Chapter 816: Tiny Arrow (1/2)

The Dark Phoenix family had united to launch another joint attack, but countless arrows shot westwards, which was Neo-Vestige Sect’s retaliation.

“Your Highness, according to the most recent calculations, it will take us half a month at most before we arrive at the Wei family’s ancestral planet,” En Ya reported.

Lu Yin nodded. “Don’t get careless.”

“Rest ȧssured, Your Highness. The Great Eastern Alliance has already set up multiple emergency contingencies, and there’s an Enlighter protecting Zenyu Star. There is no way for Wei Rong to turn the tides,” En Ya stated confidently.

Lu Yin had a tight frown on his face. The further they progressed into Armament Weave, the more likely he felt it was that they would run into complications.

“Your Highness, we’ve obtained some news. People from the Wei family have started to pull out of their ancestral home,” someone reported.

Lu Yin frowned; was Wei Rong admitting defeat?

The spacecraft trembled as Sall Phoenix suddenly attacked, but it was once again blocked by Aden.

Lu Yin looked at the rune lines that pervaded the area around him, and he took a deep breath. As long as he was able to deal with Wei Rong and take care of him, Lu Yin would not need to be concerned about the central weaves, even if they did unite.

It was just like how Lu Yin was the one holding the Great Eastern Alliance together. If something happened to him, the Great Eastern Alliance would completely fall apart.

Lu Yin was caught in a dilemma yet again; should he hire Smoker to take care of Wei Rong? When facing off against Wei Rong, Lu Yin struggled to be as decisive as he usually was. Some of Wei Rong’s aspects seemed to mirror Lu Yin’s, and that made Lu Yin reluctant to resort to dark methods like ȧssassination to deal with Wei Rong. Lu Yin wanted to defeat Wei Rong head on, regardless of the methods required.

The universe only saw the victor as the king, and it was possible that, at the bottom of his heart, Lu Yin held onto the unrealistic fantasy of subduing Wei Rong. Unfortunately, such a thing was close to impossible.

Suddenly, urgent footsteps approached. “Your Highness, Captain Peach was killed in action!”

Lu Yin was caught off guard. “What did you say?”

“Captain Peach just- her body was completely destroyed!” The reporting soldier had a deathly pale face.

Lu Yin’s pupils shrank, and his heart wrenched in pain as he stepped into outer space and sped towards the battlefield.

On the battlefield at this moment, the Neo-Vestige Sect disciples were frantically attacking the cultivators from the Dark Phoenix family. Gong Ke, Gong Chou, and the others were all shouting something.

Sall Phoenix was no longer tangled up with Aden. Instead, he was blocking the advancement of the full Allied Forces all by himself.

The Neo-Vestige Sect disciples all looked stunned, especially Gong Chou, who was trembling from head to toe.

Lu Yin arrived next to him and asked softly, “What’s the matter?”

Gong Chou looked at Lu Yin and roared in anger, “Little Peach is dead! Crushed! You must be satisfied now, as you’re the one who sent her onto the battlefield! You’re the one who killed her!”

The Neo-Vestige Sect disciples all glared at Lu Yin with bloodlust in their eyes.

All around them, the various Hunters from the Allied Forces, as well as Aden and Yan Yan, appeared, and they stood across from the Neo-Vestige Sect disciples.

Lu Yin stared at Gong Chou. “What is going on? Describe what happened clearly.”

Gong Chou exhaled and bitterly said, “The battlefield was too chaotic, and Little Peach strayed away from us without us noticing. When we found her again, she and a battle spacecraft both exploded simultaneously and were vaporized.”

“Where?” Lu Yin barked.

Gong Chou pointed in a certain direction, and Lu Yin turned to see the wreckage of a spacecraft floating through space. As far as he could see, aside from some Neo-Vestige Sect disciples searching through the debris, there were no other rune lines in the area.

“How is it that so many of you strayed away from her?” Lu Yin asked as he stared at Gong Chou.

Gong Chou angrily retorted, “This is a battlefield, and there’s enemies all around us! That’s not even mentioning how that old bastard, Sall Phoenix, suddenly appeared and prevented us from finding Little Peach.”

Lu Yin looked at Aden. “Why did Sall Phoenix suddenly withdraw?”

Aden shook his head. “I don't know, but he suddenly pulled back after fighting here and there across the battlefield.”

“Senior, there’s nothing here,” a Neo-Vestige Sect disciple reported to Gong Chou. It seemed as though they had been searching for something.

Gong Chou remained stubborn, and he personally flew over to the wreckage to search.

Lu Yin knew that the man was searching for the arrow that had belonged to Peach, and he felt his heart sink. Peach had been his friend, and he had to get revenge.

However, the entire situation was too strange. If Wei Rong wanted to kill Peach and cause a falling out between the Neo-Vestige Sect and Lu Yin, then that would be very normal. However, why were they unable to find Peach’s arrow? Her arrow was a divine arrow that had been handed down through ancient times and had survived the corrosion of time. It could not have been destroyed by a single attack, and Peach had once mentioned that she always carried the arrow on her person.

If the arrow had truly been on Peach’s body, then it had either been either picked up by someone on the battlefield or Peach was not actually dead. He did not believe that her body had been completely destroyed, and just like Undying Yushan, there was a possibility that a person was not actually dead so long as there was no corpse to be found.

The Neo-Vestige Sect disciples continued searching through the wreckage, and although Gong Chou had quarreled with Lu Yin, he still had not left. Gong Chou must have guessed that the arrow had been taken by someone, and he wanted to stay near the battlefield to rendezvous with other Neo-Vestige Sect experts to look for the arrow.

That arrow was too important to the Neo-Vestige Sect.

Lu Yin returned to his spacecraft and immediately called Wei Rong.