Chapter 1060 (1/2)

Lu Yin looked up. “I, Lu Yin, am the Outerverse Allied Forces’ Commander, and behind me stands the Outerverse Allied Forces. If you attack them, then you’d be betraying the Fifth Mainland. Old man, have you considered how best to explain yourself to the Hall of Honor?”

The elder grew furious. “Junior, how dare you try to frame me! You’re asking for it!”

The fiery giant suddenly swatted down.

Lu Yin fiercely charged out to block the fire giant, but the elder merely sneered. This kid’s defensive armor was indeed capable of blocking his Fire Spirit’s attack, but its attacks did not rely solely on its flames. Rather, it focused more on its raw force. Even if the kid could block the flames, he would not be able to endure the strength of the attack.

The Outerverse Allied Forces were nervous as they watched Lu Yin dash into the inferno.

The Innerverse cultivators were also nervous, and only the people from the Blaze Realm grew excited at this sight. That giant was the Blaze Realm’s hidden trump card: Monster Chi’s Fire Spirit. Nobody had ever survived this attack in the past; in their minds, Lu Yin was already doomed.

At this moment, Lu Yin was actually very excited. He was not fighting against the Fire Spirit, but rather traveling through the gaps of the spirit’s rune lines. After that, he took out—the Skyblaze Stone.

That was right. In Lu Yin’s eyes, not only was this Fire Spirit not an enemy, but it was also a precious fire source.

Although the Fire Spirit’s heat fell short of the final layer of dark flames that had protected the Dark Phoenix family, it was not lacking in comparison to the first fourteen layers’. In fact, the fire spirit actually possessed an even higher temperature than the darkflames, which coincidentally meant that it was perfectly suited to be absorbed by the Skyblaze Stone.

Monster Chi frowned and raised a hand, causing the flames within the Fire Spirit’s form to surge and converge as lines of flame shot at Lu Yin.

Lu Yin relied on his ability to observe rune lines to continuously evade the jets of flames despite being able to endure the attacks even if they did occasionally land. The strength contained within the Skyblaze Stone exploded as it rapidly devoured the nearby flames.

Monster Chi was not able to sense the changes at first, but before long, his expression changed. His Fire Spirit was growing unstable. How was that possible? He quickly tried to dissipate the flames so that he could reform the Fire Spirit.

Lu Yin immediately took out the small mirror, disrupting the surrounding star energy. Monster Chi was a powerhouse whose power level was greater than 400,000, and in normal circumstances, he could not be disturbed. However, the small mirror had been upgraded thirteen times, and it could disrupt the star energy of someone whose power level exceeded 400,000. Monster Chi could only consider himself unlucky, and he was not able to stop his star energy from being absorbed by the one-way mirror, and since his star energy was being absorbed and disrupted, he could no longer affect the Fire Spirit.

Monster Chi could only blankly watch on as his Fire Spirit grew smaller and smaller before ultimately vanishing as it was absorbed into the Skyblaze Stone.

Lu Yin stored the Skyblaze Stone away, and he happily told Monster Chi, “Thanks!”

Monster Chi felt lost. He had cultivated for ages, but he had never encountered such a scene before. What had just happened? How had his flames been devoured?

“Junior, what did you just do?” Monster Chi sharply questioned.

Lu Yin shrugged. “Nothing much. Hey old man, you’re from the Blaze Realm, and that place is known to have a pinnacle battle technique called the Karmic Flame Sword. Do you know it?”

Lu Yin held high expectations as he asked his question, as he hoped to also absorb the Karmic Flames, which he was certain would greatly replenish the Skyblaze Stone’s heat. The might of the Karmic Flame Sword was almost entirely due to the Karmic Flames, and people like Arikar only possessed a slight trace of the flames. If this old fart had access to those flames, then he would have much more than a trace of the flames, and their power would be on an entirely different level. They might even approach a power level of 500,000.

Monster Chi warily observed Lu Yin, and the old man felt as though he was unable to continue fighting. Through this one demonstration, his fire-based battle techniques had been rendered completely ineffective against Lu Yin. It was actually worse than that, as Monster Chi’s flames were being swallowed. His other attacks would be just as ineffective as the Flame Spirit; was this kid destined to be the Blaze Realm’s nemesis?

“Old man, do you or do you not know the Karmic Flame Sword?” Lu Yin asked impatiently.

Monster Chi gritted his teeth. “Junior, what have you done?”

Lu Yin frowned. “Do you dare to use the Karmic Flame Sword or not?”

Monster Chi grew furious. “First, tell me what you just did!”

Lu Yin was left speechless.

The countless cultivators on both sides were at a loss for words, and they could not understand what was happening in front of them.

“They say that the older one gets, the wilier they become. Old man, you’re the definition of deceit,” Lu Yin said.

Monster Chi sneered. He had cast aside his own reputation in doing so, yet he still was not able to make any sense of what Lu Yin had just done. Thus, the old man simply stopped fighting. He felt like continuing the battle would only benefit his opponent, and Monster Chi felt very sullen about this development.

“Junior, it seems that you have some sort of innate restraint towards fire-based battle techniques. If that’s the case, then I will admit defeat this time. However, the next time, it won’t be just my Blaze Realm’s people looking for you,” Monster Chi said.

Lu Yin’s expression grew sharp. “Old man, you want to run?”

Monster Chi seethed, replying through clenched teeth. “There’s no need to push things, I’m long past the age of getting worked up by an opponent’s words. You are a junior, and I recognize your strength. However, since you have united the Outerverse, you have offended the entire Innerverse. Even if my Blazing Mist Flowzone doesn’t move against you, someone will appear to take care of you sooner or later.”

Lu Yin blinked, and a trace of respect for this Monster Chi burgeoned within him. Despite being a powerhouse from the older generation, he had readily admitted defeat, which was not easy at all. This old man was not concerned about losing face.

Monster Chi indeed did not care about saving face, and he quickly turned to leave. This entire trip had been a waste of his time.

The millions of cultivators from Blazing Mist Flowzone all fell silent, as just retreating like this was absolutely humiliating. However, they really had no other choice, as their opponent’s strength was no weaker than their own.

The dozen Innerverse Enlighters were even more reluctant, but what choice did they have? If Monster Chi had not blocked that punch, then they would have all been finished. It was clear that Monster Chi did not want to continue fighting, so they would only be asking for a beating if they stayed behind.

“We’ll allow you guys to escape this time, but it won’t be long before we return!” The sylvan dragon elder raged.

Lu Yin exhaled. “There’s no need for us to wait too long, as you guys can’t leave right now.”

He then raised his head. “Please, Senior.”

The universe suddenly became incredibly oppressive as an indescribable pressure descended that left everyone petrified.