"Where is he now?" the Illusory Lord asked urgently. They had fought so hard to get this far, and if not for that person, they wouldn't even have been able to force the Corpse God to self-destruct. If he hadn't died under those circumstances, how were they supposed to kill him in the future?
The child said, "I don't know. He stayed for years in the illusory civilization I created, just to leave divine power inside me. Divine power is what a Suffering Calamity expert relies on. In that civilization, I had no awareness with which to resist."
"Was it this power that let you badly wound him?" Moon Immortal asked.
The child coughed up blood. "It was meant to kill me."
Lu Yin looked at the child. "If I'm not mistaken, you have another kind of power, one connected to illusions."
Wood God and the others weren't surprised. They had guessed as much, too. The Corpse God's words had made it clear: if you didn't believe, you couldn't be harmed. That also explained why Karmic Obstacles had been able to rescue the Corpse God so easily earlier. His power was fake.
The child looked at Lu Yin with admiration. "You haven't reached the Sequence Rule, and you're not even an Extreme Expert, yet you have this kind of strength. You're the future master of this universe. I hope you don't end up like me." He suddenly stopped, his expression shifting. Then he stared at Lu Yin again. "Is the One-Eyed Giant King really suffering torment under your Hero Ranking Platform?"
Lu Yin thought for a moment and shook his head. "The platform only summons the power. It has nothing to do with the person himself."
The child let out a breath. "I thought so. Otherwise, the Lu family you