191: beyond the stars
The improvement in its realm made the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle very happy.
After all, the stronger its power, the greater the possibility of surviving in this unknown land.
The greater the hope of returning to its homeland and seeing Lu Yu again.
Afterward, the four ferocious beasts discussed and decided to temporarily stabilize their realms here and not venture to other places.
They would first stabilize their own realms.
This place was too desolate; apart from a spiritual lake, there was nothing else.
As far as the eye could see, there were only exposed rocks and sand rolling with the wind.
No plants or animals were visible.
Perhaps it was a forbidden zone of life, containing some unspeakable danger.
They had just narrowly escaped death and could not afford to capsize in a ditch due to carelessness.
After making their decision, they immediately sat back-to-back, forming a defensive posture, and began to stabilize their realms.
At this moment.
Above the clouds of this barren planet, a spaceship the size of a planet suddenly appeared out of thin air, its surface glowing with a bright silver light.
“Detecting abnormal void fluctuation source, detecting reserve energy... detecting unknown life forms...”
A mechanical, interstellar voice prompt sounded inside the spaceship.
Pairs of eyes, as brilliant as gems, lit up, staring at the huge light screen in front of them.
On the light screen, the scene of the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle and other ferocious beasts cultivating cross-legged was displayed in vivid detail.
Then a black tentacle extended, inputting various commands onto the light screen.
The massive spaceship quickly descended, breaking through the atmosphere of this barren planet, seemingly intending to dock on it.
Waves of descending air currents tore through the dense clouds, the light scattering onto the planet was quickly obscured, casting large shadows.
The Xuan Yu Divine Eagle and other ferocious beasts, who were cultivating, all opened their eyes and looked up at the sky, a look of horror gradually appearing on their faces.
Big!
It was truly too big!
It was like a world-shattering giant, blotting out the sky and filling their eyes.
Their pupils instantly contracted to the extreme, yet they still could not see the boundary of the spaceship.
Then light was cast down from the spaceship, illuminating them at an unimaginable speed, and then creating an enormous suction force.
Pulling them upwards towards the spaceship.
The Xuan Yu Divine Eagle’s heart pounded, sensing a strong aura of danger.
Although they didn't know what was happening with that spaceship, they instinctively sensed danger.
They all activated the Spiritual Qi within their bodies, struggling in the silver light.
However, the silver light seemed unshakeable; their attacks on it only disturbed the space.
The silver light dispersed for a moment, then quickly re-condensed like gathering ants.
Their bodies began to lift off the ground, rapidly ascending towards the spaceship.
If Lu Yu were here, he would definitely notice that this spaceship looked somewhat familiar.
It bore a strong resemblance to the spaceship he had seen a hundred meters underground.
Only, it was many times larger than the spaceship before his eyes.
After being sucked into the spaceship, their consciousness quickly began to blur.
In the last moment before losing consciousness, they vaguely saw a massive, octopus-like figure gradually emerging from the darkness.
The vast majority of that massive figure consisted of fleshy tentacles, but as the figure became clearer.
They also saw many complex tentacles made entirely of machinery... Tianyu Great Hall.
After sensing that the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle and other ferocious beasts' auras were gradually recovering.
Lu Yu casually threw the shattered Soul Chasing Mirror into a corner, then quickly summoned the Little White Fox and the others, issuing orders.
He commanded all ferocious beasts who participated in this punitive expedition to enter the treasure vault and choose an artifact as a reward.
They had all contributed significantly to this great battle.
Lu Yu saw it all.
Moreover, now was a special period of the third Spiritual Qi Revival.
These artifacts could enhance their strength and accelerate their cultivation speed.
The overall strength of the Tianyu Sect needed to be rapidly improved.
Otherwise, after the Yu Mian Fox and Princess Iron Fan arrived, his own strength might be sufficient, but the strength of the ferocious beasts under his command might not be enough.
The ferocious beasts gathered here were all extremely excited upon learning they could choose artifacts.
After all, they had all witnessed the power of those artifacts.
If used properly, even Tier B Ferocious Beasts could be easily eliminated.
If they obtained one, their strength would undoubtedly undergo a qualitative leap.
Although many ferocious beasts died in this punitive expedition, and the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle and others did not hesitate to self-destruct to save Lu Yu.
Overall, however, their losses were not very great, and through this battle, they further solidified the Tianyu Sect's position as the number one overlord.
All the ferocious beasts were grateful and were then led into the treasure vault by the Firebird, the Golden Ape, and other ferocious beasts.
This treasure vault gathered various initially awakened artifacts selected by Lu Yu, whose power was quite good, with bursts of spiritual light stirring up waves.
The moment they entered here, they all widened their eyes, captivated by the dazzling array of artifacts...
Inside the Tianyu Great Hall.
Lu Yu looked at the Little White Fox, who remained alone, and asked,
“Is there something you need to tell me?”
The Little White Fox did not speak immediately.
Her round eyes stared at Lu Yu's glabella, and the worry on her face grew even more intense.
She had already noticed the abnormality on Lu Yu's glabella when he rushed out of the Cuiyun Mountain formation.
Lu Yu did not have this blood-skull mark before; something she didn't know must have happened within the formation.
Previously, the formation had blocked their view, and they only saw the scene within after the formation was torn apart.
They didn't know exactly what had happened.
And when she saw that mark at the time, because there were many people, she didn't mention it.
Now that the commotion had subsided, she felt it was necessary to get to the bottom of this matter.
Otherwise, that blood-skull mark would be a time bomb, capable of severely damaging Lu Yu's divine consciousness at any time.
“Honored Master, what is going on with the skull mark on your forehead? Why do I sense a similar aura from it?”
Although Lu Yu was suppressing the blood-skull mark with an artifact.
However, her divine consciousness was special, and she had a certain resonance and connection with the blood-skull.
Therefore, she could clearly sense it.
Lu Yu looked at the Little White Fox in surprise, not expecting her to have noticed it.
Was she indeed of the same lineage as the Yu Mian Fox?
With that thought flashing through his mind, Lu Yu did not hide anything.
He directly told her about the Yu Mian Fox.
Upon hearing about the life-and-death curse the Yu Mian Fox had placed on Lu Yu.
The Little White Fox's expression became somewhat complex, because the ancestral land in her bloodline memory was the Nine-tailed Sacred Mountain!
If that were truly the case, then everything made sense.
“If my guess is correct, the curse she cast should be the life-and-death curse.”
“This curse is very domineering; my bloodline memory records very little about it, and for now, there’s no good way to break it.”
“The only method I currently know is to continuously raise one's divine consciousness; as long as it is stronger than the caster's divine consciousness, the life-and-death curse will break without attack.”