Chapter 2748: Sage Yuan’s Anger

Chapter 2748: Sage Yuan’s Anger

"He has performed exceptionally and has even killed a Progenitor-level corpse king," Sage Bodhi sent.

Sage Yuan's pupils shrank sharply in disbelief, and he quickly replied, "What are you saying? He killed a corpse king equal to a peak powerhouse?"

A smile spread across Sage Bodhi's face. Sage Yuan was answering so quickly! There must be a miserable expression on his face at this moment. This situation was indeed quite interesting. "In accordance to the Endless Frontier’s rules, he selected you, Sage Yuan. From this moment forward, you are not allowed to attack him or anyone within the Origin Universe. Doing so will violate the rules put in place by Master, and you will need to bear the consequences for doing so."

Sage Yuan just stared at the display in front of him.

Suddenly, a shout split the air, radiating out with such force that everyone in the universe’s data center where Sage Yuan was standing collapsed to the floor, bleeding from every orifice as they stared up at him in terror.

Some had even lost consciousness.

Sage Yuan continued to roar, and he even wanted to do more than that. How could that little beast do this? How was it possible? That vile, wretched little animal!

Sage Yuan had never experienced such anger before.

Every day he spent on the Endless Frontier, he resented Lu Yin. That resentment had continued to grow and accumulate, transforming the Sage as a person. But after all that, he was now being told that he could never touch Lu Yin or anyone else in the Origin Universe. How could he endure such a thing?

Sage Yuan was very familiar with this particular rule, and thus he knew that not only was he forbidden from attacking Lu Yin or the Origin Universe, but he could not even do so indirectly through others. This meant that the only way that Sage Yuan could ever act against Lu Yin in any manner whatsoever would be if Lu Yin first attacked the Sage.

In other words, when it came to Lu Yin, Sage Yuan had been completely incapacitated.

Even if Lu Yin insulted Sage Yuan to his face, the Sage could at best retaliate in kind, but he could not take any physical actions. Doing so would result in him being punished with the Lamentation of the Sages.

That beast, that beast! Sage Yuan clenched his fists, and a vibrant red spread across his abdomen. His wounds had reopened, but the man did not even notice. His eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

The man’s entire body was quivering, shaking with pure rage.

Sage Bodhi quietly stared at her own display, silently counting the time. Even after a long time, Sage Yuan had not responded. It seemed that Sage Yuan hated Lu Yin more than Sage Bodhi had expected. In that case...

"Sage Yuan, I will remind you that this is a rule put in place by Master. No one can violate these rules, regardless if they are the Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages or the rulers of the universes of the Sixverse Association. Anyone who break these rules will be killed."

Sage Yuan’s bloodshot eyes stared at the message from Sage Bodhi. The man’s chest was heaving.

After some time, he finally managed to calm down. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and when he reopened them, he felt much calmer.

"I understand," Sage Yuan sent back.

"Also, he is about to officially purge the Big Stone Universe. That, combined with the Gemini and Lilliput Universes, means that he will have purged three neighboring parallel universes and will be allowed to leave the Endless Frontier the moment it is verified."

Sage Yuan's eyes flared as he read the message. Already? The beast was about to leave the battlefield.

All of his previously suppressed rage surged once more. While Sage Yuan had been desperately struggling just to survive, that little beast was about to leave, and he had even ensured that Sage Yuan could never harm a single hair on Lu Yin’s head.

Blood sprayed as Sage Yuan coughed up blood. His anger had climbed so high that he had actually coughed up blood. Streaks of blood dribbled down from the corners of his mouth, and his fingers were almost crushed from clenching so tightly.

After a long time, the man finally managed to calm back down again. "Is there anything else?"

Sage Bodhi stared at the display, seeing that Sage Yuan seemed to have regained control of himself. Her curiosity towards Lu Yin was growing larger and larger. It was amazing to see Sage Yuan, one of the exalted Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages, be angered so deeply.

"No, I was just informing you."

Sage Yuan stared at the display for a moment. "Share this news with Sovereign Shao Yin for me. He should also be informed."

Sage Bodhi frowned. Tell Sovereign Shao Yin? All information regarding the Endless Frontier was supposed to be sent to the entire Sixverse Association. If a message was sent to only Sovereign Shao Yin, then was that a means of pushing the Sovereign to deal with Lu Yin?

