Chapter 472: Audacious in the Extreme (1/2)
Lu Yun stood at the center of the extinction layout, needing only to twitch a single finger to break it. The layout was powerful enough to destroy the world once activated, and was one of the most destructive layouts recorded in the texts of his sect.
Extinction layouts were in a category of their own in the records, separate from feng shui formations, feng shui layouts, feng shui influences, and grand influences over the world. At the same time, it was unusually fragile, and anyone who knew feng shui could easily break it. However, feng shui was a lost art in the world of immortals.
Lu Yun stood before the extinction layout and extended his hand, then pulled it back.
Qi Hai abandoned the body of the Infernum and sent him back to hell, returning to Lu Yun’s side in the form of a damaged soul. The evil spirits here wouldn’t attack mere scraps of a soul.
“Let’s go,” Qi Hai said gravely, noticing that something was off with the extinction layout. “This isn’t something we should touch.”
“Say, doesn’t all this look like a game of chess to you?” Lu Yun suddenly remarked. “Two sides are playing against each other, with the extinction layout as the chessboard. Which side the layout destroys depends on whoever has the more comprehensive set up!
“The Exalted Celestial Emperor was placed here not to set up the Sacred Origin Runes, but to release the pair of eyes and be a vessel for them, so they could freely leave the tomb!”
“The human demon was kept in the dark about that,” murmured Lu Yun. “His existence was obviously a hindrance, thus someone wanted to destroy him. He was set up so that he would willingly sacrifice himself.”
Qi Hai felt a chill run down his spine. Destroy the human demon?
The human demon was the guardian of the resting place of the human emperor, and one of the greatest heavyweights of the human race. Although he’d transformed into a zombie upon death, his status in the human race remained unchallenged as its greatest protector. Who’d want to destroy him, and in a way that made him willingly open his arms to death?
“Is there really someone bold enough to do such a thing in the world of immortals?” Qi Hai frowned ferociously. Even if this was a game of chess between two powerful factions, he believed that the human demon should be one of the players, not just a piece.
“The pair of eyes would’ve destroyed the extinction layout, if the Exalted Celestial Emperor hadn’t been present.”
Qi Hai’s faint shadow stood next to Lu Yun. “What about you? What are you planning to do next?”
“Screw up the game, of course.” Lu Yun’s lips twisted in a vicious smile. “Dusk Province is my territory now!”
Qi Hai threw him a disbelieving look. The boy didn’t even know who was behind all of this, nor what they wanted, yet he would make such a bold claim?
“The true form of the extinction layout is the Nine Yin Soul-Parting Wood. Only that can be used to set up this kind of layout.” Lu Yun found records of the wood in Xingzi’s memory.
The Nine Yin Soul-Parting Wood was a sacred material that only the shaman kings of yesteryear had a right to use. Its greatest use was to be refined into replicas. The grain of the wood was unusually similar to the blood vessels, muscles, and meridians of a human body. Other than the ten connate spirit roots, it was the best material for replicas.