Chapter 4533: Come On

"You actually dared to come back." Great Golden Wings had not expected Lu Yin to reappear. It regretted not chasing him down and killing him before. After all, no other creature had appeared yet, which meant that it had wasted an opportunity.

Lu Yin raised his hand and clenched a fist. He then relaxed it, and beckoned to Great Golden Wings. "Let’s have a second round."

Great Golden Wings shrieked in fury. Its bone wings spread out, and it unleashed a Soaring Wings at Lu Yin. Lu Yin raised a hand, directly countering the attack with a Duality Seal.

Bang!

The Soaring Wings was shattered. Great Golden Wings descended in front of Lu Yin as a massive phantom enveloped him: Seamless Perfection.

Lu Yin continuously released the Duality Seal with both hands. No matter if it was the Soaring Wings or Seamless Perfection, neither attack had any effect on him. However, Great Golden Wings' purpose in attacking was to simply to exhaust Lu Yin's Stillness. While the number of stars of Stillness in his Cosmic Art had decreased, he had only dared to challenge the bird again after recovering to his peak. Great Golden Wings would not dare to be careless, especially since it still had to face other experts afterward.

Lu Yin once again forcibly broke free with the Duality Seal. "Bone bird, these techniques are useless against me. You know that, don’t you?"

Great Golden Wings shrieked, "Human skeleton, you cannot become an Abyssal!"

"How will I know without competing?"

"Even if you get past me, what about the experts from the other Abysses? Besides, you are not even my opponent. Exhausting each other now will only benefit the others."

"In my eyes, they are no different from you."

Great Golden Wings cried out, "I can help you become an Abyssal."

Lu Yin paused and looked at the bone bird in surprise. "What did you say?"

He suspected that he had heard wrong.

Great Golden Wings flapped its bone wings. "I can help you become the next Abyssal after this."

Lu Yin laughed, his skeletal mouth open wide. "Are you joking with me?"

"This is no lie. You should already know that you cannot possibly win this time. You cannot even defeat me on your own. However, if you help me, I will promise you that I will let you become an Abyssal next time. Death's Dominion is already dead. When I become an Abyssal, I can bring you over from Withered Requiem and help you break into the Immortal realm. Only by becoming an Immortal being will you even stand a chance.

"Let me tell you something more. Even if you are lucky enough to win this time, the next step in becoming an Abyssal is to go to Thousand Machinations' Abyss and reach the limit of your potential. You have already reached your limits. There is no Aberrant who can possibly surpass you. Thus, it is useless for you to go there. After that, you would go to the Death Sea to absorb Stillness. Whether you go or not will change nothing at all for you. You already possess the maximum amount of Stillness that you can absorb.

"In other words, even if you become an Abyssal, your strength will not change at all. You cannot even defeat me, so what right do you have to stand equal to the other Abyssals?

"On the other hand, if you help me, that will all change. I will help you break through. Given your current strength, a breakthrough will definitely allow you to become the next Abyssal."

Lu Yin was impressed. "I did not expect you, bone bird, to be so eloquent. You almost convinced me. Unfortunately, who can say when the next competition to become an Abyssal will be? No one knows how Death's Dominion died, much less when the next Abyssal will die."

"I know!" Great Golden Wings shouted confidently.

Lu Yin stared at the bird in astonishment. "What do you know?"

Great Golden Wings hesitated, and Lu Yin pressed, "As expected, you’re only making things sound nice. I shouldn’t hold back."

Great Golden Wings quickly shouted, "The next Abyssal to die will be Ruinfall!"

Lu Yin stared at the bird in a daze. "Is this another joke?"

"This is no lie. Ruinfall is very, very close to death. I had originally planned to compete to become an Abyssal after its death, but Death's Dominion died abruptly and unexpectedly. I did not want to wait anymore, so I made my move."

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because these words came from Dark Prisonbone."

"I don’t know Dark Prisonbone, and I don’t know if it really told you this."