This was most likely why Sage Yuan was not trying to send a message to Sovereign Shao Yin through Wuju. If the Sovereign moved against the Origin Universe after receiving the message, Sage Yuan would be suspected of provoking his action, which would be a violation of the restrictions that he was under. Instead, the man had asked Sage Bodhi to deliver the message. Whether or not the woman did so, it would have no connection to Sage Yuan.

Sage Yuan stared at his display, waiting.

"Sovereign Shao Yin can receive the information as a part of the full report from the Endless Frontier. I will not make a special effort to inform him of this matter," Sage Bodhi replied.

Sage Yuan sighed and then ended the conversation.

The grudge between the two of us is almost over. Unless that little beast decides to attack me, I won’t be able to do anything to harm him.

As Lu Yin heard the man’s comment, it triggered a thought. "Why did that Progenitor-level corpse king even come here? It doesn’t make any sense, considering that the camphor bug was already here."

The emperor looked puzzled. "I don't know. Maybe the Aeternals simply wanted to conquer the Big Stone Universe as quickly as possible."

Lu Yin and the emperor stared at each other, and Lu Yin finally nodded. "Maybe."

Everyone had their own secrets, and as long as the emperor was not deliberately harming humanity as a whole, his secrets were his own business.

"Senior, please return. I’ll wait here until the purge is official, and then I’ll leave," Lu Yin said.

"Very well. Congratulations again, Lord Lu, for being able to leave the Endless Frontier."

Lu Yin smiled as he watched the emperor leave.

He glanced around. If he was being honest, he was quite at home on the Endless Frontier. If he eliminated a few more of the most powerful corpse kings, not many peak powerhouses in the Sixverse Association would be able to move against him. Also, I wonder if I can add any of those old farts from the four ruling powers to that list?

Hmm?

Lu Yin suddenly remembered that the emperor had not asked Lu Yin to return the stone that he had picked up. The stone that Lu Yin was using was even more valuable than the stone the emperor used, as the one that Lu Yin had could protect even a Progenitor. Why did the emperor not want it?

Lu Yin looked towards the Big Stone Universe, his eyes glazing over as he considered the matter. There really was something off.

Could it be...?

Two hours later, Lu Yin’s communication crystal trembled. The emperor was trying to contact Lu Yin.

He answered the call.

"Lord Lu, something has happened at the data center!" the emperor reported in an anxious voice.

Lu Yin left, traveling through spatial lines as he raced towards the Big Stone Universe’s data center. It did not take him long to arrive.

However, the data center had become a tomb. The corpses of cultivators from the Big Stone Universe were strewn everywhere, their blood forming streams.

The various displays were covered with text, all messages from Wuju.

Wuju was attempting to confirm the information that had been received from the Big Stone Universe. The universe was supposed to be officially recognized as having been purged of all Aeternus forces, but no one from the Big Stone Universe had responded to Wuju’s messages.

Lu Yin saw the emperor.

The man was standing in front of a display, his back to Lu Yin.

Lu Yin stared at the man, but he was already dead.

Lu Yin slowly walked up to the dead emperor. There was no wound to be seen on the man’s body. He was still on his feet, facing a display, but with his eyes closed.

How much time had passed between when the man had contacted Lu Yin and when he had died?

Lu Yin had always been on guard in the universe, keeping runes spread out so that he would be warned if a peak powerhouse took action, but he had never noticed anything wrong.

Words kept appearing on the various displays, changing and flickering, and then gaining colors. The words leaped out of the display and became bubbles. It was Bubble Fantasy.

Lu Yin's expression instantly changed. "Cheng Kong!"

He immediately tried to escape. He had not expected to encounter Cheng Kong in the Big Stone Universe, but that person was someone who was second only to Seven Skygods, and Lu Yin did not want to try to fight Cheng Kong.

However, when Lu Yin tried to leave, he found that his body could not move. What was going on?

He had absolutely no control of his body, and he was unable to even move his eyes. He continued to stare in the same direction.

"I’ll tell your body what to do," an illusory voice spoke. It was Cheng Kong’s.

Lu Yin wanted to respond, but he was unable to do so. He wanted to mobilize the power within his body, even the power that lay within his chest, but at this moment, aside from his mind, he was unable to control anything at all. What was going on? Could Cheng Kong control a person’s body?

Lu Yin felt that this felt rather familiar.

Right, during the Shangsan Festival, he had been attacked with a saber, and he had been unable to control his body while the saber slashed him eighty-one times.