Lu Yin's scalp went numb, and he found himself in the air once again. He was being targeted by Cheng Kong. The Aeternal did not care about Jiang Qingyue at all, possibly because they did not want to offend the Lord of Lightning. Dragonturtle was also not attacked, though more because doing so was useless. Dragonturtle's holy light was too effective, and he was clearly skilled at protecting himself.1

Not only was Cheng Kong targeting Lu Yin, but it was likely that the Aeternals did not want to let Lu Yin do anything. Cheng Kong had likely observed the entire battle between Lu Yin and the Progenitor-level corpse king, which meant that Cheng Kong knew that Lu Yin was capable of escaping, given the opportunity.0

"You will die," overlapping voices echoed in Lu Yin's ears. It was Cheng Kong’s voice.1

"Despicable bastard!" Dragonturtle roared.0

Jiang Qingyue closed her eyes. She could sense Cheng Kong’s presence.0

Lu Yin kept his power in his chest. If he brought it out, Cheng Kong would instantly attack, preventing Lu Yin from tearing through the void and escaping. The corpse king’s attacks were incredibly powerful, but Cheng Kong’s attacks were fast and almost unavoidable, which made them even more difficult to deal with. When fighting against the corpse king, there had been a few windows of opportunity for Lu Yin to escape, but against Cheng Kong, there were no chances at all.0

Lu Yin looked...0