Great Golden Wings argued, "Then let me tell you more. Ruinfall is the ferryman of the River of Aeons for the Death Megaverse. You know this much, right?"

Lu Yin did not deny it.

"The River of Aeons is very special because of its main stream. Ruinfall has been the ferryman of the Death Megaverse’s River of Aeons for a very, very long time. Long ago, it drew the attention of the main stream. I simply do not know what method the Death Megaverse used to protect it and prevent the main stream from descending. However, that protection has reached its limit." After a momentary pause, the skeleton bird continued to say, "Dark Prisonbone said that, very soon, the River of Aeons’ main stream is sure to descend and drag Ruinfall away. When that happens, while it is possible that the Death Megaverse will produce a new ferryman of the River of Aeons, Ruinfall will not be able to escape. When that Abyssal disappears, their position will become vacant. I have been waiting for that moment, but that opportunity can become yours."

Lu Yin stared at the bird. "That’s very convincing, but that doesn’t rule out the possibility that you’re making this all up. What proof do you have?"

Great Golden Wings' tone grew cold. "I am not the only one who knows of this matter. Many experts in the various Abysses know this as well. There is actually some being from Obscura who once plotted against Ruinfall. I do not know exactly who that was, but the Abyssal will definitely disappear.

"If you do not believe me, you can just wait. Wait until the other Abysses’ candidates appear. I will convince you, provided that you are willing to cooperate with me and help me become an Abyssal this time. This is not helping me, but rather more helping yourself."

Lu Yin fell into thought. Had the Death Megaverse’s ferryman of the River of Aeons been targeted in a plot by a member of Obscura? His first thought was of Wang Wen, but he had always been focused on the Human Trio, so he might not be the culprit. Then, right, Old Man Hehe.

Ruinfall was the ferryman of the Death Megaverse’s River of Aeons, while that Old Man Hehe was capable of drawing the River of Aeons’ main stream into battle. Even after so long, Lu Yin still did not fully understand Old Man Hehe's true power.

However, since both beings were able to use the River of Aeons, Old Man Hehe might very well have been the one to plot against Ruinfall.

"Since Ruinfall was targeted by a being from Obscura, will the Death Megaverse just ignore this?"

"The Death Megaverse has also killed members of Obscura. This is perfectly normal. Unless there is an all-out war, everyone can only rely on themselves."

That was true. Lu Yin was reminded of You Che. He had been killed, yet Obscura had not started a war. Too many members of Obscura had died over the years, and the Death Megaverse’s Abyssals could also die.

Great Golden Wings stared at Lu Yin. "Well? Are you willing or not?"

Lu Yin grew puzzled. "What?"

Great Golden Wings clamped down on its rising anger. "Help me become the next Abyssal. Once I succeed, I will definitely help you become an Immortal being. I can even find a way for you to enter Thousand Machinations' Abyss to transform. After that, you can step forward and compete to become an Abyssal next time. You will have a ninety percent chance of success.

"Remember this: this is not helping me, but helping yourself."

Lu Yin raised a finger. "One more question."

The bird clenched its jaw tightly. "Ask."

Lu Yin was curious about something. "Why would Dark Prisonbone allow you to participate in this competition to become an Abyssal? If you leave its Abyss, won’t it lose one of its experts?"

This was actually something that he had long been curious about. Withered Requiem had asked Zhou to participate. If that skeleton had succeeded, Joy City would have lost a powerful expert. The same was true of the other Abysses. Lu Yin did not believe that all the Abyssals were selfless and acted solely for the sake of the Death Megaverse.

The members of Obscura schemed against one another, and the Death Megaverse would not be much different.

Great Golden Wings found this question strange. "What is this question? If I become an Abyssal, my Abyss will inevitably have the closest relationship with Dark Prisonbone's Abyss, and the experts sent as reinforcements through the Abyssal Displacement from that Abyss will also be the most numerous. After all, another Abyss means greater range. Moreover, if Dark Prisonbone's Abyss encounters trouble, I will also act to help because they granted me Bone Script. Although, after becoming an Abyssal, that Bone Script will be stripped away from me, there are still some lingering connections that cannot be severed.

