Chapter 246: Shenwu Continen (1/2)

Lu Yin slowly stood up and caught a glimpse of Wu Xia’s appearance in the reflection of the copper mirror. The man had a pale face and narrow eyes, giving him a slightly gloomy appearance. He seemed to be around thirty years old and had a butler’s demeanor, which made sense as that was his job in the Crown Prince’s residence.

The Shenwu Empire was the Shenwu Continent’s sole empire. After assimilating Wu Xia’s memories, Lu Yin slowly gained an understanding of his current environment.

He eventually became quite surprised when he realized that this empire was much more than it initially seemed. It had gone to war against some other civilizations, and once, a formidable cultivator from this very empire had used five planets to shield the entire continent, sealing it off from the other civilizations.

While parsing through Wu Xia’s memories, Lu Yin was astonished to discover that this continent definitely contained cultivators who had the ability to travel through the universe without a spacecraft. The five planets that sealed this continent were huge, and their arrangement reminded him of the Human Domain’s border planets. The fact that this continent had birthed someone who had accomplished the same concept with only five planets was something that no ordinary Explorer could achieve.

Knock knock knock!

However, Lu Yin wasn’t given much time to review his new host’s memories, and a voice sounded out from behind the door. “His Highness would like to see you in the study, Butler Wu.”

Lu Yin grunted in acknowledgement but was left speechless. He had Possessed the body of a servant and now had to attend to others. This was quite a novel experience for Lu Yin.

After leaving Wu Xia’s room and breathing in the fresh new air, Lu Yin looked up to see the vague outline of the five planets, the same ones that were shielding the Shenwu Continent. The emperor, Ming Zhaotian, lived on the central planet. Wu Xia did not know exactly how powerful the emperor was, but he was able to travel through the void, and the space in this continent was abnormally stable. Even Martial Emperors, which was what this civilization called Explorers, could not tear space and move through the void, so the emperor of this continent had to at least be at the Cruiser realm.

The crown prince, Ming Hao, was a Martial Emperor, which meant that he was an Explorer.

After taking a deep breath, Lu Yin followed Wu Xia’s memories and entered the crown prince’s study.

This was Lu Yin’s first time experiencing something like this, and everything felt new to him.

The crown prince’s residence was extensive, and there were many experts present here. Lu Yin knew that Wu Xia regarded these people as experts, but from Lu Yin’s point of view, at most only one or two of these so-called “experts” could compare to an Area Master of the Astral Combat Academy. The rest were essentially the same as ordinary Limiteer students from the Astral Combat Academy.

If they were all young people, then such a group of geniuses would be terrifying. However, most of the experts in the crown prince’s residence were past the age where one would consider them a part of the younger generation. Many of them were middle-aged or even elderly.

In Wu Xia’s memories, there were at least a hundred people in the crown prince’s residence who were at the Martial King realm. In other words, there were over a hundred Limiteers here. This was quite a terrifying amount of strength to congregate in one location.

Lu Yin finally understood how the Shenwu Continent had managed to defend themselves from the other civilizations’ attacks; there were an incredible number of experts on this continent.

Before long, he passed by a pavilion and arrived at the entrance of an elegant study. “Your loyal servant, Wu Xia, has arrived, Your Highness.”

“Come in.” Ming Hao’s voice called out from within the study.

Lu Yin gently pushed the door open and entered the study, not even daring to lift his head. His every action was purely based on Wu Xia’s memories. Lu Yin absolutely could not reveal that he was not truly Wu Xia. Who knew if a Hunter or another such terrifying existence could harm Lu Yin through Wu Xia’s body. Lu Yin had no understanding of what kind of power such people wielded.

“Besides you, who else entered my study yesterday, Wu Xia?” the crown prince asked while staring straight at Wu Xia.

Lu Yin kept his eyes on the ground as he recalled what had happened the previous day. At that moment, he felt a chill crawl down his spine as he remembered something horrifying from the day before. Wu Xia had seen something terrible then.

Ming Hao’s eyes remained trained on Lu Yin, and he noticed his strange reaction. Lu Yin did his best to calm down and fearfully answered, “Nobody entered other than me, Your Highness.”

Ming Hao stared at him. “Raise your head.”

Lu Yin felt his heart quiver and slowly did as ordered. Before him was a pair of eyes that held wisdom and exerted a pressure that seemed able to crush everything.

A terrifying, mountainous pressure crushed down on Lu Yin. Wu Xia’s cultivation was not enough to block any of it, and he was forced to the ground. It felt like the world itself was trembling. Lu Yin was shocked, for he’d encountered Explorers and even Hunters before, but Ming Hao’s pressure was definitely stronger than what an ordinary Explorer possessed. Were the Martial Kings on this continent even more powerful than the Explorers in the rest of the universe?

As another wave of pressure washed over Lu Yin, and the extreme fear that Wu Xia held for Ming Hao manifested itself and unconsciously made Lu Yin kneel on the ground.

The sight before Lu Yin’s eyes changed again; first, he saw the dark place with the floating lights, followed shortly by the image of Astral-10 after he experienced a brief feeling of travelling through a vast distance.

He opened his eyes, still shocked by what he had just experienced. The pressure that Ming Hao had exerted was so immense that Lu Yin still felt fearful at the thought of it. Ming Hao was definitely as powerful as a Cruiser, and shockingly enough, he had been able to awaken Wu Xia’s subconscious and forcefully eject Lu Yin from the body!

Lu Yin took a look at his cosmic ring and found that three star essence had been used up, which was the equivalent of 300,000 star crystals. The rate of consumption was astounding. If he’d continued Possessing Wu Xia just a little longer, then even ten star essence might not have been enough to cover the cost.