, but Lu Yin couldn’t find a way in.