"To put it another way, if all seven Abyssals come from the same Abyss, then that Abyss will be second only to the Death Megaverse itself."

Lu Yin understood. Simply put, this was simply an attempt to seize more territory. Whoever won would grow stronger.

However, if he were the master of the Death Megaverse, he would not allow such events to happen.

"What is your decision? Answer me," Great Golden Wings demanded.

Lu Yin raised his hand and beckoned to Great Golden Wings, perfectly replicating the gesture he had made when he had first arrived. "Let’s have a second round."

Great Golden Wings was infuriated. "You dare to toy with me?"

Stillness erupted from its body, dyeing its bones black. Its entire body expanded, and a suffocating pressure descended. It raised its bone wings and slashed at Lu Yin.

This was the same attack as before. Previously, this attack had sent Lu Yin flying. If he had not been able to devour enough Stillness, he would have been left seriously injured by that attack.

The bone bird did not believe that Lu Yin could withstand this attack a second time.

Lu Yin looked up. Black and white points of light began to roll across his bones. With them forming a Six Ancient Spirit Array, the powers of Stillness and Activeness surrounded him. He raised both arms and pushed his bone hands forward.

Boom!

The tremendous crash sent him retreating multiple steps, but he was not simply blasted away like before. Instead, he endured the attack by facing it directly.

Right after that, he turned to the side to avoid the slash of Stillness and then charged at Great Golden Wings.

The skeleton bird was shocked. This was impossible. This human skeleton was actually able to withstand its attacks even in its Black-Clad Bones state. This attack was powerful enough to injure even a two-law Immortal. This was simply impossible.

A bone wing swept to the side.

Across Lu Yin's bones, black and white powers flashed like lightning. Mimicking Great Golden Wings, these energies extended outward, enveloping Lu Yin’s hands while also lengthening his legs, causing his entire body to grow larger. It was as if he had just been covered in a layer of black-and-white armor. He fiercely tried to smash the descending bone wings.

Bang!

There was another loud crash. The bone wings were blocked. Lu Yin’s fist opened to throw a palm strike: Duality Seal.

He was able to manifest this battle technique much faster than during the previous battle, as the Activeness now came straight from his bones. One palm fell, and a cross formed from interwoven black-and-white light crashed towards Great Golden Wings. The bird raised its sharp talons in reverse, crushing the Duality Seal with one squeeze. Its talons then spun around, as the bird tried to grab Lu Yin's head. In response, he turned around to deliver a spinning kick, striking the back of Great Golden Wings' wing and kicking the bird skeleton backwards.

His entire skeleton was enveloped in Stillness and Activeness. The stability provided by the Six Ancient Spirit Array allowed him to continuously release more power. From afar, he no longer even looked like a skeleton, but rather like a human radiating black-and-white light from their entire body. He frantically attacked Great Golden Wings head-on.

The bird was faster, and the power of its Black-Clad Bones was also stronger. However, Lu Yin was more agile and able to evade attacks more efficiently. Even so, there remained a gap between him and Great Golden Wings.

For every one attack he landed, Great Golden Wings was able to land three.

That was not enough to matter. Lu Yin was confident that he could win. As long as he could withstand the bird’s elevated power even when using Black-Clad Bones, he would definitely win because Great Golden Wings could not have much Stillness left.

It had spent all of its Stillness paving the path of the Abyssal Displacement.

With a loud crash, Lu Yin flew backward. Pitch-black Stillness streaked across the cosmos as Great Golden Wings shot forward, its bone talons falling from above.

Lu Yin flipped around. The stars of the Cosmic Art revolved, allowing him to see through the bird’s attack and counter attack with a palm strike.

Great Golden Wings froze for a moment. Not good, it’s that technique!

Endless Recall.

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